List of state leaders in 1919

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1919.

Africa

Asia

Australia and Oceania

Europe

North America and the Caribbean

South America

References

  1. Hussein bin Ali was Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and King of Hejaz from 1916.
  2. Ibn Saud was Emir of Nejd and Hasa between 1902 and 1921, Sultan of Nejd between 1921 and 1927, King of Nejd between 1927 and 1932 additionally King of Hejaz between 1926 and 1932 (collectively referred to as King of Nejd and Hejaz), and King of Saudi Arabia from 1932.
  3. Yemen only became independent in 1918.
  4. Arthur Foljambe was titled Governor of New Zealand until 1917.
  5. Iceland only became independent in 1918.
  6. The title of the Lithuanian head of state changed from Chairman of the Lithuanian National Council Presidium to President on 4 April 1919.
  7. 1 2 3 In exile between 1940 and 1945.
  8. Kalinin was head of state of Russia from 1919 to 1938, and head of state of the Soviet Union (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets) from 1922 to 1946.
  9. Lenin was head of government of Russia (Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars) from 1917 to 1924 and head of government of the Soviet Union (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars) from 1922 to 1924.
  10. Peter I was King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 and King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1918 to 1921.
  11. The seven member Swiss Federal Council is the collective head of state and the government of Switzerland. Within the Council, the President of the Swiss Confederation serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year.

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