List of state leaders in 1965
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1964 state leaders - Events of 1965 - 1966 state leaders - State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1965
- List of international organization leaders in 1965
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[edit] Africa
- Algeria -
- Burundi
- Monarch - Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915-1966)
- Prime Minister -
- Cameroon -
- President - Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (1960-1982)
- Prime Minister-
- Prime Minister of East Cameroon -
- Prime Minister of West Cameroon -
- John Ngu Foncha, Prime Minister of West Cameroon (1961-1965)
- Augustine Ngom Jua, Prime Minister of West Cameroon (1965)
- Salomon Tandeng Muna, Prime Minister of West Cameroon (1965-1972)
- Central African Republic - David Dacko, President of the Central African Republic (1960-1966)
- Chad - François Tombalbaye, President of Chad (1960-1975)
- Congo-Brazzaville -
- President - Alphonse Massemba-Débat, President of the Republic of Congo (1963-1968)
- Prime Minister - Pascal Lissouba, Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo (1963-1966)
- Congo-Léopoldville -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
- Dahomey
- President -
- Prime Minister - Justin Ahomadegbé, Prime Minister of Dahomey (1964-1965)
- Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1941-1974)
- Prime Minister - Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961-1974)
- Gabon - Gabriel Léon M'ba, President of Gabon (1960-1967)
- The Gambia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of The Gambia (1965-1970)
- Governor-General - John Warburton Paul, Governor-General of The Gambia (1965-1966)
- Prime Minister - Dawda Jawara, Prime Minister of The Gambia (1965-1970)
- Ghana - Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana (1960-1966)
- 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)
- Libya -
- Monarch - Idris, King of Libya (1951-1969)
- Prime Minister -
- Malagasy Republic - Philibert Tsiranana, President of the Malagasy Republic (1959-1972)
- Malawi
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Malawi (1964-1966)
- Governor-General - Glyn Smallwood Jones, Governor-General of Malawi (1964-1966)
- Prime Minister - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Prime Minister of Malawi (1964-1966)
- 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)
- Morocco -
- Monarch - Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961-1999)
- Prime Minister - Ahmed Bahnini, Prime Minister of Morocco (1963-1965) (after 1965, position abolished)
- Niger - Hamani Diori, President of Niger (1960-1974)
- Nigeria -
- President - Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (1963-1966)
- Prime Minister - Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960-1966)
- Rhodesia -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Rhodesia (unrecognized by her) (1965-1970)
- Officer Administering the Government - Clifford Dupont, Officer Administering the Government (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)
- Sierra Leone
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Sierra Leone (1961-1971)
- Governor-General - Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1962-1967)
- Prime Minister - Albert Margai, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (1964-1967)
- Somalia
- President - Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, President of Somalia (1960-1967)
- Prime Minister - Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Prime Minister of Somalia (1964-1967)
- South Africa
- President - Charles Robberts Swart, President of South Africa (1961-1967)
- Prime Minister - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (1958-1966)
- Sudan
- Head of State -
- Prime Minister -
- Tanzania - Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania (1962-1985)
- Togo - Nicolas Grunitzky, President of Togo (1963-1967)
- Tunisia - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957-1987)
- Uganda
- 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)
- Zambia - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
[edit] Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister -
- Bhutan - Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1952-1972)
- Burma - Ne Win, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council (1962-1974)
- Cambodia -
- Monarch -
- Queen - Sisowath Monivong Kossamak, Ceremonial Queen of Cambodia (1960-1970)
- Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia (1960-1970)
- Prime Minister - Prince Norodom Kantol, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962 - 1966)
- Monarch -
- Ceylon -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952-1972)
- Governor-General - William Gopallawa, Governor-General of Ceylon (1962-1972)
- Prime Minister -
- 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)
- 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)
- India -
- President - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India (1962-1967)
- Prime Minister - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (1964-1966)
- Indonesia - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
- Japan
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan (1964-1972)
- North Korea -
- Head of State - Choi Yong Kun, Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1957-1972)
- Premier - Kim Il Sung, Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1948-1972)
- 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)
- Laos
- Monarch - Savang Vatthana, King of Laos (1959-1975)
- Prime Minister - Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos (1962-1975)
- Malaysia
- Monarch -
- Prime Minister - Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1957-1970)
- Maldive Islands (independent since July 26)
- Monarch - Muhammad Fareed Didi, King of the Maldive Islands (1965-1968)
- Prime Minister - Ibrahim Nasir, Prime Minister of the Maldive Islands (1965-1968)
- Mongolia -
- Head of State - Jamtsarangiyn Sambuu, Chairman of the Presidium of the Great State Hural (1954-1972)
- Premier - Yumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952-1974)
- Nepal -
- Monarch - Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1955-1972)
- Prime Minister -
- Pakistan - Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
- Philippines
- Singapore -
- Singapore secedes from Malaysia on August 9, declares independence.
- President - Yusuf Ishak, President of Singapore (1965-1971)
- Prime Minister - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
- Thailand -
- Monarch - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946-present)
- Prime Minister - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (1963-1973)
- North Vietnam -
- President - Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1946-1969)
- Prime Minister - Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1955-1976)
- South Vietnam -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
[edit] Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General -
- 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 - Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (1962–1967)
- Prime Minister - Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960–1972)
- Tonga
- Monarch -
- Prime Minister -
- Western Samoa
- Head of State - Malietoa Tanumafili II, O le Ao o le Malo (1962-2007)
- Prime Minister - Mata'afa Mulinu'u II, Prime Minister of Western Samoa (1959-1970)
[edit] Europe
- Albania -
- Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Party of Labour (1944-1981)
- President - Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly (1953-1982)
- Prime Minister - Mehmet Shehu, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1954-1981)
- Andorra -
- Coprinces - Ramon Iglésias i Navarri, Bishop of Urgell (1943-1969) and Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969).
- Austria -
- President -
- Chancellor - Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1964–1970)
- Belgium
- King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
- Prime Minister -
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Communist Party Leader and Prime Minister- Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1954-1989) and Prime Minister of Bulgaria, (1962-1971)
- Head of State - Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly - Georgi Traikov (1964-1971)
- Cyprus - Archbishop Makarios III, President of Cyprus (1960-1974)
- Czechoslovakia
- Communist Party Leader and Head of State - Antonín Novotný, First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1953-1968), President of Czechoslovakia (1957-1968)
- Prime Minister - Jozef Lenárt, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1963-1968)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister - Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark (1962-1968)
- Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister - Johannes Virolainen (1964-1966)
- France -
- President - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
- Prime Minister - Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France (1962-1968)
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
- Chancellor - Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1963-1966)
- 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)
- Greece -
- Hungary -
- Communist Party Leader - János Kádár, First Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956-1988)
- President - István Dobi, Chairmen of the Presidential Council (1952-1967)
- Prime Minister -
- Iceland -
- President - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952-1968)
- Prime Minister - Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1963-1970)
- Ireland -
- President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
- Prime Minister - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
- Italy
- President - Giuseppe Saragat, President of the Italian Republic (1964-1971)
- Prime Minister - Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (1963-1968)
- Liechtenstein -
- Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
- Head of Government - Gerard Batliner, Head of Government (1962-1970)
- Luxembourg
- Monarch - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)
- Malta
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Malta (1964-1974)
- Governor-General - Sir Maurice Henry Dorman, Governor-General of Malta (1964–1971)
- Prime Minister - Giorgio Borg Olivier, Prime Minister of Malta (1962–1971)
- Monaco -
- Monarch - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005)
- Prime Minister - Jean Émile Reymond, Minister of State (1963-1966)
- Netherlands -
- Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
- Prime Minister -
- 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)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Edward Ochab (1964-1968)
- 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)
- Romania
- Communist Party Leader -
- Head of State -
- Premier - Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania (1961-1974)
- San Marino
- Soviet Union -
- Communist Party Leader - Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964-1982)
- President -
- Premier - Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984-1980)
- 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)
- Switzerland -
- Turkey
- President - Cemal Gürsel, President of Turkey (1961-1966)
- Prime Minister -
- İsmet İnönü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1961-1965)
- Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1965)
- 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)
- Vatican City
- Pope - Paul VI, Bishop of Rome (1963-1978)
- Secretary of State - Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)
- Yugoslavia -
- President - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (1953-1980)
- Premier - Petar Stambolić, President of the Federal Executive Council (1963-1967)
[edit] Middle East
- Iran -
- Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
- Prime Minister -
- Iraq -
- President - Abdul Salam Arif, President of Iraq (1963-1966)
- Prime Minister -
- Israel -
- President - Zalman Shazar, President of Israel (1963-1973)
- Prime Minister - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (1963-1969)
- Jordan -
- Monarch - Hussein I, King of Jordan (1952-1999)
- Prime Minister -
- Bahjat at-Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1964-1965)
- Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan (1965-1967)
- Kuwait -
- Lebanon -
- President - Charles Helou, President of Lebanon (1964-1970)
- Prime Minister -
- Hussein al-Oweini, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1964-1965)
- Rashid Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1965-1966)
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- Saudi Arabia - Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia (1964-1975)
- Syria
- President - Amin Hafiz, President of Syria (1963-1966)
- Prime Minister -
- Amin al-Hafez, Prime Minister of Syria, (1964-1965)
- Yusuf Zuaiyin, Prime Minister, (1965)
- United Arab Republic -
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1970)
- Prime Minister -
- Yemen Arab Republic
- President - Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
- Prime Minister -
- Mahmoud al-Gayifi, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1964-1965)
- Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1965)
- Ahmad Muhammad Numan, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1965)
- Abdullah as-Sallal, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1965)
- Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1965-1966)
[edit] North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
- Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (1959-1967)
- Prime Minister - Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada (1963-1968)
- Costa Rica - Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, President of Costa Rica (1962–1966)
- Cuba
- President - Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba (1959-1976)
- Premier - Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba (1959-1976)
- Dominican Republic -
- Triumvirate, President of the Dominican Republic (1963–1965)
- Francisco Caamaño, constitutionalist President of the Dominican Republic and Antonio Imbert Barrera, loyalist President of the Dominican Republic(1965)
- Héctor García Godoy, provisional President of the Dominican Republic (1965–1966)
- El Salvador - Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, President of El Salvador (1962–1967)
- Guatemala - Enrique Peralta Azurdia, President of Guatemala {1963-1966}
- Haiti - François Duvalier, President for Life {1957-1971}
- Honduras - Oswaldo López Arellano, President of Honduras {1963-1971}
- Jamaica
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Jamaica (1962-present)
- Governor-General - Sir Clifford Campbell, Governor-General of Jamaica (1962-1973)
- Prime Minister - Sir Alexander Bustamante, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1962-1967)
- Mexico - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (1964-1970)
- Nicaragua - René Schick Gutiérrez, President of Nicaragua {1963-1966}
- Panama - Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez, President of Panama {1964-1968}
- Trinidad and Tobago -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1976)
- Governor General - Sir Solomon Hochoy, Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1972)
- Prime Minister - Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1961-1981)
- United States - Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States (1963-1969)
[edit] South America
- Argentina - Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963–1966)
- Bolivia -
- René Barrientos Ortuño, President of Bolivia (1964–1966) (from May 26, co-president)
- Alfredo Ovando Candía, President of Bolivia (1965–1966)
- Brazil - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, President of Brazil (1964-1967)
- Chile - Eduardo Frei Montalva, President (1964-1970)
- Colombia - Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (1962-1966)
- Ecuador - Ramón Castro Jijón, President of Ecuador (1963–1966)
- Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
- Peru - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1963-1968)
- Uruguay -
- Venezuela - Raúl Leoni, President of Venezuela (1964-1969)

