List of state leaders in 1889

1888 state leaders – Events of 1889 – 1890 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888-1896)
• Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881-1891)
  • Grand Vizier – Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886-1910)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1888-1890)

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 -
    1. Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (1888-1889)
    2. Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1889-1891)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman – Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)

Australia and Oceania

Europe

• Belgium – Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)
  • Prime Minister – Stefan Stambolov (1887-1894)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister – Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
• France -
  • President – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-1894)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Charles Floquet, President of the Council (1888-1889)
    2. Pierre Tirard, President of the Council (1889-1890)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
  • Prime Minister – Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (1887-1891)
• Netherlands – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal –
  1. Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
  2. Carlos, King of Portugal (1889-1908)
• Russia – Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
• Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister – 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 –
    1. Gillis Bildt, Prime Minister of Sweden (1888-1889)
    2. Gustaf Åkerhielm, Prime Minister of Sweden (1889-1891)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister – Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd 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 – Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States (1889-1893)

South America

• Brazil -
  1. Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
  2. Deodoro da Fonseca, Head of the Provisional Government (1889-1891)