Original listings of longest-living state leaders

List as of 2008-01-01

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Antoine Pinay	France	President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
3	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
4	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
5	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
6	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
7	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
8	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
9	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	alive	99 years, 122 days
10	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
11	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
12	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
8–13	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
14	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
15	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
16	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
17	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 122 days
18	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
19	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
20	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	25px Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
21	Wellington Koo	25px China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
22	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
23	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
24	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
25	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
26	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	25px/ Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
27	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
28	Camillr Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
29	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
30	Habib Bourguiba	25px Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
31	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
25–32	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
33	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister the (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
34	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
35	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
36	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1883	1980	96 years, 67 days
37	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
38	The Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
39	Aden Adde	25px Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	alive	96 years, 23 days
40	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	alive	95 years, 358 days
41	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
42	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
43	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Provisional President (1954)	1886	1982	95 years, 312 days
44	Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	President (1910–1911)	1872	1967	95 years, 191 days
45	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
46	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956)	1889	1985	95 years, 166 days
47	Philippe Pétain	France	Prime Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944)	1856	1951	95 years, 90 days
48	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
49	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960 - 1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days
50	Nguyễn Văn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days
51	Max Petitpierre	Switzerland	Federal Council Minister (1944-1961) President (1950, 1955, 1960)	1899	1994	95 years, 27 days
52	Saeb Salam	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)	1905	2000	95 years, 4 days
53	Hassan ibn Yahya	Kingdom of Yemen  North Yemen	Prime Minister (1948–1955)	1908	2003	95 years, 0 days
54	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	Interim President (1892)	1854	1949	94 years, 362 days
	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero	Peru	President (1945–1948)	1894	1989
56	Juliana	Netherlands	Queen (1948–1980)	1909	2004	94 years, 325 days
57	Emilio Aguinaldo	Philippines	President (1899–1901)	1869	1964	94 years, 321 days
58	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	Alive	94 years, 299 days
59	Constantin Ion Parhon	Romania	President (1948-1952)	1874	1969	94 years, 298 days
60	Maaraouf al-Dawalibi	Syria	Prime Minister (1941, 195–1960)	1909	2004	94 years, 292 days
61	Emiliano Chamorro Vargas	Nicaragua	President (1917-1921)	1871	1966	94 years, 291 days
62	Martti Miettunen	Finland	Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977)	1907	2002	94 years, 277 days
63	Sanya Dharmasakti	Thailand	Prime Minister (1973–1975)	1907	2002	94 years, 276 days
64	Abdel Halim Muhamad	Sudan	President (1975–1980)	1910	alive	94 years, 267 days
65	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	alive	95 years, 266 days
66	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	alive	94 years, 234 days
67	Emilio Bello Codesido	Chile	President (1925)	1868	1863	94 years, 233 days
68	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	25px Guatemala	President (1865)	1802	1897	94 years, 207 days
69	Héctor Trujillo	Ecuador	President (1952–1960)	1908	2002	94 years, 196 days
70	Wijeyananda Dahayanake	Sri Lanka	Prime Minister (1959–1960)	1902	1997	94 years, 194 days
71	Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas	Greece	Prime Minister (1965)	1893	1987	94 years, 182 days
72	Charles de Freycinet	25px France	Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892)	1828	1923	94 years, 181 days
73	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	President (1960–1962)	1910	alive	94 years, 167 days
74	Charles Tupper	Canada	Prime Minister (1896)	1821	1915	94 years, 120 days
75	Garfield Todd	South Rhodesia	Prime Minister (1953 – 1958)	1908	2002	94 years, 92 days
76	Phạm Văn Đồng	North Vietnam State of Vietnam	Prime Minister (1955–1987)	1906	2000	94 years, 59 days
77	Herbert Duffus	Jamaica	Acting Governor-General (1973)	1908	2002	94 years, 56 days
78	R. Venkararaman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	Alive	94 years, 28 days
79	C. Rajagopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	1878	1972	94 years, 15 days
80	Carlos Mancheno Cajas	Ecuador	President (1947)	1902	1996	94 years, 2 days
53–81	Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1958)	1910	Alive	94 years, 1 day to 95 years, 0 days
82	Paul Magloire	Haiti	President (1950–1956)	1907	2001	93 years, 358 days
83	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	Alive	93 years, 356 days
84	Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	Prime Minister (1894–1896)	1823	1917	93 years, 348 days
85	José Bordas Valdez	Dominican Republic	President (1913-1914)	1874	1968	93 years, 341 days
86	Tiburcio Carías Andino	Honduras	President (1932–1949)	1876	1969	93 years, 293 days
87	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	Alive	16 Mar 1911|1 Jan 2005}|- style="text-align:center" |	88	Paolo Boselli	Italy	Prime Minister (1916-1917, 1925-1926)	1838	1932	93 years, 276 days
89	François Denys Légitime	Haiti	President (1888-1889)	1841	1935	93 years, 251 days
90	Victor Paz Estensorro	Bolivia	President (1952-1956, 1962-1964, 1985-1989)	1907	2001	93 years, 248 days
91	Zenko Suzuki	Japan	Prime Minister (1980–1982)	1911	2004	93 years, 190 days
92	Sir Alexander Bustamante	Jamaica	Prime Minister (1962-1967)	1884	1977	93 years, 163 days
93	Sandro Pertini	Italy	President (1978-1985)	1896	1990	93 years, 152 days
94	Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt	New Zealand	Governor-General (1967-1972)	1900	1994	93 years, 144 days
95	Pierre Pflimlin	France	Prime Minister (1958)	1907	2000	93 years, 143 days
96	Pope Leo XIII	Papal States	Pope (1878-1903)	1810	1903	93 years, 140 days
97	Ronald Reagan	United States	President (1981-1989)	1911	2004	93 years, 120 days
98	Luis Alberto Sánchez	Peru	Prime Minister (1989)	1900	1994	93 years, 117 days
99	Nikola Hristić	Serbia	Prime Minister (1867–1868, 1883–1884, 1888–1889, 1894–1895)	1818	1911	93 years, 108 days
100	William McKell	Australia	Governor-General (1947–1953)	1891	1985	93 years, 107 days
	Idris I	Libya	King (1951–1969)	1890	1983	93 years, 78 days
	Hugo Ballivián	Bolivia	President (1951–1952)	1901	1993	93 years, 38 days
	Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	President (1905-1906)	1844	1937	93 years, 33 days
	Bernardino Machado	Portugal	Prime Minister (1914, 1921) President (1915-1917, 1925-1926)	1851	1944	93 years, 32 days
	Félix Gouin	France	Prime Minister (1946) President (1946)	1884	1977	93 years, 21 days
	Giovanni Leone	Italy	Prime Minister (1963, 1968, 1971–1978)	1908	2001	93 years, 6 days
	Maurice Couve de Murville	France	Prime Minister (1968-1969)	1907	1999	92 years, 334 days
	Yun Posun	South Korea	President (1960–1962)	1897	1990	92 years, 326 days
	Harold Macmillan later Earl of Stockton	United Kingdom	Prime Minister (1957–1963)	1894	1986	92 years, 322 days
	Éamon de Valera	Ireland	Taoiseach (1937–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1959) President (1959–1973)	1883	1974	92 years, 319 days
	Georges Theunis	Belgium	Prime Minister (1921-1925, 1934-1935)	1873	1966	92 years. 310 days
	Américo Tomás	Portugal	President (1958–1974)	1894	1897	92 years, 303 days
	Kiyoura Keigo	Japan	Prime Minister (1922-1924)	1850	1942	92 years, 223 days or 92 years, 264 days
	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando	Italy	Prime Minister (1917-1919)	1860	1952	92 years, 196 days
	Frank Forde	Australia	Prime Minister (1945)	1890	1983	92 years, 194 days
	Isaac Isaacs	Australia	Governor-General (1931–1936)	1855	1948	92 years, 189 days
	Mohammad Sa'ed	Iran	Prime Minister (1944, 1948-1950)	1881	1973	92 years, 187 days
Cesare Merzagora	Italy	Acting President (1964)	1898	1991	92 years, 173 days
Heo Jeong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1960)	1896	1988	92 years, 163 days
	Gustaf V	Sweden	King (1907-1950)	1858	1950	92 years, 135 days
	Alec Douglas-Home formely The Earl of Home later Baron Home of the Hirsel	United Kingdom	Prime Minister (1963–1964)	1903	1995	92 years, 98 days
	Khaled Chehab	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1938, 1952-1953)	1886	1978	92 years, 62 days

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No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	Alive	93 years, 0 days
	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)
	Petar Stambolić	Yugoslavia	Prime Minister (1963 - 1967) President (1982-1983)	1912	alive	92 years, 173 days
	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	Alive	92 years, 147 days
	Telmo Vargas	France	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	alive	92 years, 84 days
	Alfredo Stroessner	Paraguay	Dictator and President (1954-1989)	1912	alive	92 years, 59 days
	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	Alive	92 years, 1 day to 93 years, 0 days
	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	alive	91 years, 363 days
	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Samoa	O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993)
	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	Alive	91 years, 277 days
	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	alive	91 years, 230 days
	Alfonso López Michelsen	Colombia	President (1972–1976)	1913	Alive	91 years, 185 days
	Pak Song-chol	North Korea	Premier (1976–1977)	1913	alive	91 years, 121 days
	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	Alive	91 years, 89 days
	Mikhail Solometsev	Soviet Union	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1983–1988)	1913	alive	91 years, 55 days
	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	Alive	90 years, 182 days
	Anibal Portillo	El Salvador	Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961-1962)	1914	Alive	90 years, 12 days