List of state leaders in 1863

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1863.

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 – Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Kigeli IV (1853–1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ahmad bin Atiku (1859–1866)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu (1859-c.1874)
• Wituland – Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Sultan (1858–1888)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1856–1870)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
  • Sher Ali Khan (1863–1866)
• China
  • Qing dynasty – Tongzhi Emperor (1861–1875)
  • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom – Hong Xiuquan (1851–1864)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōmei (1846–1867)
  • Tokugawa shogunate - Tokugawa Iemochi (1858–1866)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Tai (1848-11 March 1879)
• Johor Sultanate -
  • Sultan – Sultan Ali of Johor
  • Temenggung - Abu Bakar of Johor, Temenggung (1862–1868)
• Kedah Sultanate – Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (1854–1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Cheoljong (1849–1864)
• Sultanate of Oman – Thuwaini bin Said (1856–1866)
• Pahang –

1. Tun Mutahir of Pahang, Raja Bendahara of Pahang (1847–1863)
2. Tun Muda Koris, Raja Bendahara of Pahang (1863)
3. Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam of Pahang, Raja Bendahara of Pahang (1863–1882)

• Đại Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức (1847–1883)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Kingdom of Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier (1847–1852, 1857–1868)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch -
    1. Frederick VII (1848–1863)
    2. Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Carl Christian Hall (1860–1863)
    2. Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1863–1864)
• 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 - Maximilian II (1848–1864)
  • 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 - Wilhelm I (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Regency council (1862–1863)
  • Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1862–1863)
    2. Aristeidis Moraitinis (1863)
    3. Zinovios Valvis (1863)
    4. Diomidis Kyriakos (1863)
    5. Benizelos Rouphos (1863)
    6. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1863–1864)
• 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. Luigi Carlo Farini (1862–1863)
    2. Marco Minghetti (1863–1864)
• 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)
• Kingdom of Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1861–1863)
    2. Yusuf Kamil Pasha (1863)
    3. Mehmed Fuad 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 (Romania) – 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 –
  1. Sa'id, Governor (1854–1863)
  2. Isma'il, Governor (1863–1867)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Muhammad IV (1859–1873)

North America

• Province of Canada: The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
• Confederate States of America – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
• Costa Rica –
  1. José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
  2. Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1863–1866)
• Mexico:
  1. Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1861–1863)
  2. Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, President of Mexico (1863–1864)
• United States of America: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii –
  1. Kamehameha IV (1854–1863)
  2. 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 - Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1862–1864)
• Chile – José Joaquín Pérez, President of Chile (1861–1871)
• Ecuador – Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1859–1865)
• Uruguay – Bernardo Berro, President of Uruguay (1860–1864)