List of state leaders in 1850

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1850.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Kingdom of Benin - Adolo (1848-1888)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Suna II (1836–1852)
• Bunyoro – Olimi V, Omukama of Bunyoro (1848–1852)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1847–1852)
• British Cape Colony – Henry George Wakelyn Smith, Governor (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Ghezo (1818–1856)
• Sultanate of Darfur – Muhammad al-Husayn (1838–1873)
• Dendi Kingdom – Askiya Koïzé Babba (1845–1864)
• Ethiopian Empire -
  1. Sahle Dengel (1845-1850)
  2. Yohannes III (1850-1851)
• Geledi Sultanate – Ahmed Yusuf (1848–1878)
• Kingdom of Jimma - Abba Jifar I (1830-1855)
• Kingdom of Kaffa –
• Kombo – Suling Jatta, King of Kombo (before 1840–1855)[1]
• Kingdom of Kongo - Henrique III (1842-1857)
• Leqa Neqemte - Bekere Godana (1841-1868)[2]
• Liberia – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1848–1856)
• Kingdom of Madagascar – Ranavalona I (1828–1861)
• Orange Free State – Henry Douglas Warden, Resident (1848–1852)
• Oyo Empire – Atiba Atobatele (1837–1859)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ali bin Bello I (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir (1842–1859)
• Unyanyembe - Ifundikila (1840-1858)
• Waalo - Mö Mboj Maalik Mboj (1840-1855)[3]
• Wadai Empire
• Warsangali Sultanate – Gerad Aul (1830–1870)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
• China (Qing dynasty) -
  1. Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
  2. Xianfeng Emperor (1850–1861)
• Hyderabad State –
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Kashmir and Jammu –
• Joseon (Korea) – Cheoljong (1849–1864)
• Nepal – Surendra Bikram Shah (1847–1881), Maharajadhiraja of Nepal
• Rajpipla State - Verisalji II (1821-1860)
• Siam – Rama III (1824–1851)
• 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 - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1832–1834, 1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VII (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister - Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1848–1852)
• France –
  • President - Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1848–1852)
  • Prime Minister - Comte d'Hautpoul (1849–1851)
• German Confederation – Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850–1866)
  • Austrian Empire – Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
  • Bremen – Johann Smidt, president of the senate, Burgomaster in chief of Bremen (1850, 1853, 1855 and 1857)
  • Luxembourg
    • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    • Prime Minister - Jean-Jacques Willmar (1848–1853)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840–1861)
    • Minister President -
      1. Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1848–1850)
      2. Otto von Manteuffel (1850–1858)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian II (1848–1864)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister - Antonios Kriezis (1849–1854)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Franz Joseph I of Austria (1848–1916)
• Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Francis V, Duke of Modena (1846–1859)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I (1844–1859)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier – Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1848–1852)
• Duchy of Parma – Charles III, Duke of Parma (1849–1854)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Maria II (1826–1828; 1828–1834 in opposition; 1834–1853)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Count of Tomar (1849–1851)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• 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 - Lord John Russell (1846–1852)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt Eyalet – Abbas I, Governor of Egypt (1849–1854)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896)

North America

• Province of Canada - James Bruce, Governor (1847–1854)
• Costa Rica – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Dominican Republic - Buenaventura Báez, President of the Dominican Republic (1849–1853)
• El Salvador -
  1. Doroteo Vasconcelos, President of El Salvador (1848–1850)
  2. Ramón Rodríguez, Acting President of El Salvador (1850)
  3. Doroteo Vasconcelos, President of El Salvador (1850–1851)
• Guatemala - Mariano Peredes, Acting President of Guatemala (1849–1851)
• Haiti – Faustin I, Emperor of Haiti (1847–1859)
• Honduras – Juan Lindo, President of Honduras (1847–1852)
• Mexico - José Joaquín de Herrera, President of Mexico (1848–1851)
• Nicaragua – Norberto Ramírez Áreas, Supreme Director
• United States -
  1. Zachary Taylor, President of the United States (1849–1850)
  2. Millard Fillmore, President of the United States (1850–1853)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
• Kingdom of Tahiti – Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentine Confederation – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
• Bolivia – Manuel Isidoro Belzu, President of Bolivia (Provisional President until 15 August) (1848–1855)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • Prime Minister - José da Costa Carvalho, Marquis of Monte Alegre (1849–1852)
• Chile – Manuel Bulnes, President of Chile (1841–1851)
• Ecuador –
  1. Manuel de Ascásubi, Interim President of Ecuador (1849–1850)
  2. Diego Noboa, Interim President of Ecuador (1850–1851)
• Republic of New Granada – José Hilario López Valdéz, President of New Grenada (1849–1853)
• Paraguay – Carlos Antonio López, President of Paraguay (1844–1862)
• Peru – Ramón Castilla, President of Peru, (1845–1851)
• Uruguay – as a consequence of the Guerra Grande, two governments in parallel:
  • Gobierno de la Defensa (in Montevideo): Joaquín Suárez (1843–1852)
  • Gobierno del Cerrito (ruling the rest of the country): Manuel Oribe (1843–1851)
• Venezuela – José Tadeo Monagas, President of Venezuela (1847–1851)

Notes

1. Hughes, Arnold and David Perfect. Historical Dictionary of the Gambia. p. 113
2. Ta'a, Tesema. "The Process of Urbanization in Wollega, Western Ethiopia: The Case of Neqemte." Journal of Ethiopian Studies 26, no. 1 (1993): 59-72. Accessed April 29, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/41966012. p. 63
3. Barry, Boubacar, "Le royaume du Waalo": le Sénégal avant la conquête, Karthala, 1985, p 317, ISBN 2865371417