List of state leaders in 1877 - Definition and Overview

State leaders in 1876 - Events of 1877 - State leaders in 1878 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
• Liberia - James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1876-1878)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph -
    1. Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
    2. Mu'adh bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1877-1881)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
• Zulu - Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
• Burma - Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853-1878)
• Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860-1904)
• Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
• China - Guāngxù Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (1875-1908)
• India - Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Luang Phrabang - Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868-1895)
• Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847-1881)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
• Siam - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868-1910)
• Vietnam - Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (1847-1883)

Europe

• Andorra - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel), co-Princes (1873-1879 and 1853-1879)
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
• Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
• France -
  • President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jules Simon, President of the Council (1876-1877)
    2. Duc de Broglie, President of the Council (1877)
    3. Caietan de Grimaudet de Rochebouet, President of the Council (1877)
    4. Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1877-1879)
• Germany -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1877
• Greece - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
• Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846-1878)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister - Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1876-1878)
• Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
• Luxembourg - Guillaume III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890)
• Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
• Montenegro - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Kappeyne van de Copello, Former of the Cabinet (1877-1879)
• Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872-1905)
• Portugal - Luis I, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• San Marino -
  1. Settimio Belluzzi and Michele Ceccoli, Captains-General (1876-1877)
  2. Innocenzo Bonelli and Andrea Barbieri, Captains-General (1877)
  3. Giuliano Belluzzi and Pietro Ugolini, Captains-General (1877-1878)
• Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XII of Spain, King of Spain (1875-1885)
  • Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister of Sweden (1876-1880)
• Switzerland - Joachim Heer, President of the Swiss Confederation (1877)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - The Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
• Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
• Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1876-1877)
    2. Tunuslu Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1877-1878)
• Persia - Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)
• Tunis - Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (1859-1882)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
  • Governor General - Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872-1878)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
• Costa Rica -
  1. Vicente Herrera, Acting President of Costa Rica (1876-1877)
  2. Tomás Guardia, Acting President of Costa Rica (1877-1880/1882)
• Dominican Republic - Buenaventura Báez, President of the Dominican Republic (1876-1878)
• El Salvador - Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador (1876-1885)
• Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873-1885)
• Haiti - Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal, President of Haiti (1876-1879)
• Honduras - Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras (1876-1883)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1876-1880)
• Nicaragua - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, President of Nicaragua (1875-1879)
• United States -
  1. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)
  2. Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States (1877-1881)

South America

• Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
• Bolivia - Hilarión Daza, Provisional President of Bolivia (1876-1879)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Chile - Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile (1876-1881)
• Colombia - Aquileo Parra, President of Colombia (1876-1878)
• Ecuador - Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876-1878/1883)
• Paraguay -
  1. Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874-1877)
  2. Higinio Uriarte, President of Paraguay (1877-1878)
• Peru - Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876-1879)
• Uruguay - Lorenzo Latorre, Provisional Governor of Uruguay (1876-1879)
• Venezuela -
  1. Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)
  2. Francisco Linares Alcántara, President of Venezuela (1877-1878)