List of State Leaders in 1945 - Asia

Asia

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

• Burma (partially recognized occupied state)
  • independence terminated on 3 May 1945 with the end of Japanese occupation, afterwards British Burma was restored
  • President - Ba Maw, President of Burma (1943–1945)
  • Prime Minister - Ba Maw, Prime Minister of Burma (1942–1945)

• Cambodia (unrecognized occupied state)
  • independence declared under Japanese occupation 12 March - 16 October 1945, afterwards returned to French Indochina
  • Monarch - Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1941–1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1945)
    2. Son Ngoc Thanh, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1945)
    3. Prince Sisowath Monireth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1945–1946)

• China
  • Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
    • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government of China (1943–1947)
    • Premier -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1939–1945)
      2. T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1945–1947)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
    • disbanded on 16 August 1945 following Japanese surrender
    • Head of State - Chen Gongbo, Acting Chairman of the National Government of China (1944–1945)
  • Manchukuo (partially recognized occupied state)
    • reintegrated into China in 1945
    • Monarch - Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
    • Premier - Zhang Jinghui, Premier of Manchukuo (1935–1945)
  • East Turkestan (unrecognized secessionist state)
    • President - Elihan Tore, President of East Turkestan (1944–1946)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1939–present)

• Indonesia (unrecognized secessionist state)
  • independence declared on 17 August 1945
  • President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister - Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945–1947)

• Iran
  • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941–1979)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Morteza Gholi Bayat, Prime Minister of Iran (1944–1945)
    2. Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran (1945)
    3. Mohsen Sadr, Prime Minister of Iran (1945)
    4. Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran (1945–1946)
  • Azerbaijan People's Government (unrecognized autonomous republic)
    • declared independence on 12 December 1945
    • Chairman - Ja'far Pishevari, Chairman of the Azerbaijan People's Government (1945–1946)
    • Prime Minister - Ahmad Kordary, Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan People's Government (1945–1946)

• Iraq
  • Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939–1958)
  • Prime Minister - Hamdi al-Pachachi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1944–1946)

• Japan (under Allied occupiation)
  • Empire of Japan was occupied and surrendered on 2 September 1945
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kuniaki Koiso, Prime Minister of Japan (1944–1945)
    2. Kantarō Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1945)
    3. Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prime Minister of Japan (1945)
    4. Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime Minister of Japan (1945–1946)
  • Military Governor - Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (1945–1951)

• Lebanon
  • President - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (1943–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Riad as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1943–1945)
    2. Abdul Hamid Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1945)
    3. Sami as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1945–1946)

• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leader - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, General secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1940–1954)
  • Head of State - Gonchigiin Bumtsend, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural of Mongolia (1940–1953)
  • Premier - Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Mongolia (1939–1952)

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

• Nepal
  • Monarch - Tribhuvan, King of Nepal (1911–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1932–1945)
    2. Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1945–1948)

• Philippine Republic (partially recognized occupied state)
  • independence terminated on 17 August 1945 with the end of Japanese occupation, afterwards the Commonwealth of the Philippines was restored
  • President -
    • José P. Laurel, President of the Philippine Republic (1943–1945)
    • Sergio Osmeña, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1944–1946)

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

• Siam
  • Monarch - Ananda Mahidol, King of Siam (1935–1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Khuang Abhaiwongse, Prime Minister of Siam (1944–1945)
    2. Tawee Boonyaket, Prime Minister of Siam (1945)
    3. Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Siam (1945–1946)

• Syria
  • President - Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria (1943–1949)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Faris al-Khoury, Prime Minister of Syria (1944–1945)
    2. Saadallah al-Jabiri, Prime Minister of Syria (1945–1946)

• Turkey
  • President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Şükrü Saracoğlu, Prime Minister of Turkey (1942–1946)

• Empire of Vietnam (unrecognized occupied state)
  • independence declared under Japanese occupation 9 March - 15 August 1945
  • Monarch - Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (1926–1945)
  • Prime Minister - Trần Trọng Kim, Prime Minister of Vietnam (1945)

• North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
  • declared independence on 2 September 1945
  • Communist Party Leader - Trường Chinh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1941–1956)
  • President - Hồ Chí Minh, President of North Vietnam (1945–1969)
  • Premier - Hồ Chí Minh, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of North Vietnam (1945–1955)

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