List of state leaders in 1569

1568 state leaders - Events of 1569 - 1570 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
• Kingdom of Sennar - 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) - 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)

• Martín Enríquez de Almanza, Viceroy of New Spain (1568-1580)
• 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 VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden - John III (1568–1592)
• Republic of Venice - Pietro Loredan, Doge of Venice (1567–1570)
• Principality of Wallachia - Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568–1574)

Middle East and North Africa

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