Ben Ali of Tunisia - 23 years - 1988 - 2011Hosni Mubarak of Egypt - 30 years - since 1981- Moummar Ghaddfi of Libya - 42 years - since 1969
- Mbasago of Equatorial Guinea - 32 years - since 1979
- Jose Santos of Angola - 32 years - since 1979
- Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe - 31 years - since 1980
- Paul Biya of Cameroon - 29 years - since 1982
- Yoweri Museveni of Uganda - 25 years - since 1986
- Blaise Campore of Burkina Fasso - 24 years since 1987
- Mswati III of Swaziland - 24 years - since April 1986
- Omar Bashir of Sudan - 21 years - since 1989
- Idrissu Deby of Chad - 21 years - since 1990
- Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea - 18 years - since 1993
- Yahya Jammeh of Gambia - 17 years - since 1994
- Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia - 16 years - since 1995
- Pakalitha Mosisili (Lesotho) - 13 years - since 1998;
- Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti - 12 years - since 1999
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