List of state leaders in 1899

1898 state leaders – Events of 1899 – 1900 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896-1900)
• Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908) (part way through the year Burundi became a German colony, reducing the King to a mainly ceremonial role)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896-1902)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Emperor – Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
  • De facto ruler – Empress Dowager Cixi (1898-1908)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister – Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1898-1900)
• Korea (Korean Empire) – Gojong, Emperor of Korea (1864-1907, King before 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 -
    1. Konstantin Stoilov (1894-1899)
    2. Dimitur Panayotov (1899)
    3. Todor Ivanchov (1899-1901)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring, Prime Minister of Denmark (1897-1900)
• France -
  • President –
    1. Félix Faure, President of France (1895-1899)
    2. Émile Loubet, President of France (1899-1906)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Charles Dupuy, President of the Council (1898-1899)
    2. René Waldeck-Rousseau, President of the Council (1899-1902)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor – Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894-1900)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
  • Prime Minister – Luigi Pelloux, Prime Minister of Italy (1898-1900)
• Netherlands –
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
• Portugal – Carlos, King of Portugal (1889-1908)
• Russia – Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
• Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1897-1899)
    2. Francisco Silvela Le Vielleuze, Prime Minister of Spain (1899-1900)
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891-1900)
• 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

• United States – William McKinley, President of the United States (1897-1901)

South America

• Brazil – Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, President of Brazil (1898-1902)