List of current longest-ruling non-royal national leaders

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
1.	File:Paul Biya 2014.png	Paul Biya	91	Cameroon	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30 June 1975	49 years, 6 days
2.	File:Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the White House in 2014.jpg	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	82	Equatorial Guinea	President^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3 August 1979	44 years, 338 days
3.	File:Ali Khamenei portrait 2019.jpg	Ali Khamenei	85	Iran	President, then Supreme Leader^{[lower-alpha 3]}	13 October 1981	42 years, 267 days
4.	File:Denis Sassou Nguesso 2014.png	Denis Sassou Nguesso	80	Republic of the Congo	President^{[lower-alpha 4]}	8 February 1979 – 31 August 1992 (1st time) 25 October 1997 – present (2nd time)	40 years, 94 days
5.	File:Hun Sen at 12th ASEM (cropped).jpg	Hun Sen	71	Cambodia	Prime Minister^{[lower-alpha 5]}	26 December 1984	39 years, 193 days
6.	File:Yoweri Museveni September 2015.jpg	Yoweri Museveni	79	Uganda	President	26 January 1986	38 years, 162 days
7.	File:Nursultan Nazarbayev at the 2013 Astana Economic Forum (cropped).jpg	Nursultan Nazarbayev	84	Error creating thumbnail: Kazakhstan	Chairman of the Security Council, formerly President^{[lower-alpha 6]}	16 December 1991	32 years, 203 days
8.	File:Emomali Rahmon-1.jpg	Emomali Rahmon	71	Tajikistan	De facto Head of State, then President^{[lower-alpha 7]}	19 November 1992	31 years, 230 days
9.	File:Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in the Eritrean city of Massawa (cropped).JPG	Isaias Afwerki	78	Eritrea	President^{[lower-alpha 8]}	24 May 1993	31 years, 43 days
10.	File:Alexander Lukashenko crop.jpeg	Alexander Lukashenko	69	Error creating thumbnail: Belarus	President	20 July 1994	29 years, 352 days
11.	File:Daniel Ortega (cropped).jpg	Daniel Ortega	78	Nicaragua	Acting Head of State, then President^{[lower-alpha 9]}	4 March 1981 – 25 April 1990 (1st time) 10 January 2007 – present (2nd time)	26 years, 230 days
12.	File:Ismail Omar Guelleh 2018.jpg	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	76	Djibouti	President	8 May 1999	25 years, 59 days
13.	File:Vladimir Putin - 2006.jpg	Vladimir Putin	71	Russia	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 10]}	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, 332 days
14.	File:Keith Mitchell.jpg	Keith Mitchell	77	Grenada	Prime Minister	22 June 1995 – 9 July 2008 (1st time) 20 February 2013 – present (2nd time)	24 years, 154 days
15.	File:Paul Kagame Portrait 2016-10-14.jpg	Paul Kagame	66	Rwanda	President	22 April 2000	24 years, 75 days
16.	File:H.E. Hage Gottfried Geingob (cropped).jpg	Hage Geingob	82	Namibia	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 11]}	21 March 1990 – 28 August 2002 (1st time) 4 December 2012 – present (2nd time)	24 years, 9 days
17.	File:Bashar al-Assad (cropped).jpg	Bashar al-Assad	58	File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria	President	17 July 2000	23 years, 355 days
18.	File:Ralph Gonsalves.jpg	Ralph Gonsalves	77	File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Prime Minister	29 March 2001	23 years, 99 days
19.	File:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2019 (cropped).jpg	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	70	Turkey	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 12]}	14 March 2003	21 years, 114 days
20.	File:Ilham Aliyev 2020 (cropped).jpg	Ilham Aliyev	62	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 13]}	4 August 2003	20 years, 337 days
21.	File:Mirziyoyev Kuksaroy.png	Shavkat Mirziyoyev	66	File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 14]}	12 December 2003	20 years, 207 days
22.	File:Sheikh Hasina in New York - 2018 (44057292035) (cropped).jpg	Sheikh Hasina	76	Bangladesh	Prime Minister	23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 (1st time) 6 January 2009 – present (2nd time)	20 years, 204 days
23.	File:RooseveltSkerrit.jpg	Roosevelt Skerrit	52	Dominica	Prime Minister	8 January 2004	20 years, 180 days
–	File:Mahmoud Abbas 2007.jpg	Mahmoud Abbas	88	Palestine	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 15]}	19 March 2003 – 6 September 2003 (1st time) 15 January 2005 – present (2nd time)	19 years, 344 days
24.	File:Lee Hsien Loong June 2018.JPG	Lee Hsien Loong	72	Singapore	Prime Minister	12 August 2004	19 years, 329 days
25.	File:Faure Gnassingbé 2014.png	Faure Gnassingbé	58	Togo	President^{[lower-alpha 16]}	5 February 2005 – 25 February 2005 (1st time) 4 May 2005 – present (2nd time)	19 years, 83 days
26.	File:Angela Merkel. Tallinn Digital Summit.jpg	Angela Merkel	69	Germany	Federal Chancellor	22 November 2005	18 years, 227 days
27.	File:Viktor Orbán 2018.jpg	Viktor Orbán	61	File:Flag of Hungary with arms (state).svg Hungary	Prime Minister	6 July 1998 – 27 May 2002 (1st time) 29 May 2010 – present (2nd time)	17 years, 364 days
28.	File:Frank Bainimarama November 2014.jpg	Frank Bainimarama	70	Fiji	Acting Head of State, then Prime Minister^{[lower-alpha 17]}	29 May 2000 – 13 July 2000 (1st time) 5 December 2006 – present (2nd time)	17 years, 259 days
29.	File:Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.jpg	Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow	67	Turkmenistan	President^{[lower-alpha 18]}	21 December 2006	17 years, 198 days
30.	File:A. Ouattara.jpg	Alassane Ouattara	82	Côte d'Ivoire	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 19]}	7 November 1990 – 9 December 1993 (1st time) 4 December 2010 – present (2nd time)	16 years, 247 days
31.	File:The former President of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa meeting the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on September 12, 2018 (cropped).JPG	Mahinda Rajapaksa	78	Sri Lanka	Prime Minister^{[lower-alpha 20]}	6 April 2004 – 19 November 2005 (1st term as Prime Minister) 19 November 2005 – 9 January 2015 (Term as president) 26 October 2018 – 15 December 2018 (2nd disputed term as Prime Minister)^{[lower-alpha 21]} 21 November 2019 – present (3rd term as Prime Minister)	15 years, 191 days
32.	File:Ueli Maurer2018.jpg	Ueli Maurer	73	Switzerland	Federal Council Member, formerly President^{[lower-alpha 22]}	1 January 2009	15 years, 187 days
33.	File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With President Macky Sall in Dakar (49554060831) (cropped).jpg	Macky Sall	62	Senegal	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 23]}	21 April 2004 – 19 June 2007 (1st time) 2 April 2012 – present (2nd time)	15 years, 155 days
34.	File:Miloš Zeman březen 2015.JPG	Miloš Zeman	79	Czech Republic	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 24]}	22 July 1998 – 15 July 2002 (1st time) 8 March 2013 – present (2nd time)	15 years, 113 days
35.	File:President Azali Assoumani.jpg	Azali Assoumani	65	Comoros	President^{[lower-alpha 25]}	30 April 1999 – 21 January 2002 (1st time) 6 May 2002 – 26 May 2006 (2nd time) 26 May 2016 – present (3rd time)	14 years, 328 days
36.	File:Borut Pahor (cropped).jpg	Borut Pahor	60	Slovenia	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 26]}	21 November 2008 – 10 February 2012 (1st time) 22 December 2012 – present (2nd time)	14 years, 278 days
37.	File:Ali Bongo - allocution du 21 mars 2020 (cropped).jpg	Ali Bongo Ondimba	65	Gabon	President	16 October 2009	14 years, 264 days
–	File:Arayik Harutyunyan.png	Arayik Harutyunyan	50	Error creating thumbnail: Artsakh	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 27]}	14 September 2007 – 25 September 2017 (1st time) 21 May 2020 – present (2nd time)	14 years, 57 days
38.	File:Mark Rutte 2015 (1).jpg	Mark Rutte	57	Netherlands	Prime Minister	14 October 2010	13 years, 266 days
39.	File:Simonetta Sommaruga 2016.jpg	Simonetta Sommaruga	64	Switzerland	Federal Council Member, formerly President^{[lower-alpha 28]}	1 November 2010	13 years, 248 days
40.	File:Nguyễn Phú Trọng 092916 (cropped).jpg	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	80	Vietnam	General Secretary, formerly also President^{[lower-alpha 29]}	19 January 2011	13 years, 169 days
41.	File:Milo Đukanović in 2010 (cropped).jpg	Milo Đukanović	62	Montenegro	President^{[lower-alpha 30]}	3 June 2006 – 10 November 2006 (1st term as Prime Minister) 29 February 2008 – 29 December 2010 (2nd term as Prime Minister) 4 December 2012 – 29 November 2016 (3rd term as Prime Minister) 20 May 2018 – present (Term as president)	13 years, 143 days
42.	File:Faustin Touadera October 2019.jpg	Faustin-Archange Touadéra	67	Central African Republic	Prime Minister, then President^{[lower-alpha 31]}	22 January 2008 – 17 January 2013 (1st time) 30 March 2016 – present (2nd time)	13 years, 94 days
43.	File:Salva Kiir Mayardit at the White House (cropped).jpg	Salva Kiir Mayardit	72	South Sudan	President^{[lower-alpha 32]}	9 July 2011	12 years, 363 days
44.	File:Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.jpg	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi	78	Yemen	Acting President, then President^{[lower-alpha 33]}	4 June 2011 – 23 September 2011 (1st time) 23 November 2011 – present (2nd time)	12 years, 335 days
45.	File:Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca no Brasil.jpg	Jorge Carlos Fonseca	73	Cabo Verde	President	9 September 2011	12 years, 301 days

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↑ Was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 30 June 1975 to 6 November 1982
↑ Was Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council / Supreme Military Council of Equatorial Guinea from 3 August 1979 to 12 October 1982
↑ Was President of Iran from 13 October 1981 to 2 August 1989, leaving the presidency close to two months after becoming Supreme Leader. Was approved as Supreme Leader of Iran by the Assembly of Experts and sworn in on 4 June 1989, shortly after the death of the founder of this Shia Islamic republic, Ruhollah Khomeini.
↑ Was previously President from 8 February 1979 to 31 August 1992, when the country was a one-Party state known as the People's Republic of the Congo
↑ Was Acting Prime Minister of the Vietnam-occupation one-Party state called the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 26 December 1984 to 14 January 1985, then Prime Minister of the Vietnam-occupation one-Party state People's Republic of Kampuchea from 14 January 1985 to 1 May 1989. Was also Prime Minister during the entire existence of the State of Cambodia from 1 May 1989 to 24 September 1993.
↑ Was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 22 June 1989 to 14 December 1991, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (Speaker of Parliament and de facto head of state) of the Kazakh SSR from 22 February 1990 to 24 April 1990, and President of the Kazakh SSR from 24 April 1990 to 16 December 1991, on which date Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union. He has an emeritus position as permanent Chairman of the Kazakh National Security Council from 12 July 2018 to the present.
↑ Was Chairman of the Supreme Assembly (Speaker of Parliament) of Tajikistan – de facto head of state – from 19 November 1992 to 16 November 1994
↑ Was Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea from 27 April 1991 to 24 May 1993, when Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia.
↑ Was a member of the Nicaraguan Junta of National Reconstruction from 18 July 1979 to 4 March 1981, then the Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction (effectively the head of state) from 4 March 1981 to 10 January 1985; he was then President from 10 January 1985 to 25 April 1990.
↑ Was Prime Minister of Russia from 9 August 1999 to 7 May 2000 and Acting President from 31 December 1999 to 7 May 2000; then President of Russia from 7 May 2000 to 7 May 2008; then Prime Minister again from 8 May 2008 to 7 May 2012.
↑ Was Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March 1990 to 28 August 2002 and 4 December 2012 to 21 March 2015
↑ Was Prime Minister of Turkey from 14 March 2003 to 28 August 2014
↑ Was Acting President of Azerbaijan from 6 August 2003 to 31 October 2003
↑ Was Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 12 December 2003 to 14 December 2016, and Acting President from 8 September 2016 to 14 December 2016.
↑ Was Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 19 March 2003 to 6 September 2003
↑ Was President of Togo from 5 February 2005 to 25 February 2005, when it was disputed whether he had inherited the presidency from his deceased father, Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
↑ Was President of the second Interim Military Government of Fiji from 29 May 2000 to 13 July 2000; then President of a third Interim Military Government of Fiji from 5 December 2006 to 4 January 2007. Was Acting Prime Minister from 5 January 2007 to 22 September 2014.
↑ Was Acting President of Turkmenistan from 21 December 2006 to 14 February 2007
↑ Was Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 7 November 1990 to 9 December 1993. The Presidency was disputed between Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo from 4 December 2010 to 11 April 2011.
↑ Was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 6 April 2004 to 19 November 2005, President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015, then the disputed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (with Ranil Wickremesinghe) from 26 October 2018 to 15 December 2018.
↑ The office of Prime Minister was disputed between Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe from 26 October 2018 to 15 December 2018.
↑ The Swiss Federal Council is a collective seven-member head of state. Maurer previously served as chairperson of the Federal Council, i.e. the President of the Swiss Confederation, in the constitutional customary one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2013 and 1 January to 31 December 2019. From 1 January to 31 December 2012 and 1 January to 31 December 2018, he was the deputy chairperson of the Federal Council, or Vice President of Switzerland.
↑ Was Prime Minister of Senegal from 21 April 2004 to 19 June 2007
↑ Was Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 22 July 1998 to 15 July 2002
↑ Was Chief of Staff of the National Development Army (de facto leader of the Comoros) from 30 April 1999 to 6 May 1999, Head of State of the Comoros from 6 May 1999 to 21 January 2002, then the elected President from 6 May 2002 to 26 May 2006.
↑ Was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 21 November 2008 to 10 February 2012
↑ Was Prime Minister of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh from 14 September 2007 to 25 September 2017. The country was called the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh until 10 March 2017.
↑ The Swiss Federal Council is a collective seven-member head of state. Sommaruga previously served as chairperson of the Federal Council, i.e. the President of the Swiss Confederation, in the constitutional customary one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2015 and 1 January to 31 December 2020. From 1 January to 31 December 2014 and 1 January to 31 December 2019, she was the deputy chairperson of the Federal Council, or Vice President of Switzerland.
↑ Was concurrently the President of Vietnam from 23 October 2018 to 5 April 2021. Under the one-Party system, the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam is a more important and powerful office than the Presidency of Vietnam.
↑ Was Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro from 15 February 1991 to 5 February 1998, both Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Montenegro from 15 January 1998 to 5 February 1998, President of the Republic of Montenegro from 15 January 1998 to 25 November 2002, Prime Minister again from 8 January 2003 to 10 November 2006; then Prime Minister of independent Montenegro from 29 February 2008 to 29 December 2010 and 4 December 2012 to 29 November 2016. Montenegro became independent on 3 June 2006 by seceding from Serbia and Montenegro.
↑ Was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 22 January 2008 to 17 January 2013
↑ Was President of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region – a region of Sudan – from 30 July 2005 to 9 July 2011, when South Sudan declared independence.
↑ Was Acting President of Yemen from 4 June 2011 to 23 September 2011 and 23 November 2011 to 27 February 2012. Since 6 February 2015, the office of Head of State of Yemen has been disputed between Hadi and commanders of the Ansar Allah Houthi movement.

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[1] Was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 30 June 1975 to 6 November 1982

[2] Was Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council / Supreme Military Council of Equatorial Guinea from 3 August 1979 to 12 October 1982

[3] Was President of Iran from 13 October 1981 to 2 August 1989, leaving the presidency close to two months after becoming Supreme Leader. Was approved as Supreme Leader of Iran by the Assembly of Experts and sworn in on 4 June 1989, shortly after the death of the founder of this Shia Islamic republic, Ruhollah Khomeini.

[4] Was previously President from 8 February 1979 to 31 August 1992, when the country was a one-Party state known as the People's Republic of the Congo

[5] Was Acting Prime Minister of the Vietnam-occupation one-Party state called the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 26 December 1984 to 14 January 1985, then Prime Minister of the Vietnam-occupation one-Party state People's Republic of Kampuchea from 14 January 1985 to 1 May 1989. Was also Prime Minister during the entire existence of the State of Cambodia from 1 May 1989 to 24 September 1993.

[6] Was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 22 June 1989 to 14 December 1991, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (Speaker of Parliament and de facto head of state) of the Kazakh SSR from 22 February 1990 to 24 April 1990, and President of the Kazakh SSR from 24 April 1990 to 16 December 1991, on which date Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union. He has an emeritus position as permanent Chairman of the Kazakh National Security Council from 12 July 2018 to the present.

[7] Was Chairman of the Supreme Assembly (Speaker of Parliament) of Tajikistan – de facto head of state – from 19 November 1992 to 16 November 1994

[8] Was Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea from 27 April 1991 to 24 May 1993, when Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia.

[9] Was a member of the Nicaraguan Junta of National Reconstruction from 18 July 1979 to 4 March 1981, then the Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction (effectively the head of state) from 4 March 1981 to 10 January 1985; he was then President from 10 January 1985 to 25 April 1990.

[10] Was Prime Minister of Russia from 9 August 1999 to 7 May 2000 and Acting President from 31 December 1999 to 7 May 2000; then President of Russia from 7 May 2000 to 7 May 2008; then Prime Minister again from 8 May 2008 to 7 May 2012.

[11] Was Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March 1990 to 28 August 2002 and 4 December 2012 to 21 March 2015

[12] Was Prime Minister of Turkey from 14 March 2003 to 28 August 2014

[13] Was Acting President of Azerbaijan from 6 August 2003 to 31 October 2003

[14] Was Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 12 December 2003 to 14 December 2016, and Acting President from 8 September 2016 to 14 December 2016.

[15] Was Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 19 March 2003 to 6 September 2003

[16] Was President of Togo from 5 February 2005 to 25 February 2005, when it was disputed whether he had inherited the presidency from his deceased father, Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

[17] Was President of the second Interim Military Government of Fiji from 29 May 2000 to 13 July 2000; then President of a third Interim Military Government of Fiji from 5 December 2006 to 4 January 2007. Was Acting Prime Minister from 5 January 2007 to 22 September 2014.

[18] Was Acting President of Turkmenistan from 21 December 2006 to 14 February 2007

[19] Was Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 7 November 1990 to 9 December 1993. The Presidency was disputed between Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo from 4 December 2010 to 11 April 2011.

[20] Was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 6 April 2004 to 19 November 2005, President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015, then the disputed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (with Ranil Wickremesinghe) from 26 October 2018 to 15 December 2018.

[21] The office of Prime Minister was disputed between Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe from 26 October 2018 to 15 December 2018.

[22] The Swiss Federal Council is a collective seven-member head of state. Maurer previously served as chairperson of the Federal Council, i.e. the President of the Swiss Confederation, in the constitutional customary one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2013 and 1 January to 31 December 2019. From 1 January to 31 December 2012 and 1 January to 31 December 2018, he was the deputy chairperson of the Federal Council, or Vice President of Switzerland.

[23] Was Prime Minister of Senegal from 21 April 2004 to 19 June 2007

[24] Was Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 22 July 1998 to 15 July 2002

[25] Was Chief of Staff of the National Development Army (de facto leader of the Comoros) from 30 April 1999 to 6 May 1999, Head of State of the Comoros from 6 May 1999 to 21 January 2002, then the elected President from 6 May 2002 to 26 May 2006.

[26] Was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 21 November 2008 to 10 February 2012

[27] Was Prime Minister of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh from 14 September 2007 to 25 September 2017. The country was called the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh until 10 March 2017.

[28] The Swiss Federal Council is a collective seven-member head of state. Sommaruga previously served as chairperson of the Federal Council, i.e. the President of the Swiss Confederation, in the constitutional customary one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2015 and 1 January to 31 December 2020. From 1 January to 31 December 2014 and 1 January to 31 December 2019, she was the deputy chairperson of the Federal Council, or Vice President of Switzerland.

[29] Was concurrently the President of Vietnam from 23 October 2018 to 5 April 2021. Under the one-Party system, the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam is a more important and powerful office than the Presidency of Vietnam.

[30] Was Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro from 15 February 1991 to 5 February 1998, both Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Montenegro from 15 January 1998 to 5 February 1998, President of the Republic of Montenegro from 15 January 1998 to 25 November 2002, Prime Minister again from 8 January 2003 to 10 November 2006; then Prime Minister of independent Montenegro from 29 February 2008 to 29 December 2010 and 4 December 2012 to 29 November 2016. Montenegro became independent on 3 June 2006 by seceding from Serbia and Montenegro.

[31] Was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 22 January 2008 to 17 January 2013

[32] Was President of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region – a region of Sudan – from 30 July 2005 to 9 July 2011, when South Sudan declared independence.

[33] Was Acting President of Yemen from 4 June 2011 to 23 September 2011 and 23 November 2011 to 27 February 2012. Since 6 February 2015, the office of Head of State of Yemen has been disputed between Hadi and commanders of the Ansar Allah Houthi movement.

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