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
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
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
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
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
Turkey		Mehmed VI	Sultan of the Ottoman Empire	14 January 1861	3 July 1918	1 November 1922	Monarchy abolished	16 May 1926
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

See also

• Monarchies in Asia
• List of the last monarchs in Africa
• List of the last monarchs in the Americas
• List of the last monarchs in Europe
• List of the last monarchs in Oceania