List of State Leaders in 1931 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929–1933)
  • Prime Minister - Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929–1946)

• China
  • Republic of China
    • Head of State -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the National Government of China (1928–1931)
      2. Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government of China (1931–1943)
    • Premier -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek, President of Executive Yuan of China (1930–1931)
      2. Chen Mingshu, President of Executive Yuan of China (1931–1932)
  • Chinese Soviet Republic (unrecognized state)
    • was declared on 1 December 1931
    • Head of State - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Republic of China (1931–1937)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Thubten Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1879–1933)

• Japan
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Osachi Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan (1929–1931)
    2. Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō, Prime Minister of Japan (1931)
    3. Inukai Tsuyoshi, Prime Minister of Japan (1931–1932)

• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leadership - Peljidiyn Genden (1928–1932) + Ölziytiyn Badrakh (1928–1932) + Zolbingiyn Shijee (1930–1932), Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
  • Head of State - Losolyn Laagan, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural of Mongolia (1930–1932)
  • Premier - Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Mongolia (1930–1932)

• 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 - 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)

• Tuva
  • Communist Party Leader - Irgit Shagdyrzhap, First Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1929–1932)
  • Head of State - Chuldum Lopsakovi, Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Hural of Tuva (1929–1936)
  • Premier - 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)