List of state leaders in 1872

List of state leaders in 1871 - Events of 1872 - List of state leaders in 1873 - State leaders by year

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Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
• Zulu -
  1. Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)
  2. Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
• Japan - Mutsuhito, The Meiji Emperor (1867-1912)

Europe

• Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister - Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870-1874)
• France -
  • President - Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871-1873)
  • Prime Minister - Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871-1873)
• Germany -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869-1873)
• Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Amadeus, King of Spain (1870-1873)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871-1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899)
    2. Francisco Serrano Domínguez, Prime Minister of Spain (1868-1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    3. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872-1873)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch -
    1. Charles XV, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
    2. Oscar II, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
  • Chief Minister - Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1870-1874)
  • Foreign Minister -
    1. Baltzar von Platen, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1871-1872)
    2. Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1872-1876)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1871-1872)
    2. Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872)
    3. Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872-1873)

North American and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
  • Governor General -
    1. Lord Lisgar, Governor-General of Canada (1869-1872)
    2. Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor-General of Canada (1872-1878)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
• Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870-1876)
• Mexico -
  1. Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867-1872)
  2. Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

South America

• Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-1874)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
• Ecuador - Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
• Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
• Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)