- List of state leaders in 1879
State leaders in 1878 - Events of 1879 - State leaders in 1880 -
State leaders by year ----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1879
*List of international organization leaders in 1879 Africa
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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 -Anthony William Gerdner ,President of Liberia (1878 -1883 )
*Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph -Mu'adh bin Bello ,Sokoto Caliph (1877 -1881 )
**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
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Afghanistan -
# Shir Ali Khan,Emir of Afghanista n (1868 -1879 )
#Mohammad Ya`qub Khan ,Emir of Afghanista n (1879 )
#Mohammad Jan , minister regent (1879 )
** "Ghazni "
**# "Declared independence on24 December "
**#Musa Jan Khan , Emir of Ghazni (1879 -1880 )
* Burma - Thibaw Min,King of Burma (1878 -1885 )
*Cambodia - Norodom,King of Cambodia (1860 -1904 )
*Champasak - Kham Suk,King of Champasak (1863 -1900 )
*China (Qing Dynasty ) - Guangxu,Emperor of China (1875 -1908 )
* Indian Subcontinent, current dayIndia ,Pakistan andBangladesh - 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 )
**("Becomes fully annexed into Japan asOkinawa Prefecture ; monarchy ended.")
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty ) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864 -1907 , Emperor after1897 )
*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 )Europe
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Andorra -Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta (President of France ) andJosep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel), co-Princes (1873 -1879 and1853 -1879 )
*Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I,Emperor of Austria andKing of Hungary (1848 -1916 )
**Minister-President of Austria -
*#Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg ,Minister-President of Austria (1871 -1879 )
*#Count Eduard von Taaffe ,Minister-President of Austria (1879 -1893 )
**Minister-President of Hungary -Kálmán Tisza ,Minister-President of Hungary (1875 -1890 )
*Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold II,King of the Belgians (1865 -1909 )
**Cabinet Chief -H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban , Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868 -1870 ,1878 -1884 )
* Bulgaria - Alexander I Joseph,King of Bulgaria (1879 -1886 )
*Denmark
** Monarch - Christian IX,King of Denmark (1863 -1906 )
** Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup,Prime Minister of Denmark (1875 -1894 )
* France -
**President -
**#Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta ,President of France (1873 -1879 )
**#Jules Grévy ,President of France (1879 -1887 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Jules Dufaure , President of the Council (1877 -1879 )
**#William Henry Waddington , President of the Council (1879 )
**#Charles de Freycinet , President of the Council (1879 -1880 )
*Germany -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871 -1888 )
**Chancellor -Otto von Bismarck ,Chancellor of Germany (1871 -1890 )
**"seeList of German rulers in 1879 "
* Greece - George I,King of the Hellenes (1863 -1913 )
*Holy See -Pope Leo XIII ,Pope (1878 -1903 )
* Italy
**Monarch - Umberto I,King of Italy (1878 -1900 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Agostino Depretis ,Prime Minister of Italy (1878 -1879 )
**#Benedetto Cairoli ,Prime Minister of Italy (1879 -1881 )
*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 Kappeyne van de Coppello , Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1877 -1879 )
**#Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg , Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1879 -1883 )
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II,King of Norway (1872 -1905 )
* Portugal - Luis I,King of Portugal (1861 -1889 )
* Romania - Carol I,Prince of Romania (1866 -1881 /1914 )
* Russia - Alexander II,Tsar of Russia (1855 -1881 )
*San Marino -Camillo Bonelli andPietro Berti ,Captains Regent (1878 -1879 )
* Serbia - Milan II,Prince of Serbia (1868 -1882 /1889 )
*Spain -
**Monarch -Alfonso XII of Spain ,King of Spain (1875 -1885 )
**#Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo ,Prime Minister of Spain (1874 -1875 ,1875 -1879 ,1879 -1881 ,1884 -1885 ,1890 -1892 ,1895 -1897 )
**#Arsenio Martínez-Campos Antón ,Prime Minister of Spain (1879 )
**#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 )
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria,Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 -1901 )
**Prime Minister -Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868 ,1874 -1880 )Middle East and North Africa
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Abu Dhabi -Zaid ibn Khalifa ,Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855 -1909 )
*Egypt -
**Monarch -
**# Ismail,Khedive of Egypt (1867 -1879 )
**# Tawfiq,Khedive of Egypt (1879 -1892 )
*Morocco - Hassan I,Sultan of Morocco (1873 -1894 )
*Oman -Turki ibn Sa'id ,Sultan of Oman (1871 -1888 )
*Ottoman Empire
**Monarch -Abd-ul-Hamid II ,Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876 -1909 )
**Chief Minister -
**#Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha ,Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire (1878 -1879 )
**#Arifi Pasha ,Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire (1879 )
**#Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha ,Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire (1879 -1882 )
*Persian Empire - Nasir ed-Din,Shah of Persia (1848 -1896 )
*Tunis -Muhammad as-Sadiq ,Bey of Tunis (1859 -1882 )North America and the Caribbean
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Canada -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837 -1901 )
**Governor General - Marquess of Lorne, Governor-General of Canada (1878 -1883 )
**Prime Minister -John A. Macdonald , Prime Minister of Canada (1867 -1891 )
*Costa Rica -Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez , President of Costa Rica (1877 –1882 )
*Dominican Republic - Council of Secretaries of State (1878 -1879 )
*El Salvador -Rafael Zaldívar ,President of El Salvador (1876 -1885 )
*Guatemala -Justo Rufino Barrios ,President of Guatemala (1873 -1885 )
*Haiti -
*#Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal ,President of Haiti (1876 -1879 )
*Honduras -Marco Aurelio Soto ,President of Honduras (1876 -1883 )
*Mexico -Porfirio Diaz ,President of Mexico (1876 -1880 )
*Nicaragua -
*#Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro ,President of Nicaragua (1875 -1879 )
*# ???
*United States -Rutherford B. Hayes ,President of the United States (1877 -1881 )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 )
*#Pomare V , King of Tahiti (1877 -1880 )
*Tonga -
** Monarch - George Tupou I,King of Tonga (1845 -1893 )
** Prime Minister -Tevita 'Unga ,Prime Minister of Tonga , (1876 –1880 )outh America
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Argentina -Nicolás Avellaneda ,President of Argentina (1874 -1880 )
*Bolivia -Hilarión Daza , ProvisionalPresident of Bolivia (1876 -1879 )
* Brazil - Pedro II,Emperor of Brazil (1831 -1889 )
*Chile -Aníbal Pinto ,President of Chile (1876 -1881 )
*Colombia -Julián Trujillo Largacha ,President of Colombia (1878 -1880 )
*Ecuador -Ignacio de Veintemilla ,Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876 -1878 /1883 )
*Paraguay -Cándido Bareiro ,President of Paraguay (1878 -1880 )
*Peru -
*#Mariano Ignacio Prado ,President of Peru (1876 -1879 )
*# ???
*Uruguay -
*#Lorenzo Latorre , President of Uruguay (1876 -1879 )
*#Francisco Antonino Vidal , President of Uruguay (1879 )
*#Lorenzo Latorre , President of Uruguay (1879 -1880 )
*Venezuela -Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez , actingPresident of Venezuela (1878 -1879 )
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