election cycles: Visit Business Insider for more stories. block end block open Being a president, prime minister, or supreme leader is by no means a guaranteed way to stay youthful. block end block open Election cycles, political compromises, long days, and difficult decisions are just a few of the things world leaders have to deal with on a daily basis. block end block open In 2015, the British Medical Journal published a study comparing elected leaders and runner-upsin 17 countries between 1722 to 2015 to see how hard being a world leader is on the body. block end block open The study concluded that becoming a head of government substantially increased the risk of mortality, according to Asahi Shimbun. Candidates who served as a head of government lived about 4 years less after their last election than those who never served. block end block open Here are 30 photos showing how world leaders have aged since they were first elected. block end block open Here's President Donald Trump on the day of his inauguration in January 2017. These before and after photos show how 15 world leaders, from Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin to Queen Elizabeth, have aged in office. He was 70 when he took office, the oldest in US history. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Getty Images block end block open At age 73 in 2019, here at a news conference in South Korea, he doesn't look too different. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Reuters block end block open British Prime Minister Theresa May came to power in 2016 during a chaotic political time while Britain decided whether or not to remain part of the European Union. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Peter Macdiarmid / AFP / Getty block end block open After a stressful three years, and no concrete outcome, May resigned as Prime Minister in 2019. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Tolga Akmen / AFP / Getty block end block open Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became leader in 2015, after a surprise victory ousting a government that had been in power for the previous 9 years. He was 63. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Amit Dave / Reuters block end block open Source The Guardian block end block open In 2019, after winning another term, he's looking pretty similar. He was 43. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Patrick Aventurier / Getty block end block open Source Washington Post block end block open In 2019, with another election approaching, the biggest change looks to be the length of his hair. block end block open Business Insider USA Images block end block open Alex Wong / Getty block end block open India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected in a historic landslide victory in 2014.
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