List of state leaders in 1851 - Definition and Overview

1850 state leaders - Events of 1851 - 1852 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
• Bunyoro - Olimi V, Omukama of Bunyoro (1848-1852)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
• Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
• Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
• 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 -
    • Heavenly Kingdom declared by Hong Xiuquan
    • Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
• Belgium - Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
  • Prime Minister - Adam Wilhelm, Prime Minister of Denmark (1848-1852)
• France -
  • President - Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France (1848-1852)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Comte d'Hautpoul, Prime Minister of France (1849-1851)
    2. Léon Faucher, Prime Minister of France (1851)
    3. position abolished
• Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Prime Minister - Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• 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 - Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846-1852)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt - Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849-1854)
• 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 - Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848-1852)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
• Mexico -
  1. José Joaquín de Herrera, President (1848-1851)
  2. Mariano Arista, President (1851-1853)
• United States - Millard Fillmore, President of the United States (1850-1853)

South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)