List of state leaders in 1535

See also
List of state leaders in 1534 Events of 1535 List of state leaders in 1536 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1535

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1535.

Africa

Kingdom of Baguirmi – Birni Besse (1522–1536)
Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
Sennar Sultanate – Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1531–1537)

Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung (1497–1539)
Bengal Sultanate – Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (1533–1538)
China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
Jaffna Kingdom – Cankili I (1519–1561)
Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
Sultanate of Khandesh – Miran Muhammad Shah I (1520–1537)
Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Sei (1527–1555)
Bijapur Sultanate (located in present-day India ) - Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534–1558)
Vijayanagara Empire (located in present-day India ) - Achyuta Deva Raya (1529–1542)
Golconda Sultanate (located in present-day India ) - Quli Qutb Mulk
Mughal Empire (located in present-day India ) - Humayun (1530–1539 and 1555–1556)
Sultanate of Sulu – Muizzul-Mutawadi-in (1527–1548)
Tibet (Phagmodrupa dynasty) – Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1499–1564)

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian III (1534–1559)
Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
- House of Habsburg - Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
- Republic of Genoa –
- Free City of Lübeck – Jürgen Wullenwever, head of state, Burgomaster in chief of Lübeck (1533–1535)
- Duchy of Mantua – Federico II (1500–1540)
- Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
- Swiss Confederation –
Kingdom of Hungary
- John Zápolya (1526–1540)
Khanate of Kazan – Canghali (1532–1535), Safa Giray (1535–1546)
Polish–Lithuanian union – Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (1506–1548)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
Papal States – Pope Paul III (1534–1549)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547), Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
Kingdom of Spain – Charles I (1516–1556)
Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
Republic of Venice – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)