South America
- Argentina
- President - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (1946–1955)
- Bolivia
- President - Enrique Hertzog, President of Bolivia (1947–1949)
- Brazil
- President - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946–1951)
- Chile
- President - Gabriel González Videla, President of Chile (1946–1952)
- Colombia
- President - Mariano Ospina Pérez, President of Colombia (1946–1950)
- Ecuador
- President -
- Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President of Ecuador (1947–1948)
- Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador (1948–1952)
- President -
- Paraguay
- President -
- Higinio Moríñigo, President of Paraguay (1940–1948)
- Juan Manuel Frutos, Provisional President of Paraguay (1948)
- Juan Natalicio González, President of Paraguay (1948–1949)
- President -
- Peru
- President -
- José Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1945–1948)
- Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948–1950)
- Prime Minister -
- Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1948)
- Armando Revoredo Iglesias, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1948)
- President -
- Uruguay
- President - Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947–1951)
- Venezuela
- Head of State -
- Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945–1948)
- Romulo Gallegos, President of Venezuela (1948)
- Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Chairman of the Military Junta of Venezuela (1948–1950)
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