List of state leaders in 1853

1852 state leaders - Events of 1853 - 1854 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1853
*List of international organization leaders in 1853
*List of colonial governors in 1853

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
* Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
*Dahomey - Ghezo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
* Liberia - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848-1856)
* Rwanda -
*# Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
*# Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
* 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 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850-1861)
** Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) -
**#Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
**#Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1853-1858)
**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 - Henri de Brouckère, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1852-1855)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
** Prime Minister -
**# Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Prime Minister of Denmark (1852-1853)
**# Anders Sandoe Ørsted, Prime Minister of Denmark (1853-1854)
* 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 -
***#Jean-Jacques Madelaine Willmar, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1848-1853)
***#Mathias Simons, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1853-1860)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
***Prime Minister - 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 - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
** Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
*Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
*Menton and Roquebrune - Charles Trenca, President of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune (1848-1853)
*Monaco - Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1841-1856)
* 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)
**#Floris Adriaan van Hall, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1853-1856, 1860-1861)
*Portugal -
*#Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
*#Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
* 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)
*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 - The Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852-1855)

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 -
**# Damad Mehmed Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1852-1853)
**# Mustafa Naili Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1853-1854)

North America

*Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
* Mexico:
*#Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (1851–1853)
*#Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853–1853)
*#Manuel María Lombardini, President of Mexico (1853–1853)
*#Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico (1853-1855)
* United States:
*# Millard Fillmore, President of the United States (1850–1853)
*# Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853–1857)

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 -
*#Juan Francisco Giró, President of Uruguay (1852-1853)
*#Provisional government (1853-1854)