List of state leaders in 1843

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1843.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Bade Emirate – Al-Hajji dan Babuje (1842–1893)
• Bauchi Emirate – Yaqubu I dan Dadi (1805–1845)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Suna II (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro – Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835–1848)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Gézo (1818–1856)
• Ethiopia – Sahle Dengel (1841–1845)
• Kingdom of Madagascar – Queen Ranavalona I
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Ali bin Bello I (1842–1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir (1842–1859)
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Dost Mohammad Khan (1843–1863)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Iku (1829–1847)
• Joseon (Korea) – Heonjong (1834–1849)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1841–1845)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian VIII (1839–1848)
  • Minister of State - Poul Christian Stemann (1842–1848)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1840–1847)
• German Confederation
  • Austrian Empire – Ferdinand I (1835–1848)
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840–1861)
    • Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile (1841–1848)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria
    • Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
    • Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister - Andreas Metaxas (1843–1844)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ferdinand V (1835–1848)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier – Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1842–1846)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands – William II (1840–1849)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Maria II (1826–1828, 1834–1853)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - Duke of Terceira (1842–1846)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (1833–1868)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John (1818–1844)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1859)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand II (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Sir Robert Peel (1834–1835, 1841–1846)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi –
  • Co-Shaikh – Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
  • Co-Shaikh – Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Mohammad Shah Qajar (1834–1848)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica – José María Alfaro Zamora, Head of State of Costa Rica (1842–1844)
• Mexico -
  1. Nicolás Bravo, President of Mexico (1842–1843)
  2. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico (1843–1843)
  3. Valentín Canalizo, President of Mexico (1843–1844)
• Republic of Texas – Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas (1841–1844)
• United States - John Tyler, President of the United States (1841–1845)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
• Tonga – Aleamotuʻa, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)

South America

• Argentine Confederation – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
• Bolivia – José Ballivián Segurola, President of Bolivia (1841–1847)
• Empire of Brazil – Pedro II (1831–1889)
• Uruguay –
  1. Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1839–1843)
  2. as a consequence of the Guerra Grande, the Great Siege of Montevideo is started in 1843; two governments acted in parallel:
  • Gobierno de la Defensa (in besieged Montevideo): Joaquín Suárez, President of Uruguay (1843–1852)
  • Gobierno del Cerrito (ruling the rest of the country): Manuel Oribe (1843–1851)