List of state leaders in 1862

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1862.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Muteesa I(1856–1884)
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Tewodros II (1855–1868)
• Kingdom of Jimma - Abba Gomol (1862-1878)
• Kingdom of Lesotho – Moshoeshoe I (1822–1870)
• Liberia – Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Kigeli IV (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ahmad bin Atiku (1859–1866)
  • Grand Vizier – Ibrahim Khalilu (1859-c. 1874)
• Wituland – Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Sultan (1858–1885)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1856–1870)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
• China
  • Qing dynasty – Tongzhi Emperor (1861–1875)
  • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom – Hong Xiuquan (1851–1864)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Iemochi (1858–1866)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Cheoljong (1849–1864)
• Sultanate of Oman – Thuwaini bin Said (1856–1866)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) – Tự Đức, Emperor (1847–1883)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Kingdom of Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief – Charles Rogier (1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Kingdom of Denmark –
  • Monarch – Frederick VII (1848–1863)
  • Prime Minister – Carl Christian Hall (1860–1863)
• Second French Empire – Napoleon III (1852–1870)
• German Confederation – Franz Joseph of Austria, President (1850–1866)
  • Austrian Empire – Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian II (1848–1864)
  • Free City of Bremen – Arnold Duckwitz, president of the senate, Burgomaster in chief (1858, 1860, 1862, 1867 and 1869), one of the Mayors of Bremen (1857–1863)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – George V (1851–1866)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    • Prime Minister – Victor de Tornaco (1860–1867)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Wilhelm I (1861–1888)
    • Minister President-
      1. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1858–1862)
      2. Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1862)
      3. Otto von Bismarck (1862–1873)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Johann (1854–1873)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – Wilhelm I (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Regency Council (1862–1863)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Athanasios Miaoulis (1857–1862)
    2. Gennaios Kolokotronis (1862)
    3. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1862–1863)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Franz Joseph I of Austria (1848–1916)
• Kingdom of Italy –
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Bettino Ricasoli (1861–1862)
    2. Urbano Rattazzi (1862)
    3. Luigi Carlo Farini (1862–1863)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers -
    1. Schelto van Heemstra (1861–1862)
    2. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
• Kingdom of Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway – Carl IV (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1861–1863)
• Papal States – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers -
    1. Marquess of Loulé (1860–1862)
    2. Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (1862)
    3. Duke of Loulé (1862–1865)
• United Principalities – Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859–1866)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II (1855–1881)
• Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (1833–1868)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway – Charles XV (1859–1872)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1859–1865)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Egypt Eyalet – Sa'id, Governor (1854–1863)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Muhammad IV (1859–1873)

North America

• Province of Canada:
  • Monarch: Victoria of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Governor General: Charles Monck (1861–1867)
  • Premiers:
    1. George-Étienne Cartier, Premier of Canada East (1858–1862)
    2. John Sandfield Macdonald, Premier of Canada West (1862–1864)
• Confederate States of America – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
• Costa Rica – José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
• Mexico: Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1861–1863)
• United States of America: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha IV (1854–1863)
• Mangareva – Joseph Gregorio II, King of Mangareva (1857–1868)
• Samoa – Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Bartolomé Mitre, acting President of Argentina (1862)
  2. Bartolomé Mitre, President of Argentina (1862–1868)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis of Caxias (1861–1862)
    2. Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (1862)
    3. Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1862–1864)
• Chile – José Joaquín Pérez, President of Chile (1861–1871)
• Ecuador – Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1859–1865)
• Uruguay – Bernardo Berro, President of Uruguay (1860–1864)