List of state leaders in 1525

1524 state leaders - Events of 1525 - 1526 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)
• Wolof Empire - Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

Americas

• Inca Empire - Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate - Burhan Shah I (1510–1553)
• Ahom Kingdom - Suhungmung (1497–1539)
• Ava Kingdom - Shwenankyawshin (1501–1527)
• Sultanate of Bengal - Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
• Berar Sultanate - Aladdin Imad Shah (1504–1529)
• Bijapur Sultanate - Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
• Brunei - Abdul Kahar, Sultan (1524–1530)
• 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)
• Kentung - Hpaya Kiao, ruled (1523–1560)
• 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)
• Sibir Khanate - Kuluk (1502–1530)

Europe

• Denmark–Norway - Frederick I (1523–1533)
  • Duchy of Schleswig - Christian III (1523–1559) 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)
  • Duchy of Bavaria - William IV (1508–1550)
  • Republic of Genoa - Antoniotto II Adorno, Doge of Genoa (1522–1527)
  • Duchy of Holstein - Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Electorate of Saxony -
    1. Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1486–1525)
    2. John, Elector of Saxony (1525–1532)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Duchy of Naxos - John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Süleyman I, the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Kingdom of Poland - Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Kingdom of Portugal - John III (1521–1557)
• Qasim Khanate - Canghali (1519–1531)
• Kingdom of Spain - Charles I (1516–1556)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice - Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)