List of state leaders in 1838

1837 state leaders - Events of 1838 - 1839 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1838
*List of international organization leaders in 1838
*List of colonial governors in 1838

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
* Bunyoro - Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835-1848)
* Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
* Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
* Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Abu Bakr Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1837-1842)
**Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817-1842)
*Zulu - Dingane, King of the Zulu (1828-1840)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Dost Mahommed Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1826-1839)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821-1850)
* Japan
**Monarch - Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Iku, King of Ryūkyū (1829-1847)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834-1849)

Europe

* Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
* Andorra -
** Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828-1851)
** Louis-Philippe I, King of France (1830-1848)
* Austria - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-1848)
** Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821-1848)
* Bavaria - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825-1848)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
**Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1834-1840, 1846-1847)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
** Prime Minister - Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824-1842)
* France -
**Monarch - Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
**Prime Minister - Comte Molé, Prime Minister of France (1836-1839)
** Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837-1851)
* United Kingdom of the Netherlands - William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
*Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
* Prussia -
**Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
**Chief Minister - Count Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich, Chief Minister of Prussia (1823-1841)
*Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
*Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
** Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836-1854)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV, King of Sweden (1818-1844)
*Two Sicilies - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-1859)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
** Prime Minister - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1835-1841)
** Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi -
** Co-Shaikh - Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833-1845)
** Co-Shaikh - Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833-1845)
* Ajman -
*# Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816-1838)
*# Humayd ibn Rashid, Shaikh of Ajman (1838-1841)
* Bahrain - Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain (1834-1842)
* Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
* Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
* Mount Lebanon - Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn `Umar, Emir of Mount Lebanon (1822-1840)
* Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
**Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1833-1839)

North America

*Central America - Francisco Morazán, President of Central America (1830-1839)
*Costa Rica -
*#Manuel Aguilar Chacón, Head of State of Costa Rica (1837-1838)
*#Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838-1842)
* Mexico - Anastasio Bustamante, President (1837-1839)
* Texas -
*#Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas (1836-1838)
*#Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas (1838-1841)
* United States of America - Martin Van Buren, President (1837-1841)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
* Bolivia - Andrés de Santa Cruz (1829-1839)
* Chile - José Joaquín Prieto Vial, President of Chile (1831-1840, 1840-1841)
* Ecuador - Vicente Rocafuerte (1834-1839)
* Paraguay - José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814-1840)
*Uruguay -
*#Manuel Oribe, President of Uruguay (1835-1838)
*#Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1838)
*#Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1838-1839)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823-1854)
* Commonwealth of Pitcairn - Joshua Hill, President of Pitcairn (1832-1838)
* Samoa - Malietoa Vai'inupo, Malietoa (?-1841)
* Tonga - Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827-1845)