At 42, the U.K. Conservative Party’s Rishi Sunak is the country’s first Hindu prime minister and the youngest in modern British history. Photo: Daniel Leal/VCG

In 2019, Sanna Marin became Finland’s youngest prime minister at 34 and third female to hold the position. Marin began her career in politics at the age of 27 in 2012 and was chosen as the second deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party in 2014. Photo: Johanna Geron /VCG

Jacinda Ardern was elected prime minister of New Zealand in 2017 at the age of 37. She gave birth to her first child in 2018, becoming the second elected world leader to give birth while in office. Photo: VCG

Chile’s former student leader Gabriel Boric took office as the country’s youngest president at the age of 36 in March 2022. Photo: Martin Bernetti/VCG

In 2018, Carlos Alvarado Quesada became the youngest serving president of Costa Rica at the age of 38 since Alfredo González Flores who took office in the early 20th century at 36. Quesada resigned the presidential position in 2022. Photo: Marvin Caravaca/VCG

Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz became one of the world’s youngest heads of government at 31 years old in 2017. In October 2021, he announced his resignation amid allegations of corruption. Photo: Georg Hochmuth/VCG

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the fourth son of the previous Emir, Hamad bin Khalifa, was chosen as the ruler of Qatar in 2013 at the age of 33, making him one of the youngest rulers in the Arab world. Photo: VCG

Born in February 1980, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was officially crowned as Bhutan’s fifth ruler in November 2008 at the age of 28. He and Queen Jetsun Pema got married on 13 October 2011. The queen was 21 at that time. Photo: Paula Bronstein/VCG

At 27, Kim Jong-un became North Korea’s leader in 2011. He succeeded his father Kim Jong-il. Photo: VCG