List of state leaders in 1796

1795 state leaders - Events of 1796 - 1797 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
* Cape Colony - James Henry Craig, Governor (1795-1797)
* Dahomey - Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789-1797)
*Ethiopia -
**Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (third reign, 1795-1796)
**Salomon III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1796-1797)
*Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

* United States - George Washington, President of the United States (1789-1797)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793-1801)
* China (Qing Dynasty) -
*#Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
*#Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796-1820)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō On, King of Ryūkyū (1796-1802)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Europe

*Andorra - "No reigning prince (1795-1797)"
*Batavian Republic -
**# Estates General of the Batavian Republic (1795-1796)
**# National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (1796-1798)
*Denmark–Norway
** Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
** Prime Minister - Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784-1797)
*France - Directory (1795-1799)
*Great Britain -
**Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
**Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801, 1804-1806)
*Holy Roman Empire - Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806)
*Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
*Papal States - Pius VI, Pope (1775-1799)
*Portugal - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
*Prussia - Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786-1797)
*Russia -
*#Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
*#Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796-1801)
*Spain - Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
*Sweden -
**Monarch - Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden 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)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793-1816)
* Morocco - Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792-1822)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789-1807)
**Grand Vizier - Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1794-1798)