List of state leaders in 1796

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1796.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Cape Colony – James Henry Craig, Governor (1795–1797)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Agonglo (1789–1797)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  • Tekle Giyorgis I (third reign, 1795–1796)
  • Salomon III (1796–1797)
• Wadai Empire – Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda, Sultan of Wadai (1795–1803)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

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

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Zaman Shah (1793–1801)
• China (Qing dynasty) –
  1. Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
  2. Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō On (1796–1802)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Đại Việt (Tây Sơn dynasty) – Nguyễn Quang Toản, Emperor (1792–1802)

Europe

States of the Italian peninsula and surrounding regions in 1796.

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – No reigning prince (1795–1797)
• Batavian Republic –
  • 1. Estates General of the Batavian Republic (1795–1796)
    2. National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (1796–1798)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1784–1797)
• France – Directory (1795–1799)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha (1794–1798)
• Papal States – Pope Pius VI (1775–1799)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I Francisca (1777–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William II (1786–1797)
• Russian Empire –
  1. Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
  2. Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796–1801)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV (1788–1808)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  • Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf in minority (1792–1809)
  • Regent – Duke Charles, Regent during the minority of the monarch (1792–1796)
  • Prime Minister – Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Member of the Privy Council (1792–1796)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1790–1801)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)

Oceania

• Huahine – Tenania Tamatoa, King of Huahine (1793–1810)
• Kingdom of Tahiti – Pōmare I (1791–1803)