List of state leaders in 1942

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1941 state leaders - Events of 1942 - 1943 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
• South Africa -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937-1943)
  • 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)
• Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
    • President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
    • Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
  • Nanjing Government (Japanese puppet state)
    • President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
• India -
  • Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
  • Viceroy - The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (1941-1944)
• Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

Australia and Oceania

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

Europe

• Albania - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
    2. Vilhelm Buhl, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942)
    3. Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942-1945)
• 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 -
  • Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Philippe Pétain, President of the Council (1940-1942)
    2. Pierre Laval, President of the Council (1942-1944)
• Germany -
  • Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
  • Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
• Greece (under German occupation) -
  • Monarch (under exile) - George II, King of Greece (1935-1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Georgios Tsolakoglu, Prime Minister of Greece (1941-1942)
    2. Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (1942-1943)
• Iceland -
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Iceland (1918-1944)
  • Regent - Sveinn Björnsson, Regent of Iceland (1941-1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hermann Jónasson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1934-1942)
    2. Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1942)
    3. Björn Thórdarson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1942-1944)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
• Spain -
  • Head of State - Francisco Franco, Spanish head of state (1939-1975)
  • Prime Minister - Francisco Franco, Prime Minister of Spain (1938-1973)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Gustav V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
  • Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
• 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 - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)

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

• Bolivia - Enrique Peñaranda - President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
• Ecuador - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
• Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
• Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)