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!<abbr>'''No.'''</abbr>||'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death'''||'''Age'''
! age by 12-31-24
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|'''1'''
|'''{{Wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (1995–2001)
|'''1929.07.19'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''2'''
|'''{{Wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''
|'''Zanzibar'''
|Sultan (1963–1964)
|'''1929.09.16'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''3'''
|'''{{Wp|Violeta Chamorro}}'''
|'''Nicaragua'''
|Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)<br />President (1990–1997)
|'''1929.10.18'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''4'''
|'''{{wp|Gombojavyn Ochirbat}}'''
|'''Mongolian People's Republic'''
|General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)
|'''1929.11.15'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1929|11|15}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|11|15|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''5'''||'''{{wp|Alfred Moisiu}}'''||'''Albania'''||President (2002–2007)||'''1929.12.01'''||'''alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|1}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|1|2024|12|31}}'''
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|rowspan=3 | '''6'''||'''{{wp|Salim Al-Huss|Selim Hoss}}'''||'''Lebanon'''||Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)|| rowspan="3" |'''1929.12.20'''|| rowspan="3" |'''alive'''|| rowspan="3" |'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|20}}'''|| rowspan="3" |'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|20|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''{{wp|Lee Hyun-jae}}'''||'''South Korea'''|| Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) |Prime Minister (1988)
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''{{wp|Milan Panić}}'''||'''Yugoslavia'''|||Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''9'''
|'''{{wp|Efraín Goldenberg}}'''||'''Peru'''||Prime Minister (1994–1995)
|'''1929.12.28'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|28}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|28|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''10'''||'''{{wp|Ahmed Osman (politician)|Ahmed Osman}}'''||'''Morocco'''||Prime Minister (1972–1979)||'''1930.01.03'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|1|3}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|1|3|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''11'''||'''{{wp|Ion Iliescu }}'''||'''Romania'''||Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)<br />President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990)<br />President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)||'''1930.03.03'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|3|3}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|3|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''12'''||'''{{wp|Vigdís Finnbogadóttir}}'''||'''Iceland'''||President (1980–1996)||'''1930.04.15'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|4|15}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|4|15|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''13'''||'''{{wp|José Sarney}}'''||'''Brazil'''||President (1985–1990)||'''1930.04.24'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|4|24}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|4|24|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''14'''||'''{{wp|Kesang Choden (Queen)|Kesang Choden}}'''||'''Bhutan'''||Regent (1972)||'''1930.05.21'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|5|21}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|5|21|2024|12|31}}'''
|}
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Revision as of 15:54, 23 June 2024

This article lists the Longest-known living (ages at least 95 years, 0 days) or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1 January 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 Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days.


Gallery

  • Oldest:
    Cambodia
    Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009, lived: 103 years, 143 days)
    served 1962

  • 2nd Oldest:
    Turkey
    Celål Bayar (1883–1986, lived: 103 years, 98 days)
    served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

  • 3rd-Oldest:
    France
    Antoine Pinay (1891-1994, lived: 102 years, 343 days)
    served: 1962

  • 19th-oldest ever:
    Ecuador
    Guillermo Rodriguez
    (born 1923, (age 100 years, 237 days)
    served: 1972–1976

List

Ages are up to date 06/28/2024

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905.09.01 2009.01.22 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)

President (1950–1960)

1883.05.16 1986.08.22 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891.12.30 1994.12.13 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914.07.03 2017.01.30 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887.12.03 1990.01.03 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917.03.02 2019.01.17 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889.07.05 1990.05.14 101 years, 314 days
8 Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)

General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)

1917.02.02 2018.10.01 101 years, 241 days
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889.05.09 1990.12.14 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918.05.18 2019.11.29 101 years, 186 days
11 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919.01.26 2020.05.25 101 years, 118 days
12 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915.04.03 2016.07.27 101 years, 115 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911.01.11 2012.03.15 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859.11.15 1960.12.12 101 years, 27 days
15 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921.01.29 2021.12.07 100 years, 312 days
16 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912.10.09 2013.08.09 100 years, 304 days
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)

President (1975–1980)

1921.10.04 2022.07.14 100 years, 283 days
18 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919.08.08 2020.03.30 100 years, 235 days
19 Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923.11.04

originally listed 1924.11.04

Alive 100 years, 237 days
20 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922.01.17 2022.07.08 100 years, 172 days
21 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)

Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)

1924.02.08 Alive 100 years, 141 days
22 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924.03.03 Alive 100 years, 117 days
23 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904.04.26 2004.06.10 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920.01.19 2020.03.04
25 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912.01.01 2012.02.02 100 years, 32 days
26 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924.10.01 Alive 99 years, 271 days
27 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910.05.12 2010.01.04 99 years, 237 days
28 Tun Tin Myanmar Prime Minister (1988) 1920.10.02 2020.05.01 99 years, 211 days
29 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898.07.04 1998.01.15 99 years, 195 days
30 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919.05.01 2018.09.20 99 years, 142 days
31 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)

President (1974–1976)

1909.01.09 2008.05.01 99 years, 113 days
32 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903.07.27 2002.10.31 99 years, 96 days
33 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892.06.28 1991.09.28 99 years, 92 days
34 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896.02.29 1995.04.10 99 years, 41 days
35 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
36 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
37 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913.03.30 2012.03.13 98 years, 350 days
38 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925.07.10 Alive 98 years, 354 days
39 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925.07.17 Alive 98 years, 347 days
40 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922.08.12 2020.07.10 98 years, 322 days
41 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925.05.08 2024.02.29 98 years, 297 days
42 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)

Regent (2016)

1920.08.26 2019.05.26 98 years, 273 days
43 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911.03.16 2009.11.15 98 years, 244 days
44 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915.11.13 2014.07.11 98 years, 240 days
45 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873.08.04 1972.03.28 98 years, 237 days
46 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918.10.18 2017.05.29 98 years, 223 days
47 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879.08.31 1978.03.22 98 years, 203 days
48 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874.08.02 1973.02.14 98 years, 196 days
49 Mamadou Dia Senegal President (1960–1962) 1910.07.18 2009.01.25 98 years, 191 days
50 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908.12.09 2007.06.08 98 years, 181 days
51 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910.04.09 2008.09.09 98 years, 153 days
52 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920.12.01 2019.04.22 98 years, 142 days
53 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918.03.23 2016.07.18 98 years, 127 days
54 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879.05.20 1977.10.19 98 years, 122 days
55 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818.01.30 1916.05.21 98 years, 112 days
56 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924.10.19 2023.02.06 98 years, 110 days
57 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921.01.05 2019.04.23 98 years, 108 days
58 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916.07.11 2014.10.21 98 years, 102 days
59 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925.06.29 2023.09.22 98 years, 85 days
60 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868.02.26 1966.05.15 98 years, 78 days
61 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916.12.16 2015.02.10 98 years, 56 days
62 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910.12.04 2009.01.27 98 years, 54 days
63 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926.05.29 Alive 98 years, 30 days
64 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungry Prime Minister (1919) 1875.07.10 1973.07.25 98 years, 15 days
65 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910.03.08 2008.03.21 98 years, 13 days
66 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925.02.18 2023.01.03 97 years, 319 days
67 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)

State President (1982–1989)

1917.06.17 2015.05.09 97 years, 296 days
68 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)

Acting President (1926–1927)

1888.01.29 1985.11.14 97 years, 289 days
69 Baron Ignaz von Plener Austria-Hungary Minister-President (1870) 1810.05.21 1908.02.17 97 years, 272 days
70 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866.02.03 1963.10.30 97 years, 267 days
71 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921.04.27 2018.12.28 97 years, 245 days
72 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926.11.03 Alive 97 years, 238 days
73 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923.01.10 2020.08.14 97 years, 217 days
74 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916.11.28 2014.06.14 97 years, 208 days
75 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890.04.02 1987.10.21 97 years, 202 days
76 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923.01.15 2020.07.30 97 years, 197 days
77 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926.12.09 Alive 97 years, 202 days
78 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920.04.13 2017.10.04 97 years, 174 days
79 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872.03.15 1969.08.14 97 years, 152 days
80 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918.11.26 2016.04.19 97 years, 145 days
81 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915.11.25 2013.04.14 97 years, 140 days
82 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)

(Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)

1902.09.23 2000.02.08 97 years, 138 days
83 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913.10.04 2011.02.04 97 years, 123 days
84 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913.05.16 2010.08.21 97 years, 97 days
85 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927.04.05 Alive 97 years, 84 days
86 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924.04.28 2021.06.17 97 years, 50 days
87 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)

President (1974–1979)

1919.07.18 2016.08.24 97 years, 47 days
88 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918.12.23 2015.11.10 96 years, 322 days
89 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851.04.10 1948.02.16 96 years, 312 days
90 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912.01.01 2008.11.04 96 years, 308 days
91 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871.05.26 1968.02.25 96 years, 275 days
92 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915.10.22 2012.06.30 96 years, 252 days
93 Federico Paéz Ecuador Jefe Supremo (1935–1937) 1877.06.04 1974.02.09 96 years, 250 days
94 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)

President (1957–1987)

1903.03.03 2000.04.06 96 years, 247 days
95 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890.03.09 1986.11.08 96 years, 244 days
96 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925.10.01 2022.05.13 96 years, 224 days
97 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921.01.04 2017.07.14 96 years, 191 days
98 Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926.04.21 2022.09.09 96 years, 140 days
98 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928.02.04 Alive 96 years, 145 days
100 Alejandro Deustua Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849.03.22 1945.08.06 96 years, 137 days
101 Jiang Zemin China President (1993-2003) 1926.08.17 2022.11.30 96 years, 105 days
102 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924.03.08 2020.05.29 96 years, 82 days
103 Pedro Lascuráin Mexico Acting President (1913) 1856.05.08 1952.07.21 96 years, 74 days
104 Federico Chaves Paraguay President (1949–1954) 1882.02.15 1978.04.24 96 years, 68 days
105 Fumio Gotō Japan Acting Prime Minister (1936) 1884.03.07 1980.05.13 96 years, 67 days
106 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)		 1928.05.10 Alive 96 years, 49 days
107 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915.06.17 2011.07.30 96 years, 43 days
107 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928.05.11 Alive 96 years, 48 days
109 Michael I Romania King (1927-1930, 1940-1947) 1921.10.25 2017.12.05 96 years, 41 days
110 João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu Brazil Prime Minister (1878–1880) 1810.11.20 1906.12.27 96 years, 37 days
111 Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916.08.06 2012.08.20 96 years, 14 days
112 Hans Schaffner Switzerland President (1966) 1908.12.16 2004.11.26 95 years, 346 days
113 Gavin Donne Cook Islands Queen's Representative (1982–1984) 1914.05.08 2010.03.28 95 years, 327 days
114 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906.09.01 2002.07.14 95 years, 316 days
115 Tomás Romero Pereira Paraguay Provisional President (1954) 1886.10.04 1982.08.12 95 years, 312 days
116 Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923.02.04 2018.12.07 95 years, 306 days
117 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928.08.27 Alive 95 years, 306 days
118 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Italy013) Prime Minister (1993–1994)
President (1999–2006) 		1920.12.09 2016.09.16 95 years, 282 days
119 Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City Pope (2005–2013)
Sovereign (2005–2013) 		1927.04.16 2022.12.31 95 years, 279 days
120 Fred Degazon Dominica President (1979–1980) 1913.01.04 2008.10.04 95 years, 274 days
121 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928.10.23 Alive 95 years, 249 days
122 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980–1987)
President (1987–2019) 		1924.02.21 2019.09.04 95 years, 197 days
123 Juan José Estrada Nicaragua President (1910–1911) 1872.01.01 1967.07.11 95 years, 191 days
Trần Thiện Khiêm South Vietnam Prime Minister (1969–1975) 2021.06.24 2021.07.11
125 Pote Sarasin Thailand Prime Minister (1957) 1905.03.25 2000.09.28 95 years, 187 days
126 Antonio Imbert Barrera Dominican Republic President (1965) 1920.12.03 2016.05.31 95 years, 180 days
127 Tahar Ben Ammar Tunisia Prime Minister (1956) 1889.11.25 1985.05.10 95 years, 166 days
128 Cuthbert Sebastian Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor-General (1996-2013) 1921.10.22 2017.03.25 95 years, 154 days
129 Roberto Marcelo Levingston Argentina President (1970–1971) 1920.01.19
later changed to 1920.01.10 		2015.06.17 95 years, 151 days
130 Carlos Alberto Rey Argentina de facto President (1970) 1922.01.04 2017.05.29 95 years, 145 days
131 Nelson Mandela South Africa President (1994–1999) 1918.07.18 2013.12.05 95 years, 140 days
132 Daniel arap Moi Kenya President (1970-2002) 1924.09.02 2020.02.04 95 years, 137 days
133 Apenera Pera Short Cook Islands Queen's Representative (1990–2000) 1916.02.04 2011.06.15 95 years, 131 days
134 Paal Berg Norway Acting Head of State ()1945 1873.01.18 1968.05.24 95 years, 126 days
135 Sixto Durán Ballén Ecuador President (1992–1996) 1921.07.14 2016.11.15 95 years, 124 days
136 Ahmed Ben Bella Algeria President (1963 - 1965) 1916.12.25 2012.04.11 95 years, 108 days
137 Dawda Jawara The Gambia Prime Minister (1964-1970)
President (1970-1994) 		1924.05.16 2021.08.27 95 years, 103 days
138 Philippe Pétain France Prime Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940 - 1944) 		1856.04.24 1951.07.23 95 years, 90 days
139 Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal President (1960 - 1980) 1906.10.09 2001.12.20 95 years, 72 days
140 Petar Stambolić Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)
President (1982 - 1983) 		1912.07.12 2007.09.21 95 years, 71 days
141 Anibal Portillo El Salvador Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961 - 1962) 1914.12.20 2010.02.15 95 years, 57 days
142 Pak Song-chol North Korea Premier (1976 - 1977) 1913.09.02 2008.02.28 95 years, 56 days
143 Nguyễn Văn Tâm South Vietnam Prime Minister (1952–1954) 1895.10.16 1990.11.23 95 years, 48 days
144 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929.05.02 Alive 95 years, 57 days
145 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929.05.12 Alive 95 years, 47 days
146 Max Petitpierre Switzerland Federal Council Minister (1944-1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960) 		1899.02.26 1994.03.25 95 years, 27 days
147 Dušan Dragosavac Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1981–1982) 1919.12.01 2014.12.21 95 years, 20 days
148 Saeb Salam Lebanon Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) 1905.01.17 2000.01.21 95 years, 4 days
149 Hassan ibn Yahya North Yemen Prime Minister (1948–1955) 1908.06.13 2003.06.13 95 years, 0 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Birth Death Age
The following persons might be older than 138-21 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012.06.12 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993) 		1898 1997.11.27 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998.07.13 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Hassan al-Hakim Syria Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951) 1886 1982.03.30 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
Name Country

Sex

Lifespan Became eldest Ceased Death
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Guatemala M 1802.10.19 1897.05.14
aged 94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg Austria M 1806.07.17 1897.05.14 1899.02.26
aged 92 years 224 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin Uruguay M 1810.01.27 1899.02.26 1900.04.12
90 years, 76 days
Pope Leo XIII Papal States M 1810.03.02 1900.04.12 1903.07.20
aged 93 years, 140 days

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

Austria M 1810.02.21 1903.07.20 1908.02.17
aged 97 years, 272 days
Artúr Gorgey Hungary M 1818.01.30 1908.02.17 1916.05.21
aged 98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell Canada M 1823.12.27 1916.05.21 1917.12.10
aged 93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet France M 1828.11.14 1917.12.10 1923.05.14
aged 94 years, 181 days
Matsukata Masayoshi Japan M 1835.02.25 1923.05.14 1924.07.02
aged 89 years, 127 days

Jules Méline

France M 1838.05.20 1924.07.02 1925.12.21
aged 87 years, 216 days
Paolo Boselli Italy M 1838.06.08 1925.12.21 1932.03.10
aged 93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marín Ecuador M 1841.11.15 1932.03.10 1935.09.06
aged 93 years, 295 days
Lizardo Garcia Ecuador

M

1844.04.26 1935.09.06 1937.05.29
aged 93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro Villazón Bolivia M 1848.01.22 1937.05.29 1939.09.12
aged 91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua Peru M 1849.03.22 1939.09.12 1945.08.06
aged 96 years, 138 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City M 1851.04.10 1945.08.06 1948.05.16
aged 96 years, 312 days
Philippe Petain France M 1856.04.24 1948.02.16 1951.07.23
aged 95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascurain Mexico M 1856.05.08 1951.07.23 1952.07.21
aged 96 years, 74 days
Christopher Hornsrud Norway M 1859.11.15 1952.07.21 1960.12.12
aged 101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás Brazil M 1868.02.26 1960.12.12 1966.05.15
aged 98 years, 78 days
Camille Huysmans Belgium M 1871.05.26 1966.05.15 1968.02.26
aged 96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru M 1872..03.15 1968.02.26 1969.08.14
aged 97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour France M 1873.08.04 1969.08.14 1972.03.28
aged 98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter Luxembourg M 1874.08.02 1972.03.28 1973.02.14
aged 98 years, 196 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham Hungary M 1875.07.10 1973.02.14 1973.07.25
aged 98 years, 15 days
Federico Páez Ecuador M 1877.06.04 1973.07.25 1974.02.09
aged 96 years, 250 days
Borys Martos Ukraine M 1879.05.20 1974.02.09 1977.09.17
aged 98 years, 122 days
Isidro Ayora Ecuador M 1879.08.31 1977.09.17 1978.03.22
aged 98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves Paraguay M 1882.02.15 1978.03.22 1978.04.24
aged 96 years, 68 days
Celál Bayar Türkiye M 1883.05.16 1978.04.24 1986.08.22
aged 103 years, 99 days
Willem Drees Netherlands M 1886.07.05 1986.08.22 1988.05.14
aged 101 years, 314 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan M• 1887.12.03 1988.05.14 1990.01.20
aged 102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun Taiwan M 1889.05.09 1990.01.20 1990.12.14
aged 101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay France M 1891.12.30 1990.12.14 1994.12.13
aged 102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai India M 1896.02.29 1994.12.13 1995.04.10

aged 99 years, 41 days

Gulzarilal Nanda India M 1898.07.04 1995.04.10 1998.01.15
aged 99 years, 195 days
Constantine Kollias Greece M 1901 1998.01.15 1998.07.13
aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania M

1902.09.23

1998.07.13 2000.02.08
aged 97 years, 138 days
Michail Stasinopoulos Greece M 1903.07.27 2000.02.08 2002.10.31
aged 99 years, 142 days
Xenophon Zolotas Greece M 1904.04.26 2002.10.31 2004.06.10

aged 100 years, 45 days

Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum Cambodia M 1905.09.01 2004.01.06.10 2009.01.22
aged 103 years, 143 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan M 1910.04.10 2009.01.22 2009.04.16
aged 99 years, 6 days
Johan Ferrier Suriname M 1910.12.10 2009.04.16 2010.01.04
aged 99 years, 237 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz Panama M 1911.01.11 2010..01.04 2012.03.15
aged 101 years, 64 days
Telmo Vargas Ecuador M 1912.10.09 2012.03.15 2013.08.09
aged 100 years, 304 days
André Prunet-Foch Andorra M 1914.07.03 2013.08.09 2017.01.30
aged 102 years, 211 days
Đỗ Mười Vietnam M 1917.02.02 2017.01.30 2018.10.01
aged 101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla Sudan M 1917.03.02 2018.10.01 2019.01.17
aged 101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan M 1918.05.27 2019.01.17 2019.11.29
aged 101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong South Korea M

1919.02.26

2019.11.29 2020.05.20
aged 101 years, 89 days
Mustafa Ben Halim Libya M 1921.01.29 2020.05.20 2021.12.07
aged 100 years, 312 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez Peru M 1921.10.14 2021.12.07 2022.07.14

aged 100 years, 283 days

Khamtai Siphandone Laos M 1924.02.08 2022.07.14 2023.10.11 Alive

age 100 years, 141 days

Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador M 1923.11.04 2023.10.11 Alive

age 100 years, 237 days

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