List of State Leaders in 1972 - South America

South America

• Argentina
  • President - Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, President of Argentina (1971–1973)
• Bolivia
  • President - Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia (1971–1978)
• Brazil
  • President - Emílio Garrastazú Médici, President of Brazil (1969–1974)
• Chile
  • President - Salvador Allende, President of Chile (1970–1973)
• Colombia
  • President - Misael Pastrana Borrero, President of Colombia (1970–1974)
• Ecuador
  • President -
    1. José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (1968–1972)
    2. Guillermo Rodríguez, President of Ecuador (1972–1976)
• Falkland Islands (British crown colony)
  • Governor - Sir Ernest Gordon Lewis, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1971–1975)
• Guyana
  • President - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (1970–1980)
  • Prime Minister - Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana (1964–1980)
• Paraguay
  • President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954–1989)
• Peru
  • Head of State - Juan Velasco Alvarado, President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru (1968–1975)
  • Prime Minister - Ernesto Montagne Sánchez, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1968–1973)
• Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • Governor-General - Johan Ferrier, Governor-General of Suriname (1968–1980)
  • Prime Minister - Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (1969–1973)
• Uruguay
  • President -
    1. Jorge Pacheco Areco, President of Uruguay (1967–1972)
    2. Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (1972–1976)
• Venezuela
  • President - Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela (1969–1974)