List of state leaders in 1586

1585 state leaders - Events of 1586 - 1587 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
• Kingdom of Sennar -
  1. Dakin (1568–1585/6)
  2. Dawra (1585/6-1587/8)
• Songhai Empire -
  1. Askia Al-Hajj, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1582–1586)
  2. Askia Mohommed Bana, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1586–1588)

Asia

• Bali - Dalem Seganing, Raja of Bali (c. 1580-1623)
• Khanate of Khiva - Abdullah Khan II (1577–1598)
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli Emperor of China (1573–1620)
• Đại Việt - Lê Thế Tông (1573–1599)
  • Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570–1623)
  • Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch -
    1. Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
    2. Emperor Go-Yōzei (1586–1611)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sesshō and Kampaku (1585–1598)
• Khanate of Khiva - Haji Muhammad I (1558–1602)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire - Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Ei (1573–1586)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Frederick II (1559–1588)
  • Duchy of Schleswig -
    • 1. Adolphus (1544–1586) and Frederick II (1559–1588) in condominial rule
      2. Frederick II (Denmark) (1559–1588) and Frederick II (Gottorp) (1586–1587) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England — Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France - Henry III (1574–1589)
• Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II (1576–1612)
  • Duchy of Holstein -
    • 1. Adolphus (1544–1586) and Frederick II (1559–1588) in condominial rule
      2. Frederick II (Denmark) (1559–1588) and Frederick II (Gottorp) (1586–1587) in condominial rule
  • Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck - John Adolphus (1586–1607)
• Royal Hungary - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (as Rudolf I) (1576–1608)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Henry III (1572–1610)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Murat III (1574–1595)
• Papal States - Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - Stefan Batory (1575–1586)
• Russia
  • Tsar - Feodor I (1584–1598)
  • Regent - Boris Godunov (1584–1598)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden - John III (1568–1592)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, governor of the Netherlands (for Queen Elizabeth I of England)
  • Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland (1585–1625)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1586–1619)
• Republic of Venice - Pasqual Cicogna, Doge of Venice (1585–1595)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi (1578–1603)
• Safavid Empire - Mohammed Khodabanda Shah of Iran (1578–1587)