List of longest-living state leaders

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This article lists the 100 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 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.

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Ages are up to date 07/5/2024

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
5 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
6 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1886 1988 101 years, 314 days
7 Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
1917 2018 101 years, 241 days
8 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
9 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
10 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 118 days
11 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
12 Bernardino Gonzales Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
13 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
14 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
15 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
16 Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 100 years, 244 days
17 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
18 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
19 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
1924 Alive 100 years, 148 days
20 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 124 days
21 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
23 Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)

State President (1966–1994) President (1966–1993)

1898 1997 99 years, 283 days
24 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 99 years, 278 days
25 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
26 Tun Tin Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
27 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
28 Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim President (1969) 1912 2012 99 years, 186 days
28 Mohammad Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
29 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)
1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
30 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
31 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
32 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
33 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 98 years, 361 days
34 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925 Alive 98 years, 354 days
35 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
36 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 98 years, 322 days
37 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
38 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)
1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
39 Pierre Count Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
40 Sir Howard Harlan Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
41 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
42 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
43 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
44 Mamadou Dia Senegal President (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
45 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
46 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
47 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
48 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
49 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
50 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
51 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
52 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
53 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
54 R. Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
55 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 37 days
56 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
57 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1922 2020 97 years, 322 days
58 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
59 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)
1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
60 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)

Acting President (1926–1927)

1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
61 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
62 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 97 years, 245 days
63 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
64 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
65 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 209 days
66 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
67 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
68 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
69 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
70 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
71 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
72 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
73 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 91 days
74 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
75 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
76 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)
1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
77 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
78 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
79 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
80 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)
1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
81 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
82 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925 2022 96 years, 224 days
83 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days
84 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 152 days
85 Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926 2022 96 years, 140 days
86 Jiang Zemin China Paramount Leader (1989-2002)
President (1993-2003)
1926 2022 96 years, 105 days
87 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924 2020 96 years, 82 days
88 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)
1928 Alive 96 years, 56 days
89 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 55 days
90 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915 2011 96 years, 43 days
91 Michael I Romania King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) 1921 2017 96 years, 41 days
92 Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916 2012 96 years, 14 days
93 Hans Schaffner Switzerland President (1966) 1908 2004 95 years, 346 days
94 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906 2002 95 years, 316 days
95 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928 Alive 95 years, 313 days
96 Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923 2018 95 years, 306 days
97 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Italy Prime Minister (1993–1994)
President (1999–2006)
1920 2016 95 years, 282 days
98 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928 Alive 95 years, 256 days
99 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980$ndash;1987)

President (1987–2019)

1924 2019 95 years, 197 days
100 Trần Thiện Khiêm South Virtman Prime Minister (1969–1975) 1925 2021 95 years, 191 days

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No. Name State Position Birth Death Age

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1 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929.05.02 Alive 95 years, 64 days 95 years, 243 days
2 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929.05.12 Alive 95 years, 54 days 95 years, 233 days
3 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929.07.19 Alive 94 years, 352 days 95 years, 165 days
4 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929.09.16 Alive 94 years, 293 days 95 years, 106 days
5 Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997)
1929.10.18 Alive 94 years, 261 days 95 years, 74 days
6 Gombojavyn Ochirbat Mongolian People's Republic General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929.11.15 Alive 94 years, 233 days 95 years, 46 days
7 Alfred Moisiu Albania President (2002–2007) 1929.12.01 alive 94 years, 217 days 95 years, 30 days
8 Selim Hoss Lebanon Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) 1929.12.20 alive 94 years, 198 days 95 years, 11 days
Lee Hyun-jae South Korea Prime Minister (1988)
Milan Panić Yugoslavia Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
11 Efraín Goldenberg Peru Prime Minister (1994–1995) 1929.12.28 Alive 94 years, 190 days 95 years, 3 days
12 Ahmed Osman Morocco Prime Minister (1972–1979) 1930.01.03 Alive 94 years, 184 days 94 years, 363 days
13 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)
1930.03.03 Alive 94 years, 124 days 94 years, 303 days
14 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President (1980–1996) 1930.04.15 Alive 94 years, 81 days 94 years, 260 days
15 José Sarney Brazil President (1985–1990) 1930.04.24 Alive 94 years, 72 days 94 years, 251 days
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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, 148 days

Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador M 1923.11.04 2023.10.11 Alive

age 100 years, 244 days

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