List of State Leaders in 1976 - South America

South America

• Argentina
  • President -
    1. Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974–1976)
    2. Military junta, Head of State of Argentina (1976)
    3. Jorge Rafael Videla, President of Argentina (1976–1981)
• Bolivia
  • President - Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia (1971–1978)
• Brazil
  • President - Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (1974–1979)
• Chile
  • President - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1974–1990)
• Colombia
  • President - Alfonso López Michelsen, President of Colombia (1974–1978)
• Ecuador
  • Head of State -
    1. Guillermo Rodríguez, President of Ecuador (1972–1976)
    2. Alfredo Poveda, President of the Supreme Government Council of Ecuador (1976–1979)
• Falkland Islands (British crown colony)
  • Governor - Sir Neville Arthur Irwin French, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1975–1977)
• 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 - Francisco Morales Bermúdez, President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru (1975–1980)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Óscar Vargas Prieto, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1975–1976)
    2. Jorge Fernández Maldonado Solari, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1976)
    3. Guillermo Arbulú Galliani, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1976–1978)
• Suriname
  • President - Johan Ferrier, President of Suriname (1968–1980)
  • Prime Minister - Henck Arron, Prime Minister of Suriname (1973–1980)
• Uruguay
  • President -
    1. Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (1972–1976)
    2. Alberto Demicheli, Acting President of Uruguay (1976)
    3. Aparicio Méndez, President of Uruguay (1976–1981)
• Venezuela
  • President - Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of Venezuela (1974–1979)