List of state leaders in 1896

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1896.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888–1896)
  2. Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896–1900)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. Joseph James Cheeseman (1892–1896)
    2. William D. Coleman (1896–1900)
• Mahdist State of Sudan – Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1885–1898)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar –
  1. Hamad bin Thuwaini (1893–1896)
  2. Khalid bin Barghash (1896)
  3. Hamud bin Muhammed (1896–1902)

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 (1892–1896)
    2. Matsukata Masayoshi (1896–1898)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Faisal bin Turki (1888–1913)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Félix Faure, President of France (1895–1899)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndics - Bonaventura Maestre (1893–1898) and Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Kasimir Felix von Badeni (1895–1897)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Dezső Bánffy (1895–1899)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. Jules de Burlet (1894–1896)
    2. Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1896–1899, 1899–1907)
• Principality of Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Ferdinand I (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister – Konstantin Stoilov (1894–1899)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von Reedtz-Thott (1894–1897)
• French Third Republic –
  • President - Félix Faure (1895–1899)
  • President of the Council -
    1. Léon Bourgeois (1895–1896)
    2. Jules Méline (1896–1898)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1900)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1896
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister – Theodoros Deligiannis (1895–1897)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Francesco Crispi (1893–1896)
    2. Marchese di Rudinì (1896–1898)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – Adolphe (1890–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen (1888–1915)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent – Emma (1890–1898)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Joan Röell (1894–1897)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Carlos I (1889–1908)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (1893–1897)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas II (1894–1917)
• Principality of Serbia –
  • Monarch – Aleksandar Obrenović V, King of Serbia (1889–1903)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Stojan Novaković (1895–1896, 1909)
    2. Đorđe Simić (1894, 1896–1897)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1895–1897)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Erik Gustaf Boström (1891–1900)
• 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 –
  1. Charles Tupper, Prime Minister of Canada (1894–1896)
  2. Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)
• Costa Rica – Rafael Yglesias Castro, President of Costa Rica (1894–1902)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• United States - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1893–1897)

Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Governor-General - The Earl of Glasgow (1892–1897)
  • Prime Minister - Richard Seddon (1893–1906)
• Niue –
  1. Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887–1896)
  2. Togia-Pulu-toaki, King of Niue (1896-?)
• Samoa – Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga
  • Monarch – George Tupou II, King of Tonga (1893–1918)
  • Prime Minister - Siosateki Veikune (1893–1904)

South America

• Argentina – José Evaristo Uriburu, President of Argentina (1895–1898)
• Bolivia –
  1. Mariano Baptista, President of Bolivia (1892–1896)
  2. Severo Fernández, President of Bolivia (1896–1899)
• Brazil –
  • Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1894–1898)
  • Manuel Vitorino Pereira, acting President of Brazil (1896–1897)
• Chile –
  1. Jorge Montt, President of Chile (1891–1996)
  2. Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, President of Chile (1896–1901)
• Colombia – Miguel Antonio Caro, President of Colombia (1894–1898)
• Ecuador – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador (1895–1901)
• Paraguay – Juan Bautista Egusquiza, President of Paraguay (1894–1898)
• Peru – Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru (1895–1899)
• Uruguay – Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay (1894–1897)
• Venezuela – Joaquín Crespo, President of Venezuela (1892–1898)