List of State Leaders in 1959 - Asia

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister - Mohammed Daoud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953–1963)
• Bhutan
  • Monarch - Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1952–1972)
  • Prime Minister - Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952–1964)
• Burma
  • President - Win Maung, President of Burma (1957–1962)
  • Prime Minister - Ne Win, Prime Minister of Burma (1958–1960)
• Cambodia
  • Monarch - Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia (1955–1960)
  • Prime Minister - Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1958–1960)
• Ceylon
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952–1972)
  • Governor-General - Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, Governor-General of Ceylon (1954–1962)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956–1959)
    2. Wijeyananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1959–1960)
• China (People's Republic of China)
  • Communist Party Leader - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935–1976)
  • Head of State -
    1. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1949–1959)
    2. Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959–1968)
  • Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)
• India
  • President - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950–1962)
  • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
• Indonesia
  • President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister - Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1957–1959)
• Iran
  • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941–1979)
  • Prime Minister - Manouchehr Eghbal, Prime Minister of Iran (1957–1960)
• Iraq
  • Head of State - Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Iraq (1958–1963)
  • Prime Minister - Abd al-Karim Qasim, Prime Minister of Iraq (1958–1963)
• Israel
  • President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952–1963)
  • Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955–1963)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister - Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan (1957–1960)
• Jordan
  • Monarch - Hussein, King of Jordan (1952–1999)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Samir al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan (1958–1959)
    2. Hazza` al-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan (1959–1960)
• North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
  • Communist Party Leader - Kim Il-sung, General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party (1948–1994)
  • Head of State - Choi Yong-kun, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (1957–1972)
  • Premier - Kim Il-sung, Premier of North Korea (1948–1972)
• South Korea (Republic of Korea)
  • President - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (1948–1960)
• Laos
  • Monarch -
    1. Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1946–1959)
    2. Savang Vatthana, King of Laos (1959–1975)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Phoui Sananikone, Prime Minister of Laos (1958–1959)
    2. Sounthone Pathammavong, Prime Minister of Laos (1959–1960)
• Lebanon
  • President - Fuad Chehab, President of Lebanon (1958–1964)
  • Prime Minister - Rashid Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1958–1960)
• Malaya
  • Monarch - Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya (1957–1960)
  • Prime Minister - Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaya (1955–1970)
• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leader - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, General secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1958–1984)
  • Head of State - Jamsrangiin Sambuu, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Hural of Mongolia (1954–1972)
  • Premier - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Mongolia (1952–1974)
• Muscat and Oman
  • Monarch - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932–1970)
• Nepal
  • Monarch - Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955–1972)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Subarna Shamsher Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1958–1959)
    2. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal (1959–1960)
• Pakistan
  • President - Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958–1969)
• Philippines
  • President - Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines (1957–1961)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch - Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1953–1964)
  • Prime Minister - Prince Faisal, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1954–1960)
• United Suvadive Republic (unrecognized secessionist state)
  • declared independence on 3 January 1959
  • President - Abdullah Afeef, President of the United Suvadive Republic (1959–1963)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1950–1975)
  • Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (1958–1963)
• Thailand
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946–present)
  • Prime Minister - Sarit Thanarat, Prime Minister of Thailand (1959–1963)
• Turkey
  • President - Celâl Bayar, President of Turkey (1950–1960)
  • Prime Minister - Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950–1960)
• North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
  • Communist Party Leader - Hồ Chí Minh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1956–1960)
  • President - Hồ Chí Minh, President of North Vietnam (1945–1969)
  • Premier - Phạm Văn Đồng, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of North Vietnam (1955–1987)
• South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam)
  • President - Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (1955–1963)
• Yemen
  • Monarch - Ahmad bin Yahya, King of Yemen (1955–1962)