List of state leaders in 1272
1271 state leaders - Events of 1272 - 1273 state leaders - State leaders by year
Asia
- China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Duzong, Emperor of China (1264 - 1274)
- Goryeo (Korea) - King Weonjong of Goryeo, King of Goryeo (1259 - 1274)
- Japan
- Monarch - Kameyama, Emperor of Japan (1260-1274)
- Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Koreyasu, Shogun of Japan (1266-1289)
- Shikken - Hojo Tokimune, Shikken (1268-1284)
- Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
- Mongol Empire - Kublai Khan, Mongol Khan (1260-1294)
- Pagan - Narathihapate, King of Pagan (1254 - 1287)
- Sukhothai - Pho Khun Ban Muang, King of Sukhothai (1257 - 1277)
Europe
- Achaea - William II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (1246 - 1278)
- Bohemia - Ottokar I, King of Bohemia (1253 - 1278)
- Bulgaria - Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1257 - 1277)
- Castile - Alfonso X of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1252 - 1284)
- Denmark - Eric V of Denmark, King of Denmark (1259 - 1286)
- England -
- France - Philip III of France, King of France (1270 - 1285)
- Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246 - 1282)
- Holland - Floris V, Count of Holland (1256 - 1296)
- Hungary -
- Stephen V, King of Hungary (1270 - 1272)
- Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary (1272 - 1290)
- Navarre - Henry I of Navarre, King of Navarre (1270 - 1274)
- Norway - Magnus VI of Norway, King of Norway (1263 - 1280)
- Poland - Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243 - 1279)
- Portugal - Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249 - 1279)
- Scotland - Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scotland (1249 - 1286)
- Sweden - Valdemar I, King of Sweden (1250-1275)
Middle East and North Africa
- Armenia - Leo III of Armenia, King of Armenia (1270 - 1289)
- Cyprus - Hugh III, King of Cyprus (1268-1284)
- Egypt - Baibars, Sultan of Egypt (1260-1277)
- Ilkhanate - Abaqa, Il Khan of Persia (1265-1281)