List of state leaders in 1864

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1864.

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 Lesotho – Moshoeshoe I (1822–1870)
• Liberia
  • President –
    1. Stephen Allen Benson (1856–1864)
    2. Daniel Bashiel Warner (1864–1868)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Kigeli IV (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ahmad bin Atiku (1859–1866)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu (1859-c.1874)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1856–1870)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Sher Ali Khan (1863–1866)
• Kingdom of Champasak – Kham Suk (1863–1900)
• China
  • Qing dynasty – Tongzhi Emperor (1861–1875)
  • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom –
    1. Hong Xiuquan (1851-May 1864)
    2. Hong Tianguifu (May 1854-August 1864)
    3. destroyed by Qing government forces
• Dir – Ghazzan Khan, Khan of Dir (1863–1874)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Iemochi (1858–1866)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Joseon (Korea) –
  1. Cheoljong (1849–1864)
  2. Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Thuwaini bin Said (1856–1866)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor (1847–1883)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia –
  1. Mikhail (1822–1864)
  2. Grigol III (1864)
  3. Annexed by Russian Empire (1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier (1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1863–1864)
    2. Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1864–1865)
• Second French Empire – Napoleon III (1852–1870)
• German Confederation – Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850–1866)
  • Austrian Empire – Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria -
    • Monarch -
      1. Maximilian II (1848–1864)
      2. Ludwig II (1864–1886)
  • Free City of Hamburg – Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller, First Burgomaster of Hamburg (1863–1864; 1866–1868; 1870; and again 1872–1873)
  • Kingdom of Hanover - George (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 - Otto von Bismarck (1862–1873)
  • Kingdom of Saxony - Johann (1854–1873)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg -
    • Monarch -
      1. William I (1816–1864)
      2. Karl (1864–1891)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1863–1864)
    2. Konstantinos Kanaris (1864)
    3. Zinovios Valvis (1864)
    4. Konstantinos Kanaris (1864–1865)
• Papal States – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Franz Joseph I of Austria (1848–1916)
• Kingdom of Italy –
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Marco Minghetti (1863–1864)
    2. Marchese di La Marmora (1864–1866)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier – Keçecizade Mehmet Fuat Pasha (1863–1866)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - 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 – Isma'il, Governor (1863–1867)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Muhammad IV (1859–1873)

North America

• Province of Canada:
  • Governor: The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon (1861–1867)
  • Joint Premiers:
    1. John Sandfield Macdonald and Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1863–1864)
    2. 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 of America (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)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha V (1863–1872)
• 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 – Bartolomé Mitre, President of Argentina (1862–1868)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Pedro de Araújo Lima, President of the cabinet of ministers (1862–1864)
    2. Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos, President of the cabinet of ministers (1864–1864)
    3. Francisco José Furtado, President of the cabinet of ministers (1864–1865)
• Chile – José Joaquín Pérez, President of Chile (1861–1871)
• Ecuador – Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1859–1865)
• Uruguay –
  1. Bernardo Berro, President of Uruguay (1860–1864)
  2. Atanasio Aguirre, President of Uruguay (1864–1865)