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List of state leaders in 1855

1854 state leaders - Events of 1855 - 1856 state leaders - State leaders by year

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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 - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
• Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• 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)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1753-1858)

Europe

• Belgium - Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
  • Prime Minister - Peder Georg Bang, Prime Minister of Denmark (1854-1856)
• France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Prime Minister - Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
• Russia -
  1. Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
  2. Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833-1868)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
  • Chief Minister - Gustaf Sparre, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1848-1856)
  • Foreign Minister - Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1848-1856)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852-1855)
    2. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855-1858)

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)
• 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 -
    1. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1854-1855)
    2. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1855-1856)

North American and the Caribbean

• United States - Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853-1857)