List of state leaders in 1942
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1941 state leaders - Events of 1942 - 1943 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Egypt -
- Monarch - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
- Prime Minister -
- Ethiopia -
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
- Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942-1957)
- 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 (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)
- Bhutan
- Monarch - Jigme Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1926-1952)
- Chief Minister - Raja Sonam Tobgay Dorji, Chief Minister of Bhutan (1917-1952)
- Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
- Republic of China
- Chongqing Government (Nationalist China, pro-Allies)
- Head of State - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
- Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
- Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
- Head of State - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
- Chongqing Government (Nationalist China, 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 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (1941-1944)
- Manchukuo (Japanese puppet state)
- Monarch - Kangde (Henry Puyi), Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
- Premier - Zhang Jinghui, Premier of Manchukuo (1935-1945)
- 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 - John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1945)
Europe
- Albania (in personal union with, and occupied by, Italy)
- Monarch - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Albania (1939-1943)
- Prime Minister - Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, Prime Minister of Albania (1941-1943)
- Andorra
- Co-Princes -
- French Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Co-Prince of Andorra (1940-1944)
- Bishop of Urgel - Ricardo Fornesa, acting Co-Prince of Andorra (1940-1943)
- First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937-1960)
- Co-Princes -
- Belgium (under German occupation)
- Monarch - Leopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
- Military Governor - Alexander von Falkenhausen, German Military Governor of Belgium and Northern France (1940-1944)
- Prime Minister - Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (1939-1945, in exile in London)
- Bohemia and Moravia (German puppet state, not recognized by the Allies, who continue to recognize the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London)
- President - Emil Hácha, President of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1945)
- Protector - Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath, Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1943)
- Acting Protector -
- Reinhard Heydrich, acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1941-1942)
- Kurt Daluege, acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1942-1943)
- Prime Minister - Jaroslav Krejcí, Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia (1942-1945)
- Bulgaria
- Monarch - Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1918-1943)
- Prime Minister - Bogdan Filov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1940-1943)
- Croatia (Axis puppet state not recognized by rest of the world, which continues to recognize the government-in-exile of Yugoslavia)
- Leader - Ante Pavelic, Leader of Croatia (1941-1945)
- Czechoslovakia (Government-in-Exile in London. The area of Czechoslovakia was at this time divided between Germany, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and Slovakia, the latter two German puppet states)
- President - Edvard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia (1940-1945, in exile)
- Prime Minister - Jan Srámek, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1940-1945, in exile)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
- Prime Minister -
- 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)
- Finland -
- President - Risto Heikki Ryti, President of Finland (1940-1944)
- Prime Minister - Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Prime Minister of Finland (1941-1943)
- France (Northern half under German occupation, Southern half also from November)
- Vichy France
- Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
- Prime Minister -
- National Committee of the Free French - Charles de Gaulle, Chairman (1941-1943)
- France in Africa (pro-allied government of former Vichyists established in North Africa following the Torch landings in November)
- François Darlan, High Commissioner of France in Africa (1942)
- Henri Giraud, High Commissioner of France in Africa (1942-1943)
- Vichy France
- Germany -
- Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
- Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
- Greece (under German occupation) -
- Government in Exile (in Cairo)
- Monarch - George II, King of the Hellenes (1935-1947)
- Prime Minister - Emmanouil Tsouderos, Prime Minister of Greece (1941-1944)
- Quisling Government in Athens
- Monarch - George II, King of the Hellenes (1935-1947 (in theory)0
- Prime Minister -
- Government in Exile (in Cairo)
- Hungary -
- Regent - Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (1920-1944)
- Prime Minister -
- Iceland -
- Monarch - Christian X, King of Iceland (1918-1944)
- Regent - Sveinn Björnsson, Regent of Iceland (1941-1944)
- Prime Minister -
- Italy -
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
- Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
- Liechtenstein
- Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
- Head of Government - Franz Josef Hoop, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1928-1945)
- Luxembourg (occupied by Germany, Government in Exile)
- Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
- Monaco
- Monarch - Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1922-1949)
- Minister of State - Émile Roblot, Minister of State (1937-1944)
- Montenegro (under Italian occupation and administration; not recognized by the Allies, who continue to recognize the Yugoslav government in exile) - Blazo Djukanovic, President of the National Committee (1941-1943)
- The Netherlands (occupied by Germany, government-in-exile in London)
- Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
- Prime Minister - Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-1945)
- Norway (occupied by Germany)
- Government in Exile (in London)
- Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-1957)
- Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935-1945)
- German Puppet Government in Oslo
- Acting Ministers of State (1941-1942)
- Vidkun Quisling, Minister-President (1942-1945)
- Government in Exile (in London)
- Poland (Government in exile)
- President - Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
- Prime Minister - Władysław Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939-1943)
- Portugal
- President - António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona, President of Portugal (1926-1951)
- Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal (1932-1968)
- Romania
- Monarch - Michael I, King of Romania (1940-1947)
- Prime Minister - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania and Leader of the State (1940-1944)
- San Marino
- Captains-General
- Serbia (German-occupied puppet state; not recognized by the Allies, who continue to recognize the government-in-exile of Yugoslavia, in London)
- Monarch - Peter II, King of Serbia (1941-1944, he was the King of Yugoslavia in exile, and did not consent to his role as theoretical head of the puppet Serb state)
- Prime Minister - Milan Nedic, President of the Ministerial Council of the Serbian Government of National Salvation (1941-1944)
- Slovakia (German puppet regime, not recognized by the Allies, who recognize the Czechoslovak government-in-exile)
- President - Jozef Tiso, President of Slovakia (1939-1945)
- Prime Minister - Vojtech Tuka, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1939-1944)
- 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)
- Premier - Joseph Stalin, Chairman of the Council of People's Comissars (1941-1953)
- Spain -
- Head of State - Francisco Franco, Head of state (1939-1975)
- Prime Minister - Francisco Franco, Prime Minister of Spain (1938-1973)
- Sweden -
- Monarch - Gustav V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
- Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
- Switzerland - Philipp Etter, President of the Swiss Confederation (1942)
- Turkey
- President - Ismet Inönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
- Prime Minister -
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
- Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
- Vatican City
- Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
- Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)
- Yugoslavia (occupied by the Germans and Italians, who split it into various puppet states; this is the London government in exile, recognized by the Allies)
- Monarch - Peter II, King of Yugoslavia (1934-1945)
- Prime Minister -
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
- Governor-General - The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada (1940-1946)
- Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
- Costa Rica - Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940-1944)
- Cuba -
- President - Fulguencia Batista, President of Cuba (1940-1944)
- Premier -
- Dominican Republic -
- El Salvador - Maximilian Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador (1935-1944)
- United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)
South America
- Argentina -
- Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
- Ramón Castillo, President of Argentina (1942-1943, acting president 1940-1942)
- Bolivia - Enrique Peńaranda - President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
- Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
- Chile -
- Colombia -
- Ecuador - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
- Paraguay - Higinio Morińigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
- Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
- Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)