List of state leaders in 1488

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1488.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
  • Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
• Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
• Sultanate of Cirebon - Sunan Gunungjati (1479–1568)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Kingdom of Mrauk U – Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
• Duchy of Burgundy –
  • Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
  • Regent – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1482–1594)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Kingdom of Germany – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Kingdom of Poland – Casimir IV (1447–1492) and Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland (House of Stuart): James IV (1488–1513)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)