List of state leaders in 1858

1857 state leaders - Events of 1858 - 1859 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1858
*List of international organization leaders in 1858
*List of colonial governors in 1858

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - 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 - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
* Liberia - 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

* 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)
**#Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
**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)
* Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)

Europe

* Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
* Austria -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
**Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Count Buol, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1852-1859)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
**Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847-1852, 1857-1868)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
** Prime Minister - Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1857-1859)
* France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
* German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
** Anhalt-Bernburg - Alexander, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1834-1863)
** Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen - Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen (1853-1863)
** Baden - Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)
** Bavaria -
***Monarch - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
***Prime Minister - Baron von der Pfordten, Prime Minister of Bavaria (1849-1859)
** Bremen - Arnold Duckwitz, Mayor of Bremen (1857-1863)
** Brunswick - Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick (1831-1884)
** Frankfurt - Johann Georg Neuburg, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1858)
** Hamburg - Heinrich Kellenhusen and Nicholas Binder, Mayors of Hamburg (1855-1860)
** Hanover -
***Monarch - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
***Prime Minister - Count Kilemansegg-Gülzow, Minister-President of Hanover (1855-1862)
** Hesse-Darmstadt - Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1848-1877)
** Hesse-Homburg - Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1848-1866)
** Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Friedrich Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse (1847-1866)
** Holstein - Frederick VII, Duke of Holstein (1848-1863)
** Lauenburg - Frederick VII, Duke of Lauenburg (1848-1863)
** Lippe - Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1851-1875)
** Lübeck - Johann Joachim Friedrich Torkuhl, Presiding Mayor of Lübeck (1857-1858)
** Luxembourg
***Monarch - William III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890)
***Prime Minister - Mathias Simons, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1853-1860)
** Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1842-1883)
** Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Georg Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1816-1860)
** Nassau - Adolf, Duke of Nassau (1839-1866)
** Oldenburg - Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1853-1900)
** Reuss Junior Line - Heinrich LXVII, Prince of Reuss Junior Line (1854-1867)
** Reuss Senior Line - Heinrich XX, Prince of Reuss Senior Line (1836-1859)
** Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1853-1908)
** Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1893)
** Saxe-Meiningen - Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1803-1866)
** Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1853-1901)
** Saxony -
***Monarch - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
***Prime Minister -
***# Ferdinand von Zschinsky, Minister-President of Saxony (1849-1858)
***# Baron Beust, Minister-President of Saxony (1858-1866)
** Schaumburg-Lippe - Georg I Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1807-1860)
** Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1807-1867)
** Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1835-1880)
** Waldeck and Pyrmont - Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1845-1893)
** Württemberg -
***Monarch - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
***Prime Minister - Baron Linden, State President of Württemberg (1850-1864)
*Greece -
**Monarch - Otto, King of Greece (1833-1862)
**Prime Minister - Athanasios Miaoulis, Prime Minister of Greece (1857-1862)
*Modena - Francis V, Duke of Modena (1846-1859)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister -
**#Justinus van der Brugghen, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1856-1858)
**#Jan Jacob Rochussen, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1858-1860)
*Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Norway (1844-1859)
*Papal States - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846-1878)
*Parma -
**Monarch - Robert I, Duke of Parma (1854-1859)
**Regent - Louise, Dowager Duchess of Parma, Regent of Parma (1854-1859)
*Piedmont-Sardinia-
**Monarch - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-1878)
**Prime Minister - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia (1852-1859)
*Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
* Prussia -
**Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
**Regent - Prince Wilhelm, Regent of Prussia (1858-1861)
**Prime Minister -
**# Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
**# Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Minister-President of Prussia (1858-1862)
* Russia - Alexander II, Emperor of Russia (1855-1881)
* Schleswig - Frederick VII, Duke of Schleswig (1848-1863)
* Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
*Tuscany -
**Monarch - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859)
**Prime Minister - Giovanni Baldasseroni, Prime Minister of Tuscany (1849-1859)
*Two Sicilies -
**Monarch - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-1859)
**Prime Minister - Ferdinando Troja, Prime Minister of the Two Sicilies (1852-1859)
*United Kingdom
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
** Prime Minister -
**#The Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855-1858)
**#The Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1858-1859)

Middle East and North Africa

* Egypt - Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
* Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1857-1858)
**# Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1858-1859)

North America

*Province of Canada: Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
*Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
* Mexico:
*#Félix María Zuloaga, President of Mexico (1858–1858)
*# Manuel Robles Pezuela, President of Mexico (1858–1859)
* United States: James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (1854-1863)
* Samoa - Malietoa Moli, Malietoa (1858-1860)
* Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
*Uruguay - Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856-1860)