List of state leaders in 1799

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1799.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Semakokiro (1771–1814)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Adandozan (1797–1818)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  • Tekle Giyorgis I (third reign, 1798–1799)
  • Salomon III (restored, 1799)
  • Demetros (1799–1800)
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain (1796–1816)
• Wadai Empire – Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda (1795–1803)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Zulu – Senzangakhona kaJama, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – John Adams, President of the United States (1797–1801)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Zaman Shah (1793–1801)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō On (1796–1802)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Đại Việt (Tây Sơn dynasty) – Nguyễn Quang Toản (1792–1802)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
• Batavian Republic – Uitvoerend Bewind of the Batavian Republic (1798–1801)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1797–1810)
• France –
  1. Directory (1795–1799)
  2. Consulate – Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul (1799–1804)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Franz II (1792–1806)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Principality of Moldavia –
  1. Alexandru Callimachi (1795–1799)
  2. Constantine Ypsilantis (1799–1801)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier – Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1798–1805)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I Francisca (1777–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William III (1797–1840)
• Russian Empire – Paul I (1796–1801)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV (1788–1808)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf (1792–1809)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1790–1801)
• Principality of Wallachia –
  1. Constantin Hangerli (1797–1799)
  2. Alexandru Moruzi (1799–1801)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fath Ali Shah (1797–1834)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Tahiti – Pōmare I (1791–1803)
• Tonga –
  1. Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1797–1799)
  2. Maʻafu-ʻo-limuloa, Tuʻi Kanokupolu (1799, for a few hours only)