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Longest serving European prime ministers in modern time

Name the prime ministers, chancellors, or other equivalents, in independent European countries, that have been in office for at least 16 years, after first world war. Length in office, in years and days, and country, are given.
Source: Wikipedia, 24.08.2025.
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Length
Country
Prime minister
36, 82
Portugal
António de Oliveira Salazar
35, 129
Spain
Francisco Franco
27, 151
Albania
Mehmet Shehu
25, 89
San Marino
Giuliano Gozi
23, 3
Sweden
Tage Erlander
22, 136
Vatican City
Nicola Canali
22, 122
Poland
Józef Cyrankiewicz
22, 27
East Germany
Willi Stoph
20, 267
Italy
Benito Mussolini
20, 354
Ireland
Éamon de Valera
20, 49
Luxembourg
Pierre Werner
19, 46
Hungary
Viktor Orbán
Length
Country
Prime minister
18, 312
Luxembourg
Jean-Claude Juncker
18, 258
Czechoslovakia
Lubomir Štrougal
18, 239
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito
17, 30
Liechtenstein
Josef Hoop
17, 17
Norway
Einar Gerhardsen
16, 316
Liechtenstein
Alexander Frick
16, 48
Luxembourg
Pierre Dupong
16, 26
Germany
Helmut Kohl
16, 16
Germany
Angela Merkel
16, 8
Soviet Union
Alexei Kosygin
16, 0
Switzerland
Charles Oser
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4 Comments
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Level 43
Oct 23, 2022
Pierre Werner is misspelled.
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Level 70
Oct 23, 2022
Fixed now.
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Level 79
Apr 28, 2025
some are really prime minister, others (Fanco, Mussolini, ecc.) were dictators
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Level 70
Apr 28, 2025
Some prime ministers are dictators, other are not.