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List of longest-serving non-royals

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Includes 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
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, 145 days
Prime Minister 6 November 1982 Incumbent 42 years, 16 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, 181 days
President 3 August 1979 Incumbent 45 years, 111 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, 44 days
Supreme Leader 4 June 1989 Incumbent 35 years, 171 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, 233 days
25 October 1997 Incumbent 27 years, 28 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, 301 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, 209 days
President 24 May 1993 Incumbent 31 years, 182 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 32 years, 2 days
President 16 November 1994 Incumbent 30 years, 6 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, 125 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, 232 days
President 10 January 1985 25 April 1990 5 years, 105 days
10 January 2007 Incumbent 17 years, 317 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, 198 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, 105 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, 199 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, 214 days
Bashar al-Assad  Syria President 17 July 2000 Incumbent 24 years, 128 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, 239 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, 262 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, 253 days
President 28 August 2014 Incumbent 10 years, 86 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, 110 days
President 31 October 2003 Incumbent 21 years, 22 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, 346 days
President
(Acting until 14 December 2016) 		8 September 2016 Incumbent 8 years, 75 days
Sheikh Hasina  Bangladesh Prime Minister 23 June 1996 15 July 2001 5 years, 22 days 20 years, 343 days
6 January 2009 Incumbent 15 years, 321 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, 319 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, 117 days
President of the Palestinian National Authority 15 January 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 312 days
President of the State of Palestine
(Acting until 23 November 2008) 		8 May 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 198 days
Lee Hsien Loong  Singapore Prime Minister 12 August 2004 Incumbent 20 years, 102 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, 222 days
4 May 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 202 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, 311 days
Chairman of the People's Council 14 April 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 222 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, 137 days
29 May 2010 Incumbent 14 years, 177 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, 20 days
President 4 December 2010 Incumbent 13 years, 354 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

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  • excludes acting or caretaker heads of state; includes royal heads of state
# Portrait Name Country Position Term start Term ended Length
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

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List of all living and deceased royals above the age of 90.

No. Portrait Name Country Lifespan Age
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

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  • excludes the Pope and the celibate leaders, but includes leaders who married after the conclusion of their reign/tenure.
Portrait Name Lifespan Country Position
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

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# Name Portrait Country Date of birth Age Position serving Since
1 Paul Biya  Cameroon 13 February 1933 91 President of Cameroon 6 November 1982
2 Mahmoud Abbas  Palestine 15 November 1935 89 President of the Palestinian National Authority 15 January 2005
3 Salman  Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 88 King of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015
4 Francis  Vatican City 17 December 1936 87 Sovereign of Vatican City 13 March 2013
5 Harald V  Norway 21 February 1937 87 King of Norway 17 January 1991
6 Ali Khamenei  Iran 19 April 1939 85 Supreme Leader of Iran 6 August 1989
7 Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah  Kuwait 27 September 1940 84 Emir of Kuwait 16 December 2023
8 Michael D. Higgins  Ireland 18 April 1941 83 President of Ireland 11 November 2011
9 Sergio Mattarella  Italy 23 July 1941 83 President of Italy 3 February 2015
10 Nangolo Mbumba  Namibia 15 August 1941 83 President of Namibia 4 February 2024
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo  Equatorial Guinea 5 June 1942 82 President of Equatorial Guinea 3 August 1979
Joe Biden  United States 20 November 1942 82 President of the United States 20 January 2021
Alexander Van der Bellen  Austria 18 January 1944 80 President of Austria 26 January 2017
Nguyễn Phú Trọng  Vietnam 14 April 1944 80 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 19 January 2011
Ram Chandra Poudel    Nepal 6 October 1944 80 President of Nepal 13 March 2023
Joseph Boakai  Liberia 30 November 1944 79 President of Liberia 22 January 2024
Hans-Adam II  Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 79 Prince of Liechtenstein 13 November 1989
Cynthia A. Pratt  Bahamas 5 November 1945 79 Governor-General of the Bahamas 1 September 2023
Thongloun Sisoulith  Laos 10 November 1945 79 President of Laos 22 March 2021
Abdelmadjid Tebboune  Algeria 17 November 1945 79 President of Algeria 19 December 2019
Carl XVI Gustaf  Sweden 30 April 1946 78 King of Sweden 15 September 1973
Hassanal Bolkiah  Brunei 15 July 1946 78 Sultan of Brunei 5 October 1967
Mary Simon  Canada 21 August 1947 77 Governor General of Canada 26 July 2021
Sheikh Hasina  Bangladesh 28 September 1947 77 Prime Minister of Bangladesh[a] 6 January 2009
Rodney Williams  Antigua and Barbuda 2 November 1947 77 Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda 14 August 2014
Charles III  United Kingdom
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Australia
 The Bahamas
 Belize
 Canada
 Grenada
 Jamaica
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Solomon Islands
 Tuvalu 		14 November 1948 76 King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms 8 September 2022
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa  Portugal 12 December 1948 75 President of Portugal 9 March 2016
Arif Alvi  Pakistan 29 July 1949 75 President of Pakistan 9 September 2018
Mohammed Shahabuddin  Bangladesh 10 December 1949 74 President of Bangladesh 24 April 2023
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa  Bahrain 28 January 1950 74 King of Bahrain[b] 14 February 2002
Narendra Modi  India 17 September 1950 74 Prime Minister of India 26 May 2014
Patrick Allen  Jamaica 7 February 1951 73 Governor-General of Jamaica 26 February 2009
Philip Davis  Bahamas 7 June 1951 73 Prime Minister of the Bahamas 17 September 2021
Vajiralongkorn  Thailand 28 July 1952 72 King of Thailand 13 October 2016
Cécile La Grenade  Grenada 30 December 1952 71 Governor-General of Grenada 7 May 2013
Norodom Sihamoni  Cambodia 14 May 1953 71 King of Cambodia 14 October 2004
Xi Jinping  China 15 June 1953 71 President of China 14 March 2013
David Hurley  Australia 26 August 1953 71 Governor-General of Australia 1 July 2019
Pushpa Kamal Dahal    Nepal 11 December 1954 69 Prime Minister of Nepal[c] 26 December 2022
Henri  Luxembourg 16 April 1955 69 Grand Duke of Luxembourg 7 October 2000
Haitham bin Tariq  Oman 11 October 1955 69 Sultan of Oman 11 January 2020
Ahmed Hachani  Tunisia 4 October 1956 68 Prime Minister of Tunisia 1 August 2023
Paul Kagame  Rwanda 23 October 1957 67 President of Rwanda 22 April 2000
Kais Saied  Tunisia 22 February 1958 66 President of Tunisia 23 October 2019
Droupadi Murmu  India 20 June 1958 66 President of India 25 July 2022
Vahagn Khachaturyan  Armenia 22 April 1959 65 President of Armenia 13 March 2022
Li Qiang  China July 1959 65 Premier of China 11 March 2023
Johnny Briceño  Belize 17 July 1960 64 Prime Minister of Belize 12 November 2020
Abdullah II  Jordan 30 January 1962 62 King of Jordan 7 February 1999
Srettha Thavisin  Thailand 15 February 1962 62 Prime Minister of Thailand 22 August 2023
Anthony Albanese  Australia 2 March 1963 61 Prime Minister of Australia 23 May 2022
Letsie III  Lesotho 17 July 1963 61 King of Lesotho[d] 7 February 1996
Mohammed VI  Morocco 21 August 1963 61 King of Morocco 23 July 1999
Tshering Tobgay  Bhutan 19 September 1965 59 Prime Minister of Bhutan[e] 28 January 2024
Sonexay Siphandone  Laos 26 January 1966 58 Prime Minister of Laos 30 December 2022
Gaston Browne  Antigua and Barbuda 9 February 1967 57 Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda 13 June 2014
Mark Rutte  Netherlands 14 February 1967 57 Prime Minister of the Netherlands 14 October 2010
Bajram Begaj  Albania 20 March 1967 57 President of Albania 24 July 2022
Willem-Alexander  Netherlands 27 April 1967 57 King of the Netherlands 30 April 2013
Felipe VI  Spain 30 January 1968 56 King of Spain 19 June 2014
Mswati III  Eswatini 19 April 1968 56 King of Eswatini 25 April 1986
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa  Bahrain 21 October 1969 55 Prime Minister of Bahrain 11 November 2020
Võ Văn Thưởng  Vietnam 13 December 1970 53 President of Vietnam 2 March 2023
Justin Trudeau  Canada 25 December 1971 52 Prime Minister of Canada 4 November 2015
Pedro Sánchez  Spain 29 February 1972 52 Prime Minister of Spain 2 June 2018
Andrew Holness  Jamaica 22 July 1972 52 Prime Minister of Jamaica[f] 3 March 2016
Karl Nehammer  Austria 18 October 1972 52 Chancellor of Austria 6 December 2021
Dickon Mitchell  Grenada 8 October 1977 47 Prime Minister of Grenada 24 June 2022
Emmanuel Macron  France 21 December 1977 46 President of France 14 May 2017
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  Bhutan 21 February 1980 44 King of Bhutan 9 December 2006
Rishi Sunak  United Kingdom 12 May 1980 44 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 25 October 2022
Nayib Bukele  El Salvador 24 July 1981 43 President of El Salvador 1 June 2019
Gabriel Attal  France 16 March 1989 35 Prime Minister of France 9 January 2024

Female regnant monarchs

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Name 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

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Hindu ministers out of India

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Portrait Name Country Political party Position From To
Samy Vellu  Malaysia MIC Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government 1978 1979
Minister of Works and Public Amenities 15 September 1979 7 June 1983
Minister of Works 8 June 1983 15 June 1989
Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts 15 June 1989 3 May 1995
Minister of Works 8 May 1995 18 March 2008
Priti Patel  United Kingdom Conservative Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 15 July 2014 11 May 2015
Minister of State for Employment 11 May 2015 14 July 2016
Secretary of State for International Development 14 July 2016 8 November 2017
Home Secretary 24 July 2019 6 September 2022
Rishi Sunak  United Kingdom Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government 9 January 2018 24 July 2019
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 24 July 2019 13 February 2020
Chancellor of the Exchequer 13 February 2020 5 July 2022
Prime Minister 25 October 2022 present
M. Kulasegaran  Malaysia DAP Minister of Human Resources 21 May 2018 24 February 2020
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Law and Institutional Reforms) 		12 December 2023 present
Priyanca Radhakrishnan  New Zealand Labour Minister for Youth 6 November 2020 1 February 2023
Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities 		6 November 2020 27 November 2023
Minister for Disability Issues 1 February 2023 27 November 2023
V. Sivakumar  Malaysia DAP Minister of Human Resources 3 December 2022 12 December 2023


Longest serving consorts

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Longest living royals

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# 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

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No. 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, 48 days Hassanal Bolkiah
7  Sweden Queen Silvia (born 1943)
(age 80 years)
living 		17 June 1976 Incumbent 48 years, 158 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, 310 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

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No. 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
  1. ^ Sheikh Hasina was Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 23 June 1996 until 15 July 2001.
  2. ^ Emir of Bahrain from 6 March 1999 till 14 February 2002.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Letsie III was the King of Lesotho from 12 November 1990 until 25 January 1995.
  5. ^ Tshering Tobgay was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 27 July 2013 until 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ Andrew Holness was the Prime Minister of Jamaica from 23 October 2011 until 5 January 2012.
  7. ^ Princess Consort of Montenegro until 26 November 1918, and then Queen Consort.

Malay rulers by length

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  indicates 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, 191 days
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin,
Raja of Perlis 		born 1943
(aged 81 years) 		17 April 2000 Reigning 24 years, 219 days
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj
Sultan of Selangor 		born 1945
(aged 78 years) 		22 November 2001 Reigning 23 years, 0 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, 329 days
Sultan Ibrahim Ismail,
Sultan of Johor 		born 1958
(aged 66 years) 		23 January 2010 Reigning 14 years, 304 days
Sultan Muhammad V,
Sultan of Kelantan 		born 1969
(aged 55 years) 		13 September 2010 Reigning 14 years, 70 days
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah,
Sultan of Perak 		born 1956
(aged 67 years) 		29 May 2014 Reigning 10 years, 177 days
Sultan Sallehuddin,
Sultan of Kedah 		born 1942
(aged 82 years) 		12 September 2017 Reigning 7 years, 71 days
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah,
Sultan of Pahang 		born 1959
(aged 65 years) 		11 January 2019 Reigning 5 years, 316 days
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Tuanku Syed Harun Putra, the Raja of Perlis served as the 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 21 September 1960 and 20 September 1965.
  3. ^ Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, the Sultan of Pahang was the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 26 April 1979 and 25 April 1984.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah served as the 4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 21 September 1965 and 20 September 1970.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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

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Name 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

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Includes 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

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Name Position (since) Date of death Age Place of death Cause of death
Zakir Hussain President of India (since 1967) 3 May 1969 72 New Delhi Heart attack
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed President of India (since 1974) 11 February 1977 71 New Delhi Heart attack
G. M. C. Balayogi Speaker of the Lok Sabha (since 1998) 3 March 2002 50 Kaikalur Helicopter crash
Krishan Kant Vice President of India (since 1997) 27 July 2002 75 New Delhi Heart attack
Sunil Dutt Union Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (since 2004) 25 May 2005 75 Mumbai Heart attack
P. M. Sayeed Union Cabinet Minister of Power (since 2004) 18 December 2005 64 Seoul, South Korea Cardiac arrest
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (since 2004) 2 September 2009 60 Nallamala Hills Helicopter crash
Dorjee Khandu Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (since 2007) 30 April 2011 56 Lobotang Helicopter crash
Vilasrao Deshmukh Union Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences (since 2011), and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (since 2012) 14 August 2012 67 Chennai Multi-organ failure
Sis Ram Ola Union Cabinet Minister of Labour and Employment (since 2013) 15 December 2013 86 Gurgaon Cardiac arrest
Gopinath Munde Union Cabinet Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation (since 2014) 3 June 2014 64 New Delhi Road accident
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (since 2015) 7 January 2016 79 New Delhi Multi-organ failure
J. Jayalalithaa Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (since 2015) 5 December 2016 68 Chennai Cardiac arrest
Vinod Khanna Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (since 2014) 27 April 2017 70 Mumbai Bladder cancer
Anil Madhav Dave Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since 2016) 18 May 2017 60 New Delhi Cardiac arrest
Ananth Kumar Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (since 2016) and Chemicals and Fertilizers (since 2014) 12 November 2018 59 Bangalore Pancreatic cancer
Manohar Parrikar Chief Minister of Goa (since 2017) 17 March 2019 63 Panaji Pancreatic cancer
Suresh Angadi Union Minister of State of Railways 23 September 2020 65 New Delhi COVID-19
Ram Vilas Paswan Union Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (since 2014) 8 October 2020 74 New Delhi Complications from heart surgery
General Bipin Rawat Chief of Defence Staff (since 2020) 8 December 2021 63 Bandishola Helicopter crash

Grand Cross of Liberty

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National

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Foreigners

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Order of Merit (Portugal)

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24 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 United Kingdom Chris Sainty Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom

Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

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Date Name Notes
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

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  • 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



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

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Events and changes

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  • 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.


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