List of state leaders in 1944

1943 state leaders - Events of 1944 - 1945 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Africa

• Liberia -
  1. Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
  2. William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• South Africa -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, Governor-General of South Africa (1943-1946)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939-1948)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
• Republic of China
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government (1943-1947)
  • Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
• India -
  • Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
  • Viceroy - The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943-1947)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1945)
    2. Sir Winston Dugan, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1944-1945)
  • Prime Minister - John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1945)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister - Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942-1945)
  • German occupation in control of government (1943-1945)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
  • Prime Minister - Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• France -
  • Vichy Regime -
    • Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
    • Prime Minister - Pierre Laval, President of the Council (1942-1944)
  • Provisional Government - Charles de Gaulle, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1944-1946)
• Germany -
  • Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
  • Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
• Italy -
  • Kingdom of Italy -
    • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Pietro Badoglio, Prime Minister of Italy (1943-1944)
      2. Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (1944-1945)
  • Italian Social Republic - Benito Mussolini, Provisional Head of State (1943-1945)
• Soviet Union -
  • General Secretary of the CPSU - Joseph Stalin, (1922-1953)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State -
    1. Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)
    2. Position of Cardinal Secretary of State eliminated

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada (1940-1946)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

South America

• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
• Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)