List of state leaders in 1796

1795 state leaders – Events of 1796 – 1797 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Cape Colony – James Henry Craig, Governor (1795–1797)
• Dahomey – Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789–1797)
• Ethiopia –
  • Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (third reign, 1795–1796)
  • Salomon III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1796–1797)
• Wadai Empire - Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda, Sultan of Wadai (1795–1803)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
• China (Qing Dynasty) –
  1. Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
  2. Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796–1820)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780–1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786–1837)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō On, King of Ryūkyū (1796–1802)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
• Viet Nam (Tây Sơn Dynasty) – Nguyễn Quang Toản, Emperor of Vietnam (1792–1802)

Europe

• Andorra – No reigning prince (1795–1797)
• Batavian Republic –
  • 1. Estates General of the Batavian Republic (1795–1796)
    2. National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (1796–1798)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784–1797)
• France – Directory (1795–1799)
• 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 – Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III, (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier – Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1794–1798)
• Papal States – Pius VI, Pope (1775–1799)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Prussia – Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786–1797)
• Russia –
  1. Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
  2. Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796–1801)
• Spain – Charles IV, King of Spain (1788–1808)
• Sweden –
  • Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden in minority (1792–1809)
  • Regent – Duke Charles, Regent during the minority of the monarch (1792–1796)
  • Prime Minister – Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Member of the Privy Council (1792–1796)
• Tuscany – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1790–1801)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Morocco – Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792–1822)

Oceania

• Huahine - Tenania Tamatoa, King of Huahine (1793–1810)
• Tahiti - Pomare I, King of Tahiti (1791–1803)