List of state leaders in 1946

1945 state leaders – Events of 1946 – 1947 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 –
    1. Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, Governor-General of South Africa (1943-1946)
    2. Gideon Brand van Zyl, Governor-General of South Africa (1946-1951)
  • 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 -
    1. Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
    2. Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
• Brunei – Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • President – Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government (1943-1947)
  • Premier – T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan (1945-1947)
• 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. Kijuro Shidehara, Prime Minister of Japan (1945-1946)
    2. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1946-1947)
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Thailand
  • Monarch – Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (1945-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1949)

Europe

• Albania –
  • Monarch – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
  • Chairman of the Presidium – Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (1946-1953)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Knud Kristensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945-1947)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President – Sean T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister – Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• France -
  • Head of Government –
    1. Charles de Gaulle, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1944-1946)
    2. Félix Gouin, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1946)
    3. Georges Bidault, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1946)
    4. Léon Blum, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1946-1947)
• Germany – Administered by Allied Occupation Forces (1945-1949)
• Italy -
  • Kingdom of Italy -
    • Monarch -
      1. Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
      2. Umberto II, King of Italy (1946)
    • Prime Minister – Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1946)
  • Italian Republic -
    • Head of State –
      1. Alcide De Gasperi, President of Italy (1946)
      2. Enrico De Nicola, President of Italy (1946-1947)
    • Prime Minister – Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1946-1953)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1945-1946)
    2. Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946-1948)
• Poland
  • 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 – 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 –
  1. The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada (1940-1946)
  2. The Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada (1946-1952)
  • Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• United States – Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

South America

• Brazil –
  1. José Linhares, Provisional President of Brazil (1945-1946)
  2. Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946-1951)
• Paraguay – Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru – José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1946-1948)