List of state leaders in 1859

1858 state leaders - Events of 1859 - 1860 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1859
*List of international organization leaders in 1859
*List of colonial governors in 1859

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
* Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
* Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
* Liberia - Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856-1864)
* Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
* Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph -
**# Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
**# Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859-1866)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
**# Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
*Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
* China
** Qing Dynasty - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850-1861)
** Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
* Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)

Europe

* Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
**Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847-1852, 1857-1868)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
** Prime Minister -
**# Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1857-1859)
**# Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Prime Minister of Denmark (1859-1860)
* France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
* German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
** Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
** Luxembourg
***Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
***Prime Minister - Mathias Simons, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1853-1860)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
***Regent - Prince Wilhelm, Regent of Prussia (1858-1861)
***Prime Minister - Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Minister-President of Prussia (1858-1862)
** Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
** Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
** Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
** Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
*Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Jan Jacob Rochussen, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1858-1860)
*Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
* Romania - Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859-1866)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
*Sardinia-Piedmont- Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia-Piedmont (1849-1878*) *King of Italy beginning in 1861
**Prime Minister - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont
**Savoy
**Lombardy annexed from Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
*Sicily (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) -
#Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-1859)
#Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies (1859-1860)
* Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
*#Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
*#Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
*Two Sicilies -
*#Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-1859)
*#Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies (1859-1861)
*United Kingdom
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
** Prime Minister -
**#Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1858-1859)
**#Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859-1865)

Middle East and North Africa

* Egypt - Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
* Morocco -
*# Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
*# Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1858-1859)
**# Kibrisli Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1859)
**# Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1859-1860)

North America

*Province of Canada: Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
*Costa Rica -
*#Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
*#José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
* Mexico:
*#Manuel Robles Pezuela, President of Mexico (1858–1859)
*#Miguel Miramón, President of Mexico (1859–1860)
* United States: James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (1854-1863)
* Samoa - Malietoa Moli, Malietoa (1858-1860)
* Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
*Uruguay - Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856-1860)