List of state leaders in 1522

1521 state leaders - Events of 1522 - 1523 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Kingdom of Baguirmi - Birni Besse (1522–1536)
• Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Kingdom of Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
• Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
• Warsangali Sultanate - Gerad Liban (1503–1525)
• Wolof Empire - Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

Americas

• Inca Empire - Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

• Ahom Kingdom - Suhungmung (1497–1539)
• Ava Kingdom - Shwenankyawshin (1501–1527)
• Brunei - Bolkiah, Sultan (1485–1524)
• Sultanate of Bengal - Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
• Bijapur Sultanate - Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
• Bhaktapur - Prana Malla, King of Bhaktapur (1519–1547)
• Cambodia (Kingdom of Charktomok) - Chey Chettha Thirach, ruled 1512-1525
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
• Cochin - Unniraman Koyikal II, King of Cochin (1503-1537)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
• Khanate of Khiva - Ilbars I (1515–1525)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao - Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Pattani Kingdom - Sultan Ismail Shah (bef. 1516-c. 1530)
• Sibir Khanate - Kuluk (1502–1530)
• modern Sri Lanka

• Kelaniya - Dharma Parakramabahu IX, King (1509-1528)
• Kotte - Bhuvanekabahu VII, King (1521-1551)
• Sitawaka - Mayadunne, King (1521-1581)

• Sultanate of Sulu - Amir ul-Umara (1505–1527)
• Sultanate of Ternate - Bayanullah (1500–1522)
• Kingdom of Tondo and Kingdom of Namayan - Rajah Sulaiman I, Rajah (1515–1558)
• Uyghurstan - Mansur Khan (1503–1543)
• Yemen - Amar ben Da'ud (1517–1526)

Europe

• Astrakhan Khanate - Qasim II (1504–1534)
• Crimean Khanate - Mehmed I Giray (1515–1523)
• Denmark–Norway - Christian II, King of Denmark and Norway (1513–1523)
  • Duchy of Schleswig - Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England - Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France - Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire - Charles V (1519–1556)
  • Republic of Genoa - Antoniotto II Adorno, Doge of Genoa (1522–1527)
  • Duchy of Holstein - Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of Hungary - Louis II (1516–1526)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow - Vasili III of Russia (1505–1533)
• Duchy of Naxos - John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Süleyman I, the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Papal States - Pope Hadrian VI (1521–1523)
• Kingdom of Poland - Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Kingdom of Portugal - John III (1521–1557)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James V (1513–1542)
• Qasim Khanate - Canghali (1519–1531)
• Spain
  • Kingdom of Aragon - Charles I (1516–1556)
  • Crown of Castile
    • Queen - Joanna (1504–1555)
    • Regent - Charles I, King of Aragon (1556–1556)
• Sweden - Gustav Vasa, viceroy (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice - Antonio Grimani, Doge of Venice (1521–1523)