List of state leaders in 1849

1848 state leaders – Events of 1849 – 1850 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 – 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) –
  1. Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834-1849)
  2. Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)

Europe

• Abkhazia – Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)* Belgium – Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
  • Prime Minister – Adam Wilhelm, Prime Minister of Denmark (1848-1852)
• France –
  • President – Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France (1848-1852)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Odilon Barrot, Prime Minister of France (1848-1849)
    2. Comte d'Hautpoul, Prime Minister of France (1849-1851)
• Netherlands –
  1. William II, King of the Netherlands (1840-1849)
  2. William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal – Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Prime Minister – 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 – Gustaf Sparre, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1848-1856)
  • Foreign Minister – 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 (1805-1849)
  2. Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849-1854)
• 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 – Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848-1852)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica –
  1. José María Castro Madriz, President (1847-1849)
  2. Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
• Mexico – José Joaquín de Herrera, President (1848-1851)
• United States -
  1. James K. Polk, President of the United States (1845-1849)
  2. Zachary Taylor, President of the United States (1849-1850)

South America

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