Longest-Serving Current World Leaders
Monarch |
Dictator |
# |
Leader |
Country |
Came to Power |
Total years in power (2010) |
current age |
1 |
King Rama IX |
Thailand |
1946 |
64 |
82 |
2 |
Queen Elizabeth II |
United Kingdom |
1952 |
58 |
84 |
3 |
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah |
Brunei |
1967 |
38 |
64 |
4 |
Colonel Momar Quaddafi |
Libya |
1969 |
36 |
68 |
5 |
Queen Margrethe II |
Denmark |
1972 |
33 |
68 |
6 |
King Carl Gustaf XVI |
Sweden |
1973 |
32 |
64 |
7 |
King Juan Carlos |
Spain |
1976 |
29 |
72 |
8 |
President Nguema Mbasogo |
Equatorial Guinea |
1979 |
27 |
68 |
9 |
Queen Beatrix |
Netherlands |
1980 |
20 |
72 |
Comparative Long-reigning World Leaders of the Past
Leader |
Country |
reign |
Total years in power |
Age at Death |
Emperor Franz-Joseph |
Austria-Hungary |
1848 - 1916 |
67 |
86 |
Queen Victoria |
United Kingdom |
1837 - 1901 |
64 |
82 |
King Victor Emanuel III |
Italy |
1900 - 1946 |
45 |
78 |
Emperor Hirohito |
Japan |
1926 - 1989 |
63 |
88 |
Emperor Haile Selassie |
Ethiopia |
1930 - 1974 |
44 |
83 |
General Francisco Franco |
Spain |
1939 - 1975 |
36 |
83 |
President Kim Il Sung |
North Korea |
1945 - 1994 |
49 |
82 |
General Secretary Enver Hoxha |
Albania |
1948 - 1985 |
37 |
76 |
Prince Ranier II |
Monaco |
1949 - 2005 |
56 |
82 |
President Alfredo Stroessner* |
Paraguay |
1954 - 1989 |
35 |
— |
President Fidel Castro* |
Cuba |
1959 - 2008 |
48 |
— |
King Hassan II |
Morocco |
1961 - 1999 |
38 |
70 |
King Tupou IV |
Tonga |
1965 - 2006 |
40 |
87 |
President Omar Bongo |
Gabon |
1967 -2009 |
38 |
74 |
President Gnassingbe Eyadema |
Togo |
1967 - 2005 |
38 |
68 |
* did not die in office