List of state leaders in 1879

State leaders in 1878 - Events of 1879 - State leaders in 1880 - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1879
*List of international organization leaders in 1879

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
* Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
* Liberia - Anthony William Gerdner, President of Liberia (1878-1883)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Mu'adh bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1877-1881)
**Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
* Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
*Zulu - Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)

Asia

* Afghanistan -
# Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
# Mohammad Ya`qub Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1879)
# Mohammad Jan, minister regent (1879)
** "Ghazni"
**# "Declared independence on 24 December"
**# Musa Jan Khan, Emir of Ghazni (1879-1880)
* Burma - Thibaw Min, King of Burma (1878-1885)
* Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860-1904)
* Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
* Indian Subcontinent, current day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901)
* Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
**Okinawa Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
**("Becomes fully annexed into Japan as Okinawa Prefecture; monarchy ended.")
* Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Luang Phrabang - Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868-1895)
* Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847-1881)
* Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
* Siam - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868-1910)
* Vietnam - Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (1847-1883)

Europe

* Andorra - Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta (President of France) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel), co-Princes (1873-1879 and 1853-1879)
*Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
**Minister-President of Austria -
*#Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871-1879)
*#Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1879-1893)
**Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875-1890)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
**Cabinet Chief - H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868-1870, 1878-1884)
* Bulgaria - Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879-1886)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
** Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
* France -
**President -
**# Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
**# Jules Grévy, President of France (1879-1887)
**Prime Minister -
**# Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1877-1879)
**# William Henry Waddington, President of the Council (1879)
**# Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council (1879-1880)
* Germany -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
**Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
**"see List of German rulers in 1879"
* Greece - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
* Holy See - Pope Leo XIII, Pope (1878-1903)
* Italy
**Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
**Prime Minister -
**# Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1878-1879)
**# Benedetto Cairoli, Prime Minister of Italy (1879-1881)
* Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874-1885)
* Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
* Montenegro - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister -
**# Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1877-1879)
**# Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1879-1883)
* Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872-1905)
* Portugal - Luis I, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
* San Marino - Camillo Bonelli and Pietro Berti, Captains Regent (1878-1879)
* Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
* Spain -
**Monarch - Alfonso XII of Spain, King of Spain (1875-1885)
**#Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
**#Arsenio Martínez-Campos Antón, Prime Minister of Spain (1879)
**#Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
**Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
**Prime Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister of Sweden (1876-1880)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
* Egypt -
**Monarch -
**# Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
**# Tawfiq, Khedive of Egypt (1879-1892)
* Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
* Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
**Chief Minister -
**# Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha, Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire (1878-1879)
**# Arifi Pasha, Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire (1879)
**# Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha, Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire (1879-1882)
* Persian Empire - Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)
*Tunis - Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (1859-1882)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
**Governor General - Marquess of Lorne, Governor-General of Canada (1878-1883)
**Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
*Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1877–1882)
* Dominican Republic - Council of Secretaries of State (1878-1879)
* El Salvador - Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador (1876-1885)
* Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873-1885)
* Haiti -
*#Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal, President of Haiti (1876-1879)
* Honduras - Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras (1876-1883)
* Mexico - Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico (1876-1880)
* Nicaragua -
*# Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875-1879)
*# ???
* United States - Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States (1877-1881)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiokinai (1874-1891)
* Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875-1887)
* Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
* Tahiti -
*#Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827-1877)
*#Pomare V, King of Tahiti (1877-1880)
* Tonga -
** Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845-1893)
** Prime Minister - Tevita 'Unga, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1876 – 1880)

outh America

* Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
* Bolivia - Hilarión Daza, Provisional President of Bolivia (1876-1879)
* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
* Chile - Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile (1876-1881)
* Colombia - Julián Trujillo Largacha, President of Colombia (1878-1880)
* Ecuador - Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876-1878/1883)
* Paraguay - Cándido Bareiro, President of Paraguay (1878-1880)
* Peru -
*#Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876-1879)
*# ???
*Uruguay -
*#Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1876-1879)
*#Francisco Antonino Vidal, President of Uruguay (1879)
*#Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1879-1880)
* Venezuela - Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez, acting President of Venezuela (1878-1879)