List of state leaders in 1875

State leaders in 1874 – Events of 1875 – State leaders in 1876 – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
• 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 – Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
  • Grand Vizier – Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• 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)
• Burma – Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853-1878)
• Cambodia – Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860-1904)
• Champasak – Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
• China (Qing Dynasty)-
  1. Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
  2. Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
• Japan – Monarch – Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Luang Phrabang – Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868-1895)
• Nepal – Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847-1881)
• Oman – Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
• Siam – Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868-1910)
• Vietnam – Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (1847-1883)

Europe

• Andorra – Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873-1879) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853-1879), Co-Princes
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
• Belgium – Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Christian Andreas Fonnesbech, Prime Minister of Denmark (1874-1875)
    2. Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
• France –
  • President – Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ernest Courtot de Cissey, President of the Council (1874-1875)
    2. Louis Buffet, President of the Council (1875-1876)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
  • see List of German rulers in 1875
• Greece – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
• Holy See – Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846-1878)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister – Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873-1876)
• Liechtenstein – Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
• Luxembourg – Guillaume III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890)
• Monaco – Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
• Montenegro – Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
• Netherlands – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Norway – Oscar II, King of Norway (1872-1905)
• Portugal – Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Romania – Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
• Russia – Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Serbia – Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
• Spain –
  • Monarch – Restoration of Monarchy
    • Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1875-1885)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
    2. Joaquín Jovellar Soler, Prime Minister of Spain (1875)
    3. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Chief Minister –
    1. Eduard Carleson, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1874-1875)
    2. Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1875-1876)
  • Foreign Minister – Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1872-1876)
• Switzerland – Johann Jakob Scherer, President of the Confederation (1875)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister – Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt – Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
• Morocco – Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
• Oman – Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Hüseyin Avni Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1874-1875)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875)
    3. Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875-1876)
• Persia – Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)
• Tunis – Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (1859-1882)

North America and The Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
  • Governor General – Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872-1878)
  • Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
• Costa Rica – Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870-1876)
• Dominican Republic – Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874-1876)
• El Salvador – Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871-1876)
• Guatemala – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873-1885)
• Haiti – Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874-1876)
• Honduras – Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874-1876)
• Mexico – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
• Nicaragua -
  1. Vicente Quadra, President of Nicaragua (1871-1875)
  2. Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, President of Nicaragua (1875-1879)
• United States – Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

South America

• Argentina – Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
• Bolivia – Tomás Frías, President of Bolivia (1874-1876)
• Brazil – Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Chile – Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
• Colombia – Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874-1876)
• Ecuador -
  1. Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
  2. Francisco Javier León, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
  3. José Javier Egiguren, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
  4. Rafael Pólit, President of Ecuador (1875)
  5. Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875-1876)
• Paraguay – Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874-1877)
• Peru – Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
• Uruguay -
  1. José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873-1875)
  2. Pedro Varela, Provisional Governor of Uruguay (1875)
  3. Pedro E. Carve, President of Uruguay (1875)
  4. Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875-1876)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)