List of state leaders in 1908 - Definition

1907 state leaders - Events of 1908 - 1909 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ethiopia - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1889-1913)
• Liberia - Arthur Barclay, President of Liberia (1904-1912)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1902-1911)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Habibullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1901-1919)
• China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Monarch -
    1. Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
    2. Xuantong, Emperor of China (1908-1912)
  • De facto ruler - Empress Dowager Cixi (1898-1908)
  • Regent - Prince Zaifeng (1908 - 1911)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Saionji Kinmochi, Prime Minister of Japan (1906-1908)
    2. Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (1908-1911)
• Korea (Korean Empire) - Sunjong, Emperor of Korea (1907-1910)
• Oman - Faisal Bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901 - 1910)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Henry Northcote, 1st Baron of Northcote, Governor-General of Australia (1904 - 1908)
    2. William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of Australia (1908 - 1911)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia (1905 - 1908)
    2. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia (1908 - 1909)

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910)
  • Governor - Lord Plunket, Governor of New Zealand (1904 - 1910)
  • Prime Minister - Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906 - 1912)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (1906-1912)
  • President of the Council -
    1. Jens Christian Christensen, President of the Danish Council of State (1905-1908)
    2. Niels Thomasius Neergaard, President of the Danish Council of State (1908-1909)
• France -
  • President - Armand Fallières, President of France (1906-1913)
  • Prime Minister - Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council (1906-1909)
• Germany -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (1900-1909)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister - Giovanni Giolitti, Prime Minister of Italy (1906-1909)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905-1908)
    2. Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908-1916)

North America and Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Edward VII, King of Canada (1901-1910)
  • Governor-General - Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada (1904-1911)
  • Prime Minister - Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896-1911)
• Newfoundland
  • Monarch - Edward VII, King of Canada (1901-1910)
  • Governor - Sir William Macgregor, Governor of Newfoundland (1909-1913)
  • Prime Minister - Sir Robert Bond, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1900-1909)
• Guatemala - Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala (1898-1920)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1884-1911)
• Nicaragua - José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua (1893-1909)
• United States - Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901-1909)

South America

• Bolivia - Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia (1904-1909)
• Brazil - Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, President of Brazil (1906-1909)
• Colombia - Rafael Reyes, President of Colombia (1904-1909)
• Paraguay -
  1. Benigno Ferreira, President of Paraguay (1906-1908)
  2. Emiliano González Navero, President of Paraguay (1908-1910)
• Peru -
  1. José Pardo y Barreda, President of Peru (1904-1908)
  2. Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo, President of Peru (1908-1912)
• Venezuela - Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela (1899-1909)