List of state leaders in 1079

Africa

Almoravids - Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
- Wagadou (Ghana Empire) Almoravid Occupation - General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (1076–1087)
Empire of Ethiopia - Kedus Harbe (1079–1119)
Fatimid Caliphate - Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1094)
Hammadids - an-Nasir ibn Alnas (1062–1088)
Ifriqiya (Zirid) - Tamim ibn al-Muizz (1062–1108)

Byzantine Empire - Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Νικηφόρος Γ' Βοτανειάτης) (1078–1081)
China (Northern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Shenzong (1067–1085)
Japan (Heian period) -
- Monarch - Emperor Shirakawa (1073–1087)
- Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Morozane, Kampaku (1075–1087; 1091–1094) or Sesshō (1087–1091)
Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Munjong (1046–1083)
Liao (Khitan Empire) - Emperor Daozong (1055–1101)
Great Seljuq Empire
- Malik-Shah I (1072–1092)
- Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1077–1086)
Western Xia - Emperor Huizong (1067–1086)

Byzantine Empire - Nicephorus III Botaniates (1078–1081)
Kingdom of Croatia - Dmitar Zvonimir (1074–1089)
Kingdom of England - William I (1066–1087)
Kingdom of France - Philip I (1060–1108)
Kingdom of Gwynedd - Trahaearn ap Caradog 1075–1081
Holy Roman Empire - Henry IV, King of the Romans (1056–1087), Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105)
- West Friesland - Dirk V, Count of West Friesland (1061–1091)
Kingdom of Poland
- Bolesław II the Generous (1076–1079)
- Władysław I Herman (1079–1102)
Kingdom of Scotland - Malcolm III (1058–1093)
Spain
- Kingdom of Aragon - Sancho I (1063–1094)
- Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VI (1072–1109)
- Kingdom of León - Alfonso VI (1065–1109)
- Kingdom of Navarre - Sancho I of Aragon (as Sancho V) (1076–1094)