List of longest-ruling non-royal national leaders since 1900
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This list details national leaders since 1900 who ruled for 30 years or more, and were not self-described royalty. It also combines all national leader level offices held concurrently or consecutively by each individual.
| Rank | Name | Country | Title | Term began | Term ended | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fidel Castro |  Cuba |
First Secretary Prime Minister President Maximum Leader |
16 February 1959 [1] | 19 April 2011 [1] | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 2 | Chiang Kai-shek |  Republic of China(1912–1949) Republic of China on Taiwan(1949–present) |
Chairman of the National Government Premier/Director-General Generalissimo President Leader of the Kuomintang |
9 July 1926 (1st time) |
15 December 1931 (1st time) |
46 years, 82 days[Note 1] |
| 3 | Kim Il-sung |  North Korea |
General Secretary Premier President [Note 2] Generalissimo |
9 September 1948 | 8 July 1994 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 4 | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal |  Mongolian People's Republic |
General Secretary Prime Minister President |
8 April 1940 | 23 August 1984 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 5 | Muammar Gaddafi |  Libyan Arab Republic Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Secretary General of the General People's Congress Prime Minister |
1 September 1969 | 20 October 2011[Note 3] | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 6 | Omar Bongo |  Gabon |
President | 2 December 1967 | 6 May 2009 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 7 | Paul Biya |  Cameroon |
Prime Minister President |
30 June 1975 | present | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 8 | Enver Hoxha |  People's Republic of Albania People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
Prime Minister First Secretary |
22 October 1944 | 11 April 1985 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 9 | Mohamed Abdelaziz |  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
General Secretary President |
30 August 1976 | 31 May 2016 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 10 | Francisco Franco |  Spanish State |
Generalísimo Head of State Caudillo Prime Minister |
1 October 1936 | 20 November 1975 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 11 | Gnassingbé Eyadéma |  Togo |
President | 14 April 1967 | 5 February 2005 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 12 | Kaisôn Phomvihān |  Sam Neua, Kingdom of Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic |
General Secretary/Party Chairman Prime Minister President |
22 March 1955[Note 4] | 21 November 1992 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 13 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |  Equatorial Guinea |
Chairman of the Supreme Military Council President |
3 August 1979 | present | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 14 | José Eduardo dos Santos |  People's Republic of Angola Angola |
Party President State President |
10 September 1979 | 25 September 2017 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 15 | Josip Broz Tito |  Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
General Secretary/President of the Presidency of the Central Committee Prime Minister President Marshal |
29 November 1943 | 4 May 1980 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 16 | António de Oliveira Salazar |  Second Portuguese Republic |
President of the Council of Ministers | 5 July 1932 | 25 September 1968 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 17 | Robert Mugabe |  Zimbabwe |
Prime Minister President |
18 April 1980 | 21 November 2017 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 18 | Todor Zhivkov |  People's Republic of Bulgaria |
General Secretary Prime Minister |
4 March 1954 | 17 November 1989 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 19 | Ali Khamenei |  Iran |
President Supreme Leader |
13 October 1981 | present | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 20 | Alfredo Stroessner |  Paraguay |
President | 15 August 1954 | 3 February 1989 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 21 | Ali Abdullah Saleh |  North Yemen Yemen |
President | 18 July 1978 | 25 February 2012 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 22 | Félix Houphouët-Boigny |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Prime Minister President |
7 August 1960 | 7 December 1993 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 23 | Denis Sassou Nguesso |  People's Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
President of the Central Committee State President |
8 February 1979 (1st time) |
31 August 1992 (1st time) |
Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 24 | Dawda Jawara |  The Gambia |
Prime Minister President |
12 June 1962 | 22 July 1994 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 25 | Phạm Văn Đồng |  North Vietnam Vietnam |
Prime Minister | 20 September 1955 | 18 June 1987 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 26 | János Kádár |  Hungarian People's Republic |
General Secretary Prime Minister |
25 October 1956 | 27 May 1988 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 27 | Habib Bourguiba |  Tunisia |
Prime Minister President |
11 April 1956 | 7 November 1987 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 28 | Lee Kuan Yew |  Singapore |
Prime Minister | 5 June 1959 | 28 November 1990 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). [Note 5] |
| 29 | Mobutu Sese Seko |  Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire |
President | 24 November 1965 | 16 May 1997 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 30 | Hun Sen |  People's Republic of Kampuchea State of Cambodia Cambodia |
Prime Minister | 14 January 1985 | present | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 31 | Hastings Kamuzu Banda |  Malaŵi |
Prime Minister President |
1 February 1963 | 21 May 1994 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 32 | Rafael Trujillo |  Dominican Republic |
President Generalísimo |
3 March 1930 | 30 May 1961 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 33 | Suharto |  Indonesia |
President | 12 March 1967 | 21 May 1998 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 34 | Joseph Stalin |  Soviet Union |
General Secretary Premier Marshal |
3 April 1922 | 5 March 1953 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 35 | Yoweri Museveni |  Uganda |
President | 26 January 1986 | present | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 36 | Porfirio Díaz |  Mexico |
President |
28 November 1876 (1st time) |
6 December 1876 (1st time) |
30 years, 106 days |
| 37 | Abdou Diouf |  Senegal |
Prime Minister President |
26 February 1970 | 1 April 2000 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
| 38 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |  Maldives |
President | 11 November 1978 | 11 November 2008 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). |
See also
- List of longest reigning monarchs of all time
- Current reigning monarchs by length of reign
- List of current longest ruling non-royal national leaders
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
- List of the oldest living state leaders
- President for Life
- Strongman (politics)
Notes
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- Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places
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