List of state leaders in 1779

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1779.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Kpengla (1774–1789)
• Daura Emirate - Sarkin Gwari Abdu (1778-1825)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Salomon II (1777–1779)
  2. Tekle Giyorgis I (first reign, 1779–1784)
• Futa Toro – Abdul Kaader, Almami of Futa Toro (1776–1807)
• Kingdom of Koya – Nembanga (1775–1793)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Americas

• United States – Presidents of the Second Continental Congress of the United States:
  1. John Jay, 10 December 1778 to 28 September 1779
  2. Samuel Huntington, 28 September 1779 to 28 February 1781,
• Vermont – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (13 March 1778 – 13 October 1789)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Timur Shah (1772–1793)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin I (1762–1795)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Hyderabad State – Ali Khan Asaf Jah II, Nizam of Hyderabad (1762–1803)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Momozono (1771–1779)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Las Bela – Mir Khan I, ruled 1776–1818
• Persia –
  1. Karim Khan, Shah of Persia (1760–1779)
  2. Muhammad Ali Khan, Shah of Persia (1779)
  3. Abol Fath Khan, Shah of Persia (1779)
  4. Sadiq Khan Zand, Shah of Persia (1779–1781)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Bishop of Urgell –
    1. Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772–1779)
    2. Temporarily vacant (1779–1780)
  • Louis XVI of France (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1772–1784)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XVI (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1770–1782)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August (1747–1793)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
  • Electorate of Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August (1736–1781)
  • County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • Electoral Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV (1747–1779)
  • County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
  • County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August III (1763–1806/1827)
  • Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
  • County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)

• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkih) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Abd-ul-Hamid I (1774–1789)
  • Grand Vizier
    1. Kalafat Mehmed Pasha (1778–1779)
    2. Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha (1779–1781)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick II (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles III (1759–1788)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III (1771–1792)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Peter Leopold I (1765–1790)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772–1787)
• Republic of Venice –
  1. Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)
  2. Paolo Renier, Doge of Venice (1779–1789)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Quba Khanate – Fatali Khan (1758–1789)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Mohammed III (1757–1790)