List of state leaders in 1857

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1857.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Muteesa I (1856–1884)
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Dosso Kingdom – Zarmakoy Kassam (1856–1865)
• Ethiopian Empire – Tewodros II (1855–1868)
• Kingdom of Jimma – Abba Rebu (1855–1859)
• Liberia – Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Kigeli IV (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ali bin Bello I (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir (1842–1859)
• South African Republic - Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, President of the South African Republic (1857-1860)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1856–1870)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
• China
  • Qing dynasty – Xianfeng Emperor (1850–1861)
  • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom – Hong Xiuquan (1851–1864)
  • Pingnan Sultanate – Du Wenxiu (1856–1872)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Iesada (1853–1858)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Cheoljong (1849–1864)
• Sultanate of Oman – Thuwaini bin Said (1856–1866)
• 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 -
    1. Pieter Dedecker (1855–1857)
    2. Charles Rogier (1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Kingdom of Denmark –
  • Monarch – Frederick VII (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1856–1857)
    2. Carl Christian Hall (1857–1859)
• 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)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian II (1848–1864)
  • Bremen – Johann Smidt, president of the senate, Burgomaster in chief of Bremen (1850, 1853, 1855 and 1857)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – George (1851–1866)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    • Prime Minister - Mathias Simons (1853–1860)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840–1861)
    • Minister President - Otto von Manteuffel (1850–1858)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Johann (1854–1873)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1855–1857)
    2. Athanasios Miaoulis (1857–1862)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Franz Joseph I of Austria (1848–1916)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Justinus van der Brugghen (1856–1858)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1856–1857)
    2. Mustafa Naili Pasha (1857)
    3. Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1857–1858)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Pedro V (1853–1861)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Marquess of Loulé (1856–1859)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II (1855–1881)
• Sardinia-Piedmont – Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia-Piedmont (1849–1878*) *King of Italy beginning in 1861
  • Prime Minister – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1852–1861)
  • Savoy
• 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 - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1855–1858)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt Eyalet – Sa'id, Governor of Egypt (1854–1863)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896)

North America

• Province of Canada: Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
• Costa Rica – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Nicaragua –
  • Patricio Rivas, Provisional President of Nicaragua
  • William Walker, storngman of Nicaragua (1856–1857)
• Mexico: Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico (1855–1857)
• United States:
  1. Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853–1857)
  2. James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha IV (1854–1863)
• Mangareva –

1. Maputeoa, King of Mangareva (1830–1857)
2. Joseph Gregorio II, King of Mangareva (1857–1868)

• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentine Confederation – Justo José de Urquiza, President of the Argentine Confederation (1854–1860)
  • State of Buenos Aires – Pastor Obligado, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1853–1858)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis of Caxias (1856–1857)
    2. Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1857–1858)
• Uruguay – Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856–1860)