<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's factual accuracy is disputed . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced . (November 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Term began </Th> <Th> Term ended </Th> <Th> Term length </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fidel Castro </Td> <Td> Cuba </Td> <Td> First Secretary Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001959 - 02 - 16 - 0000 16 February 1959 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 04 - 19 - 0000 19 April 2011 </Td> <Td> 7004190550000000000 ♠ 52 years, 62 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kim Il - sung </Td> <Td> North Korea </Td> <Td> Chairman of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea Chairman of the Provisional People's Committee General Secretary Premier President Generalissimo </Td> <Td> 000000001945 - 12 - 17 - 0000 17 December 1945 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 07 - 08 - 0000 8 July 1994 </Td> <Td> 7004177350000000000 ♠ 48 years, 203 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chiang Kai - shek </Td> <Td> Republic of China (1912--1949) Republic of China on Taiwan (1949--present) </Td> <Td> Chairman of the National Government Premier Director - General of the Kuomintang Generalissimo President </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001926 - 07 - 09 - 0000 9 July 1926 (1st time) 000000001932 - 03 - 06 - 0000 6 March 1932 (2nd time) 000000001950 - 03 - 01 - 0000 1 March 1950 (3rd time) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001931 - 12 - 15 - 0000 15 December 1931 (1st time) 000000001949 - 01 - 21 - 0000 21 January 1949 (2nd time) 000000001975 - 04 - 05 - 0000 5 April 1975 (3rd time) </P> </Td> <Td> 47 years, 149 days (22 years, 114 days in Mainland China) (7003916600000000000 ♠ 25 years, 35 days on Taiwan) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal </Td> <Td> Mongolian People's Republic </Td> <Td> General Secretary Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001940 - 04 - 08 - 0000 8 April 1940 </Td> <Td> 000000001984 - 08 - 23 - 0000 23 August 1984 </Td> <Td> 7004162080000000000 ♠ 44 years, 137 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paul Biya </Td> <Td> Cameroon </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001975 - 06 - 30 - 0000 30 June 1975 </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> 7004155700000000000 ♠ 42 years, 229 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Omar Bongo </Td> <Td> Gabon </Td> <Td> President Vice-President </Td> <Td> 000000001966 - 11 - 12 - 0000 12 November 1966 </Td> <Td> 000000002009 - 05 - 06 - 0000 6 May 2009 </Td> <Td> 7004155160000000000 ♠ 42 years, 175 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Muammar Gaddafi </Td> <Td> Libyan Arab Republic Libyan Arab Jamahiriya </Td> <Td> Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Secretary General of the General People's Congress Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 000000001969 - 09 - 01 - 0000 1 September 1969 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 10 - 20 - 0000 20 October 2011 </Td> <Td> 7004153890000000000 ♠ 42 years, 49 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enver Hoxha </Td> <Td> Democratic Government of Albania People's Republic of Albania People's Socialist Republic of Albania </Td> <Td> Prime Minister First Secretary </Td> <Td> 000000001944 - 10 - 24 - 0000 24 October 1944 </Td> <Td> 000000001985 - 04 - 11 - 0000 11 April 1985 </Td> <Td> 7004147790000000000 ♠ 40 years, 169 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mohamed Abdelaziz </Td> <Td> Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </Td> <Td> General Secretary President </Td> <Td> 000000001976 - 08 - 30 - 0000 30 August 1976 </Td> <Td> 000000002016 - 05 - 31 - 0000 31 May 2016 </Td> <Td> 7004145190000000000 ♠ 39 years, 275 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francisco Franco </Td> <Td> Spanish State </Td> <Td> Generalísimo Head of State Caudillo Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 000000001936 - 10 - 01 - 0000 1 October 1936 </Td> <Td> 000000001975 - 11 - 20 - 0000 20 November 1975 </Td> <Td> 7004142940000000000 ♠ 39 years, 50 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo </Td> <Td> Equatorial Guinea </Td> <Td> Chairman of the Supreme Military Council President </Td> <Td> 000000001979 - 08 - 03 - 0000 3 August 1979 </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> 7004140750000000000 ♠ 38 years, 195 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> José Eduardo dos Santos </Td> <Td> People's Republic of Angola Angola </Td> <Td> President and Chairman of the MPLA State President </Td> <Td> 000000001979 - 09 - 10 - 0000 10 September 1979 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 09 - 26 - 0000 26 September 2017 </Td> <Td> 7004138960000000000 ♠ 38 years, 16 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Éamon de Valera </Td> <Td> Irish Republic Irish Free State Ireland </Td> <Td> President of Dáil Éireann President of the Republic President of the Executive Council Taoiseach President </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001919 - 04 - 01 - 0000 1 April 1919 (1st time) 000000001932 - 03 - 09 - 0000 9 March 1932 (2nd time) 000000001951 - 06 - 13 - 0000 13 June 1951 (3rd time) 000000001957 - 03 - 20 - 0000 20 March 1957 (4th time) 000000001959 - 06 - 25 - 0000 25 June 1959 (5th time) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001922 - 01 - 09 - 0000 9 January 1922 (1st time) 000000001948 - 02 - 18 - 0000 18 February 1948 (2nd time) 000000001954 - 06 - 02 - 0000 2 June 1954 (3rd time) 000000001959 - 06 - 23 - 0000 23 June 1959 (4th time) 000000001973 - 06 - 24 - 0000 24 June 1973 (5th time) </P> </Td> <Td> 37 years, 347 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gnassingbé Eyadéma </Td> <Td> Togo </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 000000001967 - 04 - 14 - 0000 14 April 1967 </Td> <Td> 000000002005 - 02 - 05 - 0000 5 February 2005 </Td> <Td> 7004138120000000000 ♠ 37 years, 297 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Mugabe </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Party President and First Secretary State President </Td> <Td> 000000001980 - 04 - 18 - 0000 18 April 1980 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 11 - 21 - 0000 21 November 2017 </Td> <Td> 7004137310000000000 ♠ 37 years, 217 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Josip Broz Tito </Td> <Td> Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia </Td> <Td> General Secretary / President of the Presidency of the Central Committee Prime Minister President Marshal </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 11 - 29 - 0000 29 November 1943 </Td> <Td> 000000001980 - 05 - 04 - 0000 4 May 1980 </Td> <Td> 7004133060000000000 ♠ 36 years, 157 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ali Khamenei </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> President Supreme Leader </Td> <Td> 000000001981 - 10 - 13 - 0000 13 October 1981 </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> 7004132730000000000 ♠ 36 years, 124 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> António de Oliveira Salazar </Td> <Td> Second Portuguese Republic </Td> <Td> President of the Council of Ministers </Td> <Td> 000000001932 - 07 - 05 - 0000 5 July 1932 </Td> <Td> 000000001968 - 09 - 25 - 0000 25 September 1968 </Td> <Td> 7004132310000000000 ♠ 36 years, 82 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Todor Zhivkov </Td> <Td> People's Republic of Bulgaria </Td> <Td> General Secretary Prime Minister Chairman of the State Council </Td> <Td> 000000001954 - 03 - 04 - 0000 4 March 1954 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 11 - 17 - 0000 17 November 1989 </Td> <Td> 7004130420000000000 ♠ 35 years, 258 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alfredo Stroessner </Td> <Td> Paraguay </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 000000001954 - 05 - 04 - 0000 4 May 1954 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 02 - 03 - 0000 3 February 1989 </Td> <Td> 7004126940000000000 ♠ 34 years, 275 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Denis Sassou Nguesso </Td> <Td> People's Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo </Td> <Td> President of the Central Committee State President </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001979 - 02 - 08 - 0000 8 February 1979 (1st time) 000000001997 - 10 - 25 - 0000 25 October 1997 (2nd time) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001992 - 08 - 31 - 0000 31 August 1992 (1st time) present (2nd time) </P> </Td> <Td> 7004123700000000000 ♠ 33 years, 317 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ali Abdullah Saleh </Td> <Td> North Yemen Yemen </Td> <Td> President of North Yemen President </Td> <Td> 000000001978 - 06 - 24 - 0000 24 June 1978 </Td> <Td> 000000002012 - 02 - 25 - 0000 25 February 2012 </Td> <Td> 7004122750000000000 ♠ 33 years, 222 days (7003794900000000000 ♠ 21 years, 279 days after unification) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Félix Houphouët - Boigny </Td> <Td> Côte d'Ivoire </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001960 - 08 - 07 - 0000 7 August 1960 </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 12 - 07 - 0000 7 December 1993 </Td> <Td> 7004121750000000000 ♠ 33 years, 122 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hun Sen </Td> <Td> People's Republic of Kampuchea State of Cambodia Cambodia </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 000000001984 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 1984 </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> 7004120980000000000 ♠ 33 years, 45 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dawda Jawara </Td> <Td> The Gambia </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001962 - 06 - 12 - 0000 12 June 1962 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 07 - 22 - 0000 22 July 1994 </Td> <Td> 7004117280000000000 ♠ 32 years, 40 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yoweri Museveni </Td> <Td> Uganda </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 000000001986 - 01 - 26 - 0000 26 January 1986 </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> 7004117070000000000 ♠ 32 years, 19 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Phạm Văn Đồng </Td> <Td> North Vietnam Vietnam </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 000000001955 - 09 - 20 - 0000 20 September 1955 </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 06 - 18 - 0000 18 June 1987 </Td> <Td> 7004115940000000000 ♠ 31 years, 271 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> János Kádár </Td> <Td> Hungarian People's Republic </Td> <Td> General Secretary Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 000000001956 - 10 - 25 - 0000 25 October 1956 </Td> <Td> 000000001988 - 05 - 27 - 0000 27 May 1988 </Td> <Td> 7004115370000000000 ♠ 31 years, 215 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Habib Bourguiba </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001956 - 04 - 11 - 0000 11 April 1956 </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 11 - 07 - 0000 7 November 1987 </Td> <Td> 7004115320000000000 ♠ 31 years, 210 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lee Kuan Yew </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 000000001959 - 06 - 05 - 0000 5 June 1959 </Td> <Td> 000000001990 - 11 - 28 - 0000 28 November 1990 </Td> <Td> 7004114990000000000 ♠ 31 years, 176 days (as Prime Minister) (7004189780000000000 ♠ 51 years, 350 days as a Member of the Cabinet) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mobutu Sese Seko </Td> <Td> Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 000000001965 - 11 - 24 - 0000 24 November 1965 </Td> <Td> 000000001997 - 05 - 16 - 0000 16 May 1997 </Td> <Td> 7004114960000000000 ♠ 31 years, 173 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hastings Kamuzu Banda </Td> <Td> Malaŵi </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001963 - 02 - 01 - 0000 1 February 1963 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 05 - 21 - 0000 21 May 1994 </Td> <Td> 7004114320000000000 ♠ 31 years, 109 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rafael Trujillo </Td> <Td> Dominican Republic </Td> <Td> President Generalísimo </Td> <Td> 000000001930 - 03 - 03 - 0000 3 March 1930 </Td> <Td> 000000001961 - 05 - 30 - 0000 30 May 1961 </Td> <Td> 7004114110000000000 ♠ 31 years, 88 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Suharto </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 000000001967 - 03 - 12 - 0000 12 March 1967 </Td> <Td> 000000001998 - 05 - 21 - 0000 21 May 1998 </Td> <Td> 7004113930000000000 ♠ 31 years, 70 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Urho Kekkonen </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001950 - 03 - 17 - 0000 17 March 1950 (1st time) 000000001954 - 10 - 20 - 0000 20 October 1954 (2nd time) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001953 - 11 - 17 - 0000 17 November 1953 (1st time) 000000001982 - 01 - 27 - 0000 27 January 1982 (2nd time) </P> </Td> <Td> 30 years, 342 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Stalin </Td> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td> General Secretary Premier Marshal </Td> <Td> 000000001922 - 04 - 03 - 0000 3 April 1922 </Td> <Td> 000000001953 - 03 - 05 - 0000 5 March 1953 </Td> <Td> 7004112940000000000 ♠ 30 years, 336 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Porfirio Díaz </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001876 - 11 - 28 - 0000 28 November 1876 (1st time) 000000001877 - 02 - 17 - 0000 17 February 1877 (2nd time) 000000001884 - 12 - 01 - 0000 1 December 1884 (3rd time) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> 000000001876 - 12 - 06 - 0000 6 December 1876 (1st time) 000000001880 - 12 - 01 - 0000 1 December 1880 (2nd time) 000000001911 - 05 - 25 - 0000 25 May 1911 (3rd time) </P> </Td> <Td> 30 years, 106 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdou Diouf </Td> <Td> Senegal </Td> <Td> Prime Minister President </Td> <Td> 000000001970 - 02 - 26 - 0000 26 February 1970 </Td> <Td> 000000002000 - 04 - 01 - 0000 1 April 2000 </Td> <Td> 7004109920000000000 ♠ 30 years, 35 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maumoon Abdul Gayoom </Td> <Td> Maldives </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 000000001978 - 11 - 11 - 0000 11 November 1978 </Td> <Td> 000000002008 - 11 - 11 - 0000 11 November 2008 </Td> <Td> 7004109580000000000 ♠ 30 years, 0 days </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Term began </Th> <Th> Term ended </Th> <Th> Term length </Th> </Tr>

Who is the longest ruling non-royal head of state