List of the last monarchs in Asia

This is a list of last monarchs of Asia.

Nation / territory Monarch Title Birth Ruled from Rule ceased Reason Death Arms
 Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah King of Afghanistan 15 October 1914 8 November 1933 17 July 1973 Deposed 23 July 2007
Armenia Levon V King of Armenia 1342 1374 1375 Deposed 29 November 1393
 Burma Thibaw Min King of Burma 1 January 1859 1 October 1878 29 November 1885 Deposed 19 December 1916
 Ceylon Elizabeth II Queen of Ceylon 21 April 1926 6 February 1952 22 May 1972 Republican constitution adopted 8 September 2022
 China Aisin Gioro Puyi Emperor of China 7 February 1906 2 December 1908 12 February 1912 Abdicated 17 October 1967
Circassia Gerandiqo Berzeg Thamade 1804 13 June 1860 21 May 1864 Deposed 1881
 Egypt Fuad II King of Egypt and the Sudan 16 January 1952 26 July 1952 18 June 1953 Deposed living
Kingdom of Hejaz Hejaz Hussein Bin Ali King of Hejaz 1 May 1854 10 June 1916 3 October 1924 Deposed 4 June 1931
 Hong Kong Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom 21 April 1926 6 February 1952 1 July 1997 Handover of Hong Kong 8 September 2022
 India George VI Emperor of India
King of India 		14 December 1895 11 December 1936 26 January 1950 Republican constitution adopted 6 February 1952
Netherlands Indonesia Juliana Queen of the Netherlands 30 April 1909 4 September 1948 27 December 1949 Decolonization 20 March 2004
 Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shahanshah of Iran 26 October 1919 16 September 1941 11 February 1979 Deposed 27 July 1980
 Iraq Faisal II King of Iraq 2 May 1935 4 April 1939 14 July 1958 Executed 14 July 1958
 Israel George VI King of the United Kingdom 14 December 1895 11 December 1936 14 May 1948 End of the British Mandate 6 February 1952
Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) George XII King of all Georgia, King of all Kartli, Kakheti and all the other lands 10 November 1746 11 January 1798 28 December 1800 Death 28 December 1800
 Korea Sunjong Emperor of Korea 25 March 1874 20 July 1907 29 August 1910 Abdicated 24 April 1926
Kurdistan Mahmud Barzanji King of Kurdistan 1878 1921 1924 Deposed 9 October 1956
Kyrgyzstan Ormon Khan Khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate 1792 1842 1854 Executed 1854
 Laos Sisavang Vatthana King of Laos 13 November 1907 29 October 1959 2 December 1975 Deposed 13 May 1978
Maldives Muhammad Fareed Didi Sultan of the Maldives 11 January 1901 7 March 1954 11 November 1968 Republican constitution adopted 27 May 1969
Manchukuo Aisin Gioro Puyi Emperor of Manchukuo 7 February 1906 9 March 1932 15 August 1945 Abdicated 17 October 1967
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia Mongolia Bogd Khan Great Khan 1869 1911 20 May 1924 Death 20 May 1924
 Nepal Gyanendra King of Nepal 7 July 1947 4 June 2001 28 May 2008 Republican constitution adopted living
North Caucasia Shamil Imam of Chechnya and Dagestan 26 June 1797 12 September 1834 25 August 1859 Deposed 4 February 1871
 Pakistan Elizabeth II Queen of Pakistan 21 April 1926 6 February 1952 23 March 1956 Republican constitution adopted 8 September 2022
 Russia Nicholas II Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias 18 May 1868 1 November 1894 15 March 1917 Abdicated 17 July 1918
Ryukyu Shō Tai King of Ryūkyū 3 August 1843 8 June 1848 11 March 1879 Deposed 19 August 1901
Kingdom of Sikkim Sikkim Palden Thondup Namgyal Chogyal of Sikkim 23 May 1923 2 December 1963 10 April 1975 Deposed 29 January 1982
 Singapore Putra King of Malaysia 25 November 1920 21 September 1960 9 August 1965 Republican constitution adopted 16 April 2000
Syria Faisal I King of Syria 14 January 1861 26 November 1919 24 July 1920 Deposed 8 September 1933
Tibet Tenzin Gyatso Dalai Lama of Tibet 6 July 1935 22 February 1940 23 May 1951 Deposed living
Ottoman Empire Turkey Mehmed VI Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 14 January 1861 3 July 1918 1 November 1922 Monarchy abolished 16 May 1926
Vietnam Vietnam Bảo Đại Emperor of Vietnam 22 October 1913 8 January 1926 25 August 1945 Abdicated 30 July 1997
Yemen Muhammad al-Badr King of the Muttawakilite Kingdom of Yemen 15 February 1926 19 September 1962 1 December 1970 Deposed 6 August 1996

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