Europe
- Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
- Minister-President of Austria – Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871–1879)
- Minister-President of Hungary – József Szlávy, Minister-President of Hungary (1872–1874)
- Belgium
- Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
- Cabinet Chief – Jules Malou, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1871–1878, 1884)
- Denmark
- Monarch – Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
- Prime Minister – Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870–1874)
- France –
- President –
- Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871–1873)
- Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873–1879)
- Prime Minister –
- Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871–1873)
- Albert de Broglie, President of the Council (1873–1874)
- President –
- German Empire –
- Monarch – Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
- Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
- see also List of German rulers in 1873
- Greece –
- Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
- Prime Minister – Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1872–1874)
- Italy –
- Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
- Prime Minister –
- Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869–1873)
- Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873–1876)
- Luxembourg
- Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister – Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867–1874)
- Netherlands
- Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister – Gerrit de Vries, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1872–1874)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Monarch – Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
- Grand Vizier –
- Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872–1873)
- Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873)
- Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873–1874)
- Portugal – Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Romania – Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866–1881)
- Russia – Alexander II, Tsarof Russia (1855–1881)
- Spain –
- Monarch – Amadeus, King of Spain (1870–1873)
- President – Establishment of First Spanish Republic
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- Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of Spain (1873–1874)
- Prime Minister –
- Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872–1873)
- Estanislao Figueras y Moragas, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
- Francisco Pi y Margall, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
- Nicolás Salmerón Alonso, Prime Minister of Spain (1873)
- Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, Prime Minister of Spain (1873–1874)
- Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway – Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
- Prime Minister – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
Read more about this topic: List Of State Leaders In 1873
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