List of state leaders in 1749 - Definition and Overview

List of state leaders in 1748 - Events of 1749 - List of state leaders in 1750 - 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 - Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745-1763)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Ahmad Shah, King of Afghanistan (1747-1772)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1747-1762)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745-1760)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)

Europe

• Andorra - Coprinces:
  • Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola, Bishop of Urgell (1747-1756)
  • Louis XV, King of France and Navarre (1715-1774)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick V, King of Denmark (1746-1766)
  • 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 - Henry Pelham, First Lord of the Treasury (1743-1754)
• Holy Roman Empire - Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
  • Hesse-Kassel - Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also King of Sweden (1730-1751)
• Ireland -
  • Monarch - George II, King of Ireland (1727-1760)
  • Viceroy - William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (1746-1750)
• Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
• Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
• Russia - Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741-1762)
• Spain - Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746-1759)
• Sweden - Age of Liberty
  • Monarch - Frederick I, King of Sweden, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1751)

Middle East and North Africa

• Algeria - Mohammed Ben Bekir, Dey of Algiers (1748-1754)
• Morocco - Abdallah IV, Sultan of Morocco (1745-1757)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730-1754)
  • Grand Vizier - Boynuegri Seyyid Abdullah Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1747-1750)
• Tunis - Ali, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)