List of state leaders in 1081

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1081.

Africa

• Almoravid dynasty – Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
  • Wagadou (Ghana Empire) Almoravid occupation – General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (1076–1087)
• Ethiopian Empire – Kedus Harbe (1079–1119)
• Fatimid Caliphate – al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1094)
• Hammadid dynasty – an-Nasir ibn Alnas (1062–1088)
• Ifriqiya (Zirid dynasty) – Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz (1062–1108)
• Kingdom of Makuria – Salomo (1080–1089)

Asia

• Armenia Minor – Ruben I, King of Armenia (1080–1095)
• Byzantine Empire –
  • Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Νικηφόρος Γ' Βοτανειάτης) (1078–1081)
  • Alexios I Komnenos (Αλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός) (1081–1118)
• China (Northern Song dynasty) – Emperor Shenzong (1067–1085)
• Japan (Heian period) –
  • Monarch – Emperor Shirakawa (1073–1087)
  • Regent (Kampaku) – Fujiwara no Morozane, Kampaku (1075–1087; 1091–1094) or Sesshō (1087–1091)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Munjong (1046–1083)
• Liao dynasty (Khitan Empire) – Emperor Daozong (1055–1101)
• Great Seljuq Empire – Malik-Shah I (1072–1092)
• Sultanate of Rûm Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1077–1086)
• Western Xia – Emperor Huizong (1067–1086)

Europe

• Byzantine Empire –
  • Nicephorus III Botaniates (1078–1081)
  • Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
• Kingdom of Croatia – Dmitar Zvonimir (1074–1089)
• Kingdom of England – William I (1066–1087)
• Kingdom of France – Philip I (1060–1108)
• Holy Roman Empire – Henry IV, King of the Romans (1056–1087), Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Liège – Henri de Verdun (1075–1091)
  • County of West Friesland – Dirk V (1061–1091)
• Duchy of Poland – Władysław I Herman (1079–1102)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Malcolm III (1058–1093)