List of state leaders in 1973
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1972 state leaders - Events of 1973 - 1974 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Algeria - Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-1978)
- Burundi
- President - Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966-1976)
- Prime Minister - Albin Nyamoya, Prime Minister of Burundi (1972-1973)
- Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
- Prime Minister - Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961-1974)
- Gabon - Albert-Bernard Bongo (name changed to Omar Bongo on September 29), President of Gabon (1967-present)
- Guinea
- President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
- Prime Minister - Louis Lansana Beavogui, Prime Minister of Guinea (1972-1984)
- Kenya - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964-1978)
- Liberia - William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia (1971-1980)
- Rhodesia -
- President - Clifford Walter Dupont, President of Rhodesia (1970-1975)
- Prime Minister - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965-1979)
- Rwanda
- Somalia - Muhammad Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969 - 1991)
- Uganda - Idi Amin, President of Uganda (1971-1979)
- Zambia
- President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
- Prime Minister -
- Position created
- Mainza Chona, Prime Minister of Zambia (1973-1975)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister - Mohammad Musa Shafiq, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1972-1973)
- President - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, President of Afghanistan (1973-1978)
- Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
- People's Republic of China
- Acting Head of State - Dong Biwu, Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968-1975)
- 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 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, President of India (1969-1974)
- Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1966-1977)
- Japan
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan (1972-1974)
- South Korea -
- President - Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
- Prime Minister - Kim Jong-pil, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1971-1975)
- Malaysia
- Pakistan -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Singapore -
- President - Benjamin Sheares, President of Singapore (1971-1981)
- Prime Minister - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
- Premier - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Executive Yuan (1972-1978)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present)
- Governor-General - Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (1969-1974)
- Prime Minister - Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975)
- 'New Zealand
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
- Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972-1977)
- Prime Minister - Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972-1974)
Europe
- Denmark
- Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
- Prime Minister -
- Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister - Kalevi Sorsa (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987)
- France -
- President - Georges Pompidou, President of France (1969-1974)
- Prime Minister -
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Gustav Heinemann, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969-1974)
- Chancellor - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969-1974)
- German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
- Head of State -
- Premier -
- Ireland -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Italy
- President - Giovanni Leone, President of Italy (1971-1978)
- Prime Minister -
- Poland
- Communist Party Leader - Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1970-1980)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
- Premier - Piotr Jaroszewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1970-1980)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister - Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970-1974)
- Vatican City
- Pope - Paul VI, Bishop of Rome (1963-1978)
- Secretary of State - Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot, Cardinal Secretary of State (1969-1979)
Middle East
- Egypt
- President - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt (1971-1981)
- Prime Minister -
- Israel
- President -
- Prime Minister - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
- Oman - Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970–present)
- People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- President - Salim Ali Rubai, Chairman of the Presidential Council (1970-1978)
- Prime Minister - Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971-1986)
- Yemen Arab Republic
- President - Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1974)
- Prime Minister - Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1972-1974)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
- Governor General - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (1967-1974)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1968-1979)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1976)
- Governor General - Ellis Clarke, Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1972-1976)
- Prime Minister - Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1956-1981)
- United States - Richard Nixon, President of the United States (1969-1974)