North America
- Canada
- Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
- Governor General -
- Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada (1940–1946)
- Harold Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada (1946–1952)
- Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935–1948)
- Costa Rica
- President - Teodoro Picado Michalski, President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)
- Cuba
- President - Ramón Grau, President of Cuba (1944–1948)
- Premier - Carlos Prío Socarrás, Premier of Cuba (1945–1947)
- Dominican Republic
- De facto Head of State - Rafael Trujillo, de facto ruler of the Dominican Republic (1930–1961)
- President - Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
- El Salvador
- President - Salvador Castaneda Castro, President of El Salvador (1945–1948)
- Guatemala
- President - Juan José Arévalo, President of Guatemala (1945–1951)
- Haiti
- President -
- Élie Lescot, President of Haiti (1941–1946)
- Franck Lavaud, Chairman of the Military Executive Committee of Haiti (1946)
- Dumarsais Estimé, President of Haiti (1946–1950)
- President -
- Honduras
- President - Tiburcio Carías Andino, President of Honduras (1933–1949)
- Mexico
- President -
- Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (1940–1946)
- Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (1946–1952)
- President -
- Nicaragua
- President - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1937–1947)
- Panama
- President - Enrique Adolfo Jiménez, Provisional President of Panama (1945–1948)
- United States of America
- President - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945–1953)
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