List of state leaders in 1940

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1940.

See also

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

References
  1. Tenzin Gyatso was only enthroned in 1950, Tibet accepted Chinese sovereignty in 1951, the Dalai Lama went into exile in 1959, and his political role in the government-in-exile ended in 2011.
  2. Ibn Saud was Emir of Nejd and Hasa between 1902 and 1921, Sultan of Nejd between 1921 and 1927, King of Nejd between 1927 and 1932 additionally King of Hejaz between 1926 and 1932 (collectively referred to as King of Nejd and Hejaz), and King of Saudi Arabia from 1932.
  3. Yemen only became independent in 1918.
  4. German prisoner between 1940 and 1945, in exile between 1945 and 1950.
  5. Hácha was President of Czechoslovakia between 1938 and 1939.
  6. In exile between 1941 and 1946.
  7. In exile between 1940 and 1945.
  8. In exile between 1940 and 1944.
  9. In exile between 1940 and 1945.
  10. In exile between 1940 and 1945.
  11. In exile between 1940 and 1945.
  12. Kalinin was head of state of Russia (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets) from 1919 to 1938, and head of state of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1946.
  13. The seven member Swiss Federal Council is the collective head of state and the government of Switzerland. Within the Council, the President of the Swiss Confederation serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year.
  14. In exile from 1941.
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