List of state leaders in 1870

List of state leaders in 1869 - Events of 1870 - List of state leaders in 1871 - State leaders by year

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Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
* Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
* Bunyoro - Kitahimbwa, Omukama of Bunyoro (1869-1902)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
* Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Tekle Giyorgis II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1868-1871)
* Liberia
** President -
**# James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1868-1870)
**# Edward James Roye, President of Liberia (1870-1871)
* Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867-1873)
**Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
* Zanzibar -
*# Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
*# Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
*Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
* Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Oman - Azzan bin Qais, Sultan of Oman (1868-1871)

Europe

*Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
**Minister-President of Austria -
*#Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1868-1870)
*#Ignaz von Plener, Minister-President of Austria (1870)
*#Leopold Hauser von Artha, Minister-President of Austria (1870)
*#Count Alfred von Potocki-Pilawa, Minister-President of Austria (1870-1871)
**Minister-President of Hungary - Count Gyula Andrássy, Minister-President of Hungary (1867-1871)
*Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
* 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)
**#Jules Joseph d'Anethan, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1870-1871)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
** Prime Minister -
**# Christian Emil, Prime Minister of Denmark (1865-1870)
**# Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870-1874)
* France -
**Head of State -
**# Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
**# Jules Trochu, President of the Government of National Defense (1870-1871)
**Prime Minister -
**# Émile Ollivier, Prime Minister of France (1870)
**# Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao, Prime Minister of France (1870)
**# Jules Trochu, President of the Council (1870-1871)
* Holy See - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878, Papal States until 1870)
* Italy -
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
**Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869-1873)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867-1874)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Pieter Philip van Bosse, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1868-1871
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859-1872)
* Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
* Portugal -
** Monarch - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
** Prime Minister -
**# Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Marquis and Duke of Loulé and Count of Vale dos Reis (1869-1870)
**# João Carlos Gregório Domingos Vicente Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Count, Marquis, Duke and Marshal of Saldanha (1870)
**# Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Baron, Viscount and Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (1870)
**# António José de Ávila, Count and Marquis of Ávila and Duke of Ávila and Bolama (1870-1871)
* Prussia -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
**Prime Minister - Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862-1873)
* Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
* Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
*Spain -
**Monarch -
**#Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Regent (1869-1870)
**#Amadeus, King of Spain (1870-1873)
**Prime Minister -
**#Juan Prim, Prime Minister of Spain (1869-1870)
**#Juan Bautista Topete Carballo, Acting Prime Minister of Spain (1870-1871)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
* Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845-1886)
* United Kingdom
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
* Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
* Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
* Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
**Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1867-1871)

North America and Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
**Governor General - Lord Lisgar (1869-1872)
**Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
*Costa Rica -
*#Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868–1870)
*#Bruno Carranza Ramírez, President of Costa Rica (1870)
*#Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
*Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867-1872)
*United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

Oceania

* Fiji - Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852-1874)
* Hawaii - Kamehameha V, King of Hawaiokinai (1863-1872)
* Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
* Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827-1877)
* Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
*Uruguay - Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868-1872)