List of state leaders in 1856
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1855 state leaders - Events of 1856 - 1857 state leaders - State leaders by year
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[edit] Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
- Buganda -
- Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
- Dahomey -
- Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
- Liberia
- President -
- 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)
[edit] 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)
- 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)
[edit] Europe
- 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 -
- 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)
- Bohemia - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Bohemia (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 -
- Monaco
- Montenegro - Danilo II Petrovic-Njegos, Prince of Montenegro (1852-1860)
- Moresnet
- Monarchs -
- Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
- Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
- Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817-1859)
- Monarchs -
- Netherlands
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
- Prime Minister -
- 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)
- 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 the Two 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)
- 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)
[edit] Middle East and North Africa
- 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 -
- Tunisia
[edit] North America
- 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 -
- Guatemala - José Rafael Carrera Turcios, Perpetual President of Guatemala (1844-1848, 1851-1865))
- Haiti - Faustin, Emperor of Haiti (1847*-1859) *Emperor from 1849
- Honduras -
- 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)
[edit] South America
- 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 and 1855-1862)
- Uruguay -
- Venezuela - José Tadeo Monagas Burgos, President of Venezuela (1847-1851 and 1855-1858)
