 ==africa== *ashanti confederacy â opoku mensa, chair of the committee of administration (1896&ndash;1900) * german east africa â wilhelm ii (1888&ndash;1918) ** kingdom of burundi â mwezi iv gisabo (1852&ndash;1908) ** kingdom of rwanda â yuhi v (1896&ndash;1931) * liberia â william d. coleman, president of liberia (1896&ndash;1900) * orange free state â martinus theunis steyn, state president of the orange free state (1896&ndash;1902) * south african republic (transvaal) - paul kruger, state president of the south african republic (1883&ndash;1902) * sultanate of zanzibar â hamoud bin mohammed (1896&ndash;1902) ==asia== * emirate of afghanistan â abdur rahman khan (1880&ndash;1901) * china (qing dynasty) **emperor - guangxu emperor (1875&ndash;1908) **de facto ruler - empress dowager cixi (1898&ndash;1908) * emirate of ha'il (house of al rashid) - abdul-aziz bin mitab, amirs of the house of rashid (1897&ndash;1906) * empire of japan ** monarch â emperor meiji (1867&ndash;1912) **prime minister - **#matsukata masayoshi (1896&ndash;1898) **#itÅ hirobumi (1898) **#Åkuma shigenobu (1898) **#yamagata aritomo (1898&ndash;1900) * korea (korean empire) - gojong (1864&ndash;1907, king before 1897) * sultanate of oman â faisal bin turki (1888&ndash;1913) ==europe== * andorra **co-princes - ***french co-prince - fÃ©lix faure, president of france (1895&ndash;1899) ***episcopal co-prince - salvador casaÃ±as y pagÃ©s, bishop of urgell (1879&ndash;1901) **first syndic - bonaventura maestre (1893&ndash;1898) *austria-hungary â franz joseph i, emperor of austria and king of hungary (1848&ndash;1916) **minister-president of austria - *#paul gautsch von frankenthurn(1897&ndash;1898) *#franz, prince of thun and hohenstein (1898&ndash;1899) **minister-president of hungary - dezsÅ bÃ¡nffy (1895&ndash;1899) * belgium **monarch â lÃ©opold ii, king of the belgians (1865&ndash;1909) **cabinet chief - paul de smet de naeyer (1896&ndash;1899, 1899&ndash;1907) * principality of bulgaria **monarch â ferdinand i (1886&ndash;1918) **prime minister â konstantin stoilov (1894&ndash;1899) * [[kin
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