1882 state leaders - Events of 1883 - 1884 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 North America and the Caribbean 5 Oceania 6 South America

[edit] Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy -
  1. Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
  2. The Kwasafomanhyiamu, Regents (1883-1884)
• 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
  • President -
    1. Anthony W. Gardiner, President of Liberia (1878-1883)
    2. Alfred F. Russell, President of Liberia (1883-1884)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881-1891)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)

[edit] Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1879-1893)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875-1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868-1870, 1878-1884)
• Bulgaria - Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879-1886)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
• France -
  • President - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879-1887)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Charles Duclerc, President of the Council (1882-1883)
    2. Armand Fallières, President of the Council (1883)
    3. Jules Ferry, President of the Council (1883-1885)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1883
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
  • Prime Minister - Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1882-1885)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
  • Prime Minister - Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881-1887)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874-1885)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1879-1883)
    2. Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874-1877, 1883-1888)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Russia - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1874-1885)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871-1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899)
    2. José De Posada Herrera, Prime Minister of Spain (1883-1884)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Arvid Posse, Prime Minister of Sweden (1880-1883)
    2. Carl Johan Thyselius, Prime Minister of Sweden (1883-1884)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878-1891)
• Costa Rica - Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, President of Costa Rica (1882–1885)
• United States - Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States (1881-1885)

[edit] Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874-1891)
• Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875-1887)
• Samoa - Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880-1898)
• Tonga -
  • Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845-1893)
  • Prime Minister - Shirley Waldemar Baker, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1880 – 1890)

[edit] South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Uruguay - Máximo Santos, President of Uruguay (1882-1886)