1250 state leaders - Events of 1251 - 1252 state leaders - State leaders by year

Asia

• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Lizong , Emperor of China (1224-1264)
• Goryeo (Korea) - King Gojong , King of Goryeo (1213-1259)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Go-Fukakusa, Emperor of Japan (1246-1260)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Kujo Yoritsugu, Shogun of Japan (1244-1252)
  • Shikken - Hojo Tokiyori, Shikken (1246-1256)
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
• Mongol Empire -
  1. Oghul Ghaymish , Mongol Regent (1248-1251)
  2. Möngke Khan, Mongol Khan (1251-1260)
• Pagan - Uzana , King of Pagan (1250-1255)
• Sukhotai - Pho Khun Si Indrathit , King of Sukhothai (1249-1257)

Europe

• Achaea - William II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (1246-1278)
• Angouleme - Hugh II , Count of Angouleme (1249-1260)
• Bohemia - Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia (1230-1253)
• Brittany - John I, Duke of Brittany (1237-1286)
• Bulgaria - Michael II Asen , King of Bulgaria (1246-1256/1257)
• Castile - Ferdinand III of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1217-1252)
• Champagne - Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (1201-1253)
• Denmark - Abel, King of Denmark (1250-1252)
• England - Henry III, King of England (1216-1272)
• Flanders - Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1244 - 1278)
• France - Louis IX, King of France (1226-1270)
• Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246-1282)
• Holland - William II, Count of Holland (1235-1256)
• Hungary - Béla IV, King of Hungary (1235-1270)
• Navarre - Theobald I of Navarre, King of Navarre (1235-1253)
• Norway - Håkon IV, King of Norway (1217-1263)
• Poland - Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243 - 1279)
• Portugal - Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249-1279)
• Scotland - Alexander III, King of Scotland (1249-1286)
• Sweden
  • Monarch - Valdemar I, King of Sweden (1250-1275)
  • Regent - Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden (1250-1266)

Middle East and North Africa

• Almohad Caliphate - Umar , Almohad Caliph (1248-1266)
• Antioch - Bohemund V, Prince of Antioch (1233-1252)
• Armenia - Hethum I of Armenia, King of Armenia (1226-1270)
• Cyprus - Henry I, King of Cyprus (1218-1253)
• Damascus - An-Nasir Yusuf , Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus (1250-1260)
• Egypt (Ayyubid dynasty) - Al-Ashraf II , Sultan of Egypt (1250-1254)