List of state leaders in 1561

1560 state leaders - Events of 1561 - 1562 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1559-1563)
*Kongo -
*#Diogo I, Manikongo (1545 - 1561)
*#Afonso II, Manikongo (1561)
*#Bernardo I, Manikongo (1561 - 1566)
*Sennar - Abu Sakikin (1557/8 - 1568)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549-1582)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing, Emperor of China (1521-1567)
* Japan
** Monarch - Ogimachi, Emperor of Japan (1557-1586)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Shogun of Japan (1546-1565)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Myeongjong, King of Joseon (1545-1567)
*Mughal Empire - Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar, Emperor of the Mughal Empire (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Gen, King of Ryūkyū (1556-1572)

Europe

*Denmark - Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway (1559-1588)
*England - Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558 - 1603)
*France - Charles IX, King of France (1560-1574)
*Holy Roman Empire - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1556-1564)
*Hungary -
**Ferdinand I, Rival King of Hungary (1526-1564)
**John II Zapolya, Rival King of Hungary (1540-1571)
*Lithuania-Poland - Sigismund II, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1544-1572) and King of Poland (1548-1572)
*Moldavia - Alexandru Lapusneanu, Voivode of Moldavia (1552-1561)
*Navarre - Jeanne III, King of Navarre (1555-1572)
*Portugal - Sebastian, King of Portugal (1557-1578)
*Scotland Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1567)
* Spain - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-1598)
*Sweden - Eric XIV, King of Sweden (1560-1568)
*Venice - Giorolamo Priuli, Doge of Venice (1559-1567)
*Wallachia - Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568-1574)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Abdallah al-Ghalib, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1557-1574)
*Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-1566)
*Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I Shah of Iran (1524-1576)