1846 state leaders - Events of 1847 - 1848 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin , Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Suna II , King of Buganda (1836-1856)
• Bunyoro - Nyabongo II , Omukama of Bunyoro (1835-1848)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
• Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
• Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ali bin Bello I , Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir , Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821-1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong , King of Joseon (1834-1849)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
• Belgium - Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839-1848)
  • Prime Minister - Poul Christian Stemann , Minister of State of Denmark (1842-1848)
• France -
  • Monarch - Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Prime Minister of France (1840-1847)
    2. François Guizot, Prime Minister of France (1847-1848)
• Netherlands - William II, King of the Netherlands (1840-1849)
• Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Chief Minister - Ludwig Gustav von Thile , Cabinet Minister (1841-1848)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
  • Chief Minister - Arvid Posse , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1846-1848)
  • Foreign Minister - Albrecht Ihre , Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1842-1848)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846-1852, 1865-1866)

Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
• Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
• Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
  • Grand Vizier - Mustafa Resid Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1846-1848)

North American and the Caribbean

• Costa Rica - José María Castro Madriz, Head of State (1847-1849)
• Mexico -
  1. Valentín Gómez Farías , President (1846-1847)
  2. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President (1847-1847)
  3. Pedro María Anaya , President (1847-1847)
  4. Manuel de la Peña y Peña , President (1847-1848)
• United States - James K. Polk, President of the United States (1845-1849)

South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)