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This is an original listing for the longest-living state leaders and cardinals.

==Longest-living state leaders==

==='''List as of 2008-11-28'''===
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!'''No.'''!!'''Name'''!!'''State'''!!'''Position'''!!'''Birth'''!!'''Death'''!!'''Age'''
!Date Entered
|-
|1||{{Wp|Celâl Bayar}}||Türkiye||Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
|1883.05.16||1986.08.22||103 years, 98 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|2||{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}|| Cambodia || Acting Prime Minister (1962)
|1905.09.01||alive||{{age in years and days|1 Sep 1905|28 Nov 2008}}||2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|3||{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}|||France||President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953)||1891.12.30||1994.12.13||102 years, 343 days||2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|4
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1945)
|1887.12.03
|1990.01.03
|102 years, 48 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|5
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}
|The Netherlands
|Prime Minister (1948–1958)
|1889.07.05
|1990.05.14
|101 years, 314 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|6
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|Taiwan 
|Premier (1947–1948)
|1889.05.09
|1990.12.14
|101 years, 219 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|7
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|Norway
|Prime Minister (1928)
|1859.11.15
|1960.12.12
|101 years, 27 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|8
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1989–1990)
|1904.04.26
|2004.06.10
|100 years, 45 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|9
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|India
|Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)
|1898.07.04
|1998.01.15
|99 years, 195 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|10
|{{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|Malta
|Prime Minister (1971&ndash;1974)<br />President (1974&ndash;1976)
|1909.01.09
|2008.05.01
|99 years, 113 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|11
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|Greece
|President (1974–1975)
|1903.07.27
|2002.10.31
|99 years, 96 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|12
|{{Wp|Clifford Campbell}}
|Jamaica
|Governor-General (1962–1973)
|1892.06.28
|1991.09.28
|99 years, 92 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|13
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|India
|Prime Minister (1977–1979)
|1896.02.29
|1995.04.10
|99 years, 41 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|9-14
|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}
|Malawi
|Prime Minister (1964–1966)<br>State President (1966–1994)<br>President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
|1898
|1997.11.27
|98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|15||{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|France 
|Prime Minister (1932–1933)
|1873.08.04
|1972.03.28
|98 years, 237 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original 
|-
|16
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|Ecuador
|President (1926–1931)
|1879.08.31
|1978.03.22
|98 years, 203 days
|2008.11.28
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''17'''
|'''{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}'''
|'''Suriname'''
|President (1975–1980)
|'''1910.05.12'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|12 May 1910|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
|-
|'''18'''
|'''{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}'''
|'''Senegal'''
|President (1960–1962)
|'''1910.07.18'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|18 Jul 1910|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|19
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|Luxembourg
|Prime Minister (1918–1925)
|1874.08.02
|1973.02.14
|98 years, 196 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|20
|{{Wp|Aden Adde}}
|Somalia
|President (1960–1967)
|1908.12.09
|2007.06.08
|98 years, 181 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|21
|{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}
|Laos
|President (1992–1998)
|1910.04.09
|2008.09.09
|98 years, 153 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|22
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}
|Ukraine
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)
|1879.05.20
|1977.10.19
|98 years, 122 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|23
|{{Wp|Artúr Görgei}}
|Hungary
|Acting Governor-President (1849)
|1818.01.30
|1916.05.21
|98 years, 112 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|24
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}
|Brazil
|President (1914–1918)
|1868.02.26
|1966.05.15
|98 years, 78 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|25
|{{Wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}
|Hungary
|Prime Minister (1919)
|1875.07.10
|1973.07.25
|98 years, 15 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|26
|{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}
|Colombia
|President (1957–1958)
|1910.03.08
|2008.03.21
|98 years, 13 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|27
|{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}
|India
|President (1987–1992)
|1910.12.04
|Alive
|{{age in years and days|4 Dec 1910|28 Nov 2008}}
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''28'''
|{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}
|'''Panama'''
|Acting President (1963)
|'''1911.01.11'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|11 Jan 1911|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|29
|{{Wp|Wellington Koo}}
|China
|Acting Premier (1924)<br />Acting President (1926–1927)
|1888.01.29
|1985.11.14
|97 years, 289 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|30
|{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}
|Austria-Hungary
|Minister-President (1870)
|1810.05.21
|1908.02.17
|97 years, 272 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|31
|{{Wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}
|Ireland
|Governor-General (1932–1936)
|1866.02.03
|1963.10.30
|97 years, 267 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''32'''
|'''{{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}'''
|'''Belgium'''
|Prime Minister (1965–1966)
|'''1911.03.16'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|16 Mar 1911|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|33
|{{Wp|He Yingqin}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1949)
|1890.04.02
|1987.10.21
|97 years, 202 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|34
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1939–1944)
|1872.03.15
|1969.08.14
|97 years, 152 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|35
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|Romania
|President of the Presidium (1958–1961)<br />(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)<br />Prime Minister (1961–1974)
|1902.09.23
|2000.02.08
|97 years, 138 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''36'''
|'''{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}'''
|'''Yemen'''
|Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)
|'''1912.01.01'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1 Jan 1912|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|37
|{{Wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}
|Tuvan People's Republic
|Chairperson of the Presidium (1940&ndash;1944)
|1912.01.01
|2008.11.04
|96 years, 308 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|38
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|Belgium
|Prime Minister (1946&ndash;1947)
|1871.05.26
|1968.02.25
|96 years, 275 days
|2008.11.28<br /<small>Original</small>
|-
|39
|{{Wp|Habib Bourguiba}}
|Tunisia
|Prime Minister (1956&ndash;1957)<br />President (1957&ndash;1987)
|1903.03.03
|2000.04.06
|96 years, 247 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|40
|{{Wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}
|Soviet Union
|Premier (1930&ndash;1941
|1890.03.09
|1986.11.08
|96 years, 244 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|41
|{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1967)
|1901
|1998.07.13
|96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|42
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1902)
|1849.03.22
|1945.08.06
|96 years, 137 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''43'''
|'''{{Wp|Võ Chí Công}}'''
|'''Vietnam'''
|Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)
|'''1912.08.07'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|7 Aug 1912|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|44
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascuráin}}
|Mexico
|Acting President (1913)
|1856.05.08
|1952.07.21
|96 years, 74 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|45
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|Paraguay
|President (1949–1954)
|1882.02.15
|1978.04.24
|96 years, 68 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|46
|{{Wp|Fumio Gotō}}
|Japan
|Acting Prime Minister (1936)
|1884.03.07
|1980.05.13
|96 years, 67 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>-->
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''47'''
|'''{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}'''
|'''Ecuador'''
|Acting Leader (1966)
|'''1912.10.09'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|9 Oct 1912|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|48||{{Wp|João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu}}
|Brazil
|Prime Minister (1878–1880)
|1810.11.20
|1906.12.27
|96 years, 37 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|49||{{Wp|Hans Schaffner}}
|Switzerland
|President (1966)
|1908.12.16
|2004.11.26
|95 years, 346 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''35-50'''
|'''{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}'''
|'''Somalia'''
|Interim president (1969)
|'''1912'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|31 Dec 1912|28 Nov 2008}}''' to '''{{age in years and days|1 Jan 1912|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|51||{{Wp|Joaquín Balaguer}}
|Dominican Republic
|President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)
|1906.09.01
|2002.07.14
|95 years, 316 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|52|||{{Wp|Tomás Romero Pereira}}
|Paraguay
|Provisional President (1954)
|1886.10.04
|1982.08.12
|95 years, 312 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|53||{{Wp|Fred Degazon}}
|Dominica
|President (1979–1980)
|1913.01.04
|2008.10.04
|95 years, 274 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''54'''
|'''{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}'''
|'''Malta'''
|President (1989–1994)
|'''1913.03.30'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|30 Mar 1913|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|55||{{wp|Juan José Estrada}}
|Nicaragua
|President (1910–1911)
|1872.01.01
|1967.07.11
|95 years, 191 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|56||{{Wp|Pote Sarasin}}
|Thailand
|Prime Minister (1957)
|1905.03.25
|2000.09.28
|95 years, 187 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|57||{{Wp|Tahar Ben Ammar}}
|Tunisia
|Prime Minister (1956)
|1889.11.25
|1985.05.10
|95 years, 166 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''58'''
|'''{{Wp|Mario Echandi Jiménez}}'''
|'''Costa Rica'''
|President (1958–1962)
|'''1915.06.17'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|17 Jun 1915|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|59||{{wp|Paal Berg}}
|Norway
|Acting Head of State (1945)
|1873.01.18
|1968.05.24
|95 years, 126 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|60||{{Wp|Philippe Pétain}}
|France
|Prime Prime Minister (1940)<br>Chief of State (1940 - 1944)
|1856.04.24
|1951.07.23
|95 years, 90 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|44-61||{{Wp|Hassan al-Hakim}}
|Syria
|Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)
|1886
|1982.03.30
|95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|62||{{Wp|Léopold Sédar Senghor}}
|Senegal
|President (1960 - 1980)
|1906.10.09
|2001.12.20
|95 years, 72 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|63||{{Wp|Petar Stambolić}}
|Yugoslavia
|Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)<br>President (1982 - 1983)
|1912.07.12
|2007.09.21
|95 years, 71 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''64'''||'''{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}'''||'''Haiti'''||Prime Minister (1988)||'''1913.10.04'''||'''alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|4 Oct 1913|28 Nov 2008}}'''||2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|-
|65||{{Wp|Nguyễn Văn Tâm}}
|South Vietnam
|Prime Minister (1952–1954)
|1895.10.16
|1990.11.23
|95 years, 48 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|66||{{Wp|Max Petitpierre}}
|Switzerland
|Federal Council Minister (1944-1961) <br>President (1950, 1955, 1960)
|1899.02.26
|1994.03.25
|95 years, 27 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|67||{{Wp|Saeb Salam}}
|Lebanon
|Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)
|1905.01.17
|2000.01.21
|95 years, 4 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|68||{{Wp|Hassan ibn Yahya}}
|North Yemen
|Prime Minister (1948–1955)
|1908.06.13
|2003.06.13
|95 years, 0 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|rowspan=2 |69
|{{Wp|Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido}}
|Venezuela
|Interim President (1892)
|1854.07.28
|1949.07.25
| rowspan="2" |94 years, 362 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|{{Wp|José Luis Bustamante y Rivero}}
|Peru
|President (1945–1948)
|1894.01.15
|1989.01.11
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''71'''
|'''{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}'''
|'''Andorra'''
|French Viguier (1977–1980)
|'''1914.07.03'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|3 Jul 1914|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''72'''
|'''{{Wp|Anibal Portillo}}'''
|'''El Salvador'''
|Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961–1962)
|'''1914.12.20'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|20 Dec 1914|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|73||{{Wp|Emilio Aguinaldo}}
|Philippines
|President (1899 – 1901)
|1869.03.22
|1964.02.06
|94 years, 321 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|74||{{Wp|Constantin Ion Parhon}}
|Romania
|President (1948-1952)
|1874.10.15
|1969.09.09
|94 years, 298 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|75||{{Wp|Emiliano Chamorro Vargas}}
|Nicaragua
|President (1917-1921)
|1871.05.11
|1966.02.26
|94 years, 291 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|76||{{Wp|Martti Miettunen}}
|Finland
|Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977)
|1907.04.07
|2002.01.19
|94 years, 277 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|77||{{Wp|Sanya Dharmasakti}}
|Thailand
|Prime Minister (1973–1975)
|1907.04.05
|2002.01.06
|94 years, 276 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|78||{{Wp|Emilio Bello Codesido}}
|Chile
|President (1925)
|1868.07.31
|1963.03.03
|94 years, 233 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|79||{{wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|Guatemala
|President (1865)
|1802.10.19
|1897.03.14
|94 years, 207 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|80||{{Wp|Héctor Trujillo}}
|Ecuador
|President (1952–1960)
|1908.04.06
|2002.10.19
|94 years, 196 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|81||{{Wp|Wijeyananda Dahayanake}}
|Sri Lanka
|Prime Minister (1959–1960)
|1902.10.02
|1997.05.04
|94 years, 194 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|82||{{Wp|Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1965)
|1893.02.09
|1987.08.10
|94 years, 182 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|83
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|France
|Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892)
|1828.11.14
|1923.05.14
|94 years, 181 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|84||{{Wp|Malietoa Tanumafili II}}
|Samoa
|O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993)
|1913.01.04
|2007.05.11
|94 years, 127 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|85||{{Wp|Charles Tupper}}
|Canada
|Prime Minister (1896)
|1821.07.02
|1915.10.30
|94 years, 120 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|86||{{Wp|Mikhail Solometsev}}
|Soviet Union
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1983–1988)
|1913.11.07
|2008.02.15
|94 years, 100 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|87||{{Wp|Garfield Todd}}
|South Rhodesia
|Prime Minister (1953 – 1958)
|1908.07.13
|2002.10.13
|94 years, 92 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|88||{{Wp|Phạm Văn Đồng}}
|North Vietmam Vietnam<br />State of Vietnam
|Prime Minister (1955–1987)
|1906.03.01
|2000.04.29
|94 years, 59 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|89||{{Wp|Herbert Duffus}}
|Jamaica
|Acting Governor-General (1973)
|1908.08.30
|2002.10.25
|94 years, 56 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|90||{{Wp|C. Rajagopalachari|Chakravarti Rajagopalachari}}
|India
|Governor-General (1946–1950)
|1878.12.10
|1972.12.25
|94 years, 15 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|91||{{Wp|Alfonso López Michelsen}}
|Colombia
|President (1972–1976)
|1913.06.30
|2007.07.11
|94 years, 11 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|92||{{Wp|Carlos Mancheno Cajas}}
|Ecuador
|President (1947)
|1902.10.09
|1996.10.11
|94 years, 2 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|93||{{Wp|Paul Magloire}}
|Haiti
|President (1950&ndash;1956)
|1907.07.19
|2001.07.12
|93 years, 358 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|94||{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|Canada
|Prime Minister (1894–1896)
|1823.12.27
|1917.12.10
|93 years, 348 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|95||{{Wp|José Bordas Valdez}}
|Dominican Republic
|President (1913-1914)
|1874.08.06
|1968.07.12
|93 years, 341 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|96||{{Wp|Tiburcio Carías Andino}}
|Honduras
|President (1932–1949)
|1876.03.05
|1979.12.23
|93 years, 293 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|97||{{Wp|Alfredo Stroessner}}
|Paraguay
|Dictator and President (1954-1989)
|1912.11.03
|2006.08.16
|93 years, 286 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|98||{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|Italy
|Prime Minister (1916-1917, 1925-1926)
|1838.06.08
|1932.03.10
|93 years, 276 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|-
|99||{{Wp|Victor Paz Estensorro}}
|Bolivia
|President (1952-1956, 1962-1964, 1985-1989)
|1907.10.02
|2001.06.07
|93 years, 248 days
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
|- bgcolor="ffd700" |
|'''100'''
|'''{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}'''
|'''The Netherlands'''
|Prime Minister (1967–1971)
|'''1915.04.03'''
|'''alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|3 Apr 1915|28 Nov 2008}}'''
|2008.11.28
<small>Original</small>
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|1xx
|{{Wp|Zenko Suzuki}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1980–1982)
|1911.01.11
|2004.07.19
|93 years, 190 days
|2008.11.28<br /><small>Original</small>-->
|}

==Longest-living cardinals==

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