List of state leaders in 1790

1789 state leaders – Events of 1790 – 1791 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–c.1835)
• Dahomey – Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789–1797)
• Ethiopia – Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789–1794)
• Gobir – Bawa Jan Gwarzo, Ruler of Gobir (1777–1795)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)
• Vermont –
  • Moses Robinson, Governor of Vermont (13 October 1789 – 20 October 1790)
  • Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (20 October 1790, -13 October 1797) (Vermont independent until 4 March 1791)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772–1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780–1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786–1837)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
• Viet Nam (Tây Sơn Dynasty) – Nguyễn Nhạc (1778–1793) and Nguyễn Huệ (1788–1792), Emperor of Vietnam

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain, (1760–1801)
  • Governor – Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788–1792)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785–1795)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784–1797)
• France – Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire –
  1. Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
  2. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1790–1792)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Kethuda Çerkes Hasan Pasha (1789–1790)
    2. Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha (1790)
    3. Rusçuklu Cezayirli Hasan Serif Pasha (1790–1791)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Prussia – Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786–1797)
• Russia – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Spain – Charles IV, King of Spain (1788–1808)
• Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771–1792)
• Tuscany –
  1. Peter Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765–1790)
  2. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1790–1801)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland (1787–1795)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Morocco –
  • 1. Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)
    2. Yazid, Sultan of Morocco (1790–1792)