List of state leaders in 1859

1858 state leaders – Events of 1859 – 1860 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda – 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 – Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia – Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
• Rwanda – Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph –
    1. Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
    2. Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859-1866)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
    2. Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• 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 Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
• 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 –
    1. Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1857-1859)
    2. Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Prime Minister of Denmark (1859-1860)
• 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)
  • Regent – Prince Wilhelm, Regent of Prussia (1858-1861)
  • Prime Minister – Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Minister-President of Prussia (1858-1862)
• Romania – Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859-1866)
• Russia – Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Spain – Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch –
    1. Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
    2. Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
  • Regent –
    1. Crown Prince Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden (1844-1859)
    2. Continued as King
  • Chief Minister – Louis Gerhard De Geer , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1858-1870)
  • Foreign Minister – Ludvig Manderström, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1858-1868)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1858-1859)
    2. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859-1865)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt – Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
• Morocco –
  1. Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
  2. Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1858-1859)
    2. Kibrisli Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1859)
    3. Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1859-1860)

North American and the Caribbean

• Province of Canada – Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854-1861)
• Costa Rica –
  1. Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
  2. José María Montealegre Fernández, President (1859-1863)
• Mexico –
  1. Manuel Robles Pezuela, President (1858-1859)
  2. Miguel Miramón, President (1859-1860)
• United States – James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857-1861)

South America

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