World Leaders

The World's Youngest State Leaders

Finnish Transport Minister Sanna Marin has been selected to become the leader of the Social Democratic Party, making her the country's youngest-ever prime minister. The 34-year-old will be sworn in this week and she will also become the world's youngest-serving prime minister when she takes office. She will lead a centre-left coalition of five parties who are all led by women.

The following infographic provides an overview of the world's youngest-serving leaders. Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk is 35 while New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is 39. Further down the list, Irish Taoiseach/Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is 40.

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This chart shows the youngest elected state leaders worldwide as of December 2019.

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Youngest heads of state and government worldwide as of October 2025, by age
Share of female candidates in the parliamentary elections in Finland from 1983 to 2023
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Oldest heads of state and government worldwide as of October 2025, by age
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Number of prime ministers instated in the Nordic countries from 1980 to 2023, by gender
Youngest and oldest Prime Ministers of the French Fifth Republic, according to their age at the time they took office, between 1958 and 2024 (age in years)
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Shortest term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025 (days in office)

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