Europe
- Austria–Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
- Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1879–1893)
- Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza, Minister-President of Hungary (1875–1890)
- Belgium
- Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
- Cabinet Chief - H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868–1870, 1878–1884)
- Bulgaria - Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879–1886)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
- Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875–1894)
- France -
- President - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
- Prime Minister -
- Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council (1879–1880)
- Jules Ferry, President of the Council (1880–1881)
- German Empire -
- Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
- Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
- Prussia -
- Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861–1888)
- Prime Minister - Prince Otto von Bismarck, Minister President of Prussia (1873–1890)
- Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864–1886)
- Saxony - Albert of Saxony, King of Saxony (1873–1902)
- Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864–1891)
- Greece
- Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
- Prime Minister -
- Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece (1878–1880)
- Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1880)
- Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece (1880–1882)
- Italy
- Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
- Prime Minister - Benedetto Cairoli, Prime Minister of Italy (1879–1881)
- Luxembourg
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874–1885)
- Netherlands -
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister - Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg, Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers (1879–1883)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Monarch - Abdülhamit II Ottoman sultan (1876–1909)
- Chief Minister -
- Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha(1880-1880)
- Cenani Mehmet Kadri Pasha (1880-1880)
- Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha (2.time) (18880-1882)
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1874–1885)
- Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
- Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
- Prime Minister -
- Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister of Sweden (1876–1880)
- Arvid Posse, Prime Minister of Sweden (1880–1883)
- Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845–1886)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
- Prime Minister -
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874–1880)
- William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
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