List of State Leaders in 1926 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • the Emirate of Afghanistan was superseded by the Kingdom of Afghanistan on 9 June 1926
  • Monarch - Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan (1919–1929)

• Asir
  • Monarch -
    1. Sayyid Ali ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Hasani, Emir of Asir (1923–1926)
    2. Sayyid al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Idrisi al-Hasani, Emir of Asir (1926–1930)

• China
  • Nationalist Government
    • Head of State -
      1. Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government of China (1925–1926)
      2. Tan Yankai, Chairman of the National Government of China (1926–1927)
  • Beiyang Government
    • Head of State -
      1. Duan Qirui, Provisional Chief Executive of China (1924–1926)
      2. Hu Weide, Acting President of China (1926)
      3. Yan Huiqing, Acting President of China (1926)
      4. Hu Weide, Acting President of China (1926)
      5. V.K. Wellington Koo, Interim President of China (1926–1927)
    • Premier -
      1. Xu Shiying, Premier of State Council of China (1925–1926)
      2. Jia Deyao, Acting Premier of State Council of China (1926)
      3. Hu Weide, Acting Premier of State Council of China (1926)
      4. Yan Huiqing, Premier of State Council of China (1926)
      5. Du Xigui, Acting Premier of State Council of China (1926)
      6. V.K. Wellington Koo, Acting Premier of State Council of China (1926–1927)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Thubten Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1879–1933)

• Hejaz
  • invaded by Nejd on 19 December 1925, the Sultan of Nejd was crowned as King of Hejaz on 8 January 1926, see Nejd and Hejaz
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Hejaz (1926–1953)

• Japan
  • Monarch -
    1. Yoshihito, Emperor of Japan (1912–1926)
    2. Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Regent - Crown Prince Hirohito, Regent of Japan (1921–1926)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Count Katō Takaaki, Prime Minister of Japan (1924–1926)
    2. Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō, Prime Minister of Japan (1926–1927)

• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leader - Tseren-Ochiryn Dambadorj, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1924–1928)
  • Head of State - Peljidiin Genden, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural of Mongolia (1924–1927)
  • Premier - Balingiin Tserendorj, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Mongolia (1923–1928)

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

• Nejd
  • in personal union with Hejd from 8 January 1926, see Nejd and Hejaz
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, Sultan of Nejd (1902–1953)

• Nejd and Hejaz
  • personal union between Nejd and Hejaz established on 8 January 1926
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Nejd and Hejaz (1926–1953)

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

• Persia
  • Monarch - Rezā Shāh, Shah of Persia (1925–1941)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mohammad-Ali Foroughi, Prime Minister of Persia (1925–1926)
    2. Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Prime Minister of Persia (1926–1927)

• Siam
  • Monarch - Prajadhipok, King of Siam (1925–1935)

• Tannu Tuva
  • the People's Republic of Tannu Tuva changed name to Tuvan People's Republic on 24 November 1926
  • Communist Party Leader -
    1. Shagdyr, General Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1924–1926)
    2. Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy, First Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1926–1927)
  • Head of State - Nimachyan, Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Hural of Tannu Tuva (1924–1929)
  • Premier - Donduk Kuular, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Tannu Tuva (1925–1929)

• Turkey
  • President - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (1923–1938)
  • Prime Minister - İsmet İnönü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1925–1937)

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