News about Hassanal Bolkiah

Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III, a retired Danish empress who took the throne in 1967, has served for 54 years and 339 days (as of Friday) - more than four years than Margrethe II of Denmark in second place. Her Majesty was far-and-away the world's longest serving monarch before her death, marking the 70th anniversary of her coronation earlier this year. However, although the Queen (pictured left and right inset meeting Bolkiah in 1998 and 2017 respectively) has maintained her distance from politics in the UK, Bolkiah has demonstrated that she has maintained her distance from politics in the country, the opposite can be said of Bolkiah in his home country. Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the country's tango and absolute monarch, has also served as Brunei's Prime Minister since the country was free from the United Kingdom in 1984.