secretary-general of People's Democratic Party
first President of Revolutionary Council, then just President
Head of State for the Transitional Administration
Rene Barrientos Ortuno+Alfredo Ovando Candia
president/first chairman of junta of 3, the next day president
president/first part of junta of commanders for hours, then president
president/first member of junta of commanders, then president
chairman of the presidency of the republic
president/president of Military Committee of Recovery for National Salvation
president/chairman of Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation
president/chairman of National Revolutionary Council and head of state
president/president of Popular Front and head of state
president/chairman of Supreme Revolutionary Council
president/chairman of Military Committee of National Salvation
president of People's Revolutionary Council
general secretary of Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party
chairman of the supreme national council, then head of state on 11.20.91
president/chairman of Military Committee of National Recovery
president/chairman of Higher Military Council
president/first chairman of Provisional Administrative Committee, then presdient of Transitional Government of National Unity
president/chairman of Command Council of Armed Forces
president/president of Patriotic Salvation Movement
president/first chairman of National Council of the Revolution, then chairman of National Executive Council
president/chairman of National Council of the Revolution
president/chairman of Military Committee of the Congolese Labor Party
president/chairman founding junta of the second republic
first secretary of Communist Party (acting for Fidel Castro)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire, Congo-Kinshasha)
president/chairman of Revolutionary Command Council
president/member of Revolutionary Council of Govt
president/member of Civic-Military Directory with 5 others
head of state and chairman of Provisional Military Administrative Council
chair of 5-man Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council, then head of state
president/chairman of National Liberation Council
president/chairman Provisional National Defense Council
prime minister/chairman interim advisory council
president/chairman Military Committee of National Restoration
president/chairman National Council for Democracy and Development
president/chairman Council of the Revolution
chairman of the Supreme Command of the Military Junta
president/member of military government council
Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Commanders of the military occupation/USCENTCOM
general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (PPPL)
9.23.70, but power passes to him when Rifai resigns on 5.26.75
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
general secretary of general people's committee
General secretary of the General People's Congress
president/chairman Military National Liberation Committee
president/first chairman National Reconciliation Council, then chairman Transitional Committee for Salvation
head of military committee for national salvation
head of military committee for national salvation until 4.00.92, then president
president/Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
president/Chairman of the High Council of State
president beginning 11.06.86, but initially came to power with a group of 9 others under Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO
chairman of state law and order restoration council
chairman of the state peace and development council
president/coordinator of junta of national reconstruction
first chairman of national salvation council, then president in 8.07.96
first chairman of national salvation council, then president in 8.00.96
Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council
president/chairman armed forces ruling council
general secretary of Communist Party and chairman of the national defence commission
Jose Maria Pinilla + Bolivar Urrutia Parilla
Malietoa Tanumafili II + Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole
Pier Natalino Mularoni + Marino Venturini
Giuseppe Maria Morganti + Mauro Chiaruzzi
chairman National Provisional Ruling Council
head of armed forces revolutionary council
Five person collective chairmanship of National Salvation Council including previous president, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Osman Hassan Ali Ato, Abdulkadir Muhammad Aden Zoppo, Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmad, and Aden Abdullahi Nur Gabiyow
5.16.61, but Yun president since 8.13.60
president/chairman Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of National Salvation
president/chairman National Revolutionary Command Council
Chairman of the 1st national council of government
chairman of the 2nd national council of government
chairman of the 3rd national council of government
chairman of the 4th national council of government
chairman of Presidium of Supreme People's Council
president of presidium of the league of Communists
chairman of the presidium of the central committee of the League of Yugoslav Communists