King Harald V of Norway Age: 77 years Born: 21 February 1937 Ascended the throne: 17 January 1991 Length of reign: 24 years.
The Thai king is not the oldest head of state, but he is the longest-serving, have ascended to the throne in 1946.
For she has ascended to pseudo-messianic glory.
And so it was that, thanks to Liam Gallagher, my father and I and two friends met Paolo at the VIP entrance of San Siro in the middle of a monsoon and ascended those famous circular stairs until we reached the executive boxes.
By the standards of this list, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is something of a new kid on the block, still in his 70s and only recently ascended to the throne.
Beyond confirmation that Salman has ascended the throne lie troubling questions about the succession, the stability of an unreformed absolute monarchy and the prospects for its younger generation of royals at a time of turmoil in the region – including the destabilising crisis in Yemen.
As she ascended firmly to the upper middle class, she began attending Anglican church.
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While it was Umberto's elder brother, Gianni, who long ruled the company best known for its stylish small cars, Umberto saved the troubled car division from falling into foreign hands after he ascended to the chairmanship following Gianni's death in January of last year.
Mr Putin ascended to the presidency launching a war in Chechnya a dozen years ago, and has regularly exploited the threat of terrorism to consolidate his power.
He won a football scholarship to a small Midwestern college, earned a law degree, and ascended rapidly from the city council of the small town of West Miami, to Florida's state legislature, to the Senate.Mr Rubio manages to recount all this in an appealingly self-effacing manner, as if he played little part in his own success.
