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In 1999, Vajpayee's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister. [18] The Congress and its United Progressive Alliance won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, Manmohan Singh serving as prime minister between 2004 and 2014. [19]
The longest-serving current leader, Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, has ruled since 1967. This is a list of current state leaders ordered by their continuous tenure in a position of national leadership.
The longest-serving chief minister of the Republic of India is former chief minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling of the Sikkim Democratic Front, who served from 12 December 1994 to 26 May 2019 for 24 years and 165 days.
Prime Minister of India: Parliamentary republic 26 May 2014 10 years, 284 days Gaston Browne: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda: Constitutional monarchy 13 June 2014 10 years, 266 days Saara Kuugongelwa: Prime Minister of Namibia: Semi-presidential republic: 21 March 2015 9 years, 350 days Keith Rowley: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
The longest-serving male president ever was Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa, who held the office of O le Ao o le Malo for a special lifetime term (in derogation from the normal term length of five years), for 45 years and 130 days overall; first alongside Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole from 1962 to 1963 and then as sole head of state from 1963 to 2007.
Jagjivan Ram is India's longest serving Union Minister. The following is a list of the longest-serving ministers of the Union Council of Ministers of India, listing those individuals who served at least a decade in Union ministries. As of February 2025, 84 Union ministers have served for at least 10 years in office, including 19 who served for ...
Laotian politician, prime minister and president [306] R. Smith Simpson: 1906–2010: 103: American Foreign Service Officer [307] Clark S. Smith: 1912–2014: 102: American politician [308] Neal Smith: 1920–2021: 101: American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1995) and longest serving congressman in Iowa [309 ...
He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress. [4] Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight.