List of state leaders in 1738 - Definition

1737 state leaders - Events of 1738 - 1739 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
• Bunyoro - Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782)
• Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
• Ethiopia - Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730-1755)
• Nkore - Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1727-c.1755)
• Zulu - Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727-1745)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735-1747)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716-1745)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)

Europe

• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730-1746)
  • Prime Minister - Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735-1751)
• France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George II, King of Great Britain (1727-1760)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721-1742)
• Holy Roman Empire - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
  • Hesse-Kassel - Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also King of Sweden (1730-1751)
• Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
• Prussia - Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740)
• Russia - Anna Ivanovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1730-1740)
• Spain - Philip V, King of Spain (1700-1724, 1724-1746)
• Sweden - Age of Liberty
  • Monarch - Frederick I, King of Sweden, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1751)
    1. Prime Minister - Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710-1738)
    2. Majority leader - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1738-1739)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco -
  1. Mohammed II, Sultan of Morocco (1736-1738)
  2. Al-Mostadi, Sultan of Morocco (1738-1740)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730-1754)
  • Grand Vizier - Yegen Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1737-1739)
• Tunis - Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)