List of state leaders in 1572

1571 state leaders - Events of 1572 - 1573 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (1563-1597)
*Kongo - Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568 - 1587)
*Sennar - Dakin (1568 - 1585/6)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549-1582)

Asia

* China (Ming Dynasty) - Longqing, Emperor of China (1567-1572)
* Japan
** Monarch - Ogimachi, Emperor of Japan (1557-1586)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Shogun of Japan (1568-1573)
** "de facto" - Oda Nobunaga (1536-1598)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo, King of Joseon (1567-1608)
* Mughal Empire - Akbar, Mughal Emperor (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Gen, King of Ryūkyū (1556-1572)

Europe

* Denmark-Norway - Frederick II, King of Denmark and King of Norway (1559-1588)
* England - Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603)
* France - Charles IX, King of France (1560-1574)
*Holland and Zeeland -
** William the Silent, Prince of Orange, Leader of the resistance (1568-1584)
** Grand Pensionary of Holland - Paulus Buys (1572-1585)
* Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1564-1576)
*Hungary - Maximilian I, King of Hungary (1564-1576)
* Moldavia -
*# Bogdan, Voivode of Moldavia (1568-1572)
*# Ioan Voda cel Viteaz, Voivode of Moldavia (1572-1574)
* Navarre -
*# Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (1555-1572)
*# Henry III of Navarre, King of Navarre (1572-1610)
* Papal States -
*# Pius V, Bishop of Rome (1566-1572)
*# Gregory XIII, Bishop of Rome (1572-1585)
* Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth -
*# Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-1572)
*# Henry III Valois, King of Poland (1572-1573)
* Portugal - Sebastian I, King of Portugal (1557-1578)
* Russia - Ivan IV the Terrible, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-1547) then Tsar of Russia 1547-1584)
* Scotland - James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625)
* Spain - Philip II (1556-1598)
* Sweden - John III, King of Sweden (1568-1592)
* Venice - Alvise Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1570-1577)
* Wallachia - Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568-1574)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Abdallah al-Ghalib, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1557-1574)
* Ottoman Empire - Selim II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566-1574)
* Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524-1576)