List of state leaders in 996

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

Africa

*Fatimid Caliphate -
*#unicode|Abū Manṣūr Nizār al-'Azīz bi-llāh, Caliph (975-996)
*#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)
*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)

Europe

*Bohemia - Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (972-999)
*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, King of Denmark (986-1016)
*England - Aethelred II, King of England, (978-1016)
*France -
*#Hugh Capet, King of France (987-996)
*#Robert II, King of France (996-1031)
*Germany - Otto III, King of Germany (983-1002), Holy Roman Emperor (996-1002)
**Palatinate - Ezzo of Lorraine, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (994-1034)
*Holy See
*:John XV, Pope (984-996)
*:Gregory V, Pope (996-999)
*Kievan Rus - Vladimir I, Grand Prince of Kiev (980-1015)
*Leon - Bermudo II, King of Leon (982-999)
*Norway - Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway (995-1000)
*Pamplona - Garcia IV, King of Pamplona, Count of Aragon (994-1000)
* Poland - Bolesław I the Brave, Duke of Poland (992-1025)
*Scotland - Constantine III, King of Scots (995–997)
*Sweden - Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden (995-1022)
*Venice - Pietro II Orseolo, Doge of Venice (991-1009)