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
Paul Biya,
Cameroon
Cameroon
Denis Sassou-Nguesso,
Congo
Congo
Yoweri Museveni,
Uganda
Uganda
Hun Sen,
Cambodia
Cambodia
Emonalii Rahmon,
Tadjikistan
Tadjikistan
Isias fwerki,
Eritrea
Eritrea
Alexandre Loukachenko,
Belarus
Belarus
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh,
Djibouti
Djibouti
Paul Kagame,
Rwanda
Rwanda
Years in power (ranking - 2022)