North America
- Canada
- Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
- Governor General - 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)
- Raúl López del Castillo, Prime Minister of Cuba (1947–1948)
- 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 - Dumarsais Estimé, President of Haiti (1946–1950)
- Honduras
- President - Tiburcio Carías Andino, President of Honduras (1933–1949)
- Mexico
- President - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (1946–1952)
- Nicaragua
- President -
- Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1937–1947)
- Leonardo Argüello Barreto, President of Nicaragua (1947)
- Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa, Acting President of Nicaragua (1947)
- Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes, President of Nicaragua (1947–1950)
- President -
- 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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