List of state leaders in 1838

1837 state leaders - Events of 1838 - 1839 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro - Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835–1848)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796–1852)
• Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818–1856)
• Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Abu Bakr Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1837–1842)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817–1842)
• Zulu - Dingane, King of the Zulu (1828–1840)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Dost Mahommed Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1826–1839)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821–1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817–1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837–1853)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Iku, King of Ryūkyū (1829–1847)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834–1849)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822–1864)
• Andorra -
  • Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828–1851)
  • Louis-Philippe I, King of France (1830–1848)
• Austria - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835–1848)
  • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
• Bavaria -
  • Monarch - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Karl von Abel, Prime Minister of Bavaria (1837–1847)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1834–1840, 1846–1847)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808–1839)
  • Prime Minister - Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824–1842)
• France -
  • Monarch - Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Louis-Mathieu Molé, Prime Minister of France (1836–1839)
• Greece - Otto, King of Greece (1832–1862)
• Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837–1851)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands - William I, King of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1833–1839)
• Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826–1828, 1834–1853)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797–1840)
  • Chief Minister - Count Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich, Chief Minister of Prussia (1823–1841)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825–1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833–1868)
  • Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836–1854)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV, King of Sweden (1818–1844)
• Tuscany - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824–1859)
• Two Sicilies - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1835–1841)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi -
  • Co-Shaikh - Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
  • Co-Shaikh - Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
• Ajman -
  1. Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816–1838)
  2. Humayd ibn Rashid, Shaikh of Ajman (1838–1841)
• Bahrain - Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain (1834–1842)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty) - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814–1859)
• Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822–1859)
• Mount Lebanon (Under Ottoman suzerainty) - Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn `Umar, Emir of Mount Lebanon (1822–1840)
• Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804–1856)
• Persia - Mohammad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1834–1848)

North America

• Central America - Francisco Morazán, President of Central America (1830–1839)
• Costa Rica -
  1. Manuel Aguilar Chacón, Head of State of Costa Rica (1837–1838)
  2. Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838–1842)
• Mexico - Anastasio Bustamante, President (1837–1839)
• Texas -
  1. Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas (1836–1838)
  2. Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas (1838–1841)
• United States of America - Martin Van Buren, President (1837–1841)

South America

• Argentine Confederation - Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Bolivia - Andrés de Santa Cruz (1829–1839)
• Chile - José Joaquín Prieto Vial, President of Chile (1831–1840, 1840–1841)
• Ecuador - Vicente Rocafuerte (1834–1839)
• Paraguay - José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814–1840)
• Uruguay -
  1. Manuel Oribe, President of Uruguay (1835–1838)
  2. Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1838)
  3. Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1838–1839)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823–1854)
• Commonwealth of Pitcairn - Joshua Hill, President of Pitcairn (1832–1838)
• Samoa - Malietoa Vai'inupo, Malietoa (?-1841)
• Tonga - Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)