List of state leaders in 1873

List of state leaders in 1872 - Events of 1873 - List of state leaders in 1874 - 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)
• Liberia – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872–1876)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph –
    1. Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867–1873)
    2. Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873–1877)
  • Grand Vizier – Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar – Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
• Zulu – 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)
• 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 – 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 –
    1. Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871–1873)
    2. Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873–1879)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871–1873)
    2. Albert de Broglie, President of the Council (1873–1874)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1873
• Greece –
  • Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister – Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1872–1874)
• Italy –
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869–1873)
    2. Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873–1876)
• 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 – 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. Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872–1873)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873)
    3. Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873–1874)
• Portugal – Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Romania – Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866–1881)
• Russia – Alexander II, Tsarof Russia (1855–1881)
• Spain –
  1. Monarch – Amadeus, King of Spain (1870–1873)
  2. President – Establishment of First Spanish Republic
  • • Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of Spain (1873–1874)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872–1873)
    2. Estanislao Figueras Moragas, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
    3. Francisco Pi y Margall, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
    4. Nicolás Salmerón Alonso, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
    5. Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, Prime Minister of Spain (1873–1874)
• Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway – Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (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)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty) – Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867–1879)
• Morocco –
  1. Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859–1873)
  2. Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873–1894)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General – Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor-General of Canada (1872–1878)
  1. John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1873)
  2. Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada (1872–1878)
• Costa Rica – Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Mexico – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
• United States – Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji – Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Hawaii – Lunalilo, King of Hawaiʻi (1873–1874)
• 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. Tomás Gomensoro, President of Uruguay (1872–1873)
  2. José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873–1875)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)