List of state leaders in 1959

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1959.

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

References

  1. In exile between 1936 and 1941.
  2. Ghana only became independent in 1957.
  3. Morocco only became independent in 1956.
  4. Gamal Abdel Nasser was President of Egypt 1954-1958 and 1961-1970.
  5. Gamal Abdel Nasser was Prime Minister of Egypt 1954-1958 and 1961-1962.
  6. North Korea only became independent in 1948.
  7. Laos only became independent in 1953.
  8. Malaya only became independent in 1957.
  9. Title changed from Chairman of the Revolutionary Council to Prime Minister on 9 February 1959.
  10. Prime minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987.
  11. In exile between 1940 and 1945.
  12. 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.
  13. The position Prime Minister of Cuba was abolished on 2 December 1976, but President of the Council of Ministers was created and it continued to be held by Fidel Castro.

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