List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign explained

This is a list of currently reigning monarchs sorted by length of service.

This list includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Muhammad V of Kelantan, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Simeon II of Bulgaria, ex officio monarchs such as Emmanuel Macron who in his capacity as President of France is also Co-Prince of Andorra, monarchs without physical territories such as the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, constituent monarchs such as the traditional African rulers, or monarchs whose position is unofficial, such as Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.

Hassanal Bolkiah is currently the longest-reigning monarch, having been Sultan of Brunei since 5 October 1967.[1] He became the longest-reigning monarch upon the death of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on 8 September 2022.[2]

List

RankMonarchStateBornCurrent ageAccededYears reigned
Reigns as of
1Hassanal BolkiahBrunei
2Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi IIISharjah (part of United Arab Emirates)
3Carl XVI GustafSweden
4Hamad bin Mohammed Al SharqiFujairah (part of United Arab Emirates)
5Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi IIIAjman (part of United Arab Emirates)
6Mswati IIIEswatini
7Hans-Adam IILiechtenstein
8Harald VNorway
9Letsie IIILesotho
10Mizan Zainal AbidinTerengganu (part of Malaysia)
11Abdullah IIJordan
12Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaBahrain
13Mohammed VIMorocco
14Syed SirajuddinPerlis (part of Malaysia)
15HenriLuxembourg
16Sharafuddin Idris ShahSelangor (part of Malaysia)
17Norodom SihamoniCambodia
18Albert IIMonaco
19Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumDubai (part of United Arab Emirates)
20Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckBhutan
21MuhrizNegeri Sembilan (part of Malaysia)
22Saud bin Rashid Al MuallaUmm al-Quwain (part of United Arab Emirates)
23Ibrahim IskandarJohor (part of Malaysia)
24Muhammad VKelantan (part of Malaysia)
25Saud bin Saqr Al QasimiRas al-Khaimah (part of United Arab Emirates)
26Tupou VITonga
27FrancisVatican City
28Willem-AlexanderNetherlands
29Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniQatar
30PhilippeBelgium
31Nazrin Muizzuddin ShahPerak (part of Malaysia)
32Felipe VISpain
33Salman bin Abdulaziz Al SaudSaudi Arabia
34Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)Thailand
35Mahmud SallehuddinKedah (part of Malaysia)
36Abdullah Sultan Ahmad ShahPahang (part of Malaysia)
37NaruhitoJapan
38Haitham bin Tarik Al SaidOman
39Mohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanAbu Dhabi (part of United Arab Emirates)
40Charles IIIAntigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Belize
Canada
Grenada
Jamaica
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
41Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKuwait
42Frederik XDenmark

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-09-09 . Sultan of Brunei becomes world's longest-serving monarch after Elizabeth II's passing . 2022-09-25 . Arab News . en.
  2. News: 2022-09-08 . Queen Elizabeth II has died . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-09-25.