List of state leaders in 1799

1798 state leaders – Events of 1799 – 1800 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Buganda – Semakokiro, King of Buganda (1771–1814)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835))
• Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796–1852)
• Dahomey – Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797–1818)
• Ethiopia –
  • Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (third reign, 1798–1799)
  • Salomon III, Emperor of Ethiopia (restored, 1799)
  • Demetros, Emperor of Ethiopia (1799–1800)
• Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1796–1816)
• Ouaddai - Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda, King of Ouaddai (1795–1803)
• Rwanda – Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797–1830)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – John Adams, President of the United States (1797–1801)

Asia

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

Europe

• Andorra – Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
• Batavian Republic – Uitvoerend Bewind of the Batavian Republic (1798–1801)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Christian Gunther, Minister of State of Denmark (1797–1810)
• France –
  1. Directory (1795–1799)
  2. Consulate – Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul (1799–1804)
• 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)
• Moldavia –
  1. Alexandru Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1795–1799)
  2. Constantine Ypsilanti, Prince of Moldavia (1799–1801)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III, (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier – Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1798–1805)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Prussia – 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)
• Wallachia –
  1. Constantin Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia (1797–1799)
  2. Alexandru Moruzi, Prince of Wallachia (1799–1801)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Morocco – Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792–1822)
• Persia – Fath Ali Shah, Shah of Persia (1797–1834)

Oceania

• Tahiti - Pomare I, King of Tahiti (1791–1803)
• Tonga –
  1. Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1797–1799)
  2. Maʻafu-ʻo-limuloa, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1799, for a few hours only)