 ==africa== * egypt **monarch - farouk i, king of egypt (1936&ndash;1952) **prime minister - **# mahmoud an-nukrashi pasha, prime minister of egypt (1946&ndash;1948) **# ibrahim abdel hadi pasha, prime minister of egypt (1948&ndash;1949) * ethiopia **monarch - haile selassie i, emperor of ethiopia (1930&ndash;1974)in exile between 1936 and 1941. ** prime minister - makonnen endelkachew, prime minister of ethiopia (1942&ndash;1957) * liberia **president - william tubman, president of liberia (1944&ndash;1971) * south africa ** monarch - george vi, king of the british dominions beyond the seas (1936&ndash;1952) ** governor-general - gideon brand van zyl, governor-general of south africa (1946&ndash;1951) ** prime minister - **# jan smuts, prime minister of south africa (1939&ndash;1948) **# daniel franÃ§ois malan, prime minister of south africa (1948&ndash;1954) ==asia== * afghanistan **monarch - mohammed zahir shah, king of afghanistan (1933&ndash;1973) **prime minister - shah mahmud khan, prime minister of afghanistan (1946&ndash;1953) * bhutan ** monarch - jigme wangchuk, king of bhutan (1926&ndash;1952) ** prime minister - sonam topgay dorji, chief minister of bhutan (1917&ndash;1952) * burma **british burma gained independence on 4 january 1948 ** governor - sir hubert rance, governor of burma (1945&ndash;1948) ** president - sao shwe thaik, president of burma (1948&ndash;1952) ** prime minister - u nu, prime minister of burma (1948&ndash;1956) * ceylon **british ceylon gained independence on 4 february 1948 ** monarch - george vi, king of the british dominions beyond the seas (1948&ndash;1952) ** governor-general - sir henry monck-mason moore, governor of ceylon (1944&ndash;1948), governor-general of ceylon (1948&ndash;1949) ** prime minister - d.s. senanayake, prime minister of ceylon (1947&ndash;1952) * china ** president - chiang kai-shek, chairman of the national government of china (1943&ndash;1949) ** premier - **# zhang qun, president of the executive yuan of china (1947&ndash;1948) **# weng wenhao, president of the executive yuan of china (1948) **# sun fo, [[premier of the rep
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