List of state leaders in 1980

1979 state leaders - Events of 1980 - 1981 state leaders - State leaders by year

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See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1980
• List of international organization leaders in 1980

Africa

• Angola -
  • President - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (10 September 1979-present)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • President - Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan, (1979-1986)
  • Prime Minister - Babrak Karmal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1979-1981)
• People's Republic of China
  • De facto Head of State - Ye Jianying, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1978-1983)
  • Premier -
    1. Hua Guofeng, Premier of the State Council (1976-1980)
    2. Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council (1980-1987)
  • Head of Communist Party - Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1976-1981)
  • De facto leader - Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s - early 1990s)

• 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)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
  • Prime Minister - Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1975-1982)
• France -
  • President - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (1974-1981)
  • Prime Minister - Raymond Barre, Prime Minister of France (1976-1981)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President - Karl Carstens, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979-1984)
  • Chancellor - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1974-1982)
• 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)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (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 -
    1. Joe Clark, Prime Minister of Canada (1979-1980)
    2. Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1980-1984)
• Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-present)
• United States - Jimmy Carter, President of the United States (1977-1981)