Long-Serving Leaders
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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has held office for 28 years, but that falls well short of the world record. Here is a list of national leaders with unusual longevity in power.
GABON
Omar Bongo
Dec. 2, 1967
LIBYA
Moammar
Gaddafi
Sept. 1, 1969
MALDIVES
Maumoon Abdul
Gayoom
Nov. 11, 1978
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
Teodoro Obiang
Aug. 3, 1979
ANGOLA
José Eduardo
dos Santos
Sept. 21, 1979
ZIMBABWE
Robert Mugabe
April 18, 1980
EGYPT
Hosni Mubarak
Oct. 14, 1981
Sources: Associated Press, World Almanac
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