List of State Leaders in 1946 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929–1946)
    2. Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946–1953)
• China
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government of China (1943–1949)
  • Premier - T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1945–1947)
  • 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)
  • 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. Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran (1945–1946)
    2. Ahmad Qavam, Prime Minister of Iran (1946–1947)
  • Azerbaijan People's Government (unrecognized autonomous republic)
    • reintegrated into Iran in December 1946
    • 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)
  • Republic of Mahabad (Kurdistan) (unrecognized secessionist state)
    • independence declared on 22 January 1946, reintegrated into Iran on 15 December 1946
    • President - Qazi Muhammad, President of Kurdistan (1946)
    • Prime Minister - Haji Baba Sheikh, Prime Minister of Kurdistan (1946)
• Iraq
  • Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939–1958)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hamdi al-Pachachi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1944–1946)
    2. Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1946)
    3. Arshad al-Umari, Prime Minister of Iraq (1946)
    4. Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1946–1947)
• Japan (under Allied occupiation)
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime Minister of Japan (1945–1946)
    2. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1946–1947)
  • 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. Sami as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1945–1946)
    2. Saadi al-Munla, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1946)
    3. Riad as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1946–1951)
• 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 - Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1945–1948)
• Philippines
  • Commonwealth of the Philippines gained independence on 4 July 1946
  • High Commissioner - Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines (1945–1946)
  • President -
    1. Sergio Osmeña, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1944–1946)
    2. Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines (1946–1948)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1902–1953)
• Siam
  • Monarch -
    1. Ananda Mahidol, King of Siam (1935–1946)
    2. Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Siam (1946–present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Siam (1945–1946)
    2. Khuang Abhaiwongse, Prime Minister of Siam (1946)
    3. Pridi Banomyong, Prime Minister of Siam (1946)
    4. Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi, Prime Minister of Siam (1946–1947)
• Syria
  • President - Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria (1943–1949)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Saadallah al-Jabiri, Prime Minister of Syria (1945–1946)
    2. Khalid al-Azm, Prime Minister of Syria (1946)
    3. Jamil Mardam Bey, Prime Minister of Syria (1946–1948)
• Transjordan
  • the Emirate of Transjordan gained independence as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan on 25 May 1946
  • British resident - Alec Kirkbride, British resident in Transjordan (1939–1946)
  • Monarch - Abdullah I, King of Transjordan (1921–1951)
  • Prime Minister - Ibrahim Hashem, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1945–1947)
• Turkey
  • President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Şükrü Saracoğlu, Prime Minister of Turkey (1942–1946)
    2. Recep Peker, Prime Minister of Turkey (1946–1947)
• North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
  • 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)
• South Vietnam (Republic of Cochinchina)
  • independence declared on 1 June 1946
  • Head of State -
    1. Nguyễn Văn Thinh, President of the Provisional Government of Cochinchina (1946)
    2. Nguyễn Văn Xuân, President of the Provisional Government of Cochinchina (1946)
    3. Lê Văn Hoạch, President of the Provisional Government of Cochinchina (1946–1947)
• Yemen
  • Monarch - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, King of Yemen (1904–1948)