List of state leaders in 1557
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This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1557.
Africa
- Ethiopian Empire – Gelawdewos (1540–1559)
- Kingdom of Kongo – Diogo I, Manikongo (1545–1561)
- Sennar Sultanate –
- Abd al-Qadir I (1550/1 - 1557/8)
- Abu Sakikin (1557/8 - 1568)
- Songhai Empire – Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549–1582)
Asia
- Aceh Sultanate, Alauddin al-Kahar (1539–1571)
- Arakkal kingdom – Ali Raja Ali, Raja of Arakkal (1545–1591)
- Banten Sultanate, Hasanudin (1552–1570)
- Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Kahar (1521–1575)
- China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
- Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch -
- Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
- Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1546–1565)
- Monarch -
- Joseon (Korea) – Myeongjong (1545–1567)
- Malwa Sultanate – Baz Bahadur (1555–1561)
- Mughal Empire –
- Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar (1556–1605)
- Bairam Khan, Regent
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Gen (1556–1572)
- Sultanate of Sulu – Sultan Nasir ud-Din I (1548–1568)
- Vijayanagara Empire – Rama Raya (1542–1565)
Europe
- Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Christian III (1534–1559)
- Duchy of Schleswig – Adolphus (1544–1586), Christian III (1523–1559), and John II (1544–1580) in condominial rule
- Kingdom of England – Mary I (1553–1558)
- Kingdom of France – Henry II (1547–1559)
- Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
- Duchy of Holstein – Adolphus (1544–1586), Christian III (1523–1559), and John II (1544–1580) in condominial rule
- Hungary -
- Royal Hungary – Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom – John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571)
- Polish–Lithuanian union - Sigismund II, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1544–1572) and King of Poland (1548–1572)
- Moldavia – Alexandru Lăpușneanu, Voivode of Moldavia (1552–1561)
- Kingdom of Navarre – Jeanne III (1555–1572)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
- Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
- John III the Pious (1521–1557)
- Sebastian the Desired (1557–1578)
- Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan IV, the Terrible, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
- Kingdom of Scotland – Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567)
- Kingdom of Spain – Philip II (1556–1598)
- Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521/1523–1560)
- Republic of Venice – Lorenzo Priuli, Doge of Venice (1556–1559)
Middle East and North Africa
- Morocco (Saadi dynasty) -
- Mohammed ash-Sheikh (1544–1557)
- Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)
- Safavid Empire – Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524–1576)
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