List of state leaders in 1815

See also
List of state leaders in 1814 Events of 1815 List of state leaders in 1816 State leaders by year List of religious leaders in 1815 List of sovereign states in 1815 List of colonial governors in 1815

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1815.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
Kingdom of Buganda – Kamaanya (1814–1836)
Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Adandozan (1797–1818)
Ethiopian Empire – Egwale Seyon Hezqeyas (1801–1818)
- Shewa – Sahle Selassie, Negus (1813–1847)
Fulani Empire – Muhammed Bello, Fulani Sultan (1814–1837)
Mayotte – Suhali bin Salim, Sultan of Mayotte (1807–1817)
Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain (1796–1816)
Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

Miskito Nation – George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Miskito Nation (1801–1824)
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
1. Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Supreme Director (1814–1815)
2. Carlos María de Alvear, Supreme Director (1815)
3. José Rondeau, Supreme Director (1815)
4. Ignacio Álvarez Thomas, Supreme Director (1815–1816)
United States - James Madison, President of the United States (1809–1817)

Asia

Durrani Empire – Mahmud Shah (1809–1818)
China (Qing dynasty) - Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
Hyderabad State – Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, Nizam of Hyderabad (1803–1829)
Empire of Japan
- Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
- Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
- Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)
Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) – Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (1809–1824)
Sikh Empire – Ranjit Singh, Maharaja (1801–1839)

Europe

Principality of Abkhazia – Safar Begi (1810–1821)
Andorra –
- Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgel (1797–1816)
- French Co-Prince -
  1. Louis XVIII of France (1814–1815)
  2. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1815)
  3. Louis XVIII of France (1815–1824)
Kingdom of Denmark
- Monarch – Frederick VI (1808–1839)
- Minister of State - Joachim Godske Moltke (1814–1818)
Grand Duchy of Finland – Alexander I (1809–1825)
Kingdom of France –
- Monarch -
  1. Louis XVIII (1814–1815)
  2. Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1815)
  3. Louis XVIII (1815–1824)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas (1814–1815)
  2. none (during the Hundred Days of Napoleon's return, 1815)
  3. Joseph Fouché, acting Prime Minister (1815)
  4. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1815)
  5. Duc de Richelieu (1815–1818)
German Confederation
- Austrian Empire – Francis I (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
- Kingdom of Bohemia – Francis (1792–1835)
- Kingdom of Prussia –
  - Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
  - Chief Minister - Prince Karl August von Hardenberg (1810–1822)
- Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
  - Prime Minister - Count Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas (1799–1817)
- Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
- Kingdom of Hanover – in personal union with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  - Monarch – George III, King of Hanover (1814–1820)
- Kingdom of Württemberg – Frederick I (1797*-1816) *Note: Leader of Württemberg held the title of Elector prior to 1806, and the title of Duke prior to 1803
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – in personal union with the Netherlands
  - Monarch – William I (1815–1840)
- Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann Josef I (1805–1836)
Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
United Kingdom of the Netherlands – William I, Sovereign Prince (1813–1815), King (1815–1840)
Kingdom of Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden–Norway
- Monarch – Carl III (1814–1818)
- Regent – Crown Prince Carl (Bernadotte), Crown Prince of Norway (1814–1818)
- Viceroy - Hans Henrik von Essen, Viceroy of Norway (1814–1816)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
- Grand Vizier -
  1. Hursid Ahmed Pasha (1812–1815)
  2. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1815–1818)
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves – Maria I Francisca (1777–1816)
Russia – Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801–1825)
Kingdom of Spain – Ferdinand VII (1808, 1814–1833)
Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
- Monarch – Charles XIII (1809–1818)
- Regent – Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden (1810–1818)
Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1814–1824)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
- Regent – The Prince of Wales (1811–1820)
- Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812–1827)

Middle East and North Africa

Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
Ottoman Algeria –
1. Hadj Ali, Dey of Algiers (1809–1815)
2. Mohammed Khaznadji, Dey of Algiers (one month, 1815)
3. Omar Agha, Dey of Algiers (1815–1817)
Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar (1797–1834)

Oceania

Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha I (1795–1819)