List of state leaders in 1828

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1828.

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 –
  1. Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816–1828)
  2. Dingane, King of the Zulu (1828–1840)

Americas

• 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 – Francisco Antonio Pinto, President (1827–1829)
• Mexico - Guadalupe Victoria, President of Mexico (1824–1829)
• United States - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (1825–1829)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Dost Mohammad Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1826–1839)
• Bhor – Pantsachiv Raghunathrao Chimnajirao, Raja of Bhor (1827–1837)
• 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 –
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Temporarily vacant (1827–1828)
    2. Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828–1851)
  • Charles X of France (1824–1830)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VI (1808–1839)
  • Minister of State - Otto Joachim Moltke (1824–1842)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Charles X (1824–1830)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Comte de Villèle (1821–1828)
    2. Vicomte de Martignac (1828–1829)
• 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 – Anthony Clement (1827–1836)
  • 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)
• First Hellenic Republic – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Governor of Greece (1827–1831)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• 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 – William I (1815–1840)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Benderli Selim Sirri Pasha (1824–1828)
    2. Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1828–1829)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  1. Maria II (1826–1828, 1834–1853)
  2. Miguel (1828–1834)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Spain – Ferdinand VII (1808, 1814–1833)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John (1818–1844)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1859)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Francis I (1825–1830)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George IV (1820–1830)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1827–1828)
    2. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1828–1830)

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)
• Egypt Eyalet Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
  • Kel Ahaggar – Ag Mama ag Sidi (1790–1830)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar (1797–1834)

Oceania

• Tonga – Aleamotuʻa, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)