List of state leaders in 1876

State leaders in 1875 - Events of 1876 - State leaders in 1877 - State leaders by year----

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
* 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 -
**# Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872-1876)
**# James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1876-1878)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
**Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
* Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
*Zulu - Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
* Burma - Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853-1878)
* Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860-1904)
* Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
* China - Guangxù, Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (1875-1908)
* India - Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901)
* Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
**Okinawa Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Luang Phrabang - Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868-1895)
* Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847-1881)
* Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
* Siam - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868-1910)
* Vietnam - Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (1847-1883)

Australia and Oceania

* Tonga
** Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1875 – 1893)
** Prime Minister - Tevita 'Unga, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1876 – 1880)

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 - Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875-1890)
* 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 - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
* France -
**President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
**Prime Minister -
**# Louis Buffet, President of the Council (1875-1876)
**# Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1876)
**# Jules Simon, President of the Council (1876-1877)
* Germany -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
**Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
**"see List of German rulers in 1876"
* Greece - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
* Papal States - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846-1878)
* Italy
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
**Prime Minister -
**# Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873-1876)
**# Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1876-1878)
* Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874-1885)
* Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
* Montenegro - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers ((1874-1877), (1883-1888)
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872-1905)
* Ottoman Empire -
*# Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
*# Murat V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876)
*# Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
* Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
* San Marino -
*# Pietro Tonnini and Giuseppe Giacomini, Captains-General (1875-1876)
*# Gaetano Belluzzi and Sante Lonfernini, Captains-General (1876)
*# Settimio Belluzzi and Michele Ceccoli, Captains-General (1876-1877)
* Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
* Spain -
**Monarch - Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1875-1885)
**Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
**Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
**Prime Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister of Sweden (1876-1880)
* Switzerland - Emil Welti, President of Switzerland (1876)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
* Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
* Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
* Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch -
**# Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
**# Murad V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876)
**# Abd-ul-Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875-1876)
**# Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1876)
**# Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1876-1877)
* Persian Empire - Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)
*Tunis - Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (1859-1882)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
**Governor General - Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872-1878)
**Prime Minister - Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada (1873-1878)
*Costa Rica -
*#Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
*#Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz, President of Costa Rica (1876)
*#Vicente Herrera Zeledón, President of Costa Rica (1876–1877)
* Dominican Republic -
*# Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874-1876)
*# Council of Secretaries of State (1876)
*# Ulises Francisco Espaillat, President of the Dominican Republic (1876)
*# Superior Governing Junta (1876)
*# Ignacio María González, Supreme Chief of the Dominican Republic (1876)
*# Marcos Antonio Cabral, President of the Provisional Governing Junta of the Dominican Republic (1876)
*# Buenaventura Báez, Provisional President of the Dominican Republic (1876-1878)
* El Salvador -
*# Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871-1876)
*# Andrés del Valle, President of El Salvador (1876)
*# Rafael Zaldivar, President of El Salvador (1876-1885)
* Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873-1885)
* Haiti -
*# Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874-1876)
*# Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal, President of Haiti (1876-1879)
* Honduras -
*# Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874-1876)
*# Marcelino Mejía, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
*# Crescencio Gómez, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
*# José María Medina, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
*# Marco Aurelio Soto, Provisional President of Honduras (1876-1877)
* Mexico -
*# Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
*# Porfirio Diaz, Interim President of Mexico (1876-1877/1880)
* Nicaragua - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875-1879)
* United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiokinai (1874-1891)
* Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875-1887)
* Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
* Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827-1877)
* Tonga - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845-1893)

outh America

* Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
* Bolivia -
*# Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874-1876)
*# Hilarión Daza, Provisional President of Bolivia (1876-1879)
* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
* Chile -
*# Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
*# Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile (1876-1881)
* Colombia -
*# Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874-1876)
*# Aquileo Parra, President of Colombia (1876-1878)
* Ecuador -
*# Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875-1876)
*# Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876-1878)
* Paraguay - Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874-1877)
* Peru -
*# Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
*# Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876-1879)
*Uruguay -
*#Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875-1876)
*#Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1876-1879)
* Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870/1873-1877)