List of state leaders in 1888

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1888.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Owusu Sekyere II, Regent (1887–1888)
  2. Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888–1896)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Yohannes IV (1871–1889)
• Liberia – Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884–1892)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Umar bin Ali (1881–1891)
  • Grand Vizier - Muhammadu Buhari (1886–1910)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar –
  1. Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)
  2. Khalifah bin Said (1888–1890)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Itō Hirobumi (1885–1888)
    2. Kuroda Kiyotaka (1888–1889)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman –
  1. Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
  2. Faisal bin Turki (1888–1913)
• Umm al-Quwain – Sheikh Ahmad I bin `Abd Allah Al Mu`alla, Emir (1873–1904)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Maestre (1886–1888)
    2. Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe (1879–1893)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza (1875–1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1884–1894)
• Principality of Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Ferdinand I (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister – Stefan Stambolov (1887–1894)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894)
• French Third Republic –
  • President - Marie François Sadi Carnot (1887–1894)
  • President of the Council -
    1. Pierre Tirard (1887–1888)
    2. Charles Floquet (1888–1889)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch -
    1. Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
    2. Friedrich III, German Emperor (1888)
    3. Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1888
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister – Charilaos Trikoupis (1886–1890)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Édouard Thilges (1885–1888)
    2. Paul Eyschen (1888–1915)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers -
    1. Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
    2. Aeneas Mackay (1888–1891)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - José Luciano de Castro (1886–1890)
• Russian Empire – Alexander III (1881–1894)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister -
  1. Robert Themptander (1884–1888)
  2. Gillis Bildt (1888–1889)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica – Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1884–1911)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885–1889)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Niue – Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887–1896)
• Samoa – Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga –
  • Monarch – George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845–1893)
  • Prime Minister - Shirley Waldemar Baker (1880–1890)

South America

• Argentina – Miguel Juárez Celman, President of Argentina (1886–1890)
• Bolivia –
  1. Gregorio Pacheco, President of Bolivia (1884–1888)
  2. Aniceto Arce, President of Bolivia (1888–1892)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, regent (June 1887 - August 1888)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, President of the cabinet of ministers (1885–1888)
    2. João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira, President of the cabinet of ministers (1888–1889)
• Chile – José Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (1886–1891)
• Colombia – Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia (1887–1894)
  1. Eliseo Payán, acting President of Colombia (1887–1888)
  2. Carlos Holguín Mallarino, acting President of Colombia (1888–1892)
• Ecuador –
  1. José Plácido Caamaño, President of Ecuador (1883–1888)
  2. Antonio Flores Jijón, President of Ecuador (1888–1892)
• Paraguay – Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay (1886–1890)
• Peru – Andrés Avelino Cáceres, President of Peru (1886–1890)
• Uruguay – Máximo Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886–1890)
• Venezuela –
  1. Hermógenes López, interim President of Venezuela (1887–1888)
  2. Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, President of Venezuela (1888–1892)