List of state leaders in 1854

1853 state leaders – Events of 1854 – 1855 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 – Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
• Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey – Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
• Rwanda – Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• 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 – Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850-1861)
  • Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping – Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1853-1858)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – 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 –
    1. Anders Sandoe Ørsted, Prime Minister of Denmark (1853-1854)
    2. Peder Georg Bang, Prime Minister of Denmark (1854-1856)
• France – Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• Netherlands – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal – Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Prime Minister – Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
• Russia – Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• Spain – Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 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 – George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852-1855)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt –
  1. Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849-1854)
  2. Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
• 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 Naili Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1853-1854)
    2. Kibrisli Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1854)
    3. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1854-1855)

North American and the Caribbean

• Province of Canada –
  1. Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854-1861)
  2. James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Governor of the Province of Canada (1847-1854)
• Costa Rica – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
• Mexico – Antonio López de Santa Anna, President (1853-1855)
• United States – Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853-1857)

South America

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