List of state leaders in 1887

1886 state leaders - Events of 1887 - 1888 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1887
*List of international organization leaders in 1887

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy -
*# Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884-1887)
*# Owusu Sekyere II, Regent (1887-1888)
* 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 - Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884-1892)
* Orange Free State - Johannes Henricus Brand, State President of the Orange Free State (1864-1888)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881-1891)
**Grand Vizier - Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886-1910)
* South African Republic - Paul Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (1883-1902)
* Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
* Japan
**Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
**Prime Minister - Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1885-1888)
* Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
* Persia - Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)

Europe

*Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
**Joint Foreign Minister - Count Gustav Kálnoky, Joint Minister of Foreign Affairs
**Minister-President of Austria - 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 - August Beernaert, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1884-1894)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
** Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
* France -
**President -
**# Jules Grévy, President of France (1879-1887)
**# Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-1894)
**Prime Minister -
**# René Goblet, President of the Council (1886-1887)
**# Maurice Rouvier, President of the Council (1887)
**# Pierre Tirard, President of the Council (1887-1888)
*German Empire -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871-1888)
**Chancellor - Prince Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
**"see also List of German rulers in 1887"
* Greece
**Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
**Prime Minister - Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886-1890)
* Italy
**Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
**Prime Minister -
**# Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881-1887)
**# Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (1887-1891)
* Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - William III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885-1888)
*Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
*Montenegro
**Monarch - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910)
**Prime Minister - Bozo Petrovic-Njegos, Prime Minister of Montenegro (1879-1905)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch Council of ministers (1874-1877, 1883-1888)
*Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
**Monarch - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872-1905)
**Prime Minister - Johan Sverdrup, Prime Minister of Norway (1884-1889)
*Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
**Grand Vizier - Kibrisli Mehmed Kamil Pasha, Grand Vizier (1885-1891)
** Bulgaria
***Head of State -
***#Regency Council (1886-1887)
***#Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria (1887-1908)
***Prime Minister -
***#Vasil Radoslavov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1886-1887)
***#Konstantin Stoilov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887)
***#Stefan Stambolov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887-1894)
*Portugal -
**Monarch - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
**Prime Minister - Luciano de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal (1886-1890)
* Romania
**Monarch - Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
**Prime Minister - Ion Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania (1881-1888)
* Russia - Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1881-1894)
* Serbia -
**Monarch - Milan I, King of Serbia (1882-1889)
**Prime Minister -
**# Milutin Garasanin, Prime Minister of Serbia (1884-1887)
**# Jovan Ristic, Prime Minister of Serbia (1887-1888)
* Spain -
**Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
**Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1885-1890)
*Sweden -
**Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
**Prime Minister - Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884-1888)
*Switzerland - Numa Droz, President of the Swiss Confederation (1887)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1886-1892)

North America and the Caribbean

* Canada -
**Governor-General - The Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada (1883-1888)
**Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878-1891)
*Costa Rica - Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
* "'Dominican Republic -
*# Alejandro Woss, President of the Dominican Republic (1885-1887)
*# Ulises Heureaux, President of the Dominican Republic (1887-1889)
* El Salvador - Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador (1885-1890)
* Guatemala - Manuel Lisandro Barillas, President of Guatemala (1885-1892)
* Haiti - Lysius Salomon, President of Haiti (1879-1888)
* Honduras - Luis Bográn, President of Honduras (1883-1891)
* Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884-1911)
* Nicaragua -
*# Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua (1883-1887)
*# Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua (1887-1889)
* United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885-1889)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiokinai (1874-1891)
* Niue -
*#Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875-1887)
*#Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887-1896)
* Samoa - Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880-1898)
* Tonga -
** Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845-1893)
** Prime Minister - Shirley Waldemar Baker, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1880 – 1890)

outh America

* Argentina - Miguel Juárez Celman, President of Argentina (1886-1890)
* Bolivia - Gregorio Pacheco, President of Bolivia (1884-1888)
* Brazil -
**Monarch - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
**Prime Minister - Baron Cotegipe, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1885-1888)
* Chile - José Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (1886-1891)
* Colombia -
*# Eliseo Payán, Acting President of Colombia (1886-1887)
*# Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia (1887-1892)
* Ecuador - José María Plácido Caamaño, President of Ecuador (1883-1888)
* Paraguay - Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay (1886-1890)
* Peru - Andrés Avelino Cáceres, President of Peru (1886-1890)
*Uruguay - Máximo Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886-1890)
* Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1886-1888)