List of state leaders in 1531

1530 state leaders - Events of 1531 - 1532 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Kingdom of Baguirmi - Birni Besse (1522–1536)
• Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Kingdom of Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
• Songhai Empire -
  1. Askia Musa, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1528–1531)
  2. Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1531–1537)

Americas

• Inca Empire - Huascar (1527–1532)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate - Burhan Shah I (1510–1553)
• Ahom Kingdom - Suhungmung(1497–1539)
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
• Cochin - Unniraman Koyikal II, King of Cochin (1503-1537)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
• Kengtung - Hpaya Kiao, ruled (1523–1560)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Mughalistan - Sultan Said Khan, Khan of Mughalistan (1514–1533)
• Mugal Empire - Humayun, Mugal Emperor (1530-1539)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao - Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
• Persia (Safavid Empire) - Tahmasp I (1525–1576)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Sei (1527–1555)
• Sulu Sultanate - Muizzul-Mutawadi-in (1527–1548)
• Tibet - Ngawang Tashi Drakpa, King of Tibet (1499-1564)
• Vijayanagar Empire - Achyuta Deva Raya (1529–1542)

Europe

• Khanate of Astrakhan - Qasim II of Astrakhan (1504–1532)
• Khanate of Crimea - Saadet I Giray (1524–1532)
• Denmark–Norway - Frederick I (1523–1533)
  • Duchy of Schleswig - Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England - Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France - Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire - Charles V (1519–1556)
  • Duchy of Holstein - Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Duchy of Mantua - Federico II (1500–1540)
  • Duchy of Milan - Francesco II Sforza (1525–1535)
  • Duchy of Savoy - Charles III (1504–1553)
• Malta - Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (began rule of Malta in 1530)
• Duchy of Naxos - John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
• Polish–Lithuanian union - Sigismund the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (1506–1548)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Süleyman I, the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Kingdom of Portugal - John III (1521–1557)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow - Vasili III (1505–1533)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James V (1513–1542)
• Kingdom of Spain - Charles I (1516–1556)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice - Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)