List of state leaders in 1940
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1939 state leaders - Events of 1940 - 1941 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Egypt - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
- Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
- South Africa -
- Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
- Governor-General - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937-1943)
- Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (5 September 1939 - 1948)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
- Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
- Republic of China
- Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
- President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
- Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
- Nanjing Government (pro-Japanese)
- proclaimed on March 30
- President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
- Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
- India
- Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
- Viceroy - The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
- Japan
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister -
- Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia -
- Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
- Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
- Prime Minister - Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941)
Europe
- Albania - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
- Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
- Éire (Ireland) -
- Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
- President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
- Prime Minister - Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
- Estonia
- President -
- Konstantin Päts, President of Estonia (1938-1940, Head of State, 1934-1938)
- Johannes Vares, President of Estonia (acting) (23 July 1940 - 25 August 1940)
- Prime Minister -
- President -
- France
- Head of State -
- Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-1940)
- Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
- Prime Minister -
- Head of State -
- Germany
- Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
- Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
- Italy
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
- Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
- Latvia
- President - Kārlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936-1940)
- Prime Minister - Kārlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934-1940)
- Poland (Government in exile)
- President - Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
- Prime Minister - Władysław Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939-1943)
- Soviet Union
- Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
- Head of State - Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-1946)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
- Prime Minister -
- Vatican City
- Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
- Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
- Governor-General -
- Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
- United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)
South America
- Argentina - Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
- Bolivia
- Carlos Quintanilla, Provisional President of Bolivia (1939-1940)
- Enrique Peñaranda - President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
- Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
- Chile - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile (1938-1941)
- Colombia - Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938-1942)
- Ecuador -
- Andrés Córdova Nieto, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1940)
- Julio E. Moreno, Interim President of Ecuador (1940)
- Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
- Paraguay -
- Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
- Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)
- Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1936-1941)