List of state leaders in 1848

1847 state leaders – Events of 1848 – 1849 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 –
  1. Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835-1848))
  2. Olimi V, Omukama of Bunyoro (1848-1852))
• 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 – Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • 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 –
    1. Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839-1848)
    2. Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Poul Christian Stemann, Minister of State of Denmark (1842-1848)
    2. Adam Wilhelm, Prime Minister of Denmark (1848-1852)
• France –
  • July Monarchy -
    • Monarch – Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. François Guizot, Prime Minister of France (1847-1848)
      2. Louis, comte Molé, Prime Minister of France (1848)
      3. Adolphe Thiers, Prime Minister of France (1848)
  • Provisional Government of the Second Republic (February-December 1848) -
    1. Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic (1848)
    2. Dominique François Jean Arago, Chairman of the Executive Power Commission (1848)
    3. Louis Eugène Cavaignac, Chief of the Executive Power (1848)
  • Second Republic -
    • President – Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France (1848-1852)
    • Prime Minister – Odilon Barrot, Prime Minister of France (1848-1849)
• 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)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Ludwig Gustav von Thile, Cabinet Minister (1841-1848)
    2. Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg, Prime Minister of Prussia (1848)
    3. Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Prime Minister of Prussia (1848)
    4. Rudolf Ludwig Cäsar von Auerswald, Prime Minister of Prussia (1848)
    5. Ernst von Pfuel, Prime Minister of Prussia (1848)
    6. Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, Minister-President of Prussia (1848-1850)
• Russia – Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• Spain – Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
  • Chief Minister –
    1. Arvid Posse, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1846-1848)
    2. Gustaf Sparre, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1848-1856)
  • Foreign Minister –
    1. Albrecht Ihre, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1842-1848)
    2. Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1848-1856)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister – Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846-1852)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt –
  1. Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
  2. Ibrahim Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1848)
  3. Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1849)
• 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 –
    1. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1846-1848)
    2. Ibrahim Sarim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848)
    3. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848-1852)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica – José María Castro Madriz, Head of State – President (1847-1849)
• Mexico –
  1. Manuel de la Peña y Peña, President (1847-1848)
  2. José Joaquín de Herrera, President (1848-1851)
• United States – James K. Polk, President of the United States (1845-1849)

South America

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