North American
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952–present)
- Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada (1952–1959)
- Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada (1957–1963)
- Costa Rica
- President -
- José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
- Mario Echandi Jiménez, President of Costa Rica (1958–1962)
- President -
- Cuba
- President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952–1959)
- Prime Minister -
- Andrés Rivero Agüero, Prime Minister of Cuba (1957–1958)
- Emilio Núñez Portuondo, Prime Minister of Cuba (1958)
- Gonzalo Güell, Prime Minister of Cuba (1958–1959)
- Dominican Republic
- De facto Head of State - Rafael Trujillo, de facto ruler of the Dominican Republic (1930–1961)
- President - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
- El Salvador
- President - José María Lemus, President of El Salvador (1956–1960)
- Guatemala
- President -
- Guillermo Flores Avendaño, Acting President of Guatemala (1957–1958)
- Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963)
- President -
- Haiti
- President - François Duvalier, President of Haiti (1957–1971)
- Honduras
- President - Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras (1957–1963)
- Mexico
- President -
- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (1952–1958)
- Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (1958–1964)
- President -
- Nicaragua
- President - Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956–1963)
- Panama
- President - Ernesto de la Guardia, President of Panama (1956–1960)
- United States of America
- President - Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953–1961)
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