List of state leaders in 1890

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1890.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888–1896)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Béhanzin (1889–1894)
• Ethiopia – Menelik II (1889–1913)
• Liberia – Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884–1892)
• Mahdist State of Sudan – Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1885–1898)
• Merina Kingdom - Ranavalona III (1883-1897)
• Nembe Kingdom - Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe (1889-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Umar bin Ali (1881–1891)
  • Grand Vizier - Muhammadu Buhari (1886–1910)
• Wassoulou Empire – Samori Ture, Emperor (1878–1898)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar –
  1. Khalifah bin Said (1888–1890)
  2. Ali bin Said (1890–1893)
• Oranje Vrystaat – President Francis William Reitz (1889–1896)
• Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek – President Paul Kruger (1883–1902)

Asia

• Aceh Sultanate - Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II (1875-1903)
• Emirate of Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Prime Minister - Yamagata Aritomo (1889–1891)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Faisal bin Turki (1888–1913)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887–1894)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic - Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe (1879–1893)
  • Minister-President of Hungary -
  1. Kálmán Tisza (1875–1890)
  2. Count Gyula Szapáry (1890–1892)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1884–1894)
• Principality of Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Ferdinand I (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister – Stefan Stambolov (1887–1894)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894)
• French Third Republic –
  • President - Marie François Sadi Carnot (1887–1894)
  • President of the Council -
    1. Pierre Tirard (1889–1890)
    2. Charles de Freycinet (1890–1892)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Prince Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
    2. Leo von Caprivi (1890–1894)
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Charilaos Trikoupis (1886–1890)
    2. Theodoros Deligiannis (1890–1892)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch -
    1. William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    2. Adolphe (1890–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen (1888–1915)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch -
    1. William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
    2. Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent -
    • Emma, Regent (1890–1898)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Aeneas Mackay (1888–1891)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Carlos I (1889–1908)
  • President of the Council of Ministers -
    1. José Luciano de Castro (1886–1890)
    2. António Serpa (1890)
    3. João Crisóstomo (1890–1892)
• Russian Empire – Alexander III (1881–1894)
• Kingdom of Spain
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
    2. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Gustaf Åkerhielm (1889–1891)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica –
  1. Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica (1885–1890)
  2. José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón, President of Costa Rica (1890–1894)
• Dominican Republic: Ulises Heureaux, President of the Dominican Republic (1889–1899)
• El Salvador –
  1. Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador (1885–1890)
  2. Carlos Ezeta, President of El Salvador (1890–1894)
• Guatemala: Manuel Barillas, President of Guatemala (1885–1892)
• Haiti: Florvil Hyppolite, President of Haiti (1889–1896)
• Honduras: Luis Bográn, President of Honduras (1883–1891)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• Nicaragua: Roberto Sacasa, Acting President of Nicaragua (1889–1891)
• United States - Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States (1889–1893)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Niue – Fata-a-iki, King of Niue (1887–1896)
• Samoa – Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga –
  • Monarch – George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845–1893)
  • Prime Minister –
  1. Shirley Waldemar Baker (1880–1890)
  2. Siaosi Tuku'aho (1890–1893)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Miguel Juárez Celman, President of Argentina (1886–1890)
  2. Carlos Pellegrini, President of Argentina (1890–1892)
• Bolivia – Aniceto Arce, President of Bolivia (1888–1892)
• Brazil – Deodoro da Fonseca, Head of the Provisional Government (1889–1891)
• Chile – José Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (1886–1891)
• Colombia – Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia (1887–1894)
  • Carlos Holguín Mallarino, acting President of Colombia (1888–1892)
• Ecuador – Antonio Flores Jijón, President of Ecuador (1888–1892)
• Paraguay –
  1. Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay (1886–1890)
  2. Juan Gualberto González, President of Paraguay (1890–1894)
• Peru –
  1. Andrés Avelino Cáceres, President of Peru (1886–1890)
  2. Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru (1890–1894)
• Uruguay –
  1. Máximo Tajes, President of Uruguay (1886–1890)
  2. Julio Herrera y Obes, President of Uruguay (1890–1894)
• Venezuela –
  1. Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, President of Venezuela (1888–1890)
  2. Raimundo Andueza Palacio, President of Venezuela (1890–1892)