List of state leaders in 1568

1567 state leaders - Events of 1568 - 1569 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
• Kingdom of Kongo -
  1. Henrique I, Manikongo (1566–1568)
  2. Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
• Kingdom of Sennar -
  1. Abu Sakikin (1557/8 - 1568)
  2. Dakin (1568–1585/6)
• Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549–1582)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Longqing Emperor (1567–1572)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) -
    1. Ashikaga Yoshihide (1568)
    2. Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1568–1573)
  • de facto - Oda Nobunaga (1536–1598)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire - Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Gen (1556–1572)
• Philippines (Las islas Filipinas)

• Gastón de Peralta, Viceroy of New Spain (1566-1568)
• Alonso Muñoz (1567-1568), Luis Carrillo (1567-1568) and Francisco Ceinos (by late 1568), Viceroys of New Spain
• El Adelantado Miguel López de Legazpi, Governor General and Captain General of the Philippines (1565-1572)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark - Frederick II (1559–1588)
• Kingdom of England - Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France - Charles IX (1560–1574)
• Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian II (1564–1576)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Henry III (1567–1585)
• Hungary -
  • Royal Hungary - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor as Maximilian I (1526–1564)
  • Eastern Hungarian Kingdom - John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571)
• Moldavia - Bogdan, Voivode of Moldavia (1568–1572)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Jeanne d'Albret (1555–1572)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Selim II (1566–1574)
• Kingdom of Poland - Sigismund II (1548–1572)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Sebastian (1557–1578)
• Russia - Ivan IV the Terrible (1547–1584)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James I (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden -
  1. Eric XIV (1560–1568)
  2. John III (1568–1592)
• Republic of Venice - Pietro Loredan, Doge of Venice (1567–1570)
• Wallachia -
  1. Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568–1574)
  2. Petre cel Tanar, Voivode of Wallachia (1559–1568)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)
• Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524–1576)