List of state leaders in 1672

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1672.

Africa

• Kingdom of Bamum –
  1. Ngouloure (1629–1672)
  2. Koutou (1672–1757)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Houegbadja (1645–1685)
• Ethiopian Empire – Yohannes I (1667–1682)
• Wolof Empire – Bakar Penda (1670–1711)

Asia

• China (Qing dynasty) - Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
• Empire of Japan –
  • Monarch – Reigen (1663–1687)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ietsuna (1651–1680)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom –
    • Monarch – Shō Tei (1669–1709)
    • Regent – Shō Shōken, Sessei (1666–1673)
• Joseon (Korea) – Hyeonjong (1659–1674)
• Sirmoor State – Budh Prakash, Raja of Sirmoor (1664–1684)
• Taiwan (Kingdom of Tungning) - Zheng Jing (1662–1681)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian V (1670–1699)
• Kingdom of England – Charles II (1660–1685)
• France – Louis XIV (1643–1715)
• Holy Roman Empire – Leopold I (1658–1705)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Mehmed IV, the Hunter, Ottoman Sultan (1648–1687)
  • Grand Vizier - Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1661–1676)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1669–1673)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Pedro II (1667–1706)
• Tsardom of Russia – Aleksey I (1645–1676)
• Duchy of Savoy – Charles Emmanuel II (1638–1675)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Charles II (1660–1685)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan de Witt (1653–1672)
  • Stadtholder - Prince William III of Orange, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, and Zeeland (1672–1702)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Gaspar Fagel of Holland (1672–1688)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco –
  1. Al-Rashid (1666–1672)
  2. Muhammad I (1672)
  3. Al-Harrani, Abu'l Abbas Ahmad I, and Ismail, Joint Sultan of Morocco (1672–1684)
• Safavid Empire – Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1624–1676)