List of state leaders in 1789

1788 state leaders – Events of 1789 – 1790 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Darfur - Abd al-Rahman, Sultan of Darfur (1785–1801)
• Dahomey –
  1. Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774–1789)
  2. Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789–1797)
• Ethiopia –
  • Tekle Haymanot, Emperor of Ethiopia (Pretender, 1788–1789)
  • Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (second reign, 1788–1789)
  • Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789–1794)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States –
  • Cyrus Griffin, 22 January 1788 to 4 March 1789, President of the United States in Congress Assembled
  • George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)

• North Carolina –
  • Samuel Johnston, Governor (1787–1789)
  • Alexander Martin, Governor (1789–1792)
• Vermont –
  • Thomas Chittenden, Governor (13 March 1778 – 13 October 1789)
  • Moses Robinson, Governor (13 October 1789 – 20 October 1790)
• Rhode Island & Providence Plantations –
  • John Collins, Governor (May 3, 1786 - May 5, 1790)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772–1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780–1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786–1837)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
• Viet Nam (Tây Sơn Dynasty) – Nguyễn Nhạc (1778–1793) and Nguyễn Huệ (1788–1792), Emperor of Vietnam

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain, (1760–1801)
  • Governor – Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788–1792)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785–1795)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784–1797)
• France – Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire –
    1. Abdülhamit I (1774–1789)
    2. Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Koca Yusuf Pasha (1786–1789)
    2. Kethuda Çerkes Hasan Pasha (1789–1790)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Prussia – Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786–1797)
• Russia – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Spain – Charles IV, King of Spain (1788–1808)
• Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771–1792)
• Tuscany – Peter Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765–1790)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland (1787–1795)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)