List of state leaders in 1875

State leaders in 1874 - Events of 1875 - State leaders in 1876 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Aussa Sultanate - Mahammad ibn Hanfadhe
• Ashanti Confederacy - Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874–1883)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
• Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871–1889)
• Liberia - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872–1876)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873–1877)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
• Zulu - Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872–1884)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868–1879)
• Brunei - Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei (1852–1885)
• Burma - Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853–1878)
• Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860–1904)
• Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863–1900)
• China (Qing Dynasty)-
  1. Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861–1875)
  2. Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875–1908)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
  • Okinawa Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Luang Phrabang - Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868–1895)
• Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847–1881)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
• Siam - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868–1910)
• Vietnam (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)

Australia and Oceania

• Tonga - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1875–1893)

Europe

• Andorra - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873–1879) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853–1879), Co-Princes
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871–1879)
  • Minister-President of Hungary -
  1. István Bittó, Minister-President of Hungary (1874–1875)
  2. Baron Béla Wenckheim, Minister-President of Hungary (1875)
  3. Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875–1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Jules Malou, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1871–1878, 1884)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Christian Andreas Fonnesbech, Prime Minister of Denmark (1874–1875)
    2. Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875–1894)
• France -
  • President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873–1879)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ernest Courtot de Cissey, President of the Council (1874–1875)
    2. Louis Buffet, President of the Council (1875–1876)
• Germany -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see List of German rulers in 1875
• Greece -
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1874–1875)
    2. Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1875)
    3. Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece (1875–1876)
• Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846–1878)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873–1876)
• Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858–1929)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874–1885)
• Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
• Montenegro - Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874–1877), (1883–1888)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Hüseyin Avni Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1874–1875)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875)
    3. Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875–1876)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
• Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Restoration of Monarchy
    • Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1875–1885)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
    2. Joaquín Jovellar Soler, Prime Minister of Spain (1875)
    3. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
• Switzerland - Johann Jakob Scherer, President of the Confederation (1875)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874–1880)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867–1879)
• Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873–1894)
• Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
• Persia - Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848–1896)
• Tunis (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (1859–1882)

North America and The Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General - Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada (1873–1878)
• Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Dominican Republic - Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874–1876)
• El Salvador - Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871–1876)
• Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873–1885)
• Haiti - Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874–1876)
• Honduras - Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874–1876)
• Mexico - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
• Nicaragua -
  1. Vicente Quadra, President of Nicaragua (1871–1875)
  2. Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875–1879)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
• Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)
  • crowned King of Tonga, as King George Tupou I, in 1875

South America

• Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
• Bolivia - Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874–1876)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
• Colombia - Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874–1876)
• Ecuador -
  1. Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869–1875)
  2. Francisco Javier León, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
  3. José Javier Egiguren, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
  4. Rafael Pólit, President of Ecuador (1875)
  5. Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875–1876)
• Paraguay - Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874–1877)
• Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
• Uruguay -
  1. José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873–1875)
  2. Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875)
  3. Pedro Carve, President of Uruguay (1875)
  4. Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875–1876)
• Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)