List of state leaders in 1917

1916 state leaders - Events of 1917 - 1918 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1917
*List of international organization leaders in 1917

Africa

* Ethiopia - Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930)
* Liberia - Daniel E. Howard, President of Liberia (1912-1920)
* South Africa
** Monarch - King George V, King of South Africa (1910-1936)
** Governor-General - Viscount Buxton, Governor-General of South Africa (1914-1920)
** Prime Minister - Louis Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa (1910-1919)
* Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Habibullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1901-1919)
* Brunei - Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Sultan of Brunei (1906–1924)
* China
**President -
**# Li Yüan-hung, President of the Republic of China (1916-1917)
**# Feng Kuo-Chang, President of the Republic of China (1917-1918)
**Premier -
**# Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China (1916-1917)
**# Wu Tingfang, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
**# Li Jingxi, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
**# Xu Shichang, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
**# Jiang Zhaozong, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
**# Li Jingxi, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
**# Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
**# Weng Shizhen, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1917-1918)
* Japan
**Monarch - Taishō, Emperor of Japan (1912-1926)
**Prime Minister - Terauchi Masatake, Prime Minister of Japan (1916-1918)
* Oman - Taimur Bin Faisal, Sultan of Oman (1913-1932)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
** Governor-General - Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia (1914-1920)
** Prime Minister - Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (1915-1923)
* Tonga
** Monarch - George Tupou II, King of Tonga (1893 – 1918)
** Prime Minister - T.P.Tu'ivakano, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1912 – 1923)

Europe

* Albania - "National government collapsed" (1916-1918)
*Austria-Hungary
**Monarch - Karl I, Emperor of Austria and (as Charles IV) King of Hungary (1916-1918)
**Minister-President of Austria
***#Count Heinrich von Clam-Martinic (1916-1917)
***#Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1917-1918)
**Minister-President of Hungary
***Prime Minister -
***#Count István Tisza (1913-1917)
***#Count Móric Esterházy (1917)
***#Count Sándor Wekerle (1917-1918)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Albert I, King of the Belgians (1909-1934)
**Cabinet Chief - Charles de Broqueville, Cabinet Chief (1911-1918)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
** Prime Minister - Carl Theodor Zahle, Prime Minister of Denmark (1913-1920)
* Finland - (newly independent)
** Prime Minister - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Prime Minister of Finland (1917-1918)
* France -
**President - Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913-1920)
**Prime Minister -
**# Aristide Briand, President of the Council (1915-1917)
**# Alexandre Ribot, President of the Council (1917)
**# Paul Painlevé, President of the Council (1917)
**# Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council (1917-1920)
* German Empire -
**Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
**Chancellor -
**# Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (1909-1917)
**# Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (1917)
**# Count Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (1917-1918)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (1888-1918)
***Prime Minister - German Chancellor also served as Minister-President of Prussia
** Bavaria - Ludwig III, King of Bavaria (1913-1918)
** Saxony - Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony (1904-1918)
** Württemberg - William II, King of Württemberg (1891-1918)
* Italy
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
**Prime Minister -
**# Paolo Boselli, Prime Minister of Italy (1916-1917)
**# Vittorio Orlando, Prime Minister of Italy (1917-1919)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1912-1919)
**Prime Minister -
*#Victor Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1916-19 June 1917)
*#Léon Kauffmann, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (19 June 1917-1918)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
**Prime Minister - Pieter Cort van der Linden, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1913-1918)
* Norway
**Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-1957)
**Prime Minister - Gunnar Knudsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1913-1920)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Mehmed V, Sultan (1909-1918)
* Portugal
**President -
**#Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal, (1915-1917)
**#Sidónio Pais, President of the Revolutionary Junta, (1917-1918 - from 1918 as President of Portugal)
**Prime Minister -
**#António José de Almeida, President of the Ministry (1916-1917)
**#Afonso Costa, President of the Ministry (1917)
**#Sidónio Pais, President of the Ministry (1917-1918)
* Romania - King Ferdinand (1914-1927)
* Spain
**Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
**Prime Minister -
*#Álvaro Figueroa Torres, President of the Government (December 9, 1915 - April 19, 1917)
*#Manuel García Prieto, President of the Government (April 19, 1917 - June 11, 1917)
*#Eduardo Dato Iradier, President of the Government (June 11, 1917 - November 3, 1917)
*#Manuel García Prieto, President of the Government (November 3, 1917 - March 22, 1918)
* Sweden
**Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
**Prime Minister -
*#Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden (1914-1917)
*#Carl Swartz, Prime Minister of Sweden (1917)
*#Nils Edén, Prime Minister of Sweden (1917-1920)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
**Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-1922)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
** Monarch - King George V, King of Canada (1910-1936)
** Governor-General - Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada (1916-1921)
** Prime Minister - Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920)
*Costa Rica -
*#Alfredo González Flores, President of Costa Rica (1914–1917)
*#Federico Tinoco Granados, President of Costa Rica (1917–1919)
* Cuba - Mario García Menocal, President of Cuba (1913-1921)
* México - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico (1914-1920)
*Newfoundland
** Monarch - King George V, King of Newfoundland {1910-1936}
** Governor -
**# Walter Edward Davidson, Governor of Newfoundland (1913-1917)
**# Charles A. Harris, Governor of Newfoundland (1917-1922)
** Prime Minister - Edward Patrick Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909-1917)
* United States - Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States (1913-1921)

outh America

* Brazil - Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes, President of Brazil (1914-1918)
* Paraguay - Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay (1916-1919)
* Peru - José Pardo y Barreda, President of Peru (1915-1919)
*Uruguay - Feliciano Viera, President of Uruguay (1915-1919)
*Venezuela - Victorino Márquez Bustillos, provisional President of Venezuela (1915-1922)