List of state leaders in 1538

1537 state leaders - Events of 1538 - 1539 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Dawit II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1508-1540)
*Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509 - 1542)
*Sennar - Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Isma'il, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1537-1539)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing, Emperor of China (1521-1567)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Nara, Emperor of Japan (1526-1557)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Shogun of Japan (1521-1546)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong, King of Joseon (1506-1544)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Sei, King of Ryūkyū (1527-1555)

Europe

*Denmark-Norway - Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (1534-1559)
*England - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)
*France - Francis I, King of France (1515-1547)
*Holy Roman Empire - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519 - 1556)
*Hungary -
**Hapsburg dynasty - Ferdinand I, King of Hungary (1526-1564)
**Zápolya - John Zápolya, King of Hungary (1526-1540)
*Lithuania and Poland - Sigismund the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (1506-1548)
*Papal States - Paul III, Pope (1534-1549)
*Portugal - John III, King of Portugal (1521-1557)
*Russia - Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547-1584)
*Scotland - James V, King of Scotland (1513-1542)
*Spain - Charles I, King of Spain (1516-1556)
*Sweden - Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden (1521-1560)
*Venice
*#Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523-1538)
*#Pietro Lando, Doge of Venice (1538-1545)

Middle East

*Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Magnificient, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520 - 1566)
*Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524-1576)