List of state leaders in 1198

1197 state leaders - Events of 1198 - 1199 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

Asia

• China (Jin Dynasty) - Emperor Zhangzong (1190–1208)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Ningzong (1194–1224)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch -
    1. Emperor Go-Toba (1183–1198)
    2. Emperor Tsuchimikado (1198–1210)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Minamoto no Yoritomo (1192–1199)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yeluu Zhilugu (1178–1211)
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181-1220?)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Sinjong (1197–1204)
• Western Xia - Emperor Huanzong (1193–1206)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Peter II (1196–1213)
• Bulgarian Empire - Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria (1197–1207)
• Byzantine Empire - Alexios III Angelos (1195–1203)
• Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of Denmark - Canute VI (1182–1202)
• Kingdom of England - Richard I (1189–1199)
• Kingdom of France - Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire - Philip of Swabia, King of Germany (1198–1208)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Hartwig of Uthlede (Hartwig II) (1185–1190 and 1192–1207)
  • County of Holland - Dirk VII (1190–1203)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Emeric (1196–1204)
• Kingdom of Norway - Sverre I (1184–1202)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Sancho I (1185–1211)
• Kingdom of Scotland - William I (1165–1214)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Sverker II (1196–1208)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abbasid Caliphate - An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180–1225)
• Almohad Caliphate - Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur (1184–1199)
• Egypt (Ayyubid Sultanate) -
  1. Al-Aziz (1193–1198)
  2. Al-Mansur (1198–1200)
• Kingdom of Cyprus - Amalric I (1194–1205)
• Sultanate of Rûm - Süleyman II (1196–1204)