List of state leaders in 1797

1796 state leaders - Events of 1797 - 1798 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
* Dahomey -
*# Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789-1797)
*# Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797-1818)
*Ethiopia -
**Salomon III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1796-1797)
**Yonas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1797-1798)
*Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

* United States
** Head of State/Government -
**# George Washington, President of the United States (1789-1797)
**# John Adams, President of the United States (1797-1801)

Asia

* Afghanistan -
** Kabul - Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793-1801)
** Herat
**# Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793-1801)
**# "Herat secedes from Kabul control"
**# Mahmud Shah, King of Herat (1797)
**# "Herat returns to Kabul control"
**# Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793-1801)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - 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)"
*# Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797-1816)
* Batavian Republic - 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)
**# Christian Gunther, Minister of State of Denmark (1797-1810)
* 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)
* Portugal - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
* Prussia -
*#Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786-1797)
*#Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
*Russia - Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796-1801)
* Spain - Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
* Sweden - Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden (1792-1809)

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)

Oceania

* Tonga -
*#Mumui, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (?-1797)
*#Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1797-1799)