List of longest ruling non-royal national leaders

This list details national leaders since 1900 who ruled for 30 consecutive years or more, and were not self-described royalty. Leaders in shaded cells are still ruling.

Rank	Name	Country	Title	Term ended	Term length
1.	Fidel Castro		Prime Minister President First Secretary
2.	Chiang Kai-shek	China - Republic of	President Premier
3.	Kim Il-sung		Premier President
4.	Muammar Gaddafi	Libya	Leader and Guide of the Revolution
5.	Omar Bongo		President
6.	Enver Hoxha	Albania	Prime Minister First Secretary
7.	Francisco Franco	Spain	President
8.	Gnassingbé Eyadéma		President
9.	Josip Broz Tito		Prime Minister President
10.	Paul Biya		Prime Minister President	present
11.	António de Oliveira Salazar	Portugal	Prime Minister
12.	Todor Zhivkov	Bulgaria	General Secretary
13.	Mohamed Abdelaziz	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	President	present
14.	Alfredo Stroessner		President
15.	Mao Zedong	Shaan-Gan-Ning, China - Republic of China - People's Republic of	Chairman
16.	Félix Houphouët-Boigny		Prime Minister President
17.	Ali Abdullah Saleh		President	present
18.	Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal	Mongolia	Prime Minister President
19.	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo		President	present
20.	Dawda Jawara		Prime Minister President
21.	José Eduardo dos Santos		President	present
22.	Pham Van Dong		Prime Minister
23.	János Kádár	Hungary	General Secretary
24.	Habib Bourguiba		Prime Minister President
25.	Lee Kuan Yew		Prime Minister
26.	Robert Mugabe		Prime Minister President	present
27.	Mobutu Sese Seko		President
28.	Hastings Banda		Prime Minister President
29.	Suharto		President
30.	Joseph Stalin		General Secretary Premier
31.	Rafael Trujillo		President
32.	Abdou Diouf		Prime Minister President		<!-- \|- bgcolor="9BDDFF"
33.	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom		President

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