Difference between revisions of "Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living"

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This list contains the top 10 Longest-lived and oldest living State leaders and Cardinals

UPDATED 12/13/2025

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest lived state leader

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	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
8	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days

Corrado Bafile, the longest lived cardinal

No.	Cardinal	Country	Post	Birth	Death	Age
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005)	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
4	Alexandre do Nascimento OP	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024)	1925	2024	99 years, 212 days
5	Angelo Acerbi	Italy	*Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present)*	1925	Alive	100 years, 81 days
6	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
7	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019)	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
8	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	*Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)*	1926	Alive	99 years, 309 days
9	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
10	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	Priest of San Sisto (1991 – 2000)	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days
10	Franz König	Austria	Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004))	1905	2004	98 years, 223 days

UPDATED 12/13/2025

Guillermo Rodriguez, the oldest living State Leader.

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1923	102 years, 39 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, 308 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	101 years, 285 days
4	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	100 years, 156 days
5	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	17 July 1925	100 years, 149 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	99 years, 198 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	99 years, 40 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	99 years, 4 days
9	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	98 years, 252 days
10	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	97 years, 312 days

Angelo Acerbi, the oldest living Cardinal.

Rank	Name	Country	Titular Church	Born	Age
1	Angelo Acerbi	Italy	Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Cittá Giardino (2024-)	23 September 1925	100 years, 81 days
2	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	*Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)*	7 February 1926	99 years, 309 days
3	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	*Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present)*	15 December 1926	98 years, 363 days
4	Luis Pascual Dri	Argentina	*Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (2023-present)*	17 April 1927	98 years, 240 days
5	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	*Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present)*	18 October 1927	98 years, 47 days
6	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	*Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)*	20 February 1928	97 years, 288 days
7	Ernest Simoni	Albania	*Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)*	18 October 1928	97 years, 56 days
8	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	*Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice* (2021-present)**	5 January 1929	96 years, 342 days
9	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	*Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present)* *Proto-priest (2016-present)*	25 January 1929	96 years, 322 days
10	Adam Maida	United States	*Priest of San Vitale (1994–present)*	18 March 1930	95 years, 270 days

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