List of State Leaders in 1896 - Europe

Europe

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Félix Fauré, President of France (1895–1899)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (1879–1901)
  • First Syndics - Bonaventura Maestre (1893–1898) and Antoni Moles (1888–1897)
• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Kasimir Felix von Badeni, Minister-President of Austria (1895–1897)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Baron Dezső Bánffy, Minister-President of Hungary (1895–1899)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. Jules de Burlet, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1894–1896)
    2. Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1896–1899, 1899–1907)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886–1918)
  • Prime Minister - Konstantin Stoilov (1894–1899)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von Reedtz-Thott, Prime Minister of Denmark (1894–1897)
• France -
  • President - Félix Fauré, President of France (1895–1899)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Léon Bourgeois, President of the Council (1895–1896)
    2. Jules Méline, President of the Council (1896–1898)
• German Empire -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
  • Chancellor - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894–1900)
  • see also List of German rulers in 1896
• Greece
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister - Theodoros Deligiannis, Prime Minister of Greece (1895–1897)
• Italy
  • Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878–1900)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (1893–1896)
    2. Marchese di Rudinì, Prime Minister of Italy (1896–1898)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)
  • Prime Minister - Paul Eyschen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1888–1915)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent - Emma, Regent (1890–1898)
  • Prime Minister - Joan Röell, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1894–1897)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Abdülhamit II, Sultan (1876–1909)
• Portugal - Carlos, King of Portugal (1889–1908)
• Russia - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894–1917)
• Serbia -
  • Monarch - Aleksandar Obrenović V, King of Serbia (1889–1903)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Stojan Novaković, Prime Minister of Serbia (1895–1896, 1909)
    2. Đorđe Simić, Prime Minister of Serbia (1894, 1896–1897)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1931), under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Christina (1885–1902)
  • Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1895–1897)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  • Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Erik Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891–1900)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902)