List of State Leaders in 1947 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister - Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946–1953)
• Bhutan
  • Monarch - Jigme Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1926–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Sonam Topgay Dorji, Chief Minister of Bhutan (1917–1952)
• China
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government of China (1943–1949)
  • Premier -
    1. T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1945–1947)
    2. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1947)
    3. Chang Ch'ün, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1947–1948)
  • Tibet (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
    • Monarch - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1939–present)
• India
  • the British Raj was partinioned into India and Pakistan and gained independence on 15 August 1947
  • Monarch - George VI, King of India (1947–1950)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Archibald Wavell, The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943–1947)
    2. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (1947–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
• Indonesia (unrecognized secessionist state)
  • President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945–1947)
    2. Amir Sjarifuddin, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1947–1948)
• Iran
  • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941–1979)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ahmad Qavam, Prime Minister of Iran (1946–1947)
    2. Reza Sardar Fakher Hekmat, Prime Minister of Iran (1947)
    3. Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran (1947–1948)
• Iraq
  • Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939–1958)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1946–1947)
    2. Sayyid Salih Jabr, Prime Minister of Iraq (1947–1948)
• Japan (under Allied occupiation)
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1946–1947)
    2. Tetsu Katayama, Prime Minister of Japan (1947–1948)
  • Military Governor - Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (1945–1951)
• Jammu and Kashmir
  • Monarch - Maharaja Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (1925–1947)
  • President - Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, President of Azad Kashmir (1947–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Sheikh Abdullah, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir(1948–1953)
• Lebanon
  • President - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (1943–1952)
  • Prime Minister - 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)
• Pakistan
  • the British Raj was partinioned into India and Pakistan and gained independence on 15 August 1947
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Pakistan (1947–1952)
  • Governor-General - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan (1947–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947–1951)
• Philippines
  • President - Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines (1946–1948)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1902–1953)
• Siam
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Siam (1946–present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi, Prime Minister of Siam (1946–1947)
    2. Khuang Abhaiwongse, Prime Minister of Siam (1947–1948)
• Syria
  • President - Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria (1943–1949)
  • Prime Minister - Jamil Mardam Bey, Prime Minister of Syria (1946–1948)
• Transjordan
  • Monarch - Abdullah I, King of Transjordan (1921–1951)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ibrahim Hashem, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1945–1947)
    2. Samir al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1947)
    3. Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1947–1950)
• Turkey
  • President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Recep Peker, Prime Minister of Turkey (1946–1947)
    2. Hasan Saka, Prime Minister of Turkey (1947–1949)
• 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 (State of Vietnam)
  • Cochinchina changed name to South Vietnam on 8 October 1947
  • Head of State -
    1. Lê Văn Hoạch, President of the Provisional Government of Cochinchina (1946–1947)
    2. Nguyễn Văn Xuân, President of the Provisional Government of South Vietnam (1947–1949)
• Yemen
  • Monarch - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, King of Yemen (1904–1948)