List of state leaders in 1179
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This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1179.
Asia
- China (Jin/Jurchen dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
- China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
- Japan (Heian period)
- Monarch – Emperor Takakura (1168–1180)
- Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Motofusa, Sesshō (1166–1173); Kampaku (1173–1179)
- de facto - Taira no Kiyomori (1159–1181)
- Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu (1178–1211)
- Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Myeongjong (1170–1197)
- Western Xia – Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)
- Sultanate of Rûm – Kilij Arslan II (1156–1192)
Europe
- Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso II (1162–1196)
- Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
- Kingdom of England – Henry II (1154–1189)
- Kingdom of France – Louis VII (1137–1180)
- Holy Roman Empire – Frederick I Barbarossa (1155–1190)
- County of Holland – Floris III (1157–1190)
- Kingdom of Hungary – Béla III (1172–1196)
- Kingdom of Portugal – Afonso I Henriques (1128–1185)
- Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
- Serbian Grand Principality – Stefan Nemanja (1168–1196)
- Kingdom of Sicily – William II (1166–1189)