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This article contains various '''lists of state leaders organized by age''', defined as [[Head of State|heads of state]] and/or [[Head of government|heads of government]].<!-- Typically this list includes presidents, prime ministers or monarchs. -->

==Oldest serving state leaders==
===Top ten currently serving===
[[File:Paul Biya in December 14th, 2022.jpg|thumb|130px|Paul Biya, currently the oldest serving state leader]]
People currently serving as head of state and/or head of government, a party leader of a [[one-party state]], or a representative of a head of state.
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!Rank
!Name
!Position
!Assumed office
!width=120|Born
!width=120|Age
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|1||{{sortname|Paul|Biya}}||[[President of Cameroon]]||1982<ref>Previously served as [[List of prime ministers of Cameroon|Prime Minister of Cameroon]] from 1975–1982.</ref>||{{birth date|1933|2|13|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1933|2|13}}
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|2||{{sortname|Mahmoud|Abbas}}||[[President of the Palestinian National Authority]],<br />[[President of the State of Palestine]]||2005<ref>Previously served as [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority]] in 2003.</ref>||{{birth date|1935|11|15|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1935|11|15}}
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|3||{{sortname|Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud||Salman of Saudi Arabia}}||[[King of Saudi Arabia]]||2015<ref>Served concurrently as [[Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia]] from 2015–2022.</ref>||{{birth date|1935|12|31|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1935|12|31}}
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|4||{{sortname||Harald V}}||[[List of Norwegian monarchs|King of Norway]]<ref>The Kingdom of Norway includes the dependent territory of [[Svalbard]].</ref>||1991||{{birth date|1937|2|21|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1937|2|21}}
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|5||{{sortname|Ali|Khamenei}}||[[Supreme Leader of Iran]]||1989<ref>Previously served as [[President of Iran]] from 1981–1989.</ref>||{{birth date|1939|4|19|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1939|4|19}}
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|6||{{sortname|{{sortname|Jean-Lucien|Savi de Tové}}||[[List of presidents of Togo|President of Togo]]||2025||{{birth date|1939|5|7|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1939|5|7}}
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|7||{{sortname|Muhammad|Yunus}}||[[Chief Adviser of Bangladesh]]||2024||{{birth date|1940|6|28|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1940|6|28}}
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|8||{{sortname|Mishal I||Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah}}||[[Emir of Kuwait]]||2023||{{birth date|1940|9|27|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1940|9|27}}
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|9||{{sortname|Michael D.|Higgins}}||[[President of Ireland]]||2011||{{birth date|1941|4|18|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1941|4|18}}
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|10||{{sortname|Sergio|Mattarella}}||[[President of Italy]]||2015||{{birth date|1941|7|23|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1941|7|23}}
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|10||{{sortname|Alassane|Ouattara}}||[[List of heads of state of Ivory Coast|President of Côte d'Ivoire]]||2010<ref>Previously served as [[List of heads of government of Ivory Coast|Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire]] from 1990–1993.</ref>||{{birth date|1942|1|1|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1942|1|1}} -->
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===Top ten of all time===
[[File:Giovanni Paolo Lascaris di Ventimiglia e Castellar.jpg|thumb|130px|Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, the oldest serving state leader of all time whose age is fully verifiable]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%"
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!Rank
!Name
!Position
!Last year in office<br />(reason term ended)
!Age at end
|-
|rowspan=2|1||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Giovanni Paolo|Lascaris}}||[[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller]]||rowspan=2|1657 (death)||rowspan=2|{{ayd|1560|6|28|1657|8|14}}
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|[[Hospitaller Malta|Ruler of Malta]]
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|2||{{sortname||Elizabeth II}}||[[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]] and other [[Commonwealth realm]]s<ref>In 1952, Princess Elizabeth [[proclamation of accession of Queen Elizabeth II|acceded]] as the monarch of seven [[Commonwealth realm]]s. At the time of her death, she reigned as Queen of 15 [[list of states headed by Elizabeth II|sovereign states]] including the United Kingdom. From 1957–1983, most of her British colonies attained independence, and some joined the other realms in different years; most states ceased to be a realm upon becoming republics.</ref>||2022 ([[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death]])||{{ayd|1926|4|21|2022|9|8}}
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|3||{{sortname|Prem|Tinsulanonda}}||[[Regent of Thailand]]||2016 (tenure ended)||{{ayd|1920|8|26|2016|12|1}}
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|4||{{sortname||George Tupou I}}||[[List of monarchs of Tonga|King of Tonga]]||1893 (death)||{{ayd|1797|12|4|1893|2|18}}
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|5||{{sortname||Mahathir Mohamad}}||[[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]||2020 ([[2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis|resigned]])||{{ayd|1925|7|10|2020|3|1}}
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|6||{{sortname|Nicolò|da Ponte}}||[[Doge of Venice]]||1585 (death)||{{ayd|1491|1|15|1585|7|30}}
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|7||{{sortname||Malietoa Tanumafili II}}||[[O le Ao o le Malo|O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa]]||2007 ([[Death and state funeral of Malietoa Tanumafili II|death]])||{{ayd|1913|1|4|2007|5|11}}
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|8||{{sortname|Robert|Mugabe}}||[[President of Zimbabwe]]||2017 ([[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|resigned]])||{{ayd|1924|2|21|2017|11|21}}
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|9||{{sortname|Leo XIII||Pope Leo XIII}}||[[Pope]] of the [[Holy See]]<ref>The Vatican was [[Roman question|in a territorial dispute]] with the [[Kingdom of Italy]] from 1870–1929.</ref>||1903 (death)||{{ayd|1810|3|2|1903|7|20}}
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|10||{{sortname|Beji|Caid Essebsi}}||[[President of Tunisia]]||2019 (death)||{{ayd|1926|11|29|2019|7|25}}
|}

==Youngest serving state leaders==
===Top ten currently serving===
[[File:Kristrún Frostadóttir 2021.jpg|thumb|130px|Kristrún Frostadóttir, the youngest serving state leader]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%"
!Rank
!Name
!Position
!Assumed office
!Born
!Age
|-
|1||{{sortname|Kristrún|Frostadóttir}}||[[Prime Minister of Iceland]]||2024||12 May 1988||{{ayd|1988|5|12}}
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|rowspan=2|2||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Ibrahim|Traoré}}||[[Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration|President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration of Burkina Faso]]||2022||rowspan=2|14 March 1988||rowspan=2|{{ayd|1988|3|14}}
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|[[List of heads of state of Burkina Faso|Interim President of Burkina Faso]]||2022
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|3||{{sortname|Daniel|Noboa}}||[[President of Ecuador]]||2023||30 November 1987||{{ayd|1987|11|30}}
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|4||{{sortname|Milojko|Spajić}}||[[Prime Minister of Montenegro]]||2023||24 September 1987||{{ayd|1987|9|24}}
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|5||{{sortname|Jakov|Milatović}}||[[President of Montenegro]]||2023||7 December 1986||{{ayd|1986|12|7}}
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|6||{{sortname||Paetongtarn Shinawatra}}||[[Prime Minister of Thailand]]||2024||21 August 1986||{{ayd|1986|8|21}}
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|7||{{sortname|Gabriel|Boric}}||[[President of Chile]]||2022||11 February 1986||{{ayd|1986|2|11}}
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|8||{{sortname||Mohammed bin Salman}}||[[Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia]]||2022||31 August 1985||{{ayd|1985|8|31}}
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|9||{{sortname|Mahamat|Déby}}||[[List of heads of state of Chad|President of Chad]]<ref>Previously [[Transitional Military Council (Chad)|President of the Transitional Military Council of Chad]] from 2021–2022, and [[List of heads of state of Chad|Transitional President of Chad]] from 2022–2024.</ref>||2024||4 April 1984||{{ayd|1984|4|3}}
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|10||{{sortname|Assimi|Goïta}}||[[List of heads of state of Mali|Interim President of Mali]]<ref>Previously [[National Committee for the Salvation of the People|Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People of Mali]] in 2020 and 2021<!-- , and [[List of heads of state of Mali|Interim President of Mali]] from 2021–202x -->.</ref>||2021||9 November 1983||{{ayd|1983|11|9}}
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|10||{{sortname||Kim Jong Un}}||[[Supreme Leader (North Korean title)|Supreme Leader of North Korea]]<ref>The term Supreme Leader is used as a description, for the sake of brevity, rather than being an official title of a single office. The actual offices held by Kim Jong Un are: [[General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea]], Chairman of the [[Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea]], [[President of the State Affairs Commission|President of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK]], and [[Commander-in-Chief of North Korea|Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK]].</ref>||2011||8 January 1983<ref name=KJU-birth>Kim's year of birth has been the subject of dispute. North Korean authorities and state-run media have stated Kim's birth date is 8 January 1982, but South Korean intelligence officials believe the actual date is a year later. Until 2018, the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury Department]] had claimed that his year of birth is 1984.</ref>||{{ayd|1983|1|8}}<ref name=KJU-birth/> -->
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===Top ten since 1800===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%"
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!Rank
!Name
!Position
!Assumed office
!Age when assuming office
|-
|1||{{sortname||Alfonso XIII}}||[[Monarchy of Spain|King of Spain]]||1886||{{ayd|1886|5|17|1886|5|17}}<ref name="Alfonso XIII">Became a monarch at birth as his father, [[Alfonso XII]], had died the previous year.</ref>
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|2||{{sortname||Sobhuza II}}||[[Ngwenyama|King of Swaziland]]||1899||{{ayd|1899|7|22|1899|12|10}}
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|3||{{sortname|Fuad II||Fuad II of Egypt}}||[[List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali dynasty|King of Egypt]]||1952||{{ayd|1952|1|16|1952|7|26}}
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|4||{{sortname||Puyi}}||[[Emperor of China]]||1908||{{ayd|1906|2|7|1908|12|2}}
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|5||{{sortname|Rajendra||Rajendra Bikram Shah}}||[[King of Nepal]]||1816||{{ayd|1813|12|3|1816|11|20}}
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|6||{{sortname||Isabella II}}||Queen of Spain||1833||{{ayd|1830|10|10|1833|9|29}}
|-bgcolor="#99FF99"
|7||{{sortname|Gyanendra||Gyanendra of Nepal}}||King of Nepal||1950<ref>Gyanendra's [[1951 Nepalese revolution|first occupation of the throne]] was in 1950; he was deposed in the [[1951 Nepalese revolution]].</ref>||{{ayd|1947|7|7|1950|11|7}}
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|8||{{sortname|Guangxu||Guangxu Emperor}}||Emperor of China||1875||{{ayd|1871|8|14|1875|2|25}}
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|9||{{sortname|Faisal II||Faisal II of Iraq}}||[[List of kings of Iraq|King of Iraq]]||1939||{{ayd|1935|5|2|1939|4|4}}
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|10||{{sortname|Pedro II||Pedro II of Brazil}}||[[List of monarchs of Brazil|Emperor of Brazil]]||1831||{{ayd|1825|12|2|1831|4|7}}
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==Oldest state leaders==
The following lists show the oldest people who have served office as state leader (not limited to their age while in office).

===Top ten living===
[[File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador).jpg|thumb|130px|Guillermo Rodríguez, the oldest-living state leader]]
{{main|List of oldest living state leaders}}
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!Rank
!Name
!Position
!In office
!style="width: 110px"|Born
!style="width: 125px"|Age
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|1||{{sortname|Guillermo|Rodríguez|dab=politician}}||[[President of Ecuador|Acting President of Ecuador]]||1972–1976||{{birth date|1923|11|4|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1923|11|4}}
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|2||{{sortname|Tomiichi|Murayama}}||[[List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister of Japan]]||1994–1996||{{birth date|1924|3|3|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1924|3|3}}
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|3||{{sortname||Mahathir Mohamad}}||[[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]||1981–2003; 2018–2020||{{birth date|1925|7|10|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1925|7|10}}
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|4||{{sortname|Mohammad Hasan|Sharq}}||[[Council of Ministers (Afghanistan)|Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Afghanistan]]||1988–1989||{{birth date|1925|7|17|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1925|7|17}}
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|5||{{sortname|Abdoulaye|Wade}}||[[President of Senegal]]||2000–2012||{{birth date|1926|5|29|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1926|5|29}}
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|6||{{sortname|Valdas|Adamkus}}||[[President of Lithuania]]||1998–2003; 2004–2009||{{birth date|1926|11|3|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1926|11|3}}
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|7||{{sortname|Raif|Dizdarević}}||[[List of heads of state of Yugoslavia#SFR Yugoslavia|President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia]]||1988–1989||{{birth date|1926|12|9|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1926|12|9}}
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|8||{{sortname||Kim Yong-nam}}||[[Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea]]||1998–2019||{{birth date|1928|2|4|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1928|2|4}}
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|9||{{sortname|Arthur|Foulkes}}||[[Governor-General of the Bahamas]]||2010–2014||{{birth date|1928|5|11|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1928|5|11}}
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|10||{{sortname|Péter|Boross}}||[[Prime Minister of Hungary]]||1993–1994||{{birth date|1928|8|27|df=yes}}||{{ayd|1928|8|27}}
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===Top ten since 1800===
[[File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal, Souverains et notabilités d'Indochine (cropped).jpg|thumb|130px|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest-lived state leader]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%"
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!Rank
!Name
!Position
!Born
!Died
!Age
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|1||{{sortname|Chau Sen|Cocsal Chhum}}||[[List of prime ministers of Cambodia|Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (1962)||1905||2009||103 years, 143 days
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|rowspan=2|2||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Celâl|Bayar}}||[[List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]] (1937–1939)||rowspan=2|1883||rowspan=2|1986||rowspan=2|103 years, 98 days
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|[[List of presidents of Turkey|President of Turkey]] (1950–1960)
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|3||{{sortname|Antoine|Pinay}}||[[List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]] (1952–1953)||1891||1994||102 years, 348 days
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|4||{{sortname|André|Prunet-Foch}}||[[List of Representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier in Andorra]] (1977–1980)||1914||2017||102 years, 211 days
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|5||{{sortname|Prince Naruhiko|Higashikuni}}||[[List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister of Japan]] (1945)||1887||1990||102 years, 48 days
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|6||{{sortname|Babiker|Awadalla}}||[[List of heads of government of Sudan|Prime Minister of Sudan]] (1969)||1917||2019||101 years, 321 days
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|7||{{sortname|Willem|Drees}}||[[List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (1948–1958)||1886||1988||101 years, 314 days
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|rowspan=2|8||rowspan=2|{{sortname||Đỗ Mười}}||[[List of prime ministers of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam]] (1988–1991)||rowspan=2|1917||rowspan=2|2018||rowspan=2|101 years, 241 days
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|[[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam]] (1991–1997)
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|'''9'''||'''{{sortname|Guillermo|Rodríguez|dab=politician}}'''||[[President of Ecuador|Acting President of Ecuador]] (1972–1976)||1923||'''Living'''||'''{{ayd|1923|11|4}}'''
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|10||{{sortname|Zhang|Qun}}||[[List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier of the Republic of China]] (1947–1948)||1889||1990||101 years, 219 days
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==See also==
*[[Lists of state leaders]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Lists of heads of state and government}}

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