25 Years Of Putin...And Counting

25 Years Of Putin...And Counting

Vladimir Putin became the prime minister of Russia 25 years ago and has been in positions of national leadership ever since. Here's how he compares to other leaders currently in power.

Time spent in office

(sum of years and months in positions of national leadership)

Whole year

Part of the year

2000

2020

2005

2024

2010

2015

1995

Emomali Rahmon

President of Tajikistan*

31 years, 8 months

Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Belarusian ruler

30 years

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia*

25 years

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

President of Turkey*

21 years, 4 months

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan*

21 years

Shavkat Mirziyoev

President of Uzbekistan*

20 years, 7 months

Viktor Orban

Prime Minister of Hungary

14 years, 2 months

Kim Jong Un

Supreme Leader of North Korea

12 years, 7 months

Xi Jinping

President of China*

11 years, 8 months

Emmanuel Macron

President of France

7 years, 2 months

Time spent in office

(sum of years and months in positions of national leadership as some have held various offices)

Part of the year

Whole year

2000

2020

2005

2024

2010

2015

1995

Emomali Rahmon

President of Tajikistan*

31 years, 8 months

Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Belarusian ruler

30 years

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia*

25 years

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

President of Turkey*

21 years, 4 months

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan*

21 years

Shavkat Mirziyoev

President of Uzbekistan*

20 years, 7 months

Viktor Orban

Prime Minister of Hungary

14 years, 2 months

Kim Jong Un

Supreme Leader of North Korea

12 years, 7 months

Xi Jinping

President of China*

11 years, 8 months

Emmanuel Macron

President of France

7 years, 2 months

Time spent in office

(sum of years and months in positions of national leadership

as some have held various offices)

Whole year

Part of the year

2000

2020

2005

2024

2010

2015

1995

Emomali Rahmon

President of Tajikistan*

31 years, 8 months

Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Belarusian ruler

30 years

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia*

25 years

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

President of Turkey*

21 years, 4 months

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan*

21 years

Shavkat Mirziyoev

President of Uzbekistan*

20 years, 7 months

Viktor Orban

Prime Minister of Hungary

14 years, 2 months

Kim Jong Un

Supreme Leader of North Korea

12 years, 7 months

Xi Jinping

President of China*

11 years, 8 months

Emmanuel Macron

President of France

7 years, 2 months