List of state leaders in 1984

1983 state leaders – Events of 1984 – 1985 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Algeria -
  • President – Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-1984)
    2. Abdelhamid Brahimi, Prime Minister of Algeria (1984-1988)
• Angola – José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (10 September 1979-present)
• Botswana – Quett Masire, President of Botswana (1980-1998)
• Burundi – Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President of Burundi (1976-1987)
• Djibouti -
  • President – Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
  • Prime Minister – Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
• Ethiopia – Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (1977-1987), President of Ethiopia (1987-1991).
• Gabon
  • President – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967-present)
  • Prime Minister – Léon Mébiame, Prime Minister of Gabon (1975-1994)
• Guinea
  • President –
    1. Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
    2. Louis Lansana Beavogui, interim President of Guinea (1984)
    3. Lansana Conté, President of Guinea (1984-present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Louis Lansana Beavogui, Prime Minister of Guinea (1972-1984)
    2. Diara Traoré, Prime Minister of Guinea (1984)
    3. Position vacant
• Kenya – Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya (1978-2002)
• Liberia – Samuel K. Doe, President of Liberia (1980-1990)
• Rwanda – Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1973-1994)
• Somalia – Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969 – 1991)
• Uganda –
  • President – Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971, 1980-1985)
  • Prime Minister – Otema Alimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (1980-1985)
• Upper Volta (name change to Burkina Faso on August 4) – Thomas Sankara, President of Upper Volta (1983-1987)
• Zambia
  • President – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
  • Prime Minister – Nalumino Mundia, Prime Minister of Zambia (1981-1985)
• Zimbabwe
  • President – Canaan Banana, President of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
  • Prime Minister – Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  • President – Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan (1979-1986)
  • Prime Minister – Sultan Ali Keshtmand, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981-1988)
• Brunei
  • Monarch – Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
  • Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Brunei (1984–present)
• People's Republic of China -
  • President – Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-1988)
  • Premier – Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-1987)
  • Head of Communist Party – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987)
  • De facto leader – Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s – early 1990s)
• India -
  • President – Zail Singh, President of India (1982-1987)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1980-1984)
    2. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1984-1989)
• Iran
  • Supreme Leader – Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–1989)
  • President – Ali Khamenei, President of Iran (1981–1989)
  • Prime Minister – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran (1981–1989)
• Japan -
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987)
• Republic of Korea -
  • President – Chun Doo-hwan, President of the Republic of Korea (1980-1988)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Chin Iee-chong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1983-1984)
    2. Shin Byong-hyun, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1984-1985)
• Nepal
  • Monarch – Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972–2001)
  • Prime Minister – Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal (1983-1986)
• Pakistan -
  • President – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
  • Head of Government – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Chief Martial Law Administrator (1977-1985)
• Singapore -
  • President – C. V. Devan Nair, President of Singapore (1981-1985)
  • Prime Minister – Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
• Taiwan (Republic of China) -
  • President – Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988)
  • Premier -
    1. Sun Yün-suan, President of the Executive Yuan (1978-1984)
    2. Yü Kuo-hwa, President of the Executive Yuan (1984-1989)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952 – present)
  • Governor-General – Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor-General of Australia (1982 – 1989)
  • Prime Minister – Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia (1983 – 1991)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 – present)
  • Governor-General – Sir David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1980 – 1985)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1975 – 26 July 1984)
    2. David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (26 July 1984 – 1989)
• Tuvalu
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Tuvalu (1978 – present)
  • Governor-General – Fiatau Penitala Teo, Governor-General of Tuvalu (1978 – 1986)
  • Prime Minister – Tomasi Puapua, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1981 – 1989)

Europe

• Albania -
  • First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor – Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944-1985)
  • Head of State – Ramiz Alia, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1982-1991)
  • Premier – Adil Çarçani, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1982-1991)
• Finland
  • President – Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland, (1982-1994)
  • Prime Minister – Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987)
• France -
  • President – François Mitterrand, President of France (1981-1995)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-1984)
    2. Laurent Fabius, Prime Minister of France (1984-1986)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President –
    1. Karl Carstens, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979-1984)
    2. Richard von Weizsäcker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984-1994)
  • Chancellor – Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982-1998)
• German Democratic Republic -
  • Communist Party Leader – Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
  • Head of State – Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State (1976-1989)
  • Premier – Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976-1989)
• Ireland
  • President – Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (1976-1990)
  • Prime Minister – Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
• Italy -
  • President – Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (1978-1985)
  • Prime Minister – Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (1983-1987)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader – Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1981-1989)
  • Head of State – Council of State, Chairman – Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
  • Premier – Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of the Council of Ministers (1981-1985)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – John Paul II, Bishop of Rome (1978-2005)
  • Secretary of State – Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1979-1990)

Middle East

• Egypt -
  • President – Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981-present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, Prime Minister of Egypt (1982-1984)
    2. Kamal Hassan Ali, Prime Minister of Egypt (1984-1985)
• Israel
  • President – Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-1993)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1984)
    2. Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel (1984-1986)
• Oman – Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970-)
• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
  • President – Ali Nasir Mohammed, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1980-1986)
  • Prime Minister – Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971-1986)
• Yemen Arab Republic
  • President – Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1978-1990)
  • Prime Minister – Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1983-1990)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
  • Governor General –
    1. Edward Schreyer, Governor General of Canada (1979-1984)
    2. Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada (1984-1990)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1980-1984)
    2. John Turner, Prime Minister of Canada (1984)
    3. Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)
  • For more see 1984 Canadian incumbents
• Cuba – Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-present)
• Haiti – Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti (1971-1986)
• Trinidad and Tobago -
  • President – Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-1987)
  • Prime Minister – George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1981-1986)
• United States – Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1981-1989)

South America

• Argentina
  • President – Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (1983-1989)
• Bolivia
  • President – Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1983-1985)
• Brazil
  • President – Gen. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1979-1985)
• Chile
  • President – Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1974-1990)
• Paraguay
  • President – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)