List of state leaders in 1908

1907 state leaders – Events of 1908 – 1909 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ethiopia – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1889-1913)
• Liberia – Arthur Barclay, President of Liberia (1904-1912)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1902-1911)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Habibullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1901-1919)
• China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Monarch -
    1. Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
    2. Xuantong, Emperor of China (1908-1912)
  • De facto ruler – Empress Dowager Cixi (1898-1908)
  • Regent – Prince Zaifeng (1908 – 1911)
• Japan –
  • Monarch – Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Saionji Kinmochi, Prime Minister of Japan (1906-1908)
    2. Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (1908-1911)
• Korea (Korean Empire) – Sunjong, Emperor of Korea (1907-1910)
• Oman – Faisal Bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch – Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901 – 1910)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Henry Northcote, 1st Baron of Northcote, Governor-General of Australia (1904 – 1908)
    2. William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of Australia (1908 – 1911)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia (1905 – 1908)
    2. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia (1908 – 1909)

• New Zealand
  • Monarch – Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910)
  • Governor – Lord Plunket, Governor of New Zealand (1904 – 1910)
  • Prime Minister – Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906 – 1912)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (1906-1912)
  • President of the Council –
    1. Jens Christian Christensen, President of the Danish Council of State (1905-1908)
    2. Niels Thomasius Neergaard, President of the Danish Council of State (1908-1909)
• France -
  • President – Armand Fallières, President of France (1906-1913)
  • Prime Minister – Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council (1906-1909)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (1900-1909)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister – Giovanni Giolitti, Prime Minister of Italy (1906-1909)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905-1908)
    2. Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908-1916)

North America and Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Edward VII, King of Canada (1901-1910)
  • Governor-General – Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada (1904-1911)
  • Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896-1911)
• Newfoundland
  • Monarch – Edward VII, King of Canada (1901-1910)
  • Governor – Sir William Macgregor, Governor of Newfoundland (1909-1913)
  • Prime Minister – Sir Robert Bond, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1900-1909)
• Guatemala – Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala (1898-1920)
• Mexico – Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1884-1911)
• Nicaragua – José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua (1893-1909)
• United States – Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901-1909)

South America

• Bolivia – Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia (1904-1909)
• Brazil – Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, President of Brazil (1906-1909)
• Colombia – Rafael Reyes, President of Colombia (1904-1909)
• Paraguay –
  1. Benigno Ferreira, President of Paraguay (1906-1908)
  2. Emiliano González Navero, President of Paraguay (1908-1910)
• Peru –
  1. José Pardo y Barreda, President of Peru (1904-1908)
  2. Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo, President of Peru (1908-1912)
• Venezuela – Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela (1899-1909)