List of state leaders in 959

958 state leaders - Events of 959 - 960 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Fatimid Caliphate - Maˤād al-Muˤizz li Dīn Allāh, Caliph (953-975)

Americas

Asia

*Byzantine Empire -
**Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913-959)
**Romanos II the Purple-born (Ρωμανός Β' ο Πορφυρογέννητος), ruled 959 - 963)
*China (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period) -
** Later Zhou Dynasty -
**#Shizong, Emperor of Later Zhou (954-959)
**#Emperor Gong, Emperor of Later Zhou (959-960)
** Dingnan - Li Yixing, Dingnan Jiedushi (935-967)
** Jingnan (Nanping) - Gao Baorong, King of Nanping (948-960)
** Later Shu - Meng Chang, Emperor of Later Shu (938-965)
** Northern Han - Liu Chengjun, Emperor of Northern Han (954-970)
** Qingyuan - Liu Congxiao, Qingyuan Jiedushi (945-962)
** Southern Han - Liu Chang, Emperor of Southern Han (958-971)
** Southern Tang - Yuanzong, Emperor of Southern Tang (943-958); Ruler of Southern Tang (958-961)
** Wuping - Zhou Xinfeng, Wuping Jiedushi (956-962)
** Wuyue - Qian Chu, King of Wuyue (947-978)
*Japan - Emperor Murakami, emperor of Japan (946-967)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Gwangjong, King of Goryeo (949-975)
*Liao (Khitan Empire) - Muzong, Emperor of Liao (951-969)

Europe

*Bulgaria - Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria (927-969)
*Byzantine Empire -
**Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913-959)
**Romanos II the Purple-born (Ρωμανός Β' ο Πορφυρογέννητος), (959 - 963)
*England
**Edwy, King of England (955-959)
***"Conflict between Edwy and his brother Edgar leads to the country being divided between them
****Edwy controls Wessex and Kent, 957-959
****Edgar controls Mercia and Northumbria, 957-959
**Edgar, King of England (959-975)
*Germany - Otto I, King of Germany (936-973), Holy Roman Emperor (962-973)
*Scotland - Indulf, King of Scots (954–962)
*Venice -
*#Pietro III Candiano, Doge of Venice (942-959)
*#Pietro IV Candiano, Doge of Venice (959-976)
*Western Francia - Lothair, King of Western Francia (954-986)