List of state leaders in 1952

1951 state leaders – Events of 1952 – 1953 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Liberia – William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• South Africa
  • Monarch –
    1. George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
    2. Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
  • Governor-General – 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 –
    1. Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel (1949-1952)
    2. Yosef Sprinzak, interim President of Israel (1952)
    3. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • 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)
    3. Yi Yun-yong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952)
    4. Chang Taek-sang, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952)
    5. Paik Too-chin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952-1954)
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
  • Monarch –
    1. George VI, King of Pakistan (1947-1952)
    2. Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
  • Governor-General – Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
  • Prime Minister – 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 –
    1. George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
    2. Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-1953)
  • Governor-General – Sir. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947-1953)
  • 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 (1951-1952)
    2. Edgar Faure, President of the Council (1952)
    3. Antoine Pinay, President of the Council (1952-1953)
• 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 – 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 –
    1. Bolesław Bierut, President of Poland (1947-1952)
    2. Council of State, Chairman – Aleksander Zawadzki, (1952-1964)
  • Premier –
    1. Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1947-1952)
    2. Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers (1952-1954)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch -
    1. George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
    2. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State –
    1. Position of Cardinal Secretary of State re-established
    2. Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch –
    1. George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
    2. Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General –
    1. Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor General (1946-1952)
    2. Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
  • Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
• United States – Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

South America

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