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This article lists all the 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 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.
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) and cardinals, born no earlier than 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days


=='''Gallery'''==
=='''Gallery'''==
<gallery widths="150" style="line-height:normal">
==='''Gallery of State Leaders'''===
File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|Oldest ever:<br />Cambodia<br />{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}} (1905&ndash;2009, 103 years, 143 days)<br />served: 1962
<gallery widths="100" style="line-height:normal">
File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg|2nd-oldest:<br />Turkey<br />{{Wp|Celål Bayar}} (1883&ndash;1986, aged 103 years, 98 days)<br />served 1937–1939, 1950&ndash;1960;
File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|Oldest:<br />[[File:Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Cambodia<br />{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}served 1962
File:Antoine Pinay 1952.jpg|3rd-Oldest living:<br />France<br />{{wp|Antoine Pinay}} (1891-1994, aged 102 years, 343 days)<br />served: 1962
File:Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.png|2nd Oldest:<br />[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]]Turkey<bgoatr in/>{{Wp|Celål Bayar}}<br />served 1937–1939, 1950&ndash;1960
File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Laos, Mr. Khamtay Siphandone at Vientiane in Laos on November 29, 2004 (cropped).jpg|26th-oldest ever:<br />'''Laos'':<br/>'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}''' '''(born 1924, age {{age in years and days|1924|2|8}})''': <br />served 1991–2006
File:Antoine Pinay 1952.jpg|3rd-Oldest:<br />[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;France<br />served: 1962
File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador).jpg|15th-oldest ever:<br />[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador<br />{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}<br />served: 1972&ndash;1976
</gallery>
</gallery>


=='''List'''==
=='''List'''==
; Key
UPDATED {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|bgcolor="gold" |
!style="text-align:center"|'''Color'''
|'''Currently living'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Note'''
|-
| bgcolor=#9bddff | Columbia Blue || Living State Leaders and State Leaders
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!<abbr>No.</abbr>||Name||{{wp|List of Sovereign States|State}}||Position||Birth||Death||Age
|-
!style="text-align:center"|'''No.'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Name'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''State'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Position'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Birth'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Death'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Age'''
|-
|1
| data-sort-value="Cocsal Chhum, Chau Sen" |{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}
| [[File:Flag of Cambodia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Cambodia||Acting Prime Minister (1962)
|1905
|2009
|103 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|1||{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}||Cambodia||{{wp|Prime Minister of Cambodia|Acting Prime Minister}} (1962)||1905||2009 ||103 years, 143 days
|2
| data-sort-value="Bayar, Celâl" |{{Wp|Celâl Bayar}}
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Türkiye
|Prime Minister (1937–1939)<br />President (1950–1960)  
|1883
|1986
|103 years, 98 days
|-
|-
|2||{{wp|Celâl Bayar}}||Türkiye||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister}} (1937–1939)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President}} (1950–1960)||1883||1986||103 years, 98 days
|3
| data-sort-value="Pinay, Antoine" |{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;France
|Prime Minister (1952–1953)
|1891
|1994
|102 years, 343 days
|-
|-
|3||{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}|||France||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1952–1953)||1891||1994||102 years, 343 days
|4
| data-sort-value="Prunet-Foch, André" |{{wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|[[File:Flag of Andorra.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Andorra
|French Viguier (1977–1980)
|1914
|2017
|102 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|4||{{wp|André Prunet-Foch}}||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier}} (1977–1980)||1914||2017||102 years, 211 days  
| 5
| data-sort-value="Higashikuni Naruhiko" |{{wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
| [[File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg|25px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;Japan
| Prime Minister (1945)
| 1887
| 1990
| 102 years, 48 days
|-
|-
|5||{{wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1945)||1887||1990||102 years, 48 days
| 6
| data-sort-value="Awadalla, Babiker" |{{wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|[[File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Sudan
|Prime Minister (1969)
|1917
|2019
|101 years, 321 days
|-
|-
|6||{{wp|Babiker Awadalla}}|| Sudan ||{{wp|List of prime minis|ers of Sudan|Prime Minister}} (1969)||1917||2019||101 years, 321 days
|7
| data-sort-value="Drees, Willem" |{{wp|Willem Drees}}
| [[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Netherlands|| Prime Minister (1948–1958)  
| 1889
| 1990
| 101 years, 314 days |101 years, 314 days
|-
|-
|7||{{wp|Willem Drees}}|| Netherlands
|8
|{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1948–1958)||1889||1990||101 years, 314 days
| data-sort-value="Đỗ Mười" |{{wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|[[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Vietnam
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)<br />General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
|1917
|2018
|101 years, 243 days
|-
|9
| data-sort-value="Zhang Qun" | {{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
| [[File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Taiwan
| Premier (1947–1948)
| 1889
| 1990
| 101 years, 219 days
|-
| 10
| data-sort-value="Nakasone Yasuhiro" |{{wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|[[File:Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Japan
|Prime Minister (1982–1987)
|1918
|2019
|101 years, 186 days
|-
|11
| data-sort-value="Jong, Piet de" |{{wp|Piet de Jong}}
|[[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Netherlands
|Prime Minister (1967–1971)
|1915
|2016
|101 years, 117 days
|-
| 12
| data-sort-value="Hyun Soong-jong" |{{wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
| [[File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg|25px]]&nbsp;South Korea
| Prime Minister (1992–1993)
| 1919
| 2020
| 101 years, 89 days
|-
| 13
| data-sort-value="Gonzáles Ruiz, Bernardino" |{{wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}
| [[File:Flag of Panama.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Panama
| Acting President (1963)
| 1911
| 2012
| 101 years, 64 days
|-
|14
| data-sort-value="Hornsrud, Christopher" |{{wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Norway
|Prime Minister (1928)
|1859
|1960
|101 years, 27 days
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''15'''
| data-sort-value="Rodriguez, Guillermo" | '''{{wp|Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodríguez}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Ecuador'''
| Acting President (1972–1976)
| '''1923'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
|-
|16
| data-sort-value="Ben Halim, Mustafa" |{{wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|[[File:Flag of Libya.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Libya
|Prime Minister (1954–1957)
|1921
|2021
|100 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|8||{{wp|Đỗ Mười}}||Vietnam||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1988–1991) <br>{{wp|General Secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam|General Secretary of the Communist Party}} (1991–1997) ||1917||2018||101 years, 241 days
|17
| data-sort-value="Vargas, Telmo" |{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador
|Acting Leader (1966)
|1912
|2013
|100 years, 304 days
|-
|18
| data-sort-value="Morales Bermúdez, Francisco" |{{wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|[[File:Flag of Peru.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Peru
|Prime Minister (1975)<br />President (1975–1980)
|1921
|2022
|100 years, 283 days
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''19'''
| data-sort-value="Siphandone, Khamtai" | '''{{wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Laos.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Laos'''
| Prime Minister (1991–1998)<br />Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)<br />President (1998–2006)
| '''1924'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''20'''
| data-sort-value="Murayama Tomiichi" |'''{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Japan'''|| Prime Minister (1994–1996)
| '''1924'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|-
|-
|9||{{wp|Zhang Qun}}||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1947–1948)||1889||1990||101 years, 219 days
|21
| data-sort-value="Hau Pei-tsun" |{{wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|[[File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Taiwan||Premier (1990–1993)
|1919
|2020
|100 years, 235 days
|-
| 22
| data-sort-value="Echeverría, Luis" |{{wp|Luis Echeverría}}
| [[File:Flag of Mexico.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Mexico
| President (1970–1976)
| 1922
| 2022
| 100 years, 172 days
|-
| rowspan="2" |23
| data-sort-value="Zolotas, Xenophon" | {{wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Greece||Prime Minister (1989–1990)
|1904
|2004
| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days
|-
| data-sort-value="Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier" |{{wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}
| [[File:Flag of Peru.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Peru
| Prime Minister (2000–2001)
| 1920
| 2020
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''25'''
| data-sort-value="Carter, Jimmy" |'''{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
| [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''United States'''
| President (1977&ndash;1981)
| '''1924'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|-
| 26
| data-sort-value="Sabrah, Abdul Salam" |{{wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}
| [[File:Flag of North Yemen (1962).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Yemen||Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)
| 1912
| 2012
| 100 years, 32 days
|-
| 27
| data-sort-value="Ferrier, Johan" | {{wp|Johan Ferrier}}
| [[File:Flag of Suriname.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Suriname
| President (1975–1980)
| 1910
| 2010
| 99 years, 237 days
|-
|28
| data-sort-value="Tun Tin" | {{wp|Tun Tin}}
| [[File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Burma
| Prime Minister (1988)
| 1920
| 2020
| 99 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|10||{{wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1982–1987)||1918||2019 ||101 years, 186 days
| 29
| data-sort-value="Nanda, Gulzarilal" |{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
| [[File:Flag of India.svg|25px]]&nbsp;India
| Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)
| 1898
| 1998
| 99 years, 195 days
|-
|-
|11||{{wp|Piet de Jong}}||Netherlands||{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1967–1971)||1915||2016||101 years, 115 days
|23&ndash;30
| data-sort-value="Hussein, Mukhtar Mohamed" | {{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein|Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}
| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Somalia
| Interim president (1969)
| 1912
| 2012
| 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
|-
|-
|12||{{wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}||South Korea||{{wp|List of prime ministers of South Korea|Prime Minister}} (1992–1993)||1919|| 2020||101 years, 89 days
| 31
| data-sort-value="Lamrani, Mohammed Karim" |{{wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
| [[File:Flag of Morocco.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Morocco
|Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)
|1919
|2018
|99 years, 142 days
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''32'''
| data-sort-value="Mahathir bin Mohamad" |'''{{wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Malaysia'''
| Prime Minister (1981&ndash;2003; 2018&ndash;2020)
| '''1925'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''33'''
| data-sort-value="Sharq, Muhammad Hassan" | '''{{wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Afghanistan (1987–1992).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Afghanistan'''
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)
| '''1925'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|-
|-
|13||{{wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}||Panama||{{wp|List of presidents of Panama|Acting President}} (1963)||1911 ||2012||101 years, 64 days
|34
| data-sort-value="Mamo, Anthony" |{{wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|[[File:Flag of Malta.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Malta
|Prime Minister (1971&ndash;1974)<br />President (1974&ndash;1976)
|1909
|2008
|99 years, 113 days
|-
|35
| data-sort-value="Stasinopoulos, Michail" |{{wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Greece
|President (1974–1975)
|1903
|2002
|99 years, 96 days
|-
| 36
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Clifford" |{{wp|Clifford Campbell}}
|[[File:Flag of Jamaica.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Jamaica
|Governor-General (1962–1973)
|1892
|1991
|99 years, 92 days
|-
|37
| data-sort-value="Desai, Morarji" |{{wp|Morarji Desai}}
|[[File:Flag of India.svg|25px]]&nbsp;India
|Prime Minister (1977–1979)
|1896
|1995
|99 years, 41 days
|-
| 38
| data-sort-value="Võ Chí Công" |{{wp|Võ Chí Công}}
| [[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Vietnam
| Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)
| 1912
| 2011
| 99 years, 32 days
|-
|-
|14||{{wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}||Norway||{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Norway|Prime Minister}} (1928)||1859||1960||101 years, 27 days
| 39
| data-sort-value="Muhammad" | {{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}  
| [[File:Flag of Sudan.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Sudan
| Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
| 1910
| 2009
| 99 years, 6 days
|-
| 40
| data-sort-value="Tabone, Ċensu" |{{wp|Ċensu Tabone}}
|[[File:Flag of Malta.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Malta
|President (1989–1994)
|1913
|2012
|98 years, 350 days
|-
| 41
| data-sort-value="Mwinyi, Ali Hassan" |{{wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}
|[[File:Flag of Tanzania.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Tanzania
|President (1985–1995)
|1925
|2024
|98 years, 297 days
|-
|-
|15||{{wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}||Libya||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Libya|Prime Minister}} (1954–1957)||1921||2021||100 years, 312 days
| 27&ndash;42
| data-sort-value="Banda" |{{wp|Hastings Banda}}
|[[File:Flag of Malawi.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Malawi
|Prime Minister (1964–1966)<br>State President (1966–1994)<br>President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
|1898
|1997
|98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
|-
|43
| data-sort-value="Tinsulanonda. Prem" |{{wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|[[File:Flag of Thailand.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Thailand
|Prime Minister (1980–1988)<br />Regent (2016)  
|1920
|2019
|98 years, 273 days
|-
|-
|16||{{wp|Telmo Vargas}}||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|Acting President}}(1966)||1912||2013||100 years, 304 days
| 44
| data-sort-value="Harmel, Pierre" |{{wp|Pierre Harmel}}
|[[File:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Belgium
|Prime Minister (1965–1966)
|1911
|2009
|98 years, 244 days
|-
|45
| data-sort-value="Cooke, Howard" |{{wp|Howard Cooke}}
|[[File:Flag of Jamaica.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Jamaica
|Governor-General (1991–2006)
|1915
|2014
|98 years, 240 days
|-
|46
| data-sort-value="Paul-Boncour, Joseph" |{{wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;France
|Prime Minister (1932–1933)
|1873
|1972
|98 years, 237 days
|-
|47
| data-sort-value="Mitsotakis, Konstabtinos" |{{wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Greece
|Prime Minister (1990–1993)
|1918
|2017
|98 years, 223 days
|-
| 48
| data-sort-value="Ayora, Isidro" | {{wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador
|President (1926–1931)
|1879
|1978
|98 years, 203 days
|-
|49
| data-sort-value="Reuter" | {{wp|Émile Reuter}}
|[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Luxembourg
|Prime Minister (1918–1925)
|1874
|1973
|98 years, 196 days
|-
|50
| data-sort-value="Dia, Mamadou" | {{wp|Mamadou Dia}}
| [[File:Flag of Senegal.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Senegal
| Prime Minister (1960–1962)
| 1910
| 2009
| 98 years, 191 days
|-
|51
| data-sort-value="Adde, Aden" | {{wp|Aden Adde}}
|[[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Somalia
|President (1960–1967)
|1908
|2007
|98 years, 181 days
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''52'''
| data-sort-value="Wade, Abdoulaye" |'''{{wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Senegal.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Senegal'''
| President (2000–2012)  
| '''1926'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|53
| data-sort-value="Phoumsavanh. Nouhak" |{{wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}
|[[File:Flag of Laos.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Laos
|President (1992–1998)
|1910
|2008
|98 years, 154 days
|-
|-
|17||{{wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1975)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Peru|President}} (1975–1980)||1921||2022|| 100 years, 283 days
| 54
| data-sort-value="Lê Đức Anh" | {{wp|Lê Đức Anh}}  
|[[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Vietnam
|President (1992–1997)
|1920
|2019
|98 years, 143 days
|-
| 55
| data-sort-value="Zinsou, Émile Derlin" |{{wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|[[File:Flag of Benin.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Dahomey
|President (1968–1969)
|1918
|2016
|98 years, 127 days
|-
|56
| data-sort-value="Martos, Borys" |{{Wp|Borys Martos}}
|[[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ukraine
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)
|1879
|1977
|98 years, 123 days
|-
|-
|18||{{wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1990–1993)||1919||2020||100 years, 235 days
|57
|-
| data-sort-value="Görgei, Artúr" |{{Wp|Artúr Görgei}}
|19||{{wp|Luis Echeverría}}||Mexico||{{wp|List of heads of state of Mexico|President}} (1970–1976)||1922|| 2022||100 years, 172 days
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg|25px]]&nbsp; Hungary
|-
|Acting Governor-President (1849)
|20||{{wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}||Greece
|1818
|{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1989–1990)||1904||2004||100 years, 45 days
|1916
|-
|98 years, 112 days
|21||{{wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}||Peru ||{{wp|List of priem ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (2000–2001) ||1920||2020
|-  
|100 years, 44 days
|58
|-
| data-sort-value="Štrougal, Lubomir" |{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|22||{{wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}||North Yemen||{{wp|List of heads of government of Yemen|Acting Prime Minister}} (1969; 1971)||1912||2012||100 years, 32 days
|[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Czechoslovakia
|-
|Prime Minister (1970–1988)
|23||{{wp|Johan Ferrier}}||Suriname||{{Wp|List of presidents of Suriname|President}} (1975–1980)||1910||2010||99 years, 237 days
|1924
|-
|2023
|24||{{wp|Tun Tin}}||Burma||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Myanmar|Prime Minister}} (1988)||1920||2020||99 years, 211 days
|98 years, 110 days
|-
|-  
|25||{{wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Acting Prime Minister}} (1964; 1966)||1898||1998||99 years, 195 days
|59
|- bgcolor="gold" |
| data-sort-value="Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg" | {{wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}
|'''25'''||'''{{wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''||'''Laos'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Laos|Prime Minister}} (1991–1998)<br>{{wp|General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party}} (1992–2006)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Laos|President}} (1998–2006)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Luxembourg
|-
|Grand Duke (1964–2000)
|27||{{wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|Interim president}} (1969) ||1912||2012||99 years, 185 days
|1921
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|2019
|'''28'''||'''{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''||'''Japan'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1994–1996)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|98 years, 108 days
|-
|-  
|29||{{wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}||Morocco||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Morocco|Prime Minister}} (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)||1919||2018||99 years, 142 days
|60
|-
| data-sort-value="Whitlam, Gough" |{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|30||{{wp|Anthony Mamo}}||Malta||{{wp|Governor-General of Malta|Governor-General}} (1971–1974)<br>{{Wp|List of heads of state of Malta|President}} (1974–1976)||1909||2008||99 years, 113 days
|[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Australia
|-
|Prime Minister (1972–1975)
|31||{{wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}||Greece||{{wp|List of presidents of Greece|Presiden}}t (1974–1975)||1903||2002||99 years, 96 days
|1916
|-
|2014
|32||{{wp|Clifford Campbell}}||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1962–1973)||1892 ||1991||99 years, 92 days
|98 years, 102 days
|-
|-  
|33||{{wp|Morarji Desai}}||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Prime Minister}} (1977–1979)||1896|| 1995||99 years, 41 days
|61
|-
| data-sort-value="Napolitano, Giorgio" |{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Italy
|34||{{wp|Võ Chí Công}}||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of State}} (1987–1992)||1912|| 2011||99 years, 32 days
|President (2006–2015)
|-
|1925
|35||{{wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}||Sudan||{{wp|List of presidents of Sudan|Committee of Sovereignty Member}} (1964–1965)||1910||2009||99 years, 6 days
|2023
|-
|98 years, 85 days
|36||{{wp|Ċensu Tabone}}||Malta||{{wp|List of heads of state of Malta|President}} (1989–1994)||1913||2012||98 years, 350 days
|-  
|-
|62
|23–37||{{wp|Hastings Banda}}||Malawi||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Malawi|Prime Minister}} (1964–1966)<br>{{wp|List of Heads is State of Malawi|State President}} (1966–1994)<br>{{wp|President of the Congress Party|President of the Congress Party}} (1966–1993)||1898||1997||98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
| data-sort-value="Brás, Vencelau" |{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|[[File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Brazil
|'''38'''||'''{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''||'''United States'''||{{wp|List of presidents of the United States|President}} (1977–1981)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''|| '''{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|President (1914–1918)
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|1868
|'''39'''||'''{{wp|Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodríguez}}'''||'''Ecuador'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1972–1976)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|11|4}}'''
|1966
|-
|98 years, 78 days
|40||{{wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}||Thailand||{{wp|List of prime minister of Thailand|Prime Minister}} (1980–1988)<br>{{wp|Ewgent of Thailand|Regent}} (2016)||1920||2019||98 years, 273 days
|-  
|-
|63
|41||{{wp|Pierre Harmel}}||Belgium||{{wp|list of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1965–1966) ||1911||2009||98 years, 244 days
| data-sort-value="Rostain, Claude" | {{wp|Claude Rostain}}
|-
|[[File:Flag of Andorra.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Andorra
|42||{{wp|Howard Cooke}}||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1991–2006)||1915||2014||98 years, 240 days
|French Viguier (1972–1977)
|-
|1916
|43||{{wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}||France|| {{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1932–1933)||1873||1972||98 years, 237 days
|2015
|-
|98 years, 56 days
|44||{{wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1990–1993)||1918||2017||98 years, 223 days
|-  
|-
|64
|45||{{wp|Isidro Ayora}}||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1926–1931)||1879 ||1978||98 years, 203 days
| data-sort-value="Venkataraman, Ramaswamy" | {{wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman}}
|-
|[[File:Flag of India.svg|25px]]&nbsp;India||President (1987–1992)
|46||{{wp|Émile Reuter}}||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Luxembourg|Prime Minister}} (1918–1925)||1874||1973||98 years, 196 days
|1910
|-
|2009
|47||{{wp|Mamadou Dia}}||Senegal||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Senegal|Prime Minister}} (1960–1962)||1910||2009||98 years, 191 days
|98 years, 54 days
|-
|-
|48||{{wp|Aden Adde}}||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|President}} (1960–1967)||1908||2007||98 years, 181 days
|65
|-
| data-sort-value="Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Dezső" | {{Wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}
|49||{{wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}||Laos||{{wp|List of presidents of Laos|President}} (1992–1998)|| 1910||2008||98 years, 153 days
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1919).svg|25px]]&nbsp; Hungarian Soviet Republic<br />[[File:Flag of Hungary (1918–1919).svg|25px]]&nbsp; Hungary|||Prime Minister (1919)
|-
|1875
|50||{{wp|Lê Đức Anh}}||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|President}} (1992–1997)|| 1920• |1920||2019
|1973
|98 years, 142 days
|98 years, 15 days
|-
|-
|51||{{wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}||Dahomey||{{wp|List of presidents of Benin|President}} (1968–1969)||1918||2016||98 years, 127 days
| 66
|-
| data-sort-value="París Gordillo, Gabriel" |{{wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}
|52||{{wp|Borys Martos}}||Ukraine||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Ukraine|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1919)||1879||1977||98 years, 122 days
|[[File:Flag of Colombia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Colombia
|-
|President (1957–1958)
|53||{{wp|Artúr Görgei}}||Hungary||{{Wp|List of heads of state of Hungary|Acting Governor-President}} (1849)||1818||1916||98 years, 112 days
|1910
|-
|2008
|54||{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia|Prime Minister}} (1970–1988)||1924||2023||98 years, 110 days
|98 years, 13 days
|-
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|55||{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of monarchs of Luxembourg|Grand Duke}} (1964–2000)||1921||2019||98 years, 108 days
| '''67'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
| data-sort-value="Adamkus, Valdas" | '''{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''  
|'''56'''||'''{{wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}'''||'''Tanzania'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Tanzania|President}} (1985–1995)<br>{{wp|Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi}} (1990–1992)|| '''1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|5|8}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Lithuania'''
|-
| President (1998&ndash;2003; 2004&ndash;2009)
|57||{{wp|Gough Whitlam}}||Australia|| ((wp |{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Australia|Prime Minister}} (1972–1975)||1916||2014|| 98 years, 102 days
| '''1926'''  
|-
| '''Alive'''
|58||{{wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil ||{{wp|List of heads of state of Brazil|President}} (1914–1918)||1868||1966||98 years, 78 days
| '''{{Age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|-
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |  
|59||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|Claude Rostain}}||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier}} (1972–1977)||1916||2015||98 years, 56 days
| '''68'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Dizdarević, Raif" | '''{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''  
|60||{{wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}||India||{{wp|List of presidents of India|President}} (1987–1992)||1910||2009||98 years, 54 days
| [[File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Yugoslavia''' |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
| President of the Presidency (1988&ndash;1989)  
|'''60'''||'''{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}'''||'''Italy'''||{{wp|list of presidents of Italy|President}} (2006–2015)||'''1925'''||'''Alive'''|| '''{{age in years and days|1925|6|29}}'''
| '''1926'''  
|- bgcolor="gold" |
| '''Alive'''  
|'''62'''|| '''{{wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''||'''Malaysia'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Malaysia|Prime Minister}} (1981–2003; 2018–2020)||'''1925'''|| '''Alive'''|| '''{{age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|-  
|'''63'''||'''{{wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''||'''Afghanistan'''||{{wp|Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1988-1989)||'''1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
| 69
|-
| data-sort-value="Jakeš, Miloš" | {{Wp|Miloš Jakeš}}
|64||{{wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}||Hungary||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister}} (1919)||1875||1973||98 years, 15 days
|[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Czechoslovakia||General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)
|-
|1922
|65||{{wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}||Colombia||{{wp|List of presidents of Columbia|President}} (1957–1958)||1910||2008||98 years, 13 days
|2020
|-
|97 years, 332 days
|66||{{wp|Miloš Jakeš}}||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|Communist General Secretary}} (1987–1989) ||1922||2020||97 years, 332 days
|-  
|-
| 70
|67||{{wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}||Jordan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Jordan|Prime Minister}} (1993–1995; 1997–1998)||1925||2023||97 years, 319 days
| data-sort-value="Majali, Abdelsalam al-" | {{wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Jordan.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Jordan
|68||{{wp|Kenan Evren}}||Türkiye||{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President of the N.S.C.}} (1980–1982)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|State President}} (1982–1989)||1917||2015||97 years, 296 days
| Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)
|-
| 1925
|69||{{wp|Wellington Koo}}||China||{{wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Acting Premier}} (1924)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of the Republic of China|Acting President}} (1926–1927)||1888||1985||97 years, 289 days
| 2023
|-
| 97 years, 319 days
|70||{{wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}||Cisleithania<br>(Austria-Hungary)||{{wp|List of ministers-president of Austria|Minister-President}} (1870)||1810||1908||97 years, 272 days
|-  
|-
|71
|71||{{wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}||Irish Free State||{{wp|Governoor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General}} (1932–1936)||1866||1963||97 years, 267 days
| data-sort-value="Evren, Kenan" | {{wp|Kenan Evren}}
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Türkiye
|72||{{wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}||Algeria||{{Wp|List of presidents of Algeria|Chair of the Constitutional Counci}}l (1992) ||1921||2018 || 97 years, 245 days
|President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)<br />State President (1982–1989)
|-
| 1917
|73||{{wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|Episcopal Veguer}} (1972–1993)||1923||2020||97 years, 217 days
| 2015
|-
| 97 years, 296 days
|74||{{wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}||Italy||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Italy|Prime Minister}} (1980–1981) ||1925||2023||97 years, 210 days
|-  
|-
| 72
|75||{{wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}||Venezuela ||{{wp|List of presidents of Venezuela|President}} (1993–1994)||1916||2014||97 years, 208 days
| data-sort-value="Koo, Wellington" | {{Wp|Wellington Koo}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of China (1912–1928).svg|25px]]&nbsp;China
|76||{{wp|He Yingqin}}||Taiwan||{{wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1949)||1890||1987||97 years, 202 days
| Acting Premier (1924)<br />Acting President (1926–1927)
|-
| 1888
|77||{{wp|Lee Teng-hui}}||Taiwan||{{wp|List of presidents of the Republic of China|President}} (1988–2000)<br>{{wp|Kuomintang|Chairman of the Kuomintang}} (1988–2000)||1923||2020||97 years, 197 days
| 1985
|-
| 97 years, 289 days
|78||{{wp|Liam Cosgrave}}||Ireland||{{wp|Taoiseach|Taoiseach}} (1973–1977)||1920||2017||97 years, 174 days
|-  
|-
|73
|79||{{wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1939–1944)|| 1872||1969||97 years, 152 days
| data-sort-value="Plener, Ignaz von" |{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Cislethania<br /><small/>([[File:Flag of Austria-Hungary.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Austria-Hungary)</small>
|80||{{wp|Patricio Aylwin}}||Chile||{{wp|List of presidents of Chile|President}} (1990–1994)||1918||2016||97 years, 145 days
|Minister-President (1870)
|-
|1810
|81||{{wp|Armando Villanueva}}||Peru
|1908
|{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1988–1989)||1915|| 2013||97 years, 140 days
|97 years, 272 days
|-
|-  
|82||{{wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}||Romania||{{Wp|List of presidents of Romania|President of the Presidium}} (1958–1961) <br>{{wp|List of presidents of Romania|(Acting} President}} (1965) <br>{{wp|List of prime ministers of Romania|Prime Minister}} (1961–1974)|| 1902||2000||97 years, 138 days
|74
|-
| data-sort-value="Buachalla, Domhnall Ua" |{{Wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}
|83||{{wp|Martial Célestin}}||Haiti||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Haiti|Prime Minister}} (1988)||1913||2011||97 years, 123 days
|[[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Irish Free State
|-
|Governor-General (1932–1936)
|84||{{wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}|||Romania||{{wp|Romanian Communist Party|First Secretary of the Workers' Party}} (1954–1955)||1913||2010 ||97 years, 97 days
|1866
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|1963
|'''85'''||'''{{wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''||'''Senegal'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Senegal|President}} (2000–2012)|||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|97 years, 267 days
|-
|-  
|86||{{wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}||Zambia||{{wp|Primme Minister of Zambia|Prime Minister}} (1964) <br>{{wp|Presidents of Zambia|State President}} (1964–1991)||1924||2021||97 years, 50 days
|75
|-
| data-sort-value="Benhabyles, Abdelmalek" | {{wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|87||{{wp|Walter Scheel}}||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|(Acting) Chancellor}} (1974)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Germany|President}} (1974–1979) ||1919||2016||97 years, 47 days
|[[File:Flag of Algeria.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Algeria
|-
|Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)
|88||{{wp|Helmut Schmidt}}||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor}} (1974–1982)||1918||2015  
|1921
|2018
|97 years, 245 days
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|'''76'''
| data-sort-value="Kraivichien, Thanin" | '''{{wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}'''
| [[File:Flag of Thailand.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Thailand'''
| Prime Minister (1976&ndash;1977)  
| '''1927'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|-
| 77
| data-sort-value="Badia Batalla, Francesc" | {{wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|[[File:Flag of Andorra.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Andorra
|Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)
|1923
|2020
|97 years, 217 days
|-  
|78
| data-sort-value="Forlani, Arnaldo" | {{wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}
|[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Italy
|Prime Minister (1980–1981)
|1925
|2023
|97 years, 210 days
|- 
|79
| data-sort-value="Velásquez, Ramón José" |{{wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}
|[[File:Flag of Venezuela.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Venezuela||President (1993-1994)
|1916
|2014
|97 years, 208 days
|-  
|80
| data-sort-value="He Yingpin" |{{Wp|He Yingqin}}
|[[File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Taiwan
| Premier (1949)
|1890
|1987
|97 years, 202 days
|-
|81
| data-sort-value="Lee Teng-hui" |{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|[[File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Taiwan|| President (1988&nbsp;2000)
|1923
|2020
|97 years, 197 days
|-  
| 82
| data-sort-value="Cosgrave, Liam" |{{wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|[[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ireland
|Taoiseach (1973–1977)
|1920
|2017
|97 years, 174 days
|-  
|83
| data-sort-value="Solf y Muro, Alfredo" | {{wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|[[File:Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Peru
| Prime Minister (1939–1944)  
| 1872
| 1969
| 97 years, 152 days
|-  
|84
| data-sort-value="Aylwin, Patricio" | {{wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|[[File:Flag of Chile.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Chile||President (1990–1994)
| 1918
| 2016
| 97 years, 145 days
|-  
| 85
| data-sort-value="Villanueva, Armmando" |{{wp|Armando Villanueva}}
|[[File:Flag of Peru.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Peru
| Prime Minister (1988–1989)||1915||2013||97 years, 140 days
|-  
|86
| data-sort-value="Maurer, Ion Gheorghe" |{{wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|[[File:Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Romania
|President of the Presidium (1958–1961)<br />(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)<br />Prime Minister (1961–1974)
|1902
|2000
|97 years, 138 days
|-
|87
| data-sort-value="Célestin, Martial" |{{wp|Martial Célestin}}
|[[File:Flag of Haiti.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Haiti
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1913
|2011
|97 years, 123 days
|-  
|88
| data-sort-value="Apostol, Gheorghe" |{{wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}
| [[File:Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Romania||First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)  
| 1913
| 2010
| 97 years, 97 days
|-  
|89
| data-sort-value="Kaunda, Kenneth" |{{wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
| [[File:Flag of Zambia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Zambia
| State President (1964–1991)
| 1924
| 2021
| 97 years, 50 days
|-  
|90
| data-sort-value="Scheel, Walter" | {{wp|Walter Scheel}}
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Germany
| (Acting) Chancellor (1974)<br />President (1974–1979)
| 1919
| 2016
| 97 years, 47 days
|-  
|91
| data-sort-value="Schmidt, Helmut" |{{wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Germany
|Chancellor (1974–1982)
|1918
|2015
|96 years, 322 days
|96 years, 322 days
|-
|-
|89||{{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}||Vatican City||{{wp|List of popes|Acting Sovereign}} (1939)||1851||1948||96 years, 312 days
| 92
|-
| data-sort-value="Pignatelli di Belmonte" | {{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}  
|90||{{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}||Vatican City||{{wp|List of leaders of Communist Tuva|Chairperson of the Presidium}} (1940&ndash;1944)||1912||2008||96 years, 308 days
| [[File:Flag of Vatican City (1929–2001).svg|25x25px]]&nbsp;Vatican City  
|- bgcolor="gold" |
| ''Acting'' Sovereign (1939)  
|'''91'''||'''{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''||'''Lithuania'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Lithuania|President}} (1998&ndash;2003; 2004&ndash;2009)||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
| 1851
|-
| 1948
|92||{{wp|Camille Huysmans}}||Belgium||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1946&ndash;1947)||1871||1968||96 years, 275 days
| 96 years, 312 days
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''93'''||'''{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''||'''Yugoslavia'''||{{wp|President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia |President of the Presidency}} (1988&ndash;1989)||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|-
|-
|94||{{wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}||Israel||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Israel|Prime Minister}} (1983&ndash;1984; 1986&ndash;1992)||1915||2012||96 years, 252 days
| 93
|-
| data-sort-value="Anchimaa-Toka" |  {{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}
|94||{{wp|Federico Paéz}}||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1935&ndash;1937)||1915||2012||96 years, 250 days
| [[File:Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Tuvan People's Republic
|-
| Chairperson of the Presidium (1940&ndash;1944)
|96||{{wp|Habib Bourguiba}}||Lithuania||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Tunisia|Prime Minister}} (1956&ndash;1957)<br>{{Wp|List of presidents of Tunisia|President}} (1957&ndash;1987)||1903||2000||96 years, 247 days
| 1912
|-
| 2008
|97||{{wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}||Soviet Union||{{wp|List of premiers of the Soviet Union|Premier}} (1930&ndash;1941||1890||1986||96 years, 244 days
| 96 years, 308 days
|-
|- bgcolor=#9bddff |
|98||{{wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}||North Korea||{{wp|Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly|Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly}} (1983&ndash;1984; 1998&ndash;2019)||1926||2022||96 years, 224 days
|'''94'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Kim Yong-nam" |'''{{wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''
|78&ndash;99||{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1967)||1901||1997||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
| [[File:Flag of North Korea.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''North Korea'''
|-
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)
|100||{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1979&ndash;1980)||1921||2017||96 years, 191 days
| '''1928'''
| '''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1928|2|4}}'''
|-
|95
| data-sort-value="Huysmans, Camille" |{{wp|Camille Huysmans}}
| [[File:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Belgium
| Prime Minister (1946&ndash;1947)
| 1871
| 1968
| 96 years, 275 days
|-
| 96
| data-sort-value="Shamir, Yithak" |{{wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}  
| [[File:Flag of Israel.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Israel || Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)
| 1915  
| 2012
| 96 years, 252 days
|-  
|97
| data-sort-value="Paéz, Federico" | {{wp|Federico Páez}}
| [[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador
| President (1935&ndash;1937)
| 1877
| 1974
| 96 years, 250 days
|-  
| 98
| data-sort-value="Bourguiba, Habib" |{{wp|Habib Bourguiba}}
|[[File:Flag of Tunisia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Tunisia
|Prime Minister (1956&ndash;1957)<br>President (1957&ndash;1987)
|1903
|2000
| 96 years, 247 days
|-  
|99
| data-sort-value="Molotov, Vyacheslav" | {{wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}  
| [[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Soviet Union  
| Premier (1930&ndash;1941
| 1890
| 1986
| 96 years, 244 days
|-  
| 100
| data-sort-value="Yang Hyong-sop" | {{wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}
| [[File:Flag of North Korea.svg|25px]]&nbsp;North Korea  
|Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983&ndash;1984; 1998&ndash;2019)
| 1926  
| 2022  
| 96 years, 224 days  
<!--|-
<!--|-
|1xx||{{wp|Elizabeth II}}||United Kingdom||{{wp|List of British Monarchs|Queen}} (1952–2022)||1926||2022||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 140 days-->
|1xx
| data-sort-value="Kollias, Konstantinos" | {{wp|Constantine Kollias|Konstantinos Kollias}}
| [[File:State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg|25px]] Greece
| Prime Minister (1967)
| 1901
| 1998
| 96 years, 195 days to 97 years, 194 days-->
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; width:100%; font-size:95%"
!<abbr>No.</abbr>||Name||{{wp|List of Sovereign States|State}}||Position||Birth||Death||Current Age
!Joins the List (If He/she Lives to)
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''1'''||'''{{wp|Thannin Kraivichien}}'''||'''Thailand'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Thailand|Primero Minister}} (1976&ndash;1977)||'''1927'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''||'''13 October 2023'''
'''(Richter Prada)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''2'''||'''{{wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''||'''North Korea'''||{{wp|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly}} (1998&ndash;2018)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|2|4}}'''||'''16 August 2024'''
'''(Kollias)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''3'''||'''{{wp|Arnold Rùütel}}'''||'''Estonia'''||{{wp|List of chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Chaiman of the State Council}} (1991&ndash;1992)<br>{{Wp|List of presidents of Estimate|President}} (2001&ndash;2006)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1927|5|10}}'''||'''20 December 2024'''
'''(Yang Hyong-sop)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''4'''||'''{{wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''||'''Bahamas'''||{{wp|Governor-General of the Bahay|Governor-General}} (2010&ndash;2014)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''||'''10 January 2025'''
'''(Molotov)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''5'''||'''{{wp|Peter Borross}}'''||'''Hungary'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Hungry|Prime Minister}} (19993&ndash;1994)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''||'''1 May 2025'''
'''(Bourgiba)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''6'''||'''{{wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''||'''China'''||{{wp|Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier of the State Council}} (1998&ndash;2003)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''||'''30 June 2025'''
'''(Paéz)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''7'''||'''{{wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''||'''Framce'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1993&ndash;1995)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''||'''9 January 2026'''
'''(Shamir)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''8'''||'''{{wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''||'''Namibia'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Namibia|President}} (1990&ndash;2005)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''||'''11 February 2026'''
'''(Huysmans)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''9'''||'''Sir {{wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''||'''Bahamas'''||{{wp|Governor-General of the Bahamas|Governor-General}} (1995&ndash;2001)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''||'''23 May 2026'''
'''(Anchimaa-Toka)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''10'''||'''{{wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''||'''Zanzibar'''||{{wp|Sultan of Zanzibar|Sultan}} (1963&ndash;1964)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''||'''25 July 2026'''
'''(di Belmonte)'''
|-
|-
!style="text-align:center"|'''No.'''
!style="text-align:center"|''''Name'''||style="text-align:center"|'''State'''||style="text-align:center"|'''Position'''||style="text-align:center"|'''Birth'''||style="text-align:center"|'''Death'''||style="text-align:center"|'''Age'''
!style="text-align:center"|'''Age by 2024.12.31'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|'''1'''||data-sort-value="Rüütel, Arnold" |'''{{wp|Arnold Rüütel}}'''||[[File:Flag of Estonia.svg|25px]] '''Estonia'''||Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)<br />President (2001–2006)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|10}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|5|10|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
| '''2'''
|data-sort-value="Foulkes, Arthur" |'''{{wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''
|[[File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (2010–2014)
|'''1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
| '''3'''
|data-sort-value="Boross, Péter" |'''{{wp|Péter Boross}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Hungary'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1994)
|'''1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
| '''4'''
|data-sort-value="Zhu Rongji" |'''{{wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|[[File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|25px]] '''China'''
|Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)
|'''1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|'''5'''
|data-sort-value="Balladur, Édouard" |'''{{wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]] '''France'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1995)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|'''6'''
|data-sort-value="Nujoma, Sam" |'''{{wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Namibia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Namibia'''
|President (1990–2005)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|'''7'''
|data-sort-value="Turnquest, Orville" |'''Sir {{wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''
|[[File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (1995–2001)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|'''8'''
|data-sort-value="Jamshid bin Abdullah" |'''{{wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''
|[[File:Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Sultanate of Zanzibar'''
|Sultan (1963–1964)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
| '''9'''
|data-sort-value="Chamorro, Violeta" |'''{{wp|Violeta Chamorro}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Nicaragua'''
|Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)<br />President (1990–1997)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|'''10'''
| data-sort-value="Gombojavyn Ochirbat" |'''{{wp|Gombojavyn Ochirbat}}'''
|[[File:Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945–1992).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Mongolia'''
|General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|11|11}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|11|11|2024|12|31}}'''
<!--|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''1xx'''
|data-sort-value="Moisiu, Alfred" |'''{{Wp|Alfred Moisiu}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Albania.svg|25px]] '''Albania'''
|President (2002–2007)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|1}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|1|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|rowspan="2" |1xx
|data-sort-value="Lee Hyun-jae" |'''{{Wp||Lee Hyun-jae}}'''
|[[File:Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg|25px]] '''South Korea'''
|Prime Minister (1988)
| rowspan="2" | '''1929'''
| rowspan="2" | '''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|20}}'''
| rowspan="2" |'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|20|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|data-sort-value="Panić, Milan" | '''{{Wp|Milan Panić}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg|25px]] '''Yugoslavia'''||Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
|1xx
| data-sort-value="Goldenberg, Efrain" | '''{{wp|Efraín Goldenberg}}'''
|[[File:Flag of Peru.svg|25px]] '''Peru'''
|Prime Minister (1994–1995)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|28}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|28|2024|12|31}}'''-->
|}
|}


=='''Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885'''==
=='''Addendum'''==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
==='''Uncertain Date of Birth'''===
!Name  
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
|-
! Sex
!style="text-align:center"|Name
!Birth
!style="text-align:center"|State
!Became Oldest
!style="text-align:center"|Position
!Ceased to be Oldest/Death (Time as Oldest)
!style="text-align:center"|Born
Age at death
!style="text-align:center"|Died
!style="text-align:center"|Age
|-
|-
|{{Wp|William I, German Emperor|William I}}
|+ style=line-height:normal|The following individuals might be older than ''#100–82'' on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.
|Germany
|M
|22 March 1797
|
|9 March 1888
{{Age in years and days|22 March 1797|9 March 1888}}
|-
|-
|{{Wp|George Tupou I}}  
| data-sort-value="Kollias, Konstantinos" |  {{wp|Constantine Kollias|Konstantinos Kollias}}
|Tonga
| [[File:State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Greece
| M
| Prime Minister (1967)
|4 December 1797
| 1901
| 9 March 1888
| 1998
{{Age in years and days|4 December 1797|9 March 1888}}
| 96 years, 195 days to 97 years, 194 days
|18 February 1893
|}
{{Age in years and days|4 December 1797|18 February 1893}}
 
=='''Chronological List of eldest living'''==
; Key
{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor="#fcc" |'''Current Longest-living'''
| bgcolor="#99ff99" |'''Former Longest-living'''
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!'''From'''
!Until
!State Leader
!'''State'''
!'''Sex'''
!'''Birth'''
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|1893-02-18
| Guatemala
|1894-03-20
| data-sort-value="Kossuth, Lajos" |{{Wp|Lajos Kossuth}}
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1874-1896).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Hungary
|M
|M
|
|1802-09-19
19 October 1802
|18 February 1893
{{Age in years and days|19 October 1802|18 February 1893}}
|14 May 1897 (7 years, 318 days)
94 years, 207 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
|1894-03-20
|Austria
|1897-05-14
| data-sort-value="Aycinena y Piñol, Pefdro de" |{{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|[[File:Flag of Guatemala.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Guatemala
|M
|M
|17 July 1806
|1802-10-19
|14 May 1897
{{Age in years and days|17 July 1806|14 May 1897}}
|26 February 1899 (1 year, 289 days)
92 years 224 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Tomas Gormensoro Albin}}
|1897-05-14
|Uruguay
|1899-02-26
| data-sort-value="Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Bernard Johann von" |{{Wp|Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
|[[File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1869-1918) 2.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Austria-Hungary
|M
|M
|27 January 1810
|1806-07-17
|26 February 1899
{{Age in years and days|27 January 1810|26 February 1899}}
|12 April 1900 (2 years, 334 days)
90 years, 76 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
|1899-02-26
| Papal States
|1900-04-12
| data-sort-value="Gormensoro Albin, Tomás" |{{Wp|Tomás Gormensoro Albin}}
| [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Uruguay
|M
|M
|2 March 1810
|1810-01-27
|12 Apr 1900
{{Age in years and days|2 March 1810|12 April 1900}}
|20 July 1903 (3 years, 99 days)
93 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}
|1900-04-12
|Austria
|1903-07-20
| data-sort-value="Gormensoro Albin, Tomás" |{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
|[[File:Flag of the Holy See.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Holy See
|M
|M
|21 May 1810
|1810-03-02
|20 July 1903
{{Age in years and days|21 May 1810|20 July 1903}}
| 17 February 1908 (4 years, 212 days)
97 years, 272 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Artúr Gorgey}}
|1903-07-20
|Hungary
|1908-07-17
| data-sort-value="Plener, Ignaz von" |{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}
|[[File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1869-1918) 2.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Austria-Hungary
|M
|M
|30 January 1818
|1810-05-21
|17 February 1908
{{Age in years and days|1818|1|30|1908|2|17}}
|21 May 1916 ({{Age in years and days|1915|11|23|1916|5|21}})
98 years, 113 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|1908-02-17
|Canada
|1916-09-21
| data-sort-value="Görgei, Artúr" |{{Wp|Artúr Görgei}}
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Hungary
|M
|M
|27 December 1823
|1818-01-30
|21 May 1916
{{Age in years and days|27 December 1823|21 May 1916}}
|10 December 1917 (1 year, 203 days)
93 years, 348 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|1916-05-21
|France
|1917-12-10
| data-sort-value="Bowell, Mackenzie" |{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Canada
|M
|M
|14 November 1828
|1823-11-27
|10 December 1917
{{Age in years and days|14 November 1828|10 December 1917}}
|14 May 1923 (5 years, 352 days)
94 tears, 181 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}  
|1917-12-10
|Japan
|1923-05-14
| data-sort-value="Freycinet, Charles de" |{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]]&nbsp;France
|M
|M
|25 February 1835
|1828-11-14
|14 May 1923
{{Age in years and days|25 February 1835|14 May 1923}}
|2 July 1924 (350 days)
89 years, 127 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Jules Méline}}
|1923-05-14
|France
|1924-07-02
| data-sort-value="Matsukata Masayoshi" | {{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}
|[[File:Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Japan
|M
|M
|20 May 1838
|1835-02-25
|2 July 1924
{{Age in years and days|20 May 1838|2 July 1924}}
|21 December 1925 (2 years, 158 days)
87 years, 216 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|1924-07-02
|Italy
|1932-03-10
| data-sort-value="Boselli, Paolo" |{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Italy
|M
|M
|8 June 1838
|1838-08-08
|2 July 1924
{{Age in years and days|8 June 1838|2 July 1924}}
|10 March 1932 ({{age in years and days|1924|6|24|1932|3|10}})
93 years, 272 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Francisco Andrade Marín}}
|1932-03-10
|rowspan="2" |Ecuador
|1935-09-06
| data-sort-value="Andrade Marin, Francisco" |{{Wp|Francisco Andrade Marín}}
|[[File:Flag of Ecuador.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador
|M
|M
|15 November 1841
|1841-11-15
|10 March 1932
{{Age in years and days|22 March 1849|6 September 1936}}
|6 September 1935 (3 years, 174 days)
93 years 295 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Lizardo Garcia}}
|1935-09-06
|1935-07-29
| data-sort-value="Légitime, François Denys" |{{Wp|François Denys Légitime}}
|[[File:Flag of Haiti.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Haiti
|M
|M
|26 April 1844
|1841-11-20
|6 September 1935
{{Age in years and days|26 April 1844|6 September 1935}}
|29 May 1937 (1 year, 263 days)
93 years, 34 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|1935-07-29
|Bolivia
|1937-05-29
| data-sort-value="Garcia Sorroza, Lizardo" |{{Wp|Lizardo Garcia}}
|[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador
|M
|M
|22 January 1848
|1844-04-28
|29 May 1937
{{Age in years and days|22 January 1848|12 September 1939}}
|12 September 1939 (2 years, 194 days)
91 years, 233 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|1937-05-29
|Peru
|1939-09-12
| data-sort-value="Villazón, Eliodoro" |{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|[[File:Flag of Bolivia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Bolivia
|M
|M
|22 March 1849
|1848-01-22
|12 September 1939
{{Age in years and days|22 March 1849|12 September 1939}}
|6 August 1945 (8 years, 69 days)
96 years, 138 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}
|1939-09-12
|Vatican City
|1945-08-06
| data-sort-value="Deustua, Alejandro" |{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|[[File:Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg|25px]]Peru
|M
|M
|10 April 1851
|1849-03-22
| 6 August 1945
{{Age in years and days|10 April 1851|6 August 1945}}
|16 February 1948 (2 years, 194 days)
96 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
|1945-08-06
|France
|1949-07-25
| data-sort-value="Villegas Pulido, Guillermo Tell" |{{Wp|Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido}}
|[[File:Flag of Venezuela.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Venezuela
|M
|M
|24 Apr 1856
|1854-07-28
|16 February 1948
91 years, 298 days
|23 July 1951 (2 years, 194 days)
95 years, 90 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascurain}}
|1949-07-25
|Mexico
|1951-07-23
| data-sort-value="Pétain, Philippe" |{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
| [[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;France
|M
|M
|8 May 1856
|1856-04-24
|16 February 1948
96 years, 74 days
|21 July 1952 (364 days)
96 years, 74 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|1951-07-23
|Norway
|1952-07-21
| data-sort-value="Lascuráin, Pedro" |{{Wp|Pedro Lascuráin}}
|[[File:Flag of Mexico (1893-1916).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Mexico
|M
|M
|15 November 1859
|1856-05-06
|9 September 1957
{{Age in years and days|1859|11|5|1957|9|9}}
|12 December 1960 ({{age in years and days|1957|9|9|1960|12|12}})
101 years, 27 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil
|1952-07-21
|1960-12-12
| data-sort-value="Hornsrud, Christopher" |{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Norway
|M
|M
|26 February 1868
|1859-11-15
|12 December 1960
{{Age in years and days|26 February 1866|12 December 1960}}
|15 May 1966 ({{age in years and days|1960|12|12|1966|5|15}})
98 years, 78 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Juan José Estrada}}
|1960-12-12
|Nicaragua
|1966-05-15
| data-sort-value="Brás, Venceslau" |{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||[[File:Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Brazil
|M
|M
|1 January 1872
|1868-02-26
|15 May 1966
{{Age in years and days|1 January 1872|15 May 1966}}
|11 July 1967 ({{Age in years and days|1966|5|15|1967|7|11}})
{{Age in years and days|1 January 1872|11 July 1967}}
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|1966-05-15
|Belgium
|1968-02-25
| data-sort-value="Huysmans, Camille" |{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|[[File:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Belgium
|M
|M
|26 May 1871
|1871-05-28
|11 July 1967<br>{{Age in years and days|1871|8|4|1967|7|11}}
|25 February 1968 ({{Age in years and days|1967|7|11|1968|2|25}})
96 years, 275 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|1968-02-25
|Peru
|1969-08-14
| data-sort-value="Solf y Muro, Alfredo" |{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
| [[File:Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Peru
|M
|M
|15 March 1872
|1872-03-15
|25 February 1968
{{Age in years and days|1872|3|15|1968|2|25}}
|14 August 1969 (1 year, 170 days)
97 years, 152 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|1969-08-14
|France
|1972-03-28
| data-sort-value="Paul-Boncour, Joseph" |{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;France
|M
|M
|4 August 1873
|1873-08-04
|14 August 1969
{{Age in years and days|1875|8|4|1969|8|14}}
|28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days)
98 years, 237 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
| 1972-03-28
|Luxembourg
| 1973-02-14
| data-sort-value="Reuter, Émile" |{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
| [[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Luxembourg
|M
|M
|2 August 1874
| 1874-08-02
|28 March 1972
{{Age in years and days|1874|8|2|1972|2|8}}
|14 February 1973 (323 days)
98 years, 196 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham}}
| 1973-02-14
|Hungary
| 1973-07-25
| data-sort-value="Pattantyús-Ábraham, Deszö" |{{Wp|Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1919).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Hungary
|M
|M
|
| 1875-07-10
10 July 1875
|14 February 1973
{{Age in years and days|1875|7|10|1973|2|14}}
|25 July 1973 (161 days)
98 years, 15 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}
| 1973-07-25
|Ukraine
| 1974-02-09
|M
| data-sort-value="Páez, Federico" |{{Wp|Federico Páez}}||[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador||M|| 1877-06-04
| 20 May 1879
| 25 July 1973
{{Age in years and days|1879|5|20|1973|7|25}}
|19 September 1977 (199 days)
98 years, 122 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
| 1974-02-09
|Ecuador
| 1977-09-19
| data-sort-value="Martos, Borys" |{{Wp|Borys Martos}}|| [[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ukraine||M|| 1879-95-20
|-
| 1977-09-19
| 1978-03-22
| data-sort-value="Ayora, Isidro" |{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Ecuador
|M
|M
|31 August 1879
| 1879-08-31
|9 February 1974
{{Age in years and days|1879|8|31|1974|2|9}}
|22 March 1978 (184 days)
98 years, 203 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|1978-03.22
| Paraguay
| 1978-04-14
| data-sort-value="Chaves, Federico" |{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
| [[File:Flag of Paraguay.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Paraguay
|M
|M
|15 February 1882
| 1882-02-15
|22 March 1978
|-
{{Age in years and days|1882|2|15|1978|3|22}}
| 1978-04-14
| 24 April 1978 (33 days)
| 1986-08-22
96 years, 69 days
| data-sort-value="Bayar, Celâl" |{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Türkiye
|M || 1883-05-16
|-
| 1986-08-22
| 1988-05-14
| data-sort-value="Drees, Willem" |{{Wp|Willem Drees}} || [[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Natherlands||M|| 1886-07-05
|-
|-
|
| 1988-05-14
{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
| 1990-01-20
|Türkiye
| data-sort-value="Higashikini Naruhiko" |{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|M
|[[File:Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Japan||M|| 1887-12-03
|16 May 1883
|24 April 1978
{{Age in years and days|1886|5|14|1978|4|14}}
|22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days)
103 years, 99 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}
| 1990-01-20
|
| 1990-12-14
Netherlands
| data-sort-value="Qun Zhang" |{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|[[File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Taiwan
|M
|M
|5 July 1886
| 1889-05-09
| 22 August 1986
{{Age in years and days|1886|7|5|1986|8|22}}
|14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days)
101 years, 314 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}  
| 1990-12-14
|Japan
| 1994-12-13
| data-sort-value="Pinay, Antoine" |{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|25px]]&nbsp;France
|M
|M
| 3 December 1887
| 1891-12-30
|14 May 1988
{{Age in years and days|1887|12|3|1988|5|14}}
|20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days)
102 years, 48 days
|-
|-
| {{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
| 1994-12-13
|Taiwan
| 1995-04-10
| data-sort-value="Desai, Morarji" |{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Flag of India.svg|25px]]&nbsp;India
|M
|M
| 9 May 1889
| 1896-02-29
|20 January 1990
{{Age in years and days|1889|5|9|1990|1|20}}
| 14 December 1990 (329 days)
101 years, 220 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
| 1995-04-10
|France
| 1998-01-15
| data-sort-value="Nanda, Gulzarilal" |{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}  
|M
|M
|30 December 1891
|1898-07-04
|14 December 1990
{{Age in years and days|1891|12|30|1991|12|14}}
|13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days)
102 years, 348 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
| 1998-91-15
|India
| 1998-07-13
| data-sort-value="Kollias, Konstantinos" |{{wp|Constantine Kollias|Konstantinos Kollias}}
|[[File:State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Greece (Kingdom)
|M
|M
|29 February 1896
|1901
|13 December 1994
{{Age in years and days|1896|2|29|1994|12|13}}
|10 April 1995 (119 days)
99 years, 41 days
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}  
| 1998-07-13
| Malawi
| 2000-02-08
| data-sort-value="Maurer, IOn Gheogrhe" |{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|[[File:Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Romania
|M
|M
|1898
| 1902-09-23
|10 April 1995
{{Age in years and days|1899|12|31|1995|4|10}} to 96 years, 100 days
|23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days)
98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
|-
|-
| {{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
| 2000-02-08
|India
| 2002-10-31
| M
| data-sort-value="Stasinopoulos, MIchail" |{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
| 4 July 1898
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Greece
| 23 November 1997
{{Age in years and days|1898|7|4|1997|11|23}}  
|15 January 1998 (53 days)
99 years, 195 days
|-
|{{Wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Greece
|M
|M
|1901
| 1903-07-27
|15 January 1998
{{Age in years and days|1901|12|31|1997|11|23}} to 96 years, 327 days
|13 July 1998 (179 days)
96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
| 2002-10-31
|Romania
| 2004-06-10
| data-sort-value="Zolotas, Xenophon" |{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|M
|M
|23 September 1902
| 1904-04-26
|13 July 1998
{{Age in years and days|1902|9|13|1998|7|13}}
|8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days)
97 years, 139 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
| 2004-06-10
| rowspan="2" |Greece
| 2009-01-22
| data-sort-value="Cocsal Chhum, Chau Sen" |{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}  
|[[File:Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg|25px]]&nbsp; Kampuchea
|M
|M
|27 July 1903
| 1905-09-01
|8 February 2000
{{Age in years and days|1903|7|27|2000|2|8}}
|31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days)
99 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
| 2009-01-22
| 2010-01-04
| data-sort-value="Ferrir, Johan" |{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|[[File:Flag of Suriname.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Suriname
|M
|M
|26 Apr 1904
| 1910-05-12
|31 October 2002
{{Age in years and days|1904|4|26|2002|10|31}}
|10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days)
100 years, 45 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum}}
| 2010-01-04
|Cambodia
| 2012-03-14
| data-sort-value="Tabone, Ċensu" |{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}
|[[File:Flag of Malta.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Malta
|M
|M
|1 September 1905
| 1913-01-13
|10 June 2004
{{Age in years and days|1905|9|1|2004|6|12}}
|23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days)
103 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|
| 2012-01-14
{{Wp|Ek Yi Oun}}
| 2016-07-27
|Cambodia
| data-sort-value="Jong, Piet de" |{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}  
|[[File:Flag of Netherlands.svg|25px]]&nbsp; Kingdom of the Netherlands
|M
|M
|1910
| 1915-04-13
|22 January 2009
{{Age in years and days|1910|12|31|2010|1|4}} to {{Age in years and days|1910|1|1|2009|1|22}}
|2013 ({{Age in years and days|2009|1|22|2013|1|1}} to {{Age in years and days|2009|1|22|2013|12|31}}
102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
| 2016-07-27
|Andorra
| 2018-10-01
| data-sort-value="Đỗ Mười" |{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}  
|[[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Vietnam
|M
|M
|3 July 1914
| 1917-03-02
|2013
{{Age in years and days|1914|7|3|2013|12|31}} to {{Age in years and days|1914|7|3|2013|1|1}}
| 30 January 2017 ({{Age in years and days|2013|12|31|2017|1|30}}) to {{Age in years and days|2013|1|1|2017|1|30}}
102 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
| 2018-10-01
|Vietnam
| 2019-01-17
| data-sort-value="Awadalla, Babiker" |{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}  
|[[File:Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Sudan
|M
|M
|2 February 1917
| 1917-03-02
|30 January 2017
{{Age in years and days|1917|2|2|2017|1|30}}
|1 October 2018 ({{age in years and days|2017|7|30|2018|10|1}})
101 years, 241 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
| 2019-01-17
|Sudan
| 2019-11-29
| data-sort-value="Nakasone Yasuhiro" |{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|[[File:Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg|25px]]&nbsp;Japan
|M
|M
|2 Mar 1917
| 1918-05-27
|1 October 2018
{{Age in years and days|1917|3|2|2018|10|1}}
|17 January 2019 (108 days)
101 years, 321 days
|-
|-
| {{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
| 2019-11-29
|Japan
| 2020-05-25
| data-sort-value="Hyun Soong-jong" |{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|[[File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg|25px]]&nbsp;South Korea
|M
|M
| 27 May 1918
| 1919-02-26
|17 January 2019
{{Age in years and days|1918|5|27|2019|1|17}}
|29 November 2019 (314 days)
101 years, 186 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}  
| 2020-05-25
| South Korea
| 2021-12-07
| data-sort-value="Ben Halim, Mustafa" |{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|[[File:Flag of Libya.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Libya
|M
|M
|26 February 1919
| 1921-01-29
|29 November 2019
{{Age in years and days|1919|2|26|2019|11|29}}
|25 May 2021 (178 days)
101 years, 89 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
| 2021-12-07
|Libya
| 2022-07-08
| data-sort-value="Morales Bermúdez, Francisco" |{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|[[File:Flag of Peru.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Peru
|M
|M
|29 January 1921
| 1921-10-04
|25 May 2021
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
100 years, 112 days
| 2022-07-08
|7 December 2021 (196 days)
| 2023-10-11
100 years, 312 days
| data-sort-value="Siphandone, Khamtai" |{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}
|-
|[[File:Flag of Laos.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Laos
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|Peru
|M
|M
|4 October 1921
| 1924-02-08
|07 December 2021
|- bgcolor="#9bddff" |
100 years, 64 days
|'''2023-10-11'''
|14 July 2022 (219 days)
|'''current'''
100 years, 283 days
| data-sort-value="Rodriguez, Guillermo" |'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''Ecuador'''
|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
|'''Laos'''
|'''M'''
|'''M'''
|'''8 February 1924'''
|'''1923-11-04'''
|'''14 July 2022'''<br>'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8|2021|5|25}}'''
|'''Alive<br>({{Age in years and days|2022|7|14}})'''
'''age {{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|}
|}


==See also==
=='''See also'''==
*[[List of longest-reigning monarchs]]
*[[List of longest-living living state members of the College of Cardinals]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
*[[Lists of state leaders by age]]
*[[List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)]]
*[[Records of heads of state]]
*[[List of Longest Living Cardinals]]
*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders]]
*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders]]
*[[Longest-lived state leaders by country]]
*[[Comparison of Monarchs (list)]]
*[[List of Former longest living state leaders]]  
*[[Kage (Naruto)]]
*[[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]  
*[[List of Philippine Officials by Age|Lists of Philippine Officials by age]]
[[Category:Lists]]
*[[Longest lived Spouses of National Leaders]]
*[[Philippine Congress Membership if the Philippines followed The US Congress allocations]]
*[[Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living]]
*[[List of current cardinals]]
*[[Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region]]
*[[List of Cardinals by Age (current)]]
*[[Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)]]
{{age in years and days|1909|12|27|2003|1|27}} [[Category:Lists]]

Latest revision as of 10:52, 15 November 2024

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) and cardinals, born no earlier than 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days

Gallery

Gallery of State Leaders


List

UPDATED 11/15/2024

Color Note
Columbia Blue Living State Leaders and State Leaders
No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Flag of Turkey.svg Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960) 		1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Naval Ensign of Japan.svg  Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days
8 Đỗ Mười Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) 		1917 2018 101 years, 243 days
9 Zhang Qun Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 117 days
12 Hyun Soong-jong Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 89 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Flag of Panama.svg Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud Flag of Norway.svg Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
15 Guillermo Rodríguez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador Acting President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 101 years, 11 days
16 Mustafa Ben Halim Flag of Libya.svg Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
17 Telmo Vargas Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
18 Francisco Morales Bermúdez Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980) 		1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
19 Khamtai Siphandone Flag of Laos.svg Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006) 		1924 Alive 100 years, 281 days
20 Tomiichi Murayama Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 257 days
21 Hau Pei-tsun Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
22 Luis Echeverría Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
23 Xenophon Zolotas Flag of Greece.svg Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
25 Jimmy Carter Flag of the United States.svg United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 45 days
26 Abdul Salam Sabrah Flag of North Yemen (1962).svg Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
27 Johan Ferrier Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
28 Tun Tin Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
29 Gulzarilal Nanda Flag of India.svg India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
23–30 Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
31 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
32 Mahathir Mohamad Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 128 days
33 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Flag of Afghanistan (1987–1992).svg Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 121 days
34 Anthony Mamo Flag of Malta.svg Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976) 		1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
35 Michail Stasinopoulos Flag of Greece.svg Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
36 Clifford Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
37 Morarji Desai Flag of India.svg India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
38 Võ Chí Công Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
39 Abdel Halim Muhammad Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
40 Ċensu Tabone Flag of Malta.svg Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
41 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
27–42 Hastings Banda Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993) 		1898 1997 98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
43 Prem Tinsulanonda Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016) 		1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
44 Pierre Harmel Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
45 Howard Cooke Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
46 Joseph Paul-Boncour Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
47 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Flag of Greece.svg Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
48 Isidro Ayora Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days
49 Émile Reuter Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
50 Mamadou Dia Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
51 Aden Adde Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
52 Abdoulaye Wade Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 170 days
53 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Flag of Laos.svg Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 154 days
54 Lê Đức Anh Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 143 days
55 Émile Derlin Zinsou Flag of Benin.svg Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
56 Borys Martos Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 123 days
57 Artúr Görgei Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg  Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
58 Lubomír Štrougal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
59 Jean Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
60 Gough Whitlam Flag of Australia.svg Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
61 Giorgio Napolitano Flag of Italy.svg Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
62 Venceslau Brás Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
63 Claude Rostain Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
64 R. Venkataraman Flag of India.svg India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
65 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Flag of Hungary (1919).svg  Hungarian Soviet Republic
Flag of Hungary (1918–1919).svg  Hungary		 Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
66 Gabriel París Gordillo Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
67 Valdas Adamkus Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 12 days
68 Raif Dizdarević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 342 days
69 Miloš Jakeš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days
70 Abdelsalam Majali Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
71 Kenan Evren Flag of Turkey.svg Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989) 		1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
72 Wellington Koo Flag of China (1912–1928).svg China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927) 		1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
73 Baron Ignaz von Plener Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Cislethania
(Civil ensign of Austria-Hungary (1869-1918).svg Austria-Hungary) 		Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
74 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Free State Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
75 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
76 Thanin Kraivichien Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 224 days
77 Francesc Badia Batalla Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
78 Arnaldo Forlani Flag of Italy.svg Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
79 Ramón José Velásquez Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
80 He Yingqin Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
81 Lee Teng-hui Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan President (1988 2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
82 Liam Cosgrave Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
83 Alfredo Solf y Muro Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
84 Patricio Aylwin Flag of Chile.svg Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
85 Armando Villanueva Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
86 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974) 		1902 2000 97 years, 138 days
87 Martial Célestin Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
88 Gheorghe Apostol Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
89 Kenneth Kaunda Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
90 Walter Scheel Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979) 		1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
91 Helmut Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
92 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Flag of Vatican City (1929–2001).svg Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
93 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
94 Kim Yong-nam Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 285 days
95 Camille Huysmans Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
96 Yitzhak Shamir Flag of Israel.svg Israel Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
97 Federico Páez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days
98 Habib Bourguiba Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987) 		1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
99 Vyacheslav Molotov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
100 Yang Hyong-sop Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1926 2022 96 years, 224 days

Next to Join

No. 'Name State Position Birth Death Age Age by 2024.12.31
1 Arnold Rüütel Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)		 1928 Alive 96 years, 189 days 96 years, 235 days
2 Arthur Foulkes Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 188 days 96 years, 234 days
3 Péter Boross Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928 Alive 96 years, 80 days 96 years, 126 days
4 Zhu Rongji Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928 Alive 96 years, 23 days 96 years, 69 days
5 Édouard Balladur Flag of France.svg France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929 Alive 95 years, 197 days 95 years, 243 days
6 Sam Nujoma Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929 Alive 95 years, 187 days 95 years, 233 days
7 Sir Orville Turnquest Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929 Alive 95 years, 119 days 95 years, 165 days
8 Jamshid bin Abdullah Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963).svg Sultanate of Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929 Alive 95 years, 60 days 95 years, 106 days
9 Violeta Chamorro Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) 		1929 Alive 95 years, 28 days 95 years, 74 days
10 Gombojavyn Ochirbat Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945–1992).svg Mongolia General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929 Alive 95 years, 4 days 95 years, 50 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Born Died Age
The following individuals might be older than #100–82 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.
Konstantinos Kollias State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 195 days to 97 years, 194 days

Chronological List of eldest living

Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
From Until State Leader State Sex Birth
1893-02-18 1894-03-20 Lajos Kossuth Flag of Hungary (1874-1896).svg Hungary M 1802-09-19
1894-03-20 1897-05-14 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala M 1802-10-19
1897-05-14 1899-02-26 Count Bernhard von Rechberg Austria-Hungary Civil Ensign (1869-1918) 2.svg Austria-Hungary M 1806-07-17
1899-02-26 1900-04-12 Tomás Gormensoro Albin Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay M 1810-01-27
1900-04-12 1903-07-20 Pope Leo XIII Flag of the Holy See.svg Holy See M 1810-03-02
1903-07-20 1908-07-17 Freihrr Ignaz von Plener Austria-Hungary Civil Ensign (1869-1918) 2.svg Austria-Hungary M 1810-05-21
1908-02-17 1916-09-21 Artúr Görgei Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary M 1818-01-30
1916-05-21 1917-12-10 Mackenzie Bowell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Canada M 1823-11-27
1917-12-10 1923-05-14 Charles de Freycinet Flag of France.svg France M 1828-11-14
1923-05-14 1924-07-02 Matsukata Masayoshi Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan M 1835-02-25
1924-07-02 1932-03-10 Paolo Boselli Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy M 1838-08-08
1932-03-10 1935-09-06 Francisco Andrade Marín Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador M 1841-11-15
1935-09-06 1935-07-29 François Denys Légitime Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti M 1841-11-20
1935-07-29 1937-05-29 Lizardo Garcia Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador M 1844-04-28
1937-05-29 1939-09-12 Eliodoro Villazón Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia M 1848-01-22
1939-09-12 1945-08-06 Alejandro Deustua Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svgPeru M 1849-03-22
1945-08-06 1949-07-25 Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela M 1854-07-28
1949-07-25 1951-07-23 Philippe Petain Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France M 1856-04-24
1951-07-23 1952-07-21 Pedro Lascuráin Flag of Mexico (1893-1916).svg Mexico M 1856-05-06
1952-07-21 1960-12-12 Christopher Hornsrud Flag of Norway.svg Norway M 1859-11-15
1960-12-12 1966-05-15 Venceslau Brás Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil M 1868-02-26
1966-05-15 1968-02-25 Camille Huysmans Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium M 1871-05-28
1968-02-25 1969-08-14 Alfredo Solf y Muro Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg Peru M 1872-03-15
1969-08-14 1972-03-28 Joseph Paul-Boncour Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France M 1873-08-04
1972-03-28 1973-02-14 Émile Reuter Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg M 1874-08-02
1973-02-14 1973-07-25 Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám Flag of Hungary (1919).svg Hungary M 1875-07-10
1973-07-25 1974-02-09 Federico Páez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador M 1877-06-04
1974-02-09 1977-09-19 Borys Martos Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg Ukraine M 1879-95-20
1977-09-19 1978-03-22 Isidro Ayora Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador M 1879-08-31
1978-03.22 1978-04-14 Federico Chaves Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay M 1882-02-15
1978-04-14 1986-08-22 Celál Bayar Flag of Turkey.svg Türkiye M 1883-05-16
1986-08-22 1988-05-14 Willem Drees Flag of the Netherlands.svg Natherlands M 1886-07-05
1988-05-14 1990-01-20 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan M 1887-12-03
1990-01-20 1990-12-14 Zhang Qun Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan M 1889-05-09
1990-12-14 1994-12-13 Antoine Pinay Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France M 1891-12-30
1994-12-13 1995-04-10 Morarji Desai Flag of India.svg India M 1896-02-29
1995-04-10 1998-01-15 Gulzarilal Nanda M 1898-07-04
1998-91-15 1998-07-13 Konstantinos Kollias State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece (Kingdom) M 1901
1998-07-13 2000-02-08 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg Romania M 1902-09-23
2000-02-08 2002-10-31 Michail Stasinopoulos Flag of Greece.svg Greece M 1903-07-27
2002-10-31 2004-06-10 Xenophon Zolotas M 1904-04-26
2004-06-10 2009-01-22 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg  Kampuchea M 1905-09-01
2009-01-22 2010-01-04 Johan Ferrier Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname M 1910-05-12
2010-01-04 2012-03-14 Ċensu Tabone Flag of Malta.svg Malta M 1913-01-13
2012-01-14 2016-07-27 Piet de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kingdom of the Netherlands M 1915-04-13
2016-07-27 2018-10-01 Đỗ Mười Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam M 1917-03-02
2018-10-01 2019-01-17 Babiker Awadalla Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg Sudan M 1917-03-02
2019-01-17 2019-11-29 Yasuhiro Nakasone Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan M 1918-05-27
2019-11-29 2020-05-25 Hyun Soong-jong Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea M 1919-02-26
2020-05-25 2021-12-07 Mustafa Ben Halim Flag of Libya.svg Libya M 1921-01-29
2021-12-07 2022-07-08 Francisco Morales Bermúdez Flag of Peru.svg Peru M 1921-10-04
2022-07-08 2023-10-11 Khamtai Siphandone Flag of Laos.svg Laos M 1924-02-08
2023-10-11 current Guillermo Rodriguez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador M 1923-11-04

See also

93 years, 31 days

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