Quote:
Originally Posted by Kybosh
Oh, sure, there's been Obama, Trudeau and such but I'd venture a guess that the vast majority of world wide policy makers are far older statistically. Just pondering.
|
In the US, mid-50s is kinda the norm for Presidents. Bill Clinton and Obama were two of the youngest presidents ever, while Reagan, Bush senior, and Trump are three of the oldest; the vast majority of US presidents have been in their 50s. In Canada we're a little weird in that we've got a much larger percentage 50 or younger, and 60 and older, with relatively few in their 50s. Not sure why that is. Though we're definitely skewing younger in recent years, as all of both Trudeaus, Mulroney, and Harper were in their 40s when first elected and Clark was 39.
edit: at a cursory glance UK seems to be similar with recent PMs trending younger with Theresa May an exception to a recent history of PMs beginning their position in their 40s or early 50s. Not including weird early english history of guys like Pitt the Younger.