List of State Leaders in 1886 - Europe

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Jules Grévy, President of France (1879–1887)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Duran, First Syndic of Andorra (1886)
    2. Francesc Maestre, First Syndic of Andorra (1886–1888)
• 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 - August Beernaert, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1884–1894)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch -

1. Alexander I Joseph, King of Bulgaria (1879–1886)
2. Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886–1918)

• 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 -
    1. Henri Brisson, President of the Council (1885–1886)
    2. Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council (1886)
    3. René Goblet, President of the Council (1886–1887)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1886
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Theodoros Deligiannis, Prime Minister of Greece (1885–1886)
    2. Dimitrios Valvis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886)
    3. Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece (1886–1890)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister - Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1881–1887)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Édouard Thilges, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1885–1888)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Abdülhamit II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
• Russia - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881–1894)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister - Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Themptander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1884–1888)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)
    2. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
    3. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)