List of state leaders in 1895

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1895.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888–1896)
• Kingdom of Benin - Ovonramwen (1888-1897)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Ethiopia – Menelik II (1889-1913)
• Futa Jallon - Almany Almadou (1873-1896)
• Kingdom of Kaffa - Gaki Sherocho (1890-1897)
• Liberia – Joseph James Cheeseman, President of Liberia (1892–1896)
• Mahdist State of Sudan – Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1885–1898)
• Wadai Empire – Yusuf ibn ‘Ali (1874–1898)[1]
• Wassoulou Empire – Samori Ture, Emperor (1878–1898)
• Welayta -
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Hamad bin Thuwaini (1893–1896)
• Oranje Vrystaat – President Francis William Reitz (1889–1896)
• Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek – President Paul Kruger (1883–1902)

Asia

• Aceh Sultanate - Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II (1875-1903)
• Emirate of Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908)
• Formosa
  • President
  1. Tang Jingsong, President of the Republic of Formosa (May 25 – June 5, 1895)
  2. Liu Yongfu, President of the Republic of Formosa (June 5 – October 21, 1895)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Prime Minister – Itō Hirobumi (1892–1896)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Faisal bin Turki (1888–1913)
• Rajpipla State - Gambhirsinhji II (1860-1897)
• Siam - Chulalongkorn (1868-1910)
• Sikkim - Thutob Namgyal (1874-1914)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes –
    • French Co-Prince –
      1. Jean Casimir-Perier, President of France (1894–1895)
      2. Félix Faure, President of France (1895–1899)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince – Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndics – Bonaventura Maestre (1893–1898) and Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria –
  1. Prince Alfred August zu Windischgrätz (1893–1895)
  2. Count Erich von Kielmansegg (1895)
  3. Count Kasimir Felix von Badeni (1895–1897)
  • Minister-President of Hungary –
  1. Sándor Wekerle (1892–1895)
  2. Baron Dezső Bánffy (1895–1899)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1894–1896)
• Principality of Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Ferdinand I (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister – Konstantin Stoilov (1894–1899)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister – Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von Reedtz-Thott (1894–1897)
• French Third Republic –
  • President –
    1. Jean Casimir-Perier (1894–1895)
    2. Félix Faure (1895–1899)
  • President of the Council –
    1. Charles Dupuy (1894–1895)
    2. Alexandre Ribot (1895)
    3. Léon Bourgeois (1895–1896)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor – Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1900)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1895
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Charilaos Trikoupis (1893–1895)
    2. Nikolaos Deligiannis (1895)
    3. Theodoros Deligiannis (1895–1897)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister – Francesco Crispi (1893–1896)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – Adolphe (1890–1905)
  • Prime Minister – Paul Eyschen (1888–1915)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent – Emma, Regent (1890–1898)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers – Joan Röell (1894–1897)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Carlos I (1889–1908)
  • President of the Council of Ministers – Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (1893–1897)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas II (1894–1917)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
    2. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1895–1897)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway –
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström (1891–1900)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1894–1895)
    2. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada - Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada (1894–1896) Conservative
• Costa Rica – Rafael Yglesias Castro, President of Costa Rica (1894–1902)
• Guatemala – José María Reina Barrios, President of Guatemala (1892–1898)
• Mexico – Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• Nicaragua - José Santos Zelaya (1893-1909)
• United States – Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1893–1897)

Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Governor-General – The Earl of Glasgow (1892–1897)
  • Prime Minister – Richard Seddon (1893–1906)
• Niue – Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887–1896)
• Samoa – Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga
  • Monarch – George Tupou II, King of Tonga (1893–1918)
  • Prime Minister – Siosateki Veikune (1893–1904)

South America

• Argentina –
  1. Luis Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina (1892–1895)
  2. José Evaristo Uriburu, President of Argentina (1895–1898)
• Bolivia – Mariano Baptista, President of Bolivia (1892–1896)
• Brazil – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1894–1898)
• Chile – Jorge Montt, President of Chile (1891–1896)
• Colombia – Miguel Antonio Caro, President of Colombia (1894–1898)
• Ecuador –
  1. Luis Cordero Crespo, President of Ecuador (1892–1895)
  2. Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador (1895–1901)
• Paraguay – Juan Bautista Egusquiza, President of Paraguay (1894–1898)
• Peru –
  1. Andrés Avelino Cáceres, President of Peru (1894–1895)
  2. Manuel Candamo, President of the Provisional Government Junta of Peru (1895)
  3. Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru (1895–1899)
• Uruguay – Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay (1894–1897)
• Venezuela – Joaquín Crespo, President of Venezuela (1892–1898)

References

1. Encyclopedia Britannica article on Wadai