Top 9 Longest-Serving Democratically Elected Leaders in History

Eamon de Valera ( Ireland)

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Narendra Modi ( India )

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William Lyon Mackenzie King ( Canada )

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Jawaharlal Nehru ( India )

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Helmut Kohl ( Germany )

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Margaret Thatcher ( United Kingdom )

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Franklin D. Roosevelt ( United States )

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Pierre Trudeau ( Canada )

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Indira Gandhi ( India )

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