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This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leadersTemplate:Efn-lg of sovereign states with significant international recognition. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years.

Gallery

Guillermo Rodríguez Lara.jpg

Oldest living:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
2nd-Oldest:
Laos
Khamtai Siphandone
served: 1991–2006
3rd-oldest:
Japan
Tomiichi Murayama
served 1994–1996
Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 10th-oldest living:
Raif Dizdarević
Yugoslavia
1988–1989
Oldest living incumbent and 70th-oldest living:
Paul Biya
Cameroon
1975–present

List

Key

	Currently in Office

Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1923	102 years, 90 days
2	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 February 1924	101 years, 359 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	101 years, 336 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	101 years, 124 days
5	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	8 May 1925	99 years, 270 days
6	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	99 years, 207 days
7	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 July 1925	99 years, 200 days
8	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	99 years, 249 days
9	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	99 years, 91 days
10	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	99 years, 55 days
11	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	98 years, 303 days
12	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	97 years, 339 days
13	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	97 years, 268 days
14	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	97 years, 267 days
15	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 August 1928	97 years, 159 days
16	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 October 1928	97 years, 102 days
17	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	96 years, 276 days
18	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	96 years, 266 days
19	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	96 years, 198 days
20	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 September 1929	96 years, 139 days
21	Nikolai Ryzhkov	Soviet Union	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991)	28 September 1929	96 years, 127 days
23	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 October 1929	96 years, 107 days
23	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 November 1929	96 years, 79 days
24	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 December 1929	96 years, 63 days
25	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 December 1929	96 years, 44 days
	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
28	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 December 1929	96 years, 36 days
29	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 January 1930	96 years, 30 days
30	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)	3 March 1930	95 years, 336 days
31	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 April 1930	95 years, 293 days
32	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 April 1930	95 years, 304 days
33	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	95 years, 257 days
34	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 July 1930	95 years, 216 days
35	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 October 1930	95 years, 123 days
36	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 November 1930	95 years, 83 days
37	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 November 1930	95 years, 74 days
38	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 December 1930	95 years, 52 days
39	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 January 1931	95 years, 29 days
39	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)	4 January 1931	95 years, 29 days
41	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 January 1931	95 years, 14 days
42	Dries van Agt	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1977–1982)	2 February 1931	95 years, 0 days
43	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 February 1931	94 years, 363 days
44	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 March 1931	94 years, 338 days
45	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 March 1931	94 years, 323 days
46	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	94 years, 258 days
47	Raúl Castro	Cuba	President of the Council of State (2006–2018) President of the Council of Ministers (2006–2018) First Secretary of the Communist Party (2011–2021)	3 June 1931	94 years, 244 days
48	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 June 1931	94 years, 229 days
49	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 July 1931	94 years, 189 days
50	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 September 1931	94 years, 126 days
51	Michael Hardie Boys	New Zealand	Governor-General (1996–2001)	6 October 1931	94 years, 119 days
52	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 December 1931	94 years, 63 days
53	Javier Valle Riestra	Peru	Prime Minister (1998)	5 January 1932	94 years, 28 days
54	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 February 1932	93 years, 353 days
55	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 March 1932	93 years, 324 days
56	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	93 years, 263 days
57	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 June 1932	93 years, 221 days
58	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 August 1932	93 years, 177 days
59	Sirikit	Thailand	Regent (1956)	12 August 1932	93 years, 174 days
60	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 September 1932	93 years, 144 days
61	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 September 1932	93 years, 129 days
62	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 October 1932	93 years, 107 days
63	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 October 1932	93 years, 100 days
64	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	1 November 1932	93 years, 93 days
65	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 November 1932	93 years, 86 days
66	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 November 1932	93 years, 74 days
66	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)	20 November 1932	93 years, 74 days
68	Bill Hayden	Australia	Governor-General (1989–1996)	23 January 1933	93 years, 10 days
69	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (1993–2011)	2 February 1933	93 years, 0 days
70	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) *President (1982–present)*	13 February 1933	92 years, 354 days
71	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 April 1933	92 years, 279 days
72	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	92 years, 260 days
73	Basdeo Panday	Trinidad and Tobago	Prime Minister (1995–2001)	25 May 1933	92 years, 253 days
74	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 June 1933	92 years, 239 days
75	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 June 1933	92 years, 232 days
76	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 July 1933	92 years, 203 days
77	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 August 1933	92 years, 180 days
78	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983)	11 August 1933	92 years, 41 days
79	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 August 1933	92 years, 157 days
80	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 September 1933	92 years, 144 days
81	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 September 1933	92 years, 135 days
82	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 December 1933	92 years, 42 days
83	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 December 1933	92 years, 41 days
84	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	92 years, 29 days
85	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	92 years, 22 days
86	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 January 1934	92 years, 6 days
87	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 February 1934	91 years, 360 days
88	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 March 1934	91 years, 308 days
89	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 March 1934	91 years, 309 days
90	Édouard Frank	Central African Republic	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	5 April 1934	91 years, 303 days
91	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 April 1934	91 years, 289 days
92	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 April 1934	91 years, 279 days
93	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	91 years, 269 days
94	Heng Samrin	Deocratic Kampuchea	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	91 years, 253 days
95	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 June 1934	91 years, 243 days
96	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 June 1934	91 years, 241 days
97	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 June 1934	91 years, 228 days
98	Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem	Angola	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1996–1999)	24 August 1934	91 years, 162 days
99	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 September 1934	91 years, 150 days
100	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 September 1934	91 years, 136 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than *#55–1* on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.
Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	22 March 1920	105 years, 317 days
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 April 1920	105 years, 284 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 February 1927	98 years, 359 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 October 1929	96 years, 107 days
Karan Singh	Janmu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 March 1931	94 years, 330 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999)	15 October 1931	94 years, 110 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front Council (1989)	24 June 1934	91 years, 223 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than *#100–41* on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.
Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Waldo Bernal Pereira	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	1931 or 1934	94 years, 33 days to 95 years, 32 days; or 91 years, 33 days to 92 years, 32 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	91 years, 33 days to 92 years, 32 days

Related pages

List of longest-living state leaders

Other websites

United Nations—a list of heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers
WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories

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