List of longest reigning current monarchs

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List of currently enthroned monarchs and lifelong leaders sorted by length of service:

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Time served is in years as of 2007-01-22, rounded down. Note that this is not a list of the longest-serving heads of state; for example, although Malietoa Tanumafili II has been chief since 1939, he has only been head of state since Samoa's independence in 1962, and Emir Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi is not head of a sovereign country. His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, has been the enthroned ruler of the exiled Tibetan government for 56 years. His status as a true monarch remains controversial.

No.	Name	Nation(s)	Born	Succeeded	Years served
1.	Malietoa Tanumafili II	part of Samoa as the Malietoa	1913-01-04	1939	67
2.	HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej	Thailand	1927-12-05	1946-06-09	60
3.	HH Emir Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi	Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	1920	1948-07-17	58
4.	HM Queen Elizabeth II	The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia & New Zealand - the initial symmetrical accession to the thrones of 4 (of currently 16) Commonwealth Realms	1926-04-21	1952-02-06	55
5.	HRH Isebantu Kyabazinga Henry Wako Muloki	Busoga (Uganda)	1921	1955	51
6.	HM Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah	Kedah (Malaysia)	1927-11-28	1958-07-14	48
7.	HM King Tomasi Kulimoetoke II	`Uvea (Wallis and Futuna)	1918-07-26	1959-03-12	47
8.	HH Head of State Malietoa Tanumafili II	as head of Samoa	1913-01-04	1962-01-01	45
9.	HM Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	1922-07-19	1967-04-19	39
10.	HM Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	1946-07-15	1967-10-05	38
11.	HM King Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu	KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)	1948-07-14	1968-09-17	38
12.	HM Sultan Qaboos Bin Said	Oman	1940-11-18	1970-07-23	36
13.	HM Queen Margrethe II	Denmark	1940-04-16	1972-01-14	35
14.	HH Emir Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	1939-07-06	1972	34
15.	HM King Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	1946-04-30	1973-09-15	33
16.	HM Sultan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah	Pahang (Malaysia)	1930-10-24	1974-05-07	32
17.	HH Emir Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	1949	1974-09-18	32
18.	HM King Juan Carlos I	Spain	1938-01-05	1975-11-22	31
19.	HM Sultan Tuanku Ismail ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yahya Petra	Kelantan (Malaysia)	1949-11-11	1979-03-29	27
20.	HM Queen Beatrix	Netherlands	1938-01-31	1980-04-30	26
21.	HH Emir Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1930	1981-02-21	25
22.	HM Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj	Johor (Malaysia)	1932-04-08	1981-05-10	25
23.	HH Emir Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1931	1981-09-06	25
24.	HM Sultan Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	1928-04-19	1984-02-03	22
25.	HM King Mswati III	Swaziland	1968-04-19	1986-04-25	20
26.	HIM Emperor Akihito	Japan	1933-12-23	1989-01-07	18
27.	HSH Prince Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	1945-02-14	1989-11-13	17
28.	HM King Letsie III	Lesotho	1963-07-17	1990-11-12	16
29.	HM King Harald V	Norway	1937-02-21	1991-01-17	16
30.	HM King Albert II	Belgium	1934-06-06	1993-08-09	13
31.	HRH Omugabe Ntare VI	Ankole (Uganda)	1940-01-10	1993-11-20	13
32.	HRH Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II	Buganda (Uganda)	1955-04-13	1993-07-24	12
33.	HRH Okumaka Solomon Gafabusa Iguru I	Bunyoro-Kitara (Uganda)	1949	1994-06-11	12
34.	HE Co-Prince Jacques Chirac	Andorra	1932-11-29	1995-05-17	11
35.	HH Emir Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani	Qatar	1950	1995-06-27	11
36.	HRH Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV	Toro (Uganda)	1992-04-16	1995-09-13	11
37.	HM Sultan Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	1962-01-22	1998-05-15	8
38.	HM King Abdullah II	Jordan	1962-01-30	1999-02-07	7
39.	HM King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah	Bahrain	1950-01-28	1999-03-06	7
40.	HM Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II	Ashanti Kingdom	1950-05-06	1999-04-26	7
41.	HM King Mohammed VI	Morocco	1963-08-21	1999-07-23	7
42.	HM Raja Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	1943-05-16	2000-04-17	6
43.	HRH Grand Duke Henri	Luxembourg	1955-04-16	2000-10-07	6
44.	HM King Gyanendra	Nepal	1947-07-07	2001-06-04	5
45.	HM Sultan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	1945-10-24	2001-11-21	5
46.	HM King Soane Patita Maituku	Tu'a (Alo) (Wallis and Futuna)	1947	2002-11-21	4
47.	HE Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives Sicília	Andorra	1949-07-24	2003-05-12	3
48.	HM King Visesio Moeliku	Sigave (Wallis and Futuna)	unknown	2004-03-10	2
49.	HM King Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	1953-05-14	2004-10-14	2
50.	HH Emir Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	1948	2004-11-03	2
51.	HSH Prince Albert II	Monaco	1958-03-14	2005-04-06	1
52.	HH Pope Benedict XVI	Vatican	1927-04-16	2005-04-19	1
53.	HM King Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	1924	2005-08-01	1
54.	Tunku Syed Razman bin Tunku Syed 'Idrus Al-Qadri	Tunku Besar of Tampin	1962	2005-12-26	1
55.	HH Emir Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	1949	2006-01-04	1
56.	HH Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	1929	2006-01-29	1
57.	HM Tuheitia Paki	Maori King	1955-04-21	2006-08-21	0
58.	HM George Tupou V	Tonga	1948-05-04	2006-09-11	0
59.	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Malaysia Yang-di Pertuan Agong	1962-01-22	2006-12-13	0
60.	HM King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck	Bhutan	1980-02-21	2006-12-15	0