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List of youngest state leaders since 1900

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Summary

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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

NameStatePositionBornAssumed officeAt ageNotes
Fuad IIKingdom of EgyptKing195219526 months
PuyiQing dynastyEmperor190619082
GyanendraKingdom of NepalKing194719503
Mwambutsa IVKingdom of BurundiKing191219153
Tenzin GyatsoTibetDalai Lama193519404
Michael IRomaniaKing192119275
Simeon IIKingdom of BulgariaTsar193719436
Duy TânVietnamEmperor190019077
Ananda MahidolThailandKing192519359Assumed power following a 10-year regency.
Ahmad Shah QajarQajar IranShah1898190911Assumed power following a 5-year regency.
HusseinJordanKing1935195216
Jigme Singye WangchuckBhutanKing1955197216
Alfonso XIIISpainKing1886190216Assumed power following a 16-year regency.
TribhuvanKingdom of NepalKing1906192317Assumed power following a regency since 1911.
Farouk IKingdom of EgyptKing1920193717Assumed power following a 1-year regency.
Marie-AdélaïdeLuxembourgGrand Duchess1894191217
Peter IIKingdom of YugoslaviaKing1923194117Assumed power following a 6-year regency.
Iyasu VEthiopian EmpireEmperor1895191318
Faisal IIKingdom of IraqKing1935195318Assumed power following a 14-year regency.
Mswati IIIEswatiniKing1968198618Assumed power following a 3-year regency.
Manuel IIPortugalKing1889190818
Michael IRomaniaKing1921194018Was previously King from 1927 to 1930 under a regency.
Bhumibol AdulyadejThailandKing1927194618Assumed power following a 3-year regency.
Ntare VKingdom of BurundiKing1947196618
Mohammad Zahir ShahKingdom of AfghanistanKing1914193319
Norodom SihanoukCambodiaKing1922194119
BaudouinBelgiumKing1930195120Acted as regent for his father since 1950.
Mohammad Reza PahlaviPahlavi IranShah1919194121
Hassanal BolkiahBruneiSultan1946196721Reigning as Sultan since 1967.
CharlotteLuxembourgGrand Duchess1896191922
AlexanderKingdom of GreeceKing1893191723
Constantine IIKingdom of GreeceKing1940196423
Boris IIIKingdom of BulgariaTsar1894191824
Jigme Dorji WangchuckBhutanKing1928195224
HirohitoJapanEmperor1901192625Acted as regent for his father since 1921.
Rainier IIIMonacoPrince1923194925
Elizabeth IIAustralia
Canada
Ceylon
New Zealand
Dominion of Pakistan
Union of South Africa
United KingdomQueen
Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen
Queen1926195225
Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckBhutanKing of BhutanKing1980200626
Amanullah KhanEmirate of AfghanistanEmir1892191926
Moshoeshoe IILesothoKing1938196526Ruled as Paramount Chief under colonial rule since 1960.
BirendraKingdom of NepalKing1945197226
Carl XVI GustafSwedenKing1946197327
Letsie IIILesothoKing1963199027
VajiravudhSiamKing1881191029Acted as regent for his father in 1907.
Karl IAustro-HungaryEmperor1887191629
Qaboos bin SaidOmanSultan1940197029
DipendraKingdom of NepalKing1971200129
Vittorio Emanuele IIIKingdom of ItalyKing1869190030
Elizabeth IIDominion of GhanaQueen1926195730

Non-royal leaders

NameStatePositionBornAssumed officeAt ageNotes
Jean-Claude DuvalierHaitiPresident1951197119Became president after his father's death.
Navaandorjiin JadambaaMongolian People's RepublicChairman of the Presidium1900192424
Valentine StrasserSierra LeonePresident1967199225
Michel MicomberoBurundiPrime Minister1940196625Later became President in 1966 at 26.
PuyiManchukuoChief Executive1906193226
Maria Lea Pedini-AngeliniSan MarinoCaptain Regent1954198126
Enzo ColombiniSan MarinoCaptain Regent1958198526
Giacomo SimonciniSan MarinoCaptain Regent1994202126
Ahmet ZoguPrincipality of AlbaniaPrime Minister1895192227Prime minister and President at 29. Became King of Albania in 1928 at 32.
Muammar GaddafiLibyaBrotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution1942196927
Gloriana RanocchiniSan MarinoCaptain Regent1957198427
Giovanni LonferniniSan MarinoCaptain Regent1976200327
Abdessalam JalloudLibyaPrime Minister1944197227
Andrea ZafferaniSan MarinoCaptain Regent1982201027
Matteo CiacciSan MarinoCaptain Regent1990201827
Khertek Anchimaa-TokaTuvan People's RepublicChair of the Presidium1912194028
Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al MaktoumUnited Arab EmiratesPrime Minister1943197128
Vanessa D'AmbrosioSan MarinoCaptain Regent1988201728
Alexander ChervyakovBelarusian SSRPrime Minister1892192028
Mario FrickLiechtensteinPrime Minister1965199328
Kim Jong-unNorth KoreaGeneral Secretary
Chairman
Supreme Commander1983201128Became Supreme leader of North Korea after his father's death.
Giuliano GoziSan MarinoCaptain Regent1894192328
Samuel DoeLiberiaPresident1951198028
Ieremia TabaiKiribatiPresident1949197929Served as colonial Chief Minister since 1978.
Jamtsangiin DamdinsürenMongolian People's RepublicChairman of the Presidium1898192729
Lhendup DorjiBhutanPrime Minister1935196429
Muhammad Ali HaithamSouth YemenPrime Minister1940196929
Milo ĐukanovićMontenegroPrime Minister1962199129
Yahya JammehThe GambiaPresident1965199429
Souley AbdoulayeNigerPrime Minister1965199429
Roque González GarzaMexicoPresident1885191529
Gnassingbé EyadémaTogoPresident1937196729
Branko CrvenkovskiMacedoniaPrime Minister1962199229
Joseph KabilaPresident1971200129
Alessandro CardelliSan MarinoCaptain Regent1991202029
Muhammad Ahmad al-MangoushLibyaPrime Minister1967199730
David DackoCentral African RepublicPresident1930196030Served as colonial Prime Minister since 1959.
Jean-Baptiste BagazaBurundiPresident1946197630
Bernard DowiyogoNauruPresident1946197630
Ilir MetaAlbaniaPrime Minister1969199930
Sadiq al-MahdiSudanPrime Minister1935196630
Marien NgouabiPresident1938196930
Lorenzo BugliSan MarinoCaptain Regent1995202530
Pandeli MajkoAlbaniaPrime Minister1967199830

References

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