1899 state leaders - Events of 1900 - 1901 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896-1900) Ashanti annexed to the British Gold Coast colony in 1900
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Abyssinia - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1889-1913)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. William D. Coleman, President of Liberia (1896-1900)
    2. Garretson W. Gibson, President of Liberia (1900-1904)
• Morocco - Abdelaziz, Sultan of Morocco (1894-1908)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896-1902)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
• China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Emperor - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
  • De facto ruler - Empress Dowager Cixi (1898-1908)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1898-1900)
    2. Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1900-1901)
• Filipinas
  • President - Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the Philippines (1899-1901)
• Korea (Korean Empire) - Gojong, Emperor of Korea (1864-1907, King before 1897)
• Oman - Faisal Bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)
• Persia - Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia (1896-1907)
• Siam - Rama V, King of Siam (1868- 1910)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria -
  1. Heinrich von Wittek, Minister-President of Austria (1899-1900)
  2. Ernst von Koerber, Minister-President of Austria (1900-1904)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Széll, Minister-President of Hungary (1899-1903)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1899-1907)
• Kingdom of Bulgaria
  • Monarch - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)
  • Prime Minister - Todor Ivanchov (1899-1901)
• Cretan State - Prince George of Greece, High Commissioner of Crete, (1898-1906)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hugo Egmont Hørring, Prime Minister of Denmark (1897-1900)
    2. Hannibal Sehested, Prime Minister of Denmark (1900-1901)
• France -
  • President - Émile Loubet, President of France (1899-1906)
  • Prime Minister - René Waldeck-Rousseau, President of the Council (1899-1902)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894-1900)
    2. Count Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (1900-1909)
  • Kingdom of Prussia -
    • Monarch - Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (1888-1918)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Minister-President of Prussia (1894-1900)
      2. Count Bernhard von Bülow, Minister-President of Prussia (1900-1909)
  • Bavaria - Otto, King of Bavaria (1886-1913)
  • Saxony - Albert, King of Saxony (1873-1902)
  • Württemberg - William II, King of Württemberg (1891-1918)
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
  • Prime Minister - Georgios Theotokis, Prime Minister of Greece (1899-1901)
• Holy See - Pope Leo XIII, Bishop of Rome (1878-1903)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch -
    1. Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
    2. Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Luigi Pelloux, Prime Minister of Italy (1898-1900)
    2. Giuseppe Saracco, Prime Minister of Italy (1900-1901)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1888-1915)
• Kingdom of Montenegro
  • Monarch - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1918)
  • Prime Minister - Bozo Petrovic-Njegos, Prime Minister of Montenegro (1879-1905)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
  • Prime Minister - Nicolaas Pierson, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1897-1901)
• Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar II, Norway (1872-1905)
  • Prime Minister - Johannes Steen, Prime Minister of Norway (1898-1902)
• Ottoman Empire -
  • Monarch - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
  • Grand Vizier - Halil Rifat Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1895-1901)
• Portugal
  • Monarch - Carlos, King of Portugal (1889-1908)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Luciano de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal (1897-1900)
    2. Ernest Hintze Ribeiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (1900-1904)
• Kingdom of Romania
  • Monarch - Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Gheorghe Cantacuzino, Prime Minister of Romania (1899-1900)
    2. Petre Carp, Prime Minister of Romania (1900-1901)
• Russian Empire - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
• Kingdom of Serbia
  • Monarch - Alexander I, King of Serbia (1889-1903)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Vladan Djordjevic, Prime Minister of Serbia (1897-1900)
    2. Aleksa Jovanovic, Prime Minister of Serbia (1900-1901)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Francisco Silvela Le Vielleuze, Prime Minister of Spain (1899-1900)
    2. Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero, Prime Minister of Spain (1900-1902)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
  • Prime Minister -
  1. Erik Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891-1900)
  2. Fredrik von Otter, Prime Minister of Sweden (1900-1902)
• Switzerland - Walter Hauser, President of the Swiss Confederation (1900)
• Kingdom of Tavolara - Carlo I, King of Tavolara (1899-1927)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

North America

• Dominion of Canada
  • Monarch: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1867–1901)
  • Governor-General: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Governor-General of Canada (1898–1904)
  • Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)
• Costa Rica - Rafael Yglesias Castro, President of Costa Rica (1894–1902)
• Dominican Republic: Juan Isidro Jimenes, President of the Dominican Republic (1899–1902)
• El Salvador: Tomás Regalado, President of El Salvador (1898–1903)
• Guatemala: Manuel José Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala (1898–1920)
• Haiti: Tirésias Simon-Sam, President of Haiti (1896–1902)
• Honduras: Terencio Sierra, President of Honduras (1899-1903)
• Mexico: Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1876–1880; 1884–1911)
• Nicaragua: José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua, (1893–1909)
• United States: William McKinley, President of the United States (1897–1901)

Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Governor-General - The Earl of Ranfurly, Governor-General of New Zealand (1897 - 1904)
  • Prime Minister - Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893 - 1906)
• Niue
  • Queen of the United Kingdom - Victoria (1900-1901)
  • King of Niue - Togia-Pulu-toaki (1896-?)
• Samoa
  • Emperor of Germany - William II (1900-1914)
  • Malietoa - Malietoa Tanumafili I (1898-1939)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - George Tupou II, King of Tonga (1893 – 1918)
  • Prime Minister - Siosateki Veikune, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1893 – 1904)

South America

• Acre: Luiz Galvez Rodrigues de Aria, President of Acre (1899–1900)
• Argentina: Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina (1898–1904)
• Bolivia: Manuel Pando, President of Bolivia (1899–1904)
• Brazil: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, President of Brazil (1898–1902)
• Chile: Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, President of Chile (1896–1901)
• Ecuador: Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador (1895–1901)
• Paraguay: Emilio Aceval, President of Paraguay (1898–1902)
• Peru: Eduardo López de Romaña, President of Peru (1899–1903)
• Uruguay - Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, President of Uruguay (1899-1903)
• Venezuela: Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela (1899–1908)

World Leaders

Victoria 1837-1901 Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India	Wilhelm II 1888-1918 Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia	Émile Loubet 1899-1906 President of France	Leo XIII 1878-1903 Pope, Bishop of Rome
Nicholas II 1894-1917 Emperor of Russia	Abdul Hamid II 1876-1909 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire	William McKinley 1897-1901 President of the United States	Meiji 1867-1912 Emperor of Japan
Guangxu 1875-1908 Emperor of China	Vittorio Emanuele III 1900-1946 King of Italy	Alfonso XIII 1886-1931 King of Spain	Oscar II 1872-1907 King of Sweden and Norway
Lord Salisbury 1895-1902 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	Porfirio Díaz 1880-1911 President of Mexico	George I 1863-1913 King of the Hellenes	Franz Joseph I 1848-1916 Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
Count Bülow 1900-1909 Chancellor of Germany	Menelik II 1889-1913 Emperor of Ethiopia	Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles 1898-1902 President of Brazil	Christian IX 1863-1906 King of Denmark
Carlos I 1889-1908 King of Portugal	Julio Argentino Roca 1898-1904 President of Argentina	Federico Errázuriz 1896-1901 President of Chile	George Tupou II 1893-1918 King of Tonga
Carol I 1881-1914 King of Romania	Alexander I 1889-1903 King of Serbia	Sir Wilfrid Laurier 1896-1911 Prime Minister of Canada