List_of_state_leaders_in_1938

1937 state leaders - Events of 1938 - 1939 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1938
• List of international organization leaders in 1938

Africa

• Egypt - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
• Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
• South Africa
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa, (1937-1943)
  • Prime Minister - Barry Herzog, Prime Minister of South Africa (1924-1939)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
• Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
  • Premier -
    1. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1935-1938)
    2. H. H. Kung, President of the Executive Yuan (1938-1939)
• India -
  • Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
  • Viceroy - The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1937 - 1939)
• Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Philippines - Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines (1935-1944)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
    2. William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron of Huntingfield, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1938-1938)
  • Prime Minister - Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939)
• New Zealand -
  • George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936-1952)
  • The Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand (1935-1941)
  • Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935-1940)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
  • Prime Minister - Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1923 – 1941)

Europe

• Albania - Zog, King of Albania (1928-1939)
• Austria - incorporated into Germany (Anschluss) in March 1938
  • President - Wilhelm Miklas, President of Austria (1928-1938)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Kurt Schuschnigg, Chancellor of Austria (1934-1938)
    2. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Chancellor of Austria (1938)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Paul-Emile Janson, Prime Minister of Belgium (1937-1938)
    2. Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (1938-1939)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
• Finland -
  • President - Kyösti Kallio, President of Finland (1937-1940)
  • Prime Minister - Aimo Cajander, Prime Minister of Finland (1937-1939)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President -
    1. Presidential Commission, (1937-1938)
    2. Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• Estonia -
  • President-Regent - Konstantin Päts, Riigihoidja ( 3 September 1937 - 24 April 1938)
  • President - Konstantin Päts, President of Estonia (24 April 1938-1940)
  • Prime Minister - Kaarel Eenpalu,Prime Minister of Estonia (9 May 1938 - 12 October 1939)
• France -
  • President - Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-1940)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Camille Chautemps, President of the Council (1937-1938)
    2. Léon Blum, President of the Council (1938)
    3. Édouard Daladier, President of the Council (1938-1940)
• Germany -
  • Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
  • Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
• Hungary -
  • Regent - Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kálmán Darányi (1936-1938)
    2. Béla Imrédy (1938 - 1939)
• Italy -
  • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
• Latvia
  • President - Kārlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936-1940)
  • Prime Minister - Kārlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934-1940)
• Liechtenstein -
  • Monarch -
    1. Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1929-1938)
    2. Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
  • Head of Government - Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928-1945)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
  • Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
  • Prime Minister - Hendrik Colijn, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1925-1926, 1933-1939)
• Poland
  • President - Ignacy Mościcki, President of Poland (1926-1939)
  • Prime Minister - Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski, President of the Council of Ministers (1936-1939)
• Portugal -
  • President - António Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926-1951)
  • Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932-1968)
• Romania
  • Monarch - Carol II of Romania (1930-1940)
  • Prime Minister - Miron Cristea (1938-1939)
• Sweden
  • Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
  • Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
• Turkey -
  • President -
    1. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (1923-1938)
    2. İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
  • Prime Minister - Celal Bayar, Prime Minister of Turkey (1937-1939)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937-1940)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XI, Bishop of Rome (1929-1939)
  • Secretary of State - Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1930-1939)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor General - Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Governor General of Canada (1935-1940)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• Costa Rica - León Cortés Castro, President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)
• Cuba - Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba (1936-1940)
• United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

South America

• Argentina -
  1. Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina (1932-1938)
  2. Roberto María Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
• Brazil - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
• Paraguay - Félix Paiva, President of Paraguay (1937-1939)
• Peru - Oscar R. Benavides, President of Peru (1933-1939)
• Uruguay -
  1. Gabriel Terra, President of Uruguay (1931-1938)
  2. Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)
• Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1935-1941)

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