List of state leaders in 1372

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1372.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Newaya Krestos (1344–1372)
  2. Newaya Maryam (1372–1382)
• Kingdom of Kano – Yaji I (1349–1385)
• Mali Empire – Mari Jata II (1360–1374)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Tenoch, Great Speaker (1325–1376)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398)
• Kingdom of Chūzan – Satto (1355–1395)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Go-En'yū (1371–1382)
  • Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Chōkei (1368–1383)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1368–1394)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gongmin (1351–1374)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)
• Northern Yuan – Biligtü Khan, Emperor of Northern Yuan (1370–1378)

Europe

• Bulgarian Empire –
  1. Ivan Shishman, Tsar of Bulgaria (1371–1395)
  2. Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria in Vidin (1356–1396)
  • Principality of Karvuna – Dobrotitsa, Despot of Karvuna (1347–1387)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaeologan dynasty) - John V (1341–1391)
• Kingdom of England – Edward III (1327–1377)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Luxembourg) - Charles IV (1347–1378)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
    • William I (1347–1388)
    • Albert (1347–1404)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Albert II (1361–1395)
  • County of Hainaut and County of Holland (House of Wittelsbach) -
    • Count - William V, Count of Hainaut (1347–1388)
    • Regent – Albert, Count of Holland (1358–1388)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Algirdas (1345–1377)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1359–1389)
• Poland – Louis I of Hungary (1370–1382)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Ferdinand I (1367–1383)
• Principality of Taranto – Philip II (1364–1374)
• Kingdom of Naples – Joanna I (1343–1382)
• Principality of Achaea – Philip II (1364–1373)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389)
• Republic of Venice – Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice (1367–1382)
• Wallachia – Vladislav I, Voivode of Wallachia (1364–1377)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Robert II 1371–1390

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Peter II (1369–1382)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Shaban II (1363–1376)