951 state leaders – Events of 952 – 953 state leaders – State leaders by year
Africa
- Fatimid caliphate – Abū Ṭāhir Ismā'il al-Manṣūr bi-llāh (946–953)
Americas
Asia
- Byzantine Empire – Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913–959)
- China (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period) –
- Later Zhou Dynasty – Taizu, Emperor of Later Zhou (951–954)
- Dingnan – Li Yixing, Dingnan Jiedushi (935–967)
- Jingnan (Nanping) – Gao Baorong, King of Nanping (948–960)
- Later Shu – Meng Chang, Emperor of Later Shu (938–965)
- Northern Han – Liu Min, Emperor of Northern Han (951–954)
- Qingyuan – Liu Congxiao, Qingyuan Jiedushi (945–962)
- Southern Han – Liu Sheng, Emperor of Southern Han (943–958)
- Southern Tang – Yuanzong, Emperor of Southern Tang (943–958); Ruler of Southern Tang (958–961)
- Wuping – Liu Yan, Wuping Jiedushi (951–953)
- Wuyue – Qian Chu, King of Wuyue (947–978)
- Japan – Emperor Murakami, emperor of Japan (946–967)
- Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) – Gwangjong, King of Goryeo (949–975)
- Liao (Khitan Empire) – Muzong, Emperor of Liao (951–969)
- Bagratuni Armenia – Ashot III, Armenian King (952–977)
Europe
- Bulgaria – Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria (927–969)
- Byzantine Empire – Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (913–959)
- Croatia – Mihajlo Krešimir, King of Croatia (949–969)
- England – Edred, King of England (946–955)
- Germany – Otto I, King of Germany (936–973)
- Scotland – Malcolm I, King of Scots (943–954)
- Serbia - Časlav Klonimirović, Zhupan of Serbia (827-960)
- Venice – Pietro III Candiano, Doge of Venice (942–959)
- Emirate of Sicily – Hassan al-Kalbi (948–964)
- Western Francia – Louis IV, King of Western Francia (936–954)