North America
- Canada
- Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936–1952)
- Governor General - The Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada (1940–1946)
- Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935–1948)
- Costa Rica - Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940–1944)
- Cuba
- President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1940–1944)
- Premier -
- Carlos Saladrigas, Premier of Cuba (1940–1942)
- Ramón Zaydín, Premier of Cuba (1942–1944)
- Dominican Republic -
- Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha, President of the Dominican Republic (1940–1942)
- Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
- El Salvador - Maximilian Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador (1935–1944)
- United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933–1945)
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