List of state leaders in 1842

1841 state leaders - Events of 1842 - 1843 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1842
*List of international organization leaders in 1842
*List of colonial governors in 1842

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
* Bunyoro - Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835-1848)
* Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
* Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
* Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph -
**# Abu Bakr Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1837-1842)
**# Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817-1842)
**# Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
*Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

* Afghanistan -
*# Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1839-1842)
*# Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1842-1863)
** Mohammad Zaman Khan, Mohammadzay regent (in rebellion)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821-1850)
* Japan
**Monarch - Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Iku, King of Ryūkyū (1829-1847)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834-1849)

Europe

* Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
**Cabinet Chief - Jean Baptiste, Baron Nothomb, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1841-1845)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839-1848)
** Prime Minister -
**# Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824-1842)
**# Poul Christian Stemann, Minister of State of Denmark (1842-1848)
* France -
**Monarch - Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
**Prime Minister - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Prime Minister of France (1840-1847)
* German Confederation
** Austria - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-1848)
*** Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821-1848)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
***Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile, Chief Minister of Prussia (1841-1848)
** Bavaria - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825-1848)
** Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836-1854)
** Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837-1851)
** Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
*Hungary - Ferdinand V, King of Hungary (1835-1848)
* Netherlands - William II, King of the Netherlands (1840-1849)
*Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
**Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile, Cabinet Minister (1841-1848)
*Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
*Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John, King of Sweden (1818-1844)
*Two Sicilies - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-1859)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
** Prime Minister - Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834-1835, 1841-1846)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi -
** Co-Shaikh - Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833-1845)
** Co-Shaikh - Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833-1845)
* Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
* Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
* Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1841-1842)
**# Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1842-1846)

North American and the Caribbean

*Costa Rica -
*#Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838-1842)
*#Francisco Morazán, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842)
*#António Pinto Soares, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842)
*#José María Alfaro Zamora, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842-1844)
* Texas - Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas (1841-1844)
* United States - John Tyler, President of the United States (1841-1845)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823-1854)
*New Zealand
** Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
** Lieutenant-Governor - William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand (1840-1842)
* Tonga - Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827-1845)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
* Mexico -
*#Antonio López de Santa Anna, President (1841-1842)
*#Nicolás Bravo, President (1842-1843)
*Uruguay - Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1839-1843)