List of state leaders in 1897

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1897.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896–1900)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Liberia – William D. Coleman, President of Liberia (1896–1900)
• Mahdist State of Sudan – Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1885–1898)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Hamud bin Muhammed (1896–1902)

Asia

• 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 - Matsukata Masayoshi (1896–1898)
• Korea – Gojong, King of the Joseon dynasty (1864–1897); Emperor of the Korean Empire (1897–1907)
• Sultanate of Oman – Faisal bin Turki (1888–1913)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Félix Faure, President of France (1895–1899)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndics - Bonaventura Maestre (1893–1898) and Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President –
  1. Count Kasimir Felix von Badeni (1895–1897)
  2. Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1897–1898)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Dezső Bánffy (1895–1899)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1896–1899, 1899–1907)
• Principality of Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Ferdinand I (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister – Konstantin Stoilov (1894–1899)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von Reedtz-Thott (1894–1897)
    2. Hugo Egmont Hørring (1897–1900)
• French Third Republic –
  • President - Félix Faure (1895–1899)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Jules Méline (1896–1898)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1900)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1897
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Theodoros Deligiannis (1895–1897)
    2. Dimitrios Rallis (1897)
    3. Alexandros Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1897–1899)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Marchese di Rudinì (1896–1898)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen (1888–1915)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent – Emma, Regent (1890–1898)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Joan Röell, Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers (1894–1897)
    2. Nicolaas Pierson, Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers (1897–1901)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Carlos I (1889–1908)
  • President –
    1. Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (1893–1897)
    2. José Luciano de Castro (1897–1900)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas II (1894–1917)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XIII (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo (1895–1897)
    2. Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero, Acting Prime Minister (1897)
    3. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1897–1899)
• Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Erik Gustaf Boström (1891–1900)
• 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 - Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)
• Costa Rica – Rafael Yglesias Castro, President of Costa Rica (1894–1902)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of México (1884–1911)
• United States –
  1. Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1893–1897)
  2. William McKinley, President of the United States (1897–1901)

Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Governor-General -
  1. The Earl of Glasgow (1892–1897)
  2. The Earl of Ranfurly (1897–1904)
  • Prime Minister - Richard Seddon (1893–1906)
• Niue – Togia-Pulu-toaki, King of Niue (1896–?)
• Samoa – Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
• Tonga
  • Monarch – George Tupou II, King of Tonga (1893–1918)
  • Prime Minister - Siosateki Veikune (1893–1904)

South America

• Argentina – José Evaristo Uriburu, President of Argentina (1895–1898)
• Bolivia – Severo Fernández, President of Bolivia (1896–1899)
• Brazil –
  1. Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1894–1898)
  2. Manuel Vitorino Pereira, acting President of Brazil (1896–1897)
• Chile – Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, President of Chile (1896–1901)
• Colombia – Miguel Antonio Caro, President of Colombia (1894–1898)
• Ecuador – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador (1895–1901)
• Paraguay – Juan Bautista Egusquiza, President of Paraguay (1894–1898)
• Peru – Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru (1895–1899)
• Uruguay –
  1. Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay (1894–1897)
  2. Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, President of Uruguay (1897–1899)
• Venezuela – Joaquín Crespo, President of Venezuela (1892–1898)