List of state leaders in 1842

1841 state leaders - Events of 1842 - 1843 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1842
• List of international organization leaders in 1842
• List of colonial governors in 1842

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro - Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835–1848)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796–1852)
• Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818–1856)
• Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph -
    1. Abu Bakr Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1837–1842)
    2. Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817–1842)
    2. Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842–1859)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  1. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1839–1842)
  2. Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1842–1863)
  • Mohammad Zaman Khan, Mohammadzay regent (in rebellion)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821–1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817–1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837–1853)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Iku, King of Ryūkyū (1829–1847)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834–1849)
• Kingdom of Sarawak - James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak (1841–1868)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822–1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Jean Baptiste, Baron Nothomb, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1841–1845)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839–1848)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824–1842)
    2. Poul Christian Stemann, Minister of State of Denmark (1842–1848)
• France -
  • Monarch - Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Prime Minister of France (1840–1847)
• German Confederation
  • Austria - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835–1848)
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840–1861)
    • Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile, Chief Minister of Prussia (1841–1848)
  • Bavaria -
    • Monarch - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825–1848)
    • Prime Minister - Karl von Abel, Prime Minister of Bavaria (1837–1847)
  • Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836–1854)
  • Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837–1851)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
• Greece - Otto, King of Greece (1832–1862)
• Hungary - Ferdinand V, King of Hungary (1835–1848)
• Netherlands - William II, King of the Netherlands (1840–1849)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1841–1842)
    2. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1842–1846)
• Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826–1828, 1834–1853)
  • Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile, Cabinet Minister (1841–1848)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825–1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833–1868)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John, King of Sweden (1818–1844)
• Tuscany - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824–1859)
• Two Sicilies - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi -
  • Co-Shaikh - Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
  • Co-Shaikh - Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814–1859)
• Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822–1859)
• Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804–1856)
• Persia - Mohammad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1834–1848)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica -
  1. Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838–1842)
  2. Francisco Morazán, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842)
  3. António Pinto Soares, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842)
  4. José María Alfaro Zamora, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842–1844)

• Mexico
  1. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President (1841–1842)
  2. Nicolás Bravo, President (1842–1843)

• Texas - Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas (1841–1844)
• United States - John Tyler, President of the United States (1841–1845)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823–1854)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
  • Lieutenant-Governor - William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand (1840–1842)
• Tonga - Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)

South America

• Argentine Confederation - Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
• Bolivia - José Ballivián Segurola, President of Bolivia (1841–1847)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Uruguay - Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1839–1843)