List of state leaders in 1869

List of state leaders in 1868 - Events of 1869 - List of state leaders in 1870 - 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 -
*# Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
*# 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 - James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1868-1870)
* 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)
*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 ("de jure" 1861-1875); Empress Dowager Cixi ("de facto" 1869-1909)
*Ezo - Enomoto Takeaki, President of the Republic of Ezo (1868-1869)
* Japan
**Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-1879)
*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)
**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)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
** Prime Minister - Christian Emil, Prime Minister of Denmark (1865-1870)
*France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
*Papal States - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
*Italy -
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
**Prime Minister -
**#Luigi Menabrea, Prime Minister of Italy (1867-1869)
**#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 - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* 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)
**Prime Minister -
**#Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868-1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
**#Juan Prim, Prime Minister of Spain (1869-1870)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
* Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)
*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)

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 -
**# Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor General of Canada (1867-1869)
**# Lord Lisgar, Governor General of Canada (1869-1872)
**Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
*Costa Rica - Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868–1870)
*Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867-1872)
*United States
** President -
**# Andrew Johnson, President of the United States (1865-1869)
**# 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)