PARIS: Finland’s Sanna Marin, 34, will be the world’s youngest prime minister in office when she is sworn in on Tuesday. Here are other sitting world leaders who took power in their thirties:• Ukraine: Lawyer Oleksiy Goncharuk was named prime minister in Aug 2019, aged 35, by President Volodymyr Zelensky, himself only 41. - AFP• Ireland: Leo Varadkar became Ireland’s youngest prime minister in June 2017 when he was aged 38. -Reuters• France: At the age of 39, one-time investment banker Emmanuel Macron became France’s youngest president in May 2017. Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, today aged 39, took power in 2006 when he was just 26.

Source: New Strait Times December 10, 2019 03:55 UTC