List of state leaders in 1964

1963 state leaders – Events of 1964 – 1965 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Algeria – Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria (1962–1965)
• Burundi
  • Monarch – Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915–1966)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi (1963–1964)
    2. Albin Nyamoya, Prime Minister of Burundi (1964–1965)
• Guinea – Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958–1984)
• Kenya –
  • Monarch – Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Kenya (1963-1964; Position abolished December 12, 1964)
  • Governor-General – Malcolm John MacDonald, Governor-General of Kenya (1963-1964; Position abolished December 12, 1964)
  • Prime Minister – Jomo Kenyatta, Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964; Position abolished December 12, 1964)
  • President – Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964-1978; Position created December 12, 1964)
• Liberia – William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• Rwanda – Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961–1973)
• Uganda
  • President – Sir Edward Mutesa, President of Uganda (1962–1966)
  • Prime Minister – Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962–1971)
• Zambia (Northern Rhodesia gained independence from UK as Zambia in 1964)
  • Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964–1991)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Mohammad Yusuf, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1963-1965)
• Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State – Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968)
  • 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 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India (1962-1967)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
    2. Gulzarilal Nanda, Prime Minister of India (1964)
    3. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (1964-1966)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-1964)
    2. Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan (1964-1972)
• South Korea -
  • President – Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Ch'oi Tu-son, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1963-1964)
    2. Chung Il-kwon, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1964-1970)
• Malaysia
  • Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1960-1965)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1957-1970)
• Pakistan – Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President – Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier – Yen Chia-kan, President of the Executive Yuan (1963-1972)
• Thailand
  • King – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946–present)
  • Prime Minister – Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (1963–1973)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
  • Governor-General – William Sidney, Governor-General of Australia (1961-1965)
  • 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 – sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (1962–1967)
  • Prime Minister – sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960–1972)

Europe

• Belgium
  • Monarch – Baudouin I of Belgium, King of the Belgians (1951–1993)
  • Prime Minister – Théodore Lefèvre, Prime Minister of Belgium (1961–1965)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister – Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark (1962-1968)
• Finland
  • President – Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Reino Ragnar Lehto (1963-1964)
    2. Johannes Virolainen (1964-1966)
• France -
  • President – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
  • Prime Minister – Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France (1962-1968)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President – Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
  • Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1963-1966)
• German Democratic Republic -
  • Communist Party Leader – Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
  • Head of State – Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
  • Premier –
    1. Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
    2. Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964-1973)
• Greece
  • King -
    1. Pavlos, King of Greece (1947–1964)
    2. Konstantinos, King of Greece (1964–1973)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (1963–1964)
    2. Georgios Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (1964–1965)
• Iceland
  • President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952–1968)
  • Prime Minister – Bjarni Benediktsson, List of Prime Ministers of Iceland (1963–1970)
• Ireland -
  • President – Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
• Italy
  • President –
    1. Antonio Segni, President of Italy (1962-1964)
    2. Cesare Merzagora, acting President of Italy (1964)
    3. Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy (1964-1971)
  • Prime Minister – Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (1963-1968)
• The Netherlands
  • Monarch – Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948–1980)
  • Prime Minister – Victor Marijnen, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1963–1965)
• Norway -
  • Monarch – Olav V, King of Norway (1957–1991)
  • Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1963–1965)
• 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 –
    1. Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
    2. Edward Ochab (1964-1968)
  • Premier – Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
• Romania -
  • President of the State Council – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, President of Romania (1961&ndash1965
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania (1961–1974)
• Spain – Francisco Franco, Generalísimo (1939–1975)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch – Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950–1973)
  • Prime Minister – Tage Fritiof Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946–1969)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1963-1964)
    2. Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964-1970)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Paul VI, Bishop of Rome (1963-1978)
  • Secretary of State – Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)

Middle East

• Israel
  • President – Zalman Shazar, President of Israel (1963-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (1963-1969)
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• United Arab Republic
  • President – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
  • Prime Minister – Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1962-1965)
• Yemen Arab Republic
  • President – Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1963-1964)
    2. Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1964)
    3. Mahmoud al-Gayifi, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1964-1965)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
  • Governor General – Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
  • Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister (1963-1968)
• Cuba – Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba (1959–1976)
• Haiti – François Duvalier, President of Haiti (1957–1971)
• Mexico -
  1. Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (1958–1964)
  2. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (1964–1970)
• United States – Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States (1963-1969)

South America

• Argentina – Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963–1966)
• Bolivia -
  1. Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1960–1964)
  2. Alfredo Ovando Candía, President of Bolivia (1964)
  3. René Barrientos Ortuño, President of Bolivia (1964–1965)
• Brazil –
  1. João Goulart, President of Brazil (1961-1964)
  2. Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Acting President of Brazil (1964)
  3. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, President of Brazil (1964-1967)
• Chile –
  1. Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, President of Chile (1958–1964)
  2. Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (1964–1970)
• Colombia – Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (1962–1966)
• Ecuador – Ramón Castro Jijón, President of Ecuador (1963–1966)
• British Guiana
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of British Guiana (1952–1970)
  • Governor -
    1. sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, Governor of British Guiana (1958–1964
    2. sir Richard Edmonds Luyt, Governor of British Guiana (1964–1966
• Paraguay – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru – Fernando Belaunde Terry, President of Peru (1963-1968)
• Suriname –
  • Monarch – Juliana, Queen of Suriname (1948–1975)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Archibald Currie, Governor-General of Suriname (1962–1964)
    2. François Haverschmidt, Governor-General of Suriname (1964–1965)
  • Prime Minister – Johan Adolf Pengel, Prime Minister of Suriname (1963–1969)
• Uruguay –
  1. Daniel Fernández Crespo, President of Uruguay (1963–1964)
  2. Luis Giannattasio, President of Uruguay (1964–1965)
• Venezuela –
  1. Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1959–1964)
  2. Raúl Leoni, President of Venezuela (1964–1969)