List of State Leaders in 1938 - North America

North America

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
  • Governor General - John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada (1935–1940)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935–1948)

• Costa Rica
  • President - León Cortés Castro, President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)

• Cuba
  • President - Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba (1936–1940)

• Dominican Republic
  • De facto Head of State - Rafael Trujillo, de facto ruler of the Dominican Republic (1930–1961)
  • President -
    1. Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1930–1938)
    2. Jacinto Peynado, President of the Dominican Republic (1938–1940)

• El Salvador
  • President - Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador (1935–1944)

• Guatemala
  • President - Jorge Ubico, President of Guatemala (1931–1944)

• Haiti
  • President - Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti (1930–1941)

• Honduras
  • President - Tiburcio Carías Andino, President of Honduras (1933–1949)

• Mexico
  • President - Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (1934–1940)

• Nicaragua
  • President - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1937–1947)

• Panama
  • President - Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, President of Panama (1936–1939)

• United States of America
  • President - Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933–1945)