List of state leaders in 1568

1567 state leaders - Events of 1568 - 1569 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (1563-1597)
*Kongo -
*#Henrique I, Manikongo (1566 - 1568)
*#Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568 - 1587)
*Sennar -
*#Abu Sakikin (1557/8 - 1568)
*#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 Yoshihide, Shogun of Japan (1568)
**# Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Shogun of Japan (1568-1573)
** "de facto" - Oda Nobunaga (1536-1598)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo, King of Joseon (1567-1608)
*Mughal Empire - Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar, Emperor of the Mughal Empire (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Gen, King of Ryūkyū (1556-1572)

Europe

*Denmark - Frederick II, King of Denmark (1559-1588)
*England - Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558 - 1603)
*France - Charles IX, King of France (1560-1574)
*Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian II (1564-1576)
*Hungary -
** Maximilian I, Rival King of Hungary (1564-1570)
** John II Zapolya, Rival King of Hungary (1540-1571)
* Moldavia - Bogdan, Voivode of Moldavia (1568-1572)
*Navarre - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (1555-1572)
*Poland - Sigismund II, King of Poland (1548-1572)
*Portugal - Sebastian, King of Portugal (1557-1578)
*Russia - Ivan IV the Terrible, Tsar of all the Russias (1547-1584)
*Scotland - James I, King of Scotland (1567-1625)
*Spain - Philip II (1556-1598)
*Sweden -
*#Eric XIV, King of Sweden (1560-1568)
*#John III, King of Sweden (1568-1592)
*Venice - Pietro Loredan, Doge of Venice (1567-1570)
*Wallachia -
*#Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568-1574)
*#Petre cel Tanar, Voivode of Wallachia (1559-1568)

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)