List of state leaders in 953

952 state leaders - Events of 953 - 954 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)
*China (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period) -
** Later Zhou Dynasty - Taizu, Emperor of Later Zhou (951-954)
** 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 Min, Emperor of Northern Han (951-954)
** Qingyuan - Liu Congxiao, Qingyuan Jiedushi (945-962)
** Southern Han - Liu Sheng, Emperor of Southern Han (943-958)
** Southern Tang - Yuanzong, Emperor of Southern Tang (943-958); Ruler of Southern Tang (958-961)
** Wuping -
**#Liu Yan, Wuping Jiedushi (951-953)
**#Wang Kui, Wuping Jiedushi (953-956)
** 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, (927-969)
*Byzantine Empire - Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913-959)
*England - Edred, King of England (946-955)
*Germany - Otto I, King of Germany (936-973)
*Scotland - Malcolm I, King of Scots (943–954)
*Venice - Pietro III Candiano, Doge of Venice (942-959)
*Western Francia - Louis IV, King of Western Francia (936-954)