List of State Leaders in 1929 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • the Kingdom of Afghanistan was temporarily superseded by the Emirate of Afghanistan between January and October 1929
  • Monarch -
    1. Amānullāh Khān, King of Afghanistan (1919–1929)
    2. Inayatullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1929)
    3. Habibullāh Kalakāni, Emir of Afghanistan (1929)
    4. Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929–1933)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Sardar Shir Ahmad, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1927–1929)
    2. Shir Giyan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929)
    3. Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929–1946)

• Asir
  • Monarch - Sayyid al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Idrisi al-Hasani, Emir of Asir (1926–1930)

• China
  • Head of State - Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the National Government of China (1928–1931)
  • Premier - Tan Yankai, President of Executive Yuan of China (1928–1930)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Thubten Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1879–1933)

• Japan
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Baron Tanaka Giichi, Prime Minister of Japan (1927–1929)
    2. Osachi Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan (1929–1931)

• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leadership - Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir (1928–1930) + Peljidiyn Genden (1928–1932) + Ölziytiyn Badrakh (1928–1932), Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
  • Head of State -
    1. Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural of Mongolia (1927–1929)
    2. Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural of Mongolia (1929–1930)
  • Premier - Anandyn Amar, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Mongolia (1928–1930)

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

• Nejd and Hejaz
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Nejd and Hejaz (1902–1953)

• Nepal
  • Monarch - Tribhuvan, King of Nepal (1911–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1901–1929)
    2. Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1929–1932)

• Persia
  • Monarch - Rezā Shāh, Shah of Persia (1925–1941)
  • Prime Minister - Mehdi Qoli Hedayat, Prime Minister of Persia (1927–1933)

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

• Turkey
  • President - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (1923–1938)
  • Prime Minister - İsmet İnönü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1925–1937)
  • Ararat (secessionist state)
    • President - Ibrahim Heski, President of Ararat (1927–1930)

• Tuva
  • Communist Party Leader -
    1. Sodnam Balchir Ambyn-noyon, First Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1927–1929)
    2. Irgit Shagdyrzhap, First Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1929–1932)
  • Head of State -
    1. Nimachyan, Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Hural of Tuva (1924–1929)
    2. Chuldum Lopsakovi, Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Hural of Tuva (1929–1936)
  • Premier -
    1. Donduk Kuular, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Tuva (1925–1929)
    2. Adyg-Tulush Khemchik-ool, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Tuva (1929–1936)

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