List of state leaders in 1839



Africa
Adamawa Emirate - Modibo Adama bi Ardo Hasana (1809-1847)
Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
 Kingdom of Buganda – Suna II (1836–1856)
 Bunyoro – Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835–1848)
 Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
 Kingdom of Dahomey – Gézo (1818–1856)
Ethiopian Empire -
Kingdom of Jimma - Abba Jifar I (1830-1855)
 Kingdom of Rwanda – Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
 Sokoto Caliphate
Caliph – Abu Bakr Atiku (1837–1842)
Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)
Zulu – Dingane kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1828–1840)

Asia
 Emirate of Afghanistan –
 Dost Mohammad Khan (1826–1839)
 Shoja Shah (1839–1842)
 China (Qing dynasty) - Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
 Empire of Japan
Monarch – Ninkō (1817–1846)
Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Iku (1829–1847)
Joseon (Korea) – Heonjong (1834–1849)
 Siam – Rama III (1824–1851)

Europe
 Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
 Andorra –
 Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828–1851)
 Louis-Philippe I of France (1830–1848)
 Austrian Empire – Ferdinand I (1835–1848)
 Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
 Kingdom of Bavaria –
Monarch – Ludwig I (1825–1848)
Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
 Belgium
Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1834–1840, 1846–1847)
 Kingdom of Denmark
 Monarch -
 Frederick VI (1808–1839)
 Christian VIII (1839–1848)
 Minister of State - Otto Joachim Moltke (1824–1842)
 Kingdom of France –
Monarch – Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
Prime Minister -
 Louis-Mathieu Molé (1836–1839)
 Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1839–1840)
 German Confederation
 Kingdom of Greece – Otto (1832–1862)
 Kingdom of Hanover – Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)
 United Kingdom of the Netherlands – William I (1815–1840)
 Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
Sultan -
 Mahmud II (1808–1839)
 Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
Grand Vizier -
 Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1833–1839)
 Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha (1839–1841)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
Monarch – Maria II (1826–1828; 1828–1834 in opposition; 1834–1853)
President of the Council of Ministers -
 Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (1837–1839)
 Baron of Sabrosa  (1839)
 Count of Bonfim (1839–1841)
 Kingdom of Prussia –
Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
Chief Minister - Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum (1823–1841)
Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
Chief Minister – Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich, Cabinet Minister (1823–1841)
Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
 Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
Principality of Serbia – Miloš Obrenović I (1817–1839, 1858–1860)
Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (1833–1868)
 Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John (1818–1844)
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 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1835–1841)
 Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)

Middle East and North Africa
 Abu Dhabi –
 Co-Shaikh – Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
 Co-Shaikh – Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
 Ajman – Humayd ibn Rashid, Shaikh of Ajman (1838–1841)
 Bahrain – Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain (1834–1842)
 Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
 Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
 Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
 Mount Lebanon Emirate (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty)- Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn `Umar (1822–1840)
 Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Mohammad Shah Qajar (1834–1848)

North America
Federal Republic of Central America – Francisco Morazán, President of Central America (1830–1839)
Costa Rica – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838–1842)
 Mexico -
Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico (1837–1839)
Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico (1839)
Nicolás Bravo, President of Mexico (1839)
Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico (1839–1841)
 Republic of Texas – Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas (1838–1841)
 United States of America – Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1837–1841)

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)
 Empire of Brazil – 
Pedro II (1831–1889), still a minor
Regent: Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1837–1840)
 Bolivia –
Andrés de Santa Cruz (1829–1839)
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 Chile – José Joaquín Prieto Vial, President of Chile (1831–1840, 1840–1841)
 Ecuador –
Vicente Rocafuerte (1834–1839)
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 Paraguay – Perpetual Supreme Dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814–1840)
Uruguay –
Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1838–1839)
Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1839)
Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1839–1843)

Oceania
 Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
 Samoa – Malietoa Vai'inupo (?-1841)
 Tonga – Aleamotuʻa, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)