List of state leaders in 1789

1788 state leaders – Events of 1789 – 1790 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
• Dahomey –
  1. Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
  2. Agonglo, King of Dahomey (1789-1797)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

• United States –
  • Cyrus Griffin, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1788-1789)
  • George Washington, President of the United States (1789-1797)
• Vermont –
  • Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (March 13, 1778-October 13, 1789)
  • Moses Robinson, Governor of Vermont (October 13, 1789-October 20, 1790)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain, (1760-1801)
  • Governor – Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788-1792)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785-1795)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister – Andreas Peter, Minister of State of Denmark (1784-1797)
• France – Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• 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)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
• Prussia – Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786-1797)
• Russia – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
• Spain – Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
• Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761-1793)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757-1790)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch –
    1. Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
    2. Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789-1807)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Koca Yusuf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1786-1789)
    2. Kethuda Çerkes Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1789-1790)