List of state leaders in 1603

See also
List of state leaders in 1602 Events of 1603 List of state leaders in 1604 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1603

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1603.

Africa

Bosha – Magela, ruled 1600–1630
Ethiopian Empire –
1. Yaqob (1597–1603 and 1604–1606)
2. Za Dengel (1603–1604)
Sennar (sultanate) – Abd al-Qadir II (1603/4 - 1606)

China (Ming dynasty) - Wanli Emperor (1573–1620)
Đại Việt – Lê Kính Tông (1600–1619)
- Đàng Ngoài – Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh lord (1570–1623)
- Đàng Trong – Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn lord (1558–1613)
Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Yōzei (1586–1611)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyasu (1603–1605)
Joseon (Korea) – Seonjo (1567–1608)
Mughal Empire – Akbar (1556–1605)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Nei (1587–1620)

Kingdom of Denmark – Christian IV (1588–1648)
Kingdom of England –
1. Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
2. James I (1603–1625) also King of Scotland
Kingdom of France – Henry IV (1589–1610)
Holy Roman Empire – Rudolf II (1576–1612)
- Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1596–1634)
- Bishopric of Lübeck – John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1586–1607)
Moldavia – Ieremia Movilă, Voivode of Moldavia (August 1595 - May 1600 and September 1600–1606)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
1. Mehmed III (1595–1603)
2. Ahmed I (1603–1617)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Sigismund III Vasa (1587–1632)
Russia - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598–1605)
Kingdom of Scotland – James VI (1567–1625) - now King of England
Kingdom of Spain – Philip III (1598–1621)
Kingdom of Sweden – Charles IX, de facto (1599–1611)
United Provinces
- Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
- Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1585–1625)
- Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1586–1619)
Republic of Venice – Marino Grimani, Doge of Venice (1595–1606)

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