List of state leaders in 1797

1796 state leaders – Events of 1797 – 1798 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Dahomey –
  1. Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789–1797)
  2. Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797–1818)
• Ethiopia –
  • Salomon III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1796–1797)
  • Yonas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1797–1798)
• Ouaddai - Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda, King of Ouaddai (1795–1803)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States
  • Head of State/Government –
    1. George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)
    2. John Adams, President of the United States (1797–1801)

Asia

• Afghanistan –
  • Kabul – Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
  • Herat
    1. Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
    2. Herat secedes from Kabul control
    3. Mahmud Shah, King of Herat (1797)
    4. Herat returns to Kabul control
    5. Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – 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)
• Oudh -
  1. Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, Nawab of Oudh (1775-1797)
  2. Wazir Ali Khan, Nawab of Oudh (1797-1798)
• Persia (Qajar Dynasty) – King Mohammad Khan Qajar (1795–1797)
• Shan States

• Hsenwi - Sao Hswe Cheng (Kon), ruled 1778-1800
• Kengtung - Sao Kawng Tai, ruled 1787-1804
• Kyawkku Hsiwan - Nga Kaw Tha, ruled 1783-1820
• Laihka - Law Na, ruled 1794-1803
• Lawksawk - Hkun Sam Lik, ruled 1791-1811
• Pangtara - Maung Than, ruled 1796-1802
• Tawngpeng - Ba Hkun Kein Möng, ruled 1781-1819
• Yawnghwe - Sao Yun, ruled 1762-1815

• Viet Nam (Tây Sơn Dynasty) – Nguyễn Quang Toản, Emperor of Vietnam (1792–1802)

Europe

• Andorra –
  1. No reigning prince (1795–1797)
  2. Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
• Batavian Republic – National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (1796–1798)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784–1797)
    2. Christian Gunther, Minister of State of Denmark (1797–1810)
• 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)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Prussia –
  1. Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786–1797)
  2. Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797–1840)
• Russia – Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796–1801)
• Spain – Charles IV, King of Spain (1788–1808)
• Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden (1792–1809)
• 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)
• Tonga –
  1. Mumui, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (?-1797)
  2. Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1797–1799)
• Tahiti - Pomare I, King of Tahiti (1791–1803)