List of state leaders in 1862

List of state leaders in 1861 - Events of 1862 - List of state leaders in 1863 - State leaders by year

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Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
* Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
* Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
* Liberia - Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856-1864)
* Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859-1866)
**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 - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
* China
** Qing Dynasty - Tongzhi, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
** Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
* Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)

Europe

* Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
**Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847-1852, 1857-1868)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
** Prime Minister - Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1860-1863)
* France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
* German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
** Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
** Luxembourg
***Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
***Prime Minister - Victor, Baron de Tornaco, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1860-1867)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
***Prime Minister -
***# Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Minister-President of Prussia (1858-1862)
***# Adolf von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Minister-President of Prussia (1862)
***# Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862-1873)
** Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
** Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
** Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
** Württemberg - Wilhelm I, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
*Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
* Italy -
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
**Prime Minister -
**# Bettino Ricasoli, Prime Minister of Italy (1861-1862)
**# Urbano Rattazzi, Prime Minister of Italy (1862)
**# Luigi Carlo Farini, Prime Minister of Italy (1862-1863)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister -
**#Schelto van Heemstra, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1861-1862)
**#Jan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849-1853, 1862-1866, 1871-1872)
*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)
* Papal States - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
* Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* Romania - Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859-1866)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
* Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
* United Kingdom
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
** Prime Minister - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859-1865)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
* Egypt - Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
* Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
**Grand Vizier - Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1861-1863)

North America

*Province of Canada: The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
*Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865)
*Costa Rica - José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
*Mexico: Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1861–1863)
*United States of America: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (1854-1863)
* Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
* Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
*Uruguay - Bernardo Berro, President of Uruguay (1860-1864)