List of state leaders in 1973

1972 state leaders – Events of 1973 – 1974 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Algeria – Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-1978)
• Burundi
  • President – Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966-1976)
  • Prime Minister – Albin Nyamoya, Prime Minister of Burundi (1972-1973)
• Ethiopia
  • Monarch – Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
  • Prime Minister – Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961-1974)
• Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo (name changed to Omar Bongo on September 29), President of Gabon (1967-present)
• Guinea
  • President – Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
  • Prime Minister – Louis Lansana Beavogui, Prime Minister of Guinea (1972-1984)
• Kenya – Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964-1978)
• Liberia – William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia (1971-1980)
• Rhodesia -
  • President – Clifford Walter Dupont, President of Rhodesia (1970-1975)
  • Prime Minister – Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965-1979)
• Rwanda
  1. Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961-1973)
  2. Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1973-1994)
• Somalia – Muhammad Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969 – 1991)
• Uganda – Idi Amin, President of Uganda (1971-1979)
• Zambia
  • President – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Position created
    2. Mainza Chona, Prime Minister of Zambia (1973-1975)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Mohammad Musa Shafiq, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1972-1973)
  • President – Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, President of Afghanistan (1973-1978)
• Brunei – Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
• People's Republic of China
  • Acting Head of State – Dong Biwu, Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968-1975)
  • 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 – Varahagiri Venkata Giri, President of India (1969-1974)
  • Prime Minister – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1966-1977)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister – Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan (1972-1974)
• South Korea -
  • President – Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
  • Prime Minister – Kim Jong-pil, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1971-1975)
• Malaysia
  • Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970 – 1975)
  • Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1970-1976)
• Pakistan -
  • President –
    1. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan (1971-1973)
    2. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, President of Pakistan (1973-1978)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. none (1971-1973)
    2. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973-1977)
• Singapore -
  • President – Benjamin Sheares, President of Singapore (1971-1981)
  • Prime Minister – Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President – Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier – Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Executive Yuan (1972-1978)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present)
  • Governor-General – Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (1969-1974)
  • Prime Minister – Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975)
• 'New Zealand
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
  • Governor-General – Sir Denis Blundell, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972-1977)
  • Prime Minister – Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972-1974)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-18 December 1973)
    2. Poul Hartling, Prime Minister of Denmark (18 December 1973-1975)
• Finland
  • President – Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
  • Prime Minister – Kalevi Sorsa (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987)
• France -
  • President – Georges Pompidou, President of France (1969-1974)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (1969-1973)
    2. Pierre Messmer, Prime Minister of France (1973-1974)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President – Gustav Heinemann, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969-1974)
  • Chancellor – Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969-1974)
• German Democratic Republic -
  • Communist Party Leader – Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
  • Head of State –
    1. Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
    2. Fritz Ebert, Acting Chairman of the Council of State (1973)
    3. Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of State (1973-1976)
  • Premier –
    1. Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964-1973)
    2. Horst Sindermann, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1973-1976)
• Ireland -
  • President –
    1. Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
    2. Erskine Childers, President of Ireland (1973-1974)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Jack Lynch, Taoiseach (1966-1973)
    2. Liam Cosgrave, Taoiseach (1973-1977)
• Italy
  • President – Giovanni Leone, President of Italy (1971-1978)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Giulio Andreotti, Prime Minister of Italy (1972-1973)
    2. Mariano Rumor, Prime Minister of Italy (1973-1974)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader – Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1970-1980)
  • Head of State – Council of State, Chairman – Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
  • Premier – Piotr Jaroszewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1970-1980)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister – Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970-1974)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Paul VI, Bishop of Rome (1963-1978)
  • Secretary of State – Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot, Cardinal Secretary of State (1969-1979)

Middle East

• Egypt
  • President – Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt (1971-1981)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Aziz Sedki, Prime Minister of Egypt (1972-1973)
    2. Anwar Sadat, Prime Minister of Egypt (1973-1974)
• Israel
  • President –
    1. Zalman Shazar, President of Israel (1963-1973)
    2. Ephraim Katzir, President of Israel (1973-1978)
  • Prime Minister – Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
• Oman – Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970–present)
• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
  • President – Salim Ali Rubai, Chairman of the Presidential Council (1970-1978)
  • Prime Minister – Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971-1986)
• Yemen Arab Republic
  • President – Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1974)
  • Prime Minister – Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1972-1974)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
  • Governor General – Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (1967-1974)
  • Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1968-1979)
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1976)
  • Governor General – Ellis Clarke, Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1972-1976)
  • Prime Minister – Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1956-1981)
• United States – Richard Nixon, President of the United States (1969-1974)

South America

• Brazil – Emílio Garrastazú Médici, President of Brazil (1969-1974)
• Paraguay – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru – Juan Velasco Alvarado, President of Peru (1968-1975)