1953 state leaders - Events of 1954 - 1955 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Egypt - President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President (1954-1970) and Prime Minister (1954-1962)
• Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• South Africa
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
  • Governor-General - Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-1954)
    2. Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa (1954-1958)

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 -
    1. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949-1954)
    2. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
  • 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)
• Indonesia - Soekarno, President of Indonesia (1945 - 1967)
• Israel -
  • President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • Prime Minister - Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948 - 1954)
    2. Ichiro Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan (1954 - 1956)
• South Korea -
  • President - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Paik Too-chin , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952-1954)
    2. Pyon Yong-tae , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1954)
    3. Paek Han-song , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (temporary) (1954)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
  • Governor-General - Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
  • Prime Minister - Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953-1955)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier -
    1. Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
    2. Yü Hung-chün, President of the Executive Yuan (1954-1958)
• Thailand
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, and of Australia (1953-1973)
  • Governor-General - Sir. William Joseph Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister - Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1953-1955)
• France -
  • President -
    1. Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
    2. René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Joseph Laniel, President of the Council (1953-1954)
    2. Pierre Mendès-France, President of the Council (1954-1955)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President - Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
  • 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)
  • President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
  • Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
• Ireland -
  • President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1951-1954)
    2. John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1954-1957)
• Italy -
  • President - Luigi Einaudi, President of Italy (1948-1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (1953-1954)
    2. Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1954)
    3. Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italy (1954-1955)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini , Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
  • Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
• United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

South America

• Brazil -
  1. Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951-1954)
  2. João Café Filho, President of Brazil (1954-1956)
• Paraguay -
  1. Federico Chaves , President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
  2. Alfredo Stroessner Mattianda , President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)