List of State Leaders in 1920 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Amānullāh Khān, Emir of Afghanistan (1919–1929)

• Asir
  • Monarch - Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi, Emir of Asir (1909–1923)

• Bukhara
  • the Emirate of Bukhara was superseded by the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic on 8 October 1920
  • Monarch - Mohammed Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara (1910–1920)
  • Communist Party Leader - Aslamhodzha Umarhodzhayev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Bukhara (1920–1921)
  • Republican Head of State - Mirza Abdulqodir Mansurovich Mukhitdinov, Chairman of the Central Revolutionary Committee of Bukhara (1920–1921)
  • Premier - Polat Khodzhayev, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Bukhara (1920–1921)

• China
  • Nationalist Government
    • Head of State -
      1. Cen Chunxuan, Chairman of the Governing Committee of the Military Government of China (1918–1920)
      2. Governing Committee of the Military Government, Head of State of China (1920–1921)
  • Beiyang Government
    • President - Xu Shichang, President of China (1918–1922)
    • Premier -
      1. Jin Yunpeng, Premier of State Council of China (1919–1920)
      2. Sa Zhenbing, Premier of State Council of China (1920)
      3. Jin Yunpeng, Premier of State Council of China (1920–1921)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Thubten Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1879–1933)

• Far Eastern Republic
  • declared independence on 6 April 1920
  • Head of State - Alexander Krasnoshchyokov, Chairman of the Government of the Far Eastern Republic (1920–1921)
  • Premier -
    1. Alexander Krasnoshchyokov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Far Eastern Republic (1920)
    2. Boris Shumyatsky, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Far Eastern Republic (1920–1921)

• Hejaz
  • Monarch - Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz (1908–1924)

• Jabal Shammar
  • Monarch -
    1. Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Emir of Jabal Shammar (1910–1920)
    2. ʿAbdullah bin Mutʿib, Emir of Jabal Shammar (1920–1921)

• Japan
  • Monarch - Yoshihito, Emperor of Japan (1912–1926)
  • Prime Minister - Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan (1918–1921)

• Khiva
  • see under Khorezm

• Khorezm
  • the Khanate of Khiva was superseded by the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic on 8 October 1920
  • Monarch - Sayid Abdullah, Khan of Khiva (1918–1920)
  • Communist Party Leader -
    1. Alimdzhan Akchurin, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Khorezm (1920)
    2. Mulla Sultanmuradov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Khorezm (1920–1921)
  • Republican Head of State -
    1. Hoji Pahlavon Niyoz Yusuf, Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Khorezm (1920)
    2. Jumaniyoz Sulton Muradoghli, Chairman of the Provisional Government of Khorezm (1920)
    3. Hoji Pahlavon Niyoz Yusuf, Chairman of the Presidium of the Assembly of People's Representatives of Khorezm (1920–1921)
  • Premier - Muhammed Salimoglu, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Khorezm (1920–1921)

• Muscat and Oman
  • Monarch - Taimur bin Feisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1913–1932)

• Nejd and Hasa
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd and Hasa (1902–1953)

• Nepal
  • Monarch - Tribhuvan, King of Nepal (1911–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1901–1929)

• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mehmed VI, Emperor of the Ottomans (1918–1922)
  • Head of Government -
    1. Ali Riza Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1919–1920)
    2. Salih Hulusi Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1920)
    3. Damad Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1920)
    4. Ahmed Tevfik Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1920–1922)
  • Syria (unrecognized state)
    • claimed independence between 8 March and 24 July 1920
    • Monarch - Faisal, King of Syria (1920)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Rida al-Rikabi, Prime Minister of Syria (1920)
      2. Hashim al-Atassi, Prime Minister of Syria (1920)

• Persia
  • Monarch - Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1909–1925)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hassan Pirnia, Prime Minister of Persia (1918–1920)
    2. Fathollah Khan Akbar, Prime Minister of Persia (1920–1921)
  • Gilan (Persian Socialist Soviet Republic) (unrecognized state)
    • independence declared on 5 June 1920
    • President - Ihsan Allah Khan, President of the Persia (1920–1921)

• Siam
  • Monarch - Vajiravudh, King of Siam (1910–1925)

• Yemen
  • Monarch - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Imam of Yemen (1904–1948)