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.

Monarchs

Name State Position Born Assumed office At age Notes
Fuad II File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1958).svg Egypt King 1952 1952 6 months
Puyi File:Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg China Emperor 1906 1908 2
Gyanendra File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal King 1947 1950 3
Mwambutsa IV File:Flag of Burundi (1962–1966).svg Burundi King 1912 1915 3
Tenzin Gyatso File:Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet Dalai Lama 1935 1940 4
Michael I File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania King 1921 1927 5
Simeon II File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Tsar 1937 1943 6
Duy Tân File:Standard of the Nguyen Dynasty (1890 - 1920).svg Vietnam Emperor 1900 1907 7
Ananda Mahidol File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand King 1925 1935 9 Assumed power following a 10-year regency.
Ahmad Shah Qajar File:Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg Sublime State of Persia Shah 1898 1909 11 Assumed power following a 5-year regency.
Hussein File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan King 1935 1952 16
Jigme Singye Wangchuck File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan King 1955 1972 16
Alfonso XIII File:Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg Spain King 1886 1902 16 Assumed power following a 16-year regency.
Tribhuvan File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal King 1906 1923 17 Assumed power following a regency since 1911.
Farouk I File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1958).svg Egypt King 1920 1937 17 Assumed power following a 1-year regency.
Marie-Adélaïde File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duchess 1894 1912 17
Peter II File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1943).svg Yugoslavia King 1923 1941 17 Assumed power following a 6-year regency.
Iyasu V File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia Emperor 1895 1913 18
Faisal II File:Flag of Iraq (1924–1959).svg Iraq King 1935 1953 18 Assumed power following a 14-year regency.
Mswati III File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini King 1968 1986 18 Assumed power following a 3-year regency.
Manuel II File:Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portugal King 1889 1908 18
Michael I File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania King 1921 1940 18 Was previously King from 1927 to 1930 under a regency.
Bhumibol Adulyadej File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand King 1927 1946 18
Ntare V File:Flag of Burundi (1962–1966).svg Burundi King 1947 1966 18
Mohammad Zahir Shah File:Flag of Afghanistan (1931–1973).svg Afghanistan King 1914 1933 19
Norodom Sihanouk File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia King 1922 1941 19
Baudouin File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium King 1930 1951 20 Acted as regent for his father since 1950.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg Iran Shah 1919 1941 21
Hassanal Bolkiah File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Sultan 1946 1967 21 Reigning as Sultan since 1967.
Charlotte File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duchess 1896 1919 22
Alexander File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece King 1893 1917 23
Constantine II File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece King 1940 1964 23
Boris III File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Tsar 1894 1918 24
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck File:Flag of Bhutan (1949-1956).svg Bhutan King 1928 1952 24
Hirohito File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Emperor 1901 1926 25 Acted as regent for his father since 1921.
Rainier III File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Prince 1923 1949 25
Elizabeth II File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Queen 1926 1952 25
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan King 1980 2006 26
Amanullah Khan File:Flag of Afghanistan (1919–1921).svg Afghanistan Emir 1892 1919 26
Moshoeshoe II File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho King 1938 1965 26 Ruled as Paramount Chief under colonial rule since 1960.
Birendra File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal King 1945 1972 26
Carl XVI Gustaf File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden King 1946 1973 27
Letsie III File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho King 1963 1990 27
Vajiravudh File:Flag of Thailand.svg Siam King 1881 1910 29
Karl I File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary Emperor 1887 1916 29
Qaboos bin Said File:Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman Sultan 1940 1970 29
Dipendra File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal King 1971 2001 29
Vittorio Emanuele III File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy King 1869 1900 30

Non-royal leaders

Name State Position Born Assumed office At age Notes
Jean-Claude Duvalier File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti President 1951 1971 19 Became president after his father's death.[1]
Navaandorjiin Jadambaa File:Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1924-1930).svg Mongolia Chairman of the Presidium 1900 1924 24
Valentine Strasser File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone President 1967 1992 25 [2][3]
Michel Micombero File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Prime Minister 1940 1966 25 Later became President in 1966 at 26.[4]
Puyi File:Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo Chief Executive 1906 1932 26 [5]
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1954 1981 26 [6]
Enzo Colombini File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1958 1985 26 [7]
Giacomo Simoncini File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Captain Regent 1994 2021 26
Ahmet Zogu File:Flag of Albania 1920.svg Albania Prime Minister 1895 1922 27 Prime minister and President at 29. Became King of Albania in 1928 at 32.
Muammar Gaddafi File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution 1942 1969 27
Gloriana Ranocchini File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1957 1984 27
Giovanni Lonfernini File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1976 2003 27
Abdessalam Jalloud File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya Prime Minister 1944 1972 27
Andrea Zafferani File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1982 2010 27
Matteo Ciacci File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Captain Regent 1990 2018 27
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka File:Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg Tuva Chair of the Presidium 1912 1940 28
Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Prime Minister 1943 1971 28
Vanessa D'Ambrosio File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Captain Regent 1988 2017 28
Alexander Chervyakov File:Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1927).svg Belarusian SSR Prime Minister 1892 1920 28
Mario Frick File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Prime Minister 1965 1993 28
Kim Jong-un File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea General Secretary
Chairman
Supreme Commander 		1983 2011 28 Became Supreme leader of North Korea after his father's death.
Giuliano Gozi File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino Captain Regent 1894 1923 28
Samuel Doe File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia President 1951 1980 28
Ieremia Tabai File:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati President 1949 1979 29 Served as colonial Chief Minister since 1978.
Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren File:Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1924-1930).svg Mongolia Chairman of the Presidium 1898 1927 29
Lhendup Dorji File:Flag of Bhutan (1956–1969).svg Bhutan Prime Minister 1935 1964 29
Muhammad Ali Haitham File:Flag of South Yemen.svg South Yemen Prime Minister 1940 1969 29
Milo Đukanović File:Flag of Montenegro (1993-2004).svg Montenegro Prime Minister 1962 1991 29
Yahya Jammeh File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia President 1965 1994 29
Souley Abdoulaye File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger Prime Minister 1965 1994 29
Roque González Garza File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President 1885 1915 29
Gnassingbé Eyadéma File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo President 1937 1967 29
Branko Crvenkovski File:Flag of Macedonia (1992–1995).svg Macedonia Prime Minister 1962 1992 29
Joseph Kabila File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg Democratic Republic of the Congo President 1971 2001 29
Alessandro Cardelli File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Captain Regent 1991 2020 29
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya Prime Minister 1967 1997 30
David Dacko File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic President 1930 1960 30 Served as colonial Prime Minister since 1959.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi President 1946 1976 30
Bernard Dowiyogo File:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru President 1946 1976 30
Ilir Meta File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania Prime Minister 1969 1999 30
Sadiq al-Mahdi File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Prime Minister 1935 1966 30
Marien Ngouabi File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo President 1938 1969 30
Pandeli Majko File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania Prime Minister 1967 1998 30

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, Karl (2005) [2004]. Power Mad! [Šílenství mocných] (in čeština). 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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