List of State Leaders in 1986 - South America

South America

• Argentina -
  • President - Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (1983–1989)
• Bolivia -
  • President - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1985–1989)
• Brazil -
  • President - José Sarney, President of Brazil (1985–1990)
• Chile -
  • President - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1973–1990)
• Colombia -
  • President -
    1. Belisario Betancur, President of Colombia (1982–1986)
    2. Virgilio Barco Vargas, President of Colombia (1986–1990)
• Ecuador -
  • President - León Febres Cordero, President of Ecuador (1984–1988)
• Falkland Islands (British dependent territory)
  • Governor - Gordon Wesley Jewkes, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1985–1988)
  • Chief Executive - David G. P. Taylor, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (1983–1987)
• Guyana -
  • President - Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana (1985–1992)
  • Prime Minister - Hamilton Green, Prime Minister of Guyana (1985–1992)
• Paraguay -
  • President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954–1989)
• Peru -
  • President - Alan García, President of Peru (1985–1990)
  • Prime Minister - Luis Alva Castro, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1985–1987)
• Suriname -
  • De facto leader - Dési Bouterse, Chairman of the National Military Council (1980–1988)
  • President - Fred Ramdat Misier, Acting President of Suriname (1982–1988)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Wim Udenhout, Prime Minister of Suriname (1984–1986)
    2. Pretaap Radhakishun, Prime Minister of Suriname (1986–1987)
• Uruguay -
  • President - Julio María Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay (1985–1990)
• Venezuela -
  • President - Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (1984–1989)