List of state leaders in 1856

1855 state leaders - Events of 1856 - 1857 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda -
  1. Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
  2. 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 -
  1. Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
  2. Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
• Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• 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)
• 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 -
    1. Peder Georg Bang, Prime Minister of Denmark (1854-1856)
    2. Carl Christofer Georg Andrae, Prime Minister of Denmark (1856-1857)
• 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 - 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 -
    1. Gustaf Sparre, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1848-1856)
    2. Claës Efraim Günther, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1856-1858)
  • Foreign Minister -
    1. Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1848-1856)
    2. Elias Lagerheim, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1856-1858)
• 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)

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 -
    1. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1855-1856)
    2. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1856-1857)

North American and the Caribbean

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