List of state leaders in 1961
1960 state leaders - Events of 1961 - 1962 state leaders - State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1961
- List of international organization leaders in 1961
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Africa
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
- Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
- People's Republic of China
- Head of State - Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968)
- Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council (1949-1976)
- Head of Communist Party - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
- India -
- President - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
- Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
- Japan -
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-1964)
- South Korea -
- President - Yun Boseon, President of the Republic of Korea (1960-1962)
- Head of Government-
- John Myon Chang, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1960-1961)
- Chang To-yong, Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1961)
- Song Yo-ch'an, Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1961-1962)
- Malaya -
- Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1960-1965)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-1970)
- Pakistan - Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
- Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1958-1963)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General -
- Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)
Europe
- Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister - Viggo Kampmann, Prime Minister of Denmark (1960-1962)
- Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister -
- Jussi Sukselainen, Prime Minister of Finland (1959-1961)
- Martti Miettunen, Prime Minister of Finland (1961-1962 1975-1977)
- France -
- President - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
- Prime Minister - Michel Debré, Prime Minister of France (1959-1962)
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
- Chancellor - Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
- German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
- Head of State - Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
- Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
- Ireland -
- President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
- Prime Minister - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
- Italy -
- President - Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
- Prime Minister - Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1960-1963)
- The Netherlands
- Poland
- Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
- Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
- Sweden
- Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
- Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963)
- Vatican City
- Pope - John XXIII, Bishop of Rome (1958-1963)
- Secretary of State -
- Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)
- Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)
Middle East
- Israel
- President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
- Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- United Arab Republic
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
- Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1958-1962)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
- Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
- Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
- United States -
South America
- Brazil -
- Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
- Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956-1962)