List of longest-serving non-royals
editIncludes all state leaders who have served for more than 15 years.
- Note
- † Assassinated or died in office
# | Name | Portrait | State | Title/Position | From | To | Term | Total length |
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1 | Fidel Castro | Cuba | Prime Minister | 16 February 1959 | 2 December 1976 | 17 years, 290 days | 52 years, 62 days | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party | 3 October 1965 | 19 April 2011 | 45 years, 198 days | |||||
President of the Council of State | 2 December 1976 | 24 February 2008 | 31 years, 84 days | |||||
President of the Council of Ministers | ||||||||
2 | Paul Biya | Cameroon | Prime Minister | 30 June 1975 | 6 November 1982 | 7 years, 129 days | 49 years, 142 days | |
Prime Minister | 6 November 1982 | Incumbent | 42 years, 13 days | |||||
3 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago | Equatorial Guinea | Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | 3 August 1979 | 12 October 1982 | 3 years, 70 days | 48 years, 178 days | |
President | 3 August 1979 | Incumbent | 45 years, 108 days | |||||
4 | Chiang Kai-shek | Republic of China | Chairman of the Nationalist Government | 10 October 1928 | 15 December 1931 | 3 years, 66 days | 46 years, 177 days | |
Premier | 4 December 1930 | 15 December 1931 | 1 year, 11 days | |||||
Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission | 15 December 1931 | 31 May 1946 | 14 years, 167 days | |||||
Premier | 9 December 1935 | 1 January 1938 | 2 years, 23 days | |||||
20 November 1939 | 31 May 1945 | 5 years, 192 days | ||||||
Chairman of the Nationalist Government (Acting until 10 October 1943) |
1 August 1943 | 20 May 1948 | 4 years, 293 days | |||||
President | 20 May 1948 | 21 January 1949 | 246 days | |||||
1 March 1950 | 5 April 1975[†] | 25 years, 35 days | ||||||
5 | Malietoa Tanumafili II | Samoa | O le Ao o le Malo | 1 January 1962 | 11 May 2007 | 45 years, 130 days | ||
6 | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal | Mongolia | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party | 8 April 1940 | 4 April 1954 | 13 years, 361 days | 44 years, 137 days | |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | 26 January 1952 | 11 June 1974 | 22 years, 136 days | |||||
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party (First Secretary until 30 May 1981) |
22 November 1958 | 24 August 1984 | 25 years, 276 days | |||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural | 11 June 1974 | 23 August 1984 | 10 years, 73 days | |||||
7 | Enver Hoxha | Albania | First Secretary of the Party of Labour | 8 November 1941 | 11 April 1985[†] | 43 years, 154 days | 43 years, 154 days | |
Prime Minister | 23 October 1944 | 19 July 1954 | 9 years, 269 days | |||||
8 | Ali Khamenei | Iran | President | 9 October 1981 | 16 August 1989 | 7 years, 311 days | 43 years, 41 days | |
Supreme Leader | 4 June 1989 | Incumbent | 35 years, 168 days | |||||
9 | Omar Bongo | Gabon | President | 2 December 1967 | 8 June 2009[†] | 41 years, 188 days | ||
10 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | Republic of the Congo | President | 8 February 1979 | 31 August 1992 | 13 years, 205 days | 40 years, 230 days | |
25 October 1997 | Incumbent | 27 years, 25 days | ||||||
11 | Mohamed Abdelaziz | Sahrawi Republic | President | 30 August 1976 | 31 May 2016[†] | 39 years, 275 days | ||
12 | Francisco Franco | Spain | Head of State | 1 October 1936 | 20 November 1975[†] | 39 years, 50 days | 39 years, 50 days | |
Prime Minister | 30 January 1938 | 9 June 1973 | 35 years, 130 days | |||||
Hun Sen | Cambodia | Prime Minister | 14 January 1985 | 2 July 1993 | 8 years, 169 days | 38 years, 136 days | ||
Second Prime Minister | 24 September 1993 | 30 November 1998 | 5 years, 67 days | |||||
Prime Minister | 30 November 1998 | 22 August 2023 | 24 years, 265 days | |||||
Yoweri Museveni | Uganda | President | 26 January 1986 | Incumbent | 38 years, 298 days | |||
José Eduardo dos Santos | Angola | President | 21 September 1979 | 25 September 2017 | 38 years, 4 days | |||
Gnassingbé Eyadéma | Togo | President | 14 April 1967 | 5 February 2005[†] | 37 years, 297 days | |||
Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakh SSR | Chairman of the Council of Ministers | 22 March 1984 | 27 July 1989 | 5 years, 127 days | 37 years, 289 days | ||
First Secretary of the Communist Party | 22 June 1989 | 7 September 1991 | 2 years, 77 days | |||||
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet | 22 February 1990 | 24 April 1990 | 61 days | |||||
President | 24 April 1990 | 16 December 1991 | 1 year, 236 days | |||||
Kazakhstan | President | 16 December 1991 | 20 March 2019 | 27 years, 94 days | ||||
Chairman of the Security Council | 21 August 1991 | 5 January 2022 | 30 years, 137 days | |||||
Kaysone Phomvihane | Laos | General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (Chairman from 1991) | 22 March 1955 | 21 November 1992[†] | 37 years, 244 days | 37 years, 244 days | ||
Prime Minister | 8 December 1975 | 15 August 1991 | 15 years, 250 days | |||||
President | 15 August 1991 | 21 November 1992[†] | 1 year, 98 days | |||||
Robert Mugabe | Zimbabwe | Prime Minister | 18 April 1980 | 31 December 1987 | 7 years, 257 days | 37 years, 217 days | ||
President | 31 December 1987 | 21 November 2017 | 29 years, 325 days | |||||
Todor Zhivkov | Bulgaria | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (First Secretary until 4 April 1981) |
4 March 1954 | 10 November 1989 | 35 years, 251 days | 35 years, 251 days | ||
Prime Minister | 19 November 1962 | 7 July 1971 | 8 years, 230 days | |||||
Chairman of the State Council | 7 July 1971 | 17 November 1989 | 18 years, 133 days | |||||
Josip Broz Tito | Yugoslavia | Prime Minister | 2 November 1944 | 29 June 1963 | 18 years, 239 days | 35 years, 184 days | ||
President | 14 January 1953 | 4 May 1980[†] | 27 years, 111 days | |||||
Ali Abdullah Saleh | North Yemen | President | 18 July 1978 | 22 May 1990 | 11 years, 308 days | 33 years, 224 days | ||
Yemen | President | 22 May 1990 | 27 February 2012 | 21 years, 281 days | ||||
Félix Houphouët-Boigny | Ivory Coast | Prime Minister | 7 August 1960 | 27 November 1970 | 10 years, 112 days | 33 years, 122 days | ||
President | 3 November 1960 | 7 December 1993[†] | 33 years, 34 days | |||||
Isaias Afwerki | Eritrea | Secretary-General of the Provisional Government | 27 April 1991 | 24 May 1993 | 2 years, 27 days | 33 years, 206 days | ||
President | 24 May 1993 | Incumbent | 31 years, 179 days | |||||
Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | Prime Minister | 11 April 1956 | 25 July 1957 | 1 year, 105 days | 31 years, 210 days | ||
President (Acting until 8 November 1959) |
25 July 1957 | 7 November 1987 | 30 years, 105 days | |||||
Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | Prime Minister | 5 June 1959 | 28 November 1990 | 31 years, 176 days | |||
Mobutu Sese Seko | Republic of the Congo | President | 24 November 1965 | 27 October 1971 | 5 years, 337 days | 31 years, 173 days | ||
Zaire | President | 27 October 1971 | 16 May 1997 | 25 years, 201 days | ||||
Emomali Rahmon | Tajikistan | Chairman of the Supreme Assembly | 20 November 1992 | 16 November 1994 | 1 year, 361 days | 31 years, 365 days | ||
President | 16 November 1994 | Incumbent | 30 years, 3 days | |||||
Urho Kekkonen | Finland | Prime Minister | 17 March 1950 | 17 November 1953 | 3 years, 245 days | 30 years, 344 days | ||
20 October 1954 | 3 March 1956 | 1 year, 135 days | ||||||
President | 1 March 1956 | 27 January 1982 | 25 years, 332 days | |||||
Idriss Déby | Chad | President | 2 December 1990 | 20 April 2021[†] | 30 years, 139 days | |||
Abdou Diouf | Senegal | Prime Minister | 26 February 1970 | 31 December 1980 | 10 years, 309 days | 30 years, 35 days | ||
President | 1 January 1981 | 1 April 2000 | 19 years, 91 days | |||||
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | Maldives | President | 11 November 1978 | 11 November 2008 | 30 years, 0 days | |||
Hastings Banda | Malawi | Prime Minister | 6 July 1964 | 6 July 1966 | 2 years, 0 days | 29 years, 322 days | ||
President | 6 July 1966 | 24 May 1994 | 27 years, 322 days | |||||
Omar al-Bashir | Sudan | Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation | 30 June 1989 | 16 October 1993 | 4 years, 108 days | 29 years, 285 days | ||
President | 16 October 1993 | 11 April 2019 | 25 years, 177 days | |||||
Alexander Lukashenko | Belarus | President | 20 July 1994 | Incumbent | 30 years, 122 days | |||
Hafez al-Assad | Syria | Prime Minister | 21 November 1970 | 3 April 1971 | 133 days | 29 years, 202 days | ||
President | 12 March 1971 | 10 June 2000[†] | 29 years, 92 days | |||||
Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Prime Minister | 7 October 1981 | 2 January 1982 | 87 days | 29 years, 127 days | ||
President | 14 October 1981 | 11 February 2011 | 29 years, 120 days | |||||
Haxhi Lleshi | Albania | Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly | 1 August 1953 | 22 November 1982 | 29 years, 113 days | |||
Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister | 16 July 1981 | 31 October 2008 | 27 years, 107 days | 29 years, 38 days | ||
10 May 2018 | 1 March 2020 | 1 year, 296 days | ||||||
Daniel Ortega | Nicaragua | Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction | 18 July 1979 | 10 January 1985 | 5 years, 176 days | 28 years, 229 days | ||
President | 10 January 1985 | 25 April 1990 | 5 years, 105 days | |||||
10 January 2007 | Incumbent | 17 years, 314 days | ||||||
William Tubman | Liberia | President | 3 January 1944 | 23 July 1971 | 27 years, 201 days | |||
Kamisese Mara | Fiji | Prime Minister | 10 October 1970 | 13 April 1987 | 16 years, 185 days | 27 years, 165 days | ||
5 December 1987 | 2 June 1992 | 4 years, 180 days | ||||||
President | 16 December 1993 | 29 May 2000 | 6 years, 165 days | |||||
Colville Young | Belize | Governor-General | 17 November 1993 | 30 April 2021 | 27 years, 164 days | |||
Islam Karimov | Uzbek SSR | First Secretary of the Communist Party | 23 June 1989 | 1 September 1991 | 2 years, 70 days | 27 years, 71 days | ||
President | 24 March 1990 | 1 September 1991 | 1 year, 161 days | |||||
Uzbekistan | President | 1 September 1991 | 2 September 2016 | 25 years, 1 day | ||||
Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | President | 24 October 1964 | 2 November 1991 | 27 years, 9 days | |||
Ahmed Sékou Touré | Guinea | President | 2 October 1958 | 26 March 1984 | 25 years, 176 days | |||
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Djibouti | President | 8 May 1999 | Incumbent | 25 years, 195 days | |||
Nicolae Ceaușescu | Romania | General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party | 22 March 1965 | 22 December 1989 | 24 years, 275 days | 24 years, 275 days | ||
President of the State Council | 9 December 1967 | 22 December 1989 | 22 years, 13 days | |||||
President | 28 March 1974 | 22 December 1989 | 15 years, 269 days | |||||
Vladimir Putin | Russia | Prime Minister | 9 August 1999 | 7 May 2000 | 272 days | 25 years, 102 days | ||
8 May 2008 | 7 May 2012 | 3 years, 365 days | ||||||
Acting President | 31 December 1999 | 7 May 2000 | 128 days | |||||
President | 7 May 2000 | 7 May 2008 | 8 years, 0 days | |||||
7 May 2012 | Incumbent | 12 years, 196 days | ||||||
Daniel arap Moi | Kenya | President | 22 August 1978 | 30 December 2002 | 24 years, 130 days | |||
João Bernardo Vieira | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 28 September 1978 | 14 November 1980 | 2 years, 47 days | 24 years, 7 days | ||
President | 14 November 1980 | 14 May 1984 | 3 years, 182 days | |||||
16 May 1984 | 7 May 1999 | 14 years, 356 days | ||||||
1 October 2005 | 2 March 2009[†] | 3 years, 152 days | ||||||
Paul Kagame | Rwanda | President | 22 April 2000 | Incumbent | 24 years, 211 days | |||
Bashar al-Assad | Syria | President | 17 July 2000 | Incumbent | 24 years, 125 days | |||
Julius Nyerere | Tanganyika | Prime Minister | 1 May 1961 | 22 January 1962 | 266 days | 23 years, 233 days | ||
President | 9 December 1962 | 26 April 1964 | 1 year, 139 days | |||||
Tanganyika and Zanzibar | President | 26 April 1964 | 29 October 1964 | 186 days | ||||
Tanzania | President | 29 October 1964 | 5 November 1985 | 21 years, 7 days | ||||
Heydar Aliyev | Azerbaijan SSR | First Secretary of the Communist Party | 14 July 1969 | 3 December 1982 | 13 years, 81 days | 23 years, 210 days | ||
Azerbaijan | President | 24 June 1993 | 31 October 2003 | 10 years, 129 days | ||||
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Tunisia | Prime Minister | 2 October 1987 | 7 November 1987 | 36 days | 23 years, 104 days | ||
President | 7 November 1987 | 14 January 2011 | 23 years, 68 days | |||||
Didier Ratsiraka | Madagascar | Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council | 15 June 1975 | 4 January 1976 | 203 days | 23 years, 66 days | ||
President | 4 January 1976 | 27 March 1993 | 17 years, 82 days | |||||
9 February 1997 | 5 July 2002 | 5 years, 146 days | ||||||
Anerood Jugnauth | Mauritius | Prime Minister | 30 June 1982 | 20 December 1985 | 3 years, 173 days | 23 years, 39 days | ||
12 September 2000 | 30 September 2003 | 3 years, 18 days | ||||||
17 December 2014 | 23 January 2017 | 2 years, 37 days | ||||||
President | 7 October 2003 | 31 March 2012 | 8 years, 176 days | |||||
Ralph Gonsalves | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Prime Minister | 28 March 2001 | Incumbent | 23 years, 236 days | |||
Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi | Samoa | Prime Minister | 23 November 1998 | 24 May 2021 | 22 years, 182 days | |||
Yahya Jammeh | The Gambia | Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council | 22 July 1994 | 6 November 1996 | 2 years, 107 days | 22 years, 181 days | ||
President | 6 November 1996 | 19 January 2017 | 20 years, 74 days | |||||
Barkat Gourad Hamadou | Djibouti | Prime Minister | 2 October 1978 | 7 March 2001 | 22 years, 156 days | |||
Artur Rasizade | Azerbaijan | Prime Minister | 20 July 1996 | 4 August 2003 | 7 years, 15 days | 21 years, 187 days | ||
31 October 2003 | 21 April 2018 | 14 years, 172 days | ||||||
Hassan Gouled Aptidon | Djibouti | President | 27 June 1977 | 8 May 1999 | 21 years, 315 days | 21 years, 315 days | ||
Prime Minister | 27 June 1977 | 12 July 1977 | 15 days | |||||
Saparmurat Niyazov | Turkmen SSR | First Secretary of the Communist Party | 21 December 1985 | 16 December 1991 | 5 years, 360 days | 21 years, 0 days | ||
Turkmenistan | President | 2 November 1990 | 21 December 2006[†] | 16 years, 49 days | ||||
Hage Geingob | Namibia | Prime Minister | 21 March 1990 | 28 August 2002 | 12 years, 160 days | 21 years, 259 days | ||
4 December 2012 | 20 March 2015 | 2 years, 106 days | ||||||
President | 26 November 2017 | 4 February 2024[†] | 6 years, 70 days | |||||
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Turkey | Prime Minister | 14 March 2003 | 28 August 2014 | 11 years, 167 days | 21 years, 250 days | ||
President | 28 August 2014 | Incumbent | 10 years, 83 days | |||||
Juvénal Habyarimana | Rwanda | President | 5 July 1973 | 6 April 1994[†] | 20 years, 275 days | |||
Ilham Aliyev | Azerbaijan | Prime Minister | 4 August 2003 | 31 October 2003 | 88 days | 21 years, 107 days | ||
President | 31 October 2003 | Incumbent | 21 years, 19 days | |||||
Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegal | President | 6 September 1960 | 31 December 1980 | 20 years, 116 days | |||
Pearlette Louisy | Saint Lucia | Governor-General | 19 September 1997 | 31 December 2017 | 20 years, 103 days | |||
Shavkat Mirziyoyev | Uzbekistan | Prime Minister | 12 December 2003 | 14 December 2016 | 13 years, 2 days | 20 years, 343 days | ||
President (Acting until 14 December 2016) |
8 September 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 72 days | |||||
Sheikh Hasina | Bangladesh | Prime Minister | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5 years, 22 days | 20 years, 340 days | ||
6 January 2009 | Incumbent | 15 years, 318 days | ||||||
Pál Losonczi | Hungary | Chairman of the Presidential Council | 14 April 1967 | 25 June 1987 | 20 years, 72 days | |||
Ferdinand Marcos | Philippines | President | 30 December 1965 | 25 February 1986 | 20 years, 57 days | 20 years, 57 days | ||
Prime Minister | 12 June 1978 | 30 June 1981 | 3 years, 18 days | |||||
Roosevelt Skerrit | Dominica | Prime Minister | 8 January 2004 | Incumbent | 20 years, 316 days | |||
Eddie Fenech Adami | Malta | Prime Minister | 12 May 1987 | 28 October 1996 | 9 years, 169 days | 20 years, 3 days | ||
6 September 1998 | 23 March 2004 | 5 years, 199 days | ||||||
President | 4 April 2004 | 4 April 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | |||||
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | Iceland | President | 1 August 1996 | 1 August 2016 | 20 years, 0 days | |||
Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria | President | 27 April 1999 | 2 April 2019 | 19 years, 340 days | |||
Denzil Douglas | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Prime Minister | 6 July 1995 | 18 February 2015 | 19 years, 227 days | |||
Mahmoud Abbas | Palestine | Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | 19 March 2003 | 6 September 2003 | 171 days | 20 years, 114 days | ||
President of the Palestinian National Authority | 15 January 2005 | Incumbent | 19 years, 309 days | |||||
President of the State of Palestine (Acting until 23 November 2008) |
8 May 2005 | Incumbent | 19 years, 195 days | |||||
Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | Prime Minister | 12 August 2004 | Incumbent | 20 years, 99 days | |||
Than Shwe | Myanmar | Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council | 23 April 1992 | 30 March 2011 | 18 years, 341 days | 18 years, 341 days | ||
Prime Minister | 23 April 1992 | 25 August 2003 | 11 years, 124 days | |||||
Faure Gnassingbé | Togo | President | 5 February 2005 | 25 February 2005 | 20 days | 19 years, 219 days | ||
4 May 2005 | Incumbent | 19 years, 199 days | ||||||
Syngman Rhee | Korea | President of the Provisional Government | 11 September 1919 | 23 March 1925 | 5 years, 193 days | 18 years, 248 days | ||
Chairman of the State Council | 3 March 1947 | 15 August 1948 | 1 year, 165 days | |||||
South Korea | President | 24 July 1948 | 26 April 1960 | 11 years, 277 days | ||||
Park Chung Hee | South Korea | Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction | 3 July 1961 | 17 December 1963 | 2 years, 167 days | 18 years, 115 days | ||
Prime Minister (Acting) | 16 June 1962 | 10 July 1962 | 24 days | |||||
President (Acting until 17 December 1963) |
24 March 1962 | 26 October 1979[†] | 17 years, 216 days | |||||
Joaquim Chissano | Mozambique | President | 6 November 1986 | 2 February 2005 | 18 years, 88 days | |||
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | Turkmenistan | President (Acting until 14 February 2007) |
21 December 2006 | 19 March 2022 | 15 years, 88 days | 18 years, 308 days | ||
Chairman of the People's Council | 14 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 219 days | |||||
Florizel Glasspole | Jamaica | Governor-General | 27 June 1973 | 31 March 1991 | 17 years, 277 days | |||
Quett Masire | Botswana | President | 13 July 1980 | 31 March 1998 | 17 years, 261 days | |||
Viktor Orbán | Hungary | Prime Minister | 6 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | 3 years, 325 days | 18 years, 134 days | ||
29 May 2010 | Incumbent | 14 years, 174 days | ||||||
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Ceylon | Prime Minister | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | 4 years, 249 days | 17 years, 209 days | ||
29 May 1970 | 22 May 1972 | 1 year, 359 days | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 22 May 1972 | 23 July 1977 | 5 years, 62 days | |||||
14 November 1994 | 9 August 2000 | 5 years, 269 days | ||||||
Frederick Ballantyne | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Governor-General | 22 June 2002 | 31 July 2019 | 17 years, 39 days | |||
Cuthbert Sebastian | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Governor-General | 1 January 1996 | 1 January 2013 | 17 years, 0 days | |||
Mauno Koivisto | Finland | Prime Minister | 22 March 1968 | 14 May 1970 | 2 years, 53 days | 16 years, 331 days | ||
26 May 1979 | 26 January 1982 | 2 years, 245 days | ||||||
President | 27 January 1982 | 1 March 1994 | 12 years, 33 days | |||||
Jawaharlal Nehru | India | Prime Minister | 15 August 1947 | 27 May 1964[†] | 16 years, 286 days | |||
Dom Mintoff | Malta | Prime Minister | 11 March 1955 | 26 April 1958 | 3 years, 46 days | 16 years, 230 days | ||
21 June 1971 | 22 December 1984 | 13 years, 184 days | ||||||
Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi | Samoa | Prime Minister | 24 March 1976 | 13 April 1982 | 6 years, 20 days | 16 years, 195 days | ||
18 September 1982 | 31 December 1982 | 104 days | ||||||
O le Ao o le Malo | 11 May 2007 | 21 July 2017 | 10 years, 71 days | |||||
Augusto Pinochet | Chile | President of the Government Junta | 11 September 1973 | 11 March 1981 | 7 years, 181 days | 16 years, 181 days | ||
President | 17 December 1974 | 11 March 1990 | 15 years, 84 days | |||||
Jacques Chirac | France | Prime Minister | 27 May 1974 | 25 August 1976 | 2 years, 90 days | 16 years, 140 days | ||
20 March 1986 | 10 May 1988 | 2 years, 51 days | ||||||
President | 17 May 1995 | 16 May 2007 | 11 years, 364 days | |||||
Alassane Ouattara | Ivory Coast | Prime Minister | 7 November 1990 | 9 December 1993 | 3 years, 32 days | 17 years, 17 days | ||
President | 4 December 2010 | Incumbent | 13 years, 351 days | |||||
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Mauritius | Prime Minister | 12 March 1968 | 30 June 1982 | 14 years, 110 days | 16 years, 97 days | ||
Governor-General | 28 December 1983 | 15 December 1985[†] | 1 year, 352 days | |||||
Frank Bainimarama | Fiji | Head of Interim Military Government | 29 May 2000 | 13 July 2000 | 45 days | 16 years, 63 days | ||
5 December 2006 | 4 January 2007 | 30 days | ||||||
Prime Minister (Acting until 22 September 2014) |
5 January 2007 | 24 December 2022 | 15 years, 353 days | |||||
Janez Drnovšek | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency | 15 May 1989 | 15 May 1990 | 1 year, 0 days | 16 years, 44 days | ||
Slovenia | Prime Minister | 14 May 1992 | 7 June 2000 | 8 years, 24 days | ||||
30 November 2000 | 19 December 2002 | 2 years, 19 days | ||||||
President | 22 December 2002 | 23 December 2007 | 5 years, 1 day | |||||
Angela Merkel | Germany | Chancellor | 22 November 2005 | 8 December 2021 | 16 years, 16 days | |||
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Iceland | President | 1 August 1980 | 1 August 1996 | 16 years, 0 days | |||
Indira Gandhi | India | Prime Minister | 24 January 1966 | 24 March 1977 | 11 years, 59 days | 15 years, 350 days | ||
14 January 1980 | 31 October 1984[†] | 4 years, 291 days | ||||||
William Gopallawa | Ceylon | Governor-General | 2 March 1962 | 22 May 1972 | 10 years, 81 days | 15 years, 339 days | ||
Sri Lanka | President | 22 May 1972 | 4 February 1978 | 5 years, 258 days | ||||
Gaafar Nimeiry | Sudan | Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council | 25 May 1969 | 12 October 1971 | 2 years, 140 days | 15 years, 316 days | ||
President | 12 October 1971 | 6 April 1985 | 13 years, 176 days | |||||
Jiang Zemin | China | General Secretary of the Communist Party | 24 June 1989 | 15 November 2002 | 13 years, 144 days | 15 years, 257 days | ||
Chairman of the Central Military Commission | 19 March 1990 | 8 March 2005 | 14 years, 354 days | |||||
President | 27 March 1993 | 15 March 2003 | 9 years, 353 days | |||||
Clifford Husbands | Barbados | Governor-General | 1 June 1996 | 31 October 2011 | 15 years, 152 days | |||
Seretse Khama | Botswana | Prime Minister | 3 March 1965 | 30 September 1966 | 1 year, 211 days | 15 years, 132 days | ||
President | 30 September 1966 | 13 July 1980[†] | 13 years, 287 days | |||||
Ranasinghe Premadasa | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister | 6 February 1978 | 2 January 1989 | 10 years, 331 days | 15 years, 85 days | ||
President | 2 January 1989 | 1 May 1993[†] | 4 years, 119 days | |||||
Jomo Kenyatta | Kenya | Prime Minister | 1 June 1963 | 12 December 1964 | 1 year, 194 days | 15 years, 82 days | ||
President | 12 December 1964 | 22 August 1978[†] | 13 years, 253 days | |||||
Václav Klaus | Czech Republic | Prime Minister | 1 January 1993 | 2 January 1998 | 5 years, 1 day | 15 years, 1 day | ||
President | 7 March 2003 | 7 March 2013 | 10 years, 0 days | |||||
Sam Nujoma | Namibia | President | 21 March 1990 | 21 March 2005 | 15 years, 0 days | |||
Lansana Conté | Guinea | President | 5 April 1984 | 22 December 2008 | 24 years, 261 days |
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Longest serving heads of state of sovereign states
edit- excludes acting or caretaker heads of state; includes royal heads of state
# | Portrait | Name | Country | Position | Term start | Term ended | Length |
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Bhumibol Adulyadej | Thailand | King | 9 June 1946 | 13 October 2016 | 70 years, 126 days | ||
Margrethe II | Denmark | Queen | 14 January 1972 | 14 January 2024 | 52 years, 0 days |
Longest living royals
editList of all living and deceased royals above the age of 90.
No. | Portrait | Name | Country | Lifespan | Age | |
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From | To | |||||
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester |
United Kingdom | 25 December 1901 | 29 October 2004 | 102 | ||
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother |
United Kingdom | 4 August 1900 | 30 March 2002 | 101 | ||
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom | 10 June 1921 | 9 April 2021 | 99 | ||
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
Luxembourg | 5 January 1921 | 23 April 2019 | 98 | ||
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone |
United Kingdom | 25 February 1883 | 3 January 1981 | 97 | ||
Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland |
Sweden | 30 August 1915 | 10 March 2013 | 97 | ||
Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | 21 April 1926 | 8 September 2022 | 96 | ||
Srinagarindra, Princess Mother of Thailand |
Thailand | 21 October 1900 | 18 July 1995 | 94 | ||
Queen Juliana | The Netherlands | 30 April 1909 | 20 March 2004 | 94 | ||
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands |
The Netherlands | 29 June 1911 | 1 December 2004 | 93 | ||
Queen Sirikit | Thailand | 12 August 1932 | Living | 92 | ||
Princess Katharine, Duchess of Kent |
United Kingdom | 22 February 1933 | Living | 91 |
Unmarried heads of state and government
edit- excludes the Pope and the celibate leaders, but includes leaders who married after the conclusion of their reign/tenure.
Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Country | Position |
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Marie-Adélaïde | 1894–1924 | Luxembourg | Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1912–1919) | |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1924–2018 | India | Prime Minister of India (1996, 1998–2004) | |
José Maria Neves | born 1960 | Cape Verde | Prime Minister of Cape Verde (2001–2016) President of Cape Verde (since 2021) | |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 1931–2015 | India | President of India (2002–2007) | |
Norodom Sihamoni | born 1953 | Cambodia | King of Cambodia (since 2004) | |
Mark Rutte | born 1967 | Netherlands | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (since 2010) | |
Park Geun-hye | born 1952 | South Korea | President of South Korea (2013–2017) | |
Sebastian Kurz | born 1986 | Austria | Chancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021) | |
Sahle-Work Zewde | born 1950 | Ethiopia | President of Ethiopia (since 2018) | |
Gabriel Boric | born 1986 | Chile | President of Chile (since 2022) | |
Edgars Rinkēvičs | born 1973 | Latvia | President of Latvia (since 2023) |
Current state leaders by age
editFemale regnant monarchs
editName | Portrait | Lifespan | Country(s) | Title | Reign start | Reign end | Reign length | Reason of end of reign |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victoria | 1819–1901 | United Kingdom | Queen | 20 June 1837 | 22 January 1901 | 63 years, 216 days | Death | |
India | Empress | 1 May 1876 | 22 January 1901 | 24 years, 266 days | ||||
Wilhelmina | 1880–1962 | Netherlands | Queen | 23 November 1890 | 4 September 1948 | 57 years, 286 days | Abdication | |
Liliʻuokalani | 1838–1917 | Hawaii | Queen | 29 January 1891 | 17 January 1893 | 1 year, 354 days | Monarchy overthrown | |
Marie-Adélaïde | 1894–1924 | Luxembourg | Grand Duchess | 25 February 1912 | 14 January 1919 | 6 years, 323 days | Abdication | |
Zewditu | 1876–1930 | Ethiopia | Empress | 27 September 1916 | 2 April 1930 | 13 years, 187 days | Death | |
Sālote Tupou III | 1900–1965 | Tonga | Queen | 5 April 1918 | 16 December 1965 | 47 years, 255 days | Death | |
Charlotte | 1896–1985 | Luxembourg | Grand Duchess | 14 January 1919 | 12 November 1964 | 45 years, 303 days | Abdication | |
Juliana | 1909–2004 | Netherlands | Queen | 4 September 1948 | 30 April 1980 | 31 years, 239 days | Abdication | |
Elizabeth II | 1926–2022 | United Kingdom Australia Canada New Zealand |
Queen | 6 February 1952 | 8 September 2022 | 70 years, 214 days | Death | |
Pakistan | Queen | 6 February 1952 | 23 March 1956 | 4 years, 46 days | Country became republic | |||
South Africa | Queen | 6 February 1952 | 31 May 1961 | 9 years, 114 days | ||||
Ceylon | Queen | 6 February 1952 | 22 May 1972 | 20 years, 106 days | ||||
Ghana | Queen | 6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 | 3 years, 117 days | ||||
Nigeria | Queen | 1 October 1960 | 1 October 1963 | 3 years | ||||
Sierra Leone | Queen | 27 April 1961 | 19 April 1971 | 9 years, 357 days | ||||
Tanganyika | Queen | 9 December 1961 | 9 December 1962 | 1 year | ||||
Jamaica | Queen | 6 August 1962 | 8 September 2022 | 60 years, 33 days | Death | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | Queen | 31 August 1962 | 1 August 1976 | 13 years, 336 days | Country became republic | |||
Uganda | Queen | 9 October 1962 | 9 October 1963 | 1 year | ||||
Kenya | Queen | 12 December 1963 | 12 December 1964 | 1 year | ||||
Malawi | Queen | 6 July 1964 | 6 July 1966 | 2 years | ||||
Malta | Queen | 21 September 1964 | 13 December 1974 | 10 years, 83 days | ||||
The Gambia | Queen | 18 February 1965 | 24 April 1970 | 5 years, 65 days | ||||
Guyana | Queen | 26 May 1966 | 23 February 1970 | 3 years, 273 days | ||||
Barbados | Queen | 30 November 1966 | 30 November 2021 | 55 years | ||||
Mauritius | Queen | 12 March 1968 | 12 March 1992 | 24 years | ||||
Fiji | Queen | 10 October 1970 | 6 October 1987 | 16 years, 361 days | ||||
The Bahamas | Queen | 10 July 1973 | 8 September 2022 | 49 years, 60 days | Death | |||
Grenada | Grenada | 7 February 1974 | 8 September 2022 | 48 years, 213 days | ||||
Papua New Guinea | Queen | 16 September 1975 | 8 September 2022 | 46 years, 357 days | ||||
Solomon Islands | Queen | 7 July 1978 | 8 September 2022 | 44 years, 63 days | ||||
Tuvalu | Queen | 1 October 1978 | 8 September 2022 | 43 years, 342 days | ||||
Saint Lucia | Queen | 22 February 1979 | 8 September 2022 | 43 years, 198 days | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Queen | 27 October 1979 | 8 September 2022 | 42 years, 316 days | ||||
Belize | Queen | 21 September 1981 | 8 September 2022 | 40 years, 352 days | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | Queen | 1 November 1981 | 8 September 2022 | 40 years, 311 days | ||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Queen | 19 September 1983 | 8 September 2022 | 38 years, 354 days | ||||
Margrethe II | born 1940 | Denmark | Queen | 14 January 1972 | 14 January 2024 | 52 years | Abdication | |
Beatrix | born 1938 | Netherlands | Queen | 30 April 1980 | 30 April 2013 | 33 years | Abdication |
Foreign born Hindu heads of state and government
edit- Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- S. R. Nathan
- Devan Nair
- Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Anerood Jugnauth
- Navin Ramgoolam
- Pravind Jugnauth
- Dayendranath Burrenchobay
- Veerasamy Ringadoo
- Kailash Purryag
- Prithvirajsing Roopun
- Basdeo Panday
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar
- Cheddi Jagan
- Bharrat Jagdeo
- Donald Ramotar
- Fred Ramdat Misier
- Pretaap Radhakishun
- Ramsewak Shankar
- Mahendra Chaudhry
- Chan Santokhi
- Rishi Sunak
Hindu ministers out of India
edit
Longest serving consorts
editLongest living royals
edit# | Portrait | Name | Country(s) | Lifespan | Age | Title(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester | United Kingdom | 1901–2004 | 102 | |||
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | United Kingdom | 1900–2002 | 101 | Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms (1936–1952) | ||
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1921–2019 | 98 |
Sovereign states
editNo. | Dominion(s) | Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Marriage | Became consort | Ceased to be consort | Cause | Tenure | Spouse to |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United Kingdom Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa (1952–1961) Pakistan (1952–1956) Ceylon (1952–1972) Nigeria (1954–1963) Ghana (1957–1960) Sierra Leone (1961–1971) Tanganyika (1961–1964) Jamaica (from 1962) Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1976) Uganda (1962–1963) Kenya (1963–1964) Malawi (1964–1966) Malta (1964–1974) The Gambia (1965–1970) Guyana (1966–1970) Barbados (from 1966) Mauritius (1968–1992) Fiji (1970–1987) The Bahamas (from 1973) Grenada (from 1974) Papua New Guinea (from 1975) Solomon Islands (from 1978) Tuvalu (from 1978) Saint Lucia (from 1979) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (from 1979) Belize (from 1981) Antigua and Barbuda (from 1981) Saint Kitts and Nevis (from 1983) |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
1921–2021 (lived 99 years) |
20 November 1947 | 6 February 1952 | 9 April 2021 | Death | 69 years, 62 days | Elizabeth II | |
2 | Thailand | Queen Sirikit | born 1932 (age 92) living |
28 April 1950 | 13 October 2016 | Spouse's death | 66 years, 168 days | Bhumibol Adulyadej | ||
3 | Japan | Empress Kōjun | 1903–2000 (living 97 years) |
26 January 1924 | 25 December 1926 | 7 January 1989 | Spouse's death | 62 years, 13 days | Hirohito | |
4 | Principality of Montenegro (until 1910) Kingdom of Montenegro (from 1910) |
Queen Milena | 1847–1923 (lived 75 years) |
8 November 1860 | 26 November 1918[g] | Monarchy abolished | 58 years, 18 days | Nicholas I | ||
5 | Great Britain (1760–1800) Ireland (1760–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1820) |
Queen Charlotte | 1744–1818 (lived 74 years) |
8 September 1761 | 17 November 1818 | Death | 57 years, 70 days | George III | ||
6 | Brunei | Pengiran Anak Saleha | born 1946 (age 78) living |
29 July 1965 | 5 October 1967 | Incumbent | 57 years, 45 days | Hassanal Bolkiah | ||
7 | Sweden | Queen Silvia | (born 1943) (age 80 years) living |
17 June 1976 | Incumbent | 48 years, 155 days | Carl XVI Gustaf | |||
Liechtenstein | Princess Georgina | 1921–1989 (lived 67) |
7 March 1943 | 18 October 1989 | Death | 46 years, 225 days | Franz Joseph II | |||
Brazil | Empress Teresa Cristina | 1822–1889 (lived 67) |
30 May 1843 | 15 November 1889 | Monarchy abolished | 46 years, 169 days | Pedro II | |||
Denmark | Prince Henrik | 1934–2018 (lived 83 years) |
10 June 1967 | 14 January 1972 | 13 February 2018 | Death | 46 years, 30 days | Margrethe II | ||
Austria-Hungary | Empress Elisabeth | 1837–1898 (lived 60 years) |
24 April 1854 | 10 September 1898 | Death | 44 years, 139 days | Franz Joseph I | |||
Japan | Empress Shōken | 1849–1914 (lived 64 years) |
11 January 1869 | 30 July 1912 | Spouse's death | 43 years, 201 days | Meiji | |||
Tonga | Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe | 1926–2017 (lived 90 years) |
10 June 1947 | 16 December 1965 | 10 September 2006 | Spouse's death | 40 years, 268 days | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | ||
Luxembourg | Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte | 1927–2005 (lived 77 years) |
9 April 1953 | 12 November 1964 | 7 October 2000 | Spouse's abdication | 35 years, 330 days | Jean | ||
Norway | Queen Sonja | born 1937 (age 87) living |
29 August 1968 | 17 January 1991 | Incumbent | 33 years, 307 days | Harald V | |||
Belgium | Queen Fabiola | 1928–2014 (lived 86 years) |
15 December 1960 | 31 July 1993 | Spouse's death | 32 years, 228 days | Baudouin | |||
Netherlands | Prince Bernhard | 1911–2004 (lived 93 years) |
7 January 1937 | 6 September 1948 | 30 April 1980 | Spouse's abdication | 31 years, 237 days | Juliana | ||
Japan | Empress Michiko | born 1934 (age 90) living |
10 April 1959 | 7 January 1989 | 30 April 2019 | Spouse's abdication | 30 years, 113 days | Akihito |
Constituent monarchies
editNo. | Dominion(s) | Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Marriage | Became consort | Ceased to be consort | Cause | Tenure | Spouse to |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perlis (Malaysia) | Raja Perempuan Budriah | 1924–2008 (lived 84 years) |
1941 | 19 January 1946 | 16 April 2000 | Spouse's death | 54 years, 88 days | Putra | ||
Kedah (Malaysia) | Sultanah Bahiyah | 1930–2003 (lived 73 years) |
1955 | 15 July 1958 | 26 August 2003 | Death | 45 years, 42 days | Abdul Halim |
- ^ Sheikh Hasina was Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 23 June 1996 until 15 July 2001.
- ^ Emir of Bahrain from 6 March 1999 till 14 February 2002.
- ^ Pushpa Kumar Dahal was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 15 August 2008 until 25 May 2009 and from 4 August 2016 until 7 June 2017.
- ^ Letsie III was the King of Lesotho from 12 November 1990 until 25 January 1995.
- ^ Tshering Tobgay was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 27 July 2013 until 9 August 2018.
- ^ Andrew Holness was the Prime Minister of Jamaica from 23 October 2011 until 5 January 2012.
- ^ Princess Consort of Montenegro until 26 November 1918, and then Queen Consort.
Malay rulers by length
editindicates reigning rulers.
# | State | Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Became ruler | Ceased to be ruler | Tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sultan Sir Ibrahim Al-Masyhur, Sultan of Johor |
1873–1959 (lived 85 years) |
7 September 1895 | 8 May 1959 | 63 years, 243 days | |||
Kedah | Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, Sultan of Kedah[a] |
1927–2017 (lived 89 years) |
14 July 1958 | 11 September 2017 | 59 years, 59 days | ||
Perlis | Tuanku Sir Syed Harun Putra, Raja of Perlis[b] |
1920–2000 (lived 79 years) |
4 December 1945 | 16 April 2000 | 54 years, 134 days | ||
Pahang | Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Sultan of Pahang[c] |
1930–2019 (lived 88 years) |
7 May 1974 | 11 January 2019 | 44 years, 249 days | ||
Negeri Sembilan | Tuanku Ja'afar, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan[d] |
1922–2008 (lived 86 years) |
18 April 1967 | 27 December 2008 | 41 years, 253 days | ||
Selangor | Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor[e] |
1926–2001 (lived 75 years) |
3 September 1960 | 21 November 2001 | 41 years, 79 days | ||
Terengganu | Sultan Sir Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, Sultan of Terengganu[f] |
1907–1979 (lived 72 years) |
16 December 1945 | 20 September 1979 | 33 years, 278 days | ||
Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Al-Khalil Ibrahim Shah, Sultan of Johor |
1833–1895 (lived 62 years) |
2 February 1862[g] | 4 June 1895 | 33 years, 122 days | |||
Kelantan | Sultan Ismail Petra, Sultan of Kelantan |
1949–2019 (lived 69 years) |
30 March 1979 | 13 September 2010[h] | 31 years, 167 days | ||
Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Sultan of Perak |
1928–2014 (lived 86 years) |
3 February 1984 | 28 May 2014 | 30 years, 114 days | |||
Sultan Iskandar, Sultan of Johor |
1932–2010 (lived 77 years) |
11 May 1981 | 22 January 2010 | 28 years, 256 days | |||
Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan |
1895–1960 (lived 64 years) |
3 August 1933 | 1 April 1960 | 26 years, 242 days | |||
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Terengganu |
born 1962 (aged 62 years) |
15 May 1998 | Reigning | 26 years, 188 days | |||
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Raja of Perlis |
born 1943 (aged 81 years) |
17 April 2000 | Reigning | 24 years, 216 days | |||
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj Sultan of Selangor |
born 1945 (aged 78 years) |
22 November 2001 | Reigning | 22 years, 363 days | |||
Sultan Sir Ismail Al Khalidi, Sultan of Johor |
1894–1981 (lived 86 years) |
8 May 1959 | 10 May 1981 | 22 years, 2 days | |||
Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan |
1917–1979 (lived 61 years) |
10 July 1960 | 29 March 1979 | 18 years, 262 days | |||
Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, Sultan of Terengganu |
1930–1998 (lived 68 years) |
21 September 1979 | 14 May 1998 | 18 years, 235 days | |||
Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor |
1898–1960 (lived 62 years) |
4 April 1938 | 15 January 1942 | 18 years, 274 days | |||
14 September 1945 | 1 September 1960 | ||||||
Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan |
born 1948 (aged 76 years) |
29 December 2008 | Reigning | 15 years, 326 days | |||
Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, Sultan of Johor |
born 1958 (aged 65 years) |
23 January 2010 | Reigning | 14 years, 301 days | |||
Sultan Muhammad V, Sultan of Kelantan |
born 1969 (aged 55 years) |
13 September 2010 | Reigning | 14 years, 67 days | |||
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, Sultan of Perak |
born 1956 (aged 67 years) |
29 May 2014 | Reigning | 10 years, 174 days | |||
Sultan Sallehuddin, Sultan of Kedah |
born 1942 (aged 82 years) |
12 September 2017 | Reigning | 7 years, 68 days | |||
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, Sultan of Pahang |
born 1959 (aged 65 years) |
11 January 2019 | Reigning | 5 years, 313 days |
- ^ Sultan Abdul Halim, the Sultan of Kedah was the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 21 September 1970 and 20 September 1975 and again the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 13 December 2011 and 12 December 2016.
- ^ Tuanku Syed Harun Putra, the Raja of Perlis served as the 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 21 September 1960 and 20 September 1965.
- ^ Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, the Sultan of Pahang was the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 26 April 1979 and 25 April 1984.
- ^ Tuanku Ja'afar, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan served as the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 26 April 1994 and 25 April 1999.
- ^ Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj, the Sultan of Selangor served as the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 26 April 1999 until his death on 21 November 2001.
- ^ Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah served as the 4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 21 September 1965 and 20 September 1970.
- ^ Sultan Sir Abu Bakar was styled as "Temenggong of Johor" until 29 June 1868, as "Maharaja of Johor" from 30 June 1868 and 12 February 1886, and as "Sultan of Johor" from 13 February 1886.
- ^ During the indisposition of Sultan Ismail Petra after he suffered a massive stroke in 2009, the state government decided that he was incapable to reign and appointed his eldest son, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, the Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan as the next Sultan.
List of Indian governors who died in office
editName | Position (since) | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nirmal Chandra Jain | Governor of Rajasthan (since 2003) | 22 September 2003 | 75 | Jaipur | Heart Attack |
K. R. Malkani | Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (since 2002) | 27 October 2003 | 81 | Puducherry | |
Govind Singh Gurjar | Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (since 2008) | 6 April 2009 | 77 | New Delhi | |
Shiv Charan Mathur | Governor of Assam (since 2008) | 25 June 2009 | 82 | New Delhi | Cardiac arrest |
Shilendra Kumar Singh | Governor of Rajasthan (since 2007) | 1 December 2009 | 77 | Delhi | |
Prabha Rau | Governor of Rajasthan (since 2009) | 26 April 2010 | 75 | New Delhi | |
Balram Das Tandon | Governor of Chhattisgarh (since 2014) | 14 August 2018 | 90 | Raipur | Heart attack |
Lalji Tandon | Governor of Madhya Pradesh (since 2019) | 21 July 2020 | 85 | Lucknow |
Indian governors who completed a full term
editIncludes governors who served as governor of one state for a full term (five years) or more.
Name | State | Term began | Term end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bhishma Narain Singh | Assam | 15 April 1984 | 10 May 1989 | 5 years, 25 days |
Lokanath Misra | Assam | 17 March 1991 | 1 September 1997 | 6 years, 168 days |
M. M. Jacob | Meghalaya | 19 June 1995 | 11 April 2007 | 1 year, 296 days |
Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Retd.) | Assam | 1 September 1997 | 21 April 2003 | 5 years, 232 days |
Jammu and Kashmir | 4 June 2003 | 25 June 2008 | 5 years, 21 days | |
Lieutenant General Ajai Singh (Retd.) | Assam | 5 June 2003 | 4 July 2008 | 5 years, 29 days |
Gopalkrishna Gandhi | West Bengal | 14 December 2004 | 14 December 2009 | 5 years, 0 days |
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary | Meghalaya | 1 July 2008 | 6 July 2013 | 5 years, 5 days |
Narinder Nath Vohra | Jammu and Kashmir | 25 June 2008 | 23 August 2018 | 10 years, 59 days |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Assam | 11 December 2009 | 11 December 2014 | 5 years, 0 days |
E. S. L. Narasimhan | Andhra Pradesh | 27 December 2009 | 23 July 2019 | 9 years, 208 days |
Shivraj Patil | Punjab | 22 January 2010 | 22 January 2015 | 5 years, 0 days |
Urmila Singh | Himachal Pradesh | 25 January 2010 | 25 January 2015 | 5 years, 0 days |
Ram Naresh Yadav | Madhya Pradesh | 8 September 2011 | 8 September 2016 | 5 years, 0 days |
S. C. Jamir | Odisha | 21 March 2013 | 21 March 2018 | 5 years, 0 days |
Om Prakash Kohli | Gujarat | 16 July 2014 | 16 July 2019 | 5 years, 0 days |
Ram Naik | Uttar Pradesh | 22 July 2014 | 28 July 2019 | 5 years, 6 days |
Keshari Nath Tripathi | West Bengal | 24 July 2014 | 29 July 2019 | 5 years, 5 days |
Mridula Sinha | Goa | 26 August 2014 | 23 October 2019 | 5 years, 58 days |
C. Vidyasagar Rao | Maharashtra | 30 August 2014 | 4 September 2019 | 5 years, 5 days |
Vajubhai Vala | Karnataka | 1 September 2014 | 10 July 2021 | 6 years, 312 days |
V. P. Singh Badnore | Punjab | 22 August 2016 | 30 August 2021 | 5 years, 8 days |
Brigadier B. D. Mishra (Retd.) | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 October 2017 | 15 February 2023 | 5 years, 135 days |
Jagdish Mukhi | Assam | 10 October 2017 | 20 February 2023 | 5 years, 133 days |
List of Indian leaders who died in office
editGrand Cross of Liberty
editNational
edit- 9 June 1999:
- 9 June 1999: João Celso da Rocha Cruise
- 9 June 1999: César de Oliveira, professor (posthumous)
- 9 June 1999: Alberto Martins, former Minister of Justice
- 25 August 1999: Emidio Warrior, teacher
- 7 December 1999: Cardinal Basílio do Nascimento, Bishop of Baucau
- 10 May 2000: Hermínio da Palma Inácio, revolutionary
- 9 June 2000: António Lopes Cardoso, former Minister of Agriculture and Fishing
- 9 June 2000: Adelino da Palma Carlos, former Prime Minister (posthumous)
- 9 June 2000: José Augusto da Silva Marques, former Governor of Leiria
- 9 June 2001: Jorge Miranda, jurist
- 25 April 2004: António Ramalho Eanes, former President of the Republic
- 25 April 2004: António de Almeida Santos, former President of Assembly of the Republic
- 9 June 2005: Jaime Gama, former President of Assembly of the Republic
- 9 June 2005: Edmundo Pedro, former Member of Assembly of the Republic
- 9 June 2005: José Pacheco Pereira, former Vice-President of European Parliament
- 9 June 2005: Helena Roseta, former Member of Assembly of the Republic
- 21 November 2005: Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, poet and painter
- 30 January 2006: Teófilo da Silva Bento
- 30 January 2006: Carlos Cáceres Monteiro, journalist (posthumous)
- 30 January 2006: Rui Fernando da Costa Ferreira
- 9 June 2006: Óscar Lopes, former Member of Assembly of the Republic
- 5 December 2007: Mário Montalvão Machado, former Member of Council of State
- 25 April 2011: Francisco Pinto Balsemão, former Prime Minister
- 25 April 2011: António Barbosa de Melo, former President of the Assembly of the Republic
- 25 April 2011: Artur Santos Silva, former Vice-Governor of Bank of Portugal
- 9 June 2014: Eduardo Lourenço, philosopher and writer
- 2 February 2016: António Guterres, Secretary-General of United Nations and former Prime Minister
- 7 April 2016: António Arnaut, former Minister of Social Affairs
- 7 April 2016: João Lobo Antunes, neurosurgeon
- 22 September 2016: Aristides de Sousa Mendes, former Consul (posthumous)
- 5 October 2016: Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, former President of the Assembly of the Republic
- 1 May 2017: Miguel Portas, former Member of European Parliament (posthumous)
- 10 May 2017: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, former Prime Minister (posthumous)
- 10 May 2017: António Barreto, former Minister of Commerce
- 10 May 2017: Manuel da Silva Martins, former Bishop of Setubal
- 27 September 2018: António Borges Coelho, historian and poet
- 29 August 2019: Fernando Namora, writer
- 28 September 2019: António Lobo Antunes, medical doctor and Nobel laureate
- 25 April 2020: José Fernandes Fafe, former Ambassador (posthumous)
- 6 July 2021: Mário Sacramento, physician (posthumous)
- 23 November 2021: Joana de Barros Baptista, gender rights activist
- 26 May 2022: Augusto Santos Silva, President of the Assembly of the Republic
- 11 November 2022: José Manuel Galvão Teles, former Member of Council of State
- 25 November 2022: António Pires Veloso, former Governor of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (posthumous)
Foreigners
edit- 16 July 1988: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, abstract painter
- 30 June 1989: Andreas Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece
- 22 April 1991: Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa
- 25 January 1993: Árpád Göncz, former President of Hungary
- 9 June 1993: Xanana Gusmão, former President of East Timor
- 28 December 1994: Álvaro Lins, former Ambassador of Brazil
- 24 April 1995: Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez, former Parliamentary Assembly President, Council of Europe
- 29 May 1995: José Francisco Peña Gómez, former Mayor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 17 June 1995: Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of Soviet Union
- 1 March 1996: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, former Secretary-General of United Nations
- 22 February 1996: Adolfo Suárez, former Prime Minister of Spain
- 9 June 1998: José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor
- 23 July 2003: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil
- 22 March 2005: Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France
- 5 January 2006: Albie Sachs, former Judge of Constitutional Court, South Africa
- 13 May 2016: Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of United Nations
- 16 January 2017: Martin Schulz, former President of the European Parliament
- 19 July 2017: Shah Karim Aga Khan IV
- 15 April 2018: Queen Letizia of Spain
- 5 July 2018: Sir Peter Cosgrove, former Governor-General of Australia
Order of Merit (Portugal)
edit24 October 2002 | Johannes Bäckström | Head of Protocol of Finland |
24 October 2002 | Antti Satuli | State Secretary of Finland |
24 October 2002 | Risto Ihamuotila | Chancellor of Helsinki University |
24 October 2002 | Esko Kiuru | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland |
31 January 2003 | Dimitris Avramopoulos | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece |
31 January 2003 | Constantinos Rallis | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Danae-Madeleine Koumanakou | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Theodoros Sotiropoulos | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Yannis-Alexios Zepos | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Dimitrios Kondoumas | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Vassilios Ikossipentarcho | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Haris Karabarounis | Greek diplomat |
31 January 2003 | Ioannis Beveratos | Greek diplomat |
29 May 2003 | Ingrīda Ūdre | Speaker of the Saeima |
29 May 2003 | Einars Repše | Prime Minister of Latvia |
29 May 2003 | Zigmantas Balčytis | Minister of Transport and Communications of Latvia |
29 May 2003 | Petras Čėsna | Minister of Economy of Lithuania |
29 May 2003 | Vytenis Andriukaitis | Member of Seimas of Lithuania |
29 May 2003 | Gediminas Kirkilas | Member of Seimas of Lithuania; later Prime Minister |
29 May 2003 | Vaclov Stankevič | Member of Seimas of Lithuania |
29 May 2003 | Alvydas Medalinskas | Advisor to the President of Lithuania |
29 May 2003 | Evaldas Ignatavičius | State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania |
29 May 2003 | Dalius Čekuolis | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania |
29 May 2003 | Aino Lepik von Wirén | State Secretary of Estonia |
29 May 2003 | Raul Mälk | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia |
23 July 2003 | Celso Amorim | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil |
23 July 2003 | Cássio Cunha Lima | Governor of Paraíba |
23 July 2003 | Ronaldo Lessa | Governor of Alagoas |
6 November 2003 | Michel Czetertynski | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium |
13 February 2004 | Kjell Magne Bondevik | Prime Minister of Norway |
13 February 2004 | Jan Petersen | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
13 February 2004 | Lars Petter Forberg | Chief of the Royal Court of Norway |
13 February 2004 | Berit Tversland | Cabinet Secretary to the King of Norway |
13 February 2004 | Arnt Magne Rindal | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway |
13 February 2004 | Rolf Thomsen | Commander of the Royal Norwegian Army |
13 February 2004 | Svein-Erik Ovesen | Diplomat |
13 February 2004 | Anne Lund | Diplomat |
13 February 2004 | Ann Ollestad | Deputy Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
13 February 2004 | Lise Harlem | Diplomat |
13 February 2004 | Wenche Rasch | Diplomat |
13 February 2004 | Ulf Erik Husebø | Chief of Adjutant Staff to the King of Norway |
7 July 2004 | Jolanta Kwaśniewska | First Lady of Poland |
- 31 January 2005: Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, former diplomat, Austria
- 31 January 2005: Markus von Lutterotti, Austria
- 31 January 2005: Joseph Mayer, Austria
- 31 January 2005: Giovanni Castellaneta, former diplomat, Italy
- 31 January 2005: Emilio Barbarani, former diplomat, Italy
- 15 February 2005: Teodor Baconschi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
- 9 March 2005: Lazhar Bououni, former Minister, Tunisia
- 9 March 2005: Lourdes Carlota Vallarino Pinilla, former Ambassador of Panama
- 22 March 2005: Ernest-Antoine Seillière, French entrepreneur
- 6 May 2005: Octavie Modert, former Secretary of State, Luxembourg
- 6 May 2005: Georges Santer, former diplomat, Luxembourg
- 6 May 2005: Alain de Muyser, former diplomat, Luxembourg
- 17 May 2005: Shoichiro Toyoda, former Chairman of Toyota Motors, Japan
- 20 June 2005: Theis Truelsen, former Ambassador of Denmark
- 15 July 2005: Manuel Matta, former Ambassador of Chile
- 15 July 2005: Francisco Marambio, former Ambassador of Chile
- 15 July 2005: José Luis Balmaceda, former Ambassador of Chile
- 30 August 2005: Mohammed Al-Rashidd, former Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
- 27 October 2005: Ramtane Lamamra, former Ambassador of Algeria
- 17 January 2006: Jacques Brodin, former Ambassador of France
- 8 March 2006: Ingrid Rüütel, former First Lady of Estonia
- 8 March 2006: Heiki Loot, former Secretary of State, Estonia
- 8 March 2006: Tarmo Kõuts, former Commander of Defence Forces, Estonia
- 8 March 2006: Armand De Decker, former President of the Senate, Belgium
- 8 March 2006: Paul Ponjaert, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 8 March 2006: Frank De Coninck, former Marshal of Royal Court, Belgium
- 8 March 2006: Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou, former Principal Private Secretary to King, Belgium
- 8 March 2006: Joseph Van den Put, former Military Head of Royal Household, Belgium
- 8 March 2006: Jan Grauls, former Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
- 8 March 2006: Patrick Vercauteren Drubbel, former diplomat, Belgium
- 7 September 2006: Shim Yoon-Joe, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 25 September 2006: Miguel Sebastián Gascón, former Minister of Industry, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Francisco Fernández Fábregas, former Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Raimundo Pérez-Hernández y Torra, former Chief of Protocol, Spain
- 25 September 2006: José Villegas, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Jaime Alfonsín, Head of the Royal Household, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Alfonso Sanz Portolés, former Secretary-General of Royal Household, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Domingo Martínez Palomo, Secretary-General of HM King, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Javier Sancho, former diplomat, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Manuel Cacho, former diplomat, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Yago Pico de Coaña, former diplomat, Spain
- 25 September 2006: José María Pons Irazazábal, former diplomat, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Juan Carlos Gafo, former diplomat, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Carlos Casajuana, diplomat, Spain
- 25 September 2006: José Cabrera, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Manuel Barros, Spain
- 31 May 2007: Vytautas Naudužas, former Vice Minister of Economy, Lithuania
- 31 May 2007: Valteris Baliukonis, former Head of Foreign Policy, Lithuania
- 31 May 2007: Algimantas Rimkūnas, former Ambassador of Lithuania
- 31 May 2007: Arvydas Vaitkus, former Communications Secretary, Lithuania
- 31 May 2007: Justinas Karosas, former Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Lithuania
- 31 May 2007: Darius Gaidys, former Ambassador of Lithuania
- 26 June 2008: Salv Stelini, former Ambassador of Malta
- 1 September 2008: Waldemar Pawlak, former Prime Minister of Poland
- 1 September 2008: Bogdan Zdrojewski, former Minister of Culture, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Krzysztof Putra, former Deputy Marshal of Sejm, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Zbigniew Romaszewski, former Vice Marshal of Senate, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Katarzyna Skórzyńska, former Ambassador of Poland
- 1 September 2008: Paweł Kowal, Member of Sejm, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Elżbieta Jakubiak, former Member of Sejm, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Jan Ołdakowski, Member of Sejm, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Piotr Kownacki, former Head of Chancellery of President, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Władysław Stasiak, former Head of National Security Bureau, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Maciej Łopiński, former Chief of Presidential Cabinet, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Michał Kamiński, Deputy Marshal of Senate, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Ryszard Legutko, former Secretary of State, Presidential Chancellery, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, former Secretary of State, Presidential Chancellery, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Małgorzata Bocheńska, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Andrzej Duda, President of Poland (then Undersecretary of State)
- 1 September 2008: Grażyna Bernatowicz, former Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk, Primate Emeritus of Poland
- 1 September 2008: Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków
- 1 September 2008: Franciszek Gągor, former Chief of General Staff, Poland
- 1 September 2008: Mariusz Kazana, former Director of Diplomatic Protocol, Poland
- 18 September 2008: Satoshi Hara, former Ambassador of Japan
- 11 December 2008: Mary Fenech Adami, former First Lady of Malta
- 2 March 2009: Hans-Gert Pöttering, former President of European Parliament
- 2 March 2009: Horst Seehofer, former Minister-President of Bavaria, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Klaus Wowereit, former Governing Mayor of Berlin, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany (then Minister)
- 2 March 2009: Thomas de Maizière, former Head of the Chancellery, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Gernot Erler, former Minister of State, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Günter Gloser, former Minister of State, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Gert Haller, former Head of President's Office, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Peter Ammon, former State Secretary for Foreign Office, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Reinhard Silberberg, former State Secretary for Foreign Office, Germany
- 2 March 2009: Joachim Broudré-Gröger, former Ambassador of Germany
- 16 March 2009: Jafar Hassan, former Minister of Planning, Jordan
- 16 March 2009: Mazen Tabbalat, Jordan
- 16 March 2009: Imad Abdin, former Assistant Chief of Protocol, Royal Household, Jordan
- 26 March 2009: Chung Eui-Min, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 27 March 2009: Luzmila Zanabria Ishikawa, former Ambassador of Peru
- 3 June 2009: Spyridon Theocharopoulos, former Ambassador of Greece
- 1 July 2009: Sauli Feodorow, former Ambassador of Finland
- 8 October 2009: Mohamed Salia Sokona, former Ambassador of Mali
- 1 December 2009: Rolando Drago, former Ambassador of Chile
- 1 December 2009: Patricio Torres, former Ambassador of Chile
- 1 December 2009: Roberto Ibarra, former Ambassador of Chile
- 1 December 2009: Fernando Ayala, former Ambassador of Chile
- 1 December 2009: Marcelo Tokman, former Minister of Energy, Chile
- 1 December 2009: Jean-Jacques Duhart, Chile
- 18 January 2010: Rudolf Huygelen, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 2 March 2010: Ewald Jager, former Ambassador of Austria
- 9 March 2010: Sadakazu Tanigaki, former Minister of Justice, Japan
- 8 June 2010: Edmund Ho, former Chief Executive of Macau
- 11 June 2010: Robert Jan van Houtoum, former Ambassador of the Netherlands
- 26 July 2010: Mart Tarmak, former Ambassador of Estonia
- 26 July 2010: Mohamed Ridha Farhat, former Ambassador of Tunisia
- 7 September 2010: Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg
- 7 September 2010: Paul Dühr, Marshal of Grand Ducal Court, Luxembourg
- 7 September 2010: Jeannot Krecké, former Minister of Economy, Luxembourg
- 17 September 2010: Alberto José Navarro González, former Ambassador of Portugal
- 20 December 2010: Kasivat Paruggamanont, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 22 July 2011: Inga Magistad, former Ambassador of Norway
- 1 February 2012: Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari, former Ambassador of Qatar
- 1 February 2012: Motohiko Nishimura, former Ambassador of Japan
- 19 April 2012: Anna Komorowska, former First Lady of Poland
- 26 April 2012: Alwi Shihab, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
- 11 May 2012: Kang Dae-Hyun, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 26 July 2012: Jean-Michel Veranneman, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 5 September 2012: Bengt Lundborg, Sweden
- 14 November 2012: María Clemencia de Santos, former First Lady of Colombia
- 19 November 2012: Jorge Román, former Ambassador of Peru
- 19 November 2012: Alberto Salas, former Ambassador of Peru
- 19 November 2012: Néstor Popolizio, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peru
- 13 May 2013: Vassilios Costis, former Ambassador of Greece
- 16 July 2013: Bernhard Wrabetz, former Ambassador of Austria
- 26 July 2013: Asko Numminen, former Ambassador of Finland
- 29 July 2013: Marta Linares de Martinelli, former First Lady of Panama
- 29 July 2013: Maymouna Diop Sy, former Ambassador of Senegal
- 30 September 2013: Nobutaka Shinomiya, former Ambassador of Japan
- 26 November 2013: Jorge Fernández Díaz, former Minister of Interior, Spain
- 4 March 2014: Pablo Martín Alonso, Spain
- 4 March 2014: Francisco Javier Velázquez, former Director-General of Police, Spain
- 6 May 2014: Archbishop Fouad Twal, Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins
- 9 May 2014: Fernando Chui, former Chief Executive of Macau
- 14 July 2014: Hans Michael Kofoed-Hansen, former Ambassador of Denmark
- 28 January 2015: Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, former Secretary of Communications and Transportation, Mexico
- 28 January 2015: Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, former Secretary of Economy, Mexico
- 28 January 2015: Luis Videgaray Caso, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
- 28 January 2015: Jesús Murillo Karam, former Attorney General, Mexico
- 29 January 2015: Claudia Ruiz Massieu, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
- 15 April 2015: Jung-hee Yoo, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 15 June 2015: Vasile Popovici, former Ambassador of Romania
- 23 June 2015: Eduardo Junco Bonet, former Ambassador of Spain
- 29 July 2015: Bernard Pierre, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 8 March 2016: José Manuel García-Margallo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
- 23 April 2016: Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Titular Archbishop of Sejny
- 1 August 2016: Madalena Cepeda Neves, former Ambassador Cape Verde
- 8 September 2016: Jean-François Blarel, former Ambassador of France
- 28 November 2016: José Manuel Zuleta y Alejandro, Head of Secretariat to HM Queen, Spain
- 25 January 2017: Dragica Nikolić, former First Lady of Serbia
- 30 January 2017: Vlassia Pavlopoulou-Peltsemi, former First Lady of Greece
- 30 January 2017: Nikos Kotzias, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece
- 30 January 2017: Georges Yennimatas, Greece
- 14 April 2017: Ove Thorsheim, former Ambassador of Norway
23 May 2017 | Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | |
23 May 2017 | Corinne Cahen | Minister of Family and Integration of Luxembourg |
23 May 2017 | Félix Braz | Minister of Justice of Luxembourg |
23 May 2017 | Mars Di Bartolomeo | Former Minister of Health of Luxembourg |
23 May 2017 | Lucien Weiler | Former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg |
12 September 2017 | Dominique Ouattara | First Lady of Ivory Coast |
23 October 2017 | Hiroshi Azuma | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan |
30 January 2018 | Andrew Parker | Director General of MI5 |
5 April 2018 | Giuseppe Morabito | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy |
15 April 2018 | Alfonso Fernández Mañueco | Mayor of Salamanca |
15 April 2018 | María Teresa Sáenz de Heredia | |
15 April 2018 | Manuela Carmena | Mayor of Madrid |
15 April 2018 | Juan Vicente Herrera | President of the Junta of Castile and León |
15 April 2018 | Eduardo Gutiérrez Sáenz de Buruaga | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain |
15 April 2018 | Camilo Villarino Marzo | Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain |
15 April 2018 | Andrés Costilludo Gómez | Chief of Protocol of Spain |
27 April 2018 | Yukiya Amano | Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency |
28 September 2018 | German Guerrero Pavez | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile |
25 February 2019 | Maribel Díaz Cabello | First Lady of Peru |
27 February 2019 | Ekaterini Simopoulou | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece |
16 April 2019 | Georgi-Rene Maksimovski | First Gentleman of Estonia |
20 May 2019 | Christof Weil | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany |
18 June 2019 | Doris Schmidauer | First Lady of Austria |
15 June 2020 | Jean-Jacques Welfring | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Luxembourg |
24 July 2020 | Anders Erdal | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway |
24 July 2020 | Tarja Laitiainen | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland |
13 August 2020 | Jacek Junosza Kisielewski | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland |
24 November 2020 | K. Nandini Singla | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Portugal |
27 September 2021 | Mauricio Botton Carasso | |
27 September 2021 | Charlotte Botton | |
19 October 2021 | Koffi Fana Théodore | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ivory Coast |
16 November 2021 | Jaume Serra Serra | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Andorra |
10 March 2021 | Jun Niimi | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan |
10 March 2022 | Pedro Pablo Díaz | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile |
5 May 2022 | Florence Mangin | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France |
25 July 2022 | Sheikh Fahad Salem Al-Sabah | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kuwait |
29 July 2022 | Helena Pilsas Ahlin | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden |
29 July 2022 | Geneviève Renaux | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium |
29 July 2022 | Ruth Lausma Luik | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Estonia |
6 July 2023 | Ioana Bivolaru | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania |
18 July 2023 | Blažka Kepic | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovenia |
23 November 2023 | Reinhold Würth | Businessman and art collector |
3 January 2024 | Marta Betanzos Roig | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain |
4 January 2024 | Chris Sainty | Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom |
Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
editDate | Name | Notes |
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10 April 2002 | Ingrid Rüütel | First Lady of Estonia |
10 April 2002 | Liina Tõnisson | Minister of Economy and Transport of Estonia |
10 April 2002 | Aino Lepik von Wirén | State Secretary of Estonia |
10 April 2002 | Peep Jahilo | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Estonia |
10 April 2002 | Indrek Tarand | Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia |
10 April 2002 | Tarmo Mänd | Director of the Presidential Office of Estonia |
10 April 2002 | Vice-Admiral Tarmo Kõuts | Commander of the Defence Forces of Estonia |
- 1 July 2002: Luiz Antonio Jardim Gagliardi, former Ambassador of Brazil
- 1 July 2002: Marcelo Vargas Campos, former Ambassador of Mexico
- 1 July 2002: Magnus Vahlquist, former Ambassador of Sweden
- 1 July 2002: Kyung-tai Park, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 1 July 2002: Thakur Phanit, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 8 October 2002: Dalma Mádl, former First Lady of Hungary
- 8 October 2002: Péter Medgyessy, former Prime Minister of Hungary
- 8 October 2002: Katalin Szili, former Speaker of National Assembly, Hungary
- 8 October 2002: László Kovács, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
20 May 2003 | Princess Astrid of Belgium | |
20 May 2003 | Prince Lorenz of Belgium | |
20 May 2003 | Prince Laurent of Belgium | |
20 May 2003 | Princess Claire of Belgium | |
20 May 2003 | Princess Baudouin De Mérode | Lady-in-waiting to the Queen of the Belgians |
20 May 2003 | Guy Verhofstadt | Prime Minister of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Armand De Decker | President of the Senate of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Herman De Croo | President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Louis Michel | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Frank De Coninck | Marshal of the Royal Household of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | François-Xavier de Donnea | Minister-President of Brussels |
20 May 2003 | Patrick Dewael | Minister-President of Flanders |
20 May 2003 | Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe | Minister-President of Wallonia |
20 May 2003 | Carlos De Wever | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Jan Grauls | Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Patrick Vercauteren Drubbel | Chief of Protocol of Belgium |
20 May 2003 | Admiral Pierre Warnauts | Chief of Defence of Belgium |
1 July 2003 | Kristinn F. Árnason | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iceland |
- 1 July 2003: Abdelouahab Bellouki, former Ambassador of Morocco
- 1 July 2003: Masao Kawai, former Ambassador of Japan
- 4 August 2003: Lourdes Molinos, former Ambassador of Venezuela
- 16 September 2003: Jolanta Kwaśniewska, former First Lady of Poland
- 7 October 2003: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil
- 7 October 2003: João Paulo Cunha, former President of Chamber of Deputies, Brazil
- 7 October 2003: Maurício Corrêa, former President of Supreme Court, Brazil
- 7 October 2003: Celso Amorim, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
- 7 October 2003: Luiz Fernando Furlan, former Minister of Development, Industry and Trade, Brazil
- 7 October 2003: Gilberto Gil, former Minister of Culture, Brazil
- 7 October 2003: Samuel Guimarães, former Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
- 28 October 2003: Andrzes Jaroszynski, former Ambassador of Poland
- 19 November 2003: Thomas Hajnoczi, former Ambassador of Austria
- 16 January 2004: José Luis Balmaceda Sergios, former Ambassador of Chile
- 2 March 2004: Maria José Ritta, former First Lady of Portugal
- 19 March 2004: Eduardo Garrigues Lopez-Chicheri, former Ambassador of Spain
- 28 April 2004: Yuri Kvitsinskiy, former Member of State Duma, Russia
- 24 June 2004: Inuns Braganca, Aide-de-Camp, Portugal
- 29 June 2004: José Filipe Moraes Cabral, former Chief of Staff to President, Portugal
- 29 June 2004: Eurico Paes, former Chief of Protocol, Portugal
- 29 June 2004: Joao Vasco Palmafinalo, former Advisor, Portugal
- 1 July 2004: [[Teresa Patrício de Gouveia], former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
- 15 July 2004: Luis Manuel Correia da Silva, former Minister of Tourism, Portugal
- 16 October 2004: Ionnais Boukouris, former Ambassador of Greece
- 28 October 2004: Uberto Pestalozza, former Ambassador of Italy
- 14 December 2004: Domedej Bunnag, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 16 February 2005: Byung-hyo Choi, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 29 June 2005: Horst Winkelmann, former Ambassador of Germany
- 30 June 2005: Sten Lilholt, former Ambassador of Denmark
- 2 November 2005: Björn von Sydow, former Speaker of Riksdag, Sweden
- 5 November 2005: John D. Ong, former Ambassador of the United States
- 6 December 2005: Orlando Ruben Rebagliati, former Ambassador of Germany
- 9 December 2005: Pekka Huthaniemi, former Ambassador of Finland
- 17 April 2007: Margit Fischer, former First Lady of Austria
- 17 April 2007: Martin Bartenstein, former Minister of Economy and Labour, Austria
- 17 April 2007: Ursula Plassnik, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Austria
- 17 April 2007: Rene Pollitzer, former Cabinet Director, Austria
- 17 April 2007: Anton Kozusnik, former Ambassador of Austria
- 17 April 2007: Heinz Anton Hafner, former Deputy Secretary-General, Austria
- 5 June 2007: Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland (then Speaker of Riksdag)
- 5 June 2007: Ilkka Kanerva, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland
- 5 June 2007: Astrid Thors, former Minister of Migration and European Affairs, Finland
- 5 June 2007: Jukka Paarma, Archbishop Emeritus of Finland
- 5 June 2007: Jarmo Viinanen, former Chief of Cabinet, Finland
- 5 June 2007: Pertti Torstila, former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Finland
- 5 June 2007: Peter Stenlund, former Ambassador of Finland
- 13 September 2007: Miguel Jorge, former Minister of Development and Foreign Trade, Brazil
- 13 September 2007: Sergio Eduardo Moreira Lima, former Ambassador of Brazil
- 13 September 2007: Marco Aurélio Garcia, former Foreign Policy Advisor to the President, Brazil
- 15 October 2007: Angela Merkel, former Chancellor of Germany
- 15 October 2007: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany (then Foreign Minister)
- 15 October 2007: Harald Ringstorff, former President of Bundesrat
- 15 October 2007: Klaus Wowereit, former Governing Mayor of Berlin
- 15 October 2007: Jürgen Rüttgers, former Minister-President of North-Rhine Westphalia
- 15 October 2007: Gert Haller, former State Secretary, Germany
- 15 October 2007: Gunter Gloser, former State Secretary, Germany
- 15 October 2007: Reinhard Silberberg, former State Secretary, Germany
- 15 October 2007: Roland Mauch, former Ambassador of Germany
- 15 October 2007: Thomas de Maizière, former Head of Chancellery, Germany
- 15 April 2009: Håkan Syrén, former Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, Sweden
- 28 May 2009: Ronald van Roeden, former Ambassador of the Netherlands
- 28 May 2009: Roberto Alonso Budge, former Ambassador of Chile
- 9 June 2009: Benson K. Whitney, former Ambassador of the United States
- 1 June 2010: Maxime Verhagen, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- 1 June 2010: Maria van der Hoeven, former Minister of Finance, Netherlands
- 1 June 2010: M. Hennis, former Chief Justice, Netherlands
- 1 June 2010: H. Morsink, former Chief of Staff, Netherlands
- 1 June 2010: R. van Rijssen, former Ambassador of the Netherlands
- 16 June 2010: Michael Sahlin, former Ambassador of Sweden
- 22 June 2010: Theis Truelsen, former Ambassador of Denmark
- 30 August 2010: Byung-koo Choi, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 6 September 2010: Hisao Yamaguchi, former Ambassador of Japan
- 20 January 2011: Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir, former Ambassador of Iceland
- 9 September 2011: Yahdih Bouchaab, former Ambassador of Morocco
- 20 September 2011: Dušan Rozbora, former Ambassador of Slovakia
- 21 September 2011: Christian Monnoyer, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 26 September 2011: Jullapong Nonsrichai, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 24 April 2012: Juan Léon Alvarado, former Ambassador of Guatemala
- 25 May 2013: Antonio Bandini, former Ambassador of Italy
- 28 May 2013: Hugo Østergaard-Andersen, former Ambassador of Denmark
- 30 September 2013: Byong-hyun Lee, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 9 December 2013: Barry B. White, former Ambassador of the United States
- 26 April 2014: Juan Aníbal Barria, former Ambassador of Chile
- 30 June 2014: José de Jésus Sojo Reyes, former Ambassador of Venezuela
- 25 September 2014: Akio Shirota, former Ambassador of Japan
- 25 October 2014: Antonios Vlavianos, former Ambassador of Greece
- 8 December 2014: Theerankun Niyom, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 18 March 2015: Dace Melbārde, former Minister of Culture, Latvia
- 18 March 2015: Dana Reizniece-Ozola, former Minister of Finance, Latvia
- 18 March 2015: Raimonds Vējonis, former President of Latvia (then Defence Minister)
- 18 March 2015: Gundars Daudze, former Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly, Latvia
- 18 April 2015: Lee Byung-hwa, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 18 April 2015: Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia (then Foreign Minister)
- 12 May 2015: Michel Godfrind, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 30 May 2015: Gunnar Pálsson, former Ambassador of Iceland
- 2 May 2016: Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rozas, former Ambassador of Argentina
- 15 September 2016: Sadia El Alaoui, former Ambassador of Morocco
- 13 October 2016: Antonio López Martínez, former Ambassador of Spain
- 19 October 2016: Flávio Helmold Macieira, former Ambassador of Brazil
- 25 January 2017: José Miguel Cruz Sánchez, former Ambassador of Chile
- 16 March 2017: Jukr Boon-Long, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 21 March 2017: Eliza Jean Reid, First Lady of Iceland
- 21 March 2017: Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iceland
- 21 March 2017: Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iceland
- 21 March 2017: Örnólfur Thorsson, Chief of Cabinet, Iceland
- 21 March 2017: Hermann Ingólfsson, former Ambassador of Iceland
- 15 May 2017: Luis Javier Campuzano Piña, former Ambassador of Mexico
- 22 June 2017: Thomas Wunderbaldinger, former Ambassador of Austria
- 26 June 2017: Alvaro Sandoval Bernal, former Ambassador of Colombia
- 15 August 2017: Bea ten Tusscher, former Ambassador of the Netherlands
- 17 August 2017: Maria Clara Nunes dos Santos, former Ambassador of Portugal
- 6 March 2018: Juliana Awada, former First Lady of Argentina
- 24 January 2019: Hae-yun Park, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 27 March 2019: Cecilia Morel, former First Lady of Chile
- 12 June 2019: Kim Jung-sook, former First Lady of South Korea
- 28 August 2019: Nancy Rossignol, former Ambassador of Belgium
- 28 August 2019: Prasittiporn Wetprasit, former Ambassador of Thailand
- 2 March 2020: Princess Rym al-Ali of Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Prince Ghazi of Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Omar Razzaz, former Prime Minister of Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Faisal Al-Fayez, President of Senate of Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Ayman Safadi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Tarek Hamouri, Minister of Industry, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Muthana Gharaibeh, Minister of State, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Yousef Shawarbeh, Mayor of Amman
- 2 March 2020: Yousef Huneiti, Chief of Armed Forces, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Mohammad Al Ghazu, Head of Legal Council, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Janti Kalajoqa, Ambassador of Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Yousef Al Issawi, Chief of Royal Court, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Bisher Khasawneh, Communications Advisor, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Kemal Ennasser, Communications Advisor, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Shereen Shwayhat, Private Secretary, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Qais Abu Daieh, Chief of Protocol, Jordan
- 2 March 2020: Lama Alnabulsi, Head of Office, Jordan
- 25 September 2020: Masahiro Tauchi, former Ambassador of Japan
- 25 September 2020: Krister Bringeus, former Ambassador of Sweden
- 2 February 2021: George Monteiro Prata, former Ambassador of Brazil
- 2 February 2021: Waldemar E. Coutts Smart, former Ambassador of Chile
- 22 April 2021: Young-sook Nam, former Ambassador of South Korea
- 11 May 2021: Rami Ladi, former Ambassador of Morocco
- 26 May 2021: Tom van Oorschot, former Ambassador of the Netherlands
- 26 May 2021: Jarl Kåre Frijs-Madsen, former Ambassador of Denmark
- 21 October 2021: António Manuel do Amaral Quinteiro Lopes Nobre, former Ambassador of Portugal
- 21 October 2021: Alberto Colella, former Ambassador of Italy
- 9 November 2021: Ben Knapen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
- 9 November 2021: Christoffel Breedveld, former Chief of the Royal Court, Netherlands
- 9 November 2021: Ludgerus Hubertus Ignatius Brummelaar, Chief of Adjutant Staff, Netherlands
- 9 November 2021: John Groffen, Ambassador of the Netherlands
- 18 March 2022: Wilhelm Maximilian Donko, former Ambassador of Austria
- 25 March 2022: Mikael Kenneth Antell, former Ambassador of Finland
- 25 March 2022: Ingibjørg Davidsdottir, Ambassador of Iceland
11 May 2023 | Antonio Tajani | Deputy Prime Minister of Italy |
11 May 2023 | Stefano Nicoletti | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy |
27 June 2023 | Frank Arnauts | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium |
22 November 2023 | Ulises Canchola Gutiérrez | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico |
13 December 2023 | Ángela Montoya Holguín | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia |
Order of Christ
edit- 2 January 1919: Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon, former peer, United Kingdom
- 6 March 1919: Thomas H. Birch, Colonel, United States
- 6 March 1919: Lancelot Carnegie, former Ambassador of Portugal
- 6 March 1919: Raymand Le Ghait, former Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium
- 6 March 1919: Attilio Serra, former Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy
- 29 April 1919: Count of Velle, Spain
- 18 June 1919: João do Rio, Brazilian journalist
- 21 June 1919: Salvatore Contarini, former Senator, Italy
- 21 June 1919: João de Souza Laje, former diplomat, Brazil
- 26 June 1919: Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza, former President, League of Nations
- 27 June 1919: Miguel Gastão da Cunha, former Ambassador of Brazil
- 28 July 1999: Aziz Mekouar, former Ambassador of Morocco
- 13 December 1999: Queen Paola of Belgium
- 2 August 2000: Marcolino Moco, former Prime Minister of Angola
- 11 September 2000: Josep Piqué, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
- 11 September 2000: Fernando Almansa, former Secretary-General, Royal Household, Spain
- 23 September 2002: José Rodríguez-Spiteri, former Ambassador of Spain
- 16 October 2002: Edoardo Rovida, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
- 3 April 2003: Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland
- 19 November 2003: George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, former Secretary-General of NATO
- 6 May 2005: Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- 6 May 2005: Jean-Claude Juncker, former Prime Minister of Luxembourg
- 1 June 2005: Carlos Carderera Soler, former Ambassador of Spain
- 19 December 2005: Prince Al-Karim Aga Khan IV, United Kingdom
- 3 January 2006: Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France
- 8 March 2006: King Philippe of Belgium (then Duke of Brabant)
- 8 March 2006: Queen Mathilde of Belgium (then Duchess of Brabant)
- 25 September 2006: Queen Letizia of Spain (then Princess of Asturias)
- 25 September 2006: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, former Prime Minister of Spain
- 25 September 2006: María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, former First Deputy Prime Minister, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Pedro Solbes, former Second Deputy Prime Minister, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Manuel Marín, former President of Congress of Deputies, Spain
- 25 September 2006: Alberto Aza, former Secretary-General, Royal Household, Spain
- 5 March 2008: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil
- 26 May 2008: Queen Sonja of Norway
- 15 October 2008: Alfio Rapisarda, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
- 1 December 2009: Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile
- 19 January 2010: Javier Solana, former Secretary-General, NATO
- 5 March 2010: Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, Co-Prince of Andorra
- 11 May 2010: Rino Passigato, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
- 11 May 2010: Fernando Filoni, Grand Master, Order of the Holy Sepulchre
- 19 July 2010: Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda
23 November 2010 | Jean-Pierre Mazery | Grand Chancellor of Sovereign Military of Malta |
23 November 2010 | Albrecht von Boeselager | Grand Hospitaller of Sovereign Military of Malta |
12 October 2016 | Pietro Parolin | Cardinal Secretary of State of the Vatican City |
28 November 2016 | Alfonso Dastis | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain |
28 November 2016 | Jaime Alfonsín | Chief of the Royal Household of Spain |
28 November 2016 | Juan Manuel de Barandica y Luxán | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain |
15 April 2018 | Mariano Rajoy | Prime Minister of Spain |
15 April 2018 | Pío García-Escudero | President of the Senate of Spain |
15 April 2018 | Ana Pastor | President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain |
MMSII
editEvents and changes
edit- 22 May 2009: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 19 other cabinet ministers sworn-in into office.
- 23 May 2009: President allocates portfolios among six cabinet ministers. Pranab Mukherjee appointed finance minister, Sharad Pawar re-appointed agriculture minister with additional charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, A. K. Antony re-appointed defence minister, P. Chidambaram re-appointed home minister, Mamata Banerjee appointed railways minister while S. M. Krishna appointed external affairs minister.
- 28 May 2009: 14 cabinet ministers, 7 ministers of state (independent charge) and 38 ministers of state were sworn-in into office. Portfolios allocated among all remaining ministers.
- 19 January 2011: A cabinet expansion took place in which three ministers of state (independent charge) were promoted to cabinet rank, viz. Praful Patel, Shriprakash Jaiswal and Salman Khurshid; and three ministers of state were appointed. Portfolios of several ministers were changed.
- 19 May 2011: Mamata Banerjee resigned as Union Railways Minister after being elected as Chief Minister of West Bengal. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assumed charge of the Minister of Railways while Mukul Roy assigned additional charge as Minister of State for Railways.
- 12 July 2011:
- Five cabinet ministers (Dayanidhi Maran, Murli Deora, Bijoy Krishna Handique, M. S. Gill and Kantilal Bhuria) and two ministers of state (Sai Prathap Annayyagari and Arun Yadav) resigned from the council of ministers.
- Three ministers of state (Beni Prasad Verma, Jairam Ramesh and Dinesh Trivedi) promoted to cabinet rank and one cabinet minister (V. Kishore Chandra Deo); two ministers of state (independent charge), viz. Jayanthi Natarajan and Paban Singh Ghatowar, and five ministers of state (Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Charan Das Mahant, Jitendra Singh, Milind Deora, Rajeev Shukla) were inducted. Portfolios of several ministers were changed.
- 13 July 2011: Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister of State (Independent Charge) Gurudas Kamat resigned from cabinet. Jairam Ramesh assigned additional duties.
- 20 July 2011: Paban Singh Ghatowar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for DoNER assigned additional charge of Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.
- 18 March 2012: Dinesh Trivedi resigned as Union Railways Minister.
- 20 March 2012: Mukul Roy, Minister of State for Shipping promoted to cabinet rank and appointed as Minister of Railways.
- 26 June 2012: Pranab Mukherjee resigned as Union Finance Minister after being nominated as the presidential candidate by the United Progressive Alliance; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assigned additional duties of the Minister of Finance.
- 31 July 2012: A minor reshuffle took place. Home Minister P. Chidambaram was appointed as Finance Minister, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was appointed as Home Minister and Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha while Veerappa Moily was assigned additional duties as Minister of Power.
- 27 October 2012: Seven ministers - S. M. Krishna, Ambika Soni, Mukul Wasnik, Subodh Kant Sahay, Mahadeo Singh Khandela, Vincent Pala and Agatha Sangma resigned from the union council of ministers.
- 28 October 2012: Seven ministers of cabinet rank (including five ministers of state who were promoted), two ministers of state with independent charge and thirteen ministers of state were sworn-in into the council of ministers. Portfolios of several ministers were changed.
- 29 October 2012: Portfolios of [[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1971) and Jitin Prasada were changed. Singh was assigned charge of Minister of State for Defence while Prasada was relieved of the duties as Minister of State for Defence.
- 31 October 2012: Portfolios of Milind Deora, Lalchand Kataria and Panabaka Lakshmi were changed. Deora was assigned the charge of Ministry of Communications and Information
- 11 May 2013: Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned from cabinet. Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi assigned additional charge of Railways ministry while Communications & IT Minister Kapil Sibal assigned additional charge of Law and Justice ministry.