List of state leaders in 1875
State leaders in 1874 - Events of 1875 - State leaders in 1876 - State leaders by year
Africa
Asia
- Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868–1879)
- Brunei - Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei (1852–1885)
- Burma - Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853–1878)
- Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860–1904)
- Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863–1900)
- China (Qing Dynasty)-
- Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861–1875)
- 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)
- Luang Phrabang - Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868–1895)
- Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847–1881)
- Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
- Siam - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868–1910)
- Vietnam (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)
Australia and Oceania
Europe
- Andorra - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873–1879) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853–1879), Co-Princes
- Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
- István Bittó, Minister-President of Hungary (1874–1875)
- Baron Béla Wenckheim, Minister-President of Hungary (1875)
- Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875–1890)
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France -
- Germany -
- Greece -
- Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846–1878)
- Italy
- Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858–1929)
- Luxembourg
- Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
- Montenegro - Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
- Netherlands
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
- Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Restoration of Monarchy
- Prime Minister -
- Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
- Joaquín Jovellar Soler, Prime Minister of Spain (1875)
- Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
- Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
- Switzerland - Johann Jakob Scherer, President of the Confederation (1875)
- United Kingdom
Middle East and North Africa
North America and The Caribbean
- Canada
- Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
- Dominican Republic - Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874–1876)
- El Salvador - Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871–1876)
- Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873–1885)
- Haiti - Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874–1876)
- Honduras - Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874–1876)
- Mexico - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
- Nicaragua -
- Vicente Quadra, President of Nicaragua (1871–1875)
- Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875–1879)
- United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)
Oceania
South America
- Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
- Bolivia - Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874–1876)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
- Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
- Colombia - Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874–1876)
- Ecuador -
- Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869–1875)
- Francisco Javier León, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
- José Javier Egiguren, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
- Rafael Pólit, President of Ecuador (1875)
- Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875–1876)
- Paraguay - Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874–1877)
- Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
- Uruguay -
- José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873–1875)
- Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875)
- Pedro Carve, President of Uruguay (1875)
- Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875–1876)
- Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)