These are some photos of the longest serving world leaders as they were when they first took office and as they appear now. Although they have aged it wasn’t their looks that kept them in office for decades.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand: 64 years

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Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom: 59 years

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Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah (Malaysia): 52 years

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Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei: 43 years

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Qaboos Bin Said of Oman: 40 years

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Muammar Gaddafi of Libya: 40 years

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark: 39 years

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King Carl XVI Gustaf 0f Sweden: 37 years

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King Juan Carlos I of Spain: 35 years

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President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen: 31 years

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José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola: 31 years

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Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe: 30 years

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Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain: 30 years

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