List of state leaders in 1781

1780 state leaders - Events of 1781 - 1782 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
• Dahomey - Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
• Zulu -
  1. Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)
  2. Senzangakona kaJama, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

• United States -
  1. Samuel Huntington, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1781)
  2. Thomas McKean, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1781)
  3. John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1781-1782)
• Vermont - Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (March 13, 1778-October 13, 1789)

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 Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)

Europe

• Andorra - Co-Princes:
  • Joan de García y Montenegro, Bishop of Urgell (1780-1783)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister - Ove Jørgensen Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772-1784)
• France - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
  • Prime Minister - Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1770-1782)
• 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 II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
• Russia - Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
• Spain - Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1788)
• 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 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1779-1781)
    2. Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1781-1782)