List of state leaders in 942

941 state leaders - Events of 942 - 943 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ifriqiya - Muhammad al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah, Fatimid Caliph (934-946)

Americas

Asia

*Byzantine Empire
**Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913-959)
**Romanus I, Byzantine Emperor (919-943)
*China (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period) -
** Later Jin Dynasty -
**#Gaozu, Emperor of Later Jin (936-942)
**#Emperor Chu, Emperor of Later Jin (942-947)
** Chu - Ma Xifan, King of Chu (932-947)
** Dingnan - Li Yixing, Dingnan Jiedushi (935-967)
** Jingnan (Nanping) - Gao Conghui, King of Nanping (928-948)
** Later Shu - Meng Chang, Emperor of Later Shu (934-965)
** Min - Wang Yanxi, Emperor of Min (939-944)
** Southern Han - Liu Bin, Emperor of Southern Han (941-943)
** Southern Tang - Liezu, Emperor of Southern Tang (937-943)
** Wuyue - Qian Zuo, King of Wuyue (941-947)
*Japan -
**Monarch - Emperor Suzaku, emperor of Japan (930-946)
**Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Tadahira, Kampaku (941-949); Sessho (930-941)
*Khitan Empire - Taizong, Khitan Emperor (926-947)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Taejo, King of Goryeo (918-943)

Europe

*Bulgaria - Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria (927-969)
*Byzantine Empire
**Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913-959)
**Romanus I, Byzantine Emperor (919-943)
*England - Edmund I, King of England (939-946)
*Germany - Otto I, King of Germany (936-973)
*Leon - Ramiro II, King of Leon (931-951)
*Scotland - Constantine II, King of Scots (900–943)
*Venice -
*#Pietro Partcipazio, Doge of Venice (939-942)
*#Pietro III Candiano, Doge of Venice (942-959)
*Western Francia - Louis IV, King of Western Francia (936-954)