List of state leaders in 1945

1944 state leaders – Events of 1945 – 1946 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Liberia – William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• South Africa –
  • Monarch – George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, Governor-General of South Africa (1943-1946)
  • Prime Minister – Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939-1948)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
• Brunei – Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
    • President – Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government (1943-1947)
    • Premier -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
      2. T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan (1945-1947)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
    • Acting President – Chen Gongbo, Acting Chairman of the National Government (1944-1945)
    • Disbanded on August 16 following Japanese surrender
• India -
  • Monarch – George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
  • Viceroy – The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943-1947)
• Indonesia – Soekarno, President of Indonesia (1945 – 1967)
• Japan -
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Kuniaki Koiso, Prime Minister of Japan (1944-1945)
    2. Kantaro Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1945)
    3. Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prime Minister of Japan (1945)
    4. Kijuro Shidehara, Prime Minister of Japan (1945-1946)
    5. Tetsu Katayama, Prime Minister of Japan (1947-1948)
• Manchukuo –
  • Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
  • part of China since end of World War II
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1945)
    2. Sir Winston Dugan, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1944-1945)
    3. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (1945-1947)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1945)
    2. Frank Forde, Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1945)
    3. Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1949)

Europe

• Albania – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942-1945)
    2. Vilhelm Buhl, Prime Minister of Denmark (5 May-8 November 1945)
    3. Knud Kristensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (8 November 1945-1947)
  • German occupation in control of government (1943-5 May 1945)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President –
    1. Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
    2. Sean T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister – Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• France -
  • Head of Government – Charles de Gaulle, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1944-1946)
• Germany –
  • Head of State -
    1. Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
    2. Karl Dönitz, Head of State (1945)
  • Chancellor –
    1. Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
    2. Joseph Goebbels, Chancellor of Germany (1945)
    3. Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, Chancellor of Germany (1945)
  • Administered by Allied Occupation Forces (1945-1949)
• Italy -
  • Kingdom of Italy -
    • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
    • Prime Minister –
      1. Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (1944-1945)
      2. Ferruccio Parri, Prime Minister of Italy (1945)
      3. Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1946)
  • Italian Social Republic – Benito Mussolini, Provisional Head of State (1943-1945)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
  • Prime Minister – Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1945-1946)
• Poland
  • Government in exile
    • President – Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
    • Prime Minister – Tomasz Arciszewski, President of the Council of Ministers (1944-1947)
  • Communist dominated government
    • Head of State – Bolesław Bierut, President of the National Council (1944-1947)
    • Premier – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, President of the Council of Ministers (1944-1947)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
    2. Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945-1951)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada (1940-1946)
  • Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• United States –
  1. Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)
  2. Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

South America

• Brazil –
  1. Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
  2. José Linhares, Provisional President of Brazil (1945-1946)
• Paraguay – Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru –
  1. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
  2. José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1945-1948)