List of youngest prime ministers

This is a list of youngest Prime Ministers after getting elected.

The youngest is William Pitt the Younger[1]

Rank Name Age at start Picture Country
11 Rajiv Gandhi 40 years, 2 months, 11 days Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg India
10 Jüri Ratas 38 years, 9 months, 21 days Jüri Ratas (2021) (cropped).jpg Estonia
9 Leo Varadkar 37 years, 11 months, 20 days Leo Varadkar TD (cropped).jpg Ireland
8 Jacinda Ardern 37 years, 2 months, 23 days Jacinda Ardern crop.jpg N. Zealand
7 Philip Dimitrov 36 years, 7 months, 7 days 2022-01-09 23 34 48-Boyko Noev talks with Donald Rumsfeld 2001.jpg (JPEG Image, 2716 × 1952 pixels).png Bulgaria
6 Sergey Kiriyenko 35 years, 7 months, 25 days Sergey Kirienko (01113353) (9776894576) (cropped).jpg Russia
5 Oleksiy Honcharuk 35 years, 1 month, 22 days Oleksiy Honcharuk 3 crop.jpg Ukraine
4 Sanna Marin 34 years, 0 months, 25 days Sanna Marin M-7403 10.jpg Finland
3 Waldemar Pawlak 32 years, 8 months, 0 days Waldemar Pawlak candidate 2010 A.jpg Poland
2 Sebastian Kurz 31 years, 1 month, 19 days Sebastian Kurz crop-edit.jpg Austria
1 William Pitt the Younger 24 years, 0 months, 205 days George-Romney-xx-William-Pitt-the-Younger-xx-Tate-Britain.jpg England

Addendum and trivia

Waldemar Pawlak served as prime minister for 2 terms , in his last term, he was not so young but would still make it to the list, on top of Philip Dimitrov.

Other PMs

Name Country Age at start
Mart Laar Estonia 32
Taavi Roivas Estonia 35
Pandeli Majko and Ilir Meta Albania 31 and 29

References

  1. Sobhan, Shamil (17 December 2022). "Oldest.org". Oldest.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

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