- List of state leaders in 1970
1969 state leaders - Events of 1970 - 1971 state leaders -
State leaders by year ----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1970
*List of international organization leaders in 1970 Africa
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Algeria -Houari Boumédiènne ,President of Algeria (1965 -1978 )
*Biafra -
*#Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu , President of Biafra (1967 -1970 )
*#Philip Effiong , President of Biafra (1970 )
*Botswana -Seretse Khama ,President of Botswana (1966 -1980 )
*Burundi -Michel Micombero ,President of Burundi (1966 -1976 )
*Côte d'Ivoire -Félix Houphouët-Boigny ,President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 -1993 )
* Dahomey
** President -
**#Paul-Émile de Souza ,President of Dahomey (1969 -1970 )
**#Hubert Maga ,President of Dahomey (1970 -1972 )
*Equatorial Guinea -Francisco Macías Nguema ,President of Equatorial Guinea (1968 -1979 )
*Ethiopia
**Monarch -Haile Selassie ,Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 -1936 ), (1941 -1974 )
** Prime Minister -Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold ,Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961 -1974 )
*Gabon -Albert-Bernard Bongo ,President of Gabon (1967 -present)
*The Gambia
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of The Gambia (1965 -1970 )
** Governor-General -Farimang Mamadi Singateh , Governor-General of The Gambia (1966 -1970 )
** President -Dawda Jawara , President of The Gambia (1970 -1994 )
** Prime Minister -Dawda Jawara , Prime Minister of The Gambia (1965 -1970 )
*Guinea -Ahmed Sékou Touré ,President of Guinea (1958 -1984 )
*Kenya -Jomo Kenyatta , President of Kenya (1964 -1978 )
*Liberia -William V.S. Tubman , President of Liberia (1944 -1971 )
*Malawi - Hastings Kamuzu Banda,President of Malawi (1966 -1994 )
*Mali -Moussa Traoré ,President of Mali (1968 -1991 )
*Mauritania -Moktar Ould Daddah ,President of Mauritania (1960 -1978 )
*Mauritius
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Mauritius (1968 -1992 )
** Governor-General - Arthur Williams,Governor-General of Mauritius (1968 -1972 )
** Prime Minister -Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ,Prime Minister of Mauritius (1968 -1982 )
*Nigeria -Yakubu Gowon ,President of Nigeria (1966 -1975 )
*Rhodesia -
**Head of State -
**# Elizabeth II,Queen of Rhodesia (unacknowledged by her) (1965 -1970 )
**#Clifford Dupont ,President of Rhodesia (1970 -1975 )
**Officer Administering the Government -Clifford Dupont , Officer Administering the Government of Rhodesia (1965 -1970 )
**Prime Minister -Ian Smith ,Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965 -1979 )
*Rwanda -Grégoire Kayibanda ,President of Rwanda (1961 -1973 )
*Senegal
** President -Léopold Sédar Senghor ,President of Senegal (1960 -1980 )
** Prime Minister -Abdou Diouf ,Prime Minister of Senegal (1970 -1980 )
*Somalia -Muhammad Siad Barre , President of Somalia (1969 -1991 )
*Swaziland
** Monarch - Sobhuza II,King of Swaziland (1968 -1982 )
** Prime Minister - PrinceMakhosini Dlamini ,Prime Minister of Swaziland (1968 -1976 )
*Togo -Étienne Eyadéma ,President of Togo (1967 -2005 )
*Uganda
**President -Milton Obote ,President of Uganda (1966 -1971 )
**Prime Minister -Milton Obote ,Prime Minister of Uganda (1962 -1971 )
* Upper Volta -Sangoulé Lamizana ,President of Upper Volta (1966 -1980 )
*Zambia -Kenneth Kaunda ,President of Zambia (1964 -1991 )Asia
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Afghanistan
** Monarch -Mohammed Zahir Shah ,King of Afghanistan (1933 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1967 -1971 )
*Brunei -Hassanal Bolkiah ,Sultan of Brunei (1967 –present)
*People's Republic of China
** "De facto" Head of State -
***Song Qingling ,Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968 -1972 )
***Dong Biwu ,Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968 -1975 )
** Premier -Zhou Enlai , Premier of the State Council (1949 -1976 )
** Head of Communist Party -Mao Zedong ,Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935 -1976 )
*India -
**President -Varahagiri Venkata Giri ,President of India (1969 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Indira Gandhi ,Prime Minister of India (1966 -1977 )
*Indonesia -Haji Mohammad Suharto , President of Indonesia (1967 –1998 )
*Japan
**Monarch -Showa Emperor ,Emperor of Japan (1926 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Eisaku Sato ,Prime Minister of Japan (1964 -1972 )
*South Korea -
**President -Park Chunghee , President of the Republic of Korea (1963 -1979 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Chung Il-kwon , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1964 -1970 )
**#Paik Too-chin , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1970 -1971 )
*Malaysia
**Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1965 -September 20 ,1970 )
**Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (September 21 ,1970 -1975 )
**Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj,Prime Minister of Malaysia (1957 -September 22 ,1970 )
**Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein,Prime Minister of Malaysia (September 22 ,1970 -1976 )
*Pakistan -Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan ,President of Pakistan (1969 -1971 )
*Singapore -
**President -Yusuf Ishak ,President of Singapore (1965 -1971 )
**Prime Minister -Lee Kuan Yew ,Prime Minister of Singapore (1959 -1990 )
* Taiwan (Republic of China )
** President -Chiang Kai-Shek ,President of the Republic of China (1947 -1975 )
** Premier -Yen Chia-kan , President of the Executive Yuan (1963 -1972 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - SirPaul Hasluck ,Governor-General of Australia (1969 -1974 )
**Prime Minister - SirJohn Gorton ,Prime Minister of Australia (1968 -1971 )
*Nauru -Hammer DeRoburt ,President of Nauru (1968 -1976 )
*New Zealand
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt,Governor-General of New Zealand (1967 -1972 )
**Prime Minister -Keith Holyoake ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960 -1972 )
*Tonga
** Monarch -Taufa'ahau Tupou IV , King of Tonga (1965 –2006 )
** Prime Minister - Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi),Prime Minister of Tonga , (1965 –1991 )Europe
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Andorra
**Co-Princes -
***Georges Pompidou ,President of France (1969 -1974 )
***Ramón Malla Call ,Bishop of Urgell (1969 -1971 )
*Austria -
**President -Franz Jonas ,President of Austria (1965 –1974 )
**Chancellor -
**#Josef Klaus ,Chancellor of Austria (1964 –1970 )
**#Bruno Kreisky ,Chancellor of Austria (1970 –1983 )
*Belgium
** Monarch - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
** Prime Minister -Gaston Eyskens ,Prime Minister of Belgium (1968 -1973 )
*Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick IX,King of Denmark (1947 -1972 )
** Prime Minister -Hilmar Baunsgaard ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1968 -1971 )
*Finland
** President -Urho Kekkonen (1956 -1981 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Mauno Koivisto (1968 -1970 ,1979 -1982 )
**#Teuvo Aura (1970 ,1971 -1972 )
**#Ahti Karjalainen (1962 -1963 ,1970 -1971 )
*France -
**President -Georges Pompidou ,President of France (1969 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Jacques Chaban-Delmas ,Prime Minister of France (1969 -1973 )
*Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -Gustav Heinemann , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969 -1974 )
**Chancellor -Willy Brandt , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969 -1974 )
*German Democratic Republic -
**Communist Party Leader -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 -Willi Stoph , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964 -1973 )
* Ireland -
**President -Éamon de Valera ,President of Ireland (1959 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Jack Lynch ,Taoiseach (1966 -1973 )
*Italy
**President -Giuseppe Saragat , President of the Italian Republic (1964 -1971 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Mariano Rumor ,Prime Minister of Italy (1968 -1970 )
**#Emilio Colombo ,Prime Minister of Italy (1970 -1972 )
*Liechtenstein
**Prince - Franz Josef II,Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Head of government -
**#Gerard Batliner , Head of Government (1962 -1970 )
**#Alfred Hilbe , Head of Government (1970 -1974 )
*Luxembourg
**Monarch - Jean,Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964 -2000 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Werner ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1954 -1974 ,1979 -1984 )
*Monaco
**Monarch - Prince Rainier III,Prince of Monaco (1949 -2005 )
**Head of Government -François-Didier Gregh ,Minister of State of Monaco (1969 -1972 )
*Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Piet de Jong ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967 -1971 )
*Norway
**Monarch -Olav V of Norway ,King of Norway (1957 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -Per Borten ,Prime Minister of Norway (1965 -1971 )
*Poland
**Communist Party Leader -
**#Władysław Gomułka ,First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956 -1970 )
**#Edward Gierek ,First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1970 -1980 )
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman -
**#Marian Spychalski (1968 -1970 )
**#Henryk Jabłoński (1972 -1985 )
**Premier -
**#Józef Cyrankiewicz , President of the Council of Ministers (1954 -1970 )
**#Piotr Jaroszewicz , President of the Council of Ministers (1970 -1980 )
*Portugal -
**President -Américo Thomaz ,President of Portugal (1958 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Marcello Caetano , President of the Council of Ministers (1968 -1974 )
*San Marino
**Captains Regent -
**#Alvaro Casali andGiancarlo Ghironzi (October1969 –March1970 )
**#Francesco Valli andEusebio Reffi (April1970 –September1970 )
**#Simone Rossini andGiuseppe Lonfernini (October1970 –March1971 )
*Spain
**Generalísimo -Francisco Franco , Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939 -1975 ), (1939 -1973 )
*Sweden
** Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf,King of Sweden (1950 -1973 )
** Prime Minister -Olof Palme ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1969 -1976 )
*Switzerland
**Swiss Federal Council -Ludwig von Moos ,Hans-Peter Tschudi ,Roger Bonvin ,Rudolf Gnägi ,Nello Celio ,Ernst Brugger ,Pierre Graber ;members of the Swiss Federal Council
*Turkey
** President -Cevdet Sunay , President of Turkey (1966-1973)
** Prime Minister -Süleyman Demirel ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1965-1971)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the United Kingdom (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Harold Wilson ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964 -1970 )
**#Edward Heath ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970 -1974 )
*Vatican City
** Pope - Paul VI,Bishop of Rome (1963 -1978 )
** Secretary of State -Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1969 -1979 )Middle East
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Israel
**President -Zalman Shazar ,President of Israel (1963 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Golda Meir ,Prime Minister of Israel (1969 -1974 )
*Oman -
*#Said Bin Taimur ,Sultan of Oman (1932 -1970 )
*#Qaboos Bin Said ,Sultan of Oman (1970 -)
*United Arab Republic
**President -
**#Gamal Abdel Nasser ,President of the United Arab Republic (1958 -1970 )
**#Anwar Sadat ,President of the United Arab Republic (1970 -1971 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Gamal Abdel Nasser ,Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1967 -1970 )
**#Mahmoud Fawzi ,Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1970 -1971 )
*People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
** "People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People's Democratic Republic of Yemen,30 November "
** President -Salim Ali Rubai , Chairman of the Presidential Council (1970 -1978 )
** Prime Minister -Muhammad Ali Haitham , Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1970 -1971 )
*People's Republic of South Yemen
** President -Salim Ali Rubai , Chairman of the Presidential Council (1969 -1970 )
** Prime Minister -Muhammad Ali Haitham , Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen (1969 -1970 )
** "People's Republic of South Yemen becomesPeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen ,30 November "
*Yemen Arab Republic
** President -Abdul Rahman al-Iryani , President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967 -1974 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Abdullah Kurshumi , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1969 -1970 )
**#Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1970 -1971 )North America and the Caribbean
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Barbados -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (1966 –present)
**Governor-General -Arleigh Winston Scott , Governor-General of Barbados (1967 –1976 )
**Prime Minister -Errol Barrow , Prime Minister of Barbados (1966 –1976 )
*Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Canada (1952 -present)
**Governor General -Roland Michener ,Governor General of Canada (1967 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Trudeau ,Prime Minister of Canada (1968 -1979 )
*Costa Rica -
*#José Joaquín Trejos Fernández , President of Costa Rica (1966 –1970 )
*#José Figueres Ferrer , President of Costa Rica (1970 –1974 )
*Cuba
** President -Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado , President of Cuba (1959 -1976 )
** Premier -Fidel Castro , Premier of Cuba (1959 -1976 )
*Dominican Republic -Joaquín Balaguer , President of the Dominican Republic (1966 –1978 )
*El Salvador -Fidel Sánchez Hernández ,President of El Salvador (1967 –1972 )
*Mexico -Gustavo Díaz Ordaz ,President of Mexico (1964 -1970 )
*United States -Richard Nixon ,President of the United States (1969 -1974 )outh America
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Brazil -Emílio Garrastazú Médici ,President of Brazil (1969 -1974 )
*Chile
**Eduardo Frei Montalva , President (1964 -1970 )
**Salvador Allende , President (1970 -1973 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -Juan Velasco Alvarado ,President of Peru (1968 -1975 )
*Uruguay -Jorge Pacheco Areco , President of Uruguay (1967 -1972 )
*Venezuela -Rafael Caldera , President of Venezuela (1969 -1974 )
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