List of state leaders in 1179

1178 state leaders - Events of 1179 - 1180 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

Asia

• China (Jin/Jurchen Dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
• Japan (Heian period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Takakura (1168–1180)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Motofusa, Sesshō (1166–1173); Kampaku (1173–1179)
  • de facto - Taira no Kiyomori (1159–1181)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu (1178–1211)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Myeongjong (1170–1197)
• Western Xia - Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Alfonso II (1162–1196)
• Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of England - Henry II (1154–1189)
• Kingdom of France - Louis VII (1137–1180)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa (1155–1190)
  • County of Holland - Floris III (1157–1190)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Béla III (1172–1196)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Afonso I Henriques (1128–1185)
• Kingdom of Scotland - William I (1165–1214)
• Kingdom of Sicily - William II (1166–1189)