Rank
|
Name
|
Country
|
Office
|
Tenure began
|
Length of tenure
|
1.
|
Prime Minister, then President[1]
|
30 June 1975
|
42 years, 144 days
|
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2.
|
President[2]
|
3 August 1979
|
38 years, 110 days
|
||
3.
|
President, then Supreme Leader[3]
|
13 October 1981
|
36 years, 39 days
|
||
4.
|
Prime Minister, then First Secretary,
then President[4] |
22 March 1984
|
33 years, 244 days
|
||
5.
|
President[5]
|
8 February 1979 – 31 August 1992 (1st time)
25 October 1997 – present (2nd time) |
33 years, 232 days
|
||
6.
|
Prime Minister[6]
|
14 January 1985
|
32 years, 311 days
|
||
7.
|
President
|
26 January 1986
|
31 years, 299 days
|
||
8.
|
President[7]
|
30 June 1989
|
28 years, 144 days
|
||
9.
|
President[8]
|
2 December 1990
|
26 years, 354 days
|
||
10.
|
President[9]
|
27 April 1991
|
26 years, 208 days
|
||
11.
|
Acting Head of State,
then President[10] |
19 November 1992
|
25 years, 2 days
|
||
12.
|
Vice-President, then President[11]
|
19 July 1994
|
23 years, 125 days
|
||
13.
|
President
|
20 July 1994
|
23 years, 124 days
|
||
14.
|
Prime Minister[12]
|
20 July 1996 – 4 August 2003 (1st time)
6 August 2003 – present (2nd time) |
21 years, 122 days
|
||
15.
|
Acting Head of State,
then President[13] |
4 March 1981 – 25 April 1990 (1st time)
10 January 2007 – present (2nd time) |
20 years, 2 days
|
||
16.
|
President of the Presidium of the
Supreme People's Assembly[14] |
5 September 1998
|
19 years, 77 days
|
||
17.
|
Prime Minister
|
23 November 1998
|
18 years, 363 days
|
||
18.
|
President
|
27 April 1999
|
18 years, 208 days
|
||
19.
|
President
|
8 May 1999
|
18 years, 197 days
|
||
20.
|
Prime Minister, then President[15]
|
9 August 1999 – 7 May 2000 (1st term as Prime Minister)
8 May 2000 – 7 May 2008 (1st term as President) 8 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 (2nd term as Prime Minister) 7 May 2012 – present (2nd term as President) |
18 years, 104 days
|
||
21.
|
Prime Minister
|
22 June 1995 – 9 July 2008 (1st time)
20 February 2013 – present (2nd time) |
17 years, 291 days
|
||
22.
|
Prime Minister, then President[16]
|
21 March 1990 – 28 August 2002 (1st time)
4 December 2012 – present (2nd time) |
17 years, 147 days
|
||
23.
|
President
|
17 July 2000
|
17 years, 127 days
|
||
24.
|
President
|
17 January 2001
|
16 years, 308 days
|
||
25.
|
Prime Minister
|
29 March 2001
|
16 years, 237 days
|
||
26.
|
Prime Minister
|
26 July 1996 – 29 September 2003 (1st time)
23 October 2008 – present (2nd time) |
16 years, 93 days
|
||
27.
|
25 February 1980 – 25 January 1988 (1st time)
12 August 2010 – present (2nd time) |
15 years, 70 days
|
|||
28.
|
Prime Minister, then President[18]
|
14 March 2003
|
14 years, 252 days
|
||
29.
|
President[19]
|
22 May 2003
|
14 years, 183 days
|
||
30.
|
Prime Minister, then President[20]
|
4 August 2003
|
14 years, 109 days
|
||
31.
|
Prime Minister
|
29 October 2003
|
14 years, 23 days
|
||
32.
|
Prime Minister, then President[21]
|
12 December 2003
|
13 years, 344 days
|
||
33.
|
Prime Minister
|
23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 (1st time)
6 January 2009 – present (2nd time) |
13 years, 341 days
|
||
34.
|
Prime Minister
|
8 January 2004
|
13 years, 317 days
|
||
35.
|
19 March 2003 – 6 September 2003 (1st time)
15 January 2005 – present (2nd time) |
13 years, 116 days
|
|||
36.
|
Prime Minister
|
12 August 2004
|
13 years, 101 days
|
||
37.
|
President
|
1 January 2001 – 15 January 2009 (1st time)
17 January 2013 – present (2nd time) |
12 years, 322 days
|
||
38.
|
President[23]
|
5 February 2005 – 25 February 2005 (1st time)
4 May 2005 – present (2nd time) |
12 years, 221 days
|
||
39.
|
President[24]
|
30 July 2005
|
12 years, 114 days
|
||
40.
|
President
|
26 August 2005
|
12 years, 87 days
|
||
41.
|
Federal Chancellor
|
22 November 2005
|
11 years, 364 days
|
||
42.
|
President
|
16 January 2006
|
11 years, 309 days
|
||
43.
|
President
|
22 January 2006
|
11 years, 303 days
|
||
44.
|
Prime Minister
|
18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 (1st time)
31 March 2009 – present (2nd time) |
11 years, 252 days
|
||
45.
|
Prime Minister
|
6 July 1998 – 27 May 2002 (1st time)
29 May 2010 – present (2nd time) |
11 years, 136 days
|
||
46.
|
First Secretary, President
and Prime Minister[25] |
31 July 2006
|
11 years, 113 days
|
||
47.
|
Federal Council Member,
currently President[26] |
1 August 2006
|
11 years, 112 days
|
||
48.
|
Acting Head of State,
then Prime Minister[27] |
29 May 2000 – 13 July 2000 (1st time)
5 December 2006 – present (2nd time) |
11 years, 31 days
|
||
49.
|
President[28]
|
21 December 2006
|
10 years, 335 days
|
||
50.
|
Prime Minister, then President[29]
|
25 March 2007
|
10 years, 241 days
|
||
51.
|
Prime Minister
|
31 December 1995 – 15 December 1998 (1st time)
5 May 2003 – 24 May 2006 (2nd time) 23 June 2008 – 3 September 2012 (3rd time) 16 August 2017 – present (4th time) |
10 years, 172 days
|
||
52.
|
4 February 1994 – 15 February 2000 (1st time)
4 September 2013 – present (2nd time) |
10 years, 89 days
|
|||
53.
|
President
|
7 September 2007
|
10 years, 75 days
|
||
54.
|
President
|
17 September 2007
|
10 years, 65 days
|
||
55.
|
Prime Minister, then President[32]
|
7 November 1990 – 9 December 1993 (1st time)
4 December 2010 – present (2nd time) |
10 years, 19 days
|
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