List of state leaders in 1817

1816 state leaders – Events of 1817 – 1818 state leaders – State leaders by year

See also: List of religious leaders in 1817, List of colonial governors in 1817

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804-1824)
• Buganda – Kamaya, King of Buganda (1814-1836)
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786-1835)
• Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
• Dahomey – Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797-1818)
• Ndzuwani – Abdallah bin Alawi, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1816-1832)
• Rwanda – Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797-1830)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Mohammed Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1814-1837)
  • Grand Vizier – Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817-1842)
• Swaziland – Paramount chief Nggwane IV (1815-1836)
• Zulu – Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816-1828)

Americas

• United States
  1. James Madison, President of the United States (1809-1817)
  2. James Monroe, President of the United States (1817-1825)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Mahmud Shah, King of Afghanistan (1809-1818)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796-1820)
• Japan
  • Monarch -
    1. Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
    2. Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Sunjo, King of Joseon (1800-1834)

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch – George III, King of the United Kingdom (1760-1820)
  • Governor – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales (1810-1821)
  • Van Diemen's Land
  • Lieutenant Governor -
    1. Colonel Thomas Davey, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1813-1817)
    2. Colonel William Sorrel, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1817-1824)

Europe

• Abkhazia – Safar Begi, Prince of Abkhazia (1810-1821)
• Andorra
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Temporarily vacant (1816–1817)
    2. Bernat Francés y Caballero, Bishop of Urgell (1817-1824)
  • Louis XVIII, King of France (1815-1824)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
  • Prime Minister – Joachim Godske, Minister of State of Denmark (1814-1818)
• Finland
  • Monarch – Alexander I, Grand Duke of Finland (1809-1825)
  • Governor-General – Fabian Steinheil, Governor-General of Finland (1810-1824)
• France
  • Monarch – Louis XVIII, King of France (1814 and 1815-1824)
  • Prime Minister – Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-1818)
• Netherlands – William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
• Norway – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Carl III, King of Norway (1814-1818)
  • Regent – Crown Prince Carl Johan (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Norway (1814-1818)
  • Viceroy – Carl Carlsson Mörner, Viceroy of Norway (1816-1818)
• Portugal – John VI, King of Portugal (1816-1826)
• Prussia
  • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
  • Chief Minister – Karl August von Hardenberg, Chancellor of Prussia (1810-1822)
• Russia – Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
• Spain – Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-1818)
  • Regent – Crown Prince Charles (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Sweden (1810-1818)
  • Chief Minister – Fredrik Gyllenborg, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1810-1829)
  • Foreign Minister – Lars von Engeström, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1809-1824)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – George III, King of the United Kingdom (1760-1820)
  • Regent – The Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom (1811-1820)
  • Prime Minister – Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (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 – Shiekh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (1796-1825)
• Egypt – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
  • Kel Ahaggar – Ag Mama ag Sidi, Ruler of Kel Ahaggar (1790-1830)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
• Lebanon – Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn Umar, Emir of Lebanon (1801-1821)
• Morocco – Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792-1822)
• Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1815-1818)
• Tunis (under Ottoman suzerainty) – Mahmud, Bey of Tunis (1814-1824)