List of state leaders in 1856

1855 state leaders - Events of 1856 - 1857 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1856
• List of international organization leaders in 1856
• List of colonial governors in 1856

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Buganda -
  1. Suna II, King of Buganda (1836–1856)
  2. Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856–1884)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
• Dahomey -
  1. Ghezo, King of Dahomey (1818–1856)
  2. Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855–1868)
• Jimma - Abba Rebu, King (1855–1859)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848–1856)
    2. Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864)
• 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)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856–1870)
• 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)
• Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856–1866)
• 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 - Pieter Dedecker, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1855–1857)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Peder Georg Bang, Prime Minister of Denmark (1854–1856)
    2. Carl Christofer Georg Andrae, Prime Minister of Denmark (1856–1857)
• 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 - Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1855–1857)
• Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848–1916)
• Lucca - Charles, Duke of Lucca (1824–1847)
• Massa and Carrara - Francis V, Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara (1846–1859)
• Modena - Francis V, Duke of Modena (1846–1859)
• Moldavia -
  1. Grigore IV Alexandru Ghica, Vovoid of Moldavia (1849–1853, 1854–1856)
  2. Teodor Bals, Princely Lieutenant of Moldavia (1856–1857)
• Monaco
  1. Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1841–1856)
  2. Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
• Montenegro - Danilo II Petrovic-Njegos, Prince of Montenegro (1852–1860)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Floris Adriaan van Hall, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1853–1856, 1860–1861)
    2. Justinus van der Brugghen, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1856–1858)
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar I, King of Norway (1844–1859)
  • Governor -
    1. Severin Løvenskiold, Governor of Norway (1841–1856)
    2. vacant from 1856 until abolished in 1873
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1855–1856)
    2. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1856–1857)
• Papal States - Pius IX, Pope (1846–1870)
• Parma - Roberto I, Duke of Parma (1854–1859)
  • Regent - Duchess Luigia di Borbone (1854–1859)
• Poland - Alexander II, King of Poland, (1853–1861)
• Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853–1861)
• Russia - 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)
• Switzerland - Jakob Stämpfli, President of Switzerland (1856)
• Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845–1886)
• Tuscany - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824–1848, 1849–1859)
• 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 - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858)
• Wallachia -
  1. Barbu Dimitrie Stirbey, Vovoid of Wallachia (1849–1853, 1854–1856)
  2. Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica, Princely Lieutenant of Wallachia (1856–1858)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814–1859)
• Morocco - Abu al-Fadl `Abd ar-Rahman, Sultan of Morocco (1822–1859)
• Tunisia (Under Ottoman suzerainty)
  • • Monarch - Muhammad (II) ibn al-Husayn, Pasha-Bey of Tunisia (1855–1859)
    • Grand Vizier - Mustapha Khaznadar (1837–1873)
• Persia - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1848–1896)

North America

• Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Dominican Republic -
  1. Pedro Santana Familias, President of the Dominican Republic (1844–1848, 1849, 1853–1856)
  2. Manuel de Regla Mota y Álvarez de Fuentes, President of the Dominican Republic (1856)
  3. Buenaventura Báez Méndez, President of the Dominican Republic (1849–1853, 1856–1858)
• El Salvador -
  1. José María San Martín y Fugón, President of El Salvador (1854–1856)
  2. Rafael Campo Pomar, President of El Salvador (1856–1858)
• Guatemala - José Rafael Carrera Turcios, Perpetual President of Guatemala (1844–1848, 1851–1865))
• Haiti - Faustin, Emperor of Haiti (1847*-1859) *Emperor from 1849
• Honduras -
  1. Francisco de Aguilar, Acting President of Honduras (1855–1856)
  2. José Santos Guardiola Bustillo, President of Honduras (1856–1862)
• Mexico: Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico (1855–1857)
• Miskito Nation - George Augustus Frederic II, King of the Miskito Nation (1842–1865)
• Nicaragua -
  1. Patricio Rivas, Provisional President of Nicaragua (1855–1856)
  2. William Walker, Provisional President of Nicaragua (1856–1857)
• 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)
• Bolivia - Jorge Córdova, President of Bolivia (1855–1857)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres, President of Chile (1851–1861)
• Ecuador -
  1. José María Mariano Segundo Fernández de Urvina Viteri, President of Ecuador (1851*-1856) *Supreme Chief (in rebellion) to 1852
  2. Francisco Robles Garcia, President of Ecuador (1856–1859)
• New Granada - Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen, Acting President of New Granada (1855–1857)
• Paraguay - Carlos Antonio López, Perpetual Supreme Dictator (1844–1862)
• Peru - Ramón Castilla, President of Peru (1845–1851 and 1855–1862)
• Uruguay -
  1. Manuel Basilio Bustamante, President of Uruguay (1855–1856)
  2. José María Plá, President of Uruguay (1856)
  3. Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856–1860)
• Venezuela - José Tadeo Monagas Burgos, President of Venezuela (1847–1851 and 1855–1858)