List of state leaders in 1963
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1962 state leaders - Events of 1963 - 1964 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Algeria -
- President - Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria (1962-1965)
- Prime Minister -
- Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister of Algeria (1962-1963)
- Position eliminated
- Burundi
- Monarch - Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915-1966)
- Prime Minister -
- Guinea
- President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
- Kenya independent from Britain on December 12
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Kenya (1963-1964)
- Governor-General - Malcolm John MacDonald, Governor-General of Kenya (1963-1964)
- Prime Minister - Jomo Kenyatta, Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964)
- Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
- Rwanda
- President - Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961-1973)
- Uganda
- President - Sir Edward Mutesa, President of Uganda (1962-1966)
- Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962-1971)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister -
- Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
- People's Republic of China
- Head of State - Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968)
- Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council (1949-1976)
- Head of Communist Party - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
- India -
- President - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India (1962-1967)
- Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
- Japan
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-1964)
- South Korea -
- President - Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
- Head of Government -
- Malaysia
- Malaysia formed by admitting Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore into the Federation of Malaya on September 16
- Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1960-1965)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1957-1970)
- Pakistan - Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
- Premier -
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General - William Sidney, Governor-General of Australia (1961-1965)
- Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)
Europe
- Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister - Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark (1962-1968)
- Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister -
- France -
- President - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
- Prime Minister - Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France (1962-1968)
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
- Head of State - Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
- Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
- Ireland -
- President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
- Prime Minister - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
- Italy -
- President - Antonio Segni, President of Italy (1962-1964)
- Prime Minister -
- Poland
- Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
- Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
- Sweden
- Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
- Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister -
- Vatican City
- Pope -
- Secretary of State - Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)
Middle East
- Israel
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- United Arab Republic
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
- Prime Minister - Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1962-1965)
- Yemen Arab Republic
- President - Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
- Prime Minister -
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
- Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
- Prime Minister -
- United States -