Current reigning monarchs by length of reign
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This is a list of currently enthroned monarchs and lifelong leaders sorted by length of service. It includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Hamengkubuwono X, 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, constituent monarchs such as the traditional African rulers, or monarchs whose position is unofficial, such as Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.
List
| Rank | Name | Nation(s) | Born | Age | Ascended | Years reigned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) | Thailand | 5 December 1927 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 9 June 1946 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 2. | Elizabeth II | Commonwealth realms[1] | 21 April 1926 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 6 February 1952 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 3. | Abdul Halim | Kedah (Malaysia)[2] | 28 November 1927 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 15 July 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 4. | Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | 15 July 1946 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 4 October 1967 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 5. | Qaboos bin Said al Said | Oman | 18 November 1940 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 23 July 1970 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 6. | Margrethe II | Denmark | 16 April 1940 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 14 January 1972 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 7. | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III | Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) | 6 July 1939 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 25 January 1972 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 8. | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | 30 April 1946 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 15 September 1973 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 9. | Ahmad Shah | Pahang (Malaysia) | 24 October 1930 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 8 May 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 10. | Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) | 25 September 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 18 September 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 11. | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi | Ajman (United Arab Emirates) | 1931 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 6 September 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 12. | Mswati III | Swaziland | 19 April 1968 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 25 April 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 13. | Akihito | Japan | 23 December 1933 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 January 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 14. | Hamengkubuwono X | Yogyakarta (Indonesia) | 2 April 1946 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 March 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 15. | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | 14 February 1945 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 13 November 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 16. | Harald V | Norway | 21 February 1937 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 17 January 1991 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 17. | Letsie III | Lesotho | 17 July 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 February 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. + 4 years, 74 days[3] |
| 18. | Mizan Zainal Abidin | Terengganu (Malaysia) | 22 January 1962 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 15 May 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 19. | Abdullah II | Jordan | 30 January 1962 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 February 1999 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 20. | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 28 January 1950 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 6 March 1999 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 21. | Mohammed VI | Morocco | 21 August 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 23 July 1999 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 22. | Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin | Perlis (Malaysia) | 17 May 1943 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 17 April 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 23. | Henri | Luxembourg | 16 April 1955 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 October 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 24. | Sharafuddin Idris Shah | Selangor (Malaysia) | 11 December 1945 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 22 November 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 25. | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | 14 May 1953 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 14 October 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 26. | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) | 25 January 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 3 November 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 27. | Albert II | Monaco | 14 March 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 6 April 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 28. | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | 15 July 1949 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 4 January 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 29. | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 16 June 1929 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 29 January 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 30. | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | 21 February 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 9 December 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 31. | Tunku Muhriz | Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) | 14 January 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 29 December 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 32. | Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla | Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) | 1 October 1952 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2 January 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 33. | Ibrahim Ismail | Johor (Malaysia) | 22 November 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 23 January 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 34. | Muhammad V | Kelantan (Malaysia) | 6 October 1969 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 13 September 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 35. | Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi | Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) | 10 February 1956 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 27 October 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 36. | Tupou VI | Tonga | 12 July 1959 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 18 March 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 37. | Francis | Vatican City | 17 December 1936 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 13 March 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 38. | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | 27 April 1967 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 30 April 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 39. | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 3 June 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 25 June 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 40. | Philippe | Belgium | 15 April 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 21 July 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 41. | Nazrin Shah | Perak (Malaysia) | 27 November 1956 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 29 May 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 42. | Felipe VI | Spain | 30 January 1968 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 19 June 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 43. | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Saudi Arabia | 31 December 1935 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 23 January 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| 44. | Paku Alam X | Pakualaman, Yogyakarta (Indonesia) | 15 December 1962 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 January 2016 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
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 the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, because all of the other countries that 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: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (6 August 1962)
- Barbados: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (30 November 1966)
- The Bahamas: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (10 July 1973)
- Grenada: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (7 February 1974)
- Papua New Guinea: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (16 September 1975)
- Solomon Islands: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (7 July 1978)
- Tuvalu: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (1 October 1978)
- Saint Lucia: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (22 February 1979)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (27 October 1979)
- Belize: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (21 September 1981)
- Antigua and Barbuda: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (1 November 1981)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (19 September 1983)
- ↑ Abdul Halim is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. (13 December 2011).
- ↑ Letsie III also reigned from 12 November 1990 to 25 January 1995.
