List of state leaders in 1562

1561 state leaders - Events of 1562 - 1563 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Menas (1559–1563)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Bernardo I, Manikongo (1561–1566)
• Kingdom of Sennar - Abu Sakikin (1557/8 - 1568)
• Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549–1582)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1566)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1546–1565)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Myeongjong (1545–1567)
• Mughal Empire - Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Gen (1556–1572)
• Sulu Sultanate - Sultan Nasir ud-Din I (1548–1568)
• Tibet - Ngawang Tashi Drakpa, King of Tiber (1499–1564)
• Kingdom of Tondo - Rajah Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II, joint rulers (1558–1571)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Frederick II (1559–1588)
• Kingdom of England - Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France - Charles IX (1560–1574)
• Holy Roman Empire - Ferdinand I (1558–1564)
• Hungary -
  • Royal Hungary - Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
  • Eastern Hungarian Kingdom - John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571)
• Moldavia - Despot Voda, Voivode of Moldavia (1561–1563)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Jeanne d'Albret (1555–1572)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Papal States - Pope Pius IV (1559–1566)
• Kingdom of Poland - Sigismund II Augustus (1548–1572)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Sebastian (1557–1578)
• Russia - Ivan IV the Terrible, Tsar of Russia (1533/1547–1584)
• Kingdom of Scotland - Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567)
• Kingdom of Spain - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Eric XIV (1560–1568)
• Republic of Venice - Giorolamo Priuli, Doge of Venice (1559–1567)
• Principality of Wallachia - Petre cel Tanar, Voivode of Wallachia (1559–1568)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)
• Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524–1576)