List of state leaders in 1875
State leaders in 1874 - Events of 1875 - State leaders in 1876 - State leaders by year
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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 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872-1876)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph - Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
- 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)
- Burma - Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853-1878)
- Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860-1904)
- Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
- China (Qing Dynasty)-
- Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
- 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 MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873-1879) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853-1879), Co-Princes
- Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
- Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- Prime Minister -
- Christian Andreas Fonnesbech, Prime Minister of Denmark (1874-1875)
- Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
- France -
- President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
- Prime Minister -
- Germany -
- Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
- Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
- see List of German rulers in 1875
- Greece - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
- Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846-1878)
- Italy
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
- Prime Minister - Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873-1876)
- Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
- Luxembourg - Guillaume III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890)
- Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
- Montenegro - Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
- Netherlands
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
- Prime Minister - Jan Heemskerk, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1866-1868)(shared administration), (1874-1877), (1883-1888)
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
- Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Restoration of Monarchy
- Prime Minister -
- Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
- Chief Minister -
- Eduard Carleson, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1874-1875)
- Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1875-1876)
- Foreign Minister - Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1872-1876)
- Switzerland - Johann Jakob Scherer, President of the Confederation (1875)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, 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 - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
- Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
- Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
- Ottoman Empire
- Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
- Grand Vizier -
- Hüseyin Avni Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1874-1875)
- Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875)
- Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1875-1876)
- Persia - 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 Dufferin and Ava (1872-1878)
- Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
- Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870-1876)
- Dominican Republic - Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874-1876)
- El Salvador - Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871-1876)
- Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873-1885)
- Haiti - Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874-1876)
- Honduras - Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874-1876)
- Mexico - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872-1876)
- Nicaragua -
- Vicente Quadra, President of Nicaragua (1871-1875)
- Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, President of Nicaragua (1875-1879)
- United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)
South America
- Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
- Bolivia - Tomás Frías, President of Bolivia (1874-1876)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
- Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871-1876)
- Colombia - Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874-1876)
- Ecuador -
- Gabrial García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869-1875)
- Francisco Javier León, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
- José Javier Egiguren, Acting President of Ecuador (1875)
- Rafael Pólit, President of Ecuador (1875)
- Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875-1876)
- Paraguay - Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874-1877)
- Peru - Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872-1876)
- Uruguay -
- José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873-1875)
- Pedro Varela, Provisional Governor of Uruguay (1875)
- Pedro E. Carve, President of Uruguay (1875)
- Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875-1876)
- Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)