List of state leaders in 1874

State leaders in 1873 - Events of 1874 - State leaders in 1875 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy -
  1. Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
  2. Kwabena Dwomo, Regent (1874)
  3. Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874–1883)
• 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 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872–1876)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873–1877)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
    2. Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
• Zulu - Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872–1884)

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)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
  • Okinawa Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• 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)

Europe

• Andorra - Co-Princes
  • Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873–1879)
  • Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853–1879),
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871–1879)
  • Minister-President of Hungary -
  1. József Szlávy, Minister-President of Hungary (1872–1874)
  2. István Bittó, Minister-President of Hungary (1874–1875)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Jules Malou, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1871–1878, 1884)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870–1874)
    2. Christian Andreas Fonnesbech, Prime Minister of Denmark (1874–1875)
• France -
  • President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873–1879)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Duc de Broglie, President of the Council (1873–1874)
    2. Ernest Courtot de Cissey, President of the Council (1874–1875)
• Germany -
  • Monarch Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see List of German rulers in 1874
• Greece -
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1872–1874)
    2. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1874–1875)
• Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846–1878)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873–1876)
• Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858–1929)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867–1874)
    2. Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874–1885)
• Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
• Montenegro - Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Gerrit de Vries, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1872–1874)
    2. Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874–1877), (1883–1888)
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872–1905)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872–1873)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873)
    3. Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873–1874)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsarof Russia (1855–1881)
• Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
• Spain -
  • President - Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of Spain (1873–1874)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Emilio Castelar Ripoll, Prime Minister of Spain (1873–1874)
    2. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    3. Juan Zavala De La Puente, Prime Minister of Spain (1874)
    4. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
    5. 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 - the seven members of the Swiss Federal Council (Karl Schenk, Johann Jakob Scherer, Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, Paul Cérésole, Emil Welti, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Eugène Borel)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
    2. Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874–1880)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty) - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867–1879)
• Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873–1894)
• Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
• Persia - Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848–1896)
• Tunis (Under Ottoman suzerainty) - Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (1859–1882)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General - Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1891)
• 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 -
  1. Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869–1874)
  2. Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874–1876)
• Honduras -
  1. Céleo Arias, President of Honduras (1872–1876)
  2. 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)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji -
  1. Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
  2. Victoria, Queen of Fiji (1874–1901)
• Hawaii -
  1. Lunalilo, King of Hawaiʻi (1873–1874)
  2. Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina -
  1. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868–1874)
  2. 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)
• 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)
• Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)