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Leaders of 20 Richest Countries: 1963

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

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USA
Elected

John F. Kennedy

President

Party: Democratic

Term: 1961 – 1963

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USA
Appointed

Lyndon B. Johnson

President

Party: Democratic

Term: 1963 – 1969

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UK
Appointed

Harold Macmillan

Prime Minister

Party: Conservative

Term: 1957 – 1963

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UK
Appointed

Alec Douglas-Home

Prime Minister

Party: Conservative

Term: 1963 – 1964

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Turkey
Military Coup

Cemal Gürsel

President

Party: Military

Term: 1960 – 1966

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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
Military Coup

Park Chung-hee

President

Party: Democratic Republican

Term: 1962 – 1979

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Saudi Arabia
Hereditary

King Saud

King

Party: None

Term: 1953 – 1964

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Russia
Party Appointment

Nikita Khrushchev

First Secretary

Party: CPSU

Term: 1953 – 1964

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Netherlands
Elected

Jan de Quay

Prime Minister

Party: KVP

Term: 1959 – 1963

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Netherlands
Elected

Victor Marijnen

Prime Minister

Party: KVP

Term: 1963 – 1965

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Mexico
Elected

Adolfo López Mateos

President

Party: PRI

Term: 1958 – 1964

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Japan
Elected

Hayato Ikeda

Prime Minister

Party: LDP

Term: 1960 – 1964

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Italy
Elected

Amintore Fanfani

Prime Minister

Party: Christian Democracy

Term: 1960 – 1963

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Italy
Appointed

Giovanni Leone

Prime Minister

Party: Christian Democracy

Term: 1963 – 1963

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Italy
Elected

Aldo Moro

Prime Minister

Party: Christian Democracy

Term: 1963 – 1968

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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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Germany
Appointed

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor

Party: CDU

Term: 1963 – 1966

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France
Elected

Charles de Gaulle

President

Party: UNR

Term: 1959 – 1969

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China
Party Appointment

Mao Zedong

Chairman

Party: CCP

Term: 1949 – 1976

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Canada
Elected

John Diefenbaker

Prime Minister

Party: Progressive Conservative

Term: 1957 – 1963

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Canada
Elected

Lester B. Pearson

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1963 – 1968

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Brazil
Appointed

João Goulart

President

Party: PTB

Term: 1961 – 1964

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Australia
Elected

Robert Menzies

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1949 – 1966

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