List of living former sovereign monarchs

This is a list of former monarchs of sovereign states who are living to date. While most monarchs retain their position for their lifetime, some choose to abdicate in favour of a younger heir, while other monarchs are deposed when their monarchies are abolished or when another ruler seizes power by force. By international courtesy, these individuals are usually still addressed by their monarchical titles.

Living former monarchs of sovereign states
Ages as of 22:46, Friday, April 8, 2022 (UTC).
NameTitleReignBorn AgeNote
Benedict XVISovereign of the Vatican City State2005–201316 Apr 1927 94 years, 357 daysResigned
Jamshid bin AbdullahSultan of Zanzibar1963–196416 Sep 1929 92 years, 204 daysMonarchy abolished
AkihitoEmperor of Japan1989–201923 Dec 1933 88 years, 106 daysAbdicated
Albert IIKing of the Belgians1993–20136 Jun 1934 87 years, 306 daysAbdicated
Simeon IITsar of the Bulgarians1943–1946[1]16 Jun 1937 84 years, 296 daysMonarchy abolished
Juan Carlos IKing of Spain1975–20145 Jan 1938 84 years, 93 daysAbdicated
BeatrixQueen of the Netherlands1980–201331 Jan 1938 84 years, 67 daysAbdicated
Constantine IIKing of the Hellenes1964–19732 Jun 1940 81 years, 310 daysMonarchy abolished
GyanendraKing of Nepal1950–1951 and 2001–20087 Jul 1947 74 years, 275 daysMonarchy abolished
Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniEmir of Qatar1995–20131 Jan 1952 70 years, 97 daysAbdicated
Fuad IIKing of Egypt and the Sudan1952–195316 Jan 1952 70 years, 82 daysMonarchy abolished
Jigme Singye WangchuckKing of Bhutan1972–200611 Nov 1955 66 years, 148 daysAbdicated

Besides these, there are three living former holders of the title Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Sirajuddin of Perlis, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu and Muhammad V of Kelantan) in Malaysia (who are not listed because they remain leaders of one of the nine subnational Malay states), as well as two living former Presidents of France (Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande) who served as Co-Princes of Andorra.

Other territorial ex-monarchs
NameTitleReignBornAgeNote
Ghalib II al-Qu'aitiSultan of Qu'aiti1966–19677 Jan 194874 years, 91 daysMonarchy abolished

Queen Elizabeth II
Further information: List of states headed by Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was Sovereign of the following 17 independent states until they later became republics. Years shown are from her accession in 1952 or independence chronologically up to the abolition of the monarchy.

StateReign
Pakistan1952–1956
Ghana1957–1960
South Africa1952–1961
Tanganyika1961–1962
Nigeria1960–1963
Uganda1962–1963
Kenya1963–1964
Malawi1964–1966
The Gambia1965–1970
Guyana1966–1970
Sierra Leone1961–1971
Ceylon1952–1972
Malta1964–1974
Trinidad and Tobago1962–1976
Fiji1970–1987[2]
Mauritius1968–1992
Barbados1966–2021

Notes
  1. Simeon returned to Bulgaria in 1996 after a half-century in exile and was elected Prime Minister under the name Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Simeon Sakskoburggotski) in 2001, serving until 2005.
  2. Elizabeth was recognized as Paramount Chief of Fiji by the former Great Council of Chiefs after 1987 until 2012.

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