List of state leaders in 1881

1880 state leaders - Events of 1881 - 1882 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1881
*List of international organization leaders in 1881

Africa

*Ashanti Confederacy - Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
* Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
*Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
* Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
* Liberia - Anthony William Gerdner, President of Liberia (1878-1883)
* Sokoto Caliphate
**Caliph -
**# Mu'adh bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1877-1881)
**# Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881-1891)
**Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
* Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
* Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
* Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
* Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
* Ottoman Empire - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)

Europe

*Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
**Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1879-1893)
**Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875-1890)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
**Cabinet Chief - H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868-1870, 1878-1884)
* Bulgaria - Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879-1886)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
** Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
* France -
**President - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879-1887)
**Prime Minister -
**# Jules Ferry, President of the Council (1880-1881)
**# Léon Gambetta, President of the Council (1881-1882)
*German Empire -
**Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871-1888)
**Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
**"see also List of German rulers in 1881"
* Italy
**Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
**Prime Minister -
**# Benedetto Cairoli, Prime Minister of Italy (1879-1881)
**# Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881-1887)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874-1885)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
**Prime Minister - Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1879-1883)
*Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
* Russia -
*#Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
*#Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
* Spain -
**Monarch - Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1874-1885)
**Prime Minister -
**#Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
**#Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871-1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899)
* Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
**Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
**Prime Minister - Arvid Posse, Prime Minister of Sweden (1880-1883)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
**Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)

North America and the Caribbean

* Canada -
**Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
**Governor General - Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada (1878-1883)
**Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1878-1891)
*Costa Rica - Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1877–1882)
* United States -
*# Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States (1877-1881)
*# James A. Garfield, President of the United States (1881)
*# Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States (1881-1885)

Oceania

* Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiokinai (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, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1880 – 1890)

outh America

* Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
*Uruguay - Francisco Antonino Vidal, President of Uruguay (1880-1882)