List of youngest prime ministers

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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
13 Felipe González 40 years, 8 months, 27 days  Spain
12 Rajiv Gandhi 40 years, 2 months, 11 days  India
11 Jüri Ratas 38 years, 9 months, 21 days  Estonia
10 Leo Varadkar 37 years, 11 months, 20 days  Ireland
9 Simon Harris 37 years, 5 months, 22 days  Ireland
8 Jacinda Ardern 37 years, 2 months, 23 days  New Zealand
7 Philip Dimitrov 36 years, 7 months, 7 days  Bulgaria
6 Sergey Kiriyenko 35 years, 7 months, 25 days  Russia
5 Oleksiy Honcharuk 35 years, 1 month, 22 days  Ukraine
4 Sanna Marin 34 years, 0 months, 25 days  Finland
3 Waldemar Pawlak 32 years, 8 months, 0 days  Poland
2 Sebastian Kurz 31 years, 1 month, 19 days  Austria
1 William Pitt the Younger 24 years, 0 months, 205 days  United Kingdom

Addendum and trivia[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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

References[change | change source]

  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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