List of state leaders in 1868
List of state leaders in 1867 - Events of 1868 - List of state leaders in 1869 - State leaders by year
Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
- Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856–1884)
- Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
- Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
- Ethiopia -
- Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855–1868)
- Tekle Giyorgis II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1868–1871)
- Liberia
- Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853–1895)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856–1870)
- Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Mohammed Afzal Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1866–1868)
- Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868–1879)
- Bamra - Tribhuban Singh, Raja (1865–1869)
- Bhutan - Tsondru Pekar, Druk Desis (1866–1870)
- Brunei - Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei (1852–1885)
- China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861–1875)
- Ezo - Enomoto Takeaki, President of the Republic of Ezo (1868–1869)
- Japan
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
- Oman
- Salim bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Oman (1866–1868)
- Azzan bin Qais, Sultan of Oman (1868–1871)
- Vietnam (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)
Europe
- Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
- Minister-President of Austria -
- Prince Karl von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1867–1868)
- Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1868–1870)
- Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864–1886)
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852–1870)
- Greece -
- Papal States - Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
- Italy -
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859–1872)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Prussia -
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866–1881)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
- Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854–1873)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833–1868)
- Prime Minister -
- Ramón María Narváez y Campos, Duke of Valencia, Prime Minister of Spain (1844–1846, 1846, 1847–1849, 1849–1851, 1856–1857, 1864–1865, 1866–1868)
- Luis González Bravo, Prime Minister of Spain (1868)
- José Gutiérrez De La Concha, Prime Minister of Spain (1868)
- Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
- Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859–1872)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
- Prime Minister -
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852, 1858, 1866–1868)
- Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874–1880)
- William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
- Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864–1891)
Middle East and North Africa
North America and Caribbean
Oceania
South America