List of state leaders in 1887

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1887.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884–1887)
  2. Owusu Sekyere II, Regent (1887–1888)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Yohannes IV (1871–1889)
• Liberia – Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884–1892)
• Orange Free State – Johannes Henricus Brand, State President of the Orange Free State (1864–1888)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Umar bin Ali (1881–1891)
  • Grand Vizier - Muhammadu Buhari (1886–1910)
• South African Republic – Paul Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (1883–1902)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Prime Minister - Itō Hirobumi (1885–1888)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896)
• Umm al-Quwain – Sheikh Ahmad I bin `Abd Allah Al Mu`alla, Emir (1873–1904)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince -
      1. Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
      2. Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Maestre (1886–1888)
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Joint Foreign Minister - Count Gustav Kálnoky, Joint Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe (1879–1893)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza (1875–1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1884–1894)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894)
• French Third Republic –
  • President -
    1. Jules Grévy (1879–1887)
    2. Marie François Sadi Carnot (1887–1894)
  • President of the Council -
    1. René Goblet (1886–1887)
    2. Maurice Rouvier (1887)
    3. Pierre Tirard (1887–1888)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Prince Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1887
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister - Charilaos Trikoupis (1886–1890)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Agostino Depretis (1881–1887)
    2. Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)
• Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann II (1858–1929)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Édouard Thilges (1885–1888)
• Principality of Monaco – Charles III (1856–1889)
• Principality of Montenegro
  • Monarch – Nicholas I (1860–1910)
  • Prime Minister - Bozo Petrovic-Njegos (1879–1905)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II, King of Norway (1872–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Johan Sverdrup (1884–1889)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdulhamid II (1876–1909)
  • Grand Vizier – Kibrisli Mehmed Kamil Pasha, Grand Vizier (1885–1891)
  • Principality of Bulgaria
    • Head of State -
      1. Regency Council (1886–1887)
      2. Ferdinand I (1887–1908)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Vasil Radoslavov (1886–1887)
      2. Konstantin Stoilov (1887)
      3. Stefan Stambolov (1887–1894)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - José Luciano de Castro (1886–1890)
• Kingdom of Romania
  • Monarch – Carol I (1881–1914)
  • Prime Minister - Ion Brătianu (1881–1888)
• Russian Empire – Alexander III (1881–1894)
• Principality of Serbia –
  • Monarch – Milan I, King of Serbia (1882–1889)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Milutin Garasanin (1884–1887)
    2. Jovan Ristic (1887–1888)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1885–1890)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Themptander (1884–1888)
• Switzerland - Numa Droz, President of the Swiss Confederation (1887)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1886–1892)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Governor-General - The Marquess of Lansdowne (1883–1888)
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica – Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
• Dominican Republic –
  1. Alejandro Woss, President of the Dominican Republic (1885–1887)
  2. Ulises Heureaux, President of the Dominican Republic (1887–1889)
• El Salvador – Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador (1885–1890)
• Guatemala – Manuel Lisandro Barillas, President of Guatemala (1885–1892)
• Haiti – Lysius Salomon, President of Haiti (1879–1888)
• Honduras – Luis Bográn, President of Honduras (1883–1891)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• Nicaragua –
  1. Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua (1883–1887)
  2. Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua (1887–1889)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885–1889)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Niue –
  1. Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
  2. 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 (1880–1890)

South America

• Argentina – Miguel Juárez Celman, President of Argentina (1886–1890)
• Bolivia – Gregorio Pacheco, President of Bolivia (1884–1888)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, regent (June 1887 - August 1888)
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Baron of Cotegipe (1885–1888)
• Chile – José Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (1886–1891)
• Colombia – Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia (1887–1892)
  • Eliseo Payán, acting Acting President of Colombia (1887)
• Ecuador – José María Plácido Caamaño, President of Ecuador (1883–1888)
• 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 – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1886–1888)