List of state leaders in 1598

1597 state leaders - Events of 1598 - 1599 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1597-1603 and 1604-1606)
*Kongo - Álvaro II, Manikongo (1587 - 1614)
*Sennar - Unsa I (1591-1603/4)

Asia

*Bukhara - Abdullah Khan II, Khan of Bukhara (1577-1598)
*China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli, Emperor of China (1573-1620)
*Dai Viet - Lê Thế Tông, Emperor of Dai Viet (1573-1599)
**Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570-1623)
**Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
* Japan
**Monarch - Go-Yozei, Emperor of Japan (1586-1611)
** Regent (Kampaku) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sessho and Kampaku (1585-1598)
** "de facto" - Council of Five Elders (1598-1600)
*Khiva - Haji Muhammad I, Khan of Khiva (1558-1602)*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo, King of Joseon (1567-1608)
*Mughal Empire - Akbar, Mughal Emperor (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Nei, King of Ryūkyū (1587-1620)

Europe

*Bohemia - Rudolf II, King of Bohemia (1576-1611)
*Crimea - Ghazi II Girai, Khan of the Crimean Tatars (1596-1608)
*Denmark - Christian IV, King of Denmark (1588-1648)
*England — Elizabeth I, (1558–1603)
*France - Henry IV, King of France (1589-1610)
*Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612)
*Hungary - Rudolf II, King of Hungary (1576-1609)
*Moldavia - Ieremia Movilă, Prince of Moldavia (1595-1600, 1600-1606)
*Papal States - Clement VIII, Pope (1592-1605)
*Poland - Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland (1587-1632)
*Russia
*#Feodor I, Tsar of Russia (1584-1598)
*#Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605)
*Scotland - James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625)
*Spain and Portugal
*#Philip II (1556-1598)
*#Philip III (1598-1621)
*Sweden - Sigismund, King of Sweden (1592-1599)
* United Provinces
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
** Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1585 - 1625)
**Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1586-1619)
*Venice - Marino Grimani, Doge of Venice (1595-1606)
*Wallachia - Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1578-1603)
* Ottoman Empire - Mehmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595-1603)
*Safavid Empire - Abbas I Shah of Iran (1587-1629)