List of state leaders in 1789

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1789.

Africa

• Akwa Akpa – Ekpenyong Offiong Okoho, King of Akwa Akpa (1786–1805)
• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Sultanate of Darfur – Abd al-Rahman (1785–1801)
• Kingdom of Dahomey –
  1. Kpengla (1774–1789)
  2. Agonglo (1789–1797)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  • Tekle Haymanot of Gondar (Pretender, 1788–1789)
  • Tekle Giyorgis I (second reign, 1788–1789)
  • Hezqeyas (1789–1794)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States –
  • George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)

• North Carolina –
  • Samuel Johnston, Governor (1787–1789)
  • Alexander Martin, Governor (1789–1792)
• Vermont Republic –
  • Thomas Chittenden, Governor (13 March 1778 – 13 October 1789)
  • Moses Robinson, Governor (13 October 1789 – 20 October 1790)
• Rhode Island and Providence Plantations –
  • John Collins, Governor (May 3, 1786 - May 5, 1790)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Timur Shah Durrani (1772–1793)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Mughal Empire – Shah Alam II (1759–1806)
• Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1782–1809)
• Đại Việt (Tây Sơn dynasty) – Nguyễn Nhạc (1778–1793) and Nguyễn Huệ (1788–1792)

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1801)
  • Governor – Captain Arthur Phillip (1788–1792)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785–1795)
  • Louis XVI of France (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1784–1797)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XVI (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II (1765–1790)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire –
    1. Abdülhamit I (1774–1789)
    2. Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Koca Yusuf Pasha (1786–1789)
    2. Kethuda Çerkes Hasan Pasha (1789–1790)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I Francisca (1777–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William II (1786–1797)
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV (1788–1808)
• 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, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland (1787–1795)

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)