List of state leaders in 1880

1879 state leaders - Events of 1880 - 1881 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - 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 - Anthony W. Gardiner, President of Liberia (1878–1883)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Mu'adh bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1877–1881)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
• Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)

Asia

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880–1901)
  • Ghazni
    1. Musa Jan Khan, Emir of Ghazni (1879–1880)
    2. Returned to Afghanistan on 21 April
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875–1908)
• Japan - Monarch - Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871–1888)
• Siam - (Chakri Dynasty) - Chulalongkorn, King of Siam (1868–1910)
• 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 - 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 - H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868–1870, 1878–1884)
• Bulgaria - Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879–1886)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875–1894)
• France -
  • President - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council (1879–1880)
    2. Jules Ferry, President of the Council (1880–1881)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861–1888)
    • Prime Minister - Prince Otto von Bismarck, Minister President of Prussia (1873–1890)
  • Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864–1886)
  • Saxony - Albert of Saxony, King of Saxony (1873–1902)
  • Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864–1891)
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece (1878–1880)
    2. Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1880)
    3. Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece (1880–1882)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Benedetto Cairoli, Prime Minister of Italy (1879–1881)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874–1885)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg, Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers (1879–1883)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abdülhamit II Ottoman sultan (1876–1909)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha(1880-1880)
    2. Cenani Mehmet Kadri Pasha (1880-1880)
    3. Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha (2.time) (18880-1882)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1874–1885)
  • Prime Minister - 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
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister of Sweden (1876–1880)
    2. Arvid Posse, Prime Minister of Sweden (1880–1883)
• Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845–1886)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874–1880)
    2. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1877–1882)
• United States - Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States (1877–1881)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
• Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
• Samoa -
  1. Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
  2. Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tahiti -
  1. Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
  2. Pomare V, King of Tahiti (1877–1880)
• Tonga -
  • Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845–1893)
  • Prime Minister -
  1. Tevita 'Unga, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1876–1880)
  2. Shirley Waldemar Baker, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1880–1890)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
  2. Julio Argentino Roca, President of Argentina (1880–1886)

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Uruguay -
  1. Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1879–1880)
  2. Francisco Antonino Vidal, President of Uruguay (1880–1882)