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World Leaders in 1966

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  Chief of State Head of Government
Afghanistan King Mohammed Zahir Shah Prime Minister Mohammed Hashim Maiwandwal
Albania Chairman of the Presidium Haxhi Lleshi Premier Mehmet Shehu
Algeria President and Prime Minister Houari Boumedienne
Argentina President Arturo Illia
(from June 28) Provisional President Lieutenant General Juan Carlos Ongania
Australia Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Robert G.Menzies
(from January 26) Harold E. Holt
Austria President Franz Jonas Chancellor Josef Klaus
Barbados Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Errol Walton Barrow
Belgium King Baudouin I Premier Pierre Harmel
(from ) Paul Vanden Boeynants
Bolivia President René Barrientos Ortuño
Botswana President Seretse Khama
Brazil President Artur da Costa e Silva
Bulgaria President of the Presidium Georgi Traikov Premier Todor Zhivkov
Burma Chairman of the Revolutionary Council Ne Win
Burundi King Mwambutsa IV
(from July 8) Ntare V
(from November 29) President Michel Micombero
Premier Michel Micombero
(from November 29) abolished
Cambodia Prince Norodm Sihanouk Premier Prince Norodom Kantol
Cameroon President Ahmadou Ahidjo Premier Charles Assale
Canada Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
Central African Republic President David Dacko
(from January 1) Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Ceylon Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake
Chad President François Tombalbaye
Chile President Eduardo Frei Montalva
China, Communist Chairman of the People's Republic Liu Shao-chi Premier Chou En-lai
China, Nationalist President Yen Chia-kan
Colombia President Guillermo Leon Valencia
(from ) Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Congo (Brazzaville) President Alphonse Massamba-Debat Prime Minister Pascal Lissouba
(from ) Ambroise Noumazaly
Congo (Kinshasa) President Joseph D. Mobutu
Costa Rica President
(from ) Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez
Cuba President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado Premier Fidel Castro
Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios III
Czechoslovakia President Antonin Novotny Premier Josef Lenart
Dahomey Christophe Soglo
Denmark King Frederik IX Premier Jens Otto Krag
Dominican Republic President Hector Garcia-Godoy
(from July 1) Joaquin Balaguer
 
Ecuador military junta
(from March 30) President Clemente Yerovi Indaburu
(from November 16) Otto Arosema Gomez
El Salvador President Julio Adalberto Rivera
Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selasie I
Finland President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Prime Minister Rafael Paasio
France President Charles de Gaulle Premier Georges Pompidou
Gabon President and Prime Minister Leon M'Ba
Gambia Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister D. K. Jawara
Germany, East President Walter Ulbricht Premier Willi Stoph
Germany, West President Heinrich Lübke Chancellor Ludwig Erhard
(from November 26) Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah
(from February 24) Chairman of National Liberation Council Joseph A. Ankrah
Greece King Constantine Premier Stephanos Stephanopoulis
(from December 21) Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
Guatemala President
(from July ) Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro
Guinea President Sékou Touré
Guyana Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime MInister Linden Forbes Burnham
Haiti President François Duvalier
Honduras President Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
Hungary President of the Presidential Council Istvan Dobi Premier Gyula Kallai
Iceland President Asgeir Asgeirsson Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson
India President Sarvapelli Radhakrishnan Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri
(from January 19) Indira Gandhi
Indonesia President Sukarno (from March 12) Chairman of the Presidium General Suharto
Iran Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Premier Amir Abbas Hoveida
Iraq President Abdul Salam Arif
(from April 16) Major General Abdel Rahman Arif
Premier Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz
Israel President Schnoer Zalman Shamar Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
Italy President Giuseppe Saragat Premier Aldo Moro
Ivory Coast President and Premier Felix Houpgouet-Boigny
Jamaica Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante
Japan Emperor Hirohito Prime Minister Eisaku Sato
Jordan King Hussein I Premier Wasfi al-Tal
Kenya President Jomo Kenyatta
Korea, North Premier Kim Il Sung
Korea, South President Chung Hee Park Prime Minister Chung Il Kwon
Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah
Laos King Savang Vatthana Premier Souvanna Phouma
Lebanon President Charles Helou Prime Minister Rashid Karami
Lesotho King Moshoeshoe II Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan
Liberia President William V. S. Tubman
Libya King Mohammed Idris et Senussi Premier Hussein Mazik
Liechtenstein Prince Franz Josef II Gerard Batliner
Luxembourg Grand Duke Jean Premier Pierre Werner
Malagasy Republic President Philibert Tsiranana
Malawi President and Prime Minister H. Kamazu Banda
Malaysia   Prime Minister
(from ) Abdul Razak
Maldive Islands Sultan Al Amir Mohammed Farid Didi Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir
Mali President and Premier Modibo Keita
Malta Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Giorgio Borg Oliver
Mauritania President and Premier Moktar Ould Daddah
Mexico President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Monaco Prince Rainier III Minister of State Jean Raymond
Mongolia President of the Presidium Zhamsarangin Sambu Premier Yumzhagin Tsedenbal
Morocco King and Premier Hassan II
Nepal King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa
Netherlands Queen Juliana Premier Joseph M. L. T. Cals
(from November 21) Jelle Zijlstra
New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Keith Holyoake
Nicaragua President René Schick Gutierrez
(from August ) Lorenzo Guerrero
Niger President and Premier Hamani Diori
Nigeria President
(from January 14) Major General Johnson T. U. Aguiyi-Ironsi
(from July 29) Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowan
Norway King Olav V Prime Minister Per Borten
Pakistan President Mohammad Ayub Khan
Panama President Marco A. Robles
Paraguay President Alfredo Stroessner
Peru President Fernando Belaunde Terry
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos
Poland First Secretary of the United Workers' Party Wladyslaw Gomulka Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz
Portugal President A. D. Rodrigues Tomas Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Rhodesia Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Ian Smith
Romania President Chivu Stoica First Secretary of the Communist Party Nicolae Ceausescu
Rwanda President and Premier Gregoire Kayibanda
Saudi Arabia King and Prime Minister Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz
Senegal President Leopold Senghor Premier Mamadou Dia
Sierra Leone Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Albert N. Margai
Singapore Queen Elizabeth II of the United Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Somali Republic President Aden Abdulla Osman Prime Minister Abdirizak Haji Hussein
South Africa President Charles R. Swart Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
(from September ) Balthazar J. Vorster
Soviet Union President of the Presidium Anastas I. Mikoyan Premier Aleksei Kosygin
Spain General Francisco Franco
Sudan Ismail al'Azhari Prime Minister Sayed Sadik al-Mahdi
Sweden King Gustaf VI Prime Minister Tage Erlander
Switzerland President Hans Schaffner
Syria President Amin el-Hafez
(from ) Noureddin al-Atassi
Premier Salah el-Bitar
(from ) Yussef Zayen
Tanzania President Julius Nyerere
Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej Premier Thanom Kittakachorn
Togo President Nicolas Grunitzky
Trinidad and Tobago Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Eric Williams
Tunisia President Habib Bourguiba
Turkey President Cevdet Sunay Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel
Uganda King
(from ) President and Prime Minister Milton Obote
United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser Premier Sidky Suliman
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Harold Wilson
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson
Upper Volta Sangoule Lamizana
Uruguay President
(from ) Oscar Daniel Gestido
Venezuela President Raul Leoni
Vietnam, North President Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam, South   Premier Nguyen Cao Ky
Yugoslavia President Josip Broz Tito  
Zambia Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Kenneth D. Kuanda

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