List of state leaders in 1858 - Definition and Overview

1857 state leaders - Events of 1858 - 1859 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - 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 - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
• Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
• 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)
  • Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) -
    1. Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1853-1858)
    2. Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
• Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)

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 - Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1857-1859)
• 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)
  • Regent - Prince Wilhelm, Regent of Prussia (1858-1861)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
    2. Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Minister-President of Prussia (1858-1862)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
  • Regent - Crown Prince Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden (1844-1859)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Claës Efraim Günther, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1856-1858)
    2. Louis Gerhard De Geer , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1858-1870)
  • Foreign Minister -
    1. Elias Lagerheim, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1856-1858)
    2. Ludvig Manderström, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1858-1868)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. The Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855-1858)
    2. The Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1858-1859)

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. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1857-1858)
    2. Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1858-1859)

North American and the Caribbean

• Province of Canada - Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854-1861)
• Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
• Mexico -
  1. Félix María Zuloaga, President (1858-1858)
  2. Manuel Robles Pezuela, President (1858-1859)
• United States - James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857-1861)

South America

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