List of state leaders in 1282
1281 state leaders - Events of 1282 - 1283 state leaders - State leaders by year
Asia
- China (Yuan Dynasty) - Kublai Khan, Emperor of China (1260-1294, ruler of all China from 1279)
- Goryeo (Korea) - King Chungnyeol of Goryeo, King of Goryeo (1274 - 1308)
- Japan
- Monarch - Go-Uda, Emperor of Japan (1274-1287)
- Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Koreyasu, Shogun of Japan (1266-1289)
- Shikken - Hojo Tokimune, Shikken (1268-1284)
- Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
- Sukhothai - Ramkhamhaeng, King of Sukhothai (1277-1317)
Europe
- Achaea - Charles I, Prince of Achaea (1278 - 1285)
- Bohemia - Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia (1278 - 1305)
- Bulgaria - George I, King of Bulgaria (1280 - 1292)
- Byzantine Empire - (Palaeologian dynasty) -
- Castile - Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon (1252-1284)
- Denmark - Eric V, King of Denmark (1259-1286)
- England - Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)
- France - Philip III, King of France (1270-1285)
- Gwynedd -
- Holland - Floris V, Count of Holland (1256 - 1296)
- Hungary - Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary (1272 - 1290)
- Navarre - Joan I, Queen of Navarre (1274 - 1305)
- Norway - Eric II, King of Norway (1280-1299)
- Poland - Leszek Czarny, High Duke of Poland (1279 - 1288)
- Portugal - Dinis, King of Portugal (1279 - 1325)
- Scotland - Alexander III, King of Scotland (1249-1286)
- Serbia -
- Stefan Dragutin, King of Serbia (1276 - 1282)
- Stefan Milutin (Uros III), King of Serbia (1282 - 1321)
- Sweden - Magnus I, King of Sweden (1275-1290)
- Venice - Giovanni Dandolo, Doge of Venice (1280 - 1289)
- Wallachia - Bărbat, Prince of Wallachia (c.1277 - c.1290)
Middle East and North Africa
- Armenia - Leo III of Armenia, King of Armenia (1270 - 1289)
- Cyprus - Hugh III, King of Cyprus (1268-1284)
- Egypt - Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (1280-1290)
- Ilkhanate - Tekuder, Il Khan of Persia (1281-1284)
- Tripoli - Bohemund VII, Count of Tripoli (1275 - 1287)