Top 10 dictators in power
Monarchs are excluded from this list.
Of the 10 longest-serving presidents in office, 7 are African, including 4 from Central Africa.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
44
Paul Biya,
Cameroon
Cameroon
40
Denis Sassou-Nguesso,
Congo
Congo
38
Yoweri Museveni,
Uganda
Uganda
36
Hun Sen,
Cambodia
Cambodia
32
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Emonalii Rahmon,
Tadjikistan
Tadjikistan
30
Isias fwerki,
Eritrea
Eritrea
29
Alexandre Loukachenko,
Belarus
Belarus
28
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh,
Djibouti
Djibouti
23
Paul Kagame,
Rwanda
Rwanda
22
Years in power (ranking - 2022)
Ranking - Percentage of population having known the same family or person in power
93%
North Korea
The family came to power in 1948
The family came to power in 1948
88%
Togo
The family came to power in 1967
The family came to power in 1967
87%
Gabon
The family came to power in 1967
The family came to power in 1967
80%
Syria
The family came to power in 1970
The family came to power in 1970
76%
Equatorial Guinea
Coming to power in 1979
Coming to power in 1979
76%
Uganda
Coming to power in 1986
Coming to power in 1986
76%
Cameroon
Coming to power in1982
Coming to power in1982
73%
Iran
Coming to power in 1981
Coming to power in 1981
73%
Chad
Coming to power in 1990
Coming to power in 1990
