List of state leaders in 1940

1939 state leaders - Events of 1940 - 1941 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1940
*List of international organization leaders in 1940

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 - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (5 September 1939 - 1948)
* 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
** Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
*** President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
*** Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
** Nanjing Government (pro-Japanese)
*** "proclaimed on March 30"
*** President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
* 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 -
**# Nobuyuki Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (1939-1940)
**# Mitsumasa Yonai, Prime Minister of Japan (1940)
**# Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1940-1941)
* Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
** Prime Minister - Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister - Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1923 – 1941)

Europe

* Albania - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
* Belgium -
**Monarch - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
**Prime Minister - Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (22 February 1939-1945)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
** Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
* Éire (Ireland) -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
**President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
**Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
* Estonia - Soviet occupation since June 21 1940, Soviet Republic declared on July 21 and annexed by the Soviet Union on August 6 1940
**President -
**#Konstantin Päts, President of Estonia (April 24 1938 - July 21 1940)
**Prime Minister -
**# Jüri Uluots, Prime Minister of Estonia (12 October 1939 - 21 June 1940)
**# Johannes Vares, Prime Minister of Estonia (21 June 1940 - 25 August 1940) (Appointment declared illegal on April 20 1944)
* France
**Head of State -
**# Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-1940)
**# Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
**Prime Minister -
**# Édouard Daladier, President of the Council (1938-1940)
**# Paul Reynaud, President of the Council (1940)
**# Philippe Pétain, President of the Council (1940-1942)
* Germany
**Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
**Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
* Hungary -
**Regent - Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (1920-1944)
**Prime Minister - Count Pál Teleki (16 February 1939 - 3 April 1941)
* Italy
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
**Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
* Latvia
**President - Krlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936-1940)
**Prime Minister - Krlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934-1940)
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - 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)
* The Netherlands (after May 1940 occupied by Germany, government-in-exile in London)
**Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
**Prime Minister -
**#Dirk Jan de Geer, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1926-1929, 1939-1940)
**#Pieter Gerbrandy, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1940-1945)
* Norway (after spring 1940 occupied by Germany, government-in-exile in London)
**Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway, King of Norway (1905-1957)
**Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935-1945)
* Poland (Government in exile)
**President - Wadysaw Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
**Prime Minister - Wadysaw Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939-1943)
* Portugal -
**President - António Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926-1951)
**Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932-1968)
* Soviet Union
**Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
**Head of State - Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-1946)
* Spain -
**Generalísimo - Francisco Franco, Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939-1975), (1939-1973)
*"'Sweden
**Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
**Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
* Turkey -
**President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
**Prime Minister - Refik Saydam, Prime Minister of Turkey (1939-1942)
* United Kingdom
**Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
**Prime Minister -
**# Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937-1940)
**# Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
*Vatican City
** Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
** Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)

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)
**# Sir Lyman Poore Duff, Governor General of Canada (1940) "acting"
**# The Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada (1940-1946)
** Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
*Costa Rica -
*#León Cortés Castro, President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)
*#Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940–1944)
* Cuba
** President
**# Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba (1936-1940)
**# Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1940-1944)
** Premier
**# "Office created 10 October 1940"
**# Carlos Saladridgas, Premier of Cuba (1940-1942)
*México
**President -
**# Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (1934-1940)
**# Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (1940-1946)
* United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

outh America

* Argentina - Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
* Bolivia
*# Carlos Quintanilla, Provisional President of Bolivia (1939-1940)
*# Enrique Peñaranda - President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
* Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
* Chile - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile (1938-1941)
* Colombia - Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938-1942)
* Ecuador -
*# Andrés Córdova Nieto, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1940)
*# Julio E. Moreno, Interim President of Ecuador (1940)
*# Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
* Paraguay -
*# José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay (1939-1940)
*# Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
* Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
*Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)
* Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1935-1941)