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RE: What would you do if you could quit?
Neither started out as a stable democracy where political parties or factions alternated between governing and being in opposition with smooth transitions with confidence in not being excluded from power forever after stepping down voluntarily
I am ashamed to tell you that Africa has the longest serving presidents. Imagine having presidents ruling his country of less 2 million people for 38 years. It is very sad. Power transitioning is very difficult in Africa. I will be glad if you could cover longest-serving presidents in your bedtime facts.
That's a great idea. Monarchs should be excluded because their position is usually hereditary and life-long barring serious health issues combined with an eager heir to the throne lined up.
That is good. They should. I am surprised Monarchy still reigns over countries these days though.
I wasn't expressing any kind of a political opinion but saying that to make a list of heads of state who have held the office the longest it would make sense to exclude monarchs for the reason that very long presidencies are usually a symptom of something gone wrong in the political system whereas a monarch can be a completely apolitical figure without power like Elisabeth II of the United Kingdom.