List of state leaders in 1846

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1846.

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 – Ghezo (1818–1856)
• Ethiopian Empire -
  • Shewa – Sahle Selassie, Negus (1813–1847)
• Kingdom of Jimma - Abba Jifar I (1830-1855)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ali bin Bello I (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir (1842–1859)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch -
    1. Ninkō (1817–1846)
    2. Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Iku (1829–1847)
• Joseon (Korea) – Heonjong (1834–1849)
• Siam –

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)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief –
    1. Sylvain van de Weyer (1845–1846)
    2. Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1834–1840, 1846–1847)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian VIII (1839–1848)
  • Minister of State - Poul Christian Stemann (1842–1848)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1840–1847)
• German Confederation
  • Austrian Empire – Ferdinand I (1835–1848)
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840–1861)
    • Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile (1841–1848)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria
    • Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
    • Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – William II (1840–1849)
  • Liechtenstein – Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1836–1858)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister - Ioannis Kolettis (1844–1847)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ferdinand V (1835–1848)
• Duchy of Lucca – Charles (1824–1847)
• Duchy of Massa and Carrara –
  1. Francis IV (1829–1846)
  2. Francis V (1846–1859)
• Duchy of Modena –
  1. Francis IV (1814–1846)
  2. Francis V (1846–1859)
• Principality of Moldavia – Mihail Sturdza, Voivod of Moldavia (1834–1849)
• Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro – Petar II Petrović Njegoš (1830–1851)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands – William II (1840–1849)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden–Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar I (1844–1859)
  • Governor -
    1. Vacant (1829–1836)
    2. Severin Løvenskiold, Governor of Norway (1841–1856)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1842–1846)
    2. Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1846–1848
• Papal States –
  1. Pope Gregory XVI (1831–1846)
  2. Pope Pius IX (1846–1870)
• Duchy of Parma – Marie Louise (1814–1847)
• Piedmont-Sardinia – Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–1849)
• Congress Poland – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Maria II (1826–1828; 1828–1834 in opposition; 1834–1853)
  • President of the Council of Ministers –
    1. Duke of Terceira (1842–1846)
    2. Duke of Palmela (1846)
    3. Marquess of Saldanha (1846–1847)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (1833–1868)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I (1844–1859)
• Switzerland – Johann Ulrich Zehnder, President of the Diet (1846)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1848, 1849–1859)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand II (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Sir Robert Peel (1834–1835, 1841–1846)
    2. Lord John Russell (1846–1852, 1865–1866)
• Wallachia – Gheorghe Bibescu, Voivod of Wallachia (1842–1848)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abu al-Fadl `Abd ar-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Beylik of Tunis (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty)
  • Monarch – Ahmad (I) ibn Mustafa, Pasha-Bey of Tunisia (1837–1855)
  • Grand Vizier – Mustapha Khaznadar (1837–1873)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Mohammad Shah Qajar (1834–1848)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica –
  1. Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, Head of State of Costa Rica (1844–1846)
  2. José María Alfaro Zamora, Head of State of Costa Rica (1846–1847)
• Dominican Republic – Pedro Santana Familias, President of the Dominican Republic (1844–1848, 1849, 1853–1856)
• El Salvador –
  1. Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán, President of El Salvador (1845–1846)
  2. Fermín Palacios, Acting President of El Salvador (1846)
  3. Eugenio Aguilar, President of El Salvador (1846–1848)
• Guatemala – José Rafael Carrera Turcios, President of Guatemala (1844–1848, 1851–1865)
• Haiti –
  1. Jean-Louis Pierrot, President of Haiti (1845–1846)
  2. Jean-Baptiste Riché, President of Haiti (1846–1847)
• Honduras – Coronado Chávez, President of Honduras (1845–1847)
• Mexico -
  1. Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga, President of Mexico (1846)
  2. Nicolás Bravo, President of Mexico (1846)
  3. Mariano Salas, President of Mexico (1846)
  4. Valentín Gómez Farías, President of Mexico (1846–1847)
• Miskito Nation – George Augustus Frederic II, King of the Miskito Nation (1842–1865)
• Nicaragua – José León Sandoval, Director of Nicaragua (1845–1847)
• United States - James K. Polk, President of the United States (1845–1849)
• Yucatán – Miguel Barbachano, Governor of Yucatán (1841, 1842–1843, 1844, 1846–1847, 1848–1853)
  • Independent from Mexico 1 January 1846 to 17 August 1848

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

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)
• Bolivia – José Ballivián Segurola, President of Bolivia (1841–1847)
• Empire of Brazil – Pedro II (1831–1889)
• Chile – Manuel Bulnes Prieto, President of Chile (1841–1851)
• Ecuador – Vicente Ramón Roca, President of Ecuador (1845–1849)
• New Granada – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, President of New Granada (1844–1849)
• Paraguay – Carlos Antonio López, Perpetual Supreme Dictator (1844–1862)
• Peru – Ramón Castilla, President of Peru (1845–1851 and 1855–1862)
• Uruguay – as a consequence of the Guerra Grande, two governments in parallel:
  • Gobierno de la Defensa (in Montevideo): Joaquín Suárez (1843–1852)
  • Gobierno del Cerrito (ruling the rest of the country): Manuel Oribe (1843–1851)
• Venezuela – Carlos Soublette, President of Venezuela (1837–1839 and 1843–1847)