List of state leaders in 1897

1896 state leaders – Events of 1897 – 1898 state leaders – State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1897
• List of international organization leaders in 1897

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896–1900)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
• Liberia - William D. Coleman, President of Liberia (1896–1900)
• Mahdist State of Sudan - Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1885–1898)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896–1902)

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 - Matsukata Masayoshi, Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1898)
• Korea - Gojong, King of the Joseon Dynasty (1864–1897); Emperor of the Korean Empire (1897–1907)
• Oman - Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888–1913)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Félix Fauré, President of France (1895–1899)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndics - Bonaventura Maestre (1893–1898) and Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria -
  1. Count Kasimir Felix von Badeni, Minister-President of Austria (1895–1897)
  2. Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn, Minister-President of Austria (1897–1898)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Baron Dezső Bánffy, Minister-President of Hungary (1895–1899)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1896–1899, 1899–1907)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister - Konstantin Stoilov (1894–1899)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von Reedtz-Thott, Prime Minister of Denmark (1894–1897)
    2. Hugo Egmont Hørring, Prime Minister of Denmark (1897–1900)
• France -
  • President - Félix Fauré, President of France (1895–1899)
  • Prime Minister - Jules Méline, President of the Council (1896–1898)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894–1900)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1897
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Theodoros Deligiannis, Prime Minister of Greece (1895–1897)
    2. Dimitrios Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (1897)
    3. Alexandros Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1897–1899)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Marchese di Rudinì, Prime Minister of Italy (1896–1898)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1888–1915)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent - Emma, Regent (1890–1898)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Joan Röell, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1894–1897)
    2. Nicolaas Pierson, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1897–1901)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Abdülhamit II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Portugal - Carlos, King of Portugal (1889–1908)
• Russia - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894–1917)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1895–1897)
    2. Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero, Acting Prime Minister of Spain (1897)
    3. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1897–1899)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Erik Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891–1900)
• 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

• Costa Rica - Rafael Yglesias Castro, President of Costa Rica (1894–1902)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• United States -
  1. Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1893–1897)
  2. William McKinley, President of the United States (1897–1901)

Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Governor-General -
  1. The Earl of Glasgow, Governor-General of New Zealand (1892–1897)
  2. The Earl of Ranfurly, Governor-General of New Zealand (1897–1904)
  • Prime Minister - Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893–1906)
• Niue - Togia-Pulu-toaki, King of Niue (1896–?)
• Samoa - Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - George Tupou II, King of Tonga (1893–1918)
  • Prime Minister - Siosateki Veikune, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1893–1904)

South America

• Argentina - José Evaristo Uriburu, President of Argentina (1895–1898)
• Bolivia - Severo Fernández, President of Bolivia (1896–1899)
• Brazil -
  1. Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1894–1898)
  2. Manuel Vitorino Pereira, acting President of Brazil (1896–1897)
• Chile - Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, President of Chile (1896–1901)
• Colombia - Miguel Antonio Caro, President of Colombia (1894–1898)
• Ecuador - Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador (1895–1901)
• Paraguay - Juan Bautista Egusquiza, President of Paraguay (1894–1898)
• Peru - Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru (1895–1899)
• Uruguay -
  1. Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay (1894–1897)
  2. Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, President of Uruguay (1897–1899)
• Venezuela - Joaquín Crespo, President of Venezuela (1892–1898)