List of state leaders in 1884

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1884.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. The Kwasafomanhyiamu, Regents (1883–1884)
  2. Kwaku Dua II Kumaa, Asantehene (1884)
  3. Owusu Koko, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884)
  4. Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884–1887)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Yohannes IV (1871–1889)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. Alfred F. Russell (1883–1884)
    2. Hilary R. W. Johnson (1884–1892)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Umar bin Ali (1881–1891)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye (c.1874–1886)
• Wassoulou Empire – Samori Ture, Emperor (1878–1898)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908)
• Empire of Japan – Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Sultanate of Oman – Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896)
• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty)
  • Emperor -
    1. Kiến Phúc (1883–1884)
    2. Hàm Nghi (1884–1885)
  • Regents -
    1. Nguyễn Văn Tường (mandarin) (1883–1885)
    2. Tôn Thất Thuyết (mandarin) (1883–1885)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic - Josep Palmitjavila (1884–1885)
• 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 - Kálmán Tisza (1875–1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban (1868–1870, 1878–1884)
    2. Jules Malou (1871–1878, 1884)
    3. August Beernaert (1884–1894)
• Principality of Bulgaria – Alexander I Joseph (1879–1886)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894)
• French Third Republic –
  • President - Jules Grévy (1879–1887)
  • President of the Council - Jules Ferry (1883–1885)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1884
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister – Charilaos Trikoupis (1882–1885)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Agostino Depretis (1881–1887)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen (1874–1885)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1881–1886)
• Russian Empire – Alexander III (1881–1894)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
    1. José De Posada Herrera, Prime Minister of Spain (1883–1884)
    2. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (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 -
  1. Carl Johan Thyselius (1883–1884)
  2. Robert Themptander (1884–1888)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada -
  • Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald (1878–1891)
• Costa Rica – Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, President of Costa Rica (1882–1885)
• United States - Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States (1881–1885)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1884–1911)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Niue – Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
• Samoa – Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga –
  • Monarch – George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845–1893)
  • Prime Minister - Shirley Waldemar Baker (1880–1890)

South America

• Argentina – Julio Argentino Roca, President of Argentina (1880–1886)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • President of the cabinet of ministers –
    1. Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira (1883–1884)
    2. Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas (1884–1885)
• Uruguay – Máximo Santos, President of Uruguay (1882–1886)