List of state leaders in 1873

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1873.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Yohannes IV (1871–1889)
• Liberia – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872–1876)
• Kingdom of Orungu – King Ntchengué
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph –
    1. Ahmad Rufa'i (1867–1873)
    2. Abu Bakr bin Bello (1873–1877)
  • Grand Vizier – Ibrahim Khalilu (1859-c.1874)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)
• Zulu – Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872–1884)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Sher Ali Khan (1868–1879)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Momin (1852–1885)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Tongzhi Emperor (1861–1875)
• Empire of Japan – Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Ryukyu Domain – Shō Tai, King of Ryukyu (1848-11 March 1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Kingdom of Nepal – Surendra Bikram Shah Deva (1847–1881)
• Sultanate of Oman – Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor (1847–1883)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria – Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1871–1879)
  • Minister-President of Hungary – József Szlávy (1872–1874)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1871–1878, 1884)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister – Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman (1870–1874)
• French Third Republic –
  • President –
    1. Adolphe Thiers (1871–1873)
    2. Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta (1873–1879)
  • President of the Council –
    1. Jules Dufaure (1871–1873)
    2. Albert de Broglie (1873–1874)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1873
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister – Epameinondas Deligiorgis (1872–1874)
• Kingdom of Italy –
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Giovanni Lanza (1869–1873)
    2. Marco Minghetti (1873–1876)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister – Emmanuel Servais (1867–1874)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers – Gerrit de Vries (1872–1874)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1872–1873)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha (1873)
    3. Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha (1873–1874)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1871–1877)
• United Principalities (Romania) – Carol I (1866–1881)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II (1855–1881)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  1. Monarch – Amadeus (1870–1873)
  2. President – Establishment of First Spanish Republic
  • • Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of Spain (1873–1874)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1871, 1872–1873)
    2. Estanislao Figueras y Moragas (1873)
    3. Francisco Pi y Margall (1873)
    4. Nicolás Salmerón Alonso (1873)
    5. Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (1873–1874)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway – Oscar II (1872–1907)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – Victoria(1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister – William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Khedivate of Egypt (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) – Isma'il (1867–1879)
• Sultanate of Morocco –
  1. Muhammad IV (1859–1873)
  2. Hassan I (1873–1894)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General – Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872–1878)
  1. John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1873)
  2. Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada (1873–1878)
• Costa Rica – Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Mexico – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
• United States – Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji – Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Kingdom of Hawaii – Lunalilo (1873–1874)
• Samoa – Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti – Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868–1874)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • President of the cabinet of ministers - José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1871–1875)
• Chile – Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
• Ecuador – Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869–1875)
• Peru – Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
• Uruguay –
  1. Tomás Gomensoro, President of Uruguay (1872–1873)
  2. José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873–1875)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)