List of state leaders in 1971
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1970 state leaders - Events of 1971 - 1972 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Algeria - Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-1978)
- Burundi - Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966-1976)
- Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1936), (1941-1974)
- Prime Minister - Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961-1974)
- Gabon - Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon (1967-present)
- Guinea - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
- Kenya - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964-1978)
- Liberia -
- Rhodesia -
- President - Clifford Walter Dupont, President of Rhodesia (1970-1975)
- Prime Minister - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965-1979)
- Rwanda - Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961-1973)
- Somalia - Muhammad Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969 - 1991)
- Uganda
- President -
- Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962-1971) position discontinued in January
- Zambia - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister -
- Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
- People's Republic of China
- De facto Head of State -
- 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 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan (1964-1972)
- South Korea -
- President - Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
- Prime Minister -
- Malaysia
- Pakistan -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Singapore -
- President -
- 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 - Yen Chia-kan, President of the Executive Yuan (1963-1972)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General - Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (1969-1974)
- Prime Minister -
- 'New Zealand
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present
- Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt, Governor-General of New Zealand (1967-1972)
- Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960-1972
Europe
- Austria
- President - Franz Jonas, Federal President (1965-1974)
- Chancellor - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (1970-1983)
- Belgium
- Monarch - Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
- Prime Minister - Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1968-1973)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister -
- Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister -
- Ahti Karjalainen (1962-1963, 1970-1971)
- Teuvo Aura (1970, 1971-1972)
- France -
- President - Georges Pompidou, President of France (1969-1974)
- Prime Minister - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (1969-1973)
- 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 -
- Head of State - Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
- Premier - Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964-1973)
- Ireland -
- President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
- Prime Minister - Jack Lynch, Taoiseach (1966-1973)
- Italy
- President -
- Prime Minister - Emilio Colombo, Prime Minister of Italy (1970-1972)
- 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 - Józef Cyrankiewicz (1970-1972)
- 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 (created from United Arab Republic on September 2)
- President - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt (1971-1981)
- Prime Minister - Mahmoud Fawzi, Prime Minister of Egypt (1971-1972)
- Israel -
- President - Zalman Shazar, President of Israel (1963-1973)
- Prime Minister - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
- Oman - Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970-)
- United Arab Republic (became Egypt on September 2)
- President - Anwar Sadat, President of the United Arab Republic (1970-1971)
- Prime Minister - Mahmoud Fawzi, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1970-1971)
- People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- Yemen Arab Republic
- President - Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1974)
- Prime Minister -
- Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1970-1971)
- Abdul Salam Sabrah, acting Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1971)
- Ahmad Muhammad Numan, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1971)
- Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1971)
- Abdul Salam Sabrah, acting Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1971)
- Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1971-1972)
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)
- United States - Richard Nixon, President of the United States (1969-1974)