List of state leaders in 1627

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1627.

Africa

• Benin Empire – Ohuan, Oba of Benin (1602–1656)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Dakodonou (1620–1645)
• Dendi Kingdom – Askia Dawud I (1618–1639)
• Denkyira - Werempe Ampem, King of Akan state of Denkyira (1624-1637)
• Ethiopian Empire – Susenyos I (1606–1632)
• Kingdom of Garo – Magela, Bosha dynasty King of Garo (1600–1630)
• Kingdom of Jolof – Birayma Penda (1605–1649)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Ambrósio I (1626–1631)
• Kingdom of Lunda – Cibind Yirung (c.1600–c.1630)
• Kingdom of Matamba – Mwongo Matamba (c.1600–1631)
• Merina Kingdom – Andrianjaka (1612–1630)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Nyambu Kapararidze (1623–1629)
• Kingdom of Ndongo – Ngola Hari (1626–1657)
• Kingdom of Rwanda - Mibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura (1609–1642)
• Sultanate of Sennar – Rabat I (1616–1644)

Asia

• Aceh Sultanate – Iskandar Muda (1607–1636)
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Burhan Shah III (1610–1631)
• Ahom kingdom- Susenghphaa (1603-1641)
• Altan Khanate – Badma Erdeni Khong Tayiji (1623–1652)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom – Songtham (1620–1628)
• Sultanate of Banten – Pangeran Ratu (1596–1651)
• Bhutan – Ngawang Namgyal, Shabdrung of Bhutan (1616–1651)
• Bijapur Sultanate –
  1. Ibrahim Adil Shah II,(1580–1627)
  2. Mohammed Adil Shah (1627–1656)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Jalilul Akbar (1598–1659)
• Khanate of Bukhara – Imam Quli Khan (1611–1642)
• Burma (Taungoo dynasty) – Anaukpetlun (1606–1628)
• Cambodia – Chey Chattha II (1618–1628)
• China (Ming dynasty) -
  1. Tianqi Emperor (1620–1627)
  2. Chongzhen Emperor (1627–1644)
• Golconda Sultanate – Abdullah Qutb Shah (1625–1672)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Mizunoo (1611–1629)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Iemitsu (1623–1651)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Hō (1621–1640)
• Johor Sultanate – Abdul Jalil Shah III (1623–1677)
• Kingdom of Kandy – Senarat (1604–1635)
• Kazakh Khanate – Esim Khan (1598–1628)
• Kedah Sultanate – Rijaluddin Muhammad Shah (1625–1651)
• Joseon (Korea) – Injo (1623–1649)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao – Muhammad Kudarat (1619–1671)
• Later Jin (Manchu Empire) - Hong Taiji (1626–1643)
• Mataram Sultanate – Agung, (c.1613–1645)
• Mongolia (Northern Yuan dynasty) - Ligdan Khan, Great Khan of the Mongols (1603–1634)
• Mughal Empire –
  1. Jahangir (1605–1627)
  2. Shah Jahan I (1627–1658)
• Pattani Kingdom – Ratu Ungu, Sultana of Pattani (1624–1635)
• Sultanate of Sulu – Muwallil Wasit I (1610–1650)
• Đại Việt (Lê dynasty) - Lê Thần Tông, Emperor of Vietnam (1619–1643)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Rama Deva Raya (1617–1632)
• Zunghar Khanate – Kharkhul (c. 1620–1634)

Europe

• Andorra –
  1. Luís Díes Aux de Armendáriz, Co-Prince of Andorra (with King Louis XIII of France), (1621–1627)
  2. Antoni Pérez, Co-Prince of Andorra (with King Louis XIII of France), (1627–1633)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian IV (1588–1648)
• Kingdom of England – Charles I (1625–1649)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XIII (1610–1643)
  • Cardinal Richelieu – Chief Minister of the French King (1624–1642)
• Republic of Genoa –
  1. Giacomo Lomellini, Doge of Genoa (1625–1627)
  2. Giovanni Luca Chiavari, Doge of Genoa (1627–1629)
• Holy Roman Empire – Ferdinand II (1619–1637)
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1597–1651)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1596–1634)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck – John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck (1607–1634)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Verden – Frederick II (later Frederick III of Denmark), Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden (1623–1629 and again 1635–1644)
• Kingdom of Imereti – George III (1605–1639)
• Kingdom of Kakheti – Teimuraz I (1605–1614, 1623–1633, 1636–1648)
• Kingdom of Kartli – Simon II (1619–1630)
• Principality of Moldavia – Miron Barnovschi-Movilă (1626–1629)
• Principality of Monaco – Honoré II (1604–1662)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (1623–1640)
• Papal States – Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Sigismund III Vasa (1587–1632)
• Tsardom of Russia – Michael I (1613–1645)
• Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Philip IV of Spain (1621–1665) and III of Portugal (1621–1640)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustavus Adolphus (1611–1632)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinando II (1621–1670)
  • Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria and Christina of Lorraine, Co-Regents of Tuscany (1621–1628)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland(1625–1647)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary - Anthonie Duyck (1621–1629)
• Republic of Venice – Giovanni I Cornaro, Doge of Venice (1624–1629)
• Principality of Wallachia –
  1. Alexandru Coconul (1623–1627)
  2. Alexandru IV Iliaş (1627–1629)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco (Saadi dynasty) –
  1. Zidan Abu Maali (1603–1627)
  2. Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (1627–1631)
• Oman – Nasir bin Murshid, Imam of Oman (1624–1649)
• Safavid Empire – Abbas I, Shah of Iran (1587–1629)
• Yemen – Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad, Imam of Yemen (1620–1644)

Oceania

• Hawaii – Keakealanikane, Alii Nui of Hawaii (1605–1635)