List of state leaders in 1897
1896 state leaders - Events of 1897 - 1898 state leaders - State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1897
- List of international organization leaders in 1897
Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896-1900)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896-1902)
Asia
- Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880-1901)
- China (Qing Dynasty) - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875-1908)
- Japan
- Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
- Prime Minister - Matsukata Masayoshi, Prime Minister of Japan (1896-1898)
- Oman - Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888-1913)
Australia and Oceania
Europe
- Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
- Bulgaria
- Monarch - Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1886-1918)
- Prime Minister - Konstantin Stoilov (1894-1899)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- Prime Minister -
- Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von Reedtz-Thott, Prime Minister of Denmark (1894-1897)
- Hugo Egmont Hørring, Prime Minister of Denmark (1897-1900)
- France -
- President - Félix Faure, President of France (1895-1899)
- Prime Minister - Jules Méline, President of the Council (1896-1898)
- Germany -
- Monarch - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
- Chancellor - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (1894-1900)
- Italy
- Monarch - Umberto I, King of Italy (1878-1900)
- Prime Minister - Marchese di Rudinì, Prime Minister of Italy (1896-1898)
- Netherlands -
- Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
- Regent - Emma, Regent (1890-1898)
- Portugal - Carlos, King of Portugal (1889-1908)
- Russia - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931)
- Prime Minister -
- Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1895-1897)
- Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero, Acting Prime Minister of Spain (1897)
- Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1897-1899)
- Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
- Prime Minister Gustaf Boström, Prime Minister of Sweden (1891-1900)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)
North America and the Caribbean
South America
- Brazil -
- Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1894-1898)
- Manuel Vitorino Pereira, acting President of Brazil (1896-1897)