List of state leaders in 1888

1887 state leaders - Events of 1888 - 1889 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1888
• List of international organization leaders in 1888

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy -
  1. Owusu Sekyere II, Regent (1887–1888)
  2. Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888–1896)
• 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 - Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886–1910)
• Zanzibar -
  1. Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
  2. Sayyid Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1888–1890)

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 -
    1. Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1885–1888)
    2. Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (1888–1889)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman -
  1. Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
  2. Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888–1913)
• Umm al-Quwain - Sheikh Ahmad I bin `Abd Allah Al Mu`alla, Emir (1873–1904)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Maestre, First Syndic of Andorra (1886–1888)
    2. Antoni Moles, First Syndic of Andorra (1888–1897)
• 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 - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister - Stefan Stambolov (1887–1894)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875–1894)
• France -
  • President - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Pierre Tirard, President of the Council (1887–1888)
    2. Charles Floquet, President of the Council (1888–1889)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch -
    1. Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
    2. Friedrich III, German Emperor (1888)
    3. Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1888
• 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 - Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (1887–1891)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885–1888)
    2. Paul Eyschen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1888–1915)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
    2. Aeneas Mackay, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1888–1891)
• 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 -
  1. Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884–1888)
  2. Gillis Bildt, Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889)
• 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 (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• 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 Mexico (1884–1911)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885–1889)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
• Niue - 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 -
  1. Gregorio Pacheco, President of Bolivia (1884–1888)
  2. Aniceto Arce, President of Bolivia (1888–1892)
• Empire of Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Chile - José Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (1886–1891)
• Colombia - Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia (1887–1894)
  1. Eliseo Payán, acting President of Colombia (1887–1888)
  2. Carlos Holguín Mallarino, acting President of Colombia (1888–1892)
• Ecuador -
  1. José Plácido Caamaño, President of Ecuador (1883–1888)
  2. Antonio Flores Jijón, President of Ecuador (1888–1892)
• 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 -
  1. Hermógenes López, interim President of Venezuela (1887–1888)
  2. Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, President of Venezuela (1888–1892)