List of state leaders in 1798

1797 state leaders – Events of 1798 – 1799 state leaders – State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1798
• List of colonial governors in 1798

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Buganda – Semakokiro, King of Buganda (1771–1814)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835))
• Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796–1852)
• Dahomey – Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797–1818)
• Ethiopia –
  • Yonas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1797–1798)
  • Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (third reign, 1798–1799)
• Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1796–1816)
• Ouaddai - Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda, King of Ouaddai (1795–1803)
• Rwanda – Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797–1830)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – John Adams, President of the United States (1797–1801)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796–1820)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780–1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786–1837)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō On, King of Ryūkyū (1796–1802)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
• Viet Nam (Tây Sơn Dynasty) – Nguyễn Quang Toản, Emperor of Vietnam (1792–1802)

Europe

• Andorra – Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
• Batavian Republic –
  • 1. National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (1796–1798)
    2. Uitvoerend Bewind of the Batavian Republic (1798)
    3. Interim Government of the Batavian Republic (1798)
    4. Uitvoerend Bewind of the Batavian Republic (1798–1801)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Christian Gunther, Minister of State of Denmark (1797–1810)
• France – Directory (1795–1799)
• 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)
• Helvetic Republic -
  • President of the Executive Directory _
    1. Johann Lukas Legrand (1798)
    2. Urs Viktor Oberlin (1798)
    3. Pierre Maurice Glayre (1798)
    4. Frédéric César de La Harpe (1798)
    5. Peter Ochs (1798)
    6. Frédéric César de La Harpe (1798)
    7. Urs Victor Oberlin (1798–1799)
• Holy Roman Empire – Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Knights of Malta – Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, Grandmaster of the Knights of Malta (1797–1799)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III, (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1794–1798)
    2. Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1798–1805)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• Prussia – Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797–1840)
• Russia – Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796–1801)
• Spain – Charles IV, King of Spain (1788–1808)
• Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden (1792–1809)
• Tuscany – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1790–1801)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Morocco – Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792–1822)
• Persia – Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1797–1834)

Oceania

• Tahiti - Pomare I, King of Tahiti (1791–1803)
• Tonga – Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1797–1799)