List of state leaders in 1947

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1947.

Africa

Egypt
- Monarch - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936–1952)
- Prime Minister - Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1946–1948)
Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930–1974)[1]
- Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942–1957)
Liberia
- President - William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944–1971)
South Africa
- Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
- Governor-General - Gideon Brand van Zyl, Governor-General of South Africa (1946–1951)
- Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939–1948)

Australia
- Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
- Governor-General -
  1. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (1945–1947)
  2. Sir Winston Dugan, Administrator of the Government of Australia (1947)
  3. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947–1953)
- Prime Minister - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (1945–1949)
New Zealand
- the Dominion of New Zealand was superseded by New Zealand in November 1947
- Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
- Governor-General - Sir Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (1946–1952)
- Prime Minister - Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940–1949)

Argentina
- President - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (1946–1955)
Bolivia
- President -
  1. Tomás Monje, Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta of Bolivia (1946–1947)
  2. Enrique Hertzog, President of Bolivia (1947–1949)
Brazil
- President - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946–1951)
Chile
- President - Gabriel González Videla, President of Chile (1946–1952)
Colombia
- President - Mariano Ospina Pérez, President of Colombia (1946–1950)
Ecuador
- President -
  1. José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (1944–1947)
  2. Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President of Ecuador (1947–1948)
Paraguay
- President - Higinio Morínigo, President of Paraguay (1940–1948)
Peru
- President - José Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1945–1948)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Julio Ernesto Portugal Escobedo, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1946–1947)
  2. José R. Alzamora, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1947)
Uruguay
- President -
  1. Juan José de Amézaga, President of Uruguay (1943–1947)
  2. Tomás Berreta, President of Uruguay (1947)
  3. Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947–1951)
Venezuela
- President - Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945–1948)

In exile between 1936 and 1941.
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.
Titled Viceroy until independence
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.
Jordan only became independent in 1946.
Yemen only became independent in 1918.
German prisoner between 1940 and 1945, in exile between 1945 and 1950.
Björnsson was regent under the kingdom between 1941 and 1944.
In exile between 1940 and 1945.
In exile between 1940 and 1944.
In exile between 1940 and 1945.
In exile between 1940 and 1945.
The Polish head of state's title changed from President of the Presidium of the Popular Council to President on 5 February 1947.
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.

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