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Leaders of 20 Richest Countries: 1950

Heads of state and government controlling the world's major economies during this period.

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1951 »
USA
Elected

Harry S. Truman

President

Party: Democratic

Term: 1945 – 1953

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UK
Elected

Clement Attlee

Prime Minister

Party: Labour

Term: 1945 – 1951

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Turkey
Elected

İsmet İnönü

President

Party: CHP

Term: 1938 – 1950

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Turkey
Elected

Celâl Bayar

President

Party: DP

Term: 1950 – 1960

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Switzerland
Appointed

Max Petitpierre

President

Party: FDP

Term: 1950 – 1951

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Spain
Military Coup

Francisco Franco

Caudillo

Party: FET y de las JONS

Term: 1939 – 1975

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South Korea
Elected

Syngman Rhee

President

Party: Liberal

Term: 1948 – 1960

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Saudi Arabia
Hereditary

King Abdulaziz

King

Party: None

Term: 1932 – 1953

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Russia
Party Appointment

Joseph Stalin

General Secretary

Party: CPSU

Term: 1922 – 1953

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Netherlands
Elected

Willem Drees

Prime Minister

Party: PvdA

Term: 1948 – 1958

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Mexico
Elected

Miguel Alemán Valdés

President

Party: PRI

Term: 1946 – 1952

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Japan
Elected

Shigeru Yoshida

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1948 – 1954

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Italy
Elected

Alcide De Gasperi

Prime Minister

Party: Christian Democracy

Term: 1945 – 1953

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Indonesia
Elected

Sukarno

President

Party: PNI

Term: 1945 – 1967

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India
Elected

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister

Party: INC

Term: 1947 – 1964

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Germany
Elected

Konrad Adenauer

Chancellor

Party: CDU

Term: 1949 – 1963

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France
Elected

Vincent Auriol

President

Party: SFIO

Term: 1947 – 1954

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China
Party Appointment

Mao Zedong

Chairman

Party: CCP

Term: 1949 – 1976

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Canada
Elected

Louis St. Laurent

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1948 – 1957

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Brazil
Elected

Eurico Gaspar Dutra

President

Party: PSD

Term: 1946 – 1951

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Australia
Elected

Robert Menzies

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1949 – 1966

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