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    Europe’s longest serving leaders

    Posted by vladgrinch

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    2. vladgrinch on

      The main ones are Vladimir Putin in Russia (26 years), Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus (32 years), and Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan in Turkey (23 years). Viktor Orban (16 years in power) just lost the elections. Vucic with 13 years in power is the 5th.

    5. Obvious_Assist_7723 on

      Well, Putin has been in power for 22 years because from 2008-2012, Medvedev was president.

    6. magonba on

      Me literally:

      *Looks at Erdogan*

      Oh wow

      *Then sees Putin*

      Sheeeesh

      *Then sees Lukashenko*

      Hooooly shiiiii

    8. HopeSubstantial on

      Finnish president Niinistö was president for 12 years and maintained steady 80-90% approval rating.

      Society experts are actually baffled because usually you only get this level approval in corrupt fake democracies.

    9. A0123456_ on

      Mark Rutte was PM in the Netherlands for 14 years (he no longer is but just an interesting note)

    13. Emergency-Two-6407 on

      So all the longest tenured leaders are dictators in all but name. Shocking

    19. JeanJeanJean on

      Kurt Cobain had been dead for only three months when Lukashenko became president (that’s the scale I use to determine whether an event is truly ancient history).

    21. WelshBathBoy on

      France and Spain is so odd, Macron at this point feels part of the furniture, yet Sanchez still feels new – just me or anyone else feel the same? Mad to think only a year difference in time in charge.

    25. AuksoOrda on

      Russians tryna argue that zelensky is a dictator bro would be elected for all three terms if the orcs didnt decide to activate their war boner lmfao

    27. Effective_Push3271 on

      Where is the President of Bulgaria with 9 years? He lately resigned to become Prime Minister so his streak will be resumed soon.

    28. Wild-Environment5525 on

      maps like this always make me realize how different every country’s political timeline is 😭 like i’ll assume things change at the same pace everywhere and then you see this and it’s like nope… completely different rhythms going on lol

    29. originalpartssince84 on

      First of all. This are all presidents. In croatia, penkovic is prime minister. Milanovic is the president…

    30. nofucsleftogive on

      Angela Merkel served as the Chancellor of Germany for 16 years, from November 22, 2005, to December 8, 2021.

    31. SoftGleamo on

      this is kinda wild because i used to think staying in one position for a long time meant stability… like something to admire 😭 but the older i get the more i start questioning if it’s always a good thing or if it just means nobody else ever really got a chance. idk it makes me think about how long i personally stay in situations too… like sometimes i stay way past when i should just because it feels familiar and safe