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List of state leaders in 1817

1816 state leaders - Events of 1817 - 1818 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also: List of religious leaders in 1817, List of colonial governors in 1817

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Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804-1824)
• Buganda - Kamaya, King of Buganda (1814-1836)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786-1835))
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
• Dahomey - Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797-1818)
• Fulani Empire - Mohammed Bello, Fulani Sultan (1814-1837)
• Ndzuwani - Abdallah bin Alawi, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1816-1832)
• Rwanda - Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797-1830)
• Swaziland - Paramount chief Nggwane IV (1815-1836)
• Zulu - Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816-1828)

Americas

• United States
  1. James Madison, President of the United States (1809-1817)
  2. James Monroe, President of the United States (1817-1825)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Mahmud Shah, King of Afghanistan (1809-1818)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796-1820)
• Japan
  • Monarch -
    1. Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
    2. Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Safar Begi, Prince of Abkhazia (1810-1821)
• Andorra
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Temporarily vacant (1816-1817)
    2. Bernat Francés y Caballero, Bishop of Urgell (1817-1824)
  • Louis XVIII, King of France (1815-1824)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
  • Prime Minister - Joachim Godske, Minister of State of Denmark (1814-1818)
• Finland
  • Monarch - Alexander I, Grand Duke of Finland (1809-1825)
  • Governor-General - Fabian Steinheil, Governor-General of Finland (1810-1824)
• France
  • Monarch - Louis XVIII, King of France (1814 and 1815-1824)
  • Prime Minister - Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-1818)
• Netherlands - William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
• Norway - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Carl III, King of Norway (1814-1818)
  • Regent - Crown Prince Carl Johan (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Norway (1814-1818)
  • Viceroy - Carl Carlsson Mörner, Viceroy of Norway (1816-1818)
• Portugal - John VI, King of Portugal (1816-1826)
• Prussia
  • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
  • Chief Minister - Karl August von Hardenberg, Chancellor of Prussia (1810-1822)
• Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
• Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-1818)
  • Regent - Crown Prince Charles (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Sweden (1810-1818)
  • Chief Minister - Fredrik Gyllenborg, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1810-1829)
  • Foreign Minister - Lars von Engeström, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1809-1824)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - George III, King of the United Kingdom (1760-1820)
  • Regent - The Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom (1811-1820)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1812-1827)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Muhammad bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1816-1818)
• Ajman - Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816-1838)
• Bahrain - Shiekh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (1796-1825)
• Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
  • Kel Ahaggar - Ag Mama ag Sidi, Ruler of Kel Ahaggar (1790-1830)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
• Lebanon - Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn Umar, Emir of Lebanon (1801-1821)
• Morocco - Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792-1822)
• Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1815-1818)
• Tunis (under Ottoman suzerainty) - Mahmud, Bey of Tunis (1814-1824)