List of state leaders in 1488

See also
List of state leaders in 1487 Events of 1488 List of state leaders in 1489 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1488.

Africa

Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
- Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
Japan (Muromachi period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
Kingdom of Mrauk U – Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
Duchy of Burgundy –
- Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
- Regent – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1482–1594)
Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
Kingdom of Germany – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
Kingdom of Poland – Casimir IV (1447–1492) and Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Scotland (House of Stuart): James IV (1488–1513)
Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)