List of state leaders in 1856
1855 state leaders – Events of 1856 – 1857 state leaders – State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1856
- List of international organization leaders in 1856
- List of colonial governors in 1856
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Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
- Buganda –
- Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
- Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
- Bunyoro – Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
- Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
- Dahomey –
- Ethiopia – Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
- 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)
- Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
- 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)
- Oman – Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)
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 –
- Peder Georg Bang, Prime Minister of Denmark (1854-1856)
- Carl Christofer Georg Andrae, Prime Minister of Denmark (1856-1857)
- 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 – Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
- 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)
- Claës Efraim Günther, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1856-1858)
- Foreign Minister –
- Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1848-1856)
- Elias Lagerheim, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1856-1858)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855-1858)
Middle East and North Africa
- Egypt – 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)
- Ottoman Empire
- Monarch – Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
- Grand Vizier –
- Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1855-1856)
- Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1856-1857)
North American and the Caribbean
- Province of Canada – Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854-1861)
- Costa Rica – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
- Mexico – Ignacio Comonfort, President (1855-1857)
- United States – Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853-1857)
South America
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