List of state leaders in 1871

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1871.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Tekle Giyorgis II (1868–1871)
  2. Yohannes IV (1871–1889)
• Liberia
  • President –
    1. Edward James Roye (1870–1871)
    2. James Skivring Smith (1871–1872)
• Opobo – Jaja of Opobo, ruler of Opobo (1870–1887)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ahmad Rufa'i (1867–1873)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu (1859-c.1874)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Sher Ali Khan (1868–1879)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Momin (1852–1885)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Tongzhi Emperor (1861–1875)
• Empire of Japan – Monarch – Meiji Emperor (1867–1912)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Sultanate of Johor – Abu Bakar of Johor, Maharaja of Johor (1868–1885)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Kingdom of Nepal – Surendra Bikram Shah Deva (1847–1881)
• Sultanate of Oman –
  1. Azzan bin Qais (1868–1871)
  2. Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor (1847–1883)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary
  1. Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1867–1871)
  2. Count Gyula Andrássy (1871-1879)
  • Minister-President of Austria
  1. Count Alfred von Potocki-Pilawa (1870–1871)
  2. Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1871)
  3. Baron Ludwig von Holzgethan (1871)
  4. Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1871–1879)
  • Minister-President of Hungary
  1. Count Gyula Andrássy (1867–1871)
  2. Count Menyhért Lónyay (1871–1872)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief –
    1. Jules Joseph d'Anethan (1870–1871)
    2. Jules Malou (1871–1878, 1884)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman (1870–1874)
• French Third Republic –
  • Head of State -
    1. Jules Trochu, President of the Government of National Defense (1870–1871)
    2. Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871–1873)
  • President of the Council –
    1. Jules Trochu (1870–1871)
    2. Jules Dufaure (1871–1873)
• German Empire (as of 18 January 1871)–
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • Kingdom of Prussia
    • Monarch – Wilhelm I (1861–1888)
    • Minister President - Otto von Bismarck (1862–1873)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Ludwig II (1864–1886)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Johann (1854–1873)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – Karl (1864–1891)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Alexandros Koumoundouros (1870–1871)
    2. Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1871–1872)
• Hamburg (independent till 18 January) – Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer, First Burgomaster (1869; 1871–1872; 1875, 1878; 1881; 1884; and again 1 January to 3 March 1887)
• Holy See – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Italy –
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister - 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)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Pieter Philip van Bosse, Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers (1868–1871)
    2. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1867–1871)
    2. Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1871–1872)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President –
    1. Duke of Ávila (1870–1871)
    2. António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1871–1877)
• United Principalities (Romania) – Carol I (1866–1881)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Amadeus (1870–1873)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Juan Bautista Topete Carballo, Acting Prime Minister (1870–1871)
    2. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    3. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1871)
    4. José Malcampo Monge (1871)
    5. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV (1859–1872)
• 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)
• Iran – Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Iran (1848–1896)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Muhammad IV (1859–1873)

North America and Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General - Lord Lisgar (1869–1872)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald (1867–1873)
• Costa Rica – Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Haiti – Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869–1874)
• Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867–1872)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji – Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha V (1863–1872)
• Mangareva – Arone Teikatoara, Regent of Mangareva (1869–1873)
• Kingdom of Rarotonga –

1. Makea Takau Ariki, Queen of Rarotonga (1871–1911)

• 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); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, regent (May 1871 - March 1872)
  • President of the cabinet of ministers –
    1. José Antônio Pimenta Bueno, Marquis of São Vicente (1870–1871)
    2. José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1871–1875)
• Chile –
  1. José Joaquín Pérez, President of Chile (1861–1871)
  2. Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
• Colombia – Eustorgio Salgar, President of Colombia (1870–1872)
• Ecuador – Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869–1875)
• Peru – José Balta, President of Peru (1868–1872)
• Uruguay – Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868–1872)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)