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List of longest-serving non-royals

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Includes all state leaders who have served for more than 15 years.

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† Assassinated or died in office
# Name Portrait State Title/Position From To Term Total length
1 Fidel Castro     Cuba Prime Minister 16 February 1959 2 December 1976 17 years, 290 days 52 years, 62 days
First Secretary of the Communist Party 3 October 1965 19 April 2011 45 years, 198 days
President of the Council of State 2 December 1976 24 February 2008 31 years, 84 days
President of the Council of Ministers
2 Paul Biya     Cameroon Prime Minister 30 June 1975 6 November 1982 7 years, 129 days 49 years, 22 days
Prime Minister 6 November 1982 Incumbent 41 years, 259 days
3 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago     Equatorial Guinea Chairman of the Supreme Military Council 3 August 1979 12 October 1982 3 years, 70 days 48 years, 58 days
President 3 August 1979 Incumbent 44 years, 354 days
4 Chiang Kai-shek     Republic of China Chairman of the Nationalist Government 10 October 1928 15 December 1931 3 years, 66 days 46 years, 177 days
Premier 4 December 1930 15 December 1931 1 year, 11 days
Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission 15 December 1931 31 May 1946 14 years, 167 days
Premier 9 December 1935 1 January 1938 2 years, 23 days
20 November 1939 31 May 1945 5 years, 192 days
Chairman of the Nationalist Government
(Acting until 10 October 1943) 		1 August 1943 20 May 1948 4 years, 293 days
President 20 May 1948 21 January 1949 246 days
1 March 1950 5 April 1975[†] 25 years, 35 days
5 Malietoa Tanumafili II     Samoa O le Ao o le Malo 1 January 1962 11 May 2007   45 years, 130 days
6 Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal     Mongolia General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party 8 April 1940 4 April 1954 13 years, 361 days 44 years, 137 days
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 26 January 1952 11 June 1974 22 years, 136 days
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party
(First Secretary until 30 May 1981) 		22 November 1958 24 August 1984 25 years, 276 days
Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural 11 June 1974 23 August 1984 10 years, 73 days
7 Enver Hoxha     Albania First Secretary of the Party of Labour 8 November 1941 11 April 1985[†] 43 years, 154 days 43 years, 154 days
Prime Minister 23 October 1944 19 July 1954 9 years, 269 days
8 Ali Khamenei     Iran President 9 October 1981 16 August 1989 7 years, 311 days 42 years, 287 days
Supreme Leader 4 June 1989 Incumbent 35 years, 48 days
9 Omar Bongo     Gabon President 2 December 1967 8 June 2009[†]   41 years, 188 days
10 Denis Sassou Nguesso     Republic of the Congo President 8 February 1979 31 August 1992 13 years, 205 days 40 years, 110 days
25 October 1997 Incumbent 26 years, 271 days
11 Mohamed Abdelaziz     Sahrawi Republic President 30 August 1976 31 May 2016[†]   39 years, 275 days
12 Francisco Franco     Spain Head of State 1 October 1936 20 November 1975[†] 39 years, 50 days 39 years, 50 days
Prime Minister 30 January 1938 9 June 1973 35 years, 130 days
Hun Sen     Cambodia Prime Minister 14 January 1985 2 July 1993 8 years, 169 days 38 years, 136 days
Second Prime Minister 24 September 1993 30 November 1998 5 years, 67 days
Prime Minister 30 November 1998 22 August 2023 24 years, 265 days
Yoweri Museveni     Uganda President 26 January 1986 Incumbent   38 years, 178 days
José Eduardo dos Santos     Angola President 21 September 1979 25 September 2017   38 years, 4 days
Gnassingbé Eyadéma     Togo President 14 April 1967 5 February 2005[†]   37 years, 297 days
Nursultan Nazarbayev     Kazakh SSR Chairman of the Council of Ministers 22 March 1984 27 July 1989 5 years, 127 days 37 years, 289 days
First Secretary of the Communist Party 22 June 1989 7 September 1991 2 years, 77 days
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 22 February 1990 24 April 1990 61 days
President 24 April 1990 16 December 1991 1 year, 236 days
  Kazakhstan President 16 December 1991 20 March 2019 27 years, 94 days
Chairman of the Security Council 21 August 1991 5 January 2022 30 years, 137 days
Kaysone Phomvihane     Laos General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (Chairman from 1991) 22 March 1955 21 November 1992[†] 37 years, 244 days 37 years, 244 days
Prime Minister 8 December 1975 15 August 1991 15 years, 250 days
President 15 August 1991 21 November 1992[†] 1 year, 98 days
Robert Mugabe     Zimbabwe Prime Minister 18 April 1980 31 December 1987 7 years, 257 days 37 years, 217 days
President 31 December 1987 21 November 2017 29 years, 325 days
Todor Zhivkov     Bulgaria General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
(First Secretary until 4 April 1981) 		4 March 1954 10 November 1989 35 years, 251 days 35 years, 251 days
Prime Minister 19 November 1962 7 July 1971 8 years, 230 days
Chairman of the State Council 7 July 1971 17 November 1989 18 years, 133 days
Josip Broz Tito     Yugoslavia Prime Minister 2 November 1944 29 June 1963 18 years, 239 days 35 years, 184 days
President 14 January 1953 4 May 1980[†] 27 years, 111 days
Ali Abdullah Saleh     North Yemen President 18 July 1978 22 May 1990 11 years, 308 days 33 years, 224 days
  Yemen President 22 May 1990 27 February 2012 21 years, 281 days
Félix Houphouët-Boigny     Ivory Coast Prime Minister 7 August 1960 27 November 1970 10 years, 112 days 33 years, 122 days
President 3 November 1960 7 December 1993[†] 33 years, 34 days
Isaias Afwerki     Eritrea Secretary-General of the Provisional Government 27 April 1991 24 May 1993 2 years, 27 days 33 years, 86 days
President 24 May 1993 Incumbent 31 years, 59 days
Habib Bourguiba     Tunisia Prime Minister 11 April 1956 25 July 1957 1 year, 105 days 31 years, 210 days
President
(Acting until 8 November 1959) 		25 July 1957 7 November 1987 30 years, 105 days
Lee Kuan Yew     Singapore Prime Minister 5 June 1959 28 November 1990   31 years, 176 days
Mobutu Sese Seko     Republic of the Congo President 24 November 1965 27 October 1971 5 years, 337 days 31 years, 173 days
  Zaire President 27 October 1971 16 May 1997 25 years, 201 days
Emomali Rahmon     Tajikistan Chairman of the Supreme Assembly 20 November 1992 16 November 1994 1 year, 361 days 31 years, 245 days
President 16 November 1994 Incumbent 29 years, 249 days
Urho Kekkonen     Finland Prime Minister 17 March 1950 17 November 1953 3 years, 245 days 30 years, 344 days
20 October 1954 3 March 1956 1 year, 135 days
President 1 March 1956 27 January 1982 25 years, 332 days
Idriss Déby     Chad President 2 December 1990 20 April 2021[†]   30 years, 139 days
Abdou Diouf     Senegal Prime Minister 26 February 1970 31 December 1980 10 years, 309 days 30 years, 35 days
President 1 January 1981 1 April 2000 19 years, 91 days
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom     Maldives President 11 November 1978 11 November 2008   30 years, 0 days
Hastings Banda     Malawi Prime Minister 6 July 1964 6 July 1966 2 years, 0 days 29 years, 322 days
President 6 July 1966 24 May 1994 27 years, 322 days
Omar al-Bashir     Sudan Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation 30 June 1989 16 October 1993 4 years, 108 days 29 years, 285 days
President 16 October 1993 11 April 2019 25 years, 177 days
Alexander Lukashenko     Belarus President 20 July 1994 Incumbent   30 years, 2 days
Hafez al-Assad     Syria Prime Minister 21 November 1970 3 April 1971 133 days 29 years, 202 days
President 12 March 1971 10 June 2000[†] 29 years, 92 days
Hosni Mubarak     Egypt Prime Minister 7 October 1981 2 January 1982 87 days 29 years, 127 days
President 14 October 1981 11 February 2011 29 years, 120 days
Haxhi Lleshi   Albania Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 1 August 1953 22 November 1982   29 years, 113 days
Mahathir Mohamad     Malaysia Prime Minister 16 July 1981 31 October 2008 27 years, 107 days 29 years, 38 days
10 May 2018 1 March 2020 1 year, 296 days
Daniel Ortega     Nicaragua Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction 18 July 1979 10 January 1985 5 years, 176 days 28 years, 109 days
President 10 January 1985 25 April 1990 5 years, 105 days
10 January 2007 Incumbent 17 years, 194 days
William Tubman     Liberia President 3 January 1944 23 July 1971   27 years, 201 days
Kamisese Mara     Fiji Prime Minister 10 October 1970 13 April 1987 16 years, 185 days 27 years, 165 days
5 December 1987 2 June 1992 4 years, 180 days
President 16 December 1993 29 May 2000 6 years, 165 days
Colville Young     Belize Governor-General 17 November 1993 30 April 2021   27 years, 164 days
Islam Karimov     Uzbek SSR First Secretary of the Communist Party 23 June 1989 1 September 1991 2 years, 70 days 27 years, 71 days
President 24 March 1990 1 September 1991 1 year, 161 days
  Uzbekistan President 1 September 1991 2 September 2016 25 years, 1 day
Kenneth Kaunda     Zambia President 24 October 1964 2 November 1991   27 years, 9 days
Ahmed Sékou Touré     Guinea President 2 October 1958 26 March 1984   25 years, 176 days
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh     Djibouti President 8 May 1999 Incumbent   25 years, 75 days
Nicolae Ceaușescu     Romania General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party 22 March 1965 22 December 1989 24 years, 275 days 24 years, 275 days
President of the State Council 9 December 1967 22 December 1989 22 years, 13 days
President 28 March 1974 22 December 1989 15 years, 269 days
Vladimir Putin     Russia Prime Minister 9 August 1999 7 May 2000 272 days 24 years, 348 days
8 May 2008 7 May 2012 3 years, 365 days
Acting President 31 December 1999 7 May 2000 128 days
President 7 May 2000 7 May 2008 8 years, 0 days
7 May 2012 Incumbent 12 years, 76 days
Daniel arap Moi     Kenya President 22 August 1978 30 December 2002   24 years, 130 days
João Bernardo Vieira     Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 September 1978 14 November 1980 2 years, 47 days 24 years, 7 days
President 14 November 1980 14 May 1984 3 years, 182 days
16 May 1984 7 May 1999 14 years, 356 days
1 October 2005 2 March 2009[†] 3 years, 152 days
Paul Kagame     Rwanda President 22 April 2000 Incumbent   24 years, 91 days
Bashar al-Assad   Syria President 17 July 2000 Incumbent   24 years, 5 days
Julius Nyerere     Tanganyika Prime Minister 1 May 1961 22 January 1962 266 days 23 years, 233 days
President 9 December 1962 26 April 1964 1 year, 139 days
  Tanganyika and Zanzibar President 26 April 1964 29 October 1964 186 days
  Tanzania President 29 October 1964 5 November 1985 21 years, 7 days
Heydar Aliyev     Azerbaijan SSR First Secretary of the Communist Party 14 July 1969 3 December 1982 13 years, 81 days 23 years, 210 days
  Azerbaijan President 24 June 1993 31 October 2003 10 years, 129 days
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali     Tunisia Prime Minister 2 October 1987 7 November 1987 36 days 23 years, 104 days
President 7 November 1987 14 January 2011 23 years, 68 days
Didier Ratsiraka     Madagascar Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council 15 June 1975 4 January 1976 203 days 23 years, 66 days
President 4 January 1976 27 March 1993 17 years, 82 days
9 February 1997 5 July 2002 5 years, 146 days
Anerood Jugnauth     Mauritius Prime Minister 30 June 1982 20 December 1985 3 years, 173 days 23 years, 39 days
12 September 2000 30 September 2003 3 years, 18 days
17 December 2014 23 January 2017 2 years, 37 days
President 7 October 2003 31 March 2012 8 years, 176 days
Ralph Gonsalves     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister 28 March 2001 Incumbent   23 years, 116 days
Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi     Samoa Prime Minister 23 November 1998 24 May 2021   22 years, 182 days
Yahya Jammeh     The Gambia Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council 22 July 1994 6 November 1996 2 years, 107 days 22 years, 181 days
President 6 November 1996 19 January 2017 20 years, 74 days
Barkat Gourad Hamadou     Djibouti Prime Minister 2 October 1978 7 March 2001   22 years, 156 days
Artur Rasizade     Azerbaijan Prime Minister 20 July 1996 4 August 2003 7 years, 15 days 21 years, 187 days
31 October 2003 21 April 2018 14 years, 172 days
Hassan Gouled Aptidon     Djibouti President 27 June 1977 8 May 1999 21 years, 315 days 21 years, 315 days
Prime Minister 27 June 1977 12 July 1977 15 days
Saparmurat Niyazov     Turkmen SSR First Secretary of the Communist Party 21 December 1985 16 December 1991 5 years, 360 days 21 years, 0 days
  Turkmenistan President 2 November 1990 21 December 2006[†] 16 years, 49 days
Hage Geingob     Namibia Prime Minister 21 March 1990 28 August 2002 12 years, 160 days 21 years, 139 days
4 December 2012 20 March 2015 2 years, 106 days
President 26 November 2017 4 February 2024[†] 6 years, 70 days
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan     Turkey Prime Minister 14 March 2003 28 August 2014 11 years, 167 days 21 years, 130 days
President 28 August 2014 Incumbent 9 years, 329 days
Juvénal Habyarimana     Rwanda President 5 July 1973 6 April 1994[†]   20 years, 275 days
Ilham Aliyev     Azerbaijan Prime Minister 4 August 2003 31 October 2003 88 days 20 years, 353 days
President 31 October 2003 Incumbent 20 years, 265 days
Léopold Sédar Senghor     Senegal President 6 September 1960 31 December 1980   20 years, 116 days
Pearlette Louisy     Saint Lucia Governor-General 19 September 1997 31 December 2017   20 years, 103 days
Shavkat Mirziyoyev     Uzbekistan Prime Minister 12 December 2003 14 December 2016 13 years, 2 days 20 years, 223 days
President
(Acting until 14 December 2016) 		8 September 2016 Incumbent 7 years, 318 days
Sheikh Hasina     Bangladesh Prime Minister 23 June 1996 15 July 2001 5 years, 22 days 20 years, 220 days
6 January 2009 Incumbent 15 years, 198 days
Pál Losonczi     Hungary Chairman of the Presidential Council 14 April 1967 25 June 1987   20 years, 72 days
Ferdinand Marcos     Philippines President 30 December 1965 25 February 1986 20 years, 57 days 20 years, 57 days
Prime Minister 12 June 1978 30 June 1981 3 years, 18 days
Roosevelt Skerrit     Dominica Prime Minister 8 January 2004 Incumbent   20 years, 196 days
Eddie Fenech Adami     Malta Prime Minister 12 May 1987 28 October 1996 9 years, 169 days 20 years, 3 days
6 September 1998 23 March 2004 5 years, 199 days
President 4 April 2004 4 April 2009 5 years, 0 days
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson     Iceland President 1 August 1996 1 August 2016   20 years, 0 days
Abdelaziz Bouteflika     Algeria President 27 April 1999 2 April 2019   19 years, 340 days
Denzil Douglas     Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister 6 July 1995 18 February 2015   19 years, 227 days
Mahmoud Abbas     Palestine Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 19 March 2003 6 September 2003 171 days 19 years, 360 days
President of the Palestinian National Authority 15 January 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 189 days
President of the State of Palestine
(Acting until 23 November 2008) 		8 May 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 75 days
Lee Hsien Loong     Singapore Prime Minister 12 August 2004 Incumbent   19 years, 345 days
Than Shwe     Myanmar Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council 23 April 1992 30 March 2011 18 years, 341 days 18 years, 341 days
Prime Minister 23 April 1992 25 August 2003 11 years, 124 days
Faure Gnassingbé     Togo President 5 February 2005 25 February 2005 20 days 19 years, 99 days
4 May 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 79 days
Syngman Rhee     Korea President of the Provisional Government 11 September 1919 23 March 1925 5 years, 193 days 18 years, 248 days
Chairman of the State Council 3 March 1947 15 August 1948 1 year, 165 days
  South Korea President 24 July 1948 26 April 1960 11 years, 277 days
Park Chung Hee     South Korea Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction 3 July 1961 17 December 1963 2 years, 167 days 18 years, 115 days
Prime Minister (Acting) 16 June 1962 10 July 1962 24 days
President
(Acting until 17 December 1963) 		24 March 1962 26 October 1979[†] 17 years, 216 days
Joaquim Chissano     Mozambique President 6 November 1986 2 February 2005   18 years, 88 days
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow     Turkmenistan President
(Acting until 14 February 2007) 		21 December 2006 19 March 2022 15 years, 88 days 18 years, 188 days
Chairman of the People's Council 14 April 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 99 days
Florizel Glasspole     Jamaica Governor-General 27 June 1973 31 March 1991   17 years, 277 days
Quett Masire     Botswana President 13 July 1980 31 March 1998   17 years, 261 days
Viktor Orbán     Hungary Prime Minister 6 July 1998 27 May 2002 3 years, 325 days 18 years, 14 days
29 May 2010 Incumbent 14 years, 54 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike     Ceylon Prime Minister 21 July 1960 27 March 1965 4 years, 249 days 17 years, 209 days
29 May 1970 22 May 1972 1 year, 359 days
  Sri Lanka 22 May 1972 23 July 1977 5 years, 62 days
14 November 1994 9 August 2000 5 years, 269 days
Frederick Ballantyne     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Governor-General 22 June 2002 31 July 2019   17 years, 39 days
Cuthbert Sebastian     Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor-General 1 January 1996 1 January 2013   17 years, 0 days
Mauno Koivisto     Finland Prime Minister 22 March 1968 14 May 1970 2 years, 53 days 16 years, 331 days
26 May 1979 26 January 1982 2 years, 245 days
President 27 January 1982 1 March 1994 12 years, 33 days
Jawaharlal Nehru     India Prime Minister 15 August 1947 27 May 1964[†]   16 years, 286 days
Dom Mintoff     Malta Prime Minister 11 March 1955 26 April 1958 3 years, 46 days 16 years, 230 days
21 June 1971 22 December 1984 13 years, 184 days
Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi     Samoa Prime Minister 24 March 1976 13 April 1982 6 years, 20 days 16 years, 195 days
18 September 1982 31 December 1982 104 days
O le Ao o le Malo 11 May 2007 21 July 2017 10 years, 71 days
Augusto Pinochet     Chile President of the Government Junta 11 September 1973 11 March 1981 7 years, 181 days 16 years, 181 days
President 17 December 1974 11 March 1990 15 years, 84 days
Jacques Chirac     France Prime Minister 27 May 1974 25 August 1976 2 years, 90 days 16 years, 140 days
20 March 1986 10 May 1988 2 years, 51 days
President 17 May 1995 16 May 2007 11 years, 364 days
Alassane Ouattara     Ivory Coast Prime Minister 7 November 1990 9 December 1993 3 years, 32 days 16 years, 263 days
President 4 December 2010 Incumbent 13 years, 231 days
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam     Mauritius Prime Minister 12 March 1968 30 June 1982 14 years, 110 days 16 years, 97 days
Governor-General 28 December 1983 15 December 1985[†] 1 year, 352 days
Frank Bainimarama     Fiji Head of Interim Military Government 29 May 2000 13 July 2000 45 days 16 years, 63 days
5 December 2006 4 January 2007 30 days
Prime Minister
(Acting until 22 September 2014) 		5 January 2007 24 December 2022 15 years, 353 days
Janez Drnovšek     Yugoslavia President of the Presidency 15 May 1989 15 May 1990 1 year, 0 days 16 years, 44 days
  Slovenia Prime Minister 14 May 1992 7 June 2000 8 years, 24 days
30 November 2000 19 December 2002 2 years, 19 days
President 22 December 2002 23 December 2007 5 years, 1 day
Angela Merkel     Germany Chancellor 22 November 2005 8 December 2021   16 years, 16 days
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir     Iceland President 1 August 1980 1 August 1996   16 years, 0 days
Indira Gandhi     India Prime Minister 24 January 1966 24 March 1977 11 years, 59 days 15 years, 350 days
14 January 1980 31 October 1984[†] 4 years, 291 days
William Gopallawa     Ceylon Governor-General 2 March 1962 22 May 1972 10 years, 81 days 15 years, 339 days
  Sri Lanka President 22 May 1972 4 February 1978 5 years, 258 days
Gaafar Nimeiry     Sudan Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council 25 May 1969 12 October 1971 2 years, 140 days 15 years, 316 days
President 12 October 1971 6 April 1985 13 years, 176 days
Jiang Zemin     China General Secretary of the Communist Party 24 June 1989 15 November 2002 13 years, 144 days 15 years, 257 days
Chairman of the Central Military Commission 19 March 1990 8 March 2005 14 years, 354 days
President 27 March 1993 15 March 2003 9 years, 353 days
Clifford Husbands   Barbados Governor-General 1 June 1996 31 October 2011   15 years, 152 days
Seretse Khama   Botswana Prime Minister 3 March 1965 30 September 1966 1 year, 211 days 15 years, 132 days
President 30 September 1966 13 July 1980[†] 13 years, 287 days
Ranasinghe Premadasa     Sri Lanka Prime Minister 6 February 1978 2 January 1989 10 years, 331 days 15 years, 85 days
President 2 January 1989 1 May 1993[†] 4 years, 119 days
Jomo Kenyatta     Kenya Prime Minister 1 June 1963 12 December 1964 1 year, 194 days 15 years, 82 days
President 12 December 1964 22 August 1978[†] 13 years, 253 days
Václav Klaus     Czech Republic Prime Minister 1 January 1993 2 January 1998 5 years, 1 day 15 years, 1 day
President 7 March 2003 7 March 2013 10 years, 0 days
Sam Nujoma     Namibia President 21 March 1990 21 March 2005   15 years, 0 days
Lansana Conté     Guinea President 5 April 1984 22 December 2008   24 years, 261 days

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Longest serving heads of state of sovereign states

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# Portrait Name Country Position Term start Term ended Length
  Bhumibol Adulyadej   Thailand King 9 June 1946 13 October 2016 70 years, 126 days
  Margrethe II   Denmark Queen 14 January 1972 14 January 2024 52 years, 0 days

Longest living royals

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List of all living and deceased royals above the age of 90.

No. Portrait Name Country Lifespan Age
From To
  Princess Alice,
Duchess of Gloucester 		  United Kingdom 25 December 1901 29 October 2004 102
  Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother 		  United Kingdom 4 August 1900 30 March 2002 101
  Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh 		  United Kingdom 10 June 1921 9 April 2021 99
  Jean,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg 		  Luxembourg 5 January 1921 23 April 2019 98
  Princess Alice,
Countess of Athlone 		  United Kingdom 25 February 1883 3 January 1981 97
  Princess Lilian,
Duchess of Halland 		  Sweden 30 August 1915 10 March 2013 97
  Queen Elizabeth II   United Kingdom 21 April 1926 8 September 2022 96
  Srinagarindra,
Princess Mother of Thailand 		  Thailand 21 October 1900 18 July 1995 94
  Queen Juliana   The Netherlands 30 April 1909 20 March 2004 94
  Prince Bernhard
of the Netherlands 		  The Netherlands 29 June 1911 1 December 2004 93
  Queen Sirikit   Thailand 12 August 1932 Living 91
  Princess Katharine,
Duchess of Kent 		  United Kingdom 22 February 1933 Living 91

Unmarried heads of state and government

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Portrait Name Lifespan Country Position
  Marie-Adélaïde 1894–1924   Luxembourg Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1912–1919)
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1924–2018   India Prime Minister of India (1996, 1998–2004)
  José Maria Neves born 1960   Cape Verde Prime Minister of Cape Verde (2001–2016)
President of Cape Verde (since 2021)
  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 1931–2015   India President of India (2002–2007)
  Norodom Sihamoni born 1953   Cambodia King of Cambodia (since 2004)
  Mark Rutte born 1967   Netherlands Prime Minister of the Netherlands (since 2010)
  Park Geun-hye born 1952   South Korea President of South Korea (2013–2017)
  Sebastian Kurz born 1986   Austria Chancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021)
  Sahle-Work Zewde born 1950   Ethiopia President of Ethiopia (since 2018)
  Gabriel Boric born 1986   Chile President of Chile (since 2022)
  Edgars Rinkēvičs born 1973   Latvia President of Latvia (since 2023)

Current state leaders by age

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# Name Portrait Country Date of birth Age Position serving Since
1 Paul Biya     Cameroon 13 February 1933 91 President of Cameroon 6 November 1982
2 Mahmoud Abbas     Palestine 15 November 1935 88 President of the Palestinian National Authority 15 January 2005
3 Salman     Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 88 King of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015
4 Francis     Vatican City 17 December 1936 87 Sovereign of Vatican City 13 March 2013
5 Harald V     Norway 21 February 1937 87 King of Norway 17 January 1991
6 Ali Khamenei     Iran 19 April 1939 85 Supreme Leader of Iran 6 August 1989
7 Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah     Kuwait 27 September 1940 83 Emir of Kuwait 16 December 2023
8 Michael D. Higgins     Ireland 18 April 1941 83 President of Ireland 11 November 2011
9 Sergio Mattarella     Italy 23 July 1941 82 President of Italy 3 February 2015
10 Nangolo Mbumba     Namibia 15 August 1941 82 President of Namibia 4 February 2024
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo     Equatorial Guinea 5 June 1942 82 President of Equatorial Guinea 3 August 1979
Joe Biden     United States 20 November 1942 81 President of the United States 20 January 2021
Alexander Van der Bellen     Austria 18 January 1944 80 President of Austria 26 January 2017
Nguyễn Phú Trọng     Vietnam 14 April 1944 80 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 19 January 2011
Ram Chandra Poudel       Nepal 6 October 1944 79 President of Nepal 13 March 2023
Joseph Boakai   Liberia 30 November 1944 79 President of Liberia 22 January 2024
Hans-Adam II     Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 79 Prince of Liechtenstein 13 November 1989
Cynthia A. Pratt   Bahamas 5 November 1945 78 Governor-General of the Bahamas 1 September 2023
Thongloun Sisoulith     Laos 10 November 1945 78 President of Laos 22 March 2021
Abdelmadjid Tebboune     Algeria 17 November 1945 78 President of Algeria 19 December 2019
Carl XVI Gustaf     Sweden 30 April 1946 78 King of Sweden 15 September 1973
Hassanal Bolkiah     Brunei 15 July 1946 78 Sultan of Brunei 5 October 1967
Mary Simon     Canada 21 August 1947 76 Governor General of Canada 26 July 2021
Sheikh Hasina     Bangladesh 28 September 1947 76 Prime Minister of Bangladesh[a] 6 January 2009
Rodney Williams     Antigua and Barbuda 2 November 1947 76 Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda 14 August 2014
Charles III     United Kingdom
  Antigua and Barbuda
  Australia
  The Bahamas
  Belize
  Canada
  Grenada
  Jamaica
  New Zealand
  Papua New Guinea
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Lucia
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Solomon Islands
  Tuvalu 		14 November 1948 75 King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms 8 September 2022
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa     Portugal 12 December 1948 75 President of Portugal 9 March 2016
Arif Alvi     Pakistan 29 July 1949 74 President of Pakistan 9 September 2018
Mohammed Shahabuddin     Bangladesh 10 December 1949 74 President of Bangladesh 24 April 2023
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa     Bahrain 28 January 1950 74 King of Bahrain[b] 14 February 2002
Narendra Modi     India 17 September 1950 73 Prime Minister of India 26 May 2014
Patrick Allen     Jamaica 7 February 1951 73 Governor-General of Jamaica 26 February 2009
Philip Davis     Bahamas 7 June 1951 73 Prime Minister of the Bahamas 17 September 2021
Vajiralongkorn     Thailand 28 July 1952 71 King of Thailand 13 October 2016
Cécile La Grenade     Grenada 30 December 1952 71 Governor-General of Grenada 7 May 2013
Norodom Sihamoni     Cambodia 14 May 1953 71 King of Cambodia 14 October 2004
Xi Jinping     China 15 June 1953 71 President of China 14 March 2013
David Hurley     Australia 26 August 1953 70 Governor-General of Australia 1 July 2019
Pushpa Kamal Dahal       Nepal 11 December 1954 69 Prime Minister of Nepal[c] 26 December 2022
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