List of state leaders in 1956

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1956.

Africa

Egypt
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954–1970)[1]
- Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of Egypt (1954–1962)[2]
Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930–1974)[3]
- Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942–1957)
Liberia
- President - William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944–1971)
Libya
- Monarch - Idris, King of Libya (1951–1969)
- Prime Minister - Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister of Libya (1954–1957)
Morocco
- French protectorate of Morocco gained independence on 2 March 1956, Spanish Morocco joined it on 7 April 1956
- French Resident-General - André Dubois, Resident-General of French Morocco (1955–1956)
- Spanish High Commissioner - Rafael García Valiño, High Commissioner of Spanish Morocco (1951–1956)
- Monarch - Mohammed V, Sultan of Morocco (1955–1961)
- Prime Minister - Mbarek Bekkay, President of the Council of Ministers of Morocco (1955–1958)
South Africa
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952–1961)
- Governor-General - Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951–1959)
- Prime Minister - Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa (1954–1958)
Sudan
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan gained independence on 1 January 1956
- Head of State - Sovereignty Council, Head of State of Sudan (1956–1958)
- Prime Minister[4] -
  1. Ismail al-Azhari, Chief Minister of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1954–1956)
  2. Abdallah Khalil, Prime Minister of Sudan (1956–1958)
Tunisia
- the French protectorate of Tunisia gained independence on 20 March 1956
- High Commissioner - Roger Seydoux, High Commissioner of Tunisia (1955–1956)
- Monarch - Muhammad VIII al-Amin, King of Tunisia (1943–1957)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Tahar Ben Ammar, Prime Minister of Tunis (1954–1956)
  2. Habib Bourguiba, Prime Minister of Tunisia (1956–1957)

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952–present)
- Governor-General - Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953–1960)
- Prime Minister - Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949–1966)
New Zealand
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
- Governor-General - Sir Willoughby Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952–1957)
- Prime Minister - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949–1957)

South America

References

Gamal Abdel Nasser was President of the United Arab Republic 1958-1961.
Gamal Abdel Nasser was Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic 1958-1961.
In exile between 1936 and 1941.
Titled Chief Minister until independence.
North Korea only became independent in 1948.
Laos only became independent in 1953.
Prime minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987.
In exile between 1940 and 1945.
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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[1] Gamal Abdel Nasser was President of the United Arab Republic 1958-1961.

[2] Gamal Abdel Nasser was Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic 1958-1961.

[3] In exile between 1936 and 1941.

[4] Titled Chief Minister until independence.

[ReferenceA-5] North Korea only became independent in 1948.

[6] Laos only became independent in 1953.

[7] Prime minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987.

[In_exile_between_1940_and_1945-8] In exile between 1940 and 1945.

[9] 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.