List of state leaders in 1838

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1838.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Suna II (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro – Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835–1848)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Gézo (1818–1856)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Abu Bakr Atiku (1837–1842)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)
• Zulu – Dingane, King of the Zulu (1828–1840)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Dost Mohammad Khan (1826–1839)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Iku (1829–1847)
• Joseon (Korea) – Heonjong (1834–1849)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Andorra –
  • Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828–1851)
  • Louis-Philippe I of France (1830–1848)
• Austrian Empire – Ferdinand I (1835–1848)
  • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
• Kingdom of Bavaria
  • Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
  • Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1834–1840, 1846–1847)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VI (1808–1839)
  • Minister of State - Otto Joachim Moltke (1824–1842)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Louis-Mathieu Molé (1836–1839)
• Kingdom of Greece – Otto (1832–1862)
• Kingdom of Hanover – Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands – William I (1815–1840)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1833–1839)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Maria II (1826–1828, 1834–1853)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (1836–1839)
• Kingdom of Prussia –
  • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
  • Chief Minister - Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum (1823–1841)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (1833–1868)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV (1818–1844)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1859)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand II (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1835–1841)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi –
  • Co-Shaikh – Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
  • Co-Shaikh – Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
• Ajman –
  1. Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816–1838)
  2. Humayd ibn Rashid, Shaikh of Ajman (1838–1841)
• Bahrain – Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain (1834–1842)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Emirate of Mount Lebanon (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn `Umar (1822–1840)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Mohammad Shah Qajar (1834–1848)

North America

• Federal Republic of Central America – Francisco Morazán, President of Central America (1830–1839)
• Costa Rica –
  1. Manuel Aguilar Chacón, Head of State of Costa Rica (1837–1838)
  2. Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838–1842)
• Mexico - Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico (1837–1839)
• Republic of Texas –
  1. Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas (1836–1838)
  2. Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas (1838–1841)
• United States of America – Martin Van Buren, President (1837–1841)

South America

• Argentine Confederation – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Pedro II (1831–1889), still a minor
  • Regent: Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1837–1840)
• Bolivia – Andrés de Santa Cruz (1829–1839)
• Chile – José Joaquín Prieto Vial, President of Chile (1831–1840, 1840–1841)
• Ecuador – Vicente Rocafuerte (1834–1839)
• Paraguay – José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814–1840)
• Uruguay –
  1. Manuel Oribe, President of Uruguay (1835–1838)
  2. Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1838)
  3. Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1838–1839)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
• Commonwealth of Pitcairn – Joshua Hill, President of Pitcairn (1832–1838)
• Samoa – Malietoa Vai'inupo (?-1841)
• Tonga – Aleamotuʻa, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)