List of state leaders in 1187

1186 state leaders - Events of 1187 - 1188 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Morocco - Yaqub, Almohad Emir (1184-1199)

Asia

*China (Jin Dynasty) - Shizong, Emperor of Jin China (1161-1189)
*China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Xiaozong, Emperor of Song China (1162-1189)
*Japan
**Monarch - Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan (1183-1198)
**Cloistered ruler - Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Jōkō of Japan (1158-1192)
** "de facto" - Minamoto no Yoritomo (1185-1199; Kamakura shogun after 1192)
*Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu, Emperor of Western Liao (1178-1211)
*Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII ("Mahaparamasangata"?) (1181-1220?)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Myeongjong, King of Goryeo (1170-1197)
*Western Xia - Renzong, Emperor of Western Xia (1139-1193)

Europe

*Aragon - Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-1196)
*Bulgarian Empire - Peter IV, Tsar of Bulgaria (1185-1190), (1196-1197)
*Castile - Alfonso VIII, King of Castile (1158-1214)
*Denmark - Canute VI, King of Denmark (1182-1202)
*England - Henry II, King of England (1154-1189)
*France - Philip II, King of France (1180-1223)
**Brittany - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1186-1201)
*Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (1152-1190)
**Bavaria - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1183-1231)
**Bohemia - Bedrich, Duke of Bohemia (1178-1189)
**Saxony - Bernard III, Duke of Saxony (1180-1210)
**Holland - Floris III, Count of Holland (1157-1190)
*Hungary - Béla III, King of Hungary (1172-1196)
*Kievan Rus - Sviatoslav III, Grand Prince of Kiev (1181-1194)
*Navarre - Sancho VI the Wise, King of Navarre (1160-1194)
*Norway - Sverre I, King of Norway (1184-1202)
*Papal States - Pope
*#Urban III (1185-1187)
*#Gregory VIII (1187)
*#Clement III (1187-1191)
*Poland - Casimir II, Duke of Krakow (1177-1194)
*Portugal - Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1211)
*Scotland - William I, King of Scotland (1165-1214)
*Sicily - William II, King of Sicily (1166-1189
*Sweden - Canute I, King of Sweden (1167-1195)

Middle East

*Abbasid Caliphate - An-Nasir, Caliph (1180-1225)
*Byzantine Empire - Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor (1185-1195)
*Syria and Egypt - Saladin, Ayyubid Sultan (1171-1193)