List of state leaders in 1817

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1817.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Kamaanya (1814–1836)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Adandozan (1797–1818)
• Ethiopian Empire – Egwale Seyon (1801–1818)
  • Shewa – Sahle Selassie, Negus (1813–1847)
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Abdallah bin Alawi (1816–1832)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Muhammed Bello (1814–1837)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)
• Kingdom of Swaziland – Paramount chief Ngwane IV (1815–1836)
• Zulu – Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816–1828)

Americas

• Paraguay – José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Consul of Paraguay (1814–1840)
• United Provinces of the Río de la Plata – Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Supreme Director (1816–1819)
• United States
  1. James Madison, President of the United States (1809–1817)
  2. James Monroe, President of the United States (1817–1825)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Mahmud Shah (1809–1818)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch -
    1. Kōkaku (1780–1817)
    2. Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)
• Laos – Anuvong (1803–1828)
• Sultanate of the Maldives – Mu'in ad-Din I Muhammad (1799–1835)
• Mughal Empire – Akbar II (1806–1837)
• Nepal –
  • King - Rajendra Bikram Shah Deva (1816–1847)
  • Regent – Lalit Tripura Sundari (1806–1832)
  • Prime Minister – Bhimsen Thapa (1806–1837)
  • British Resident - Edward Gardner (1816–1829)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fath Ali Qajar (1797–1834)
• Sikh Empire – Ranjit Singh, Maharaja (1801–1839)
• Tibet – De-mo sPrul-sku Blo-bzang-thub-bstan-'jigs-med-rgya-mtsho, Regent Dalai Lama of Tibet (1815–1819)
• Thailand – Buddha Loetla, King of Krung Thep (1809–1824)
• Đại Việt – Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, Emperor (1802–1820)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Safar Begi (1810–1821)
• Andorra
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Temporarily vacant (1816–1817)
    2. Bernat Francés y Caballero, Bishop of Urgell (1817–1824)
  • Louis XVIII of France (1815–1824)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VI (1808–1839)
  • Minister of State - Joachim Godske Moltke (1814–1818)
• Grand Duchy of Finland
  • Monarch – Alexander I (1809–1825)
  • Governor-General - Fabian Steinheil (1810–1824)
• Kingdom of France
  • Monarch – Louis XVIII (1814 and 1815–1824)
  • Prime Minister - Duc de Richelieu (1815–1818)
• German Confederation
  • Austrian Empire – Francis I (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Francis (1792–1835)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
    • Chief Minister - Prince Karl August von Hardenberg (1810–1822)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
  • Kingdom of Hanover – George III (1814–1820)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – William I (1815–1840)
  • Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann Josef I (1805–1836)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• Neutral Moresnet
  • Monarchs -
    • William I of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
    • Frederick William III of Prussia (1797–1840)
  • Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817–1859)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands – William I (1815–1840)
• Kingdom of Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden–Norway
  • Monarch – Carl III (1814–1818)
  • Regent – Crown Prince Carl Johan (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Norway (1814–1818)
  • Viceroy - Carl Carlsson Mörner, Viceroy of Norway (1816–1818)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1815–1818)
• United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves – John VI (1816–1826)
• Russian Empire – Alexander I (1801–1825)
• Kingdom of Spain – Ferdinand VII (1813–1833)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  • Monarch – Charles XIII (1809–1818)
  • Regent – Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden (1810–1818)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1814–1824)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand I (1816–1825)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Regent – The Prince of Wales (1811–1820)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812–1827)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Muhammad bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1816–1818)
• Ajman – Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816–1838)
• Bahrain – Sheikh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (1796–1825)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
  • Kel Ahaggar – Ag Mama ag Sidi (1790–1830)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Lebanon – Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn Umar, Emir of Lebanon (1801–1821)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar (1797–1834)
• Beylik of Tunis (under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Mahmud (1814–1824)