List of Heads of State in 1903

For states and their leaders, this year is marked by the following events:

After the death of Pope Leo XIII, Pius X takes the Holy See.
As a result of the coup, the last representative of the Obrenovich dynasty, King Alexander Obrenovich, was shot dead by supporters of the Karageorgievich dynasty. The king of Serbia is Peter I Karageorgievich.

Below is a list of heads of state as of 1903.

List of Heads of State in 1902 - 1903 - List of Heads of State in 1904 - List of Heads of State by year

See also:

List of Religious Leaders in 1903
List of Colonial Governors in 1903

Content

Australia and Oceania

Australian Union -
- John Adrian Louis Hope, Earl of Hopeton , Governor General ( 1901 - 1903 )
- Hallam Tennyson , Governor General ( 1903 - 1904 )
- Edmund Barton , Prime Minister ( 1901 - 1903 )
- Alfred Dikin , Prime Minister ( 1903 - 1904 )
Tonga -
- George Tupow II , King ( 1893 - 1918 )
- Siosateki Tonga , Prime Minister ( 1893 - 1904 )

Asia

Afghanistan - Habibula Khan , Shah ( 1901 - 1919 )

Bahrain - Isa Ibn Ali , Sheikh ( 1869 - 1932 )

Brunei - Hashim Jalal al-Alam Akam ad-din , Sultan ( 1885 - 1906 )

Vietnam - Thanh Thai , Emperor ( 1889 - 1907 )

Jebel Shammar - Abd al-Aziz al-Mithab , Emir ( 1897 - 1906 )

Iran - Mozafereddin Shah Kajar , Shah ( 1896 - 1907 )

Yemen -
- al-Mansur Muhammad ibn Yahya Hamid ad-din , imam of the Khamiddin dynasty ( 1890 - 1904 )
- Lahaj - Ahmad III Abdali , Sultan ( 1898 - 1914 )

Cambodia - Norodom , King ( 1860 - 1904 )

Qatar - Qasim ibn Muhammad , Sheikh ( 1876 - 1913 )

China -
- Guangxu , Emperor ( 1875 - 1908 )
- de facto Cixi , Empress ( 1898 - 1908 )

Korea - Kodjon , Emperor ( 1864 - 1907 )

Kuwait - Mubarak ibn Sabah al-Sabah , Sheikh ( 1896 - 1916 )

Luan Prabang - Zakarin , King ( 1894 - 1904 )

Kingdom of Nepal - Prithvi Vir Vikram Shah , King ( 1881 - 1911 )

United Arab Emirates -
- Zayed I , Emir of Abu Dhabi ( 1855 - 1909 )
- Maktoum II , Emir of Dubai ( 1894 - 1906 )
- Sacr II , Emir of Sharjah ( 1883 - 1913 )
- Abd al-Aziz II , Emir Ajman ( 1900 - 1908 )
- Ahmad I , Emir of Umm al-Qaiwain ( 1873 - 1904 )
- Khalid , Emir of Ras al-Khaimah ( 1900 - 1908 )

Oman - Faisal ibn Turki , Sultan ( 1888 - 1913 )

Ottoman Empire - Abdul Hamid II , Sultan ( 1876 - 1909 )

Siam - Rama V Chulalongkorn , Khun ( 1868 - 1910 )

Tibet -
- Thupten Gyatso , Dalai Lama ( 1876 - 1933 )
- The Panchen Lama IX Choizhi Nyima , the Panchen Lama ( 1883 - 1937 )

Japan - Mutsuhito , Mikado ( 1868 - 1911 )

Africa

Aguza - Denu , ruler (c. 1895 - 1916 ) - under the protectorate of Germany
Abyssinia - Menelik II , Negus ( 1889 - 1913 )
Ankole - Kahaya II , Mugabe ( 1895 - 1944 )
Ahaggar - Muhammad ag Uzrig , amenokali ( 1900 - 1905 )
Buganda - Kwa II (Daudi Chwa), king ( 1897 - 1939 )
Bunioro - Duhaga II Bisereko , omukama ( 1902 - 1924 )
Burundi - Mwezi II Kisabo , King ( 1852 - 1908 )
Darfur - Ali Dinar , Sultan ( 1898 - 1916 )
Zanzibar - Ali Ibn Hamoud , Sultan ( 1902 - 1911 )
Egypt - Abbas II Hilmi , Pasha ( 1892 - 1914 )
Liberia - Garretson Wilmot Gibson , President ( 1900 - 1904 )
Morocco - Moulay Abd al-Azi , Sultan ( 1894 - 1908 )
Rwanda - Yuhi III Musinga , King ( 1896 - 1931 )
Caliphate Sokoto - Muhammad Attahir I , Sultan ( 1902 - 1903 )
- Gwanda - Bayero Aliu , Emir ( 1898 - 1903 )
Tunisia - Mohammed Al Hadi Ibn Ali Bey ( 1902 - 1906 )

Europe

Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I , Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary ( 1848 - 1916 )
Belgium - Leopold II , King of the Belgians ( 1865 - 1909 )
Bulgaria - Ferdinand I , Prince ( 1886 - 1918 )
Holy See -
- Leo XIII , Pope ( 1878 - 1903 )
- Pius X , Pope ( 1903 - 1914 )
German Empire -
- William II , Emperor ( 1888 - 1918 )
- Bernhard von Bülow , Chancellor ( 1900 - 1909 )
- Prussia -
  - William II , King of Prussia ( 1888 - 1918 )
  - Bernhard von Bülow , Minister-President ( 1900 - 1909 )
- Bavaria - Otto , King ( 1886 - 1913 )
- Baden - Frederick I , Grand Duke ( 1856 - 1907 )
- Braunschweig-Luneburg - Ernst Augustus , Grand Duke ( 1878 - 1913 )
- Württemberg - William II , King ( 1891 - 1918 )
- Hesse-Darmstadt - Ernst Ludwig , Grand Duke ( 1892 - 1918 )
- Mecklenburg -
  - Frederick Franz IV , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( 1897 - 1918 )
  - Friedrich Wilhelm , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitzky ( 1860 - 1904 )
- Saxony - George , King ( 1902 - 1904 )
- Schleswig-Holstein - Ernst-Gunther , Duke ( 1880 - 1918 )
Greece - George I , King ( 1863 - 1913 )
Denmark - Christian IX , King ( 1863 - 1906 )
Spain - Alphonse XIII , King ( 1886 - 1931 )
Italy - Victor Emmanuel III , King ( 1900 - 1946 )
Liechtenstein - Johann II , Prince ( 1858 - 1929 )
Luxembourg - Adolf , Duke ( 1890 - 1905 )
Monaco - Albert I , Prince ( 1889 - 1922 )
Netherlands - Wilhelmina , Queen ( 1890 - 1948 )
Portugal - Carlos I , King ( 1889 - 1908 )
Russian Empire -
- Nicholas II , Emperor of All Russia ( 1894 - 1917 )
- Bukhara Khanate - Seyid Amir Abdul Ahad , Khan ( 1885 - 1911 )
- Khiva Khanate - Muhammad Rahim Khan II , Khan ( 1864 - 1910 )
Romania - Carol I , King ( 1866 - 1914 )
Serbia -
- Alexander Obrenovich , king ( 1889 - 1903 )
- Peter I Karageorgievich , king ( 1903 - 1921 )
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -
- Edward VII , King , ( 1901 - 1910 )
- Arthur Balfour , Prime Minister ( 1902 - 1905 )
Montenegro - Nicholas I Mirkovich , Prince ( 1860 - 1918 )
France - Emile Loubet , President ( 1899 - 1906 )
Switzerland - Adolf Deucher , President ( 1903 )
Sweden - Oscar II , King of Sweden and Norway ( 1872 - 1905/1907 )

North and Central America

Haiti - Pedro Nor Alexis , President ( 1902 - 1908 )

Guatemala - Manuel Estrada Cabrera , President ( 1898 - 1920 )

Honduras -
- Terencio Sierra Romero , President ( 1899 - 1903 )
- Juan Angel Arias Bokin , President ( 1903 )
- Manuel Bonilla , President ( 1903 - 1907 )

Dominican Republic - Juan Isidoro Jimenez , President ( 1899 - 1902 , 1903 - 1904 )

Dominion Canada -
- Gilbert John Eliot, 4th Lord Minto , Governor General ( 1898 - 1904 )
- Wilfred Laurier , Prime Minister ( 1867 - 1911 )

Costa Rica - Asension Esquivel Ibarra , President ( 1902 - 1906 )

Mexico - Porfirio Diaz , President ( 1876 - 1880 ; 1884 - 1911 )

Nicaragua - Jose Santos Celaya Lopez , President ( 1893 - 1909 )

Salvador -
- Thomas Regalado , President ( 1898 - 1903 )
- Pedro Jose Escalon , President ( 1903 - 1907 )

USA - Theodore Roosevelt , President ( 1901 - 1909 )

South America

Argentina - Julio A. Roca , President ( 1898 - 1904 )

Bolivia - Manuel Pando , President ( 1899 - 1904 )

Brazil - Francisco di Paula Rodrigues Alves , President ( 1902 - 1906 )

Venezuela - Cipriano Castro , President ( 1899 - 1908 )

Colombia - Jose Manuel Marroquin Osorio , President ( 1900 - 1904 )

Paraguay - Juan Antonio Escurra , President ( 1902 - 1904 )

Peru -
- Eduardo Lopez de Romagna , President ( 1899 - 1903 )
- Manuel Candamo Iriarte , President ( 1903 - 1904 )

Uruguay -
- Juan Lindolfo Cuestas York , President ( 1897 - 1903 )
- Jose Pablo Batlier y Ordonez , President ( 1903 - 1907 )

Chile - Herman Riesco Errasuris , President ( 1901 - 1906 )

Ecuador - Leonidas Plaza Gutierrez , President ( 1901 - 1905 )

Edward VII 1901-1910
King of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Emperor of India
Arthur Balfour 1902-1905
British Prime Minister
William II 1888-1918
Emperor of Germany
Emil Loubet 1899-1906
President of France
Nicholas II 1894-1917
Emperor of Russia
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
President of the U.S.A
Meiji 1867-1912
Emperor of Japan
Abdul Hamid II 1876-1909
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Guangxu 1875-1908
Emperor of China
Tsy Xi 1861-1908
Empress of China
Victor Emmanuel III 1900-1946
King of italy
Oscar II 1872-1907
King of Sweden and Norway
Porfirio Diaz 1880-1911
President of Mexico
George I 1863-1913
King of greece
Franz Joseph I 1848-1916
Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
Menelik II 1889-1913
Emperor of Ethiopia
Muzaffar Ed Din Shah 1896-1906
Shah of Iran
Christian IX 1863-1906
King of Denmark
Carlos I 1889-1908
King of portugal
Julio A. Roca 1898-1904
President of Argentina
Carol I 1881-1914
King of romania
Alexander I 1889-1903
King of serbia
Gilbert John Eliot 1898-1904
Governor General of Canada
Sir Wilfred Laurier 1896-1911
Prime Minister of Canada
Cipriano Castro 1899-1908
Venezuelan President
Leopold II 1865-1909
King of belgium
Faysan ibn Turki 1888-1913
Sultan of Oman
Leo XIII 1878-1903
Pope
Otto I 1886-1913
King of bavaria
Georg 1902-1904
King of saxony
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas York 1897-1903
President of Uruguay