List of state leaders in 1821

1820 state leaders - Events of 1821 - 1822 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1821
• List of colonial governors in 1821

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
• Buganda - Kamaya, King of Buganda (1814–1836)
• Bunyoro - Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796–1852)
• Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818–1856)
• Ethiopia -
  1. Iyoas II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1818–1821)
  2. Gigar, Emperor of Ethiopia (1821–1826, 1826–1830)
  • Shewa - Sahle Selassie, Negus (1813–1847)
• Ndzuwani - Abdallah bin Alawi, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1816–1832)
• Rwanda - Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797–1830)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Muhammed Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1814–1837)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817–1842)
• Swaziland - Paramount chief Ngwane IV (1815–1836)
• Zulu - Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816–1828)

Americas

• Chile - Bernardo O'Higgins, Supreme Director (1817–1823)
• Kingdom of Brazil (part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve) - abolished in that year -
  • John VI, King (1815–1821)
  • D. Pedro de Alcântara, Prince Regent (1821)
• Mexico - Agustín de Iturbide, Head of Junta - Emperor (1821–1823)
• Paraguay - José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Consul of Paraguay (1814–1840)
• Peru - José de San Martin, Protector of Peru (1821–1822)
• United States - James Monroe, President of the United States (1817–1825)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  • Kabul/Peshawar - Ayub Shah, King of Afghanistan (1819–1823)
  • Kandahar - Shirdil Khan, Mohammedzay Regent (1818–1826)
  • Herat - Mahmud Shah, Padshah of Herat (1819–1826)
• China (Qing Dynasty) -
  1. Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796–1820)
  2. Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821–1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817–1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786–1837)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Kō, King of Ryūkyū (1804–1828)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sunjo, King of Joseon (1800–1834)

Europe

• Abkhazia -
  1. Safar Begi, Prince of Abkhazia (1810–1821)
  2. Dimitri, Prince of Abkhazia (1821–1822)
• Andorra -
  • Bernat Francés y Caballero, Bishop of Urgell (1817–1824)
  • Louis XVIII, King of France (1815–1824)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808–1839)
  • Prime Minister - Heinrich Ernst, Minister of State of Denmark (1818–1824)
• France -
  • Monarch - Louis XVIII, King of France (1815–1824)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1820–1821)
    2. Comte de Villèle, Prime Minister of France (1821–1828)
• German Confederation
  • Austria - Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
  • Bohemia - Francis, King of Bohemia (1792–1835)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797–1840)
    • Chief Minister - Prince Karl August von Hardenberg, Chief Minister of Prussia (1810–1822)
  • Bavaria - Maximilian I, King of Bavaria (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
  • Saxony - Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony 1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
  • Hanover - George IV, King of Hanover (1820–1830)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
  • Luxembourg - William I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1815–1840)
  • Liechtenstein - Johann Josef I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1805–1836)
• Hungary - Francis, King of Hungary (1792–1835)
• Moldavia -
  1. Mihai Grigore Suţu, Prince of Moldavia (1819–1821)
  2. Veniamin Costache, provisoral ruler (1821)
  3. Alexander Ypsilantis and the Filiki Eteria occupation (1821)
  4. Ştefan Vogoride, Caimacam (1821–1822)
• Moresnet
  • Monarchs -
    • William I, King of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
    • Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797–1840)
  • Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817–1859)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands - William I, King of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Seyyid Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1820–1821)
    2. Benderli Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1821)
    3. Haci Salih Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1821–1822)
• Portugal - John VI, King of Portugal (1816–1826)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797–1840)
  • Chief Minister - Karl August von Hardenberg, Chancellor of Prussia (1810–1822)
• Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801–1825)
• Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1808, 1814–1833)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John, King of Sweden (1818–1844)
• Tuscany - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1814–1824)
• Two Sicilies - Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (1816–1825)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - George IV, King of the United Kingdom (1820–1830)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1812–1827)
• Wallachia -
  1. Alexandru Suţu, Prince of Wallachia (1818–1821)
  2. Tudor Vladimirescu, military ruler (1821)
  3. Scarlat Callimachi, Prince of Wallachia (1821)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi -
  • Co-Shaikh - Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1818–1833)
  • Co-Shaikh - Tahnun bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1818–1833)
• Ajman - Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816–1838)
• Bahrain - Shiekh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (1796–1825)
• Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
  • Kel Ahaggar - Ag Mama ag Sidi, Ruler of Kel Ahaggar (1790–1830)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814–1859)
• Morocco - Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792–1822)
• Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804–1856)
• Persia - Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1797–1834)
• Tunis (under Ottoman suzerainty) - Mahmud, Bey of Tunis (1814–1824)