List of state leaders in 997

996 state leaders - Events of 997 - 998 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Fatimid Caliphate - unicode|Abū 'Alī al-Manṣūr al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, Caliph (996-1021)
**Ifriqiya - Badis ibn Mansur, Zirid Viceroy (995-1016)

Americas

Asia

*Byzantine Empire - Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine emperor (976-1025)
*China (Northern Song Dynasty) -
*#Taizong, Emperor of Song China (976-997)
*#Zhenzong, Emperor of Song China (997-1022)
*Japan -
**Monarch - Emperor Ichijō, emperor of Japan (986-1011)
**"de facto" - Fujiwara no Michinaga (995-1017)
*Khitan Empire - Shengzong, Khitan Emperor (982-1031)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) -
*#Seongjong, King of Goryeo (981-997)
*#Mokjong, King of Goryeo (997-1009)

Europe

*Aquitaine - William V, Duke of Aquitaine (995-1030)
*Barcelona - Ramon Borell, Count of Barcelona (992-1018)
*Bavaria - Henry IV, Duke of Bavaria (995-1005)
*Bohemia - Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (972-999)
*Brittany - Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (992-1008)
*Bulgaria Joint rulers (Samuil was not officially proclaimed Emperor until Roman's death in 997)
**Roman I, Tsar of Bulgaria (976-997)
**Samuil, Tsar of Bulgaria (976-1014)
*Byzantine Empire - Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine emperor (976-1025)
*Castile - Sancho I Garces, Count of Castile (995-1017)
*Denmark - Sweyn I "Forkbeard", King of Denmark (985-1014)
*England - Ethelred II the Unready, King of England (978-1013, 1014-1016)
*France - Robert II, King of France (996-1031)
*Hungary -
*#Géza, Ruling Prince of the Magyars (c. 971-997)
*#Stephen I of Hungary, King of Hungary (997-1038)
*Holy Roman Empire - Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (983-1002)
**Palatinate - Ezzo of Lorraine, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (994-1034)
*Ireland - Mael Seachlainn II Mór, High King of Ireland (979-1002)
*Kyivan Rus' - Volodymyr the Great, Grand Duke of Kyiv (980-1015)
*Leon - Bermudo II, King of Leon (982-999)
*Normandy - Richard II, Duke of Normandy (996-1026)
*Norway - Olav Tryggvason, King of Norway (995-1000)
* Poland - Bolesław I the Brave, Duke of Poland (992-1025)
*Provence - Roubaud III, Count of Provence (961-1018
*Scotland -
*#Constantine III, King of Scots (995-997)
*#Kenneth III, King of Scots (997-1005)
*Spain -
**Caliph - Hisham II of the Umayyad Dynasty, Caliph of Cordoba (976-1008, 1010-1012)
**"de facto" - Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir, hajib (978-1002)
*Sweden - Olof the Tax-king, King of Sweden (995-1022)
*Venice - Pietro II Orseolo, Doge of Venice (991-1009)