List of youngest state leaders since 1900

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This is a list of state leaders aged 30 or younger when they assumed office (since 1900). It does not include leaders who did not assume power in their own right, or leaders who served under colonial rule.

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Monarchs

NameStatePositionBornAssumed officeAt ageNotes
Fuad II Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt King 195219526 months
Puyi Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg China Emperor 190619082
Gyanendra Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal King 194719503
Mwambutsa IV Flag of Burundi (1962-1966).svg Burundi King 191219153
Tenzin Gyatso Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet Dalai Lama 193519404
Michael I Flag of Romania.svg Romania King 192119275
Simeon II Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Tsar 193719436
Duy Tân Standard of the Nguyen Dynasty (1890 - 1920).svg Vietnam Emperor 190019077
Ananda Mahidol Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand King 192519359Assumed power following a 10-year regency.
Ahmad Shah Qajar Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg Sublime State of Persia Shah 1898190911Assumed power following a 5-year regency.
Hussein Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan King 1935195216
Jigme Singye Wangchuck Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan King 1955197216
Alfonso XIII Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain King 1886190216Assumed power following a 16-year regency.
Tribhuvan Flag of Nepal.svg NepalKing1906192317Assumed power following a regency since 1911.
Farouk I Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt King 1920193717Assumed power following a 1-year regency.
Marie-Adélaïde Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duchess 1894191217
Peter II Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Yugoslavia King 1923194117Assumed power following a 6-year regency.
Iyasu V Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia Emperor 1895191318
Faisal II Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Iraq King 1935195318Assumed power following a 14-year regency.
Mswati III Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini King 1968198618Assumed power following a 3-year regency.
Manuel II Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portugal King 1889190818
Michael IFlag of Romania.svg RomaniaKing1921194018Was previously King from 1927 to 1930 under a regency.
Bhumibol Adulyadej Flag of Thailand.svg ThailandKing1927194618Assumed power following a 3-year regency.
Ntare V Flag of Burundi (1962-1966).svg BurundiKing1947196618
Mohammad Zahir Shah Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan King 1914193319
Norodom Sihanouk Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia King 1922194119
Baudouin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium King 1930195120Acted as regent for his father since 1950.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Iran Shah 1919194121
Hassanal Bolkiah Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Sultan 1946196721Reigning as Sultan since 1967.
Charlotte Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duchess 1896191922
Alexander Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece King 1893191723
Constantine II Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg GreeceKing1940196423
Boris III Flag of Bulgaria.svg BulgariaTsar1894191824
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Flag of Bhutan (1949-1956).svg BhutanKing1928195224
Hirohito Flag of Japan.svg Japan Emperor 1901192625Acted as regent for his father since 1921.
Rainier III Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Prince 1923194925
Elizabeth II Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Ceylon.svg Ceylon
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 		Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen 		1926195225
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Flag of Bhutan.svg BhutanKing1980200626
Amanullah Khan Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg  Afghanistan Emir 1892191926
Moshoeshoe II Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho King 1938196526Ruled as Paramount Chief under colonial rule since 1960.
Birendra Flag of Nepal.svg NepalKing1945197226
Carl XVI Gustaf Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden King 1946197327
Letsie III Flag of Lesotho.svg LesothoKing1963199027
Vajiravudh Flag of Thailand.svg Siam King 1881191029Acted as regent for his father in 1907.
Karl I Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Austria-Hungary Emperor 1887191629
Qaboos bin Said Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman Sultan 1940197029
Dipendra Flag of Nepal.svg NepalKing1971200129
Vittorio Emanuele III Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy King 1869190030
Elizabeth II Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Queen 1926195730

Non-royal leaders

NameStatePositionBornAssumed officeAt ageNotes
Jean-Claude Duvalier Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg Haiti President 1951197119Became president after his father's death. [1]
Navaandorjiin Jadambaa Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1924-1930).svg Mongolia Chairman of the Presidium 1900192424
Valentine Strasser Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone President 1967199225 [2] [3]
Michel Micombero Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Prime Minister 1940196625Later became President in 1966 at 26. [4]
Puyi Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo Chief Executive 1906193226 [5]
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1954198126 [6]
Enzo Colombini Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1958198526 [7]
Giacomo Simoncini Flag of San Marino.svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1994202126
Ahmet Zogu Flag of Albania 1920.svg  Albania Prime Minister 1895192227Prime minister and President at 29. Became King of Albania in 1928 at 32.
Muammar Gaddafi Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution 1942196927
Gloriana Ranocchini Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1957198427
Giovanni Lonfernini Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1976200327
Abdessalam Jalloud Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya Prime Minister 1944197227
Andrea Zafferani Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1982201027
Matteo Ciacci Flag of San Marino.svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1990201827
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg Tuva Chair of the Presidium 1912194028
Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Prime Minister 1943197128
Vanessa D'Ambrosio Flag of San Marino.svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1988201728
Alexander Chervyakov Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1927).svg Belarusian SSR Prime Minister 1892192028
Mario Frick Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Prime Minister 1965199328
Kim Jong-un Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea General Secretary
Chairman
Supreme Commander 		1983201128Became Supreme leader of North Korea after his father's death.
Giuliano Gozi Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1894192328
Samuel Doe Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia President 1951198028
Ieremia Tabai Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati President 1949197929Served as colonial Chief Minister since 1978.
Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1924-1930).svg MongoliaChairman of the Presidium1898192729
Lhendup Dorji Flag of Bhutan (1956-1969).svg Bhutan Prime Minister 1935196429
Muhammad Ali Haitham Flag of South Yemen.svg South Yemen Prime Minister 1940196929
Milo Đukanović Flag of Montenegro (1993-2004).svg Montenegro Prime Minister 1962199129
Yahya Jammeh Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia President 1965199429
Souley Abdoulaye Flag of Niger.svg Niger Prime Minister 1965199429
Roque González Garza Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President 1885191529
Gnassingbé Eyadéma Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo President 1937196729
Branko Crvenkovski Flag of Macedonia (1992-1995).svg Macedonia Prime Minister 1962199229
Joseph Kabila Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg Democratic Republic of the Congo President 1971200129
Alessandro Cardelli Flag of San Marino.svg San MarinoCaptain Regent1991202029
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg LibyaPrime Minister1967199730
David Dacko Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic President 1930196030Served as colonial Prime Minister since 1959.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi President 1946197630
Bernard Dowiyogo Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru President 1946197630
Ilir Meta Flag of Albania.svg Albania Prime Minister 1969199930
Sadiq al-Mahdi Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Prime Minister 1935196630
Marien Ngouabi Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo President 1938196930
Pandeli Majko Flag of Albania.svg AlbaniaPrime Minister1967199830

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, Karl (2005) [2004]. Power Mad![Šílenství mocných] (in Czech). Praha: Metafora. p. 52. ISBN   80-7359-002-6.
  2. ↑ Akam, Simon (13 February 2012). "Akam '09 profiles former African dictator Valentine Strasser". Columbia Journalism School. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Marke, Roland (4 August 2008). "Harvest of Shame: Former Sierra Leonean Ruler Valentine Strasser". World Press Review .
  4. ↑ Chrétien, Jean-Pierre (2008). "Micombero, Michel". In Gates, Louis Jr.; Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  5. ↑ Wen Yuan-ning, "Emperor Malgré Lui", in Wen Yuan-ning and others, Imperfect Understanding: Intimate Portraits of Modern Chinese Celebrities, edited by Christopher Rea. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2018, p. 117.
  6. ↑ Guide to Women Leaders. "San Marino". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  7. ↑ WorldStatesmen.org
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