List of state leaders in 1356

1355 state leaders - Events of 1356 - 1357 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1344 - 1372)
*Kano - Yaji I, Emir of Kano (1349-1385)
*Mali - Suleiman, King of Mali (1341-1360)

Americas

*Aztecs Tenoch, Great Speaker (1325-1376)

Asia

*China (Yuan Dynasty) - Huizong, Emperor of China (1333-1370)
*Chūzan - Satto - King of Chūzan (1355-1395)
*Hokuzan - Haniji - King of Hokuzan (1322-1395)
*Japan
**Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Go-Kōgon, emperor of Japan (1352-1371)
**Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Murakami, emperor of Japan (1339-1368)
**Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Takauji, Shogun of Japan (1338-1358)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Gongmin, King of Goryeo (1351-1374)
*Nanzan - Ofusato - King of Nanzan (1337-1396)

Europe

*Bulgarian Empire - Ivan Alexander, Tsar of Bulgaria (1331-1371)
*Byzantine Empire (Palaeologan Dynasty) - John V, Emperor (1341-1391)
*Castile - Peter I, King of Castile and Leon (1350-1369)
*Denmark - Valdemar IV, King of Denmark (1340-1375)
*England - Edward III, King of England (1327-1377)
*France - John II, King of France (1350-1364)
*Holy Roman Empire (House of Luxembourg) - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1347-1378)
**Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
***William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1347-1388)
***Albert, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1347-1404)
**Hainaut -
**#(House of Avesnes) - Margaret, Countess of Hainaut (1347-1356)
**#(House of Wittelsbach) - William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1356-1388)
**Holland (House of Wittelsbach) - William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1354-1388)
*Lithuania - Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345-1377)
*Norway - Haakon VI, King of Norway (1343-1380)
*Portugal - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-1357)
*Sweden -
**Magnus II, King of Sweden (1319-1363)
**Eric XII, rival King of Sweden (1356-1359)
*Taranto - Louis, Prince of Taranto (1346 - 1362)
*Naples - Joan I, Queen of Naples (1343 - 1382)
*Achaea - Robert, Prince of Achaea (1332 - 1364)
*Moscow - Ivan II, Grand Prince of Moscow (1353 - 1359)
*Wallachia - Nicolae Alexandru, Voivode of Wallachia (1352 - 1364)

Middle East and North Africa

*Cyprus - Hugh IV, King of Cyprus (1324-1359)
*Egypt - Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan, Sultan of Egypt (1354-1361)
*Ottoman Empire - Orhan I, Bey of the Ottoman Empire (1326-1359)