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This list of current longest-ruling non-royal national leaders is a list of the current living longest-ruling heads of nation-states or national governments, excluding royalty, who have served ten years or longer, sorted by length of tenure. Heads of generally recognized sovereign states are ranked by number, while heads of sovereign states with limited international recognition are listed in italics and are not given a numbered rank.
The individuals on the list are not always the most powerful figure in their country's national government. Some are or have been at one time the most powerful figures in their country's national government but not necessarily continuously throughout the listed timespan. Some of them have held more than one national leadership-level office: presidency, prime minister-ship, 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 national government actually has the ultimate power. Therefore, this list combines all national level offices held concurrently or consecutively by each individual leader.
Rank | Image | Name | Age | Country | Office | Tenure began | Length of tenure |
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Paul Biya | 91 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 1] | 30 June 1975 | 49 years, 15 days |
2 | ![]() |
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | 82 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 2] | 3 August 1979 | 44 years, 347 days |
3 | ![]() |
Ali Khamenei | 85 | ![]() |
President, then Supreme Leader[lower-alpha 3] |
13 October 1981 | 42 years, 276 days |
4 | ![]() |
Denis Sassou Nguesso | 80 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 4] | 8 February 1979 – 31 August 1992 (1st time) 25 October 1997 – present (2nd time) |
40 years, 103 days |
5 | ![]() |
Yoweri Museveni | 79 | ![]() |
President | 26 January 1986 | 38 years, 171 days |
6 | ![]() |
Emomali Rahmon | 71 | ![]() |
De facto Head of State, then President[lower-alpha 5] |
19 November 1992 | 31 years, 239 days |
7 | Isaias Afwerki | 78 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 6] | 24 May 1993 | 31 years, 52 days | |
8 | ![]() |
Alexander Lukashenko | 69 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 7] | 20 July 1994 | 29 years, 361 days |
9 | ![]() |
Daniel Ortega | 78 | ![]() |
Acting Head of State, then President[lower-alpha 8] |
4 March 1981 – 25 April 1990 (1st time) 10 January 2007 – present (2nd time) |
26 years, 239 days |
10 | ![]() |
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | 76 | ![]() |
President | 8 May 1999 | 25 years, 68 days |
11 | ![]() |
Vladimir Putin | 71 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 9] | 9 August 1999 – 7 May 2000 (1st term as Prime Minister) 8 May 2000 – 7 May 2008 (1st & 2nd terms as president) 8 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 (2nd term as Prime Minister) 7 May 2012 – present (3rd & 4th terms as president) |
24 years, 341 days |
12 | ![]() |
Paul Kagame | 66 | ![]() |
President | 22 April 2000 | 24 years, 84 days |
13 | ![]() |
Hage Geingob | 82 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 10] | 21 March 1990 – 28 August 2002 (1st time) 4 December 2012 – present (2nd time) |
24 years, 18 days |
14 | ![]() |
Bashar al-Assad | 58 | ![]() |
President | 17 July 2000 | 23 years, 364 days |
15 | ![]() |
Ralph Gonsalves | 77 | ![]() the Grenadines |
Prime Minister | 29 March 2001 | 23 years, 108 days |
16 | ![]() |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 70 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 11] | 14 March 2003 | 21 years, 123 days |
17 | ![]() |
Ilham Aliyev | 62 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 12] | 4 August 2003 | 20 years, 346 days |
18 | ![]() |
Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 66 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 13] | 12 December 2003 | 20 years, 216 days |
19 | ![]() |
Sheikh Hasina | 76 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 (1st time) 6 January 2009 – present (2nd time) |
20 years, 213 days |
20 | ![]() |
Roosevelt Skerrit | 52 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 8 January 2004 | 20 years, 189 days |
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Mahmoud Abbas | 88 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 14] | 19 March 2003 – 6 September 2003 (1st time) 15 January 2005 – present (2nd time) |
19 years, 353 days |
21 | Lee Hsien Loong | 72 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 12 August 2004 | 19 years, 338 days | |
22 | ![]() |
Faure Gnassingbé | 58 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 15] | 5 February 2005 – 25 February 2005 (1st time) 4 May 2005 – present (2nd time) |
19 years, 92 days |
23 | ![]() |
Viktor Orbán | 61 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 6 July 1998 – 27 May 2002 (1st time) 29 May 2010 – present (2nd time) |
18 years, 7 days |
24 | ![]() |
Alassane Ouattara | 82 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 16] | 7 November 1990 – 9 December 1993 (1st time) 4 December 2010 – present (2nd time) |
16 years, 256 days |
25 | ![]() |
Macky Sall | 62 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 17] | 21 April 2004 – 19 June 2007 (1st time) 2 April 2012 – present (2nd time) |
15 years, 164 days |
26 | ![]() |
Azali Assoumani | 65 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 18] | 30 April 1999 – 21 January 2002 (1st time) 6 May 2002 – 26 May 2006 (2nd time) 26 May 2016 – present (3rd time) |
14 years, 337 days |
27 | ![]() |
Mark Rutte | 57 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 14 October 2010 | 13 years, 275 days |
28 | ![]() |
Nguyễn Phú Trọng | 80 | ![]() |
General Secretary, formerly also President[lower-alpha 19] |
19 January 2011 | 13 years, 178 days |
29 | ![]() |
Faustin-Archange Touadéra | 67 | ![]() |
Prime Minister, then President[lower-alpha 20] | 22 January 2008 – 17 January 2013 (1st time) 30 March 2016 – present (2nd time) |
13 years, 103 days |
30 | ![]() |
Salva Kiir Mayardit | 72 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 21] | 9 July 2011 | 13 years, 6 days |
31 | ![]() |
Michael D. Higgins | 83 | ![]() |
President | 11 November 2011 | 12 years, 247 days |
32 | ![]() |
Kim Jong-un | 41 | ![]() |
Supreme Leader[lower-alpha 22] | 17 December 2011 | 12 years, 211 days |
33 | ![]() |
Alain Berset | 52 | ![]() |
President, formerly Federal Council Member[lower-alpha 23] |
1 January 2012 | 12 years, 196 days |
34 | ![]() |
Sauli Niinistö | 75 | ![]() |
President | 1 March 2012 | 12 years, 136 days |
35 | ![]() |
Xi Jinping | 71 | ![]() |
General Secretary, then President[lower-alpha 24] |
15 November 2012 | 11 years, 243 days |
36 | ![]() |
Nicolás Maduro | 61 | ![]() |
President[lower-alpha 25] | 5 March 2013 | 11 years, 132 days |
37 | ![]() |
Pope Francis | 87 | ![]() |
Sovereign | 13 March 2013 | 11 years, 124 days |
38 | ![]() |
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | 72 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 1 April 2013 | 11 years, 105 days |
39 | ![]() |
Edi Rama | 60 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 15 September 2013 | 10 years, 304 days |
40 | ![]() |
Kokhir Rasulzoda | 65 | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 23 November 2013 | 10 years, 235 days |