List of state leaders in 1872

List of state leaders in 1871 - Events of 1872 - List of state leaders in 1873 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
• Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871–1889)
• Gurunsi - Alfa Hano, ruled c. 1870-c. 1874
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. James Skivring Smith, President of Liberia (1871–1872)
    2. Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872–1876)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867–1873)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
• Zulu -
  1. Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)
  2. Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872–1884)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868–1879)
• Brunei - Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei (1852–1885)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861–1875)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
  • Okinawa Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
  • Annexed into Japan as a Han (feudal domain). Shō Tai maintains his title as "King" until 1879.
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847–1881)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
• Vietnam (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871–1879)
  • Minister-President of Hungary -
  1. Count Menyhért Lónyay, Minister-President of Hungary (1871–1872)
  2. József Szlávy, Minister-President of Hungary (1872–1874)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Jules Malou, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1871–1878, 1884)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870–1874)
• France -
  • President - Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871–1873)
  • Prime Minister - Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871–1873)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1872
• Greece -
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1871–1872)
    2. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1872)
    3. Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1872–1874)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869–1873)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867–1874)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
    2. Gerrit de Vries, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1872–1874)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1871–1872)
    2. Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872)
    3. Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872–1873)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866–1881)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Amadeus, King of Spain (1870–1873)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
    2. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    3. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872–1873)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  1. Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859–1872)
  2. Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Dibba - Sheikh Ahmad bin Sultan al-Qasimi, ruler of Dibba (1871–1883)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867–1879)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859–1873)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General -
    1. Lord Lisgar, Governor-General of Canada (1869–1872)
    2. Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor-General of Canada (1872–1878)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1891)
• Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Haiti - Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869-1874)
• Honduras -
  1. José María Medina, President of Honduras (1864-1872)
  2. Céleo Arias, Provisional President of Honduras (1872-1874)
• Mexico -
  1. Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867–1872)
  2. Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
• Nicaragua - José Vicente Cuadra, President of Nicaragua (1871-1875)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji - Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Hawaii - Kamehameha V, King of Hawaiʻi (1863–1872)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868–1874)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
• Ecuador - Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869–1875)
• Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
• Uruguay -
  1. Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868–1872)
  2. Tomás Gomensoro, President of Uruguay (1872–1873)
• Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)