List of state leaders in 1986
1985 state leaders - Events of 1986 - 1987 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
- Algeria -
- President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
- Prime Minister - Abdelhamid Brahimi, Prime Minister of Algeria (1984-1988)
- Angola - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979-present)
- Djibouti -
- President - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
- Prime Minister - Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
- Guinea
- President - Lansana Conté, President of Guinea (1984-present)
- Zambia
- President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
- Prime Minister - Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (1985-1989)
- Zimbabwe
- President - Canaan Banana, President of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
- Prime Minister - Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- President -
- Prime Minister - Sultan Ali Keshtmand, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981-1988)
- People's Republic of China
- President - Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-1988)
- Premier - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-1987)
- Head of Communist Party - Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987)
- De facto leader - Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s - early 1990s)
- India -
- President - Zail Singh, President of India (1982-1987)
- Prime Minister - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1984-1989)
- Israel
- President - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-1993)
- Prime Minister -
- Pakistan -
- President - Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
- Prime Minister - Mohammad Khan Junejo, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1985-1988)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988)
- Premier - Yü Kuo-hwa, President of the Executive Yuan (1984-1989)
Australia and Oceania
- Tuvalu
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Tuvalu (1978-present)
- Governor-General -
- Prime Minister - Tomasi Puapua, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1981-1989)
Europe
- Albania -
- First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor - Ramiz Alia, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1985-1991)
- Head of State - Ramiz Alia, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1982-1991)
- Premier - Adil Çarçani, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1982-1991)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
- Prime Minister - Poul Schlüter, Prime Minister of Denmark (1982-1993)
- France -
- President - François Mitterrand, President of France (1981-1995)
- Prime Minister -
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Richard von Weizsäcker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984-1994)
- Chancellor - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982-1998)
- German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
- Head of State - Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State (1976-1989)
- Premier - Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976-1989)
- Ireland
- President - Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (1976-1990)
- Prime Minister - Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
- Italy -
- President - Francesco Cossiga, President of Italy (1985-1992)
- Prime Minister - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (1983-1987)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
- Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada (1984-1990)
- Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)
- Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-present)
- United States - Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1981-1989)