South America
- Argentine Confederation - Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
- Chile - Manuel Bulnes, President of Chile (1841-1851)
- Ecuador - Vicente Ramón Roca, President of Ecuador (1845–1849)
- New Granada - Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, President of New Granada (1844–1849)
- Paraguay - Carlos Antonio López, Perpetual Supreme Dictator (1844–1862)
- Peru - Ramón Castilla, President of Peru (1845–1851 and 1855–1862)
- Uruguay - Joaquín Suárez, President of Uruguay (1843–1852)
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