List of state leaders in 1850

1849 state leaders - Events of 1850 - 1851 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1850
*List of international organization leaders in 1850
*List of colonial governors in 1850

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1852)
* Bunyoro - Olimi V, Omukama of Bunyoro (1848-1852)
* Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1847-1852)
* Cape Colony - Henry George Wakelyn Smith, Governor (1796-1852)
*Dahomey - Ghezo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
* Liberia - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848-1856)
* Orange Free State - Henry Douglas Warden, Resident (1848-1852)
* Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
**Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
*Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
* China (Qing Dynasty) -
*#Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821-1850)
*#Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850-1861)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)

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 (1832-1834, 1847-1852, 1857-1868)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
** Prime Minister - Adam Wilhelm, Prime Minister of Denmark (1848-1852)
* France -
**President - Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France (1848-1852)
**Prime Minister - Comte d'Hautpoul, Prime Minister of France (1849-1851)
* 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 - Jean-Jacques Madelaine Willmar, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1848-1853)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
***Prime Minister -
***#Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, Minister-President of Prussia (1848-1850)
***#Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
** Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
** Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836-1854)
** Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837-1851)
** Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
*Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Jan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849-1853, 1862-1866, 1871-1872)
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway (1844-1859)
*Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
* Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
* Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833-1868)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
* Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845-1886)
*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 - Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846-1852)

Middle East and North Africa

* Egypt - Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849-1854)
* 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 - Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848-1852)

North America

* Province of Canada: James Bruce, Governor (1847–1854)
*Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
* Mexico: José Joaquín de Herrera, President of Mexico (1848–1851)
* United States:
*# Zachary Taylor, President of the United States (1849–1850)
*# Millard Fillmore, President of the United States (1850–1853)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823-1854)
* Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
*Uruguay - Joaquín Suárez, President of Uruguay (1843-1852)