List of state leaders in 1951

1950 state leaders – Events of 1951 – 1952 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. Gideon Brand van Zyl, Governor-General of South Africa (1946-1951)
    2. Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
  • Prime Minister – Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-1954)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
• Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State – Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949-1954)
  • Premier – Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council (1949-1976)
  • Head of Communist Party – Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
• India -
  • President – Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
  • Prime Minister – Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
• Indonesia – Soekarno, President of Indonesia (1945 – 1967)
• Israel -
  • President – Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel (1949-1952)
  • Prime Minister – David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953)
• Japan -
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister – Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948 – 1954)
• South Korea –
  • President – Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. John Myon Chang, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1950-1952)
    2. Ho Chong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1951-1952)
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Pakistan (1947-1952)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Khwaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan (1948-1951)
    2. Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Liaqat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-1951)
    2. Khwaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1951-1953)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President – Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier – Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
• Thailand
  • Monarch – Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Sir. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947-1953)
    2. Sir John Northcott, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1951-1951)
  • Prime Minister – Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)

Europe

• Albania – Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (1946-1953)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister – Erik Eriksen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1950-1953)
• France -
  • President – Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. René Pleven, President of the Council (1950-1951)
    2. Henri Queuille, President of the Council (1951)
    3. René Pleven, President of the Council (1951-1952)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President – Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
  • Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
• German Democratic Republic -
  • Communist Party Leader – Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1950-1971)
  • President – Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
  • Premier – Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
• Ireland -
  • President – Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1948-1951)
    2. Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1951-1954)
• Italy -
  • President – Luigi Einaudi, President of Italy (1948-1955)
  • Prime Minister – Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1953)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader – Bolesław Bierut, Chairman of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1954)
  • Head of State – Bolesław Bierut, President of Poland (1947-1952)
  • Premier – Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1947-1952)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945-1951)
    2. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
• 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 – Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor General (1946-1952)
  • Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
• United States – Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

South America

• Brazil –
  1. Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946-1951)
  2. Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951-1954)
• Paraguay – Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
• Peru – Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)