List of state leaders in 1844

1843 state leaders – Events of 1844 – 1845 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 – Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
  • Grand Vizier – Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
• 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)
• Belgium – Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839-1848)
  • Prime Minister – Poul Christian Stemann, Minister of State of Denmark (1842-1848)
• France –
  • Monarch – Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
  • Prime Minister – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Prime Minister of France (1840-1847)
• Netherlands – William II, King of the Netherlands (1840-1849)
• Portugal – Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Chief Minister – Ludwig Gustav von Thile, Cabinet Minister (1841-1848)
• Russia – Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• Spain – Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch –
    1. Charles XIV, King of Sweden (1818-1844)
    2. Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
  • Chief Minister –
    1. Lars Herman Gyllenhaal, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1843-1844)
    2. Johan Nordenfalk, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1844-1846)
  • Foreign Minister – Albrecht Ihre, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1842-1848)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister – Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834-1835, 1841-1846)

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)
• 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)
• Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1842-1846)

North American and the Caribbean

• Mexico –
  1. Valentín Canalizo, President of Mexico (1843-1844)
  2. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico (1844-1844)
  3. Valentín Canalizo, President of Mexico (1844-1844)
  4. José Joaquín de Herrera, President of Mexico (1844-1845)
• Republic of Texas –
  1. Sam Houston, President (1841-1844)
  2. Anson Jones, President (1844-1845)
• United States – John Tyler, President of the United States (1841-1845)

South America

• Brazil – Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)