List of state leaders in 1955

1954 state leaders – Events of 1955 – 1956 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Egypt – President – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President (1954-1970) and Prime Minister (1954-1962)
• Liberia – William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• South Africa
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
  • Governor-General – Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
  • Prime Minister – Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa (1954-1958)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
• Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State – Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
  • 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 – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
    2. David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
• Japan -
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister – Ichiro Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan (1954 – 1956)
• South Korea – Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
    2. Iskandar Ali Mirza, Governor-General of Pakistan (1955-1956)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953-1955)
    2. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1955-1956)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President – Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier – Yü Hung-chün, President of the Executive Yuan (1954-1958)
• Thailand
  • Monarch – Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, and of Australia (1953-1973)
  • Governor-General – Sir. William Joseph Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
  • Prime Minister – Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1953-1 February 1955)
    2. Hans Christian Hansen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1 February 1955-1960)
• France -
  • President – René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Pierre Mendès-France, President of the Council (1954-1955)
    2. Christian Pineau, Acting President of the Council (1955)
    3. Edgar Faure, President of the Council (1955-1956)
• 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 of Germany (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 – John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1954-1957)
• Italy -
  • President –
    1. Luigi Einaudi, President of Italy (1948-1955)
    2. Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italy (1954-1955)
    2. Antonio Segni, Prime Minister of Italy (1955-1957)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader – Bolesław Bierut, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1954-1956)
  • Head of State – Council of State, Chairman – Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
  • Premier – Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
• Soviet Union -
  • Head of Communist Party – Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
    2. Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1955-1957)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State – Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General – Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
  • Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
• United States – Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

South America

• Brazil – João Café Filho, President of Brazil (1954-1956)
• Paraguay – Alfredo Stroessner Mattianda , President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru – Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)