List of state leaders in 1968

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1968.

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

References

  1. ↑ Titled Emperor Bokassa I after 1976.
  2. ↑ Chad only became independent in 1960.
  3. ↑ Gamal Abdel Nasser was President of the United Arab Republic 1958-1961.
  4. ↑ In exile between 1936 and 1941.
  5. ↑ The Gambia only became independent in 1965.
  6. ↑ Lesotho only became independent in 1966, before that Moshoeshoe II was titled Paramount Chief.
  7. ↑ Lesotho only became independent in 1966.
  8. ↑ The Malagasy Republic only became independent in 1960.
  9. ↑ Titled Chief Minister until independence.
  10. ↑ Unacknowledged by the government after 1965.
  11. ↑ Clifford Dupont was titled President of Rhodesia between 1970 and 1975 after the abolishing of the monarchy.
  12. ↑ Rwanda only became independent in 1962.
  13. ↑ Before independence the monarch was titled Paramount Chief of Swaziland.
  14. ↑ Julius Nyerere was President of Tanganyika from 1962 to 1964.
  15. ↑ William Gopallawa was titled President of Sri Lanka between 1972 and 1978 after the abolishing of the monarchy.
  16. ↑ North Korea only became independent in 1948.
  17. ↑ Malaysia (then called Malaya) only became independent in 1957.
  18. 1 2 Maldives only became independent in 1965.
  19. ↑ Singapore only became independent in 1965, before that Yusof bin Ishak was titled Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore.
  20. ↑ Singapore only became independent in 1965.
  21. ↑ Prime minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987.
  22. ↑ King Constantine II went into exile in 1967.
  23. ↑ Malta only became independent in 1964, until then Sir Maurice Henry Dorman was titled Governor of Malta.
  24. ↑ Malta only became independent in 1964.
  25. ↑ Titled President of Suriname after independence in 1975.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ Barbados only became independent in 1966.
  28. ↑ 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.
  29. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago only became independent in 1962, until then Sir Solomon Hochoy was titled Governor of Trinidad and Tobago.
  30. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago only became independent in 1962.
  31. ↑ Western Samoa only became independent in 1962.
  32. ↑ Guyana only became independent in 1966.

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