List of state leaders in 1916

1915 state leaders – Events of 1916 – 1917 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ethiopia –
  1. Iyasu IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-1916)
  2. Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930)
• Liberia – Daniel E. Howard, President of Liberia (1912-1920)
• South Africa
  • Monarch – King George V, King of South Africa (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General – Viscount Buxton, Governor-General of South Africa (1914-1920)
  • Prime Minister – Louis Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa 1910-1919)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Habibullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1901-1919)
• Brunei – Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Sultan of Brunei (1906–1924)
• China
  • Monarch (Empire of China) – Yuan Shikai, Emperor of China (1915-1916)
  • President (Republic of China) -
    1. Yuan Shikai, President of the Republic of China (1916)
    2. Li Yüan-hung, President of the Republic of China (1916-1917)
  • Premier (Republic of China) – Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China (1916-1917)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Taisho Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1912-1926)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Okuma Shigenobu, Prime Minister of Japan (1914-1916)
    2. Terauchi Masatake, Prime Minister of Japan (1916-1918)
• Oman – Taimur Bin Faisal, Sultan of Oman (1913-1932)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General – Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia (1914-1920)
  • Prime Minister – Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (1915-1923)

Europe

• Albania –

1. Esat Pashë Toptani, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1914-1916)
2. National government collapsed (1916-1918)

• Austria-Hungary

1. Monarch – kaiser Franz Joseph

• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Carl Theodor Zahle, Prime Minister of Denmark (1913-1920)
• France -
  • President – Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913-1920)
  • Prime Minister – Aristide Briand, President of the Council (1915-1917)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (1909-1917)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Antonio Salandra, Prime Minister of Italy (1914-1916)
    2. Paolo Boselli, Prime Minister of Italy (1916-1917)
• Romania – King Ferdinand (1914-1927)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908-1916)
    2. David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-1922)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – King George V, King of Canada (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General –
    1. HRH the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor-General of Canada (1911-1916)
    2. Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada (1916-1921)
  • Prime Minister – Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920)
• Newfoundland
  • Monarch – King George V, King of Newfoundland (1910-1936)
  • Governor – Walter Edward Davidson, Governor of Newfoundland (1913-1917)
  • Prime Minister – Edward Patrick Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909-1917)
• United States – Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States (1913-1921)

South America

• Brazil – Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes, President of Brazil (1914-1918)
• Paraguay –
  1. Eduardo Schaerer, President of Paraguay (1912-1916)
  2. Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay (1916-1919)
• Peru – José Pardo y Barreda, President of Peru (1915-1919)