List of state leaders in 1886

1885 state leaders - Events of 1886 - 1887 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1886
• List of international organization leaders in 1886

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884–1887)
• 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 - Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884–1892)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881–1891)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874–1886)
    2. Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886–1910)
• Wassoulou Empire - Samori Ture, Emperor (1878–1898)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880–1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875–1908)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
  • Prime Minister - Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1885–1888)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
• Persia - Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1848–1896)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Duran, First Syndic of Andorra (1886)
    2. Francesc Maestre, First Syndic of Andorra (1886–1888)
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1879–1893)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875–1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - August Beernaert, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1884–1894)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch -

1. Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879–1886)
2. Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886–1918)

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875–1894)
• France -
  • President - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Henri Brisson, President of the Council (1885–1886)
    2. Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council (1886)
    3. René Goblet, President of the Council (1886–1887)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1886
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Theodoros Deligiannis, Prime Minister of Greece (1885–1886)
    2. Dimitrios Valvis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886)
    3. Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886–1890)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881–1887)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885–1888)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Abdülhamit II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Russia - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881–1894)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884–1888)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)
    2. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
    3. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)

North America

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica - Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885–1889)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
• Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
• Samoa - Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga -
  • Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845–1893)
  • Prime Minister - Shirley Waldemar Baker, Prime Minister of Tonga (1880–1890)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Julio Argentino Roca, President of Argentina (1880–1886)
  2. Miguel Juárez Celman, President of Argentina (1886–1890)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Uruguay -
  1. Máximo Santos, President of Uruguay (1882–1886)
  2. Francisco Antonino Vidal, President of Uruguay (1886)
  3. Máximo Santos, President of Uruguay (1886)
  4. Máximo Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886–1890)