List of state leaders in 1826

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1826.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Yaw Akoto, Asantehene (1824–1834)
• Basutoland – Paramount chief Moshoeshoe I (1822–1870)
• 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 – Gézo (1818–1856)
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Abdallah bin Alawi (1816–1832)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Muhammed Bello (1814–1837)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)
• Swaziland – Paramount chief Ngwane IV (1815–1836)
• Zulu – Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816–1828)

Americas

• Argentina – Bernardino Rivadavia, President of Argentina (1826–1827)
• Bolivia –
  1. Simón Bolívar, Liberator of Bolivia (1825–1826)
  2. Antonio José de Sucre, President of Bolivia (1826–1828)
• Empire of Brazil – Pedro I (1822–1831)
• Federal Republic of Central America – Manuel José Arce, President of Central America (1825–1829)
  • Costa Rica – Juan Mora Fernández, Head of State of Costa Rica (1825–1833)
• Chile
  1. Ramón Freire, Supreme Director of Chile (1823–1826)
  2. Manuel Blanco Encalada, President of Chile (1826–1826)
  3. Agustín Eyzaguirre, President of Chile (1826–1827)
• Great Colombia – Simón Bolívar, President of Great Colombia (1821–1830)
• Haiti – Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti (1818–1843)
• Mexico - Guadalupe Victoria, President of Mexico (1824–1829)
• Miskito Nation – Robert Charles Frederic, King of the Miskito Nation (1824–1842)
• Paraguay – José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, President of Paraguay (1814–1840)
• Peru –
  1. Simón Bolívar, Liberator of Peru (1824–1826)
  2. Andrés de Santa Cruz, President of the Government Council (1826–1827)
• United States - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (1825–1829)

Asia

• Afghanistan –
  • Kabul -
    1. Soltan Mohammed Khan, Mohammedzay Regent (1823–1826)
    2. Dost Mohammad Khan, Mohammedzay Regent (1826–1836)
  • Kandahar -
    1. Shirdil Khan, Mohammedzay Regent (1818–1826)
    2. Purdil Khan, Mohammedzay Regent (1826–1839)
  • Herat -
    1. Mahmud Shah, Padshah of Herat (1819–1826)
    2. Kamran Shah, Padshah of Herat (1826–1842)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Andorra –
  • Isidor Bonifaci López y Pulido, Bishop of Urgell (1824–1827)
  • Charles X of France (1824–1830)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederik VI (1808–1839)
  • Minister of State - Otto Joachim Moltke (1824–1842)
• Grand Duchy of Finland – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Charles X (1824–1830)
  • Prime Minister - Comte de Villèle (1821–1828)
• German Confederation
  • Austrian Empire – Francis I (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Francis (1792–1835)
  • Kingdom of Prussia
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
    • Chief Minister - Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum (1823–1841)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Ludwig I (1825–1848)
    • President of the Council of Ministers – Baron Zentner (1825–1832)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
  • Kingdom of Hanover – George IV (1820–1830)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – William I (1815–1840)
  • Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann Josef I (1805–1836)
  • Grand Duchy of Baden – Ludwig I (1818–1830)
• First Hellenic Republic (unrecognized) -

1. Georgios Kountouriotis, President of the Executive (1823–1826)
2. Andreas Zaimis, President of the Governing Commission (1826–1827)

• Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• Duchy of Lucca – Charles (1824–1847)
• Duchy of Massa and Carrara – Maria Beatrice Ricciarda III, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara (1814–1829)
• Duchy of Modena – Francis IV (1814–1846)
• Principality of Moldavia – Ioan Sturdza, Voivod of Moldavia (1822–1828)
• Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro – Petar I Petrović Njegoš (1782–1830)
• Neutral Moresnet
  • Monarchs -
    • William I of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
    • Frederick William III of Prussia (1797–1840)
  • Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817–1859)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands – Willem I (1815–1840)
• Kingdom of Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden–Norway
  • Monarch – Charles XIV (1818–1844)
  • Governor - Count Johan August Sandels (1818–1827)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier – Benderli Selim Sirri Pasha (1824–1828)
• Papal States – Pope Leo XII (1823–1829)
• Duchy of Parma – Marie Louise (1814–1847)
• Piedmont-Sardinia – Charles Felix, King of Sardinia (1821–1831)
• Congress Poland – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  1. Joao VI (1816–1826)
  2. Pedro IV (1826) - also Pedro I of Brazil
  3. Maria II (1826–1828, 1828–1834 in opposition, 1834–1853)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Principality of Serbia – Milos Obrenovic I (1815–1839)
• Kingdom of Spain – Fernando VII (1808, 1814–1833)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John (1818–1844)
• Switzerland – Vinzenz Rüttimann, President of the Diet (1826)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1848)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Francis I, (1825–1830)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George IV (1820–1830)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812–1827)
• Principality of Wallachia – Grigore IV Ghica, Voivod of Wallachia (1822–1828)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi –
  • Co-Shaikh – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1818–1833)
  • Co-Shaikh – Tahnun bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1818–1833)
• Ajman – Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816–1838)
• Ottoman Algeria (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Hussein ben Hassan, Pasha-Dey of Algiers (1818–1830)
• Egypt Eyalet - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Sultanate of Fezzan (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Yusuf al-Mukkani (1811–1831)
  • Kel Ahaggar – Ag Mama ag Sidi (1790–1830)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abu al-Fadl `Abd ar-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia – Fath Ali Shah Qajar, King of Persia (1797–1834)
• Tripoli (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Yusuf ibn Ali Karamanli, Pasha of Tripoli (1795–1832)
• Beylik of Tunis – (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) Husayn II bin Mahmud (1824–1835)