List of state leaders in 1983

Africa

• Algeria -
  • President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
  • Prime Minister - Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani , Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-1984)
• Angola -
  • President - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (10 September 1979-present)
• Burundi - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President of Burundi (1976-1987)
• Djibouti -
  • President - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
  • Prime Minister - Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
• 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)
• Guinea
  • President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
  • Prime Minister - Louis Lansana Beavogui , Prime Minister of Guinea (1972-1984)
• Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya (1978-2002)
• Liberia - Samuel K. Doe, President of Liberia (1980-1990)
• Rwanda - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1973-1994)
• Uganda -
  • President - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971, 1980-1985)
  • Prime Minister - Otema Alimadi , Prime Minister of Uganda (1980-1985)
• Zambia
  • President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
  • Prime Minister - Nalumino Mundia , Prime Minister of Zambia (1981-1985)
• 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)
• Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State -
    1. Ye Jianying, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (de facto Head of State, 1978-1983)
    2. 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 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1980-1984)
• 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. Kim Sang-hyup , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1982-1983)
    2. Chin Iee-chong , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1983-1984)
• Nepal
  • Monarch - Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972–2001)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Surya Bahadur Thapa, Prime Minister of Nepal (1979-July 12 1983
    2. Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal (July 12 1983-1986)
• Pakistan -
  • President - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
  • Head of Government - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Chief Martial Law Administrator (1977-1985)
• Singapore -
  • President - C. V. Devan Nair, President of Singapore (1981-1985)
  • 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 - Sun Yün-suan, President of the Executive Yuan (1978-1984)

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 -
    1. Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia (1975-1983)
    2. Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia (1983-1991)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General - David Beattie , Governor-General of New Zealand (1980-1985)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1975-1984)

Europe

• Albania -
  • Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944-1985)
  • 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)
• 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 - Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-1984)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President - Karl Carstens, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979-1984)
  • Chancellor - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982-1998)
• 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)
• Ireland
  • President - Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (1976-1990)
  • Prime Minister - Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
• Italy -
  • President - Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (1978-1985)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1982-1983)
    2. Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (1983-1987)
• 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 - Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
  • Premier - Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of the Council of Ministers (1981-1985)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - John Paul II, Bishop of Rome (1978-2005)
  • Secretary of State - Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1979-1990)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
  • Governor General - Edward Schreyer, Governor General of Canada (1979-1984)
  • Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1980-1984)
  • For more see 1983 Canadian incumbents
• Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-present)
• 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)

Middle East

• Egypt -
  • President - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981-present)
  • Prime Minister - Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin , Prime Minister of Egypt (1982-1984)
• Israel
  • President -
    1. Yitzhak Navon, President of Israel (1978-1983)
    2. Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-1993)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983)
    2. Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1984)
• 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 -
    1. Abdul Karim al-Iryani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1980-1983)
    2. Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1983-1990)

South America

• Bolivia
  • President -
    1. Guido Vildoso Calderón , President of Bolivia (1982-1983)
    2. Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1983-1985)
• Brazil
  • President - Gen. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1979-1985)
• Chile
  • President - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1974-1990)
• Paraguay
  • President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)