List of state leaders in 1864

List of state leaders in 1863 - Events of 1864 - List of state leaders in 1865 - State leaders by year

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
* Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
* Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
* Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
* Liberia
** President -
**# Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856-1864)
**# Daniel Bashiel Warner, President of Liberia (1864-1868)
* Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph - Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859-1866)
**Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
* Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
*Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1863-1866)
* Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
* China
** Qing Dynasty - Tongzhi, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
** Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping -
**# Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-May 1864)
**# Hong Tianguifu, King of Heaven (May 1854-August 1864)
**# destroyed by Qing government forces
* Japan
**Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) -
*#Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
*#Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)

Europe

* Abkhazia -
*# Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
*# Grigol III, Prince of Abkhazia (1864)
*# Annexed by Russia (1864)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
**Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847-1852, 1857-1868)
* Denmark
**Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
**Prime Minister -
**# Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Prime Minister of Denmark (1863-1864)
**# Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Prime Minister of Denmark (1864-1865)
*France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
* German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
** Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
**Bohemia - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Bohemia (1848-1916)
** Luxembourg
***Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
***Prime Minister - Victor, Baron de Tornaco, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1860-1867)
** Prussia -
***Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
***Prime Minister - Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862-1873)
** Bavaria -
***Monarch -
***# Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
***# Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
** Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
** Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
** Württemberg -
***Monarch -
***# William I, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
***# Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)
* Holy See - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
*Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
* Italy -
**Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
**Prime Minister -
**# Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1863-1864)
**# Marchese di La Marmora, Prime Minister of Italy (1864-1866)
*Moresnet
**Monarchs -
***Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
***Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
**Mayor - Joseph Kohl, Mayor of Moresnet (1859-1882)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Jan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849-1853, 1862-1866, 1871-1872)
* Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859-1872)
* Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
* Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* Romania - Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859-1866)
* Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
* Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
* Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
**Monarch - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
**Chief Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1858-1870)
**Foreign Minister - Ludvig Manderström, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1858-1868)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
** Prime Minister - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859-1865)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
* Egypt - Ismail, Governor of Egypt (1863-1867)
* Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
**Grand Vizier - Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1863-1866)

North America

*Province of Canada:
**Governor: The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
**Joint Premiers:
**#John Sandfield Macdonald and Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1863–1864)
**#Sir Étienne Paschal Taché and Sir John A. Macdonald, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1864–1865)
* Confederate States of America: Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States (1861–1865)
*Costa Rica: Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1863–1866)
*Mexico:
** Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, President of Mexico (1863–1864)
** Maximilian of Habsburg, Emperor of Mexico (1864–1867)
*United States of America: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)

South America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)