Cuba’s Fidel Castro tops list of world’s longest-ruling dictators

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From our Bureau of Unsurprising Surprises and Shameful Records

The world’s news media is paying a lot of attention to the fact that Vladimir Putin is celebrating his twentieth anniversary as dictator of Grand Putinia, a.k.a. Russia.

Poor Vlad. The 66-year-old tyrant might have about another two decades in power, but at his age it is highly unlikely that he will be able to surpass Fidel Castro’s world-shaking record of 49 years at the helm of Castrogonia.

Naturally, if Fidel had declared himself king or emperor instead of “Maximum Leader,” he would be far short of any record.

Monarchs who begin their reigns as children or young adults are hard to beat. England’s current monarch, Elizabeth II, has been on the throne for 67 years and shows no signs slowing down. King Louis XIV of France ruled for 72 years and 110 days.

So, mark down Fidel’s record as one of the most shameful achievements, ever, by any Cuban in all if human history.

Ay! Pa’l carajo!

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From Japan Times:

Vladimir Putin has held power for 20 years but he is still well behind the record terms of Cuba’s late Fidel Castro and North Korea’s founder Kim Il Sung…

… Putin first came to power as prime minister of Russia in 1999 and was elected president the following year.

In 2008, after two presidential terms, he handed the role to Dmitry Medvedev and stepped back to become prime minister again. This allowed him to return to the Kremlin in 2012. He triumphed once again at the polls in 2018 to grab his fourth term as president.

To mark his 20 years in office, here are other world leaders who have managed to stay at the top for more than two decades.

Castro tops the list

Leading the pack is Cuba’s revolutionary hero Fidel Castro, with 49 years in power. When he handed over power in 2008, ill and in his early 80s, it was to his brother Raul.

Taiwan’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek was in charge on the island and in mainland China for a total of 47 years until his death in 1975.

North Korea’s founder Kim Il Sung ran the reclusive state for 46 years before dying in office in 1994, remaining revered as the “eternal leader.”

Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist for almost 42 years but was ousted and then slaughtered in 2011 at the height of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Omar Bongo Ondimba governed oil-rich Gabon for more than 41 years until his death from cancer in 2009.

Albania’s communist dictator Enver Hoxha was in power for 40 years until he died in 1985.

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  1. Except Louis XIV made France the first country in Europe and his reign is still known as the Grand Siècle.

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