1885 state leaders - Events of 1886 - 1887 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 - Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884-1887)
• 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 - Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884-1892)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881-1891)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
    2. Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886-1910)
• 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)
  • Prime Minister - Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1885-1888)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)

[edit] Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879-1887)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879-1901)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Duran, First Syndic of Andorra (1886)
    2. Francesc Maestre, First Syndic of Andorra (1886-1888)
• 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 - August Beernaert, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1884-1894)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch -

1. Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879-1886)
2. Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)

• 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. Henri Brisson, President of the Council (1885-1886)
    2. Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council (1886)
    3. René Goblet, President of the Council (1886-1887)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871-1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1886
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Theodoros Deligiannis, Prime Minister of Greece (1885-1886)
    2. Dimitrios Valvis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886)
    3. Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886-1890)
• 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 - Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885-1888)
• The Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - 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 XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871-1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884-1888)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)
    2. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
    3. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878-1891)
• Costa Rica - Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885-1889)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884-1911)

[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 -
  1. Máximo Santos, President of Uruguay (1882-1886)
  2. Francisco Antonino Vidal, President of Uruguay (1886)
  3. Máximo Santos, President of Uruguay (1886)
  4. Máximo Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886-1890)