List of state leaders in 1873

State leaders in 1872 – Events of 1873 – State leaders in 1874 – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
• Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey – Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia – Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
• Liberia – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872-1876)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph –
    1. Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867-1873)
    2. Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
  • Grand Vizier – Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar – Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
• Zulu – Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
• Japan – Monarch – Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman – Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)

Europe

• Belgium – Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister – Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870-1874)
• France -
  • President -
    1. Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871-1873)
    2. Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871-1873)
    2. Albert de Broglie, President of the Council (1873-1874)
• Germany -
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
• Italy -
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869-1873)
    2. Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873-1876)
• Netherlands – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal – Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Romania – Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
• Russia – Alexander II, Tsarof Russia (1855-1881)
• Spain -
  1. Monarch – Amadeus, King of Spain (1870-1873)
  2. President – Establishment of First Spanish Republic
  • • Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of Spain (1873-1874)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872-1873)
    2. Estanislao Figueras Moragas, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
    3. Francisco Pi y Margall, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
    4. Nicolás Salmerón Alonso, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
    5. Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, Prime Minister of Spain (1873-1874)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Chief Minister – Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1870-1874)
  • Foreign Minister – Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1872-1876)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt – Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
• Morocco –
  1. Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
  2. Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872-1873)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873)
    3. Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873-1874)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
  • Governor General – Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor-General of Canada (1872-1878)
  • Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
• Costa Rica – Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870-1876)
• Mexico – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
• United States – Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

South America

• Argentina – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-1874)
• Brazil – Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Chile – Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
• Ecuador – Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
• Peru – Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)