Longest-Serving Political Leaders (from longest to shortest, per image — 2025)

1. 🇨🇲 Paul Biya (Cameroon) — 50 years

2. 🇬🇶 Teodoro Obiang Nguema (Equatorial Guinea) — 45 years

3. 🇮🇷 Ali Khamenei (Iran) — 43 years

4. 🇺🇬 Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) — 39 years

5. 🇨🇬 Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Republic of the Congo) — 39 years

6. 🇪🇷 Isaias Afwerki (Eritrea) — 32 years

7. 🇹🇯 Emomali Rahmon (Tajikistan) — 32 years

8. 🇧🇾 Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus) — 31 years

9. 🇩🇯 Ismail Omar Guelleh (Djibouti) — 26 years

10. 🇷🇼 Paul Kagame (Rwanda) — 25 years

11. 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin (Russia) — 25 years