List of state leaders in 1838

1837 state leaders – Events of 1838 – 1839 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

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

Asia

• Afghanistan – Dost Mahommed Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1826-1839)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821-1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834-1849)

Europe

• Abkhazia – Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
• Andorra –
  • Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828-1851)
  • Louis-Philippe I, King of France (1830-1848)
• Belgium – Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
  • Prime Minister – Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824-1842)
• France –
  • Monarch – Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
  • Prime Minister – Comte Molé, Prime Minister of France (1836-1839)
• Netherlands – William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
• Portugal – Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
  • Chief Minister – Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich, Cabinet Minister (1823-1841)
• Russia – Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• Spain – Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch Charles XIV, King of Sweden (1818-1844)
  • Chief Minister – Mathias Rosenblad, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1829-1840)
  • Foreign Minister –
    1. Adolf Göran Mörner, acting Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1837-1838)
    2. Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1838-1842)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1835-1841)

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 – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
• Morocco – Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
• Mount Lebanon – Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn `Umar, Emir of Mount Lebanon (1822-1840)
• Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1833-1839)

North America

• Mexico – Anastasio Bustamante, President (1837-1839)
• Republic of Texas –
  1. Sam Houston, President (1836-1838)
  2. Mirabeau B. Lamar, President (1838-1841)
• United States of America – Martin Van Buren, President (1837-1841)

South America

• Brazil – Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• 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 – Perpetual Supreme Dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814-1840)