List of state leaders in 1372

See also
List of state leaders in 1371 Events of 1372 List of state leaders in 1373 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1372.

Africa

Ethiopian Empire –
1. Newaya Krestos (1344–1372)
2. Newaya Maryam (1372–1382)
Kingdom of Kano – Yaji I (1349–1385)
Mali Empire – Mari Jata II (1360–1374)

China (Ming dynasty) - Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398)
Kingdom of Chūzan – Satto (1355–1395)
Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
Japan (Muromachi period)
- Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Go-En'yū (1371–1382)
- Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Chōkei (1368–1383)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1368–1394)
Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gongmin (1351–1374)
Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)
Northern Yuan – Biligtü Khan, Emperor of Northern Yuan (1370–1378)

Bulgarian Empire –
1. Ivan Shishman, Tsar of Bulgaria (1371–1395)
2. Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria in Vidin (1356–1396)
- Principality of Karvuna – Dobrotitsa, Despot of Karvuna (1347–1387)
Byzantine Empire (Palaeologan dynasty) - John V (1341–1391)
Kingdom of England – Edward III (1327–1377)
Holy Roman Empire (House of Luxembourg) - Charles IV (1347–1378)
- Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
  - William I (1347–1388)
  - Albert (1347–1404)
- Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Albert II (1361–1395)
- County of Hainaut and County of Holland (House of Wittelsbach) -
  - Count - William V, Count of Hainaut (1347–1388)
  - Regent – Albert, Count of Holland (1358–1388)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Algirdas (1345–1377)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1359–1389)
Poland – Louis I of Hungary (1370–1382)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Ferdinand I (1367–1383)
Principality of Taranto – Philip II (1364–1374)
Kingdom of Naples – Joanna I (1343–1382)
Principality of Achaea – Philip II (1364–1373)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389)
Republic of Venice – Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice (1367–1382)
Wallachia – Vladislav I, Voivode of Wallachia (1364–1377)
Kingdom of Scotland – Robert II 1371–1390