Gerontocracy
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A gerontocracy is a form of rule in which a political entity is ruled by leaders who are substantially older than most of the population. In many political structures, power within the ruling class ac
Meeting of the seven representatives of the Warsaw Pact countries in 1987: Gustáv Husák, Todor Zhivkov, Erich Honecker, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Wojciech Jaruzelski, and János Kádár. Their average age then was 69.
Leonid Brezhnev (then 72; right) and Dmitry Ustinov (then 71; left) at the 1979 Revolution Day Parade
Mahathir Mohamad became the world's oldest serving state leader (aged 92 years, 304 days at the time) and was also officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest serving prime minister.
Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei was 81 years old during this Friday service in 2020.
Joe Biden was 78 years, 2 months of age when he took office as the president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At the time, he became both the oldest person to be inaugurated as U.S. president
Gerontocracy
…After his second inauguration, Trump was again the oldest person inaugurated as president, at 78 years, seven months, and six days old. Biden's age was a subject of concern during his presidency and especially his reelection campaign, culminating in his withdrawal on 21 July 2024. Biden served as the oldest president at…
Biden on his 81st birthday (November 20, 2023)
Biden campaigning for president in March 2020
Biden working after contracting COVID-19, July 22, 2022
Biden addressing the nation regarding his decision not to run for re-election, July 24, 2024