List of State Leaders in 1962 - North America

North America

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952–present)
  • Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (1959–1967)
  • Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada (1957–1963)
• Costa Rica
  • President -
    1. Mario Echandi Jiménez, President of Costa Rica (1958–1962)
    2. Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, President of Costa Rica (1962–1966)
• Cuba
  • President - Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba (1959–1976)
  • Prime Minister - Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–2008)
• Dominican Republic
  • President -
    1. Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (1960–1962)
    2. Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly, President of the Dominican Republic (1962–1963)
• El Salvador
  • Head of State -
    1. Civic-Military Directory, Head of State of El Salvador (1961–1962)
    2. Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea, Provisional President of El Salvador (1962)
    3. Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, President of El Salvador (1962–1967)
• Guatemala
  • President - Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963)
• Haiti
  • President - François Duvalier, President of Haiti (1957–1971)
• Honduras
  • President - Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras (1957–1963)
• Jamaica
  • the Colony of Jamaica gained independence on 6 August 1962
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Jamaica (1962–present)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Sir Kenneth Blackburne, Governor of Jamaica (1957–1962), Governor-General of Jamaica (1962)
    2. Sir Clifford Campbell, Governor-General of Jamaica (1962–1973)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Norman Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1955–1962)
    2. Sir Alexander Bustamante, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1962–1967)
• Mexico
  • President - Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (1958–1964)
• Nicaragua
  • President - Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956–1963)
• Panama
  • President - Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, President of Panama (1960–1964)
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • gained independence on 31 August 1962
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1976)
  • Governor-General - Sir Solomon Hochoy, Governor of Trinidad and Tobago (1960–1962), Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1972)
  • Prime Minister - Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1956–1981)
• United States of America
  • President - John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961–1963)