List of state leaders in 1849

1848 state leaders - Events of 1849 - 1850 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1849
• List of international organization leaders in 1849
• List of colonial governors in 1849

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro - Olimi V, Omukama of Bunyoro (1848–1852)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796–1852)
• Dahomey - Ghezo, King of Dahomey (1818–1856)
• Liberia - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848–1856)
• Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842–1859)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843–1863)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821–1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846–1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837–1853)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) -
  1. Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834–1849)
  2. Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849–1864)
• Vietnam (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822–1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1832–1834, 1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister - Adam Wilhelm, Prime Minister of Denmark (1848–1852)
• France -
  • President - Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France (1848–1852)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Odilon Barrot, Prime Minister of France (1848–1849)
    2. Comte d'Hautpoul, Prime Minister of France (1849–1851)
• German Confederation
  • Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848–1916)
  • Luxembourg
    • Monarch -
      1. William II, King of the Netherlands (1840–1849)
      2. William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    • Prime Minister - Jean-Jacques Madelaine Willmar, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1848–1853)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840–1861)
    • Prime Minister - Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, Minister-President of Prussia (1848–1850)
  • Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848–1864)
  • Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836–1854)
  • Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837–1851)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - Otto, King of Greece (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Konstantinos Kanaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1848–1849)
    2. Antonios Kriezis, Prime Minister of Greece (1849–1854)
• Hungary -
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Lajos Kossuth, Prime Minister of Hungary 26 November 1848 – 11 August 1849
    2. Bertalan Szemere, Prime Minister of Hungary 11–13 August 1849
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch -
    1. William II, King of the Netherlands (1840–1849)
    2. William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jacob de Kempenaer, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1848–1849)
    2. Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier - Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848–1852)
• Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826–1828, 1834–1853)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825–1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833–1868)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844–1859)
• 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 - Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846–1852)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)-
  1. Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1849)
  2. Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849–1854)
• 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 - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1848–1896)

North America

• Canada
  1. Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin, leaders, Executive Council, United Province of Canada
• Costa Rica -
  1. José María Castro Madriz, President of Costa Rica (1847–1849)
  2. Miguel Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849)
  3. Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Honduras - Juan Lindo, President of Honduras (1847-1852)
• Mexico: José Joaquín de Herrera, President of Mexico (1848–1851)
• United States:
  1. James K. Polk, President of the United States (1845–1849)
  2. Zachary Taylor, President of the United States (1849–1850)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823–1854)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

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)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - Manuel Bulnes, President of Chile (1841-1851)
• Uruguay - Joaquín Suárez, President of Uruguay (1843–1852)