Africa

• Algeria -
  • President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
  • Prime Minister - Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani , Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-1984)
• Angola - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979-present)
• Benin - Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin (1972-1991)
• Botswana - Quett Masire, President of Botswana, (1980-1998)
• Burundi - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President of Burundi (1976-1987)
• Cameroon -
  • President-
    1. Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (1960-1982)
    2. Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (1982- Present)
• Cape Verde
  • President - Aristides Pereira, President of Cape Verde (1975-1991)
  • Prime Minister - Pedro Pires, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975-1991)
• 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)
• Bangladesh
  • President - Abdus Sattar, Acting President of Bangladesh
  • Prime Minister - Shah Mohammad Azizur Rahman , Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1979-1982)
• Bhutan - King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1972-
• Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
• Burma
  • President - Ne Win, President of Burma (1962-1988)
  • Prime Minister - Maung Muand Ka , Prime Minister of Burma (1977-
• 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 - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council (1980-1987)
  • Head of Communist Party -
    1. Hu Yaobang, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1981-1982)
    2. Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987)
  • De facto leader - Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s - early 1990s)
• India -
  • President -
    1. N. Sanjiva Reddy, President of India (1977-1982)
    2. 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 -
    1. Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1980-1982)
    2. Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987)
• South Korea -
  • President - Chun Doo-hwan, President of the Republic of Korea (1980-1988)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nam Duck-woo , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1980-1982)
    2. Yoo Chang-soon , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1982)
    3. Kim Sang-hyup , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1982-1983)
• Nepal
  • Monarch - Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972–2001)
  • Prime Minister - Surya Bahadur Thapa, Prime Minister of Nepal (1979-1983)
• 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 -
    1. Sir Zelman Cowen, Governor-General of Australia (1977-1982)
    2. Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor-General of Australia (1982-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia (1975-1983)
• 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)
• 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)

Europe

• Albania -
  • President - Haxhi Lleshi , President of Albania (1953-
  • Head of government - Mehmet Shebu , Chairman of Albania (1954-
• Andorra -
  • French Co-prince - François Mitterrand, President of France, (1981-1995)
  • Episcopal Co-prince - Joan Martí Alanís, Bishop of Urgel, (1971-2003)
  • Syndic - Estanislao Sangra Font (1979-
• Austria -
  • President - Rudolf Kirchschläger , President of Austria (1974-1986)
  • Chancellor - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (1970-1983)
• Belgium -
  • Monarch - King Baudouin, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium, (1979-1981, 1981-1992)
• Bulgaria -
  • President - Todor Zhivkov, President of Bulgaria (1971-1989, Head of Communist Party of Bulgaria (1954-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Grisha Filipov , Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1981-1986)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1975-1982)
    2. Poul Schlüter, Prime Minister of Denmark (1982-1993)
• Finland
  • President -
    1. Mauno Koivisto, Acting President of Finland , (1981-1982)
    2. Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland, (1982-1994)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mauno Koivisto, Prime Minister of Finland (1979-1982)
    2. 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 -
    1. Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1974-1982)
    2. 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 -
    1. Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1981-1982)
    2. Charles Haughey, Taoiseach (1982)
    3. Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
• Italy -
  • President - Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (1978-1985)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Giovanni Spadolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1981-1982)
    2. Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1982-1983)
• 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)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - King Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973-present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden, (1976-1978, 1979-1982)
    2. Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, (1969-1976, 1982-1986)
• 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)

Middle East

• Bahrain -
  • Monarch - Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa , Emir of Bahrain (1971-1999)
  • Prime Minister - Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa , Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970-present)
• Egypt -
  • President - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981-present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hosni Mubarak, Prime Minister of Egypt (1981-1982)
    2. Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin , Prime Minister of Egypt (1982-1984)
• Israel -
  • President - Yitzhak Navon, President of Israel (1978-1983)
  • Prime Minister - Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983)
• 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 Karim al-Iryani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1980-1983)

North America and Caribbean

• Bahamas
  • Monarch - Queen Elizabeth, Queen of the Bahamas (1952-present)
  • Governor-General - Gerald C. Cash , Governor-General of the Bahamas (1979-
  • Prime Minister - Lynden Oscar Pindling , Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1967-
• Barbados
  • Monarch - Queen Elizabeth, Queen of Barbados (1952-present)
  • Governor-General - Deighton L. Ward , Governor-General of Barbados (1976-
  • Prime Minister - John M.G. Adams , Prime Minister of Barbados (1976-
• 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)
• 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)

South America

• Argentina -
  1. Leopoldo Galtieri, President of Argentina (1981-1982)
  2. Reynaldo Bignone, President of Argentina (1982-1983)
• Bolivia -
  1. Celso Torrelio , President of Bolivia (1981-1982)
  2. Guido Vildoso Calderón , President of Bolivia (1982-1983)
• Brazil - Gen. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1979-1985)
• Chile - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1974-1990)
• Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru
  • President - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1980-1985)
  • Prime Minister - Manuel Ulloa , Prime Minister of Peru (1980-1983)