List of oldest living state leaders

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

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  Oldest living:
  Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  2nd-Oldest:
  Laos
  Khamtai Siphandone
  served: 1991–2006

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  3rd-oldest:
  Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served 1994–1996

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  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 10th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

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  Oldest living incumbent and 69th-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Key

Currently in Office

updated 01/29/2026
Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth'	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1923	102 years, 86 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, 355 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	101 years, 332 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	101 years, 120 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	99 years, 203 days
6	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 July 1925	99 years, 196 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	99 years, 245 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	99 years, 87 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	99 years, 51 days
10	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	98 years, 299 days
11	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	97 years, 335 days
12	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	97 years, 264 days
13	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	97 years, 263 days
14	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 August 1928	97 years, 155 days
15	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 October 1928	97 years, 98 days
16	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	96 years, 272 days
17	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	96 years, 262 days
18	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	96 years, 194 days
19	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 September 1929	96 years, 135 days
20	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 October 1929	96 years, 103 days
21	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 November 1929	96 years, 75 days
22	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 December 1929	96 years, 59 days
23	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 December 1929	96 years, 40 days
	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
26	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 December 1929	96 years, 32 days
27	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 January 1930	96 years, 26 days
28	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, 332 days
29	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 April 1930	95 years, 289 days
30	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 April 1930	95 years, 300 days
31	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	95 years, 253 days
32	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 July 1930	95 years, 212 days
33	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 October 1930	95 years, 119 days
34	A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	11 October 1930	95 years, 110 days
35	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 November 1930	95 years, 79 days
36	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 November 1930	95 years, 70 days
37	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 December 1930	95 years, 48 days
38	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 January 1931	95 years, 25 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
40	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 January 1931	95 years, 10 days
41	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 February 1931	94 years, 359 days
42	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 March 1931	94 years, 334 days
43	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 March 1931	94 years, 319 days
44	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	94 years, 254 days
45	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, 240 days
46	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 June 1931	94 years, 225 days
47	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 July 1931	94 years, 185 days
48	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 September 1931	94 years, 122 days
49	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 December 1931	94 years, 59 days
50	Javier Valle Riestra	Peru	Prime Minister (1998)	5 January 1932	94 years, 24 days
51	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 February 1932	93 years, 349 days
52	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 March 1932	93 years, 320 days
53	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	93 years, 259 days
53	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 June 1932	93 years, 217 days
55	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 August 1932	93 years, 173 days
56	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 August 1932	93 years, 170 days
57	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 September 1932	93 years, 140 days
58	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 September 1932	93 years, 125 days
59	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 October 1932	93 years, 103 days
60	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 October 1932	93 years, 96 days
61	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 November 1932	93 years, 82 days
62	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 November 1932	93 years, 70 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
64	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	92 years, 361 days
65	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 February 1933	92 years, 350 days
66	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 April 1933	92 years, 275 days
67	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	92 years, 256 days
68	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 June 1933	92 years, 235 days
69	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 June 1933	92 years, 228 days
70	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 July 1933	92 years, 199 days
71	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 August 1933	92 years, 176 days
72	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983)	11 August 1933	92 years, 37 days
73	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 August 1933	92 years, 153 days
74	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 September 1933	92 years, 140 days
75	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 September 1933	92 years, 131 days
76	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 December 1933	92 years, 38 days
77	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 December 1933	92 years, 37 days
78	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	92 years, 25 days
79	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	92 years, 18 days
80	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 January 1934	92 years, 2 days
81	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 February 1934	91 years, 356 days
82	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 March 1934	91 years, 304 days
83	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 March 1934	91 years, 305 days
84	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 April 1934	91 years, 285 days
85	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 April 1934	91 years, 275 days
86	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	91 years, 265 days
87	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, 249 days
88	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 June 1934	91 years, 239 days
89	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 June 1934	91 years, 237 days
90	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 June 1934	91 years, 224 days
91	Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem	Angola	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1996–1999)	24 August 1934	91 years, 158 days
92	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 September 1934	91 years, 146 days
93	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 September 1934	91 years, 132 days
94	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	Togo	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 October 1934	91 years, 118 days
95	Yakubu Gowon	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 October 1934	91 years, 102 days
96	Hamilton Green	Guyana	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 November 1934	91 years, 81 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	Sweden	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
98	Nicéphore Soglo	Benin	Template:Wp•List of prime ministers of Benin (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 November 1934	91 years, 61 days
99	Pratibha Patil	India	President (2007–2012)	19 December 1934	91 years, 51 days
100	Stjepan Mesić	Croatia	President (2000–2010)	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–54 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1980–1987)	1932	93 years, 29 days to 94 years, 28 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	91 years, 29 days to 92 years, 28 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #97–1 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, 313 days
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 April 1920	105 years, 280 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 February 1927	98 years, 355 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 October 1929	96 years, 103 days
Karan Singh	Janmu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 March 1931	94 years, 326 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999)	15 October 1931	94 years, 106 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front Council (1989)	24 June 1934	91 years, 219 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–40 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, 29 days to 95 years, 28 days; or 91 years, 29 days to 92 years, 28 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	91 years, 29 days to 92 years, 28 days

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