List of state leaders in 1523

1522 state leaders - Events of 1523 - 1524 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Baguirmi - Birni Besse (1522 - 1536)
*Ethiopia - Dawit II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1508-1540)
*Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509 - 1542)
*Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503 - 1533/4)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493-1528)

Americas

*Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing, Emperor of China (1521-1567)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Kashiwabara, Emperor of Japan (1500-1526)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Shogun of Japan (1521-1546)
*Khiva - Ilbars I, Khan of Khiva (1515-1525)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong, King of Joseon (1506-1544)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin, King of Ryūkyū (1477-1526)

Europe

*Denmark -
*# Christian II, King of Denmark (1513-1523)
*# Frederick I, King of Denmark (1523-1533)
*England - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)
*France - Francis I, King of France (1515-1547)
*Holy Roman Empire - Charles V, King of the Romans (1519 - 1556)
*Hungary - Louis II, King of Hungary (1516-1526)
*Lithuania - Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548)
*Muscovy - Vasili III of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (1505-1533)
*Poland - Zygmunt I the Old, King of Poland (1506-1548)
*Scotland - James V, King of Scotland (1513-1542)
*Spain
**Aragon - Charles I, King of Aragon (1516 - 1556)
**Castile
***Queen - Joanna, Queen of Castile (1504-1555)
***Regent - Charles I, King of Aragon (1556-1556)
*Sweden - Gustav I Vasa, viceroy and King of Sweden (1521-1560)
*Venice -
*#Antonio Grimani, Doge of Venice (1521-1523)
*#Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523-1538)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (1520 - 1566)