List of state leaders in 1885

1884 state leaders – Events of 1885 – 1886 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884-1887)
• Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Ethiopia – Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881-1891)
  • Grand Vizier – Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• Zanzibar – Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister – Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1885-1888)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman – Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)

Australia and Oceania

Europe

• Belgium – Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Bulgaria – Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879-1886)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister – Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
• France -
  • President – Jules Grévy, President of France (1879-1887)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Jules Ferry, President of the Council (1883-1885)
    2. Henri Brisson, President of the Council (1885-1886)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
  • Prime Minister – Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881-1887)
• Netherlands –
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister – Jan Heemskerk Abrahamzoon, Former of the Cabinet (1883-1888)
• Portugal – Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Russia – Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
• Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
    2. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871-1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister – Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884-1888)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
    2. The Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister – Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878-1891)
• United States –
  1. Chester Arthur, President of the United States (1881-1885)
  2. Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885-1889)

South America

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