List of current longest ruling non-royal leaders
The list of current longest ruling non-royal leaders is a list of The 50 current longest ruling heads of state or government, who are not royalty, sorted by length of tenure.
The individuals on the list were not necessary the most powerful figure in their country's government throughout the listed timespan. Some of them have held more than one national leadership level office: presidency, prime ministership, or some other title implying or widely believed to confer national leadership. When more than one such office exists in a country, there May Be uncertainty as to which member of the government actually has the greatest power. This list combines all national leader level offices held concurrently or consecutively by each individual.
No. |
Name |
Country |
Office |
Tenure Began |
Length of Tenure |
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1. |
Muammar al-Gaddafi |
Leader and Guide of the Revolution |
1 September 1969 |
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2. |
Paul Biya |
Prime Minister, then President |
30 June 1975 |
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3. |
Ali Abdullah Saleh |
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President |
18 July 1978 |
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4. |
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
President |
3 August 1979 |
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5. |
José Eduardo dos Santos |
President |
10 September 1979 |
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6. |
Robert Mugabe |
Prime Minister, then President |
18 April 1980 |
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7. |
Ali Khamenei |
President, then Supreme Leader |
2 October 1981 |
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8. |
Hun Sen |
Prime Minister |
14 January 1985 |
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9. |
Yoweri Museveni |
President |
26 January 1986 |
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10. |
Blaise Compaoré |
President |
15 October 1987 |
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11. |
Nursultan Nazarbayev |
First Secretary, then President |
22 June 1989 |
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12. |
Islom Karimov |
First Secretary, then President |
23 June 1989 |
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13. |
Omar al-Bashir |
President |
30 June 1989 |
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14. |
Idriss Déby |
President |
2 December 1990 |
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15. |
Meles Zenawi |
Prime Minister |
28 May 1991 |
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16. |
Emomalii Rahmon |
President |
19 November 1992 |
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17. |
Isaias Afewerki |
President |
24 May 1993 |
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18. |
Kim Jong-il |
Supreme Leader |
8 July 1994 |
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19. |
Alexander Lukashenko |
President |
20 July 1994 |
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20. |
Yahya Jammeh |
President |
22 July 1994 |
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21. |
Jean-Claude Juncker |
Prime Minister |
20 January 1995 |
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22. |
Denzil Douglas |
Prime Minister |
7 July 1995 |
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23. |
Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson |
President |
1 August 1996 |
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24. |
Denis Sassou Nguesso |
President |
15 October 1997 |
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25. |
Mary McAleese |
President |
11 November 1997 |
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26. |
Pakalitha Mosisili |
Prime Minister |
29 May 1998 |
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27. |
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi |
Prime Minister |
23 November 1998 |
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28. |
Hugo Chávez Frías |
President |
2 February 1999 |
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29. |
Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
President |
27 April 1999 |
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30. |
Ismail Omar Guelleh |
President |
8 May 1999 |
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31. |
Vladimir Putin |
Prime Minister, then President |
9 August 1999 |
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32. |
Bharrat Jagdeo |
President |
9 August 1999 |
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33. |
Sam Hinds |
Prime Minister |
11 August 1999 |
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34. |
Sellapan Ramanathan Nathan |
President |
1 September 1999 |
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35. |
Oqil Oqilov |
Prime Minister |
20 December 1999 |
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36. |
Tarja Halonen |
President |
1 March 2000 |
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37. |
Bernard Makuza |
Prime Minister |
8 March 2000 |
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38. |
Paul Kagame |
President |
24 March 2000 |
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39. |
Abdoulaye Wade |
President |
1 April 2000 |
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40. |
Bashar al-Assad |
President |
17 July 2000 |
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41. |
Joseph Kabila |
President |
17 January 2001 |
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42. |
José Maria Neves |
Prime Minister |
1 February 2001 |
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43. |
Dileita Mohamed Dileita |
Prime Minister |
4 March 2001 |
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44. |
Pedro Pires |
President |
22 March 2001 |
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45. |
Ralph Gonsalves |
Prime Minister |
29 March 2001 |
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46. |
Girma Wolde-Giorgis |
President |
8 October 2001 |
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47. |
Hamid Karzai |
President |
22 December 2001 |
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48. |
Georgi Parvanov |
President |
22 January 2002 |
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49. |
Amadou Toumani Touré |
President |
8 June 2002 |
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50. |
Michael Somare |
Prime Minister |
5 August 2002 |
See also
- Current reigning monarchs by length of reign
- List of state leaders by date
- List of longest ruling non-royal leaders
External links
- Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places