List of State Leaders in 1938 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister - Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929–1946)

• China
  • Nationalist Government
    • Head of State - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government of China (1931–1943)
    • Premier -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek, President of Executive Yuan of China (1935–1938)
      2. H. H. Kung, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1938–1939)
  • Provisional Government (puppet state of Japan)
    • Head of State - Wang Kemin, Chairman of the Provisional Government of China (1937–1940)
  • Reformed Government (puppet state of Japan)
    • Chairman - Liang Hongzhi, Chairman of the Reformed Government of China (1938–1940)
  • Dadao government (puppet state of Japan)
    • integrated into the Reformed Government on 3 May 1938
    • Chairman - Su Xiwen, Chairman of the Dadao government (1937–1938)
  • Manchukuo (puppet state of Japan)
    • Monarch - Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1932–1945)
    • Prime Minister - Zhang Jinghui, Prime Minister of Manchukuo (1935–1945)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1937–present)

• Hatay
  • declared independence on September 6, 1938
  • President - Tayfur Sökmen, President of Hatay (1938–1939)
  • Prime Minister - Abdurrahman Melek, Prime Minister of Hatay (1938–1939)

• Iran
  • Monarch - Rezā Shāh, Shah of Iran (1925–1941)
  • Prime Minister - Mahmoud Jam, Prime Minister of Iran (1935–1939)

• Iraq
  • Monarch - Ghazi, King of Iraq (1933–1939)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jamil al-Midfai, Prime Minister of Iraq (1937–1938)
    2. Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1938–1940)

• Japan
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister - Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939)

• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leader - Banzarjavyn Baasanjav, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1936–1940)
  • Head of State - Dansranbilegiin Dogsom, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural of Mongolia (1936–1939)
  • Premier - Anandyn Amar, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Mongolia (1936–1939)

• Muscat and Oman
  • Monarch - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932–1970)

• Nepal
  • Monarch - Tribhuvan, King of Nepal (1911–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1932–1945)

• Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1902–1953)

• Siam
  • Monarch - Ananda Mahidol, King of Siam (1935–1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Phot Phahonyothin, Prime Minister of Siam (1933–1938)
    2. Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Prime Minister of Siam (1938–1944)

• Turkey
  • President -
    1. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (1923–1938)
    2. Abdülhalik Renda, Acting President of Turkey (1938)
    3. İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Celâl Bayar, Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939)

• Tuva
  • Communist Party Leader - Salchak Toka, General Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1932–1944)
  • Head of State -
    1. Adyg-Tulush Khemchik-ool, Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Hural of Tuva (1936–1938)
    2. Oyun Polat, Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Hural of Tuva (1938–1940)
  • Premier -
    1. Sat Churmit-Dazhi, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Tuva (1936–1938)
    2. Bair Ondar, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Tuva (1938–1940)

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