List of state leaders in 1898

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1897 state leaders - Events of 1898 - 1899 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Australia and Oceania 4 Europe 5 North America and the Caribbean 6 South America

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896-1900)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896-1902)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Emperor - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
  • De facto ruler - Empress Dowager Cixi (1898-1908)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Matsukata Masayoshi, Prime Minister of Japan (1896-1898)
    2. Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1898)
    3. Okuma Shigenobu, Prime Minister of Japan (1898)
    4. Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1898-1900)
• Korea (Korean Empire) - Gojong, Emperor of Korea (1864-1907, King before 1897)
• Oman - Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)

Australia and Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Governor-General - The Earl of Ranfurly, Governor-General of New Zealand (1897 - 1904)
  • Prime Minister - Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893 - 1906)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria -
  1. Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn, Minister-President of Austria (1897-1898)
  2. Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein, Minister-President of Austria (1898-1899)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Baron Dezső Bánffy, Minister-President of Hungary (1895-1899)
  • Bohemia - Franz Joseph I, King of Bohemia (1848-1916)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1896-1899, 1899-1907)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)
  • Prime Minister - Konstantin Stoilov (1894-1899)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister - Hugo Egmont Hørring, Prime Minister of Denmark (1897-1900)
• France -
  • President - Félix Faure, President of France (1895-1899)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Jules Méline, President of the Council (1896-1898)
    2. Henri Brisson, President of the Council (1898)
    3. Charles Dupuy, President of the Council (1898-1899)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894-1900)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (1888-1918)
    • Prime Minister - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Minister-President of Prussia (1894-1900)
  • Bavaria - Otto, King of Bavaria (1886-1913)
  • Saxony - Albert, King of Saxony (1873-1902)
  • Württemberg - William II, King of Württemberg (1891-1918)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Marchese di Rudinì, Prime Minister of Italy (1896-1898)
    2. Luigi Pelloux, Prime Minister of Italy (1898-1900)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1888-1915)
• Moresnet
  • Monarchs -
    • Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
    • Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Mayor - Hubert Schmetz, Mayor of Moresnet (1885-1915)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
  • Regent - Emma, Regent (1890-1898)
  • Former of the Cabinet - Nicolaas Gerard Pierson, Former of the Cabinet of the Netherlands (1897-1901)
• Portugal - Carlos, King of Portugal (1889-1908)
• Russia - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1897-1899)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891-1900)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• United States - William McKinley, President of the United States (1897-1901)

South America

• Brazil -
  1. Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1894-1898)
  2. Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales , President of Brazil (1898-1902)