List of state leaders in 1789

1788 state leaders - Events of 1789 - 1790 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
* Dahomey -
*# Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
*# Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789-1797)
*Ethiopia -
**Tekle Haymanot, Emperor of Ethiopia ("Pretender", 1788-1789)
**Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (second reign, 1788-1789)
**Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789-1794)
*Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

*United States -
** Cyrus Griffin, January 22 1788 to March 4 1789, President of the United States in Congress Assembled
** George Washington, President of the United States (1789-1797)

*North Carolina -
**Samuel Johnston, Governor (1787-1789)
**Alexander Martin, Governor (1789-1792)
* Vermont -
** Thomas Chittenden, Governor (March 13, 1778-October 13, 1789)
** Moses Robinson, Governor (October 13, 1789-October 20, 1790)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752-1795)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Australia and Oceania

*Colony of New South Wales
**Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain, (1760-1801)
** Governor - Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788-1792)

Europe

* Andorra - Coprinces:
** Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785-1795)
** Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
* Denmark–Norway
** Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
** Prime Minister - Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784-1797)
* France - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
* 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 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
* Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
* Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764-1795)
* 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)
* Spain - Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
* Sweden - Absolutism
**Monarch - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792)
* United Provinces -
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
**Stadtholder - William V, Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751-1795)
***Holland - Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland (1787-1795)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761-1793)
* Morocco - Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757-1790)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch -
**# Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
**# Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789-1807)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Koca Yusuf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1786-1789)
**# Kethuda Çerkes Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1789-1790)