- 36 years: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - Equatorial Guinea, took power in a coup in August 1979
- 36 years: Jose Eduardo dos Santos - Angola, took over after death of the country's first president in September 1979
- 35 years: Robert Mugabe - Zimbabwe, won the country's independence elections in April 1980
- 32 years: Paul Biya - Cameroon, took over after resignation of the country's first president in November 1982
- 31 years: Denis Sassou Nguesso - Congo, installed by the military in October 1979, out of power from August 1992-October 1997
- 29 years: Yoweri Museveni - Uganda, became president after his rebel group took power in January 1986
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