Current Longest Serving World Leaders then and Now

These are some photos of the longest serving world leaders as they were when they first took office and as they appear now. Although they have aged it wasn’t their looks that kept them in office for decades.King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand: 64 years

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom: 59 years

Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah (Malaysia): 52 years

Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei: 43 years

Qaboos Bin Said of Oman: 40 years

Muammar Gaddafi of Libya: 40 years

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark: 39 years

King Carl XVI Gustaf 0f Sweden: 37 years

King Juan Carlos I of Spain: 35 years

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen: 31 years

José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola: 31 years

Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe: 30 years

Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain: 30 years