List of state leaders in 897

896 state leaders - Events of 897 - 898 state leaders - State leaders by year----

Africa

Asia

*Bohai/Balhae - Da Weixie/Dae Wigye, King of Bohai/Balhae (895-906)
*"'Byzantine Empire - Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor (886 - 912)
*China (Tang Dynasty) - Zhaozong, Emperor of Tang China (888-904)
*Japan -
*#Emperor Uda, emperor of Japan (887-897)
*#Emperor Daigo, emperor of Japan (897-930)
*Silla -
*#Jinseong, Queen of Silla (887-897)
*#Hyogong, King of Silla (897-912)

Europe

*Asturias - Alfonso III the Great, King of Asturias (866-910)
*Bulgaria - Simeon I the Great, Knyaz of Bulgaria (893-927)
*"'Byzantine Empire - Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor (886 - 912)
*Cordoba - Abdallah ibn Muhammad , Emir of Cordoba (888-912)
*East Francia - Arnulf of Carinthia, Holy Roman Emperor (877-899)
*Great Moravia - Mojmír II, last king of the Great Moravian Empire (894-?906).
*Lotharingia - Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia (895-900)
*Norway - Harald I Fairhair, King of Norway (872-933)
*Scotland - Donald II, King of Scots (889-900)
*Venice - Pietro Tribuno, Doge of Venice (888-912)
*Wales -
**Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd (878-916)
*Western Francia - Odo, King of Western Francia (888-898)

Middle East

*"'Byzantine Empire - Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor (886 - 912)