List of state leaders in 1862

List of state leaders in 1861 - Events of 1862 - List of state leaders in 1863 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Buganda - 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 - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855–1868)
• Liberia - Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864)
• Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859–1866)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c. 1874)
• Wituland - Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Sultan (1858–1885)
• 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 - Tongzhi, Emperor of China (1861–1875)
  • Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851–1864)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846–1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858–1866)
  • 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 - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister - Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1860–1863)
• 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 - Victor, Baron de Tornaco, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1860–1867)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861–1888)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Minister-President of Prussia (1858–1862)
      2. Adolf von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Minister-President of Prussia (1862)
      3. Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862–1873)
  • Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848–1864)
  • Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854–1873)
  • Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851–1866)
  • Württemberg - Wilhelm I, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - Otto, King of Greece (1832–1862)
  • Regency council (1862–1863)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Athanasios Miaoulis, Prime Minister of Greece (1857–1862)
    2. Gennaios Kolokotronis, Prime Minister of Greece (1862)
    3. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1862–1863)
• Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848–1916)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Bettino Ricasoli, Prime Minister of Italy (1861–1862)
    2. Urbano Rattazzi, Prime Minister of Italy (1862)
    3. Luigi Carlo Farini, Prime Minister of Italy (1862–1863)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Schelto van Heemstra, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1861–1862)
    2. Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier - Keçecizade Mehmet Fuat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1861–1863)
• Papal States - Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Romania - Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859–1866)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833–1868)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859–1872)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859–1865)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Said, Governor of Egypt (1854–1863)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859–1873)

North America

• Province of Canada:
  • Monarch: Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen of the United Kingdom, (1837–1901)
  • Governor General: Charles Monck, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
  • Premiers:
    1. George-Étienne Cartier, Premier of Canada East (1858–1862)
    2. John Sandfield Macdonald, Premier of Canada West (1862–1864)
• Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
• Costa Rica - José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
• Mexico: Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1861–1863)
• United States of America: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (1854–1863)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Bartolomé Mitre, acting President of Argentina (1862)
  2. Bartolomé Mitre, President of Argentina (1862–1868)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - José Joaquín Pérez, President of Chile (1861-1871)
• Ecuador - Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1859–1865)
• Uruguay - Bernardo Berro, President of Uruguay (1860–1864)