List of state leaders in 1565

1564 state leaders - Events of 1565 - 1566 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (1563-1597)
*Kongo - Bernardo I, Manikongo (1561 - 1566)
*Sennar - Abu Sakikin (1557/8 - 1568)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549-1582)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing, Emperor of China (1522-1567)
* Japan
** Monarch - Ogimachi, Emperor of Japan (1557-1586)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Shogun of Japan (1546-1565)
** "de facto" - Miyoshi Nagayoshi and Matsunaga Hisahide
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Myeongjong, King of Joseon (1545-1567)
*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)
*Navarre - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (1555-1572)
*Papal States - Pius IV, Pope (1559-1565)
*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 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1567)
*Spain - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-1598)
*Sweden - Eric XIV, King of Sweden (1560-1568)
*Venice - Giorolamo Priuli, Doge of Venice (1559-1567)
* Wallachia - Petre cel Tanar, Voivode of Wallachia (1559-1568)
* Khanate of Crimea - Devlet I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1551-1577)
* Malta - Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette, The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St.John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta (1557-1568)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Abdallah al-Ghalib, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1557-1574)
* Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-1566)
* Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I Shah of Iran (1524-1576)