List of state leaders in 1872

List of state leaders in 1871 - Events of 1872 - List of state leaders in 1873 - State leaders by year----

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
* Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
* Liberia
** President -
**# James Skivring Smith, President of Liberia (1871-1872)
**# Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872-1876)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867-1873)
**Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
* Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
*Zulu -
*# Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)
*# Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
* Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
**Okinawa Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
**"Annexed into Japan as a "Han" (feudal domain). Shō Tai maintains his title as "King" until 1879."
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847-1881)
* Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)

Europe

*Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
**Minister-President of Austria - Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871-1879)
**Minister-President of Hungary -
*#Count Menyhért Lónyay, Minister-President of Hungary (1871-1872)
*#József Szlávy, Minister-President of Hungary (1872-1874)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
**Cabinet Chief - Jules Malou, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1871-1878, 1884)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
** Prime Minister - Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870-1874)
* France -
**President - Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871-1873)
**Prime Minister - Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871-1873)
*German Empire -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871-1888)
**Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
**"see also List of German rulers in 1872"
* Italy -
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
**Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869-1873)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867-1874)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister -
**#Jan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849-1853, 1862-1866, 1871-1872)
**#Gerrit de Vries, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1872-1874)
*Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
*Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
*Spain -
**Monarch - Amadeus, King of Spain (1870-1873)
**Prime Minister -
**#Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871-1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899)
**#Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868-1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
**#Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872-1873)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
*#Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
*#Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
*United Kingdom
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
* Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
* Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1871-1872)
**# Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872)
**# Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872-1873)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
**Governor General -
**# Lord Lisgar, Governor-General of Canada (1869-1872)
**# Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor-General of Canada (1872-1878)
**Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
*Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
*Mexico -
*#Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867-1872)
*#Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
* United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

Oceania

* Fiji - Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852-1874)
* Hawaii - Kamehameha V, King of Hawaiokinai (1863-1872)
* Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
* Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827-1877)
* Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

outh America

* Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-1874)
* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
* Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
* Ecuador - Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
* Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
*Uruguay -
*#Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868-1872)
*#Tomás Gomensoro, President of Uruguay (1872-1873)
* Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)