List of state leaders in 1522

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1522.

Africa

• Kingdom of Baguirmi – Birni Besse (1522–1536)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Sennar Sultanate – Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
• Warsangali Sultanate – Gerad Liban (1503–1525)
• Wolof Empire – Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

Americas

• Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

• Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung (1497–1539)
• Ava Kingdom – Shwenankyawshin (1501–1527)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Bolkiah (1485–1524)
• Bengal Sultanate – Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
• Bhaktapur – Prana Malla (1519–1547)
• Cambodia (Kingdom of Charktomok) - Chey Chettha Thirach, ruled 1512–1525
• China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
• Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
• Golconda Sultanate – Quli Qutb Mulk (1518–1543)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
• Khanate of Khiva – Ilbars I (1515–1525)
• Kamata Kingdom – Biswa Singha (1515–1540)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Pattani Kingdom – Sultan Ismail Shah (bef. 1516-c. 1530)
• Khanate of Sibir – Kuluk (1502–1530)
• modern Sri Lanka

• Kelaniya – Dharma Parakramabahu IX (1509–1528)
• Kingdom of Kotte – Bhuvanekabahu VII (1521–1551)
• Kingdom of Sitawaka - Mayadunne (1521–1581)

• Sultanate of Sulu – Amir ul-Umara (1505–1527)
• Ternate Sultanate – Bayanullah (1500–1522)
• Kingdom of Tondo and Kingdom of Namayan – Rajah Sulaiman I, Rajah (1515–1558)
• Uyghurstan - Mansur Khan (1503–1543)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)
• Yemen – Amar ben Da'ud (1517–1526)

Europe

• Astrakhan Khanate – Qasim II (1504–1534)
• Crimean Khanate – Mehmed I Giray (1515–1523)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian II (1513–1523)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Christian II (1513–1523) 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)
  • Republic of Genoa – Antoniotto II Adorno, Doge of Genoa (1522–1527)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of Hungary – Louis II (1516–1526)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasili III of Russia (1505–1533)
• Duchy of Naxos – John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Papal States – Pope Adrian VI (1521–1523)
• Kingdom of Poland – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
• Qasim Khanate – Canghali (1519–1531)
• Kingdom of Spain
  • Kingdom of Aragon – Charles I (1516–1556)
  • Crown of Castile
    • Queen - Joanna (1504–1555)
    • Regent – Charles I, King of Aragon (1556–1556)
• Sweden - Gustav Vasa, viceroy (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice – Antonio Grimani, Doge of Venice (1521–1523)