World leaders in 1914
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1914, 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 1914 →
Major powers in 1914
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Woodrow Wilson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- H. H. Asquith
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas II
Republic of China (1912–1915)China history
- President
- Yuan Shikai
- Premier
- Xiong Xiling
- Premier: Secretary of State
- Xu Shichang
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Raymond Poincaré
- President of the Council of ministers
- Gaston Doumergue, then Alexandre Ribot, then René Viviani
German EmpireGermany history
- Emperor
- Wilhelm II
- Chancellor
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Taishō
- Prime minister
- Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, then Ōkuma Shigenobu
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Iyasu V
Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history
- Khedive
- Abbas II
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Said Pasha, then Hussein Roshdy Pasha
Kingdom of Rwanda
- King
- Yuhi V Musinga
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Daniel Edward Howard
Sultanate of Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Yusef
Sultanate of Zanzibar
- Sultan
- Khalifa II
Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history
- King
- George V
Americas
Argentine RepublicArgentina history
- President
- Roque Sáenz Peña, then Victorino de la Plaza
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Ismael Montes
CanadaCanada history
- Prime minister
- Robert Borden
Dominion of NewfoundlandCanada history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Edward Morris
EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- Leónidas Plaza
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- Provisional President
- Carlos Meléndez Ramirez, then Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
First Brazilian RepublicBrazil history
- President
- Hermes da Fonseca, then Venceslau Brás
First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history
- President
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno, then Alfredo González Flores
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Manuel Estrada Cabrera
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Francisco Bertrand
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Victoriano Huerta, then Francisco S. Carvajal, then Eulalio Gutiérrez
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Adolfo Díaz
Parliamentary Era ChileChile history
- President
- Ramón Barros Luco
Republic of ColombiaColombia history
- President
- José Vicente Concha Ferreira
Republic of CubaCuba history
- President
- Mario García Menocal
Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history
- President
- Michel Oreste, then Oreste Zamor, then Joseph Davilmar Théodore
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Eduardo Schaerer
Republic of PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Guillermo Billinghurst
- Interim President
- Óscar R. Benavides
Second Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- Provisional President
- José Bordas Valdez
- President
- Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Woodrow Wilson
United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- Interim President
- José Gil Fortoul
UruguayUruguay history
- President
- José Batlle y Ordóñez
Asia
Bogd Khanate of MongoliaMongolia history
- Khagan
- Bogd Khan
Emirate of Abu DhabiTurkey history
Emirate of Afghanistan: Barakzai dynastyAfghanistan history
- Emir
- Habibullah Khan
Emirate of AjmanTurkey history
Emirate of BukharaUzbekistan history
Emirate of DubaiTurkey history
Emirate of FujairahTurkey history
Emirate of SharjahTurkey history
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Taishō
- Prime minister
- Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, then Ōkuma Shigenobu
French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history
- King of Luang Phrabang
- Sisavang Vong
Hakims of BahrainBahrain history
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Khanate of KhivaUzbekistan history
Negeri SembilanMalaysia history
- Yamtuan
- Muhammad
Nguyễn dynastyVietnam history
- Emperor
- Duy Tân
Ottoman (Turkish) EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Mehmed V
- Grand Vizier
- Said Halim Pasha
PakualamanIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Pakualam VII
Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history
Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history
- Sultan
- Muhammad Jamalul Alam II
QatarQatar history
Republic of China (1912–1915)China history
- President
- Yuan Shikai
- Premier
- Xiong Xiling
- Premier: Secretary of State
- Xu Shichang
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- Emir
- Ibn Saud
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Sulaiman
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Mubarak I
Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history
- King
- Vajiravudh
Sublime State of Persia: Qajar dynastyIran history
- Shah
- Ahmad Shah Qajar
Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Taimur
Surakarta SunanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Pakubuwono X
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Zainal Abidin III
Umm Al QuwainTurkey history
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono VII
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Juan Benlloch i Vivó
- French Co-Prince
- Raymond Poincaré
Austria-Hungary: Austrian Empire and Kingdom of HungaryAustria history
- Emperor
- Franz Joseph I
- Prime Minister
- István Tisza
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Albert I
- Prime minister
- Charles de Broqueville
Bourbon Restoration of SpainSpain history
- King
- Alfonso XIII
- Prime minister
- Eduardo Dato
Duchy of AnhaltGermany history
- Duke
- Frederick II
Duchy of BrunswickGermany history
- Duke
- Ernest Augustus
Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history
First Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Manuel de Arriaga
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Raymond Poincaré
- President of the Council of ministers
- Gaston Doumergue, then Alexandre Ribot, then René Viviani
German EmpireGermany history
- Emperor
- Wilhelm II
- Chancellor
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Grand Duchy of FinlandFinland history
- Grand Prince
- Nicholas II
Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Marie-Adélaïde
- Prime minister
- Paul Eyschen
Independent Albania / Provisional GovernmentAlbania history
- President
- Ismail Kemal
- Prime minister
- Ismail Kemal, then Fejzi Alizoti
Kingdom of BavariaGermany history
- King
- Ludwig III
Kingdom of Bohemia
- King
- Franz Joseph I
Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history
- Tsar
- Ferdinand I
- Prime minister
- Vasil Radoslavov
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
- King
- Franz Joseph
Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian X
- Council president
- Carl Theodor Zahle
Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history
- King
- Francis Joseph I
Kingdom of GreeceGreece history
- King
- Constantine I
- Prime minister
- Eleftherios Venizelos
Kingdom of ItalyItaly history
- Prime minister
- Giovanni Giolitti, then Antonio Salandra
Kingdom of Montenegro
- President
- Janko Vukotić
Kingdom of NorwayNorway history
- King
- Haakon VII
- Prime minister
- Gunnar Knudsen
Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history
- King
- Charles I, then Ferdinand I
- Prime minister
- Ion I. C. Brătianu
Kingdom of SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf V
- Prime minister
- Karl Staaff, then Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Kingdom of WürttembergGermany history
- King
- William II
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Johann II
- Governor
- Leopold Freiherr von Imhof
Monaco
- Prince
- Albert I
- Minister of state
- Émile Flach
NetherlandsNetherlands history
- Queen
- Wilhelmina
- Prime minister
- Pieter Cort van der Linden
Principality of AlbaniaAlbania history
- Prince; Prince in exile
- Wilhelm
- Prime minister
- Turhan Përmeti, then Essad Pasha Toptani
Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontGermany history
- Prince
- Friedrich
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas II
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Domenico Fattori
Saxe-Coburg and GothaGermany history
- Duke
- Charles Edward
Saxe-MeiningenGermany history
- Duke
- Bernhard III
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Arthur Hoffmann
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- H. H. Asquith
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Joseph Cook, then Andrew Fisher
Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- William Massey
Kings of Uvea (Wallis)
Tuʻi Kanokupolu of TongaTonga history
- King
- George Tupou II