List of state leaders in 1958
1957 state leaders – Events of 1958 – 1959 state leaders – State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1958
- List of international organization leaders in 1958
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Africa
- Ethiopia
- Monarch – Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
- Prime Minister – Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1957-1960)
- Ghana
- Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Ghana (1957-1960)
- Governor-General – The Earl of Listowel, Governor-General of Ghana (1957-1960)
- Prime Minister – Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-1960)
- Guinea – Independence from France, 2 October 1958
- President – Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
- Liberia – William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
- Libya -
- 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 –
- Tunisia – Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957-1987)
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)
- Japan -
- Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister – Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan (1957-1960)
- South Korea – Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
- Malaya -
- Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Muhammad, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (31 August 1957-1960)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaya (1955-1959)
- Pakistan –
- President –
- Prime Minister –
- Malik Firoz Khan Nun, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1957-1958)
- Mohammad Ayub Khan (1958)
- none (1958-1971)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President – Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
- Premier -
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General – Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
- Prime Minister – Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)
- New Zealand
- Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
- Governor-General – Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957-1962)
- Prime Minister – Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957-1960)
Europe
- Denmark
- Monarch – Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister – Hans Christian Hansen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1955-1960)
- Finland
- France -
- President – René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
- Prime Minister –
- 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 – Sean T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
- Prime Minister – Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1957-1959)
- Italy -
- President – Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
- Prime Minister –
- Poland
- Communist Party Leader – Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
- Head of State – Council of State, Chairman – Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
- Premier – Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
- Sweden -
- Monarch – Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
- Prime Minister – Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister – Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963)
- Vatican City
- Pope –
- Secretary of State – Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)
Middle East
- Egypt (became part of the United Arab Republic on February 1)
- President – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1958)
- Prime Minister – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of Egypt (1954-1958)
- Israel
- President – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
- Prime Minister – David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
- Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- United Arab Republic (created on February 1 out in a union between Egypt and Syria)
- President – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
- Prime Minister – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1958-1962)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
- Governor General – Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
- Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
- United States – Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)
South America
- Bolivia – Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1956-1960)
- Brazil – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (1956-1961)
- Ecuador – Camilo Ponce Enríquez, President of Ecuador (1956-1960)
- Paraguay – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
- Peru – Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956-1962)
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