World leaders in 1848
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1848, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1848 →
Major powers in 1848
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- James K. Polk
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- John Russell
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Daoguang
July Monarchy of FranceFrance history
- King
- Louis Philippe I
- Prime minister
- François Guizot, then Louis-Mathieu Molé
French Second RepublicFrance history
- President of the provisional government
- Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
- Chief of the Executive Power
- Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
- President
- Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
- Prime minister
- François Arago, then Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Kōmei
Africa
BasutolandLesotho history
- King or Paramount Chief
- Moshoeshoe I
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Sahle Dengel
Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history
- Khedive
- Muhammad Ali
Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)
- King
- Mswati II
Kingdom of Rwanda
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Merina Kingdom
- Queen
- Ranavalona I
- Prime minister
- Rainiharo
Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Abd al-Rahman
Oyo EmpireNigeria history
- Alaafin
- Atiba Atobatele
Republic of MarylandLiberia history
- Governor
- John Brown Russwurm
Americas
Argentine ConfederationArgentina history
- Governor of Buenos Aires Province
- Juan Manuel de Rosas
Conservative Republic of ChileChile history
- President
- Manuel Bulnes
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- Acting President
- Tomás Medina, then José Félix Quirós
- President
- Doroteo Vasconcelos
Empire of BrazilBrazil history
- Emperor
- Pedro II
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Lindo
Los AltosGuatemala history
- President
- Agustín Guzmán
Miskito CoastNicaragua history
Oriental Republic of UruguayUruguay history
- Disputed with Joaquín Suárez
- Manuel Oribe
Republic of BoliviaBolivia history
- Interim President
- Eusebio Guilarte Vera
- Provisional President
- José Miguel de Velasco Franco, then Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Republic of GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Rafael Carrera
Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)Haiti history
- President
- Faustin Soulouque
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Carlos Antonio López
State of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- José Tadeo Monagas
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- James K. Polk
Asia
Aceh SultanateIndonesia history
Bruneian EmpireBrunei history
- Sultan
- Omar Ali Saifuddin II
Emirate of Afghanistan: Barakzai dynastyAfghanistan history
Emirate of BukharaUzbekistan history
Emirate of NejdSaudi Arabia history
Johor SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Ali
Joseon
- King
- Heonjong
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Khanate of KhivaUzbekistan history
Khanate of KokandUzbekistan history
Kingdom of ChampasakLaos history
- King
- Nark
Konbaung dynasty
- King
- Pagan
Ottoman EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Abdülmecid I
- Grand Vizier
- Mustafa Reşid Pasha, then Ibrahim Sarim Pasha
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Daoguang
Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history
- King
- Rama III
Ryukyu Kingdom: Second Shō dynastyJapan history
- King
- Shō Tai
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Muhammad Shah
Sheikhdom of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Jaber I
Sheikhdom of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Omar Riayat Shah
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Kōmei
Yemeni Zaidi StateYemen history
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono V
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Simó de Guardiola i Hortoneda
- French Co-Prince
- Louis Philippe I, then Napoleon III
Anhalt-Bernburg
- Duke
- Alexander Karl
Austria-Hungary: Archduchy/ Austrian Empire/ Kingdom of Hungary
- Acting Minister-President
- Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold I
- Prime minister
- Charles Rogier
Caucasian ImamateRussia history
- Imam
- Shamil
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian VIII, then Frederik VII
- Prime minister
- Adam Wilhelm Moltke
Duchy of Holstein
- Duke
- Christian VIII, then Frederik VII
Duchy of Nassau
- Duke
- Adolphe
Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
French Second RepublicFrance history
- President of the provisional government
- Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
- Chief of the Executive Power
- Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
- President
- Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
- Prime minister
- François Arago, then Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
Grand Duchy of FinlandFinland history
- Grand Prince
- Nicholas I
July Monarchy of FranceFrance history
- King
- Louis Philippe I
- Prime minister
- François Guizot, then Louis-Mathieu Molé
Kingdom of Bavaria
- King
- Ludwig I, then Maximilian II
Kingdom of Bohemia
- King
- Ferdinand V, then Francis Joseph
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Croatia history
- King
- Ferdinand V, then Franz Joseph
Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history
- King
- Ferdinand I, then Francis Joseph I
Kingdom of GreeceGreece history
- King
- Otto
- Prime minister
- Kitsos Tzavelas, then Georgios Kountouriotis, then Konstantinos Kanaris
Kingdom of Hanover
- King
- Ernest Augustus
Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaItaly history
- King
- Ferdinand I, then Francis Joseph I
Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history
- Queen
- Maria II
- King
- Ferdinand II
- Prime minister
- João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun
Kingdom of Sardinia, Duchy of SavoyItaly history
- King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy
- Charles Albert
Kingdom of Spain (1810–1873)Spain history
- Queen
- Isabella II
Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history
- King
- William II
- Prime minister
- Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, then Jacob de Kempenaer
Kingdom of the Two SiciliesItaly history
- King
- Ferdinand II
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Aloys II
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- William II
- Prime minister
- Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine, then Jean-Jacques Willmar
MoldaviaRomania history
- Prince
- Mihail Sturdza
Papal States
- Pope
- Pius IX
Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince
- George Victor
Principality of WallachiaRomania history
- Prince
- Gheorghe Bibescu, then Barbu Știrbei
- Kaymakam
- Constantin Cantacuzino
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Saxe-Meiningen
- Duke
- Bernhard II
Sweden–Norway
- King
- Oscar I
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Jonas Furrer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- John Russell
Oceania
Kingdom of Huahine
- Queen
- Teriitaria II