List of colonial governors in 1798

France

 * Malta – Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois, Military Governor of Malta (1798–1800)

Portugal

 * Angola – Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797–1802)
 * Macau – D. Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Governor of Macau (1797–1800)

Spanish Empire

 * Viceroyalty of New Granada – Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz, Viceroy of New Granada (1797–1803)
 * Viceroyalty of New Spain –Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, 1st Marquis of Branciforte, Viceroy of New Spain (1794–1798)
 * Captaincy General of Cuba – Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas, Governor of Cuba (1796–1799)
 * Spanish East Indies – Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)
 * Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas – Pedro da Nava, Commandant General of the Interior Provinces (1793–1802)
 * Viceroyalty of Peru – Ambrosio O'Higgins, Viceroy of Perú (1796–1801)
 * Captaincy General of Chile – Gabriel de Avilés, Captain General of Chile (1796–1799)
 * Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata – Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1797–1799)

Kingdom of Great Britain

 * Jamaica – Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, Governor of Jamaica (1795–1801)
 * New South Wales – John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales (1795–1800)