List of state leaders in 1550

See also
List of state leaders in 1549 Events of 1550 List of state leaders in 1551 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1550

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1550.

Africa

Ajuran Sultanate –
Ethiopian Empire – Gelawdewos (1540–1559)
Kingdom of Kongo – Diogo I, Manikongo (1545–1561)
Sennar Sultanate –
1. Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
2. Abd al-Qadir I (1550/1 - 1557/8)
Songhai Empire – Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549–1582)

Aceh Sultanate, Alauddin al-Kahar (1539–1571)
Ahom kingdom – Suklenmung (1539–1552)
Arakkal kingdom – Ali Raja Ali, Raja of Arakkal (1545–1591)
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 Yoshiteru (1546–1565)
Joseon (Korea) – Myeongjong (1545–1567)
Mughal Empire – Ibrahim Sur (1545–1555)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Sei (1527–1555)
Sultanate of Sulu – Sultan Nasir ud-Din I (1548–1568)
Vijayanagara Empire – Rama Raya (1542–1565)

Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Christian III (1534–1559)
- Duchy of Schleswig – Adolphus (1544–1586), Christian III (1523–1559), and John II (1544–1580) in condominial rule
Kingdom of England – Edward VI (1547–1553)
Kingdom of France – Henry II (1547–1559)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
- Duchy of Holstein – Adolphus (1544–1586), Christian III

(1523–1559), and John II (1544–1580) in condominial rule

- Stolberg-Stolberg -
Hungary -
- Royal Hungary – Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom – John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571)
Khanate of Kazan – Utameshgaray (1549–1551)
Lithuania and Poland – Sigismund II, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1544–1572) and King of Poland (1548–1572)
Kingdom of Navarre – Henry II d'Albret (1516–1555)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III the Pious (1521–1557)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan IV, the Terrible, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
Kingdom of Scotland – Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567)
Kingdom of Spain – Charles I (1516–1556)
Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
Republic of Venice – Francesco Donato, Doge of Venice (1545–1553)
Principality of Wallachia – Mircea the Shepherd, Voivode of Wallachia (1545–1552)