Age Is Just a Number: The world's youngest elected leaders
The 35-year-old business heir won Ecuador’s presidential election on Sunday, joining a growing group of world leaders who were elected to the top job before they turned 40.
Daniel Noboa – Ecuador
A former student protest leader was elected the country’s youngest-ever president at the age of 35 in December 2021.
Gabriel Boric – Chile
Taking office at 34, Marin was the youngest person to hold the office in Finnish history.
Sanna Marin – Finland
Bukele was 37 when he was elected president of the Central American nation in February 2019. His party backed him to seek a legally controversial second term.
Nayib Bukele – El Salvador
At 39, Macron capped a meteoric rise from a little-known economy minister to France’s youngest president in 2017.
Emmanuel Macron – France
At 39, Ardern, leader of New Zealand Labour Party, became PM in October 2017 after a close-fought election.
Jacinda Ardern – New Zealand
Garibashvili became the youngest government leader in Europe in 2013 when he was elected prime minister of Georgia at the age of 31.
Irakli Garibashvili – Georgia
Varadkar shattered the mold in traditional Catholic Ireland by becoming the country's first openly gay PM.
Leo Varadkar – Ireland
The law professor was elected Kosovo’s second female president in April 21 at 38 after winning the majority in the country’s parliamentary election.
Vjosa Osmani – Kosovo
In a presidential runoff in 2023, a pro-European economist defeated longstanding president Milo Djukanovic, a Socialist. He was 36 years old at the time.