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The 13 Current Longest Serving World Leaders: Then & Now

Pictures of the longest serving world leaders when they first came into power & now. Queen Elizabeth has had the same hairstyle for just about 60 years. posted Feb 21, 2011 5:03pm EST

Matt Stopera BuzzFeed Staff posted Feb 21, 2011 5:03pm EST

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

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Most of these folks don't even hold any real power.

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the sultan of oman was hot when he was young…

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Gaddafi…quite the handsome devil was he.
I feel so gross saying it though, considering how differently he turned out :(

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[King?] of Libya was hot 40 years ago.

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why do people think this is “cute” or “heart”? we need an “evil” badge.

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Is it just me or does Gaddafi look like Mickey Rourke?

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QE2 was a really beautiful woman. Fucking hell.

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black don't crack

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Gaddafi kind of = Sherman Hemsley, no?

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Muammar Gaddafi really let himself go

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You've got the Sultan of Brunei wrong. The one in black and white was his father! The other picture is the current Sultan.

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LOL the first photo is actually the Brunei Sultan's dad

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Isn't Kim Il-Sung like an eternal leader in North Korea?

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Gaddafi has not aged well.

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Muammar Gaddafi is John Holmes. Prove me wrong.

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The longer King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand is in power the more “street” he gets.

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Fidel Castro is no longer in power… His brother Raul is the head of the Cuban government now.

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Is it just me, or does the dude from Brunei look older then than he does now?

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Damn Momar, your hard living tyrannical lifestyle is making your shit look seriously fucked up!

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Don't they get bored babysitting a nation?

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