List of Heads of State in 1909

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

The following is a list of heads of state as of 1909.

List of Heads of State in 1908 - 1909 - List of Heads of State in 1910 - List of Heads of State by year

See also:

List of Religious Leaders in 1909
List of Colonial Governors in 1909

Content

Australia and Oceania

Australian Union -
- William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley , Governor General ( 1908 - 1911 )
- Andrew Fisher , Prime Minister ( 1908 - 1909 )
- Alfred Dikin , Prime Minister ( 1909 - 1910 )
Tonga - George Tupow II , King ( 1893 - 1918 )

Asia

Afghanistan - Habibula Khan , Emir ( 1901 - 1919 )

Bahrain - Isa Ibn Ali Al Khalifa , Hakim ( 1869 - 1932 )

Brunei - Muhammad Jamalul Alam II , Sultan ( 1906 - 1924 )

Vietnam - Zooi-Tan Fe-de , Emperor ( 1907 - 1916 )

Jebel Shammar -
- Saud ibn Hamoud , emir ( 1908 - 1909 )
- Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz , emir ( 1909 - 1920 )

' Iran -
- Mohammad Ali Shah , Shahinshah ( 1907 - 1909 )
- Sultan Ahmad Shah , Shahinshah ( 1909 - 1925 )

Yemen -
- al-Mutawakkil Yahya ibn Muhammad , imam of the Hamiddin dynasty ( 1904 - 1948 )
- Lahaj - Ahmad III Abdali , Sultan ( 1898 - 1914 )

Cambodia - Sisovat , King ( 1904 - 1928 )

Qatar - Jasim bin Muhammad Al Thani , Emir ( 1878 - 1913 )

China - Pu Yi , Emperor ( 1908 - 1912 )

Korea - Sungjon , Emperor ( 1907 - 1910 )

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

Luan Prabang - Sisawang Wong , King ( 1904 - 1946 )

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

United Arab Emirates -
- Zayed I , Emir of Abu Dhabi ( 1855 - 1909 )
- Tahnun II , Emir of Abu Dhabi ( 1909 - 1912 )
- Buti ibn Suhail , Emir of Dubai ( 1906 - 1912 )
- Sacr II , Emir of Sharjah ( 1883 - 1913 )
- Humaid III , Emir Ajman ( 1908 - 1928 )
- Rashid II , Emir of Umm al-Qaiwain ( 1904 - 1922 )
- Salid , Emir of Ras al-Khaimah ( 1909 - 1919 )

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

Ottoman Empire -
- Abdul Hamid II , Sultan ( 1876 - 1909 )
- Mehmed V , Sultan ( 1909 - 1918 )

Riyadh Emirate - Abd al-Aziz II , Emir ( 1902 - 1953 )

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 - Musa ag Amastan , amenokali ( 1905 - 1920 )

Buganda - Kwa II (Daudi Chwa), king ( 1897 - 1939 )

Bunioro - Duhaga II Bisereko , omukama ( 1902 - 1924 )

Burundi - Mutaga IV Mbikiji , Mwami ( 1908 - 1915 )

Darfur - Ali Dinar , Sultan ( 1898 - 1916 )

Zanzibar - Ali Ibn Hamoud , Sultan ( 1902 - 1911 )

Egypt - Abbas II Hilmi , Pasha ( 1892 - 1914 )

Liberia - Arthur Barclay , President ( 1904 - 1912 )

Morocco - Amir-ul-Mominin Moulay , Sultan ( 1907 - 1912 )

Rwanda - Yuhi III Musinga , King ( 1896 - 1931 )

Tunisia - Muhammad al-Nasir ibn Muhammad Bey ( 1906 - 1922 )

Europe

Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I , Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary ( 1848 - 1916 )

Belgium -
- Leopold II , King of the Belgians ( 1865 - 1909 )
- Albert I , King of the Belgians ( 1909 - 1934 )

Bulgaria - Ferdinand I , Prince ( 1886 - 1918 )

Papal throne - Pius X , Pope ( 1903 - 1914 )

German Empire -
- William II , Emperor ( 1888 - 1918 )
- Bernhard von Bülow , Chancellor ( 1900 - 1909 )
- Theobald von Betman-Hollweg , Chancellor ( 1909 - 1917 )
- Prussia -
  - William II , King of Prussia ( 1888 - 1918 )
  - Bernhard von Bülow , Minister-President ( 1900 - 1909 )
  - Theobald von Betman-Holweg , Minister-President ( 1909 - 1917 )
- Bavaria - Otto , King ( 1886 - 1913 )
- Baden - Frederick II , Grand Duke ( 1907 - 1918 )
- Duchy of Braunschweig - Ernst Augustus , Grand Duke ( 1878 - 1913 )
- Württemberg - William II , King ( 1891 - 1918 )
- Hesse - Ernst Ludwig , Grand Duke ( 1892 - 1918 )
- Mecklenburg -
  - Frederick Franz IV , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( 1897 - 1918 )
  - Adolf Frederick V , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( 1904 - 1914 )
  - Karl Michel , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitzky ( 1904 - 1914 )
- Saxony - Frederick Augustus III , King ( 1904 - 1918 )
- Schleswig-Holstein - Ernst-Gunther , Duke ( 1880 - 1918 )

Greece - George I , King ( 1863 - 1913 )

Denmark - Frederick VIII , King ( 1906 - 1912 )

Spain - Alphonse XIII , King ( 1886 - 1931 )

Italy - Victor Emmanuel III , King ( 1900 - 1946 )

Liechtenstein - Johann II , Prince ( 1858 - 1929 )

Luxembourg - William IV , Grand Duke ( 1905 - 1912 )

Monaco - Albert I , Prince ( 1889 - 1922 )

Netherlands - Wilhelmina , Queen ( 1890 - 1948 )

Norway - Haakon VII , King ( 1905 - 1957 )

Portugal - Manuel II , King ( 1908 - 1910 )

Russian Empire -
- Nicholas II , Emperor of All Russia ( 1894 - 1917 )
- Bukhara Khanate - Seyid-Abdul-Ahad Khan , Emir ( 1885 - 1911 )
- Khiva Khanate - Muhammad Rahim Khan II , Khan ( 1864 - 1910 )

Romania - Carol I , King ( 1866 - 1914 )

Serbia - Peter I Karageorgievich , king ( 1903 - 1921 )

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -
- Edward VII , King , ( 1901 - 1910 )
- Herbert Henry Asquith , Prime Minister ( 1908 - 1916 )

Montenegro - Nicholas I Mirkovich , Prince ( 1860 - 1918 )

France - Arman Fallier , President ( 1906 - 1913 )

Switzerland - Adolf Deucher , President ( 1909 )

Sweden - Gustav V , King of Sweden ( 1907 - 1950 )

North and Central America

Haiti - Francois C. Antoine Simon , President ( 1908 - 1911 )

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

Honduras - Miguel R. Davila Cuellar , President ( 1907 - 1911 )

Dominican Republic - Ramon Cáceres Vazquez , President ( 1906 - 1911 )

Dominion Canada -
- Albert Gray , Governor General ( 1904 - 1911 )
- Wilfrid Laurier , Prime Minister ( 1867 - 1911 )

Costa Rica - Cleto de Jesus González Víques , President ( 1906 - 1910 )

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

Nicaragua -
- Jose Santos Celaya Lopez , President ( 1893 - 1909 )
- Jose Madris Rodriguez , President ( 1909 - 1910 )

Salvador - Fernando Figueiro , President ( 1907 - 1911 )

USA -
- Theodore Roosevelt , President ( 1901 - 1909 )
- Charles Fairbanks , Vice President ( 1905 - 1909 )
- William Howard Taft , President ( 1909 - 1913 )
- James Sherman , Vice President ( 1909 - 1912 )

South America

Argentina - Jose Figueiroa Alcorta , President ( 1906 - 1910 )

Bolivia -
- Ismael Montes Gamboa , President ( 1904 - 1909 )
- Eliodoro Villasonon Montagno , President ( 1909 - 1913 )

Brazil -
- Afonso Augusta Moreira Pena , President ( 1906 - 1909 )
- Neilu Procopiu Pensanya , President ( 1909 - 1910 )

Venezuela - Juan Vincente Gomez , President ( 1908 - 1935 )

Colombia -
- Rafael Reyes Prieto , President ( 1904 - 1909 )
- Ramon Gonzalez Valencia , interim president ( 1909 - 1910 )

Paraguay - Emiliano Gosales Navero , and. Father of the President ( 1908 - 1910 )

Peru - Augusto Bernardino Legia y Salcedo , President ( 1908 - 1912 )

Uruguay - Claudio Antolin Villiman Gonzalez , President ( 1907 - 1911 )

Chile - Pedro Elias Pablo Montt Montt , President ( 1906 - 1910 )

Ecuador - Flavio Eloy Alfaro Delgado , President ( 1906 - 1911 )

Edward VII 1901-1910
King of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Emperor of India
Herbert Henry Asquith 1908-1916
British Prime Minister
William II 1888-1918
Emperor of Germany
Arman Fallier 1906-1913
President of France
Nicholas II 1894-1917
Emperor of Russia
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
President of the U.S.A
William Taft 1909-1913
President of the U.S.A
Meiji 1867-1912
Emperor of Japan
Abdul Hamid II 1876-1909
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmed V 1909-1918
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Pu I 1908-1912
Emperor of China
Victor Emmanuel III 1900-1946
King of italy
Gustav V 1907-1950
King of sweden
Haakon II 1905-1957
King of 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
Frederick VIII 1906-1912
King of Denmark
Manuel II 1908-1910
King of portugal
Carol I 1881-1914
King of romania
Sir Wilfred Laurier 1896-1911
Prime Minister of Canada
Juan Vincente Gomez 1908-1935
Venezuelan President
Leopold II 1865-1909
King of belgium
Albert I 1909-1934
King of belgium
Faysan ibn Turki 1888-1913
Sultan of Oman
Otto I 1886-1913
King of bavaria