Current reigning monarchs by length of reign
This is a list of currently enthroned monarchs and lifelong leaders sorted by length of service.
This list includes all "legitimately reigning monarchs", which includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Michael of Romania, de facto monarchs such as François Hollande who in his capacity as President of France is also Co-Prince of Andorra, or monarchs whose position is unofficial, such as Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.
List
Rank | Name | Nation(s) | Born | Age | Ascended | Years reigned |
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1. | Bhumibol Adulyadej | Thailand | 5 December 1927 | 87 years, 145 days | 9 June 1946 | 68 years, 324 days |
2. | Elizabeth II | Commonwealth realms[1] | 21 April 1926 | 89 years, 8 days | 6 February 1952 | 63 years, 82 days |
3. | Abdul Halim | Kedah (Malaysia)[2] | 28 November 1927 | 87 years, 152 days | 14 July 1958 | 56 years, 289 days |
4. | Sikiru Kayode Adetona | Ijebuland (Nigeria) | 10 May 1934 | 80 years, 354 days | 4 January 1960 | 55 years, 115 days |
5. | Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | 15 July 1946 | 68 years, 288 days | 5 October 1967 | 47 years, 206 days |
6. | Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu | Zulu people (South Africa) | 14 July 1948 | 66 years, 289 days | 17 September 1968 | 46 years, 224 days |
7. | Qaboos bin Said al Said | Oman | 18 November 1940 | 74 years, 162 days | 23 July 1970 | 44 years, 280 days |
8. | Margrethe II | Denmark | 16 April 1940 | 75 years, 13 days | 14 January 1972 | 43 years, 105 days |
9. | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III | Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) | 2 July 1939 | 75 years, 301 days | 25 January 1972 | 43 years, 94 days |
10. | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | 30 April 1946 | 68 years, 364 days | 15 September 1973 | 41 years, 226 days |
11. | Ahmad Shah | Pahang (Malaysia) | 24 October 1930 | 84 years, 187 days | 7 May 1974 | 40 years, 357 days |
12. | Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) | 25 August 1948 | 66 years, 247 days | 18 September 1974 | 40 years, 223 days |
13. | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi | Ajman (United Arab Emirates) | 1931 | 84 years, 118 days | 6 September 1981 | 33 years, 235 days |
14. | Mswati III | Swaziland | 19 April 1968 | 47 years, 10 days | 25 April 1986 | 29 years, 4 days |
15. | Akihito | Japan | 23 December 1933 | 81 years, 127 days | 7 January 1989 | 26 years, 112 days |
16. | Hamengkubuwana X | Yogyakarta (Indonesia) | 2 April 1946 | 69 years, 27 days | 7 March 1989 | 26 years, 53 days |
17. | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | 14 February 1945 | 70 years, 74 days | 13 November 1989 | 25 years, 167 days |
18. | Letsie III | Lesotho | 17 July 1963 | 51 years, 286 days | 12 November 1990 | 24 years, 168 days |
19. | Harald V | Norway | 21 February 1937 | 78 years, 67 days | 17 January 1991 | 24 years, 102 days |
20. | Muwenda Mutebi II | Buganda (Uganda) | 13 April 1955 | 60 years, 16 days | 24 July 1993 | 21 years, 279 days |
21. | Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV | Toro (Uganda) | 16 April 1992 | 23 years, 13 days | 13 September 1995 | 19 years, 228 days |
22. | Mizan Zainal Abidin | Terengganu (Malaysia) | 22 January 1962 | 53 years, 97 days | 15 May 1998 | 16 years, 349 days |
23. | Abdullah II | Jordan | 30 January 1962 | 53 years, 89 days | 7 February 1999 | 16 years, 81 days |
24. | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 28 January 1950 | 65 years, 91 days | 6 March 1999 | 16 years, 54 days |
25. | Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II | Ashanti people (Ghana) | 6 May 1950 | 64 years, 358 days | 26 April 1999 | 16 years, 3 days |
26. | Paku Alam IX | Pakualaman (Indonesia) | 7 May 1938 | 76 years, 357 days | 26 May 1999 | 15 years, 338 days |
27. | Mohammed VI | Morocco | 21 August 1963 | 51 years, 251 days | 23 July 1999 | 15 years, 280 days |
28. | Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin | Perlis (Malaysia) | 17 May 1943 | 71 years, 347 days | 17 April 2000 | 15 years, 12 days |
29. | Henri | Luxembourg | 16 April 1955 | 60 years, 13 days | 7 October 2000 | 14 years, 204 days |
30. | Sharafuddin Idris Shah | Selangor (Malaysia) | 11 December 1945 | 69 years, 139 days | 21 November 2001 | 13 years, 159 days |
31. | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | 14 May 1953 | 61 years, 350 days | 14 October 2004 | 10 years, 197 days |
32. | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) | 25 January 1948 | 67 years, 94 days | 3 November 2004 | 10 years, 177 days |
33. | Albert II | Monaco | 14 March 1958 | 57 years, 46 days | 6 April 2005 | 10 years, 23 days |
34. | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | 22 July 1949 | 65 years, 281 days | 4 January 2006 | 9 years, 115 days |
35. | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 16 June 1929 | 85 years, 317 days | 29 January 2006 | 9 years, 90 days |
36. | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | 21 February 1980 | 35 years, 67 days | 15 December 2006 | 8 years, 135 days |
37. | Tunku Muhriz | Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) | 14 January 1948 | 67 years, 105 days | 29 December 2008 | 6 years, 121 days |
38. | Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla | Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) | 1 October 1952 | 62 years, 210 days | 2 January 2009 | 6 years, 117 days |
39. | Charles Mumbere | Rwenzururu (Uganda) | 1953 | 62 years, 118 days | 19 October 2009 | 5 years, 192 days |
40. | Ibrahim Ismail | Johor (Malaysia) | 22 November 1958 | 56 years, 158 days | 22 January 2010 | 5 years, 97 days |
41. | Muhammad V | Kelantan (Malaysia) | 6 October 1969 | 45 years, 205 days | 13 September 2010 | 4 years, 228 days |
42. | Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi | Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) | 10 February 1956 | 59 years, 78 days | 27 October 2010 | 4 years, 184 days |
43. | Tupou VI | Tonga | 12 July 1959 | 55 years, 291 days | 18 March 2012 | 3 years, 42 days |
44. | Francis | Vatican City | 17 December 1936 | 78 years, 133 days | 13 March 2013 | 2 years, 47 days |
45. | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | 27 April 1967 | 48 years, 2 days | 30 April 2013 | 1 years, 364 days |
46. | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 3 June 1980 | 34 years, 330 days | 25 June 2013 | 1 years, 308 days |
47. | Philippe | Belgium | 15 April 1960 | 55 years, 14 days | 21 July 2013 | 1 years, 282 days |
48. | Nazrin Shah | Perak (Malaysia) | 27 November 1956 | 58 years, 153 days | 29 May 2014 | 335 days |
49. | Muhammadu Sanusi II | Kano Emirate (Nigeria) | 31 July 1961 | 53 years, 272 days | 8 June 2014 | 325 days |
50. | Felipe VI | Spain | 30 January 1968 | 47 years, 89 days | 19 June 2014 | 314 days |
51. | Salman | Saudi Arabia | 31 December 1935 | 79 years, 119 days | 23 January 2015 | 96 days |
See also
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
- List of shortest-reigning monarchs
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
Notes
- ↑ This length of reign applies to United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as all of the other countries Elizabeth II reigns over had yet to gain independence at the time she acceded to the throne, however she did reign over them as Queen from her ascension to the British Throne though as Queen of the United Kingdom rather than Queen in right of that state to be. The length of her reign in right of each state, in order of length, is as follows (date of ascension in brackets):
- Jamaica: 52 years, 266 days (6 August 1962)
- Barbados: 48 years, 150 days (30 November 1966)
- The Bahamas: 41 years, 293 days (10 July 1973)
- Grenada: 41 years, 81 days (7 February 1974)
- Papua New Guinea: 39 years, 225 days (16 September 1975)
- Solomon Islands: 36 years, 286 days (7 July 1978)
- Tuvalu: 36 years, 210 days (1 October 1978)
- Saint Lucia: 36 years, 66 days (22 February 1979)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 35 years, 184 days (27 October 1979)
- Belize: 33 years, 220 days (21 September 1981)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 33 years, 179 days (1 November 1981)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 31 years, 222 days (19 September 1983)
- ↑ Abdul Halim is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 3 years, 137 days (13 December 2011).