1944 state leaders - Events of 1945 - 1946 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

•  Kingdom of Egypt
  • Monarch - Farouk
    Farouk of Egypt
    Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....
    
    , King of Egypt (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ahmad Mahir Pasha
       Ahmad Mahir Pasha
       Ahmed Maher Pasha was the Prime Minister of Egypt from October 10, 1944 to February 24, 1945. He was a member of the Saadist Institutional Party and was appointed Prime Minister following the removal of Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha by King Farouk.After assuming power he called for new elections and...
       
       , Prime Minister of Egypt
       Prime Minister of Egypt
       The Prime Minister of Egypt is the head of the Egyptian government. According to the constitution, the prime minister is the leader of the largest political party in the Egyptian Parliament....
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha
       Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha
       Mahmoud Fahmi an-Nukrashi Pasha was an Egyptian political figure. He served as the prime minister of Egypt between 1945 and 1946 and again from 1946 and 1948. He was assassinated by a 21 year-old student and member of the Muslim Brotherhood, disguised as a police official, while in office....
       
       , Prime Minister of Egypt
       Prime Minister of Egypt
       The Prime Minister of Egypt is the head of the Egyptian government. According to the constitution, the prime minister is the leader of the largest political party in the Egyptian Parliament....
       
        (1945–1946)

•  Ethiopian Empire
  • Monarch - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
    Emperor of Ethiopia
    The Emperor of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. The Emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ultimate executive, judicial and legislative power in that country...
    
     (1941–1974)
  • Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew
    Makonnen Endelkachew
    Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew was an Ethiopian aristocrat and Prime Minister under Emperor Haile Selassie. Makonnen was born in Addisge, the nephew of the noted Shewan general and politician Ras Betwoded Tessema Nadew, who introduced him to Emperor Menilek II...
    
    , Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942–1957)

•  Liberia
  • President - William Tubman
    William Tubman
    William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th President of Liberia from 1944 until his death in 1971....
    
    , President of Liberia (1944–1971)

•  Union of South Africa
  • Monarch - George VI
    George VI of the United Kingdom
    George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
    
    , King of South Africa
    King of South Africa
    The King or Queen of South Africa was titular head of state of the Union of South Africa during the state's existence as a Dominion of the British Empire and later a Commonwealth Realm from 31 May 1910 to 31 May 1961, when the country became the Republic of South Africa...
    
     (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet
    Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet
    Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.Born in 1873, he obtained a law degree from the University of Cambridge in 1895 and was admitted as an advocate in 1896...
    
    , Officer Administering the Government of South Africa (1943–1946)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Smuts
    Jan Smuts
    Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...
    
    , Prime Minister of South Africa (1939–1948)

Asia

Afghanistan

Kingdom of Afghanistan

The Kingdom of Afghanistan was an Islamic monarchy in south Central Asia established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan, following the ascension to the throne by Amanullah Khan and his proclaming Afghanistan a kingdom in 1926, after 7 years on the throne...

• • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah
    Mohammed Zahir Shah
    Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973...
    
    , King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister - Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan
    Prime Minister of Afghanistan
    The Prime Minister of Afghanistan is a currently defunct post in the Afghan Government.The position was created in 1927, and was appointed by the king, mostly as an advisor, until the end of the monarchy in 1973...
    
     (1929–1946)

Bhutan

Bhutan

Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

• • Monarch - Jigme Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1926–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Raja Sonam Tobgay Dorji, Chief Minister of Bhutan (1917–1952)

Burma

State of Burma

The State of Burma was created in 1943 under Japanese occupation.-Background:During the early stages of World War II, the Empire of Japan invaded British Burma primarily to obtain raw materials , and to close off the Burma Road, which was a primary link for aid and munitions to the Chinese...

 (partially recognized occupied state

Japanese occupation of Burma

The Japanese occupation of Burma refers to the period between 1942 and 1945 during World War II, when Burma was a part of the Empire of Japan. The Japanese had assisted formation of the Burma Independence Army, and trained the Thirty Comrades, who were the founders of the modern Armed Forces...

)

• • independence terminated on 3 May 1945 with the end of Japanese occupation, afterwards British Burma
    British rule in Burma
    British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese Wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence...
    
     was restored
  • President - Ba Maw
    Ba Maw
    Dr. Ba Maw was a Burmese political leader, active during the interwar and World War II period.-Early life and education:Ba Maw was born in Maubin. Ba Maw came from a distinguished family of mixed Mon-Burmese parentage which bred many scholars and lawyers...
    
    , President of Burma (1943–1945)
  • Prime Minister - Ba Maw
    Ba Maw
    Dr. Ba Maw was a Burmese political leader, active during the interwar and World War II period.-Early life and education:Ba Maw was born in Maubin. Ba Maw came from a distinguished family of mixed Mon-Burmese parentage which bred many scholars and lawyers...
    
    , Prime Minister of Burma (1942–1945)

(unrecognized occupied state

Japanese occupation of Cambodia

The Japanese occupation of Cambodia was the period of Cambodian history during World War II when the Empire of Japan established its authority over Cambodia....

)

• • independence declared under Japanese occupation 12 March - 16 October 1945, afterwards returned to French Indochina
    French Indochina
    French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
    
    
  • Monarch - Norodom Sihanouk
    Norodom Sihanouk
    Norodom Sihanouk regular script was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni...
    
    , King of Cambodia (1941–1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Norodom Sihanouk
       Norodom Sihanouk
       Norodom Sihanouk regular script was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni...
       
       , Prime Minister of Cambodia (1945)
    2. Son Ngoc Thanh
       Son Ngoc Thanh
       Son Ngoc Thanh was a Cambodian nationalist and republican policitian, with a long history as a rebel and a government minister.-Early life:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Cambodia (1945)
    3. Prince Sisowath Monireth
       Sisowath Monireth
       Prince Monireth Sisowath was Prime Minister of Cambodia, during the French Protectorate Period, from October 17, 1945 to December 15, 1946. One of the most prominent members of the Sisowath line of the royal family at the time, he had earlier been passed over for the throne by the French...
       
       , Prime Minister of Cambodia (1945–1946)

• China
  Republic of China
  The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
  
  
  •   Chongqing Government
    Chongqing
    Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
    
     (pro-Allies
    Allies
    In everyday English usage, allies are people, groups, or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out between them...
    
    )
    • President - Chiang Kai-Shek
      Chiang Kai-shek
      Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
      
      , Chairman of the National Government of China
      President of the Republic of China
      The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Republic of China . The Republic of China was founded on January 1, 1912, to govern all of China...
      
       (1943–1947)
    • Premier -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek
         Chiang Kai-shek
         Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
         
         , President of the Executive Yuan of China
         Premier of the Republic of China
         The President of the Executive Yuan , commonly known as the Premier of the Republic of China , is the head of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Republic of China , which currently administers Taiwan, Matsu, and Kinmen. The premier is appointed by the President of the Republic of China...
         
          (1939–1945)
      2. T. V. Soong
         T. V. Soong
         Soong Tse-ven or Soong Tzu-wen , was a prominent businessman and politician in the early 20th century Republic of China. His father was Charlie Soong and his siblings were the Soong sisters. His Christian name was Paul, but he is generally known in English as T. V. Soong. As brother to the three...
         
         , President of the Executive Yuan of China
         Premier of the Republic of China
         The President of the Executive Yuan , commonly known as the Premier of the Republic of China , is the head of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Republic of China , which currently administers Taiwan, Matsu, and Kinmen. The premier is appointed by the President of the Republic of China...
         
          (1945–1947)
  •   Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
    • disbanded on 16 August 1945 following Japanese surrender
    • Head of State - Chen Gongbo, Acting Chairman of the National Government of China
      President of the Republic of China
      The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Republic of China . The Republic of China was founded on January 1, 1912, to govern all of China...
      
       (1944–1945)
  •  Manchukuo (partially recognized occupied state)
    • reintegrated into China in 1945
    • Monarch - Puyi
      Puyi
      Puyi , of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, was the last Emperor of China, and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. He ruled as the Xuantong Emperor from 1908 until his abdication on 12 February 1912. From 1 to 12 July 1917 he was briefly restored to the throne as a nominal emperor by the...
      
      , Emperor of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
    • Premier - Zhang Jinghui
      Zhang Jinghui
      Zhāng Jǐnghuì ; 1871 – 1 November 1959) was a Chinese general and politician during the Warlord era. He is noted for his role in the Japanese puppet regime of Manchukuo in which he served as its second and final Prime Minister.-Biography:...
      
      , Premier of Manchukuo (1935–1945)
  • East Turkestan
    Second East Turkestan Republic
    The Second East Turkestan Republic, usually known simply as the East Turkestan Republic , was a short-lived Soviet-backed Turkic people's republic which existed in the 1940s in three northern districts of Xinjiang province of the Republic of China, what is now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...
    
     (unrecognized secessionist state)
    • President - Elihan Tore
      Elihan Tore
      Elihan Tore Saghuniy (ʿAli Khan Türe or Alihan Tore Shakirjan Khoja ogli) Алихан -тюре was president of the Second East Turkistan Republic....
      
      , President of East Turkestan (1944–1946)

(unrecognized secessionist state)

• • independence declared on 17 August 1945
  • President - Sukarno
    Sukarno
    Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo was the first President of Indonesia.Sukarno was the leader of his country's struggle for independence from the Netherlands and was Indonesia's first President from 1945 to 1967...
    
    , President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister - Sutan Sjahrir
    Sutan Sjahrir
    Sutan Sjahrir , an avant garde and idealistic Indonesian intellectual, was a revolutionary independence leader...
    
    , Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945–1947)

Iran

Pahlavi dynasty

The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

• • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...
    
    , Shah of Iran
    Pahlavi dynasty
    The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...
    
     (1941–1979)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Morteza Gholi Bayat
       Morteza Gholi Bayat
       Morteza Gholi Bayat was a Prime Minister of Iran.Born in Arak, Iran into a family of Irans' ancient tribal nobility, Chieftains of the Bayat tribe, to Haj Abbas Qoli-Khan Saham al-Molk Araki, he first founded the Democratic party of Arak.He was heavily involved in the termination of the Qajar...
       
       , Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Ebrahim Hakimi
       Ebrahim Hakimi
       Ebrahim Hakimi was a Prime Minister of Iran.He was born in Tabriz to an ethnic Iranian Azeri family. He attended Dar ol-Fonoon, and finished advanced studies in Medicine in Paris....
       
       , Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...
       
        (1945)
    3. Mohsen Sadr
       Mohsen Sadr
       Mohsen Sadr was a Prime Minister of Iran.He was born in Mahallat in Markazi in 1866 as the son of Seyyed Hossein 'Fakhr ol-Zakerin', a wealthy clergyman, by a daughter of Hajji Molla Akbar Khorassani...
       
       , Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...
       
        (1945)
    4. Ebrahim Hakimi
       Ebrahim Hakimi
       Ebrahim Hakimi was a Prime Minister of Iran.He was born in Tabriz to an ethnic Iranian Azeri family. He attended Dar ol-Fonoon, and finished advanced studies in Medicine in Paris....
       
       , Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran
       Prime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...
       
        (1945–1946)
  • Azerbaijan People's Government
    Azerbaijan People's Government
    The Azerbaijan People's Government was a short-lived, Soviet-backed client state in northern Iran. Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the APG's capital was the city of Tabriz...
    
     (unrecognized autonomous republic)
    • declared independence on 12 December 1945
    • Chairman - Ja'far Pishevari, Chairman of the Azerbaijan People's Government (1945–1946)
    • Prime Minister - Ahmad Kordary, Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan People's Government (1945–1946)

•  Kingdom of Iraq
  • Monarch - Faisal II
    Faisal II of Iraq
    Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the "14 July Revolution" together with several members of his family...
    
    , King of Iraq (1939–1958)
  • Prime Minister - Hamdi al-Pachachi
    Hamdi al-Pachachi
    Hamdi al-Pachachi , Iraqi politician, was born to a well known family in Baghdad. He studied law at the Royal School in Istanbul, graduating in 1909. He taught at the Baghdad Law School from 1913 to 1916. While in Istanbul, he joined the Covenant Society and became active in the Arab nationalist...
    
    , Prime Minister of Iraq
    Prime Minister of Iraq
    The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country's active executive authority...
    
     (1944–1946)

Japan (under Allied occupiation)

• • Empire of Japan
    Empire of Japan
    The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...
    
     was occupied and surrendered on 2 September 1945
  • Monarch - Hirohito
    Hirohito
    , posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to...
    
    , Emperor of Japan
    Emperor of Japan
    The Emperor of Japan is, according to the 1947 Constitution of Japan, "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people." He is a ceremonial figurehead under a form of constitutional monarchy and is head of the Japanese Imperial Family with functions as head of state. He is also the highest...
    
     (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kuniaki Koiso
       Kuniaki Koiso
       - Notes :...
       
       , Prime Minister of Japan
       Prime Minister of Japan
       The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Kantarō Suzuki
       Kantaro Suzuki
       Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Taisei Yokusankai and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April-17 August 1945.-Early life:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Japan
       Prime Minister of Japan
       The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
       
        (1945)
    3. Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prime Minister of Japan
       Prime Minister of Japan
       The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
       
        (1945)
    4. Kijūrō Shidehara
       Kijuro Shidehara
       Baron was a prominent pre–World War II Japanese diplomat and the 44th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 October 1945 to 22 May 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II, and was also the last Japanese prime minister who was a member of the kazoku...
       
       , Prime Minister of Japan
       Prime Minister of Japan
       The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
       
        (1945–1946)
  • Military Governor - Douglas MacArthur
    Douglas MacArthur
    General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
    
    , Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers
    Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers
    Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan following World War II...
    
     (1945–1951)

•  Lebanon
  • President - Bechara El Khoury
    Bechara El Khoury
    Bechara El Khoury was the first post-independence President of Lebanon, holding office from 21 September 1943 to 18 September 1952, apart from an 11-day interruption in 1943...
    
    , President of Lebanon (1943–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Riad as-Solh
       Riad as-Solh
       Riad as-Solh was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon , after the country's independence. Like all of his successors as prime minister of Lebanon, he was a Sunni Muslim. He later served as prime minister of Lebanon again from December 14, 1946 to February 14, 1951...
       
       , Prime Minister of Lebanon (1943–1945)
    2. Abdul Hamid Karami
       Abdul Hamid Karami
       Abdul Hamid Karami was a Lebanese political and religious leader.Karami descended from one of the most prominent Sunni Muslim families in Lebanon. Members of his family traditionally held the position of mufti of Tripoli, Lebanon. Abdul Hamid Karami became mufti of Tripoli but was removed by the...
       
       , Prime Minister of Lebanon (1945)
    3. Sami as-Solh
       Sami as-Solh
       Sami Solh was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon 7 times ....
       
       , Prime Minister of Lebanon (1945–1946)

Mongolia

• • Communist Party Leader - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, General secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
    Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
    The Mongolian People's Party formerly the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party is an ex-communist political party in Mongolia. The party is abbreviated MPP in English and ' in Mongolian...
    
     (1940–1954)
  • Head of State - Gonchigiin Bumtsend, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural of Mongolia
    President of Mongolia
    The President of Mongolia is the head of state of Mongolia. The Constitution of Mongolia implements a parliamentary system, so while much of the President's role is ceremonial, he or she does wield significant political power.-Election:...
    
     (1940–1953)
  • Premier - Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Mongolia
    Prime Minister of Mongolia
    The Prime Minister of Mongolia is the highest member of the Mongolian government's executive arm, and heads the Mongolian cabinet. The Prime Minister is appointed by Parliament, and can be removed by a vote of no confidence.-Powers:...
    
     (1939–1952)

Muscat and Oman

Muscat and Oman

Muscat and Oman was a country that encompassed the present day Sultanate of Oman and parts of the United Arab Emirates. The country is not to be confused with either the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, which were sheikhdoms under British protection since 1820....

• • Monarch - Said Bin Taimur
    Said bin Taimur
    Said bin Taimur was the sultan of Muscat and Oman from 10 February 1932 until his overthrow on 23 July 1970. His second wife was Mazoon al-Mashani...
    
    , Sultan of Muscat and Oman
    Sultan of Oman
    -List of Imams :-Nabhan Dynasty :-Ya'ariba Dynasty :-Banu Ghafir Dynasty :-Ya'ariba Dynasty :-Al Said Dynasty :-See also:...
    
     (1932–1970)

Nepal

• • Monarch - Tribhuvan
    Tribhuvan of Nepal
    King Tribhuhvan Bir Bikram Shah , King of Nepal was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his death...
    
    , King of Nepal (1911–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1932–1945)
    2. Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1945–1948)

Philippine Republic

Second Philippine Republic

The Second Philippine Republic, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , was a state in the Philippines established on October 14, 1943 under Japanese occupation....

 (partially recognized occupied state

Japanese occupation of the Philippines

The Japanese occupation of the Philippines was the period in the history of the Philippines between 1942 and 1945, when the Empire of Japan occupied the previously American-controlled Philippines during World War II....

)

• • independence terminated on 17 August 1945 with the end of Japanese occupation, afterwards the Commonwealth of the Philippines
    Commonwealth of the Philippines
    The Commonwealth of the Philippines was a designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States. The Commonwealth was created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1934. When Manuel L...
    
     was restored
  • President -
    • José P. Laurel
      Jose P. Laurel
      José Paciano Laurel y García was the president of the Republic of the Philippines, a Japanese-sponsored administration during World War II, from 1943 to 1945...
      
      , President of the Philippine Republic
      President of the Philippines
      The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
      
       (1943–1945)
    • Sergio Osmeña
      Sergio Osmeña
      Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...
      
      , President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
      President of the Philippines
      The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
      
       (1944–1946)

•  Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud
    Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
    King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia was the first monarch of the Third Saudi State known as Saudi Arabia. He was commonly referred to as Ibn Saud....
    
    , King of Saudi Arabia (1932–1953)

Siam (Thailand)

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

• • Monarch - Ananda Mahidol
    Ananda Mahidol
    Ananda Mahidol was the eighth monarch of Thailand under the House of Chakri. At the time he was recognized as king by the National Assembly, in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in December 1945. Six months later, in June 1946, he was found shot...
    
    , King of Siam (1935–1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Khuang Abhaiwongse
       Khuang Abhaiwongse
       Major Luang Khuang Abhaiwongse was three times the prime minister of Thailand.Khuang was born in Battambang now belonging to Cambodia as the son of the Siamese governor of the province Battambang, Chao Phraya Abhayabhubet...
       
       , Prime Minister of Siam
       Prime Minister of Thailand
       The Prime Minister of Thailand is the head of government of Thailand. The Prime Minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed since the Revolution of 1932, when the country became a constitutional monarchy....
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Tawee Boonyaket
       Tawee Boonyaket
       Tawee Bunyaket was a Thai politician and the prime minister for a short term.After studying at the King's College and the École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon , he started to work as a Government Official at the Thai Ministry of Agriculture...
       
       , Prime Minister of Siam
       Prime Minister of Thailand
       The Prime Minister of Thailand is the head of government of Thailand. The Prime Minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed since the Revolution of 1932, when the country became a constitutional monarchy....
       
        (1945)
    3. Seni Pramoj
       Seni Pramoj
       Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj was three times the prime minister of Thailand and a politician in the Democrat Party. A member of the Thai royal family, he was a descendant of King Rama II.-Biography:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Siam
       Prime Minister of Thailand
       The Prime Minister of Thailand is the head of government of Thailand. The Prime Minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed since the Revolution of 1932, when the country became a constitutional monarchy....
       
        (1945–1946)

•   Syria
  • President - Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria (1943–1949)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Faris al-Khoury, Prime Minister of Syria (1944–1945)
    2. Saadallah al-Jabiri
       Saadallah al-Jabiri
       Saadallah al-Jabiri , is a Syrian politician and a two-time prime minister of Syria. He was born in Aleppo, and became the leader of the National Bloc during the French mandate era. He also served as foreign minister in a number of cabinets....
       
       , Prime Minister of Syria (1945–1946)

•  Turkey
  • President - İsmet İnönü
    Ismet Inönü
    Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...
    
    , President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Şükrü Saracoğlu
    Sükrü Saracoglu
    Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a Turkish politician and the sixth Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey. He was also the chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K. for 16 years between 1934-1950, including his time as prime minister as well.-Biography:...
    
    , Prime Minister of Turkey
    Prime Minister of Turkey
    The Prime Minister of the Turkey is the head of government in Turkish politics. The prime minister is the leader of a political coalition in the Turkish parliament and the leader of the cabinet....
    
     (1942–1946)

Empire of Vietnam

Empire of Vietnam

The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan governing the whole of Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.-History:...

 (unrecognized occupied state)

• • independence declared under Japanese occupation 9 March - 15 August 1945
  • Monarch - Bảo Đại
    Bảo Đài
    Bảo Đài is a commune and village in Lục Nam District, Bac Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam.-References:...
    
    , Emperor of Vietnam (1926–1945)
  • Prime Minister - Trần Trọng Kim
    Tran Trong Kim
    Trần Trọng Kim was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the short-lived Empire of Vietnam, a puppet state created by Imperial Japan in 1945...
    
    , Prime Minister of Vietnam
    Prime Minister of Vietnam
    -Office:The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the head of the executive branch of the Vietnamese government. The Prime Minister presides over the Vietnamese cabinet, and is responsible for appointing and supervising ministers...
    
     (1945)

North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)

North Vietnam

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976 following the Geneva Conference and laid claim to all of Vietnam from 1945 to 1954 during the First Indochina War, during which they controlled pockets of territory throughout...

• • declared independence on 2 September 1945
  • Communist Party Leader - Trường Chinh
    Truong Chinh
    Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March”, born Đặng Xuân Khu (b. February 9, 1907 in Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, d. September 30, 1988 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked...
    
    , General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
    General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
    The General Secretary is the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The activities of Politburo and Secretariat are directed by the General Secretary. The post holder also maintains the top position in the Party's Central Military Commission, which is considered the supreme military...
    
     (1941–1956)
  • President - Hồ Chí Minh
    Ho Chi Minh
    Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
    
    , President of North Vietnam
    President of Vietnam
    The President of Vietnam is the head of state of Vietnam, although the functions of the President are often ceremonial...
    
     (1945–1969)
  • Premier - Hồ Chí Minh
    Ho Chi Minh
    Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
    
    , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of North Vietnam
    Prime Minister of Vietnam
    -Office:The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the head of the executive branch of the Vietnamese government. The Prime Minister presides over the Vietnamese cabinet, and is responsible for appointing and supervising ministers...
    
     (1945–1955)

Yemen

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen

The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen , sometimes spelled Mutawakelite Kingdom of Yemen, also known as the Kingdom of Yemen or as North Yemen, was a country from 1918 to 1962 in the northern part of what is now Yemen...

• • Monarch - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
    Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
    Yahya Muhammad Hamidaddin became Imam of the Zaydis in 1904 and Imam of Yemen in 1918. His name in full was Amir al-Mumenin al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Rab ul-Alamin Imam Yahya bin al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Hamidaddin, Imam and Commander of the Faithful.Yahya Muhammad Hamidaddin was born on Friday...
    
    , King of Yemen (1904–1948)

Europe

Albania

• • Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha
    Enver Hoxha
    Enver Halil Hoxha was a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary andthe leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania...
    
    , First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944–1985)
  • Head of State - Omer Nishani
    Omer Nishani
    Dr. Omer Nishani was an Albanian politician from Gjirokastër.He helped organize the Albanian National Revolutionary Committee in Vienna in 1925....
    
    , Chairman of the Presidium of the Antifascist Council of National Liberation of Albania (1944–1953)
  • Premier - Enver Hoxha
    Enver Hoxha
    Enver Halil Hoxha was a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary andthe leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania...
    
    , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1944–1954)

•  Andorra
  • Monarchs -
    • French Co-Prince - Charles de Gaulle
      Charles de Gaulle
      Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
      
      , French Co-Prince of Andorra (1944–1946)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
      Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
      Ramon Iglesias i Navarri was the Bishop of Urgell and Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra from 4 April 1943, until 29 April 1969. Navarri was first ordained as a priest on 14 July 1912, at the age of 23....
      
      , Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra (1943–1969)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937–1960)

Austria (under Allied occupation)

• • was declared to be independent from the German Reich
    Nazi Germany
    Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
    
     on 27 April 1945
  • President - Karl Renner
    Karl Renner
    Karl Renner was an Austrian politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Vienna...
    
    , Federal President of Austria
    President of Austria
    The President of Austria is the federal head of state of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the constitution, in practice the President acts, for the most part, merely as a ceremonial figurehead...
    
     (1945–1950)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Karl Renner
       Karl Renner
       Karl Renner was an Austrian politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Vienna...
       
       , Federal Chancellor of Austria
       Chancellor of Austria
       The Federal Chancellor is the head of government in Austria. Its deputy is the Vice-Chancellor. Before 1918, the equivalent office was the Minister-President of Austria. The Federal Chancellor is considered to be the most powerful political position in Austrian politics.-Appointment:The...
       
        (1945)
    2. Leopold Figl
       Leopold Figl
       Leopold Figl was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II...
       
       , Federal Chancellor of Austria
       Chancellor of Austria
       The Federal Chancellor is the head of government in Austria. Its deputy is the Vice-Chancellor. Before 1918, the equivalent office was the Minister-President of Austria. The Federal Chancellor is considered to be the most powerful political position in Austrian politics.-Appointment:The...
       
        (1945–1953)
  • American military governor - Mark W. Clark (1945–1947)
  • British military governor - Sir Richard McCreery
    Richard McCreery
    General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery GCB, KBE, DSO, MC , was a British career soldier, who was Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein and later commanded the British Eighth Army in Northern Italy during...
    
     (1945–1946)
  • French military governor - Antoine Béthouart
    Antoine Béthouart
    Marie Émile Antoine Béthouart was a French Army general who served during World War I and World War II....
    
     (1945–1950)
  • Soviet military governor - Ivan Konev
    Ivan Konev
    Ivan Stepanovich Konev , was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and helped in the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin....
    
     (1945–1946)

•  Belgium
  • Monarch - Leopold III
    Leopold III of Belgium
    Leopold III reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent,...
    
    , King of the Belgians (1934–1951)
  • Regent - Prince Charles
    Prince Charles of Belgium
    Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium was the second son of Albert I, King of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. Born in Brussels, he served in lieu of his older brother King Leopold III from 1944 until 1950 as Prince Regent until Leopold could return to Belgium and...
    
    , Regent of Belgium (1944–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hubert Pierlot
       Hubert Pierlot
       Hubert Marie Eugène, Count Pierlot was a Belgian Walloon politician and jurist, the 32nd Prime Minister of Belgium between 1939 and 1945 .-Biography:He was a representative of the Catholic Party Hubert Marie Eugène, Count Pierlot (23 December 1883, Cugnon (Bertrix) – 13 December 1963, Uccle)...
       
       , Prime Minister of Belgium (1939–1945)
    2. Achille van Acker
       Achille Van Acker
       Achille Honoré Van Acker was the 33rd Prime Minister of Belgium in four different cabinets from 1945 to 1958, for a total period of seven years. He was a member of the BSP-PSB - the then still national Belgian Socialist Party. He was nicknamed Achille Charbon.-Life:Van Acker was born in Bruges on...
       
       , Prime Minister of Belgium (1945–1946)

Bulgaria

Kingdom of Bulgaria

The Kingdom of Bulgaria was established as an independent state when the Principality of Bulgaria, an Ottoman vassal, officially proclaimed itself independent on October 5, 1908 . This move also formalised the annexation of the Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, which had been under the control...

• • Monarch - Simeon II
    Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
    Simeon Borisov of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Tsar Simeon II or Simeon II of Bulgaria is an important political and royal figure in Bulgaria...
    
    , Tsar of the Bulgarians (1943–1946)
  • Regent - Venelin Ganev
    Venelin Ganev
    Venelin Yordanov Ganev was a Bulgarian lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He was a leading authority on commercial law, and after the Communist coup d'état on 9 September 1944 was one of the regents of underage tsar Simeon II.- Biography :...
    
     + Todor Pavlov + Tsvetko Boboshevski, Regent of Bulgaria (1944–1946)
  • Premier - Kimon Georgiev
    Kimon Georgiev
    Colonel General Kimon Georgiev Stoyanov was a Bulgarian general and prime minister.Born at Pazardzhik, Kimon Georgiev graduated from the Sofia military academy in 1902. He participated in the Balkan Wars as a company commander and in the First World War as a commander of a battalion. In 1916 he...
    
    , Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1944–1946)

  Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

• • Czechoslovakia reconstituted on 3 April 1945 after the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
    Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
    The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was the majority ethnic-Czech protectorate which Nazi Germany established in the central parts of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia in what is today the Czech Republic...
    
     seceded from the German Reich
    Nazi Germany
    Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
    
    
  • President -
    1. Emil Hácha
       Emil Hácha
       Emil Hácha was a Czech lawyer, the third President of Czecho-Slovakia from 1938 to 1939. From March 1939, he presided under the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.-Judicial career:...
       
       , State President of Bohemia and Moravia (1938–1945)
    2. Edvard Beneš
       Edvard Beneš
       Edvard Beneš was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the second President of Czechoslovakia. He was known to be a skilled diplomat.- Youth :...
       
       , President of Czechoslovakia (1945–1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jaroslav Krejčí
       Jaroslav Krejcí
       Jaroslav Krejčí was a Czechoslovakian lawyer and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from January 19, 1942 to January 19, 1945....
       
       , Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia (1942–1945)
    2. Richard Bienert
       Richard Bienert
       Richard Bienert was a Czechoslovakian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from January 19, 1945 to May 5, 1945, under the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia...
       
       , Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia (1945)
    3. Zdeněk Fierlinger
       Zdenek Fierlinger
       Zdeněk Fierlinger was Czech politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1944 to 1946, first in the London-based exiled government and later in liberated Czechoslovakia...
       
       , Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1945–1946)
  • German Governor - Wilhelm Frick
    Wilhelm Frick
    Wilhelm Frick was a prominent German Nazi official serving as Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. After the end of World War II, he was tried for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed...
    
    , Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia (1943–1945)
  •   Slovak State (partially recognized occupied state)
    • ceased to exist on 4 April 1945
    • President - Jozef Tiso
      Jozef Tiso
      Jozef Tiso was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest, politician of the Slovak People's Party, and Nazi collaborator. Between 1939 and 1945, Tiso was the head of the Slovak State, a satellite state of Nazi Germany...
      
      , President of Slovakia (1939–1945)
    • Prime Minister - Štefan Tiso
      Štefan Tiso
      Štefan Tiso was a lawyer and president of the Supreme Court of the Slovak republic . He was also Prime Minister , Foreign Minister and Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic 1944–1945...
      
      , Prime Minister of Slovakia (1943–1945)

•  Denmark
  • regained independence with the German surrender in May 1945
  • Monarch - Christian X
    Christian X of Denmark
    Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....
    
    , King of Denmark (1912–1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Erik Scavenius
       Erik Scavenius
       Erik Julius Christian Scavenius was the Danish foreign minister 1909–1910, 1913–1920 and 1940–1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943. His cabinet resigned in 1943 and suspended operations...
       
       , Prime Minister of Denmark
       Prime Minister of Denmark
       The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government in Danish politics. The Prime Minister is traditionally the leader of a political coalition in the Folketing and presides over the cabinet....
       
        (1942–1945)
    2. Vilhelm Buhl
       Vilhelm Buhl
       Vilhelm Buhl was Prime Minister of Denmark from 4 May 1942 to 9 November 1942 as head of the Unity Government during the German occupation of Denmark of World War II, until the Nazis ordered him removed...
       
       , Prime Minister of Denmark
       Prime Minister of Denmark
       The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government in Danish politics. The Prime Minister is traditionally the leader of a political coalition in the Folketing and presides over the cabinet....
       
        (1945)
    3. Knud Kristensen
       Knud Kristensen
       Knud Kristensen was Prime Minister of Denmark 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. After the October 1945 election Knud Kristensen formed the Cabinet of Knud Kristensen, a minority government consisting...
       
       , Prime Minister of Denmark
       Prime Minister of Denmark
       The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government in Danish politics. The Prime Minister is traditionally the leader of a political coalition in the Folketing and presides over the cabinet....
       
        (1945–1947)
  • German Military Governor - Werner Best
    Werner Best
    Dr. Werner Best was a German Nazi, jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer and Nazi Party leader from Darmstadt, Hesse. He studied law and in 1927 obtained his doctorate degree at Heidelberg...
    
    , Reichskommissar in Denmark
    Reichskommissar
    Reichskommissar , in German history, was an official gubernatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and the Nazi Third Reich....
    
     (1942–1945)

• '
  • Monarch - George VI
    George VI of the United Kingdom
    George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
    
    , King of Ireland
    King of Ireland
    A monarchical polity has existed in Ireland during three periods of its history, finally ending in 1801. The designation King of Ireland and Queen of Ireland was used during these periods...
    
     (1936–1949)
  • President -
    1. Douglas Hyde
       Douglas Hyde
       Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...
       
       , President of Ireland
       President of Ireland
       The President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
       
        (1938–1945)
    2. Seán T. O'Kelly
       Sean T. O'Kelly
       Seán Thomas O'Kelly was the second President of Ireland . He was a member of Dáil Éireann from 1918 until his election as President. During this time he served as Minister for Local Government and Minister for Finance...
       
       , President of Ireland
       President of Ireland
       The President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
       
        (1945–1959)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera
    Éamon de Valera
    Éamon de Valera was one of the dominant political figures in twentieth century Ireland, serving as head of government of the Irish Free State and head of government and head of state of Ireland...
    
    , Taoiseach of Ireland
    Taoiseach
    The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
    
     (1937–1948)

•  Finland
  • President - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
    Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
    Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman. He was Regent of Finland and the sixth President of Finland...
    
    , President of Finland
    President of Finland
    The President of the Republic of Finland is the nation's head of state. Under the Finnish constitution, executive power is vested in the President and the government, with the President possessing extensive powers. The President is elected directly by the people of Finland for a term of six years....
    
     (1944–1946)
  • Prime Minister - Juho Kusti Paasikivi
    Juho Kusti Paasikivi
    Juho Kusti Paasikivi was the seventh President of Finland . Representing the Finnish Party and the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister of Finland , and was generally an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years...
    
    , Prime Minister of Finland
    Prime Minister of Finland
    The Prime Minister is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who is the Head of State. The current Prime Minister is Jyrki Katainen of the National Coalition Party.-Overview:...
    
     (1944–1946)

France

Provisional Government of the French Republic

The Provisional Government of the French Republic was an interim government which governed France from 1944 to 1946, following the fall of Vichy France and prior to the Fourth French Republic....

• • Head of State - Charles de Gaulle
    Charles de Gaulle
    Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
    
    , Chairman of the Provisional Government of France (1944–1946)

  Germany (under Allied occupation)

• • German Reich
    Nazi Germany
    Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
    
     occupied in May 1945
  • Head of State -
    1. Adolf Hitler
       Adolf Hitler
       Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
       
       , Führer of Germany (1934–1945)
    2. Karl Dönitz
       Karl Dönitz
       Karl Dönitz was a German naval commander during World War II. He started his career in the German Navy during World War I. In 1918, while he was in command of , the submarine was sunk by British forces and Dönitz was taken prisoner...
       
       , President of Germany (1945)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Adolf Hitler
       Adolf Hitler
       Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
       
       , Chancellor of Germany
       Chancellor of Germany
       The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...
       
        (1933–1945)
    2. Joseph Goebbels
       Joseph Goebbels
       Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism...
       
       , Chancellor of Germany
       Chancellor of Germany
       The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...
       
        (1945)
    3. Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
       Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
       Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, born Johann Ludwig von Krosigk and known as Lutz von Krosigk was a German jurist and senior government official, who served during May of 1945 in the historically unique position of Leading Minister of the German Reich, the equivalent of a Chancellorship in...
       
       , Leading Minister of Germany
       Chancellor of Germany
       The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...
       
        (1945)
  • American Zone
    • Military Governor - Joseph T. McNarney
      Joseph T. McNarney
      Joseph Taggart McNarney was a United States Army Air Forces general officer who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany.-Early years:...
      
      , Military Governor of the US Occupation Zone of Germany (1945–1947)
  • British Zone
    • Military Governor - Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
      Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
      Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC , nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General" was a British Army officer. He saw action in the First World War, when he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the 8th Army from...
      
      , Military Governor of the British Occupation Zone of Germany (1945–1946)
  • French Zone
    • Military Governor - Marie Pierre Kœnig, Military Governor of the French Occupation Zone of Germany (1945–1949)
  • Soviet Zone
    • Military Governor - Georgy Zhukov
      Georgy Zhukov
      Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov , was a Russian career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, played a pivotal role in leading the Red Army through much of Eastern Europe to liberate the Soviet Union and other nations from the Axis Powers' occupation...
      
      , Military Governor of the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany (1945–1946)

•  Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch - George II
    George II of Greece
    George II reigned as King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947.-Early life, first period of kingship and exile:George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia...
    
    , King of the Hellenes (1935–1947)
  • Regent - Archbishop Damaskinos, Regent of Greece (1944–1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. George Papandreou
       George Papandreou (senior)
       Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as Prime Minister of Greece...
       
       , Prime Minister of Greece
       Prime Minister of Greece
       The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Nikolaos Plastiras
       Nikolaos Plastiras
       Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served thrice as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier and known for his personal bravery, he was known as "O Mavros Kavalaris" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922...
       
       , Prime Minister of Greece
       Prime Minister of Greece
       The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
       
        (1945)
    3. Petros Voulgaris
       Petros Voulgaris
       Petros Voulgaris was a Greek admiral who served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece in 1945.- Early career :He was born in the island of Hydra to George Voulgaris and Archonto Vatsaxi. After the death of his father in 1885, his family settled in Athens, with his mother's relatives...
       
       , Prime Minister of Greece
       Prime Minister of Greece
       The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
       
        (1945)
    4. Archbishop Damaskinos, Prime Minister of Greece
       Prime Minister of Greece
       The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
       
        (1945)
    5. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
       Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
       Panagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos was a distinguished Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. He was the Prime Minister of Greece deposed by the Greek military junta of 1967-1974....
       
       , Prime Minister of Greece
       Prime Minister of Greece
       The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
       
        (1945)
    6. Themistoklis Sophoulis
       Themistoklis Sophoulis
       Themistoklis Sofoulis or Sophoulis was a prominent centrist Greek politician from Samos Island, belonging to the centre-left wing of the Liberal Party, which he led for many years.-Early life:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Greece
       Prime Minister of Greece
       The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
       
        (1945–1946)

• '
  • with the collapse of the Hungarian State
    Hungarian State
    The Government of National Unity was the name used by the government of the Kingdom of Hungary between October 1944 and May 1945. This government, formed by the Arrow Cross Party, was established on 17 October 1944 after Regent Miklós Horthy was removed from power during Operation Panzerfaust...
    
     in May 1945, the country reverted to the Kingdom of Hungary
    Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
    The Kingdom of Hungary also known as the Regency, existed from 1920 to 1946 and was a de facto country under Regent Miklós Horthy. Horthy officially represented the abdicated Hungarian monarchy of Charles IV, Apostolic King of Hungary...
    
    
  • Head of State -
    1. Ferenc Szálasi
       Ferenc Szálasi
       Ferenc Szálasi was the leader of the National Socialist Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement, the "Leader of the Nation" , being both Head of State and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary's "Government of National Unity" for the final three months of Hungary's participation in World War II...
       
       , Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)
    2. High National Council
       High National Council
       High National Council was the collective head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1945 until 1946.-Members of the first High National Council :...
       
       , Head of State of Hungary (1945–1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ferenc Szálasi
       Ferenc Szálasi
       Ferenc Szálasi was the leader of the National Socialist Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement, the "Leader of the Nation" , being both Head of State and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary's "Government of National Unity" for the final three months of Hungary's participation in World War II...
       
       , Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)
    2. Béla Miklós
       Béla Miklós
       Knight Béla Miklós de Dálnok was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as acting Prime Minister of Hungary, at first in opposition, and then officially, from 1944 to 1945.-Early career:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Hungary (alternative government in Debrecen) (1944–1945)
    3. Zoltán Tildy
       Zoltán Tildy
       Zoltán Tildy , was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as Prime Minister from 1945–1946 and President from 1946-1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists....
       
       , Prime Minister of Hungary (1945–1946)

•  Iceland
  • President - Sveinn Björnsson
    Sveinn Björnsson
    Sveinn Björnsson , son of Björn Jónsson and Elísabet Sveinsdóttir, was the first President of the Republic of Iceland.He became a member of Reykjavík town council in 1912 and was its president during 1918–1920....
    
    , President of Iceland
    President of Iceland
    The President of Iceland is Iceland's elected head of state. The president is elected to a four-year term by universal adult suffrage and has limited powers. The president is not the head of government; the Prime Minister of Iceland is the head of government. There have been five presidents since...
    
     (1944–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Ólafur Thors
    Ólafur Thors
    Ólafur Thors was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland on five occasions:* 16 May 1942 to 16 December 1942* 21 October 1944 to 4 February 1947...
    
    , Prime Minister of Iceland
    Prime Minister of Iceland
    The Prime Minister of Iceland is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the President and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support....
    
     (1944–1947)

•  Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III
    Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
    Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy . In addition, he claimed the crowns of Ethiopia and Albania and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Albania , which were unrecognised by the Great Powers...
    
    , King of Italy
    King of Italy
    King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire...
    
     (1900–1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ivanoe Bonomi
       Ivanoe Bonomi
       Ivanoe Bonomi was an Italian politician and statesman before and after World War II.Bonomi was born in Mantua. He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1909, representing Mantua as a member of the Italian Socialist Party...
       
       , President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
       Prime minister of Italy
       The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Ferruccio Parri
       Ferruccio Parri
       Ferruccio Parri was an Italian partisan and politician who served as the 43rd Prime Minister of Italy for several months in 1945. During the resistance he was known as Maurizio.-Biography:...
       
       , President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
       Prime minister of Italy
       The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...
       
        (1945)
    3. Alcide De Gasperi
       Alcide De Gasperi
       Alcide De Gasperi was an Italian statesman and politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party. From 1945 to 1953 he was the prime minister of eight successive coalition governments. His eight-year rule remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics...
       
       , President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
       Prime minister of Italy
       The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...
       
        (1945–1946)
  • (unrecognized, occupied state)
    • ceased to exist on 25 April 1945
    • Head of State - Benito Mussolini
      Benito Mussolini
      Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
      
      , Provisional Head of State of the Italian Social Republic (1943–1945)

•  Liechtenstein
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Josef Hoop, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1928–1945)
    2. Alexander Frick
       Alexander Frick
       Dr. Alexander Frick was the Regierungschef of Liechtenstein from September 3, 1945 until July 16, 1962, serving as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party....
       
       , Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1945–1962)

•  Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
    Grand Duke of Luxembourg
    The Grand Duke of Luxembourg is the sovereign monarch and head of state of Luxembourg. Luxembourg has been a grand duchy since 15 March 1815, when it was elevated from a duchy when placed in personal union with the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
    
     (1919–1964)
  • Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, President of the Government of Luxembourg (1937–1953)

•  Monaco
  • Monarch - Louis II
    Louis II, Prince of Monaco
    Louis II was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 27 June 1922 until 9 May 1949.-Early years:Born Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi in Baden-Baden, Germany, he was the only child of Prince Albert I of Monaco , and Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton...
    
    , Prince of Monaco
    Prince of Monaco
    The Reigning Prince or Princess of Monaco is the sovereign monarch and head of state of the Principality of Monaco. All Princes or Princesses thus far have taken the name of the House of Grimaldi, but have belonged to various other houses in male line...
    
     (1922–1949)
  • Head of Government - Pierre de Witasse
    Pierre de Witasse
    Pierre de Witasse was a Minister of State for Monaco. He was in office from 1944-1948.-References:...
    
    , Minister of State of Monaco (1944–1948)

•  Netherlands
  • regained independence with the German surrender in May 1945
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina
    Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
    Wilhelmina was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. She ruled the Netherlands for fifty-eight years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War I and World War II, the economic crisis of 1933, and the decline of the Netherlands as a major colonial...
    
    , Queen of the Netherlands
    Monarchy of the Netherlands
    The Netherlands has been an independent monarchy since 16 March 1815, and has been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since.-Constitutional role and position of the monarch:...
    
     (1890–1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
       Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
       Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from September 3, 1940 until June 24, 1945. He was the Prime Minister of the Dutch government in exile during World War II...
       
       , Prime Minister of the Netherlands
       Prime Minister of the Netherlands
       The Prime Minister of the Netherlands is the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. He is the de facto head of government of the Netherlands and coordinates the policy of the government...
       
        (1940–1945)
    2. Wim Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
       Prime Minister of the Netherlands
       The Prime Minister of the Netherlands is the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. He is the de facto head of government of the Netherlands and coordinates the policy of the government...
       
        (1945–1946)
  • German Military Governor - Arthur Seyss-Inquart
    Arthur Seyss-Inquart
    Arthur Seyss-Inquart was a Chancellor of Austria, lawyer and later Nazi official in pre-Anschluss Austria, the Third Reich and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands...
    
    , Reichskommissar in the Netherlands (1940–1945)

•  Norway
  • regained independence in May 1945 with the collapse of the National Government
    Quisling regime
    The Quisling regime, or the Quisling government are common names used to refer to the collaborationist government led by Vidkun Quisling in occupied Norway during the Second World War. The official name of the regime from 1 February 1942 until its dissolution in May 1945 was Nasjonale regjering...
    
    
  • Monarch - Haakon VII
    Haakon VII of Norway
    Haakon VII , known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
    
    , King of Norway (1905–1957)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Vidkun Quisling
       Vidkun Quisling
       Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
       
       , Minister President of Norway
       Prime Minister of Norway
       The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
       
        (National Government
       Quisling regime
       The Quisling regime, or the Quisling government are common names used to refer to the collaborationist government led by Vidkun Quisling in occupied Norway during the Second World War. The official name of the regime from 1 February 1942 until its dissolution in May 1945 was Nasjonale regjering...
       
       ) (1942–1945)
    2. Johan Nygaardsvold
       Johan Nygaardsvold
       Johan Nygaardsvold was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945 , as head of the cabinet Nygaardsvold.-Political career:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Norway
       Prime Minister of Norway
       The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
       
        (in exile) (1935–1945)
    3. Einar Gerhardsen
       Einar Gerhardsen
       was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism...
       
       , Prime Minister of Norway
       Prime Minister of Norway
       The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
       
        (1945–1951)
  • German Military Governor -
    1. Josef Terboven
       Josef Terboven
       Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven was a Nazi leader, best known as the Reichskommissar during the German occupation of Norway.-Early life:...
       
       , Reichskommissar in Norway (1940–1945)
    2. Franz Böhme
       Franz Böhme
       Franz Friedrich Böhme was an Austrian who later went on to become a military officer...
       
       , Reichskommissar in Norway (1945)

Poland

People's Republic of Poland

The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...

• • Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1943–1948)
  • Head of State - Bolesław Bierut
    Boleslaw Bierut
    Bolesław Bierut was a Polish Communist leader, NKVD agent, and a hard-line Stalinist who became President of Poland after the Soviet takeover of the country in the aftermath of .-Life:...
    
    , President of the Presidium of the Popular Council of Poland (1944–1952)
  • Premier - Edward Osóbka-Morawski
    Edward Osóbka-Morawski
    Edward Osóbka-Morawski was a Polish activist in PPS before World War II, and after the Soviet takover of Poland, Chairman of the Communist interim government called the Polish Committee of National Liberation formed in Lublin with Stalin's approval and backing.In October 1944, Osóbka-Morawski...
    
    , President of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1944–1947)

Portugal

• • President - Óscar Carmona
    Óscar Carmona
    António Óscar Fragoso Carmona, ComC, GCA, ComSE, was the 11th President of Portugal , having been Minister of War in 1923.-Political Origin:...
    
    , President of Portugal
    President of Portugal
    Portugal has been a republic since 1910, and since that time the head of state has been the president, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ....
    
     (1926–1951)
  • Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar
    António de Oliveira Salazar
    António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He also served as acting President of the Republic briefly in 1951. He founded and led the Estado Novo , the authoritarian, right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal...
    
    , President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal
    Prime Minister of Portugal
    Prime Minister is the current title of the chief of the Portuguese Government. As chief executive, the Prime Minister coordinates the action of ministers, representing the Government from the other organs of state, accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed...
    
     (1932–1968)

•  Kingdom of Romania
  • Monarch - Michael, King of the Romanians
    King of Romania
    King of the Romanians , rather than King of Romania , was the official title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947, when Romania was proclaimed a republic....
    
     (1940–1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nicolae Rădescu
       Nicolae Radescu
       Nicolae Rădescu was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from December 7, 1944 to March 1, 1945....
       
       , Prime Minister of Romania
       Prime Minister of Romania
       The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers , when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Petru Groza
       Petru Groza
       Petru Groza was a Romanian politician, best known as the Prime Minister of the first Communist Party-dominated governments under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Communist regime in Romania....
       
       , Prime Minister of Romania
       Prime Minister of Romania
       The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers , when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers...
       
        (1945–1952)

•  San Marino
  • Captains Regent -
    1. Teodoro Lonfernini and Leonida Suzzi Valli, Captains Regent of San Marino (October 1944–March 1945)
    2. Alvaro Casali and Vittorio Valentini, Captains Regent of San Marino (April–September 1945)
    3. Ferruccio Martelli and Secondo Fiorini, Captains Regent of San Marino (October 1945–March 1946)

•  Soviet Union
  • Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
    
    , Senior Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
    General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
    General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the title given to the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. With some exceptions, the office was synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union...
    
     (1922–1953)
  • Head of State - Mikhail Kalinin
    Mikhail Kalinin
    Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
    
    , Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938–1946)
  • Premier - Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
    
    , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
    Premier of the Soviet Union
    The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...
    
     (1941–1953)

'

• • Head of State - Francisco Franco
    Francisco Franco
    Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
    
    , Head of State of Spain (1936–1975)
  • Prime Minister - Francisco Franco
    Francisco Franco
    Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
    
    , President of the Government of Spain
    Prime Minister of Spain
    The President of the Government of Spain , sometimes known in English as the Prime Minister of Spain, is the head of Government of Spain. The current office is established under the Constitution of 1978...
    
     (1939–1973)

•  Sweden
  • Monarch - Gustaf V
    Gustaf V of Sweden
    Gustaf V was King of Sweden from 1907. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg...
    
    , King of Sweden (1907–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson
    Per Albin Hansson
    Per Albin Hansson , was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived crisis in the summer of 1936, which he ended by forming a coalition government with his...
    
    , Prime Minister of Sweden
    Prime Minister of Sweden
    The Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
    
     (1936–1946)

•  Switzerland
  • Swiss Federal Council
    Swiss Federal Council
    The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....
    
    :

    Philipp Etter

    Philipp Etter

    Philipp Etter was a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 28 March 1934 and handed over office on 31 December 1959...

    
     (1934–1959), Walther Stampfli (1940–1947), Enrico Celio

    Enrico Celio

    Enrico Celio was a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on February 22, 1940 and handed over office on October 15, 1950...

    
     (1940–1950), Eduard von Steiger

    Eduard von Steiger

    Eduard von Steiger was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .He was elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 1940 and handed over office on December 31, 1951...

    
     (1940–1951), Karl Kobelt

    Karl Kobelt

    Karl Kobelt was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council.He was elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 1940 and handed over office on December 31, 1954...

    
     (1940–1954, President), Ernst Nobs

    Ernst Nobs

    Ernst Nobs was a Swiss politician.He was the mayor of Zürich from 1942 to 1944. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 15, 1943, as the first member of the Social Democratic Party...

    
     (1943–1951), Max Petitpierre

    Max Petitpierre

    Max Petitpierre was a Swiss politician, jurist and member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading the Political Department ....

    
     (1944–1961)

•  United Kingdom
  • Monarch - George VI
    George VI of the United Kingdom
    George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
    
    , King of the United Kingdom (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Winston Churchill
       Winston Churchill
       Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
       
       , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
       Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
       The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
       
        (1940–1945)
    2. Clement Attlee
       Clement Attlee
       Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...
       
       , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
       Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
       The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
       
        (1945–1951)

•  Vatican City
  • Monarch - Pope Pius XII
    Pope Pius XII
    The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....
    
    , Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City (1939–1958)
  • President of the Governorate - Nicola Canali
    Nicola Canali
    Nicola Canali was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State from 1939 and as Major Penitentiary from 1941 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935...
    
    , President of the Governorate of Vatican City State (1939–1961)

 Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• • Monarch - Peter II
    Peter II of Yugoslavia
    Peter II, also known as Peter II Karađorđević , was the third and last King of Yugoslavia...
    
    , King of Yugoslavia (1934–1945)
  • Communist Party leader - Josip Broz Tito
    Josip Broz Tito
    Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
    
    , General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
    League of Communists of Yugoslavia
    League of Communists of Yugoslavia , before 1952 the Communist Party of Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Jugoslavije/Савез комуниста Југославије, Slovene: Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na...
    
     (1945–1980)
  • Head of State - Ivan Ribar
    Ivan Ribar
    Ivan Ribar was a Yugoslav politician of Croatian descent.Ribar was born in Vukmanić . He had a PhD in law...
    
    , President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945–1953)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ivan Šubašić
       Ivan Šubašic
       Ivan Šubašić was a Croatian and Yugoslav politician, best known as the last Ban of Banovina of Croatia.He was born in Vukova Gorica, then in Austria-Hungary. He finished grammar and high school in Zagreb, and enrolled onto the Faculty of Theology at the University of Zagreb...
       
       , Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
       Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
       The Prime Minister or the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia was the head of government of the Yugoslav state, from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 until the end of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.-Kingdom of...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Drago Marušič, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
       Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
       The Prime Minister or the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia was the head of government of the Yugoslav state, from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 until the end of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.-Kingdom of...
       
        (1945)
    3. Josip Broz Tito
       Josip Broz Tito
       Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
       
       , Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
       Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
       The Prime Minister or the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia was the head of government of the Yugoslav state, from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 until the end of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.-Kingdom of...
       
        (1945–1963)
  •  Independent State of Croatia (partially recognized occupied state)
    • ceased to exist in May 1945
    • Head of State - Ante Pavelić
      Ante Pavelic
      Ante Pavelić was a Croatian fascist leader, revolutionary, and politician. He ruled as Poglavnik or head, of the Independent State of Croatia , a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia...
      
      , Leader of Croatia (1943–1945)
    • Prime Minister - Nikola Mandić
      Nikola Mandic
      Nikola Mandić , was a Croatian politician.Mandić was born in what was then Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina in Travnik in 1869 . Mandić finished gymnasium in Sarajevo. He later doctored in law at Vienna in 1894...
      
      , Prime Minister of Croatia (1943–1945)

North America

•  Canada
  • Monarch - George VI
    George VI of the United Kingdom
    George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
    
    , King of Canada
    Monarchy in Canada
    The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...
    
     (1936–1952)
  • Governor General - Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone
    Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
    Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , was a close relative of the shared British and Canadian royal family, as well as a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the...
    
    , Governor General of Canada
    Governor General of Canada
    The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
    
     (1940–1946)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King
    William Lyon Mackenzie King
    William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
    
    , Prime Minister of Canada
    Prime Minister of Canada
    The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
    
     (1935–1948)

•  Costa Rica
  • President - Teodoro Picado Michalski
    Teodoro Picado Michalski
    Teodoro Picado Michalski was the President of Costa Rica from 1944 to 1948.-Overview:Teodoro Picado governed Costa Rica immediately after the presidency of Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia and preceded the de facto junta of José Figueres...
    
    , President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)

•  Cuba
  • President - Ramón Grau
    Ramón Grau
    Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and the President of Cuba .-Youth:...
    
    , President of Cuba (1944–1948)
  • Premier
    1. Félix Lancís Sánchez
       Félix Lancís Sánchez
       Félix Lancís Sánchez was a Cuban politician and Prime Minister of Cuba.He was an lawyer, who served as Senator, Minister of Education and was twice Prime Minister of Cuba...
       
       , Premier of Cuba (1944–1945)
    2. Carlos Prío Socarrás
       Carlos Prío Socarrás
       Carlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :...
       
       , Premier of Cuba (1945–1947)

•  Dominican Republic
  • President - Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)

•  El Salvador
  • President -
    1. Osmín Aguirre y Salinas
       Osmín Aguirre y Salinas
       Osmín Aguirre y Salinas was President of El Salvador 21 October 1944 - 1 March 1945. A Colonel in the Salvadoran Army, Aguirre led two successful coups against the Salvadoran government: once in 1931 and again in 1944...
       
       , Provisional President of El Salvador
       President of El Salvador
       This page contains a list of Presidents of El Salvador.-Heads of State of El Salvador within the Federal Republic of Central America :*Pedro Barriere : 21 September 1821 - 28 November 1821*José Matías Delgado : 28 Nov 1821 - 9 February 1823...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Salvador Castaneda Castro
       Salvador Castaneda Castro
       Salvador Castaneda Castro was President of El Salvador 1 March 1945 - 14 December 1948....
       
       , President of El Salvador
       President of El Salvador
       This page contains a list of Presidents of El Salvador.-Heads of State of El Salvador within the Federal Republic of Central America :*Pedro Barriere : 21 September 1821 - 28 November 1821*José Matías Delgado : 28 Nov 1821 - 9 February 1823...
       
        (1945–1948)

•  Guatemala
  • President -
    1. Revolutionary Government Junta, President of Guatemala
       President of Guatemala
       The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1839, when that title was assumed by Mariano Rivera Paz...
       
        (1944–1945)
    2. Juan José Arévalo
       Juan José Arévalo
       Juan José Arévalo Bermejo was the first of the reformist presidents of Guatemala. Preceded by military junta interregnum after a definitive pro-democracy revolt in 1944...
       
       , President of Guatemala
       President of Guatemala
       The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1839, when that title was assumed by Mariano Rivera Paz...
       
        (1945–1951)

•  Haiti
  • President - Élie Lescot
    Élie Lescot
    Louis Élie Lescot was the President of Haiti from May 15, 1941 to January 11, 1946. He was a member of the country's light-skinned elite and used the political climate of World War II to sustain his power and ties to the United States, Haiti's powerful northern neighbor...
    
    , President of Haiti
    President of Haiti
    The President of the Republic of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti...
    
     (1941–1946)

Honduras

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

• • President - Tiburcio Carías Andino
    Tiburcio Carías Andino
    Tiburcio Carías Andino was a Honduran military man with a reputation as a strongman. He founded the National Party of Honduras in 1918, and was President of Honduras twice with the first term beginning in April 1924....
    
    , President of Honduras
    President of Honduras
    This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....
    
     (1933–1949)

•  Mexico
  • President - Manuel Ávila Camacho
    Manuel Ávila Camacho
    Manuel Ávila Camacho served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.Manuel Ávila was born in the city of Teziutlán, a small town in Puebla, to middle-class parents, Manuel Ávila Castillo and Eufrosina Camacho Bello. He had several siblings, among them sister María Jovita Ávila Camacho and...
    
    , President of Mexico (1940–1946)

•  Nicaragua
  • President - Anastasio Somoza García
    Anastasio Somoza García
    Anastasio Somoza García was officially the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination.-Biography:Somoza was born in San Marcos, Carazo Department in Nicaragua, the son of...
    
    , President of Nicaragua
    President of Nicaragua
    The position of President of Nicaragua was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838 the title of the position was known as Head of State and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director .-Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America...
    
     (1937–1947)

•  Panama
  • President -
    1. Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango
       Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango
       Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango was president of Panama from October 9, 1941 to June 15, 1945. He did not belong to any political party....
       
       , Provisional President of Panama (1941–1945)
    2. Enrique Adolfo Jiménez, Provisional President of Panama (1945–1948)

•  United States
  • President -
    1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
       Franklin D. Roosevelt
       Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
       
       , President of the United States
       President of the United States
       The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
       
        (1933–1945)
    2. Harry S. Truman
       Harry S. Truman
       Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
       
       , President of the United States
       President of the United States
       The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
       
        (1945–1953)

Oceania

•  Australia
  • Monarch - George VI
    George VI of the United Kingdom
    George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
    
    , King of Australia
    Monarchy in Australia
    The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...
    
     (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia
       Governor-General of Australia
       The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
       
        (1936–1945)
    2. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
       Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
       The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
       
       , Governor-General of Australia
       Governor-General of Australia
       The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
       
        (1945–1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. John Curtin
       John Curtin
       John Joseph Curtin , Australian politician, served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia. Labor under Curtin formed a minority government in 1941 after the crossbench consisting of two independent MPs crossed the floor in the House of Representatives, bringing down the Coalition minority...
       
       , Prime Minister of Australia
       Prime Minister of Australia
       The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
       
        (1941–1945)
    2. Frank Forde
       Frank Forde
       Francis Michael Forde PC was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister in Australia's history, being in office for only eight days.-Early life:...
       
       , Prime Minister of Australia
       Prime Minister of Australia
       The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
       
        (1945)
    3. Ben Chifley
       Ben Chifley
       Joseph Benedict Chifley , Australian politician, was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia. He took over the Australian Labor Party leadership and Prime Ministership after the death of John Curtin in 1945, and went on to retain government at the 1946 election, before being defeated at the 1949...
       
       , Prime Minister of Australia
       Prime Minister of Australia
       The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
       
        (1945–1949)

•  New Zealand
  • Monarch - George VI
    George VI of the United Kingdom
    George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
    
    , King of New Zealand
    Monarchy in New Zealand
    The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...
    
     (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Cyril Newall, Baron Newall
    Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall
    Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM , was a British soldier and airman, who headed the Royal Air Force as the Chief of the Air Staff during the early part of the Second World War before serving as the sixth Governor-General of New Zealand...
    
    , Governor-General of New Zealand
    Governor-General of New Zealand
    The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand . The Governor-General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in New Zealand and is often viewed as the de facto head of state....
    
     (1941–1946)
  • Prime Minister - Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand
    Prime Minister of New Zealand
    The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand...
    
     (1940–1949)

South America

•  Argentina
  • President - Edelmiro Julián Farrell
    Edelmiro Julián Farrell
    General Edelmiro Julián Farrell Plaul was an Argentine military officer of Irish descent. He was the de facto president of Argentina between 1944 and 1946....
    
    , President of Argentina
    President of Argentina
    The President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...
    
     (1944–1946)

•  Bolivia
  • President - Gualberto Villarroel
    Gualberto Villarroel
    Gualberto Villarroel López was the head of state of Bolivia from December 20, 1943 to July 21, 1946. A reformist, he is nonetheless remembered for his alleged fascist sympathies, and is sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Domingo Perón...
    
    , President of Bolivia
    President of Bolivia
    The President of Bolivia is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five year term, renewable once...
    
     (1944–1946)

•   Brazil
  • President -
    1. Getúlio Vargas
       Getúlio Vargas
       Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history to Emperor Pedro II...
       
       , President of Brazil
       President of Brazil
       The president of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces...
       
        (1930–1945)
    2. José Linhares
       José Linhares
       José Linhares, .Brazilian Chief of Justice and lifetime senator. Assumed the presidency of Brazil in 1945–1946, between the deposition of Getúlio Vargas and the oath of Eurico Gaspar Dutra. During his provisional administration, measures were taken to re-establish a democratic system of...
       
       , President of Brazil
       President of Brazil
       The president of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces...
       
        (1945–1946)

•  Chile
  • President - Juan Antonio Ríos
    Juan Antonio Ríos
    Juan Antonio Ríos Morales was a Chilean political figure, and President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II. He died in office.-Early life:...
    
    , President of Chile (1942–1946)

•  Colombia
  • President -
    1. Alfonso López Pumarejo
       Alfonso López Pumarejo
       Alfonso López Pumarejo was a two-time Colombian president and political figure, as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He served as president of Colombia for the first time between 1934 and 1938 and again between 1942 and 1945....
       
       , President of Colombia
       President of Colombia
       The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...
       
        (1942–1945)
    2. Alberto Lleras Camargo
       Alberto Lleras Camargo
       Alberto Lleras Camargo was an important Colombian diplomat and political figure.He was a member of the Liberal Party of Colombia; he served as congressman , Minister of Education, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the governments of Alfonso López Pumarejo and Eduardo...
       
       , President of Colombia
       President of Colombia
       The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...
       
        (1945–1946)

•  Ecuador
  • President - José María Velasco Ibarra
    José María Velasco Ibarra
    José María Velasco Ibarra was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador from 1934–1935, 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, and 1968-1972. He only served one of those terms without being ousted by the army, from 1952-1956.-Early life and career:Velasco Ibarra was born on...
    
    , President of Ecuador (1944–1947)

•  Paraguay
  • President - Higinio Moríñigo
    Higinio Morínigo
    General Higinio Morínigo Martínez was a Paraguayan dictator, general and political figure. He served as the President of Paraguay from 7 September 1940 to 3 June 1948....
    
    , President of Paraguay
    President of Paraguay
    The President of Paraguay is according to the Paraguayan Constitution the Chief of the Executive branch of the Government of Paraguay...
    
     (1940–1948)

•  Peru
  • President -
    1. Manuel Prado Ugarteche
       Manuel Prado Ugarteche
       Manuel Prado y Ugarteche was a Peruvian banker and political figure. Son of former president, Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the President of Peru twice, from 1939 until 1945 and again between 1956 and 1962...
       
       , President of Peru (1939–1945)
    2. José Bustamante y Rivero
       José Bustamante y Rivero
       José Luis Bustamante y Rivero was a lawyer, writer, politician, diplomat, President of Peru from 1945 to 1948 and President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 1967 to 1969.- Early years :...
       
       , President of Peru (1945–1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Manuel Cisneros Sánchez, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1944–1945)
    2. Rafael Belaúnde Diez Canseco, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1945–1946)

•  Uruguay
  • President - Juan José de Amézaga
    Juan José de Amézaga
    -Background:Amézaga was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, which ruled the country for long periods.He was a lawyer by profession, and taught that subject at university level for many years....
    
    , President of Uruguay (1943–1947)

•  Venezuela
  • President -
    1. Isaías Medina Angarita
       Isaías Medina Angarita
       Isaías Medina Angarita was a Venezuelan military and political leader, president of Venezuela from 1941 until 1945....
       
       , President of Venezuela (1941–1945)
    2. Romulo Betancourt
       Rómulo Betancourt
       Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century...
       
       , President of Venezuela (1945–1948)