Europe
- England
- - Rump Parliament (1649–1653)
- - Barebone's Parliament, 1653-1653
- - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the First Protectorate Parliament of the Commonwealth (December 1653-1658)
- France - Louis XIV, King of France (1643–1715)
- Ottoman ( Turkish ) Empire - Mehmet IV, the Hunter, Ottoman Sultan (1648–1687)
- Parma - Ranuccio II, Duke of Parma (1646–1694)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Jan II Kazimierz Vasa, King of Poland (1648–1668)
- Savoy - Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638–1675)
- Sweden - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1632–1654)
- Tuscany - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1621–1670)
- United Provinces
- Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
- Grand Pensionary of Holland -
- Adriaan Pauw (1631–1636, 1651–1653)
- Johan de Witt (1653–1672)
Read more about this topic: List Of State Leaders In 1653
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
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