<P> 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, who are not royalty, and have served ten years or longer, sorted by length of tenure . </P> <P> 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 figure 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Office </Th> <Th> Tenure began </Th> <Th> Length of tenure </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paul Biya </Td> <Td> Cameroon </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 30 June 1975 </Td> <Td> 7004154360000000000 ♠ 42 years, 95 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo </Td> <Td> Equatorial Guinea </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 3 August 1979 </Td> <Td> 7004139410000000000 ♠ 38 years, 61 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Mugabe </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 18 April 1980 </Td> <Td> 7004136820000000000 ♠ 37 years, 168 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 4 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ali Khamenei </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> President, then Supreme Leader </Td> <Td> 13 October 1981 </Td> <Td> 7004131390000000000 ♠ 35 years, 355 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nursultan Nazarbayev </Td> <Td> Kazakhstan </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then First Secretary, then President </Td> <Td> 22 March 1984 </Td> <Td> 7004122480000000000 ♠ 33 years, 195 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Denis Sassou Nguesso </Td> <Td> Republic of the Congo </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 8 February 1979--31 August 1992 (1st time) 25 October 1997--present (2nd time) </Td> <Td> 7004122360000000000 ♠ 33 years, 183 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hun Sen </Td> <Td> Cambodia </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 14 January 1985 </Td> <Td> 7004119500000000000 ♠ 32 years, 262 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yoweri Museveni </Td> <Td> Uganda </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 26 January 1986 </Td> <Td> 7004115730000000000 ♠ 31 years, 250 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Omar al - Bashir </Td> <Td> Sudan </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 30 June 1989 </Td> <Td> 7004103220000000000 ♠ 28 years, 95 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Idriss Déby </Td> <Td> Chad </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 2 December 1990 </Td> <Td> 7003980200000000000 ♠ 26 years, 305 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isaias Afwerki </Td> <Td> Eritrea </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 27 April 1991 </Td> <Td> 7003965600000000000 ♠ 26 years, 159 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Emomali Rahmon </Td> <Td> Tajikistan </Td> <Td> Acting Head of State, then President </Td> <Td> 19 November 1992 </Td> <Td> 7003908400000000000 ♠ 24 years, 318 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paul Kagame </Td> <Td> Rwanda </Td> <Td> Vice-President, then President </Td> <Td> 19 July 1994 </Td> <Td> 7003847700000000000 ♠ 23 years, 76 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alexander Lukashenko </Td> <Td> Belarus </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 20 July 1994 </Td> <Td> 7003847600000000000 ♠ 23 years, 75 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kim Yong - nam </Td> <Td> North Korea </Td> <Td> President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly </Td> <Td> 5 September 1998 </Td> <Td> 7003696800000000000 ♠ 19 years, 28 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi </Td> <Td> Samoa </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 23 November 1998 </Td> <Td> 7003688900000000000 ♠ 18 years, 314 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdelaziz Bouteflika </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 27 April 1999 </Td> <Td> 7003673400000000000 ♠ 18 years, 159 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ismaïl Omar Guelleh </Td> <Td> Djibouti </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 8 May 1999 </Td> <Td> 7003672300000000000 ♠ 18 years, 148 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 9 August 1999 </Td> <Td> 7003663000000000000 ♠ 18 years, 55 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bashar al - Assad </Td> <Td> Syria </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 17 July 2000 </Td> <Td> 7003628700000000000 ♠ 17 years, 78 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Kabila </Td> <Td> Democratic Republic of the Congo </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 17 January 2001 </Td> <Td> 7003610300000000000 ♠ 16 years, 259 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ralph Gonsalves </Td> <Td> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 29 March 2001 </Td> <Td> 7003603200000000000 ♠ 16 years, 188 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Recep Tayyip Erdoğan </Td> <Td> Turkey </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 14 March 2003 </Td> <Td> 7003531700000000000 ♠ 14 years, 203 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Filip Vujanović </Td> <Td> Montenegro </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 22 May 2003 </Td> <Td> 7003524800000000000 ♠ 14 years, 134 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ilham Aliyev </Td> <Td> Azerbaijan </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 4 August 2003 </Td> <Td> 7003517400000000000 ♠ 14 years, 60 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Artur Rasizade </Td> <Td> Azerbaijan </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 6 August 2003 </Td> <Td> 7003517200000000000 ♠ 14 years, 58 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdelkader Taleb Omar </Td> <Td> Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 29 October 2003 </Td> <Td> 7003508800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 339 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shavkat Mirziyoyev </Td> <Td> Uzbekistan </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 12 December 2003 </Td> <Td> 7003504400000000000 ♠ 13 years, 295 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roosevelt Skerrit </Td> <Td> Dominica </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 8 January 2004 </Td> <Td> 7003501700000000000 ♠ 13 years, 268 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lee Hsien Loong </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 12 August 2004 </Td> <Td> 7003480000000000000 ♠ 13 years, 52 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mahmoud Abbas </Td> <Td> Palestine </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 15 January 2005 </Td> <Td> 7003464400000000000 ♠ 12 years, 261 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Faure Gnassingbé </Td> <Td> Togo </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 4 May 2005 </Td> <Td> 7003453500000000000 ♠ 12 years, 152 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Salva Kiir Mayardit </Td> <Td> South Sudan </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 30 July 2005 </Td> <Td> 7003444800000000000 ♠ 12 years, 65 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pierre Nkurunziza </Td> <Td> Burundi </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 26 August 2005 </Td> <Td> 7003442100000000000 ♠ 12 years, 38 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> Federal Chancellor </Td> <Td> 22 November 2005 </Td> <Td> 7003433300000000000 ♠ 11 years, 315 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ellen Johnson Sirleaf </Td> <Td> Liberia </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 16 January 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003427800000000000 ♠ 11 years, 260 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Evo Morales </Td> <Td> Bolivia </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 22 January 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003427200000000000 ♠ 11 years, 254 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Raúl Castro </Td> <Td> Cuba </Td> <Td> First Secretary, President and Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 31 July 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003408200000000000 ♠ 11 years, 64 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Benjamin Netanyahu </Td> <Td> Israel </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 18 June 1996--6 July 1999 (1st time) 31 March 2009--present (2nd time) </Td> <Td> 7003423900000000000 ♠ 11 years, 221 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Viktor Orbán </Td> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 6 July 1998--27 May 2002 (1st time) 29 May 2010--present (2nd time) </Td> <Td> 7003410500000000000 ♠ 11 years, 87 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Doris Leuthard </Td> <Td> Switzerland </Td> <Td> Federal Council Member, currently President </Td> <Td> 1 August 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003408100000000000 ♠ 11 years, 63 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Bainimarama </Td> <Td> Fiji </Td> <Td> Acting Head of State, then Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 5 December 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003395500000000000 ♠ 10 years, 302 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow </Td> <Td> Turkmenistan </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 21 December 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003393900000000000 ♠ 10 years, 286 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Daniel Ortega </Td> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> <Td> Acting Head of State, then President </Td> <Td> 4 March 1981--10 January 1985 (1st time) 10 January 1985--25 April 1990 (2nd time) 10 January 2007--present (3rd time) </Td> <Td> 7003391900000000000 ♠ 10 years, 266 days (3rd time) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Serzh Sargsyan </Td> <Td> Armenia </Td> <Td> Prime Minister, then President </Td> <Td> 25 March 2007 </Td> <Td> 7003384500000000000 ♠ 10 years, 192 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bako Sahakyan </Td> <Td> Artsakh </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 7 September 2007 </Td> <Td> 7003367900000000000 ♠ 10 years, 26 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ernest Bai Koroma </Td> <Td> Sierra Leone </Td> <Td> President </Td> <Td> 17 September 2007 </Td> <Td> 7003366900000000000 ♠ 10 years, 16 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> xx . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini </Td> <Td> Swaziland </Td> <Td> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> 26 July 1996--29 September 2003 (1st time) 23 October 2008--present (2nd time) </Td> <Td> 7003326700000000000 ♠ 8 years, 345 days (2nd time) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> xx . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dési Bouterse </Td> <Td> Suriname </Td> <Td> De Facto Head of State, then President </Td> <Td> 25 February 1980 - 25 January 1988 (1st time) 12 August 2010 - present (2nd time) </Td> <Td> 7003260900000000000 ♠ 7 years, 52 days (2nd time) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Office </Th> <Th> Tenure began </Th> <Th> Length of tenure </Th> </Tr>

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