List of state leaders in 1985.html



1984 state leaders - Events of 1985 - 1986 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Algeria -
  • President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
  • Prime Minister - Abdelhamid Brahimi, Prime Minister of Algeria (1984-1988)
• Angola - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (10 September 1979-present)
• Benin - Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin (1972-1991)
• Botswana - Quett Masire, President of Botswana (1980-1998)
• Burkina Faso - Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso (1983-1987)
• Burundi - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President of Burundi (1976-1987)
• Cape Verde
  • President - Aristides Pereira, President of Cape Verde (1975-1991)
  • Prime Minister - Pedro Pires, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975-1991)
• Comoros - Ahmed Abdallah, President of the Comoros (1978-1989)
• Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
• Djibouti -
  • President - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
  • Prime Minister - Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
• Equatorial Guinea
  • President - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1979-present)
  • Prime Minister - Cristino Seriche Bioko, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (1982-1992)
• Ethiopia - Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (1977-1987), President of Ethiopia (1987-1991).
• Gabon
  • President - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967-present)
  • Prime Minister - Léon Mébiame, Prime Minister of Gabon (1975-1994)
• The Gambia - Dawda Jawara, President of The Gambia (1970-1994)
• Guinea - Lansana Conté, President of Guinea (1984-present)
• Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya (1978-2002)
• Liberia - Samuel K. Doe, President of Liberia (1980-1990)
• Malawi - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (1966-1994)
• Mali - Moussa Traoré, President of Mali (1968-1991)
• Mauritania
  • President - Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President of Mauritania (1984-2005)
  • Prime Minister - Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime Minister of Mauritania (1984-1992)
• Mauritius
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Mauritius (1968-1992)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Governor-General of Mauritius (1983-1985)
    2. Cassam Moollan, Governor-General of Mauritius (1985-1986)
  • Prime Minister - Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius (1982-1995)
• Mozambique - Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (1975–1986)
• Nigeria
  • President -
    1. Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria (1983-1985)
    2. Ibrahim Babangida, President of Nigeria (1985-1993)
• Rwanda - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1973-1994)
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of São Tomé and Príncipe (1975-1991)
• Senegal
  • President - Abdou Diouf, President of Senegal (1981-2000)
• Seychelles - France-Albert René, President of Seychelles (1977-2004)
• Somalia - Muhammad Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969-1991)
• Swaziland
  • Monarch - Queen Ntombi, (1983-1986)
  • Prime Minister - Prince Bhekimpi Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland (1983-1986)
• Togo - Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo (1967-2005)
• Uganda
  • President -
  1. Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971, 1980-1985)
  2. Bazilio Olara-Okello, Chairman of the military council (1985)
  3. Tito Okello, Chairman of the military council (1985-1986)
  • Prime Minister -
  1. Otema Alimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (1980-1985)
  2. Paulo Muwanga, Prime Minister of Uganda (1985)
  3. Abraham Waligo, Prime Minister of Uganda (1985-1986)
• Zambia
  • President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nalumino Mundia, Prime Minister of Zambia (1981-1985)
    2. Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (1985-1989)
• Zimbabwe
  • President - Canaan Banana, President of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  • President - Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan (1979-1986)
  • Prime Minister - Sultan Ali Keshtmand, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981-1988)
• Bangladesh -
  • President - Hossain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (1983–1990)
  • Prime Minister - Ataur Rahman Khan, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1984–1986)
• Brunei
  • Monarch - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
  • Prime Minister - Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Brunei (1984–present)
• People's Republic of China -
  • President - Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-1988)
  • Premier - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-1987)
  • Head of Communist Party - Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987)
  • De facto leader - Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s - early 1990s)
• India -
  • President - Zail Singh, President of India (1982-1987)
  • Prime Minister - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1984-1989)
• Indonesia - Haji Mohammad Suharto, President of Indonesia (1967–1998)
• Iran
  • Supreme Leader - Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–1989)
  • President - Ali Khamenei, President of Iran (1981–1989)
  • Prime Minister - Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran (1981–1989)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987)
• Republic of Korea -
  • President - Chun Doo-hwan, President of the Republic of Korea (1980-1988)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Shin Byong-hyun, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1984-1985)
    2. Lho Shin-yong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1985-1987)
• Nepal
  • Monarch - Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972–2001)
  • Prime Minister - Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal (1983-1986)
• Pakistan -
  • President - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Chief Martial Law Administrator (1977-1985)
    2. Muhammad Khan Junejo, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1985-1988)
• The Philippines
  • President - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965–1986)
  • Prime Minister - Cesar Virata, Prime Minister of the Philippines (1981-1986)
• Singapore -
  • President -
    1. C. V. Devan Nair, President of Singapore (1981-1985)
    2. Wee Kim Wee, President of Singapore (1985-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
• Taiwan (Republic of China) -
  • President - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988)
  • Premier - Yü Kuo-hwa, President of the Executive Yuan (1984-1989)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present)
  • Governor-General - Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor-General of Australia (1982-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia (1983-1991)
• Federated States of Micronesia - Tosiwo Nakayama, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1979–1987)
• Kiribati - Ieremia Tabai, President of Kiribati (1983–1991)
• Nauru - Hammer DeRoburt, President of Nauru (1978-1986)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Sir David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1980-1985)
    2. Paul Reeves, Governor-General of New Zealand (1985-1990)
  • Prime Minister - David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984-1989)
• Solomon Islands -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the Solomon Islands (1978–present)
  • Governor-General - Baddeley Devesi, Governor-General of the Solomon Islands (1978–1988)
  • Prime Minister - Peter Kenilorea, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1984–1986)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965 – 2006)
  • Prime Minister - Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi), Prime Minister of Tonga, (1965 – 1991)
• Tuvalu
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Tuvalu (1978-present)
  • Governor-General - Fiatau Penitala Teo, Governor-General of Tuvalu (1978-1986)
  • Prime Minister - Tomasi Puapua, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1981-1989)
• Vanuatu -
  • President - George Kalkoa, President of Vanuatu (1984–1989)
  • Prime Minister - Walter Lini, Prime Minister of Vanuatu (1980–1991)

Europe

• Albania -
  • First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor -
    1. Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944-1985)
    2. Ramiz Alia, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1985-1991)
  • Head of State - Ramiz Alia, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1982-1991)
  • Premier - Adil Çarçani, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1982-1991)
• Andorra -
  • Co-Princes -
    • François Mitterrand, President of France (1981-1995)
    • Joan Martí Alanis, Bishop of Urgel (1971-2003)
  • Head of Government - Josep Pintat-Solans, Head of Government of Andorra (1984-1990)
• Austria -
  • President - Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (1974–1986)
  • Chancellor - Fred Sinowatz, Chancellor of Austria (1983–1986)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1981-1992)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
  • Prime Minister - Poul Schlüter, Prime Minister of Denmark (1982-1993)
• Finland
  • President - Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland, (1982-1994)
  • Prime Minister - Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987)
• France -
  • President - François Mitterrand, President of France (1981-1995)
  • Prime Minister - Laurent Fabius, Prime Minister of France (1984-1986)
• East Germany (German Democratic Republic) -
  • Communist Party Leader - Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
  • Head of State - Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State (1976-1989)
  • Premier - Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976-1989)
• West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) -
  • President - Richard von Weizsäcker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984-1994)
  • Chancellor - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982-1998)
• Ireland
  • President - Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (1976-1990)
  • Prime Minister - Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
• Italy -
  • President -
    1. Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic (1978-1985)
    2. Francesco Cossiga, President of the Italian Republic (1985-1992)
  • Prime Minister - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (1983-1987)
• Liechtenstein
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
  • Regent - Prince Hans-Adam, Regent of Liechtenstein (1984-1989)
  • Head of Government - Hans Brunhart, Head of Government (1978-1993)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
  • Prime Minister - Jacques Santer, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1984-1995)
• Malta
  • President - Agatha Barbara, President of Malta (1982-1987)
  • Prime Minister - Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Prime Minister of Malta (1984-1987)
• Monaco
  • Monarch - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005)
  • Head of Government -
    1. Jean Herly, Minister of State of Monaco (1981-1985)
    2. Jean Ausseil, Minister of State of Monaco (1985-1991)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980-present)
  • Prime Minister - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982-1994)
• Norway
  • Monarch - King Olav V, (1957-1991)
  • Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch, Prime Minister of Norway (1981-1986)
• Poland -
  • Communist Party Leader - Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1981-1989)
  • Head of State - Council of State, Chairman -
    1. Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
    2. Wojciech Jaruzelski (1985-1989)
  • Premier -
    1. Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of the Council of Ministers (1981-1985)
    2. Zbigniew Messner, President of the Council of Ministers (1985-1988)
• Portugal -
  • President - António Ramalho Eanes, President of Portugal (1976-1986)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mário Soares, Prime Minister of Portugal (1983-1985)
    2. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Prime Minister of Portugal (1985-1995)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1975-present)
  • Prime Minister - Felipe González, President of the Government (1982-1996)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973-present)
  • Prime Minister - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (1982-1986)
• Switzerland -
  • Swiss Federal Council - Kurt Furgler, Pierre Aubert, Leon Schlumpf, Alphons Egli, Otto Stich, Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Elisabeth Kopp; members of the Swiss Federal Council; members of the Swiss Federal Council
• Turkey -
  • President - Kenan Evren, President of Turkey (1982-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Turgut Özal, Prime Minister of Turkey (1983-1989)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet -
    1. Konstantin Chernenko, (1984-1985)
    2. Vasily Kuznetsov (Acting), (1985)
    3. Andrei Gromyko, (1985-1988)
  • CPSU Secretary General -
    1. Konstantin Chernenko, (1984-1985)
    2. Mikhail Gorbachev, (1985-1991)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - John Paul II, Bishop of Rome (1978-2005)
  • Secretary of State - Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1979-1990)

Middle East

• Egypt -
  • President - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981-present)
    1. Kamal Hassan Ali, Prime Minister of Egypt (1984-1985)
    2. Ali Lutfi, Prime Minister of Egypt (1985-1986)
• Israel
  • President - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel (1984-1986)
• Oman - Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970-)
• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
  • President - Ali Nasir Mohammed, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1980-1986)
  • Prime Minister - Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971-1986)
• Yemen Arab Republic
  • President - Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1978-1990)
  • Prime Minister - Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1983-1990)

North America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda (1981–present)
  • Governor-General - Wilfred Jacobs, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (1981–1993)
  • Prime Minister - Vere Bird, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1981–1994)
• Bahamas -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the Bahamas (1973–present)
  • Governor-General - Gerald Cash, Governor-General of the Bahamas (1979–1988)
  • Prime Minister - Lynden Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1973–1992)
• Barbados -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (1966–present)
  • Governor-General - Hugh Springer, Governor-General of Barbados (1984–1990)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams, Prime Minister of Barbados (1976–1985)
    2. Harold Bernard St. John, Prime Minister of Barbados (1985–1986)
• Belize -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Belize (1981–present)
  • Governor-General - Elmira Minita Gordon, Governor-General of Belize (1981–1993)
  • Prime Minister - Manuel Esquivel, Prime Minister of Belize (1984–1989)
• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada (1984-1990)
  • Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)
  • For more see 1985 Canadian incumbents
• Costa Rica - Luis Alberto Monge, President of Costa Rica (1982–1986)
• Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-2008)
• Dominica -
  • President - Clarence Augustus Seignoret, President of Dominica (1983–1993)
  • Prime Minister - Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (1980–1995)
• Dominican Republic - Salvador Jorge Blanco, President of the Dominican Republic (1982–1986)
• El Salvador - José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (1984–1989)
• Haiti - Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti (1971-1986)
• Trinidad and Tobago -
  • President - Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-1987)
  • Prime Minister - George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1981-1986)
• United States - Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1981-1989)

South America

• Argentina - Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (1983-1989)
• Bolivia -
  1. Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1982-1985)
  2. Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1985-1989)
• Brazil -
  1. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1979-1985)
  2. José Sarney, President of Brazil (1985-1990)
• Chile - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1973-1990)
• Colombia - Belisario Betancur, President of Colombia (1982-1986)
• Ecuador - León Febres Cordero, President of Ecuador (1984-1988)
• Guyana -
  • President -
  1. Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (1980-1985)
  2. Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana (1985-1992)
  • Prime Minister -
  1. Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister of Guyana (1984-1985)
  2. Hamilton Green, Prime Minister of Guyana (1985-1992)
• Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru -
  1. Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1980-1985)
  2. Alan García Pérez, President of Peru (1985-1990)
• Suriname -
  • President - Ramdat Misier, President of Suriname (1982-1988)
  • Prime Minister - Wim Udenhout, Prime Minister of Suriname (1984-1986)
• Uruguay -
  1. Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (1981-1985)
  2. Rafael Addiego Bruno, President of Uruguay (1985)
  3. Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay (1985-1990)
• Venezuela - Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (1984-1989)