List of state leaders in 1869

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1869.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Muteesa I (1856–1884)
• Bunyoro –
  1. Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
  2. Kitahimbwa, Omukama of Bunyoro (1869–1902)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Tekle Giyorgis II (1868–1871)
• Kingdom of Lesotho – Moshoeshoe I (1822–1870)
• Liberia – James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1868–1870)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Kigeli IV (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ahmad Rufa'i (1867–1873)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu (1859-c. 1874)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1856–1870)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Sher Ali Khan (1868–1879)
• Bamra -
  1. Tribhuban Singh, Raja (1865–1869)
  2. Basu Deb Sudhal Deb, Raja (1869–1903)
• Bhutan – Tsondru Pekar, Druk Desis (1866–1870)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Momin (1852–1885)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Tongzhi Emperor (de jure 1861–1875); Empress Dowager Cixi (de facto 1869–1909)
• Republic of Ezo – Enomoto Takeaki, President (1868–1869)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848–1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Azzan bin Qais (1868–1871)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor (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 (1868–1870)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Gyula Andrássy (1867–1871)
• Kingdom of Bavaria – Ludwig II (1864–1886)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1868–1870, 1878–1884)
• Bremen – Arnold Duckwitz, president of the senate, Burgomaster in chief (1858, 1860, 1862, 1867 and 1869), one of the Mayors of Bremen (1857–1863)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Christian Emil (1865–1870)
• Second French Empire – Napoleon III (1852–1870)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1868–1869)
    2. Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1869–1870)
• Papal States – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Italy –
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Luigi Menabrea (1867–1869)
    2. Giovanni Lanza (1869–1873)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais (1867–1874)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Pieter Philip van Bosse (1868–1871)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1867–1871)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers -
    1. Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (1868–1869)
    2. Duke of Loulé (1869–1870)
• Kingdom of Prussia –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I (1861–1888)
  • Minister President - Otto von Bismarck (1862–1873)
• United Principalities (Romania) – Carol I (1866–1881)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II (1855–1881)
• Kingdom of Saxony – Johann (1854–1873)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Regent (1869–1870)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    2. Juan Prim (1869–1870)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV (1859–1872)
• Kingdom of Württemberg – Karl (1864–1891)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Khedivate of Egypt (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty)- Isma'il (1867–1879)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Muhammad IV (1859–1873)

North America and Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Queen Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Governor General -
    1. Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon (1867–1869)
    2. Lord Lisgar (1869–1872)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald (1867–1891)
• Costa Rica – Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868–1870)
• Haiti –
  1. Sylvain Salnave, President of Haiti (1867–1869)
  2. Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869–1874)
• Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867–1872)
• United States
  • President –
    1. Andrew Johnson (1865–1869)
    2. Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji – Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha V (1863–1872)
• Samoa – Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti – Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868–1874)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • President of the cabinet of ministers - Joaquim Rodrigues Torres, Viscount of Itaboraí (1868–1870)
• Peru – José Balta, President of Peru (1868–1872)
• Uruguay – Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868–1872)