- List of state leaders in 1856
1855 state leaders - Events of 1856 - 1857 state leaders -
State leaders by year ----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1856
*List of international organization leaders in 1856
*List of colonial governors in 1856 Africa
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Ashanti Confederacy -Kwaku Dua I Panyin ,Asantehene (1834 -1867 )
*Buganda -
*# Suna II,King of Buganda (1836 -1856 )
*# 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 -
*#Ghezo ,King of Dahomey (1818 -1856 )
*#Glele ,King of Dahomey (1856 -1889 )
* Ethiopia - Tewodros II,Emperor of Ethiopia (1855 -1868 )
*Liberia
** President -
**#Joseph Jenkins Roberts ,President of Liberia (1848 -1856 )
**#Stephen Allen Benson ,President of Liberia (1856 -1864 )
*Rwanda - 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 )
*Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid,Sultan of Zanzibar (1856 -1870 )
*Zulu -Mpande kaSenzangakhona , King of the Zulu (1840 -1872 )Asia
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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 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 )
*Oman - Thuwaini bin Said,Sultan of Oman (1856 -1866 )Europe
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Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822 -1864 )
*Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I,King of the Belgians (1831 -1865 )
**Cabinet Chief -Pieter Dedecker , Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1855 -1857 )
*Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VII,King of Denmark (1848 -1863 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Peder Georg Bang ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1854 -1856 )
**#Carl Christofer Georg Andrae ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1856 -1857 )
* 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 -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 - Johann, King of Saxony (1854 -1873 )
** Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851 -1866 )
**Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816 -1864 )
*Greece - Otto,King of Greece (1832 -1862 )
*Hungary -Franz Joseph I of Austria ,King of Hungary (1848 -1916 )
*Lucca - Charles,Duke of Lucca (1824 -1847 )
*Massa and Carrara - Francis V, Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara (1846 -1859 )
*Modena - Francis V, Duke of Modena (1846 -1859 )
*Moldavia -
*#Grigore IV Alexandru Ghica , Vovoid of Moldavia (1849 -1853 ,1854 -1856 )
*#Teodor Bals , Princely Lieutenant of Moldavia (1856 -1857 )
*Monaco
*#Florestan I,Prince of Monaco (1841 -1856 )
*#Charles III,Prince of Monaco (1856 -1889 )
*Montenegro -Danilo II Petrovic-Njegos , Prince of Montenegro (1852 -1860 )
*Netherlands
**Monarch - William III,King of the Netherlands (1849 -1890 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Floris Adriaan van Hall , Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1853 -1856 ,1860 -1861 )
**#Justinus van der Brugghen , Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1856 -1858 )
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
**Monarch - Oscar I, King of Norway (1844 -1859 )
**Governor -
**#Severin Løvenskiold ,Governor of Norway (1841 -1856 )
**#vacant from 1856 until abolished in 1873
*Papal States - Pius IX,Pope (1846 -1870 )
*Parma - Roberto I, Duke of Parma (1854 -1859 )
**Regent - Duchess Luigia di Borbone (1854 -1859 )
*Poland - Alexander II, King of Poland, (1853 -1861 )
*Portugal - Pedro V,King of Portugal (1853 -1861 )
* Russia - Alexander II,Tsar of Russia (1855 -1881 )
*Sardinia-Piedmont - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia-Piedmont (1849 -1878 *) *King of Italy beginning in 1861
**Prime Minister -Count Camillo Benso di Cavour , Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont (1852 -1861 )
**Savoy
*Sicily (Kingdom of theTwo Sicilies ) - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830 -1859 )
*Spain - Isabella II,Queen of Spain (September 29 ,1833 -1868 )
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844 -1859 )
*Switzerland - Jakob Stämpfli, President of Switzerland (1856 )
*Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845 -1886 )
*Tuscany - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824 -1848 ,1849 -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 -Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855 -1858 )
*Wallachia -
*#Barbu Dimitrie Stirbey, Vovoid of Wallachia (1849 -1853 ,1854 -1856 )
*#Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica, Princely Lieutenant of Wallachia (1856 -1858 )Middle East and North Africa
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Kuwait -Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah , Ruler of Kuwait (1814 -1859 )
*Morocco - Abu al-Fadl `Abd ar-Rahman,Sultan of Morocco (1822 -1859 )
*Ottoman Empire
**Monarch -Abd-ul-Mejid ,Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839 -1861 )
**Grand Vizier -
**#Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1855 -1856 )
**#Mustafa Resid Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1856 -1857 )
**Tunisia
***Monarch - Muhammad (II) ibn al-Husayn, Pasha-Bey of Tunisia (1855 -1859 )
***Grand Vizier - Mustapha Khaznadar (1837 -1873 )North America
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Costa Rica -Juan Rafael Mora Porras , President of Costa Rica (1849 –1859 )
*Dominican Republic -
*#Pedro Santana Familias, President of the Dominican Republic (1844 -1848 ,1849 ,1853 -1856 )
*#Manuel de Regla Mota y Álvarez de Fuentes, President of the Dominican Republic (1856 )
*#Buenaventura Báez Méndez, President of the Dominican Republic (1849 -1853 ,1856 -1858 )
*El Salvador -
*# José María San Martín y Fugón,President of El Salvador (1854 -1856 )
*# Rafael Campo Pomar,President of El Salvador (1856 -1858 )
*Guatemala - José Rafael Carrera Turcios, Perpetual President of Guatemala (1844 -1848 ,1851 -1865 ))
*Haiti - Faustin, Emperor of Haiti (1847 *-1859 ) *Emperor from 1849
*Honduras -
*#Francisco de Aguilar , Acting President of Honduras (1855 -1856 )
*#José Santos Guardiola Bustillo,President of Honduras (1856 -1862 )
*Mexico :Ignacio Comonfort ,President of Mexico (1855 –1857 )
*Miskito Nation - George Augustus Frederic II, King of the Miskito Nation (1842 -1865 )
*Nicaragua -Patricio Rivas , Provisional President of Nicaragua (1855 -1857 )
*United States :Franklin Pierce ,President of the United States (1853 –1857 )Oceania
* Hawaii -
Kamehameha IV ,King of Hawaii (1854 -1863 )
*Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau,Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845 -1893 )outh America
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Bolivia - Jorge Córdova,President of Bolivia (1855 -1857 )
* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831 -1889 )
*Chile - Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres,President of Chile (1851 -1861 )
*Ecuador -
*#José María Mariano Segundo Fernández de Urvina Viteri,President of Ecuador (1851 *-1856 ) *Supreme Chief (in rebellion) to 1852
*#Francisco Robles Garcia,President of Ecuador (1856 -1859 )
* New Granada - Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen, Acting President of New Granada (1855 -1857 )
*Paraguay - Carlos Antonio López, Perpetual Supreme Dictator (1844 -1862 )
*Peru -Ramón Castilla , President of Peru (1845 –1851 and1855 -1862 )
*Uruguay -
*#Manuel Basilio Bustamante , President of Uruguay (1855 -1856 )
*#José María Plá , President of Uruguay (1856 )
*#Gabriel Antonio Pereira , President of Uruguay (1856 -1860 )
*Venezuela - José Tadeo Monagas Burgos,President of Venezuela (1847 -1851 and1855 -1858 )
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