fidel castro was the longest ruling non-royal head of state post-1900.
fidel castro was the longest ruling non-royal head of state post-1900.
who was the longest ruling non-royal head of state post-1900?
fidel castro
bongo headed the single-party regime of the gabonese democratic party (pdg) until 1990, when, faced with public pressure, he was forced to introduce multi-party politics into gabon. his political survival despite intense opposition to his rule in the early 1990s seemed to stem once again from consolidating power by bringing most of the major opposition leaders at the time to his side. the 1993 presidential election was extremely controversial but ended with his re-election then and the subsequent elections of 1998 and 2005. his respective parliamentary majorities increased and the opposition becoming more subdued with each succeeding election. after cuban president fidel castro stepped down in february 2008, bongo became the world's longest-ruling non-royal leader. he was one of the longest serving non-royal rulers since 1900.
omar bongo
list of current longest-ruling non-royal national leaders









































this list of current longest ruling non-royal national leaders is a list of the current living longest ruling heads of nation-states or national governments, who are not royalty, and have served ten years or longer, sorted by length of tenure.
list of current longest-ruling non-royal national leaders