List of state leaders in 522

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 522.

Asia

• China (Southern and Northern Dynasties) –
  • Liang Dynasty – Emperor Wu, Emperor of Liang (502–549)
  • Northern Wei Dynasty – Emperor Xiaoming, Emperor of Northern Wei (515–528)
• Japan (Kofun Era) – Emperor Keitai, Emperor of Japan (c.507-c.531)
• Korea (Three Kingdoms) –
  • Baekje – Muryeong, King of Baekje (501–523)
  • Goguryeo – Anjang, King of Goguryeo (519–531)
  • Silla – Beopheung, King of Silla (514–540)

Europe

• Kingdom of the Ostrogoths – Theodoric the Great, (488–526)
• Visigothic Kingdom – Theodoric the Great, Regent, (511–526)
• Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy –
  • South Saxons –
  • Kingdom of Kent –
  • Kingdom of Wessex – Cerdic (519–534)
  • Bernicia –
• Kingdom of Burgundy – Sigismund of Burgundy (516–523)
• Byzantine Empire – Justin I (518–527)
• Frankish Empire (Merovingian Dynasty) –
  • Clotaire I, King of Soissons (511–561)
  • Childebert I, King of Paris (511–558)
  • Chlodomer, King of Orléans (511–524)
  • Theuderic I, King of Rheims (511–534)