List of state leaders in 1900 - Definition

1899 state leaders - Events of 1900 - 1901 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896-1900) Ashanti annexed to the British Gold Coast colony in 1900
• Liberia
  • William D. Coleman, President of Liberia (1896-1900)
  • Garretson W. Gibson, President of Liberia (1900-1904)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896-1902)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Emperor - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
  • De facto ruler - Empress Dowager Cixi (1898-1908)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1898-1900)
    2. Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1900-1901)
• Korea (Korean Empire) - Gojong, Emperor of Korea (1864-1907, King before 1897)
• Oman - Faisal Bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)

Australia and Oceania

Europe

• Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)
  • Prime Minister - Todor Ivanchov (1899-1901)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hugo Egmont Hørring, Prime Minister of Denmark (1897-1900)
    2. Hannibal Sehested, Prime Minister of Denmark (1900-1901)
• France -
  • President - Émile Loubet, President of France (1899-1906)
  • Prime Minister - René Waldeck-Rousseau, President of the Council (1899-1902)
• Germany -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894-1900)
    2. Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (1900-1909)
• Holy See - Pope Leo XIII, Bishop of Rome (1878-1903)
• Italy
  • Monarch -
    1. Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
    2. Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Luigi Pelloux, Prime Minister of Italy (1898-1900)
    2. Giuseppe Saracco, Prime Minister of Italy (1900-1901)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
• Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway (1872-1905)
• Ottoman Empire - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
• Portugal - Carlos, King of Portugal (1889-1908)
• Russia - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Francisco Silvela Le Vielleuze, Prime Minister of Spain (1899-1900)
    2. Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero, Prime Minister of Spain (1900-1902)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891-1900)
    2. Fredrik von Otter, Prime Minister of Sweden (1900-1902)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• Dominion of Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1867-1901)
  • Governor-General - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Governor-General of Canada (1898-1904)
  • Prime Minister - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896-1911)
• United States - William McKinley, President of the United States (1897-1901)

South America

• Argentina - Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina (1898-1904)
• Bolivia - Manuel Pando, President of Bolivia (1899-1904)
• Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, President of Brazil (1898-1902)
• Paraguay - Emilio Aceval, President of Paraguay (1898-1902)
• Peru - Eduardo López de Romaña, President of Peru (1899-1903)