Leaders of the Central Powers of World War I

The leaders of the Central Powers of World War I were the political or military figures who commanded or supported the Central Powers during World War I.

Austria-Hungary

 * Franz Joseph I − Emperor of Austria-Hungary
 * Karl I  − Emperor of Austria-Hungary
 * Count Leopold Berchtold  − Austrian Foreign Minister
 * István Tisza  − Prime Minister of Hungary
 * Archduke Friedrich − Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army
 * Conrad von Hötzendorf − Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
 * Arthur Arz von Straußenburg − Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
 * Svetozar Boroević − Austro-Hungarian field marshal regarded as one of the finest defensive strategists of the war.
 * Anton Haus − Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
 * Maximilian Njegovan  − Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
 * Miklós Horthy − Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy

German Empire

 * Wilhelm II  − German Emperor
 * Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg  − Chancellor of the German Empire
 * Arthur Zimmermann − German foreign minister
 * Helmuth von Moltke − Chief of the German General Staff
 * Erich von Falkenhayn − Chief of the German General Staff
 * Paul von Hindenburg − Chief of the German General Staff
 * Alfred von Tirpitz − Admiral in the German Navy
 * Reinhard Scheer − Commander of the Imperial High Seas Fleet
 * Erich Ludendorff − Quartermaster general of the German Army
 * Leopold of Bavaria − Supreme Commander East
 * Max Hoffmann − Chief of Staff in the East
 * Wilhelm Souchon − German Naval Advisor to the Ottoman Empire
 * Otto Liman von Sanders − German Army Advisor to the Ottoman Empire
 * Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck − German Army Commander of East Africa Campaign
 * Hermann von François  − German Army General
 * Georg von der Marwitz − Prussian cavalry general in the German armies

Ottoman Empire

 * Mehmed V − Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
 * Mehmed VI − Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
 * Said Halim Pasha − Ottoman Grand Vizier
 * Enver Pasha − Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Army
 * Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorf − Chief of the Ottoman General Staff
 * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk  − Commander of the Second Army
 * Djemal Pasha − Commander of the 4th Army in Syria, Minister of the Navy
 * Fevzi Çakmak − Commander of 7th Army in Palestine, II. Caucasian Corps

Bulgaria

 * Ferdinand I − Tsar of Bulgaria
 * Vasil Radoslavov − Prime Minister of Bulgaria
 * Nikola Zhekov − Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Army
 * Georgi Todorov − commander of the 2nd Army, deputy Commander-in-Chief
 * Konstantin Zhostov − Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff
 * Vladimir Vazov − Bulgarian Lieutenant General

Jabal Shammar

 * Saud bin Abdulaziz  − Amir of Jabal Shammar

Dervish State

 * Mohammed Abdullah Hassan − Sayyid of the Dervish

Bandera Darfur.svg Sultanate of Darfur

 * Ali Dinar − Sultan of Darfur

[[azerbaijan|🇦🇿]] Azerbaijan

 * Fatali Khan Khoyski − Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from May 28, 1918 to April 14, 1919
 * Nasib Yusifbeyli − Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from April 14, 1919 to April 1, 1920
 * Samad bey Mehmandarov − Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Azerbaijani and Russian armies, as well as Minister of France of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
 * Ali-Agha Shikhlinski − Artillery general of Azerbaijan