List of state leaders in 1438

1437 state leaders - Events of 1438 - 1439 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

The Americas

• Inca Empire - Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438–1471)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Emperor Zhengtong (1435–1449)
• Gajapati Kingdom - Kapilendra Deva (1434–1467)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshinori (1429–1441)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejong (1418–1450)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Hashi (1429–1439)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy - Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire - John VIII Palaeologus (1425–1448)
• Crown of Castile - John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Kingdom of France (Valois Dynasty) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Albert II of Habsburg (1437–1439)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Sigismund I Kestutian, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1432–1440)
• Kingdom of Naples - René I (1435–1442)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Blanche I (1425–1441)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Murat II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Kingdom of Poland - Władysław III of Varna (1434–1444)
• Kingdom of Portugal -
  1. Edward (1433–1438)
  2. Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James ll (1437–1460)
• Republic of Venice - Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) - Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus - John II (1432–1458)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt -
  1. Yusuf (1437–1438)
  2. Jaqmaq (1438–1453)