1080 state leaders - Events of 1081 - 1082 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Almoravids - Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061-1106)
  • Wagadou (Ghana Empire) - General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar, Almoravid Occupation (1076-1087)
• Ethiopia - Kedus Harbe, Ruler of Ethiopia, (1079-1119)
• Fatimid Caliphate - Abū Tamīm Ma'add al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh, Caliph (1036-1094)
• Hammadids - an-Nasir ibn Alnas (1062-1088)
• Ifriqiya (Zirid) - Tamim ibn al-Muizz (1062-1108)
• Makuria - Salomo, King of Makuria (1080-1089)

Americas

Asia

• Armenia Minor - Ruben I, King of Armenia (1080-1095)
• Byzantine Empire -
  • Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Νικηφόρος Γ' Βοτανειάτης) Byzantine Emperor (1078 - 1081)
  • Alexios I Komnenos (Αλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός) Byzantine Emperor (1081 - 1118)
• China (Northern Song Dynasty) - Shenzong, Emperor of Song China (1067-1085)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Emperor Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1073-1087)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Morozane, Kampaku (1075-1087; 1091-1094) or Sessho (1087-1091)
• Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Munjong, King of Goryeo (1046-1083)
• Liao (Khitan Empire) - Daozong, Emperor of Liao (1055-1101)
• Seljuk Turks - Malik Shah I, Sultan of Great Seljuk (1072-1092)
• Western Xia - Huizong, Emperor of Western Xia (1067-1086)

Europe

• Byzantine Empire -
  • Nicephorus III Botaniates, Byzantine Emperor (1078 - 1081)
  • Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (1081 - 1118)
• Croatia - Dmitar Zvonimir, King of Croatia (1074-1089)
• England - William I, King of England (1066-1087)
• France - Philip I, King of France (1060-1108)
• Holy Roman Empire - Henry IV, King of the Romans (1056-1087), Holy Roman Emperor (1084-1105)
  • West Friesland - Dirk V, Count of West Friesland (1061–1091)
• Poland - Władysław I Herman, Duke of Poland (1079-1102)
• Scotland - Malcolm III, King of Scotland (1058-1093)