1887 state leaders - Events of 1888 - 1889 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. Owusu Sekyere II, Regent (1887-1888)
  2. Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888-1896)
• 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 - Muhammad Bukhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886-1910)
• Zanzibar -
  1. Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
  2. Sayyid Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1888-1890)

[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 -
    1. Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1885-1888)
    2. Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (1888-1889)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman -
  1. Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
  2. Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)

[edit] Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-1894)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879-1901)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Maestre, First Syndic of Andorra (1886-1888)
    2. Antoni Moles, First Syndic of Andorra (1888-1897)
• 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 - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)
  • Prime Minister - Stefan Stambolov (1887-1894)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
• France -
  • President - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-1894)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Pierre Tirard, President of the Council (1887-1888)
    2. Charles Floquet, President of the Council (1888-1889)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch -
    1. Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
    2. Friedrich III, German Emperor (1888)
    3. Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1888
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
  • Prime Minister - Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886-1890)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
  • Prime Minister - Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (1887-1891)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885-1888)
    2. Paul Eyschen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1888-1915)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874-1877, 1883-1888)
    2. Aeneas Mackay, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1888-1891)
• 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 -
  1. Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884-1888)
  2. Gillis Bildt, Prime Minister of Sweden (1888-1889)
• 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)

[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 Mexico (1884-1911)

[edit] Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874-1891)
• Niue - Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887-1896)
• 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 Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886-1890)