| |
Chief of State |
Head of Government |
| Afghanistan |
President Mohammed Daud Khan |
| Albania |
President of the Presidium Enver
Hoxha |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Mehmet
Shehu |
| Algeria |
President Houari Boumédienne |
| Andorra |
Bishop of Urgell Joan Martí i
Alanis
President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
|
| Angola |
President Agostinho Neto |
Prime Minister Lopo do Nascimento |
| Argentina |
President Jorge Rafael Videla |
| Australia |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser |
| Austria |
President Rudolf Kirchschläger |
Chancellor Bruno Kreisky |
| Bahamas |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling |
| Bahrain |
Emir Isa ibn Salman |
Prime Minister Khalifa ibn Salman |
| Bangladesh |
President Abu Sadat Mohammad
Sayem
(from April 21) Ziaur Rahman |
| Barbados |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister J. M. G. Adams |
| Belgium |
King Baudouin I |
Prime Minister Léo Tindemans |
| Benin |
President Mathieu Kerekou |
| Bhutan |
Druk gyalpo (King) Jigme Singye
Wangchuk |
| Bolivia |
President Hugo Banzer Suárez |
| Botswana |
President Sir Seretse Khama |
| Brazil |
President Ernesto Geisel |
| Bulgaria |
Chairman of the State Council
Todor Zhivkov |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Stanko
Todorov |
| Burma |
President U Ne Win |
Premier U Sein Win
(from March 29) U Maung Kha |
| Burundi |
President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza |
Prime Minister Édouard Nzambimama |
| Cambodia |
President Khieu Samphan |
Premier Pol Pot |
| Cameroon |
President Ahmadou Ahidjo |
Prime Minister Paul Biya |
| Canada |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau |
| Cape Verde |
President Aristide Pereira |
|
| Central African Empire |
Emperor Bokassa I |
|
| Chad |
President Félix Malloum |
|
| Chile |
President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte |
| China, Communist |
|
Premier Hua Kuo-feng |
| China, Nationalist |
President Yen Chia-kan |
Premier Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Colombia |
President Alfonso López
Michelsen |
| Comoros |
President Ali Soilih |
|
| Congo |
President Marien Ngouabi
(from April 3) Joachim Yhombi-Opango |
Premier |
| Costa Rica |
President Daniel Oduber Quirós |
| Cuba |
President Fidel Castro |
| Cyprus |
President Archbishop Makarios III
(from August 31) Spyros Kyprianou |
| Czechoslovakia |
President Gustav Husák |
Premier Lubomír Strougal |
| Denmark |
Queen Margrethe II |
Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen |
| Djibouti |
President Hassan Gouled Aptidon |
Premier Ahmed Dini Ahmed |
| Dominican Republic |
President Joaquín Balaguer |
| Ecuador |
President Alfredo Poveda Burbano |
| Egypt |
President Anwar al-Sadat |
Prime Minister Mamdouh Muhammad Salem |
| El Salvador |
President Arturo Armando Molina
(from July 1) Carlos Humberto Romero |
| Equatorial Guinea |
President Francisco Macías Nguema |
| Ethiopia |
Brigadier General Tafari Banti
(from February 11) Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu
Haile Mariam |
| Fiji |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara |
| Finland |
President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen |
Prime Minister Martti Miettumen
(from May 15) Kalevi Sorsa |
| France |
President Valery Giscard
d'Estaing |
Premier Raymond Barre |
| Gabon |
President Albert-Bernard Bongo |
Prime Minister Léon Mébiame |
| Gambia |
President Sir Dawda Kairaba
Jawara |
| Germany, East |
Chairman of the Council of State
Willi Stoph |
President of the Council of Ministers Horst
Sindermann |
| Germany, West |
President Walter Scheel |
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt |
| Ghana |
General Ignatius K. Acheampong |
| Greece |
President Konstantinos Tsatsos |
Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Grenada |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy |
| Guatemala |
President Kjell Eugenio Laugerud
Garcia |
| Guinea |
President Ahmed Sékou Touré |
Premier Louis Lansana Beavogui |
| Guinea-Bissau |
President Luis de Almeida Cabral |
Prime Minister Francisco Mendes |
| Guyana |
President Arthur Chung |
Prime Minister Forbes Burnham |
| Haiti |
President Jean-Claude Duvalier |
| Honduras |
President Alberto Juan Melgar
Castro |
| Hungary |
Chairman of the Presidential
Council Pál Losonczi |
President of the Council of Ministers György
Lazar |
| Iceland |
President Kristján Eldjárn |
Prime Minister Geir Hallgrimsson |
| India |
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(from July 21) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
(from March 24) Morarji R. Desai |
| Indonesia |
President Suharto |
| Iran |
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Premier Amir Abbas Hoveida
(from August 6) Jamshid Amouzegar |
| Iraq |
President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Ireland |
President Patrick J. Hillery |
Prime Minister Liam Cosgrove
(from July 5) Jack Lynch |
| Israel |
President Ephraim Katzir |
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
(from June 21) Menachem Begin |
| Italy |
President Giovanni Leone |
Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti |
| Ivory Coast |
President Félix
Houphouët-Boigny |
| Jamaica |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Michael N. Manley |
| Japan |
Emperor Hirohito |
Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda |
| Jordan |
King Hussein |
Prime Minister Mudar Badran |
| Kenya |
President Jomo Kenyatta |
| Korea, North |
President Kim Il Sung |
Premier Pak Song-chol
(from December 16) Li Jong-ok |
| Korea, South |
President Park Chung Hee |
Prime Minister Choi Kyu Hah |
| Kuwait |
Emir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad
al-Jabir as-Sabah |
| Laos |
President Prince Souphanouvong |
Premier Kaysone Phoumvihan |
| Lebanon |
President Elias Sarkis |
Prime Minister Selim al-Hoss |
| Lesotho |
King Moshoeshoe II |
Prime Minister Chief Leabua Jonathan |
| Liberia |
President William R. Tolbert, Jr. |
| Libya |
Secretary General of the General
People's Congress Muammar al-Qaddafi |
Chairman of the General People's Congress
Committee Abdullah Obeidi |
| Liechtenstein |
Sovereign Prince Francis Joseph
II |
Prime Minister Walter Kieber |
| Luxembourg |
Grand Duke Jean |
Prime Minister Gaston Thorn |
| Madagascar |
President Didier Ratsiraka |
| Malawi |
President Hastings Kamuzu Banda |
| Malaysia |
Tuanku Yahaya Putra ibni
al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim |
Prime Minister Datuk Hussein bin Onn |
| Maldives |
President Ibrahim Nasir |
| Mali |
President Moussa Traoré |
| Malta |
President Sir Anthony Mamo |
Prime Minister Dom Mintoff |
| Mauritania |
President Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Mauritius |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Sir Seewoosagur Rangoolam |
| Mexico |
President José López Portillo |
| Monaco |
Prince Rainier III |
Minister of State |
| Mongolia |
President Yumjaagin Tsedenbal |
Prime Minister Jambyn Batmönh |
| Morocco |
King Hassan II |
Prime Minister Ahmed Osman |
| Mozambique |
President Samora M. Machel |
| Nauru |
President Bernard Dowiyogo |
| Nepal |
King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Deva |
Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista |
| Netherlands |
Queen Juliana |
Prime Minister Johannes Marten den Uyl
(from December 19) Andreas Antonius Maria van Agt |
| New Zealand |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Robert David Muldoon |
| Nicaragua |
President Anastasio Somoza
Debayle |
| Niger |
President Seyni Kountché |
| Nigeria |
Lieutenant General Olusegun
Obasanjo |
| Norway |
King Olav V |
Prime Minister Odvar Nordli |
| Oman |
Sultan Qabus ibn Sa'id |
| Pakistan |
President Fazal Elahi Chaudri |
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(from July 5) Zia ul-Haq |
| Panama |
President Demetrio Lakas Bahas |
| Papua New Guinea |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Michael T. Somare |
| Paraguay |
President Alfredo Stroessner |
| Peru |
President Francisco Morales
Bermúdez |
Prime Minister Guillermo Arbulú Galliani |
| Philippines |
President Ferdinand E. Marcos |
| Poland |
Chairman of the Council of State
Henryk Jablonski |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Piotr
Jaroszewicz |
| Portugal |
President António Ramalho Eanes |
Premier Mário Soares |
| Qatar |
Emir Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani |
| Rhodesia |
President John Wrathall |
Prime Minister Ian D. Smith |
| Romania |
President of the State Council
Nicolae Ceausescu |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Manea
Manescu |
| Rwanda |
President General Juvénal
Habyalimana |
| San Marino |
|
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
President Manuel Pinto da Costa |
Premier Miguel Trovoada |
| Saudi Arabia |
King Khalid bin Abdul-Aziz |
| Senegal |
President Léopold Sédar Senghor |
Premier Abdou Diouf |
| Seychelles |
President James R. M. Mancham
(from June 5) France-Albert René |
Prime Minister France-Albert René
(from June 5) abolished |
| Sierra Leone |
President Siaka P. Stevens |
Prime Minister Christian Alusina
Kamara-Taylor |
| Singapore |
President Benjamin Henry Sheares |
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew |
| Somalia |
President of the Supreme
Revolutionary Council Muhammad Siyad Barrah |
| South Africa |
President Nicolaas J. Diederichs |
Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster |
| Spain |
King Juan Carlos |
Premier Adolfo Suárez González |
| Sri Lanka |
President William Gopallawa |
Prime Minister Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike
(from July 23) Junius Richard Jaywardene |
| Sudan |
President Gaafar al-Numeiry |
| Suriname |
President Johan Ferrier |
Prime Minister Henck Arron |
| Swaziland |
King Sobhuza II |
Prime Minister Maphevu Dlamini |
| Sweden |
King Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister Thörbjorn Fälldin |
| Switzerland |
President Kurt Furgler |
| Syria |
President Hafez al-Assad |
Premier Abdel Rahman Khiefifawi |
| Tanzania |
President Julius Kambarage Nyerere |
Premier Rashidi Kawawa |
| Thailand |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
Premier Thanin Kraivichien
(from November 11) Kriangsak Chamanad |
| Togo |
President Gnassingbe Eyadema |
| Tonga |
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV |
Prime Minister Prince Tu'ipelehake |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
President Sir Ellis Clarke |
Prime Minister Eric Williams |
| Tunisia |
President Habib Bourguiba |
Prime Minister Hedi Amara Nouira |
| Turkey |
President Fahri Korutürk |
Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel
(from June 21) Bülent Ecevit
(from July 21) Süleyman Demirel |
| Tuvalu |
Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom |
Prime Minister Toalipi Lauti |
| Uganda |
President Idi Amin |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
Chairman of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet Nikolai Podgorny
(from June 16) Leonid Ilich Brezhnev |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Aleksei
N. Kosygin |
| United Arab Emirates |
President Sheikh Zaid ibn Sultan
an-Nahayan |
Prime Minister Maktum ibn Rashid al-Maktum |
| United Kingdom |
Queen Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister James Callaghan |
| United States |
President Gerald Ford
(from January 20) James Earl Carter |
| Upper Volta |
President Sangoulé Lamizana |
| Uruguay |
President Aparicio Méndez |
| Venezuela |
President Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Vietnam |
President Ton Duc |
Premier Pham Van Dong |
| Western Samoa |
Malietoa Tanumafili II |
Prime Minister Tupuola Efi |
| Yemen |
Chairman of the Military Command
Council Abdul Hussein al-Ghashmi |
Prime Minister Abdul Aziz Abdul Chani |
| Yemen, Democratic |
Chairman of the Presidential
Council Salim Rubayl Ali |
Prime Minister Ali Nasir Muhammad Hasani |
| Yugoslavia |
President Marshal Tito |
President of the Federal Executive Council
Dzemal Bijedic
(from March 15) Veselin Djuranovic |
| Zaire |
President Mobutu Sese Seko |
| Zambia |
President Kenneth David Kaunda |
