List of state leaders in 1772

See also
List of state leaders in 1771 Events of 1772 List of state leaders in 1773 State leaders by year List of governors of dependent territories

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1772.

Africa

Aussa Sultanate – Kadhafo Mahammad ibn Kadhafo (1749–1779)
Sultanate of Fumban, Mbouombouo, Sultan (1757–1814)
Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
Avaradrano – Andrianjafy (1770–1787)
Kingdom of Baguirmi – Hajji Mohammed al'Amin (1751–1785)
Bornu Empire – Ali III (1750–1791)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
Sultanate of Damagaram – Tanimoun Babani (1757–1775)
Ethiopian Empire – Tekle Haymanot II (1769–1777)
Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro XI of Kongo (1764–1778)
Ndzuwani – Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
Sultanate of Sennar – Isma'il (1768–1776)
Welayta – Ogatto, ruled 1761–1800
Zulu – Jama kaNdaba (1763–1781)

Asia

Durrani Empire –
- Kabul –
  1. Ahmad Shah Abdali (1747–1772)
  2. Timur Shah (1772–1793)
- Kandahar –
  1. Ahmad Shah Abdali (1747–1772)
  2. Kandahar secedes from Kabul control
  3. Solayman Shah, King of Kandahar (1772)
  4. Kandahar returns to Kabul control
  5. Timur Shah (1772–1793)
Ahom kingdom – Sunyeophaa (1769–1780)
Bikaner State – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
Sultanate of Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin I (1762–1795)
Kingdom of Cambodia – Outey II
China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
Kingdom of Cochin – Veera Kerala Varma (1760–1775)
Daspalla State - Trilochan Deo Bhanj (1753-1775)
Georgia – Solomon I of Imereti (1768–1782)
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)
Kapurthala State – Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Maharaja of Kapurthala (1772–1783)
Kazakh Khanate – Ablai Khan (1771–1781)
Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
Las Bela – Jam Ghulam, Shah (1765–1776)
Sultanate of Perak – Sultan Mahmud Shah II Ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Shah (1765–1773)
Pontianak Sultanate – Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie (1771–1808)
Sultanate of Sulu – Sultan Azim ud-Din I
Thailand (capital at Thonburi) - Taksin the Great (1769–1782)
Travancore – Dharma Raja, Maharaja of Travancore (1758–1798)
Đại Việt – Lê Hiển Tông (1740–1786)

Europe

Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
Andorra – Co-princes:
- Bishop of Urgell –
  1. Temporarily vacant (1771–1772)
  2. Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772–1779)
- Louis XV of France (1715–1774)
Khanate of Crimea – Sahib II Giray (1771–1775)
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
- Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
- Minister of State –
  1. Johann Friedrich Struensee (1770–1772)
  2. Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1772–1784)
Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
Kingdom of Great Britain –
- Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
- Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1770–1782)
Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II (1765–1790)
- Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
- 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)
- Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
- 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)
- Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
- Electorate of Hanover – Georg III (1760–1814/1820)
- County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
- Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernest II, Prince of Irsenburg-Birstein (1754–1803)
- County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
- County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August (1736–1781)
- County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
- Electorate of Mainz – Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim, Archbishop of Mainz (1763–1774)
- Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
- Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor (1742–1799)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
- 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-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
- Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
- Duchy of Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III (1732–1772)
- Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
- Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August III (1763–1806/1827)
- County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
- Waldeck - Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1763–1812)
- 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 (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan of the Ottoman Empire - Mustafa III (1757–1774)
- Grand Vizier – Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1771–1774)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
- Monarch – Joseph I (1750–1777)
- Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal (1750–1777)
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
    1. Pieter van Bleiswijk (1772–1787)
    2. Pieter Steyn (1749–1772)
Republic of Venice – Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)

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)

Oceania

Kaua'i – Kamakahelei, Ali'i Aimoku of Kaua'i (1770–1794)
Oahu – Kūmahana, Ali'i Aimoku of Oahu (1770–1773)

References

Rulers

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