List of State Leaders in 1917 - Europe

Europe

  • Albania - National government collapsed (1916–1918)
  • Andorra
    • Co-Princes -
      • French Co-Prince - Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913–1920)
      • Episcopal Co-Prince - Joan Baptista Benlloch i Vivó, Bishop of Urgell (1907–1919)
    • First Syndic - Pere Font, First Syndic of Andorra (1915–1917)
  • Austria-Hungary
    • Monarch - Karl I, Emperor of Austria and (as Charles IV) King of Hungary (1916–1918)
    • Minister-President of Austria
        1. Count Heinrich von Clam-Martinic (1916–1917)
        2. Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1917–1918)
    • Minister-President of Hungary
      • Prime Minister -
        1. Count István Tisza (1913–1917)
        2. Count Móric Esterházy (1917)
        3. Count Sándor Wekerle (1917–1918)
  • Belgium
    • Monarch - Albert I, King of the Belgians (1909–1934)
    • Cabinet Chief - Charles de Broqueville, Cabinet Chief (1911–1918)
  • Denmark
    • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912–1947)
    • Prime Minister - Carl Theodor Zahle, Prime Minister of Denmark (1913–1920)
  • Finland - (newly independent)
    • Prime Minister - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Prime Minister of Finland (1917–1918)
  • France -
    • President - Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913–1920)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Aristide Briand, President of the Council (1915–1917)
      2. Alexandre Ribot, President of the Council (1917)
      3. Paul Painlevé, President of the Council (1917)
      4. Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council (1917–1920)
  • German Empire -
    • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
    • Chancellor -
      1. Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (1909–1917)
      2. Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (1917)
      3. Count Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (1917–1918)
    • Prussia -
      • Monarch - Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (1888–1918)
      • Prime Minister - German Chancellor also served as Minister-President of Prussia
    • Bavaria - Ludwig III, King of Bavaria (1913–1918)
    • Saxony - Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony (1904–1918)
    • Württemberg - William II, King of Württemberg (1891–1918)
  • Greece
    • Monarch -
      1. Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (1913–1917)
      2. Alexander, King of the Hellenes (1917–1920)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Spyridon Lambros, Prime Minister of Greece (1916–1917)
      2. Alexandros Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1917)
      3. Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1917–1920)
  • Italy
    • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900–1946)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Paolo Boselli, Prime Minister of Italy (1916–1917)
      2. Vittorio Orlando, Prime Minister of Italy (1917–1919)
  • Luxembourg
    • Monarch - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1912–1919)
    • Prime Minister -
    1. Victor Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1916-19 June 1917)
    2. Léon Kauffmann, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (19 June 1917-1918)
  • Netherlands -
    • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
    • Prime Minister - Pieter Cort van der Linden, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1913–1918)
  • Norway
    • Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905–1957)
    • Prime Minister - Gunnar Knudsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1913–1920)
  • Ottoman Empire
    • Monarch - Mehmed V, Sultan (1909–1918)
  • Portugal
    • President -
      1. Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal, (1915–1917)
      2. Sidónio Pais, President of the Revolutionary Junta, (1917–1918 - from 1918 as President of Portugal)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. António José de Almeida, President of the Ministry (1916–1917)
      2. Afonso Costa, President of the Ministry (1917)
      3. Sidónio Pais, President of the Ministry (1917–1918)
  • Romania - King Ferdinand (1914–1927)
  • Russia
    • Monarch - Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1894–1917) to March 15.
    • Georgy Lvov, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, from March 15 to July 21.
    • Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, from July 21 to November 8.
    • Vladimir Lenin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, from November 8 (1917–1924). See also Russian Civil War (1917–1923).
  • Spain
    • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1931)
    • Prime Minister -
    1. Álvaro Figueroa Torres, President of the Government (December 9, 1915 - April 19, 1917)
    2. Manuel García Prieto, President of the Government (April 19, 1917 - June 11, 1917)
    3. Eduardo Dato Iradier, President of the Government (June 11, 1917 - November 3, 1917)
    4. Manuel García Prieto, President of the Government (November 3, 1917 - March 22, 1918)
  • Sweden
    • Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907–1950)
    • Prime Minister -
    1. Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden (1914–1917)
    2. Carl Swartz, Prime Minister of Sweden (1917)
    3. Nils Edén, Prime Minister of Sweden (1917–1920)
  • United Kingdom -
    • Monarch - George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910–1936)
    • Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916–1922)

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