1635 state leaders - Events of 1636 - 1637 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Dahomey - Dakodonou, King of Dahomey (1620-1645)
• Ethiopia - Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia (1632-1667)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (1627-1644)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Meishō, Emperor of Japan (1629-1643)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Shogun of Japan (1623-1651)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Hō, King of Ryūkyū (1621-1640)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Injo, King of Joseon (1623-1649)
• Qing Dynasty (Manchu Empire) -
  • Later Jin Dynasty renamed as Qing Dynasty
  • Hong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1626-1643)

Europe

• Denmark–Norway - Christian IV, King of Denmark (1588-1648)
• England - Charles I, King of England (1625-1649)
• France - Louis XIII, King of France (1610-1643)
• Holy Roman Empire - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1620-1637)
• Papal States - Urban VIII, Pope (1623-1644)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Ladislaus IV, King of Poland (1632-1648)
• Russia - Michael I, Tsar of Russia (1613-1645)
• Spain - Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-1665)
• Sweden - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1632-1654)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
  • Stadtholder - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland(1625 - 1647).
    • Holland - Grand Pensionary
      1. Adriaan Pauw (1631-1636, 1651-1653)
      2. Jacob Cats (1629-1631, 1636-1651)

Middle East and North Africa

• Ottoman Empire - Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623-1640)
• Morocco -
  • Al Walid, King of Morocco (1631-1636)
  • Mohammed IV, King of Morocco (1636-1654)
• Persia - Safi, Shah of Persia (1629-1642)