List of state leaders in 1797

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1797.

Africa

• Akwa Akpa (Old Calabar) – Ekpenyong Offiong Okoho, King of Akwa Akpa (1786–1805)
• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Kingdom of Dahomey –
  1. Agonglo (1789–1797)
  2. Adandozan (1797–1818)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  • Salomon III (1796–1797)
  • Yonas (1797–1798)
• Wadai Empire – Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda (1795–1803)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States
  • Head of State/Government –
    1. George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)
    2. John Adams, President of the United States (1797–1801)

Asia

• Afghanistan –
  • Kabul – Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
  • Herat
    1. Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
    2. Herat secedes from Kabul control
    3. Mahmud Shah, King of Herat (1797)
    4. Herat returns to Kabul control
    5. Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan (1793–1801)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō On (1796–1802)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Oudh State –
  1. Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh (1775–1797)
  2. Wazir Ali Khan, Nawab of Oudh (1797–1798)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – King Mohammad Khan Qajar (1795–1797)
• Shan States

• Hsenwi – Sao Hswe Cheng (Kon), ruled 1778–1800
• Kengtung – Sao Kawng Tai, ruled 1787–1804
• Kyawkku Hsiwan - Nga Kaw Tha, ruled 1783–1820
• Laihka - Law Na, ruled 1794–1803
• Lawksawk – Hkun Sam Lik, ruled 1791–1811
• Pangtara - Maung Than, ruled 1796–1802
• Tawngpeng – Ba Hkun Kein Möng, ruled 1781–1819
• Yawnghwe – Sao Yun, ruled 1762–1815

• Đại Việt (Tây Sơn dynasty) – Nguyễn Quang Toản, Emperor (1792–1802)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra –
  1. No reigning prince (1795–1797)
  2. Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
• Batavian Republic – National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (1796–1798)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State –
    1. Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1784–1797)
    2. Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1797–1810)
• French First Republic – Directory (1795–1799)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Francis II (1792–1806)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha (1794–1798)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Maria I (1777–1816)
  • Regent – John, Prince of Brazil (1792–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia –
  1. Frederick William II (1786–1797)
  2. Frederick William III (1797–1840)
• Russian Empire – Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796–1801)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV (1788–1808)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf (1792–1809)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1790–1801)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)

Oceania

• Huahine – Tenania Tamatoa, King of Huahine (1793–1810)
• Tonga –
  1. Mumui, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (?-1797)
  2. Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1797–1799)
• Kingdom of Tahiti – Pōmare I (1791–1803)