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1961 state leaders - Events of 1962 - 1963 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Algeria -
- President - Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria (1962-1965)
- Prime Minister - Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister of Algeria (1962-1963)
- Burundi Burundi gained its independence on July 1
- Monarch - Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915-1966)
- Prime Minister - André Muhirwa, Prime Minister of Burundi (1961-1963)
- Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
- Dahomey - Hubert Maga, President of Dahomey (1960-1963)
- Guinea
- President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
- Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
- Mali
- President - Modibo Keita, President of Mali (1960-1968)
- Prime Minister - Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of Mali (1960-1965)
- Mauritania - Moktar Ould Daddah, President of Mauritania (1960-1978)
- Nigeria
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Nigeria (1960-1963)
- Governor-General - Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor-General of Nigeria (1960-1963)
- Prime Minister - Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960-1966)
- Rwanda Rwanda gained its independence on July 1
- President - Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961-1973)
- Senegal
- President - Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal (1960-1980)
- Prime Minister - Mamadou Dia. Prime Minister of Senegal, (1960-1962)
- Position Eliminated
- President - Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal (1960-1980)
- Somalia
- President - Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, President of Somalia (1960-1967)
- Prime Minister - Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, Prime Minister of Somalia (1960-1964)
- Togo - Sylvanus Olympio, President of Togo (1960-1963)
- Uganda Uganda gained its independence on October 9
- President - Sir Edward Mutesa, President of Uganda (1962-1966)
- Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962-1971)
- Upper Volta - Maurice Yaméogo, President of Upper Volta (1960-1966)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
- Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
- People's Republic of China
- Head of State - Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968)
- Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council (1949-1976)
- Head of Communist Party - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
- India -
- President -
- Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
- Indonesia - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
- Japan -
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-1964)
- South Korea -
- President - Yun Boseon, President of the Republic of Korea (1960-1962)
- Chief Cabinet Minister -
- Malaya -
- Pakistan - Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
- Philippines - Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-1965)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
- Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1958-1963)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General - William Sidney, Governor-General of Australia (1961-1965)
- Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)
- New Zealand
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
- Governor-General The Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957–1962)
- Governor-General - Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (1962–1967)
- Prime Minister - Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960–1972)
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
- Tonga
- Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
- Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)
Europe
- Austria -
- President - Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (1957–1965)
- Chancellor - Alfons Gorbach, Chancellor of Austria (1961–1964)
- Belgium
- King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
- Prime Minister - Théodore Lefèvre, Prime Minister of Belgium (1961-1965)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister -
- Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister -
- France -
- President - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
- Prime Minister -
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
- Chancellor - Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
- German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
- Head of State - Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
- Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
- Ireland -
- President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
- Prime Minister - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
- Italy -
- President -
- Prime Minister - Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1960-1963)
- Liechtenstein -
- Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
- Head of Government -
- Luxembourg
- Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
- Regent - Jean, Regent of Luxembourg (1961-1964)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)
- Netherlands
- Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
- Prime Minister - Jan de Quay, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1959-1963)
- Norway -
- Monarch - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway (1957-1991)
- Poland
- Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
- Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
- Portugal -
- President - Américo Thomaz, President of Portugal (1958-1974)
- Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932-1968)
- Spain
- Generalísimo - Francisco Franco, Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939-1975), (1939-1973)
- Sweden
- Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
- Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
- Turkey
- President - Cemal Gürsel, President of Turkey (1961-1966)
- Prime Minister - İsmet İnönü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1961-1965)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963)
- Vatican City
- Pope - John XXIII, Bishop of Rome (1958-1963)
- Secretary of State - Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)
Middle East
- Israel
- President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
- Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- United Arab Republic
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
- Prime Minister -
- Yemen Arab Republic
- Yemen Arab Republic declared and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen exiled, 27 September
- President - Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
- Prime Minister - Abdullah as-Sallal, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1963)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
- Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
- Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
- Costa Rica -
- Cuba
- President - Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba (1959-1976)
- Premier - Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba (1959-1976)
- Dominican Republic -
- El Salvador
- President -
- Civic-Military Directory (1961–1962)
- Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea, President of El Salvador (1962)
- Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, President of El Salvador (1962–1967)
- President -
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- United States - John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963)