List of state leaders in 1853

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1853.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Suna II (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Ghezo (1818–1856)
• Liberia – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848–1856)
• Mthwakazi - Mzilikazi, King 1823-1868
• Kingdom of Rwanda –
  1. Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
  2. Kigeli IV (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ali bin Bello I (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir (1842–1859)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
• China
  • Qing dynasty – Xianfeng Emperor (1850–1861)
  • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom – Hong Xiuquan (1851–1864)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate -
    1. Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
    2. Tokugawa Iesada (1853–1858)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Cheoljong (1849–1864)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor (1847–1883)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Henri de Brouckère (1852–1855)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VII (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1852–1853)
    2. Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1853–1854)
• Second French Empire – Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852–1870)
• German Confederation – Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850–1866)
  • Austrian Empire – Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
  • Bremen – Johann Smidt, president of the senate, Burgomaster in chief of Bremen (1850, 1853, 1855 and 1857)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Jean-Jacques Willmar (1848–1853)
      2. Mathias Simons (1853–1860)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840–1861)
    • Minister President - Otto von Manteuffel (1850–1858)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian II (1848–1864)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – George (1851–1866)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister - Antonios Kriezis (1849–1854)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Franz Joseph I of Austria (1848–1916)
• Menton and Roquebrune – Charles Trenca, President of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune (1848–1853)
• Principality of Montenegro – Danilo I (1852–1860)
• Principality of Monaco – Florestan I (1841–1856)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers -
    1. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
    2. Floris Adriaan van Hall (1853–1856, 1860–1861)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha (1852–1853)
    2. Mustafa Naili Pasha (1853–1854)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch -
    1. Maria II (1826–1828, 1828–1834 in opposition, 1834–1853)
    2. Pedro V (1853–1861)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Duke of Saldanha (1851–1856)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (September 29, 1833 – 1868)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I (1844–1859)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1859)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand II (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - The Earl of Aberdeen (1852–1855)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt Eyalet – Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849–1854)
• 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) – Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896)
• Tuggurt – Sulayman IV, Sultan of Tuggurt (1852–1854)

North America

• Costa Rica – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Haiti – Faustin I, Emperor of Haiti (1849–1859)
• Honduras – José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduars (1852–1855)
• Mexico:
  1. Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (1851–1853)
  2. Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853)
  3. Manuel María Lombardini, President of Mexico (1853)
  4. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico (1853–1855)
• United States:
  1. Millard Fillmore, President of the United States (1850–1853)
  2. Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853–1857)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
• Huahine – Ari'imate, King (1852–1868)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentine Confederation
  1. Justo José de Urquiza, Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation (1852–1854)
  • State of Buenos Aires
    1. Manuel Guillermo Pinto, Interim Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1852–1853)
    2. Valentín Alsina, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1853)
    3. Pastor Obligado, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1853–1858)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Joaquim Rodrigues Torres, Viscount of Itaboraí (1852–1853)
    2. Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (1853–1856)
• Chile –
• Peru – José Rufino Echenique, President of Peru (1851–1855)
• Uruguay –
  1. Juan Francisco Giró, President of Uruguay (1852–1853)
  2. Provisional government (1853–1854)