List of state leaders in 1597

1596 state leaders - Events of 1597 - 1598 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia -
  1. Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
  2. Yaqob (1597–1603 and 1604–1606)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Álvaro II, Manikongo (1587–1614)
• Kingdom of Sennar - Unsa I (1591–1603/4)

Asia

• Khanate of Khiva - Abdullah Khan II (1577–1598)
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli Emperor of China (1573–1620)
• Đại Việt - Lê Thế Tông (1573–1599)
  • Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570–1623)
  • Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Yōzei (1586–1611)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sesshō and Kampaku (1585–1598)
• Khanate of Khiva - Haji Muhammad I (1558–1602)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire - Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Nei (1587–1620)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Christian IV (1588–1648)
• Kingdom of England and Ireland - Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France - Henry IV (1589–1610)
• Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II (1576–1612)
  • Duchy of Bavaria
    1. William V (1579–1597)
    2. Maximilian I (1597–1651)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg - John George (1571–1598)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1596–1634)
  • Dutch Republic on the verge to independence see United Provinces
  • Bishopric of Lübeck - John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1586–1607)
  • Palatinate - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596–1632)
  • Saxony - Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1591–1611)
• Royal Hungary - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (as Rudolf I) (1576–1608)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Henry III of Navarre (1572–1610)
• Ottoman ( Turkish ) Empire - Mehmet III (1595–1603)
• Papal States - Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - Sigismund III Vasa (1587–1632)
• Russia
  • Tsar - Feodor I, Tsar of Russia (1584–1598)
  • Regent - Boris Godunov (1584–1598)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Sigismund (1592–1599)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1585–1625)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1586–1619)
• Republic of Venice - Marino Grimani, Doge of Venice (1595–1606)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi (1578–1603)
• Safavid Empire - Abbas I, Shah of Iran (1587–1629)