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Leaders of 20 Richest Countries: 1979

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

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USA
Elected

Jimmy Carter

President

Party: Democratic

Term: 1977 – 1981

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UK
Appointed

James Callaghan

Prime Minister

Party: Labour

Term: 1976 – 1979

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UK
Elected

Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister

Party: Conservative

Term: 1979 – 1990

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Turkey
Appointed

Fahri Korutürk

President

Party: Independent

Term: 1973 – 1980

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Spain
Appointed

Adolfo Suárez

Prime Minister

Party: UCD

Term: 1976 – 1981

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South Korea
Military Coup

Park Chung-hee

President

Party: Democratic Republican

Term: 1962 – 1979

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South Korea
Appointed

Choi Kyu-hah

President

Party: Independent

Term: 1979 – 1980

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Saudi Arabia
Hereditary

King Khalid

King

Party: None

Term: 1975 – 1982

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Russia
Party Appointment

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary

Party: CPSU

Term: 1964 – 1982

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Netherlands
Elected

Dries van Agt

Prime Minister

Party: CDA

Term: 1977 – 1982

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Mexico
Elected

José López Portillo

President

Party: PRI

Term: 1976 – 1982

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Japan
Elected

Masayoshi Ōhira

Prime Minister

Party: LDP

Term: 1978 – 1980

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Italy
Elected

Giulio Andreotti

Prime Minister

Party: Christian Democracy

Term: 1976 – 1979

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Italy
Elected

Francesco Cossiga

Prime Minister

Party: Christian Democracy

Term: 1979 – 1980

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Indonesia
Military Coup

Suharto

President

Party: Golkar

Term: 1967 – 1998

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India
Elected

Morarji Desai

Prime Minister

Party: Janata Party

Term: 1977 – 1979

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India
Appointed

Charan Singh

Prime Minister

Party: Janata Party (Secular)

Term: 1979 – 1980

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Germany
Appointed

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor

Party: SPD

Term: 1974 – 1982

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France
Elected

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

President

Party: UDF

Term: 1974 – 1981

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China
Party Appointment

Deng Xiaoping

Paramount Leader

Party: CCP

Term: 1978 – 1989

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Canada
Elected

Pierre Trudeau

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1968 – 1979

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Canada
Elected

Joe Clark

Prime Minister

Party: Progressive Conservative

Term: 1979 – 1980

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Brazil
Military Coup

Ernesto Geisel

President

Party: Military/ARENA

Term: 1974 – 1979

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Brazil
Military Coup

João Figueiredo

President

Party: Military/PDS

Term: 1979 – 1985

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Australia
Appointed

Malcolm Fraser

Prime Minister

Party: Liberal

Term: 1975 – 1983

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