1
Fidel Castro Cuba
First Secretary
Prime Minister
President
Maximum Leader
16 February 1959
19 April 2011
52 years, 62 days
2
Chiang Kai-shek Republic of China (1912–1949)
Republic of China on Taiwan (1949–present)
Chairman of the National Government
Premier/Director-General
Generalissimo
President
9 July 1926 15 December 1931 (1st time)
6 March 1932 21 January 1949 (2nd time)
1 March 1950 5 April 1975 (3rd time)
46 years, 82 days
3
Kim Il-sung North Korea
General Secretary
Premier
President
Generalissimo
9 September 1948
8 July 1994
45 years, 302 days
4
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal Mongolian People's Republic
General Secretary
Prime Minister
President
8 April 1940
23 August 1984
44 years, 137 days
5
Muammar Gaddafi Libyan Arab Republic
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Secretary General of the General People's Congress
Prime Minister
1 September 1969
23 August 2011
41 years, 356 days
6
Omar Bongo Gabon
President
2 December 1967
6 May 2009
41 years, 155 days
7
Paul Biya Cameroon
Prime Minister
President
30 June 1975
present
40 years, 214 days
8
Enver Hoxha People's Republic of Albania
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Prime Minister
First Secretary
22 October 1944
11 April 1985
40 years, 171 days
9
Mohamed Abdelaziz Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
General Secretary
President
30 August 1976
present
39 years, 153 days
10
Francisco Franco Spanish State
Generalísimo
Head of State
Caudillo
Prime Minister
1 October 1936
20 November 1975
39 years, 50 days
11
Gnassingbé Eyadéma Togo
President
14 April 1967
5 February 2005
37 years, 297 days
12
Kaisôn Phomvihān Sam Neua, Kingdom of Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
General Secretary/Party Chairman
Prime Minister
President
22 March 1955 21 November 1992
37 years, 244 days
13
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Equatorial Guinea
Chairman of the Supreme Military Council
President
3 August 1979
present
36 years, 180 days
14
Josip Broz Tito Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
General Secretary/President of the Presidency of the Central Committee
Prime Minister
President
Marshal
29 November 1943
4 May 1980
36 years, 157 days
15
José Eduardo dos Santos People's Republic of Angola
Angola Party President
State President
10 September 1979
present
36 years, 142 days
16
António de Oliveira Salazar Second Portuguese Republic
Prime Minister
5 July 1932
25 September 1968
36 years, 82 days
17
Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe
Prime Minister
President
18 April 1980
present
35 years, 287 days
18
Todor Zhivkov People's Republic of Bulgaria
General Secretary
Prime Minister
4 March 1954
17 November 1989
35 years, 258 days
19
Alfredo Stroessner Paraguay
President
15 August 1954
3 February 1989
34 years, 172 days
20
Ali Khamenei Iran
President
Supreme Leader
13 October 1981
present
34 years, 109 days
21
Ali Abdullah Saleh North Yemen
Yemen
President
18 July 1978
25 February 2012
33 years, 222 days
22
Mao Zedong Shaan-Gan-Ning, Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Party Chairman
State Chairman
Paramount Leader
20 March 1943 9 September 1976
33 years, 173 days
23
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Côte d'Ivoire
Prime Minister
President
7 August 1960
7 December 1993
33 years, 122 days
24
Dawda Jawara The Gambia
Prime Minister
President
12 June 1962
22 July 1994
32 years, 40 days
25
Denis Sassou Nguesso People's Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
President of the Central Committee
State President
8 February 1979 31 August 1992 (1st time)
25 October 1997 present (2nd time)
31 years, 302 days
26
Phạm Văn Đồng North Vietnam
Vietnam
Prime Minister
20 September 1955
18 June 1987
31 years, 271 days
27
János Kádár Hungarian People's Republic
General Secretary
25 October 1956
27 May 1988
31 years, 215 days
28
Habib Bourguiba Tunisia
Prime Minister
President
11 April 1956
7 November 1987
31 years, 210 days
29
Lee Kuan Yew Singapore
Prime Minister
5 June 1959
28 November 1990
31 years, 176 days
30
Mobutu Sese Seko Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaire
President
24 November 1965
16 May 1997
31 years, 173 days
31
Hastings Kamuzu Banda Malaŵi
Prime Minister
President
1 February 1963
21 May 1994
31 years, 109 days
32
Rafael Trujillo Dominican Republic
President
Generalísimo
3 March 1930
30 May 1961
31 years, 88 days
33
Suharto Indonesia
President
12 March 1967
21 May 1998
31 years, 70 days
34
Hun Sen People's Republic of Kampuchea
State of Cambodia
Cambodia
Prime Minister
14 January 1985
present
31 years, 16 days
35
Joseph Stalin Soviet Union
General Secretary
Premier
Marshal
3 April 1922
5 March 1953
30 years, 336 days
36
Porfirio Díaz Mexico
President
28 November 1876 (1st time)
17 February 1877 (2nd time)
1 December 1884 (3rd time)
6 December 1876 (1st time)
1 December 1880 (2nd time)
25 May 1911 (3rd time)
30 years, 106 days
37
Abdou Diouf Senegal
Prime Minister
President
26 February 1970
1 April 2000
30 years, 35 days
38
Yoweri Museveni Uganda
President
26 January 1986
present
30 years, 4 days
39
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maldives
President
11 November 1978
11 November 2008
30 years