Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What If)

This article hypothetically lists all the Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived non acting state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was the Longest lived former state leader is the Former Croatian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009), who is will lived to 103 years, 143 days.

If every living state leader is still alive by 31 December 2025.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
  Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
  Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
  France
  Antoine Pinay
  served: 1962

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  5th-oldest ever:
  Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
3	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 57 days
4	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	101 years, 326 days
5	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 303 days
6	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 243 days
8	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
9	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 117 days
10	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	101 years, 91 days
11	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
12	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
13	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
14	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
15	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
16	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
17	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 174 days
18	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
19	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 167 days
20	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
22	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
23	Johan Ferrier	Surimane	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
24	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 216 days
25	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
26	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
27	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
28	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
29	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 58 days
30	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
31	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 22 days
32	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Member of the Committee of teh Sovereignty (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
33	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
34	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
35	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
36	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	98 years, 270 days
37	Pierre Harmel|| Belgium||Prime Minister (1965–1966)||1911||2009||98 years, 244 days
38	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
39	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
40	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 192 days
41	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 182 days
42	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
43	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
44	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
45	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
46	Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
47	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
48	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
49	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
50	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
51	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
52	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
53	Kim Yong-nam	China	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 330 days
54	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
55	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
56	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
57	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	97 years, 235 days
58	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 234 days
59	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
60	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
61	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
62	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
63	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
64	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
65	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
66	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
67	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 126 days
68	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
69	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
70	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 69 days
71	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
72	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
73	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
74	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
75	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
76	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 243 days
77	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	96 years, 233 days
78	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
79	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
80	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 165 days
81	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
82	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	1929	Alive	96 years, 106 days
83	Jiang Zemin	China	Chairman of the Communist Party (1989–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
84	Abderrahmane Yousouddi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
85	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	96 years, 74 days
86	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 50 days
87	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
88	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
89	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 30 days
90	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
91	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	96 years, 11 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
93	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 3 days
94	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	1930	Alive	95 years, 362 days
95	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
96	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
97	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	1930	Alive	95 years, 303 days
98	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
99	Benedict XVI	Vatican Vity	Pope (2005–2013) Sovereign (2005-2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 279 days
100	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	2008	95 years, 274 days
10	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	95 years, 260 days