List of state leaders in 1887

1886 state leaders - Events of 1887 - 1888 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1887
• List of international organization leaders in 1887

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy -
  1. Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884–1887)
  2. Owusu Sekyere II, Regent (1887–1888)
• 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)
• Orange Free State - Johannes Henricus Brand, State President of the Orange Free State (1864–1888)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881–1891)
  • Grand Vizier - Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886–1910)
• South African Republic - Paul Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (1883–1902)
• 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 - Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1848–1896)
• Umm al-Quwain - Sheikh Ahmad I bin `Abd Allah Al Mu`alla, Emir (1873–1904)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince -
      1. Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
      2. Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Maestre, First Syndic of Andorra (1886–1888)
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Joint Foreign Minister - Count Gustav Kálnoky, Joint Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 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)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875–1894)
• France -
  • President -
    1. Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
    2. Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. René Goblet, President of the Council (1886–1887)
    2. Maurice Rouvier, President of the Council (1887)
    3. Pierre Tirard, President of the Council (1887–1888)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Prince Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1887
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister - Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886–1890)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881–1887)
    2. Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (1887–1891)
• Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858–1929)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885–1888)
• Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
• Montenegro
  • Monarch - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860–1910)
  • Prime Minister - Bozo Petrovic-Njegos, Prime Minister of Montenegro (1879–1905)
• 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)
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Johan Sverdrup, Prime Minister of Norway (1884–1889)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abdulhamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)
  • Grand Vizier - Kibrisli Mehmed Kamil Pasha, Grand Vizier (1885–1891)
  • Bulgaria
    • Head of State -
      1. Regency Council (1886–1887)
      2. Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Vasil Radoslavov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1886–1887)
      2. Konstantin Stoilov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887)
      3. Stefan Stambolov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887–1894)
• Portugal -
  • Monarch - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
  • Prime Minister - Luciano de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal (1886–1890)
• Romania
  • Monarch - Carol I, King of Romania (1881–1914)
  • Prime Minister - Ion Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania (1881–1888)
• Russia - Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1881–1894)
• Serbia -
  • Monarch - Milan I, King of Serbia (1882–1889)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Milutin Garasanin, Prime Minister of Serbia (1884–1887)
    2. Jovan Ristic, Prime Minister of Serbia (1887–1888)
• 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 (1885–1890)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884–1888)
• Switzerland - Numa Droz, President of the Swiss Confederation (1887)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1886–1892)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Governor-General - The Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada (1883–1888)
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica - Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
• Dominican Republic -
  1. Alejandro Woss, President of the Dominican Republic (1885–1887)
  2. Ulises Heureaux, President of the Dominican Republic (1887–1889)
• El Salvador - Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador (1885–1890)
• Guatemala - Manuel Lisandro Barillas, President of Guatemala (1885–1892)
• Haiti - Lysius Salomon, President of Haiti (1879–1888)
• Honduras - Luis Bográn, President of Honduras (1883–1891)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• Nicaragua -
  1. Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua (1883–1887)
  2. Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua (1887–1889)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885–1889)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
• Niue -
  1. Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
  2. Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887–1896)
• 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 - Miguel Juárez Celman, President of Argentina (1886–1890)
• Bolivia - Gregorio Pacheco, President of Bolivia (1884–1888)
• Brazil -
  • Monarch - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
  • Prime Minister - Baron of Cotegipe, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1885–1888)
• Chile - José Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (1886–1891)
• Colombia - Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia (1887–1892)
  • Eliseo Payán, acting Acting President of Colombia (1887)
• Ecuador - José María Plácido Caamaño, President of Ecuador (1883–1888)
• Paraguay - Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay (1886–1890)
• Peru - Andrés Avelino Cáceres, President of Peru (1886–1890)
• Uruguay - Máximo Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886–1890)
• Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1886–1888)