This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1569.
Ethiopian Empire – Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
Sennar Sultanate – Dakin (1568–1585/6)
Songhai Empire – Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549–1582)
Aceh Sultanate, Alauddin al-Kahar (1539–1571)
Arakkal kingdom – Ali Raja Ali, Raja of Arakkal (1545–1591)
Banten Sultanate, Hasanudin (1552–1570)
Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Kahar (1521–1575)
China (Ming dynasty) - Longqing Emperor (1567–1572)
Japan (Sengoku period)
Monarch – Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1568–1573)
de facto - Oda Nobunaga (1536–1598)
Korea (Joseon dynasty) – Seonjo (1567–1608)
Mughal Empire – Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar (1556–1605)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Gen (1556–1572)
Philippines (Las islas Filipinas)
Martín Enríquez de Almanza, Viceroy of New Spain (1568–1580)
El Adelantado Miguel López de Legazpi, Governor General and Captain General of the Philippines (1565–1572)
Kingdom of Denmark – Frederick II (1559–1588)
Kingdom of England – Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
Kingdom of France – Charles IX (1560–1574)
Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian II (1564–1576)
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Henry III (1567–1585)
Hungary -
Royal Hungary – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor as Maximilian I (1564–1576)
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom – John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571)
Moldavia – Bogdan, Voivode of Moldavia (1568–1572)
Kingdom of Navarre – Jeanne d'Albret (1555–1572)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Selim II (1566–1574)
Kingdom of Poland – Sigismund II Augustus (1548–1572)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Sebastian (1557–1578)
Russia - Ivan the Terrible (1547–1584)
Kingdom of Scotland – James VI (1567–1625)
Kingdom of Spain – Philip II (1556–1598)
Kingdom of Sweden – John III (1568–1592)
Republic of Venice – Pietro Loredan, Doge of Venice (1567–1570)
Principality of Wallachia – Alexander II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568–1574)
Middle East and North Africa
Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)
Safavid Empire – Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524–1576)
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