List of state leaders in 1856
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1855 state leaders - Events of 1856 - 1857 state leaders - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
- Buganda -
- Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
- Dahomey -
- Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
- Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph - Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
- Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
- Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)
Asia
- Afghanistan - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
- China
- Qing Dynasty - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850-1861)
- Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
- Japan
- Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1853-1858)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
- Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)
Europe
- Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
- Belgium - Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
- Prime Minister -
- France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
- Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
- Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
- Prussia -
- Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
- Prime Minister - Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
- Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833-1868)
- Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- Monarch - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
- Chief Minister -
- Gustaf Sparre, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1848-1856)
- Claës Efraim Günther, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1856-1858)
- Foreign Minister -
- Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1848-1856)
- Elias Lagerheim, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1856-1858)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855-1858)
Middle East and North Africa
- Egypt - Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
- Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
- Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
- Ottoman Empire
- Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
- Grand Vizier -
North American and the Caribbean
- Province of Canada - Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854-1861)
- Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President (1849-1859)
- Mexico - Ignacio Comonfort, President (1855-1857)
- United States - Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853-1857)