List of state leaders in 1855

1854 state leaders - Events of 1855 - 1856 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1855
• List of international organization leaders in 1855
• List of colonial governors in 1855

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
• Dahomey - Ghezo, King of Dahomey (1818–1856)
• Liberia - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848–1856)
• Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853–1895)
• 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 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850–1861)
  • Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851–1864)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846–1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1853–1858)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - 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 -
    1. Henri de Brouckère, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1852–1855)
    2. Pieter Dedecker, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1855–1857)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister - Peder Georg Bang, Prime Minister of Denmark (1854–1856)
• France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852–1870)
• German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850–1866)
  • Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848–1916)
  • Luxembourg
    • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    • Prime Minister - Mathias Simons, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1853–1860)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840–1861)
    • Prime Minister - Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850–1858)
  • Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848–1864)
  • Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854–1873)
  • Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851–1866)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - Otto, King of Greece (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Prime Minister of Greece (1854–1855)
    2. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1855–1857)
• Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848–1916)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Floris Adriaan van Hall, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1853–1856, 1860–1861)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1854–1855)
    2. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1855–1856)
• Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853–1861)
• Russia -
  1. Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825–1855)
  2. Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
• Sardinia-Piedmont - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia-Piedmont (1849–1878*) *King of Italy beginning in 1861
  • Prime Minister - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont (1852–1861)
  • Savoy
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 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 -
    1. George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852–1855)
    2. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Said, Governor of Egypt (1854–1863)
• 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

• Province of Canada: Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
• Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Mexico:
  1. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President (1853–1855)
  2. Martín Carrera, President (1855–1855)
  3. Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, President 1855–1855)
  4. Juan Álvarez Benítez, President (1855–1855)
  5. Ignacio Comonfort, President (1855–1857)
• United States: Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853–1857)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (1854–1863)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina - Justo José de Urquiza, President of the Argentine Confederation (1854–1860)
  • Buenos Aires State - Pastor Obligado, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1853–1858)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - Manuel Montt, President of Chile (1851–1861)
• Uruguay -
  1. Venancio Flores, President of Uruguay (1854–1855)
  2. Manuel Basilio Bustamante, President of Uruguay (1855–1856)