List of state leaders in 1875

State leaders in 1874 - Events of 1875 - State leaders in 1876 - 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 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872-1876)
* 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 (Qing Dynasty)-
*#Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
*#Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
* 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 - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1875 – 1893)

Europe

* Andorra - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873-1879) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853-1879), Co-Princes
*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 -
*#István Bittó, Minister-President of Hungary (1874-1875)
*#Baron Béla Wenckheim, Minister-President of Hungary (1875)
*#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 -
**# Christian Andreas Fonnesbech, Prime Minister of Denmark (1874-1875)
**# Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
* France -
**President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
**Prime Minister -
**# Ernest Courtot de Cissey, President of the Council (1874-1875)
**# Louis Buffet, President of the Council (1875-1876)
* Germany -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
**Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
**"see List of German rulers in 1875"
* Greece - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
* Holy See - 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)
* 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, 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)
* Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
* Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
* Spain -
**Monarch - "Restoration of Monarchy"
***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)
**#Joaquín Jovellar Soler, Prime Minister of Spain (1875)
**#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 - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
* Switzerland - Johann Jakob Scherer, President of the Confederation (1875)
* United Kingdom
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, 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)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Hüseyin Avni Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1874-1875)
**# Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875)
**# Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875-1876)
* 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)
* Dominican Republic - Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874-1876)
* El Salvador - Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871-1876)
* Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873-1885)
* Haiti - Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874-1876)
* Honduras - Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874-1876)
* Mexico - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
* Nicaragua -
*# Vicente Quadra, President of Nicaragua (1871-1875)
*# 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 - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)
**crowned King of Tonga, as King George Tupou I, in 1875

outh America

* Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
* Bolivia - Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874-1876)
* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
* Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
* Colombia - Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874-1876)
* Ecuador -
*# Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
*# Francisco Javier León, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
*# José Javier Egiguren, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
*# Rafael Pólit, President of Ecuador (1875)
*# Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875-1876)
* Paraguay - Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874-1877)
* Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
*Uruguay -
*#José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873-1875)
*#Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875)
*#Pedro Carve, President of Uruguay (1875)
*#Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875-1876)
* Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)