List of heads of state 1897
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Africa
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Ethiopia
- Emperor : Menelik II (1889–1913)
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Buganda
- Kabaka : Mwanga II. ( 1884-1888 , 1889-1897)
- Kabaka: Daudi Chwa II. (1897–1939)
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Burundi
- King : Mwezi IV. Gisabo (1850–1908)
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Liberia
- President William D. Coleman (1896– December 11, 1900)
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Morocco
- Sultan : Abd al-Aziz (1873-1908)
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Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph: 'Abdul-Rahman (1891-1902)
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Sudan
- Caliph : Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846–1899)
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Zulu
- King: Dinizulu ka Cetshwayo (1884–1913)
America
North America
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Canada
- Head of State: Queen : Victoria (1867–1901)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister : Wilfrid Laurier (1896–1911)
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Mexico
- Head of State and Government: President : Porfirio Díaz ( 1876, 1877–1880 , 1884–1911)
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United States of America
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Head of State and Government :
- President : Grover Cleveland ( 1885–1889 , 1893– March 4, 1897)
- President: William McKinley (March 4, 1897–1901)
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Head of State and Government :
Central America
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Costa Rica
- Head of State and Government: President Rafael Yglesias Castro (1894–1902)
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Dominican Republic
- Head of State and Government: President : Ulises Heureaux ( 1882–1884, 1887–1889 , 1889–1899)
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El Salvador
- Head of State and Government: President Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez (1894–1898)
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Guatemala
- Head of State and Government: President José María Reina Barrios (1892–1898)
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Haiti
- Head of State and Government: President Tirésias Simon-Sam (1896–1902)
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Honduras
- Head of State and Government: President : Policarpo Bonilla (1894–1899)
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Nicaragua
- Head of State and Government: President José Santos Zelaya (1893–1909)
South America
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Argentina
- Head of State and Government: President : José Evaristo Uriburu (January 23, 1895–1898)
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Bolivia
- Head of State and Government: President : Severo Fernández (1896–1899)
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Brazil
- Head of State and Government: President : Prudente de Morais (1894–1898)
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Chile
- Head of State and Government: President : Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1896–1901)
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Ecuador
- Head of State and Government: (temporarily) President Eloy Alfaro (1895–1901)
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Colombia
- Head of State and Government: President Miguel Antonio Caro (1894–1898)
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Paraguay
- Head of State and Government: President Juan Bautista Egusquiza (1894–1898)
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Peru
- Head of State and Government: President : Nicolás de Piérola ( 1879–1881 , 1895–1899)
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Uruguay
- Head of State and Government:
- President Juan Idiarte Borda (1894– August 25, 1897)
- (incumbent) Senate President Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (August 25, 1897–1898)
- Head of State and Government:
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Venezuela
- Head of State and Government: President Joaquín Crespo (1892–1898)
Asia
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Afghanistan
- Emir: Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)
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China ( Qing Dynasty )
- Emperor: Guangxu (1875-1908)
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British India
- Empress : Victoria (1877–1901)
- Viceroy : Victor Bruce (1894–1899)
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Nepal
- Head of State: King Prithvi (1881–1911)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1901)
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Oman
- Sultan: Faisal ibn Turki (1888–1913)
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Persia ( Qajar dynasty)
- Shah : Mozaffar ad-Din Shah (1896–1907)
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Thailand
- King : Chulalongkorn (1868–1910)
Australia and Oceania
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Australia :
- Queen: Victoria
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New South Wales
- Governor : Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden (1895–1899)
- Prime Minister : George Reid (1894–1899)
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Queensland
- Governor : Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1896–1901)
- Prime Minister : Hugh Nelson (1893–1898)
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South Australia
- Governor : Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet (1895–1899)
- Prime Minister : Charles Kingston (1893-1899)
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Tasmania
- Governor : Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston (1893-1900)
- Prime Minister : Sir Edward Braddon (1894–1899)
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Victoria
- Governor : Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey (1895-1900)
- Prime Minister : George Turner (1894–1899)
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Western Australia
- Governor : Sir Gerard Smith (1895–1901)
- Prime Minister : Sir John Forrest (1890-1901)
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Hawaii
- President: Sanford Dole (1894-1900)
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New Zealand
- Queen: Victoria
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Governor :
- David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow (1892 to February 8, 1897)
- James Prendergast (February 8 to August 9, 1897)
- Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly (August 9, 1897-1904)
- Prime Minister : Richard Seddon (1893-1906)
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Tonga
- King: George Tupou II (1893-1918)
Europe
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Andorra
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Co-princes :
- President of France : Félix Faure (1895–1899)
- Bishop of Urgell : Salvador Casañas i Pagès (1879–1901)
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Co-princes :
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Belgium
- Head of State: King Leopold II (1865–1909)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1896–1899, 1899–1907 )
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Bulgaria
- Prince : Ferdinand I (1887–1918) (from 1908 Tsar)
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Denmark
- Head of State: King : Christian IX. (1863–1906)
- Head of Government:
- Prime Minister Tage Reedtz-Thott (1894–23 May 1897)
- Prime Minister Hugo Egmont Hørring (23 May 1897–1900)
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German Empire
- Kaiser : Wilhelm II. (1888–1918)
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Stop
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Duke : Friedrich I (1871–1904)
- Minister of State : Kurt von Koseritz (1892–1902)
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Duke : Friedrich I (1871–1904)
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to bathe
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Grand Duke : Friedrich I (1856–1907)
- Minister of State: Wilhelm Nokk (1893–1901)
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Grand Duke : Friedrich I (1856–1907)
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Bavaria
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King : Otto I (1886–1913)
- Regent : Prince Regent Luitpold (1886–1912)
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King : Otto I (1886–1913)
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Braunschweig
- Regent : Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1885–1906)
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Bremen
- Mayor : Albert Gröning ( 1895 , 1897, 1900, 1902 )
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Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine
- Imperial governor: Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1894–1907)
- State Secretary of the Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine : Maximilian von Puttkamer (1887–1901)
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Hamburg
- First Mayor : Johannes Versmann ( 1887–1888, 1891, 1894 ; 1897)
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Hessen-Darmstadt
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Grand Duke : Ernst Ludwig (1892–1918)
- President of the entire ministry : Jakob Finger (1884–1898)
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Grand Duke : Ernst Ludwig (1892–1918)
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Prince : Alexander (1895–1905)
- Regent: Adolf zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1895–1897)
- Regent: Ernst Graf zu Lippe-Biesterfeld (1897–1904)
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Prince : Alexander (1895–1905)
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Lübeck
- Mayor : Wilhelm Brehmer (1897–1898, 1901–1902 )
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Grand Duke : Friedrich Franz III. (1883-1897)
- Grand Duke: Friedrich Franz IV. (1897–1918)
- Regent: Johann Albrecht (1897–1901)
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Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Grand Duke : Friedrich Wilhelm (1860–1904)
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Oldenburg
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Grand Duke : Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (1853–1900)
- Minister of State : Günther Jansen (1890–1900)
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Grand Duke : Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (1853–1900)
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Prussia
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King : Wilhelm II. (1888–1918)
- Prime Minister : Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1900)
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King : Wilhelm II. (1888–1918)
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Reuss older line
- Prince : Heinrich XXII. (1859–1902)
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Reuss younger line
- Prince : Heinrich XIV. (1867–1913)
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Saxony
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King : Albert (1873–1902)
- Chairman of the entire ministry : Heinrich Rudolf Schurig (1895–1901)
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King : Albert (1873–1902)
- Saxony-Altenburg
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Saxony-Meiningen
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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Grand Duke : Carl Alexander (1853–1901)
- Schaumburg-Lippe
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Prince : Günther Victor (1890–1918)
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Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Prince : Karl Günther (1880–1909)
- Waldeck and Pyrmont (administered by Prussia since January 1, 1868)
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Württemberg
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King : Wilhelm II. (1891-1918)
- President of the State Ministry : Hermann von Mittnacht (1876–1900)
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King : Wilhelm II. (1891-1918)
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France
- President : Félix Faure (1895–1899)
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Greece
- King : George I (Greece) (1863–1913)
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Luxembourg
- Grand Duke : Adolf I (1890–1905) (1839–1866 Duke of Nassau)
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Montenegro
- Prince : Nikola I. Petrović Njegoš (1860–1918) (from 1910 king )
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Neutral Moresnet
- King of Belgium : Leopold II (1865–1909)
- King of Prussia : Wilhelm II. (1888–1918)
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Netherlands
- Queen : Wilhelmina (1890–1948)
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Ottoman Empire :
- Sultan : Abdülhamid II. (1876-1909)
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Austria-Hungary
- Emperor : Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
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Romania
- Head of State: King Charles I (1866–1914) (until 1881 Prince)
- Head of Government:
- Prime Minister Petre S. Aurelian (1896-1897)
- Prime Minister Dimitrie Sturdza ( 1895–1896 , 1897–1899, 1901–1905, 1907–1909 )
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Russia
- Emperor : Nicholas II (1894–1917)
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Serbia
- King : Aleksandar Obrenović (1889–1903)
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Spain
- King : Alfonso XIII. (1886–1931)
- Regent: Maria Christina (1885–1902)
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Hungary
- King : Franz Joseph I (1848–1916) (1848–1916 King of Bohemia, 1848–1916 Emperor of Austria)
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United Kingdom
- Head of State: Queen Victoria (1837–1901) (1877–1901 Empress of India)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ( 1885–1886, 1886–1892 , 1895–1902)