List of state leaders in 1873
State leaders in 1872 - Events of 1873 - State leaders in 1874 - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
- 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 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872-1876)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph -
- Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867-1873)
- Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
- Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
- Caliph -
- 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)
- China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhě, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
- Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
- Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
Europe
- Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- Prime Minister - Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870-1874)
- France -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Germany -
- Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
- Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
- Italy -
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
- Prime Minister -
- Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsarof Russia (1855-1881)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Amadeus, King of Spain (1870-1873)
- President - Establishment of First Spanish Republic
- Prime Minister -
- Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872-1873)
- Estanislao Figueras Moragas, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
- Francisco Pi y Margall, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
- Nicolás Salmerón Alonso, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
- Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, Prime Minister of Spain (1873-1874)
- Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
- Chief Minister - Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1870-1874)
- Foreign Minister - Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1872-1876)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
Middle East and North Africa
- Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
- Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
- Morocco -
- Ottoman Empire
- Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
- Grand Vizier -
- Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872-1873)
- Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873)
- Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873-1874)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
- Governor General - Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor-General of Canada (1872-1878)
- Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
- Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870-1876)
- Mexico - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
- United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)
South America
- Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-1874)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
- Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zańartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
- Ecuador - Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
- Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
- Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)