List of state leaders in 1817

1816 state leaders - Events of 1817 - 1818 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also: List of religious leaders in 1817, List of colonial governors in 1817----

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804-1824)
* Buganda - Kamaya, King of Buganda (1814-1836)
* Bunyoro - Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786-1835)
* Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
* Dahomey - Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797-1818)
* Ethiopia - Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia (1801-1818)
**Shewa - Sahle Selassie, Negus (1813-1847)
* Ndzuwani - Abdallah bin Alawi, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1816-1832)
* Rwanda - Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797-1830)
*Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Muhammed Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1814-1837)
**Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817-1842)
* Swaziland - Paramount chief Ngwane IV (1815-1836)
*Zulu - Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816-1828)

Americas

* Argentina - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Supreme Director (1816-1819)
* New Spain - Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, Viceroy (1816-1821)
* Paraguay - José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Consul of Paraguay (1814-1840)
* United States
*# James Madison, President of the United States (1809-1817)
*# James Monroe, President of the United States (1817-1825)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Mahmud Shah, King of Afghanistan (1809-1818)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796-1820)
* Japan
**Monarch -
**#Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
**#Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Kō, King of Ryūkyū (1804-1828)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sunjo, King of Joseon (1800-1834)

Europe

* Abkhazia - Safar Begi, Prince of Abkhazia (1810-1821)
* Andorra
** Bishop of Urgell -
**# "Temporarily vacant (1816-1817)"
**# Bernat Francés y Caballero, Bishop of Urgell (1817-1824)
** Louis XVIII, King of France (1815-1824)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
** Prime Minister - Joachim Godske, Minister of State of Denmark (1814-1818)
* Finland
**Monarch - Alexander I, Grand Duke of Finland (1809-1825)
**Governor-General - Fabian Steinheil, Governor-General of Finland (1810-1824)
* France
**Monarch - Louis XVIII, King of France (1814 and 1815-1824)
**Prime Minister - Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-1818)
* German Confederation
** Austria - Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
**Bohemia - Francis, King of Bohemia (1792-1835)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
***Chief Minister - Prince Karl August von Hardenberg, Chief Minister of Prussia (1810-1822)
** Bavaria - Maximilian I, King of Bavaria (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
** Saxony - Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony 1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
** Hanover - George III, King of Hanover (1814-1820)
** Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
** Luxembourg - William I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1815-1840)
** Liechtenstein - Johann Josef I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1805-1836)
*Hungary - Francis, King of Hungary (1792-1835)
*Moresnet
**Monarchs -
***William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
***Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
**Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817-1859)
* United Kingdom of the Netherlands - William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
**Monarch - Carl III, King of Norway (1814-1818)
**Regent - Crown Prince Carl Johan (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Norway (1814-1818)
**Viceroy - Carl Carlsson Mörner, Viceroy of Norway (1816-1818)
*Portugal - John VI, King of Portugal (1816-1826)
* Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
* Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
**Monarch - Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-1818)
**Regent - Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden (1810-1818)
*Two Sicilies - Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (1816-1825)
* United Kingdom
**Monarch - George III, King of the United Kingdom (1760-1820)
**Regent - The Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom (1811-1820)
** Prime Minister - Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1812-1827)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Muhammad bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1816-1818)
* Ajman - Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816-1838)
* Bahrain - Shiekh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (1796-1825)
* Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
**Kel Ahaggar - Ag Mama ag Sidi, Ruler of Kel Ahaggar (1790-1830)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
* Lebanon - Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn Umar, Emir of Lebanon (1801-1821)
* Morocco - Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792-1822)
* Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
**Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1815-1818)
* Tunis "(under Ottoman suzerainty)" - Mahmud, Bey of Tunis (1814-1824)