List of state leaders in 1556

1555 state leaders - Events of 1556 - 1557 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Gelawdewos, Emperor of Ethiopia (1540-1559)
*Kongo - Diogo I, Manikongo (1545 - 1561)
*Sennar - Abd al-Qadir I (1550/1 - 1557/8)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549-1582)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Jiajing, Emperor of China (1521-1567)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Nara, Emperor of Japan (1526-1557)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Shogun of Japan (1546-1565)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Myeongjong, King of Joseon (1545-1567)
*Mughal Empire -
*#Humayun, Emperor of the Mughal Empire (1530-1540, 1555-1556)
*#Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar, Emperor of the Mughal Empire (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Gen, King of Ryūkyū (1556-1572)

Europe

*Denmark-Norway - Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (1534-1559)
*England - Mary I, Queen of England (1553 - 1558)
*France - Henry II, King of France (1547-1559)
*Holy Roman Empire -
*#Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519 - 1556)
*#Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1556 - 1564)
*Hungary -
**Ferdinand I, Rival King of Hungary (1526-1564)
**John II Zapolya, Rival King of Hungary (1540-1571)
*Lithuania-Poland - Sigismund II, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1544-1572) and King of Poland (1548-1572)
*Moldavia - Alexandru Lapusneanu, Voivode of Moldavia (1552-1561)
*Navarre - Jeanne III, King of Navarre (1555-1572)
*Portugal - John III the Pious, King of Portugal (1521-1557)
*Russia - Ivan IV the Terrible, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-1547) then Tsar of Russia 1547-1584)
*Scotland Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1567)
* Spain
*# - Charles I of Spain.King of Spain (1515 - 1556) (abdicated)
*# - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-1598)
*Sweden - Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden (1521/1523-1560)
*Venice -
*#Francesco Venier, Doge of Venice (1554-1556)
*#Lorenzo Priuli, Doge of Venice (1556-1559)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Mohammed ash-Sheikh, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1544-1557)
*Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-1566)
*Safavid Empire - Tahmasp I Shah of Iran (1524-1576)