List of state leaders in 1959

1958 state leaders - Events of 1959 - 1960 state leaders - State leaders by year

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See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1959
• List of international organization leaders in 1959

Africa

• Guinea
  • President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State -
    1. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
    2. 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 - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
  • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
• Israel -
  • President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
• Pakistan - Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
• 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

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
  • Governor-General - Charles John Lyttelton, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957-1962)
  • Prime Minister - Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957-1960)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister - Hans Christian Hansen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1955-1960)
• France -
  • President -
    1. René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
    2. Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Charles de Gaulle, President of the Council (1958-1959)
    2. Michel Debré, Prime Minister of France (1959-1962)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President -
    1. Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
    2. 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)
  • President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
  • Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
• Ireland -
  • President -
    1. Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
    2. Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1957-1959)
    2. Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
• Italy -
  • President - Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1958-1959)
    2. Antonio Segni, Prime Minister of Italy (1959-1960)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General -
    1. Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
    2. Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
  • Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
• United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)