List of state leaders in 1079

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1079.

Africa

• Almoravids - Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
  • Wagadou (Ghana Empire) Almoravid Occupation - General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (1076–1087)
• Ethiopian Empire – Kedus Harbe (1079–1119)
• Fatimid Caliphate – Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1094)
• Hammadids - an-Nasir ibn Alnas (1062–1088)
• Ifriqiya (Zirid) - Tamim ibn al-Muizz (1062–1108)

Asia

• Byzantine Empire - Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Νικηφόρος Γ' Βοτανειάτης) (1078–1081)
• China (Northern Song dynasty) - Emperor Shenzong (1067–1085)
• Japan (Heian period) –
  • Monarch – Emperor Shirakawa (1073–1087)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Morozane, Kampaku (1075–1087; 1091–1094) or Sesshō (1087–1091)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Munjong (1046–1083)
• Liao (Khitan Empire) - Emperor Daozong (1055–1101)
• Great Seljuq Empire
  • Malik-Shah I (1072–1092)
  • Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1077–1086)
• Western Xia – Emperor Huizong (1067–1086)

Europe

• Byzantine Empire – Nicephorus III Botaniates (1078–1081)
• Kingdom of Croatia – Dmitar Zvonimir (1074–1089)
• Kingdom of England – William I (1066–1087)
• Kingdom of France – Philip I (1060–1108)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd – Trahaearn ap Caradog 1075–1081
• Holy Roman Empire – Henry IV, King of the Romans (1056–1087), Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105)
  • West Friesland – Dirk V, Count of West Friesland (1061–1091)
• Kingdom of Poland
  • Bolesław II the Generous (1076–1079)
  • Władysław I Herman (1079–1102)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Malcolm III (1058–1093)
• Spain
  • Kingdom of Aragon – Sancho I (1063–1094)
  • Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VI (1072–1109)
  • Kingdom of León – Alfonso VI (1065–1109)
  • Kingdom of Navarre – Sancho I of Aragon (as Sancho V) (1076–1094)