1851 state leaders - Events of 1852 - 1853 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents

1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 Middle East and North Africa 5 North American and the Caribbean 6 South America

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
• Bunyoro -
  1. Olimi V, Omukama of Bunyoro (1848-1852))
  2. Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869))
• Burundi -
  1. Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
  2. Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• 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 - 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 -
    1. Adam Wilhelm, Prime Minister of Denmark (1848-1852)
    2. Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Prime Minister of Denmark (1852-1853)
• France -
  • President - Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France (1848-1852), became
  • Monarch - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• 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 -
    1. Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846-1852)
    2. The Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852)
    3. The Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852-1855)

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 -
    1. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1848-1852)
    2. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1852)
    3. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1852)
    4. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1852)
    5. Damad Mehmed Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1852-1853)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
• Mexico - 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)