North America
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952–present)
- Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada (1952–1959)
- Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada (1948–1957)
- Costa Rica
- President - José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
- Cuba
- President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952–1959)
- Prime Minister - Andrés Domingo y Morales del Castillo, Acting Prime Minister of Cuba (1954–1955)
- Dominican Republic
- De facto Head of State - Rafael Trujillo, de facto ruler of the Dominican Republic (1930–1961)
- President - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
- El Salvador
- President - Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950–1956)
- Guatemala
- President -
- Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, President of Guatemala (1951–1954)
- Carlos Enrique Díaz de León, Provisional President of Guatemala (1954)
- Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre, Junta Chairman of Guatemala (1954)
- Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (1954–1957)
- President -
- Haiti
- President - Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (1950–1956)
- Honduras
- President -
- Juan Manuel Gálvez, President of Honduras (1949–1954)
- Julio Lozano Díaz, Supreme Head of State of Honduras (1954–1956)
- President -
- Mexico
- President - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (1952–1958)
- Nicaragua
- President - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1950–1956)
- Panama
- President - José Antonio Remón Cantera, President of Panama (1952–1955)
- United States of America
- President - Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953–1961)
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