List of state leaders in 1953

1952 state leaders - Events of 1953 - 1954 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1953
*List of international organization leaders in 1953

Africa

* Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
* South Africa
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
** Governor-General - Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
** Prime Minister - Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-1954)

Asia

* Afghanistan
**Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
**Prime Minister -
**#Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
**#Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
*People's Republic of China
** Head of State - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949-1954)
** 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 - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
**Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
*Indonesia -
**President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
**Prime Minister -
**#Wilopo, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1952-1953)
**#Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953-1955)
* Israel -
**President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
**Prime Minister -
**# David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953)
**# Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister - Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948-1954)
* South Korea -
** President - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
** Prime Minister - Paik Too-chin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952-1954)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
* Pakistan -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
**Governor-General - Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
**Prime Minister -
**# Khwaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1951-1953)
**# Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953-1955)
* Philippines -
** President -
**# Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (1948-1953)
**# Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (1953-1957)
* Taiwan (Republic of China)
** President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
** Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
* Thailand
**Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch -
** Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952–present)
** Governor-General -
**#Sir. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947-1953)
**#Sir. William Joseph Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
** Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)
*New Zealand
** Monarch -
** Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
**Governor-General - Sir Willoughby Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952-1957)
**Prime Minister - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949-1957)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)

Europe

* Albania -
**Chairman of the Presidium
**# Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (1946-1953)
**# Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium (1953-1982)
*Austria -
**President - Theodor Körner, President of Austria (1951–1957)
**Chancellor -
**#Leopold Figl, Chancellor of Austria (1945–1953)
**#Julius Raab, Chancellor of Austria (1953–1961)
* Belgium -
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
** Prime Minister - Jean van Houtte, Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-1954)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister -
**# Erik Eriksen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1950-30 September 1953)
**# Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (30 September 1953-1955)
* Finland -
**President - J.K. Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946-1956)
** Prime Minister -
**# Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1951-1953)
**# Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1953-1954)
* France -
**President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
**Prime Minister -
**# Antoine Pinay, President of the Council (1952-1953)
**# René Mayer, President of the Council (1953)
**# Joseph Laniel, President of the Council (1953-1954)
* Federal Republic of Germany -
**President - Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
**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)
**President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
**Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
* Hungary -
**Head of State - István Dobi, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952-1967)
**Head of Government -
**# Mátyás Rákosi, President of the Council of Ministers (1952-1953)
**# Imre Nagy, President of the Council of Ministers (1953-1955)
* Ireland -
**President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
**Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1951-1954)
* Italy -
**President - Luigi Einaudi, President of the Italian Republic (1948-1955)
**Prime Minister -
**# Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1953)
**# Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (1953-1954)
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
**Head of Government - Alexander Frick, Head of Government (1945-1962)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
**Prime Minister -
**#Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
**#Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1926-1937, 1953-1958)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
**Prime Minister - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
* Poland
**Communist Party Leader - Bolesław Bierut, Chairman of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1954)
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
**Premier - Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers (1952-1954)
* Portugal -
**President - Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1951-1958)
**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 - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
**Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
* Turkey
** President - Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
** Prime Minister - Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
**Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
*Vatican City -
** Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
** Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
** Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
**Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
*Costa Rica -
*#Otilio Ulate Blanco, President of Costa Rica (1949–1953)
*#José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
* Cuba - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
*Dominican Republic - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
* El Salvador - Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950–1956)
* United States -
*# Harry Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)
*# Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

outh America

* Argentina - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (1946-1955/1973-1974)
* Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951-1954)
* Paraguay - Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
* Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
*Uruguay - Andrés Martínez Trueba, President of Uruguay (1951-1955)
*Venezuela - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)