List of state leaders in 1188

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1188.

Asia

• China (Jin dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
• China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Toba (1183–1198)
  • Cloistered ruler - Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Jōkō (1158–1192)
  • de facto - Minamoto no Yoritomo (1185–1199; Kamakura shogun after 1192)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu (1178–1211)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181–1220?)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom)
  • Monarch – Myeongjong (1170–1197)
  • de facto - Yi Ui-min (1179–1196)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Kilij Arslan II (1156–1192)
• Western Xia – Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso II (1162–1196)
• Bulgarian Empire – Peter IV, Tsar of Bulgaria (1185–1190), (1196–1197)
• Serbian Grand Principality – Stefan Nemanja (1168–1196)
• Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Canute VI (1182–1202)
• Kingdom of England – Henry II (1154–1189)
• Kingdom of France – Philip II (1180–1223)
  • Duchy of Brittany – Constance (1186–1201)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick I Barbarossa (1152–1190)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – Louis I (1183–1231)
  • Duchy of Bohemia – Bedrich (1178–1189)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Hartwig of Uthlede (Hartwig II) (1185–1190 and 1192–1207)
  • County of Holland – Floris III (1157–1190)
  • Duchy of Saxony – Bernard III (1180–1210)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Béla III (1172–1196)
• Kingdom of the Isles – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (1187–1226)
• Kievan Rus' – Sviatoslav III (1181–1194)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Sancho VI the Wise (1160–1194)
• Kingdom of Norway – Sverre I (1184–1202)
• Papal States – Pope Clement III (1187–1191)
• Poland - Casimir II, Duke of Kraków (1177–1194)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Sancho I (1185–1211)
• Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
• Kingdom of Sicily – William II (1166–1189)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Canute I (1167–1195)