List of state leaders in 1756 - Definition and Overview

List of state leaders in 1755 - Events of 1756 - List of state leaders in 1757 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750-1764)
• Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
• 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:
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola, Bishop of Urgell (1747-1756)
    2. Temporarily vacant (1756-1757)
  • Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick V, King of Denmark (1746-1766)
  • Prime Minister - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1751-1770)
• France - Louis XV, King of France
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George II, King of Great Britain (1727-1760)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle , Prime Minister of Great Britain (1754-1756)
    2. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1756-1757)
• Holy Roman Empire - Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
• Ireland - George II, King of Ireland (1727-1760)
• Portugal - Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750-1777)
• 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 - Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751-1771)
  • Majority leader - Axel von Fersen, senior, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1755-1756)

Middle East and North Africa

• Algeria - Baba Ali Bou-Seba, Dey of Algiers (1754-1766)
• Morocco - Abdallah IV, Sultan of Morocco (1745-1757)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Osman III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1754-1757)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Said Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1755-1756)
    2. Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1756)
• Tunis - Ali, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)