List of state leaders in 1533

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1533.

Africa

• Kingdom of Baguirmi – Birni Besse (1522–1536)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Sennar Sultanate –
  1. Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
  2. Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1531–1537)

Americas

• Inca Empire – Atahualpa (1532–1533)
  • The last Inca Emperor is killed by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Tisquesusa (1514–1537)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Burhan Shah I (1510–1553)
• Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung (1497–1539)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) –
  1. Borommarachathirat IV (1529–1533)
  2. Ratsadathirat (1533–1534)
• Bengal Sultanate –
  1. Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
  2. Alauddin Firuz Shah (1533)
  3. Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (1533–1538)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
• Jaffna Kingdom – Cankili I (1519–1561)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
• Kengtung – Hpaya Kiao, ruled (1523–1560)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Sei (1527–1555)
• Sultanate of Sulu – Muizzul-Mutawadi-in (1527–1548)
• Ternate Sultanate –
  • Tabariji (1532–1534)
  • Pati Serang, Regent
• Tibet (Phagmodrupa dynasty) – Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1499–1564)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Achyuta Deva Raya (1529–1542)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Frederick I (1523–1533)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Lübeck – Jürgen Wullenwever, head of state, Burgomaster in chief of Lübeck (1533–1535)
  • Duchy of Mantua – Federico II (1500–1540)
  • Duchy of Milan – Francesco II Sforza (1525–1535)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
• Kingdom of Hungary –
  • House of Habsburg - Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
  • Zápolya - John Zápolya (1526–1540)
• Khanate of Khiva – Aq Kubek (1532–1534)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (1506–1548)
• Duchy of the Archipelago (Naxos) – John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
  1. Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1505–1533)
  2. Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles I (1516–1556)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)