As the world stare at the exit of Zimbabwe’s immediate former president Robert Mugabe, we would like to list top 10 longest serving presidents in the world.
In this list, some presidents have served up to 42 years, some are still in power while others have been overthrown, just like Mugabe.
Here is the list.
- Paul Biya, Cameroon – 42 years 130 days.
- Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea – 38 years 96 days.
- Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe – 37 years 203 days.
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran – 36 years 25 days.
- Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan – 33 years 230 days
- Denis Sassou Nguesso, Congo – 33 years 218 days
- Hun Sen, Cambodia – 32 years 297 days
- Yoweri Museveni, Uganda – 31 years 281 days
- Omar al-Bashir, Sudan – 28 years, 130 days.
- Idriss Deby, Chad – 26 years 340 days.
