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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 m
This article lists the Longest-known living (ages at least 95 years, 0 days) or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1 January 1800, and '''whose ages are documented in reliable sources'''. Those currently living are in '''bold on gold'''. The  longest-lived non acting state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days.
inister), 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.


== '''List''' ==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
=='''Gallery'''==
!<abbr>No.</abbr>||Name||{{wp|List of Sovereign States|State}}||Position||Birth||Death||Age
<gallery widt"150" style="line-height:normal">
File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|Oldest:<br />Cambodia<br />{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}<br />served 1962
File:Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.png|2nd Oldest:<br />Turkey<br />{{Wp|Celål Bayar}}<br />served 1937–1939, 1950&ndash;1960
File:Antoine Pinay 1952.jpg|3rd-Oldest:<br />France<br />{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}<br />served: 1962
File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador).jpg|19th-oldest ever:<br />Ecuador<br />{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}<br />lserved: 1972&ndash;1976
</gallery>
 
=='''List'''==
Ages are up to date {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
|-
|1||'''{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}'''||Cambodia||{{wp|Prime Minister of Cambodia|Acting Prime Minister}} (1962)||1 September 1905||22 January 2009||103 years, 143 days
!'''No.'''!!'''Name'''!!'''State'''!!'''Position'''!!'''Birth'''!!'''Death'''!!'''Age'''
|-
|-
|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)||16 May 1883||22 August 1986||103 years, 98 days
|1||{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}||Cambodia||Acting Prime Minister (1962)
|1905.09.01||2009.01.22 ||103 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|3||'''{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}'''|||France||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1952–1953)||30 December 1891||13 December 1994||102 years, 343 days
|2|| {{Wp|Celâl Bayar}}||Türkiye||Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
|1883.05.16 ||1986.08.22||103 years, 98 days
|-
|-
|4||'''{{wp|André Prunet-Foch}}'''||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier}} (1977–1980)||3 July 1914||30 January 2017||102 years, 211 days
|3||{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}|||France||President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953)||1891.12.30||1994.12.13 ||102 years, 343 days
|-
|-
|5||'''{{wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}'''||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1945)||30 December 1887||20 January 1990||102 years, 48 days
|4
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|Andorra
|French Viguier (1977–1980)
|1914.07.03
|2017.01.30
|102 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|6||'''{{wp|Babiker Awadalla}}'''||Sudan||{{wp|List of prime minis|ers of Sudan|Prime Minister}} (1969)||2 March 1917||17 January 2019||101 years, 321 days
|5
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1945)
|1887.12.03
|1990.01.03
|102 years, 48 days
|-
|-
|7||'''{{wp|Willem Drees}}'''||The Netherlands||{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1948–1958)||3 July 1889||14 December 1990||101 years, 314 days
|6
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|Sudan
|Prime Minister (1969)
|1917.03.02
|2019.01.17
|101 years, 321 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)||2 February 1917||1 October 2018||101 years, 241 days
|7
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}
|The Netherlands
|Prime Minister (1948–1958)
|1889.07.05
|1990.05.14
|101 years, 314 days
|-
|-
|9||'''{{wp|Zhang Qun}}'''||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1947–1948)||9 May 1889||14 December 1990||101 years, 219 days
|8
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|Viet Nam
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
|1917.02.02
|2018.10.01
|101 years, 241 days
|-
|-
|10||'''{{wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}'''||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1982–1987)||27 May 1918||29 November 2019||101 years, 186 days
|9
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1947–1948)
|1889.05.09
|1990.12.14
|101 years, 219 days
|-
|-
|11||'''{{wp|Piet de Jong}}'''||Netherlands||{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1967–1971)||3 April 1915||27 July 2016||101 years, 115 days
|10
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1982–1987)
|1918.05.18
|2019.11.29
|101 years, 186 days
|-
|-
|12||'''{{wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}'''||South Korea||{{wp|List of prime ministers of South Korea|Prime Minister}} (1992–1993)||26 January 1919||25 May 2020||101 years, 89 days
|11
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|South Korea
|Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|1919.01.26
|2020.05.25
|101 years, 118 days
|-
|-
|13||'''{{wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}'''||Panama||{{wp|List of presidents of Panama|Acting President}} (1963)||11 January 1911||15 March 2012||101 years, 64 days
|12
|{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}
|The Netherlands
|Prime Minister (1967–1971)
|1915.04.03
|2016.07.27
|101 years, 115 days
|-
|-
|14||'''{{wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}'''||Norway||{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Norway|Prime Minister}} (1928)||15 November 1859||12 December 1960||101 years, 27 days
|13
|{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}
|Panama
|Acting President (1963)
|1911.01.11
|2012.03.15
|101 years, 64 days
|-
|-
|15||'''{{wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}'''||Libya||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Libya|Prime Minister}} (1954–1957)||29 January 1921||7 December 2021||100 years, 312 days
|14
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|Norway
|Prime Minister (1928)
|1859.11.15
|1960.12.12
|101 years, 27 days
|-
|-
|16||'''{{wp|Telmo Vargas}}'''||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|Acting President}}(1966)||9 October 1912||9 August 2013||100 years, 304 days
|15
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|Libya
|Prime Minister (1954–1957)
|1921.01.29
|2021.12.07
|100 years, 312 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)||4 October 1921||14 July 2022||100 years, 283 days
|16
|{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|Ecuador
|Acting Leader (1966)
|1912.10.09
|2013.08.09
|100 years, 304 days
|-
|-
|18||'''{{wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}'''||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1990–1993)||8 August 1919||20 March 2020||100 years, 235 days
|17
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
|1921.10.04
|2022.07.14
|100 years, 283 days
|-
|-
|19||'''{{wp|Luis Echeverría}}'''||Mexico||{{wp|List of heads of state of Mexico|President}} (1970–1976)||17 January 1922||8 July 2022||100 years, 172 days
|18
|{{Wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1990–1993)
|1919.08.08
|2020.03.30
|100 years, 235 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''19'''
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodríguez () politician|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|'''Ecuador'''
|President (1972–1976)
|'''1923.11.04'''
<small>originally listed 1924.11.04</small>
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 20||'''{{wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1989–1990)||26 April 1904||10 June 2004|| rowspan="2" | 100 years, 45 days
|20
|{{Wp|Luis Echeverría}}
|Mexico
|President (1970–1976)
|1922.01.17
|2022.07.08
|100 years, 172 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''21'''
|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
|'''Laos'''
|Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
|'''1924.02.08'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''22'''
|'''{{Wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''
|'''Japan'''
|Prime Minister (1994–1996)
|'''1924.03.03'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|-
|-
|'''{{wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}'''||Peru||{{wp|List of priem ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (2000–2001)||19 January 1920||30 March 2020
| rowspan="2" |23
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1989–1990)
|1904.04.26
|2004.06.10
| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days
|-
|-
|22||'''{{wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}'''||North Yemen||{{wp|List of heads of government of Yemen|Acting Prime Minister}} (1969; 1971)||1 January 1912||2 February 2012||100 years, 32 days
|{{Wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (2000–2001)
|1920.01.19
|2020.03.04
|-
|-
|23||'''{{wp|Johan Ferrier}}'''||Suriname||{{Wp|List of presidents of Suriname|President}} (1975–1980)||12 May 1910||4 January 2010||99 years, 237 days
|25
|{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}
|Yemen
|Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)
|1912.01.01
|2012.02.02
|100 years, 32 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''26'''
|'''{{Wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
|'''United States'''
|President (1977&ndash;1981)
|'''1924.10.01'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|-
|-
|24||'''{{wp|Tun Tin}}'''||Burma||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Myanmar|Prime Minister}} (1988)||2 October 1920||1 May 2020||99 years, 212 days
|27
|{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|Suriname
|President (1975–1980)
|1910.05.12
|2010.01.04
|99 years, 237 days
|-
|-
|25||'''{{wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}'''||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Acting Prime Minister}} (1964; 1966)||4 January 1898||15 January 1998||99 years, 195 days
|28
|{{Wp|Tun Tin}}
|Myanmar
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1920.10.02
|2020.05.01
|99 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|26||'''{{wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}'''||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|Interim president}} (1969)||9 December 1912||12 June 2012||99 years, 186 days
|29
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|India
|Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)
|1898.07.04
|1998.01.15
|99 years, 195 days
|-
|-
|27||'''{{wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}'''||Morocco||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Morocco|Prime Minister}} (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)||1 May 1919||20 September 2018||99 years, 142 days
|30
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
|'''28'''|| '''{{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)||'''8 February 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|Morocco
|Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)
|1919.05.01
|2018.09.20
|99 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|29||'''Sir {{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)||9 January 1909||1 May 2008||99 years, 113 days
|31
|{{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|Malta
|Prime Minister (1971&ndash;1974)
President (1974&ndash;1976)
|1909.01.09
|2008.05.01
|99 years, 113 days
|-
|-
|30||'''{{wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of presidents of Greece|Presiden}}t (1974–1975)||27 July 1903||31 October 2002
|32
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|Greece
|President (1974–1975)
|1903.07.27
|2002.10.31
|99 years, 96 days
|99 years, 96 days
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''31'''||'''{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''||'''Japan'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1994–1996)||'''3 March 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|-
|-
|32||'''Sir {{wp|Clifford Campbell}}'''||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1962–1973)||28 June 1892||28 September 1991||99 years, 92 days
|33
|{{Wp|Clifford Campbell}}
|Jamaica
|Governor-General (1962–1973)
|1892.06.28
|1991.09.28
|99 years, 92 days
|-
|-
|33||'''{{wp|Morarji Desai}}'''||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Prime Minister}} (1977–1979)||29 February 1896||10 April 1995||99 years, 41 days
|34
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|India
|Prime Minister (1977–1979)
|1896.02.29
|1995.04.10
|99 years, 41 days
|-
|-
|34||'''{{wp|Võ Chí Công}}'''||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of State}} (1987–1992)||7 August 1912||7 September 2011||99 years, 32 days
|35
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|Sudan
|Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
|1910.04.10
|2009.04.16
|99 years, 6 days
|-
|-
|35||'''{{wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}'''||Sudan||{{wp|List of presidents of Sudan|Committee of Sovereignty Member}} (1964–1965)||10 April 1910||16 April 2009||99 years, 6 days
|36
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|Sudan
|Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
|1910.04.10
|2009.04.16
|99 years, 6 days
|-
|-
|36||'''{{wp|Ċensu Tabone}}'''||Malta||{{wp|List of heads of state of Malta|President}} (1989–1994)||30 March 1913||14 March 2012
|37
|{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}
|Malta
|President (1989–1994)
|1913.03.30
|2012.03.13
|98 years, 350 days
|98 years, 350 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''38'''
|'''{{Wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
|'''Malaysia'''
|Prime Minister (1981&ndash;2003; 2018&ndash;2020)
|'''1925.07.10'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''39'''
|'''{{Wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''
|'''Afghanistan'''
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers  (1988&ndash;1989)
|'''1925.07.17'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|-
|40
|{{Wp|Miloš Jakeš}}
|Czechoslovakia
|General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)
|1922.08.12
|2020.07.10
|98 years, 322 days
|-
|41
|{{Wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}
|Tanzania
|President (1985–1995)
|1925.05.08
|2024.02.29
|98 years, 297 days
|-
|42
|{{Wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|Thailand
|Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)
|1920.08.26
|2019.05.26
|98 years, 273 days
|-
|43
|{{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}
|Belgium
|Prime Minister (1965–1966)
|1911.03.16
|2009.11.15
|98 years, 244 days
|-
|44
|{{Wp|Howard Cooke}}
|Jamaica
|Governor-General (1991–2006)
|1915.11.13
|2014.07.11
|98 years, 240 days
|-
|45
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|France
|Prime Minister (1932–1933)
|1873.08.04
|1972.03.28
|98 years, 237 days
|-
|46
|{{Wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1990–1993)
|1918.10.18
|2017.05.29
|98 years, 223 days
|-
|47
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|Ecuador
|President (1926–1931)
|1879.08.31
|1978.03.22
|98 years, 203 days
|-
|48
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|Luxembourg
|Prime Minister (1918–1925)
|1874.08.02
|1973.02.14
|98 years, 196 days
|-
|49
|{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}
|Senegal
|President (1960–1962)
|1910.07.18
|2009.01.25
|98 years, 191 days
|-
|50
|{{Wp|Aden Adde}}
|Somalia
|President (1960–1967)
|1908.12.09
|2007.06.08
|98 years, 181 days
|-
|51
|{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}
|Laos
|President (1992–1998)
|1910.04.09
|2008.09.09
|98 years, 153 days
|-
|52
|{{Wp|Lê Đức Anh}}
|Viet Nam
|President (1992–1997)
|1920.12.01
|2019.04.22
|98 years, 142 days
|-
|53
|{{Wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|Dahomey
|President (1968–1969)
|1918.03.23
|2016.07.18
|98 years, 127 days
|-
|54
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}
|Ukraine
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)
|1879.05.20
|1977.10.19
|98 years, 122 days
|-
|55
|{{Wp|Artúr Görgei}}
|Hungary
|Acting Governor-President (1849)
|1818.01.30
|1916.05.21
|98 years, 112 days
|-
|56
|{{Wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|Czechoslovakia
|Prime Minister (1970–1988)
|1924.10.19
|2023.02.06
|98 years, 110 days
|-
|57
|{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}
|Luxembourg
|Grand Duke (1964–2000)
|1921.01.05
|2019.04.23
|98 years, 108 days
|-
|58
|{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|Australia
|Prime Minister (1972–1975)
|1916.07.11
|2014.10.21
|98 years, 102 days
|-
|59
|{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|Italy
|President (2006–2015)
|1925.06.29
|2023.09.22
|98 years, 85 days
|-
|60
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}
|Brazil
|President (1914–1918)
|1868.02.26
|1966.05.15
|98 years, 78 days
|-
|61
|{{Wp|Claude Rostain}}
|Andorra
|French Viguier (1972–1977)
|1916.12.16
|2015.02.10
|98 years, 56 days
|-
|62
|{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}
|India
|President (1987–1992)
|1910.12.04
|2009.01.27
|98 years, 54 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''63'''
|'''{{Wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
|'''Senegal'''
|President (2000&ndash;2012)
|'''1926.05.29'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|64
|{{Wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}
|Hungry
|Prime Minister (1919)
|1875.07.10
|1973.07.25
|98 years, 15 days
|-
|65
|{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}
|Colombia
|President (1957–1958)
|1910.03.08
|2008.03.21
|98 years, 13 days
|-
|66
|{{Wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|Jordan
|Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)
|1925.02.18
|2023.01.03
|97 years, 319 days
|-
|-
|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||29 November 1997||98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
|67
|{{Wp|Kenan Evren}}
|Türkiye
|President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)
|1917.06.17
|2015.05.09
|97 years, 296 days
|-
|-
|38||'''{{wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}'''||Thailand||{{wp|List of prime minister of Thailand|Prime Minister}} (1980–1988)<br>{{wp|Ewgent of Thailand|Regent}} (2016)||26 August 1920||26 May 2019||98 years, 273 days
|68
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Wellington Koo}}
|'''39'''||'''{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''||'''United States'''||{{wp|List of presidents of the United States|President}} (1977–1981)||'''1 October 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|China
|Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)
|1888.01.29
|1985.11.14
|97 years, 289 days
|-
|-
|40||'''{{wp|Pierre Harmel}}'''||Belgium||{{wp|list of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1965–1966)||16 March 1911||15 November 2009||98 years, 244 days
|69
|{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}
|Austria-Hungary
|Minister-President (1870)
|1810.05.21
|1908.02.17
|97 years, 272 days
|-
|-
|42||'''Sir {{wp|Howard Cooke}}'''||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1991–2006)||13 November 1915||11 July 2014||98 years, 240 days
|70
|{{Wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}
|Ireland
|Governor-General (1932–1936)
|1866.02.03
|1963.10.30
|97 years, 267 days
|-
|-
|42||'''{{wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}'''||France||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1932–1933)||4 August 1873||28 March 1972||98 years, 237 days
|71
|{{Wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|Algeria
|Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)
|1921.04.27
|2018.12.28
|97 years, 245 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''72'''
|'''{{Wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''
|'''Lithuania'''
|President (1998&ndash;2003; 2004&ndash;2009)
|'''1926.11.03'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|-
|-
|43||'''{{wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1990–1993)||31 October 1918||29 May 2017||98 years, 223 days
|73
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|'''44'''||'''{{wp|Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodríguez}}'''||'''Ecuador'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1972–1976)||'''4 November 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|11|4}}'''
|Andorra
|Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)
|1923.01.10
|2020.08.14
|97 years, 217 days
|-
|-
|45||'''{{wp|Isidro Ayora}}'''||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1926–1931)||31 August 1879||23 March 1978 ||98 years, 203 days
|74
|{{Wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}
|Venezuela
|President (1993-1994)
|1916.11.28
|2014.06.14
|97 years, 208 days
|-
|-
|46||'''{{wp|Émile Reuter}}'''||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Luxembourg|Prime Minister}} (1918–1925)||2 August 1874||14 February 1973||98 years, 196 days
|75
|{{Wp|He Yingqin}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1949)
|1890.04.02
|1987.10.21
|97 years, 202 days
|-
|-
|47||'''{{wp|Mamadou Dia}}'''|| Senegal||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Senegal|Prime Minister}} (1960–1962)||18 July 1910||25 January 2009||98 years, 191 days
|76
|{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|Taiwan
|President (1988–2000)
|1923.01.15
|2020.07.30
|97 years, 197 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''77'''
|'''{{Wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''
|'''Yugoslavia'''
|President of the Presidency (1988&ndash;1989)
|'''1926.12.09'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|-
|78
|{{Wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|Ireland
|Taoiseach (1973–1977)
|1920.04.13
|2017.10.04
|97 years, 174 days
|-
|79
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1939–1944)
|1872.03.15
|1969.08.14
|97 years, 152 days
|-
|80
|{{Wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|Chile
|President (1990–1994)
|1918.11.26
|2016.04.19
|97 years, 145 days
|-
|81
|{{Wp|Armando Villanueva}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1988–1989)
|1915.11.25
|2013.04.14
|97 years, 140 days
|-
|82
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|Romania
|President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)
|1902.09.23
|2000.02.08
|97 years, 138 days
|-
|83
|{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}
|Haiti
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1913.10.04
|2011.02.04
|97 years, 123 days
|-
|84
|{{Wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}
|Romania
|First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)
|1913.05.16
|2010.08.21
|97 years, 97 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''85'''
|'''{{Wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}'''
|'''Thailand'''
|Prime Minister (1976&ndash;1977)
|'''1927.04.05'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|-
|86
|{{Wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
|Zambia
|State President (1964–1991)
|1924.04.28
|2021.06.17
|97 years, 50 days
|-
|87
|{{Wp|Walter Scheel}}
|West Germany
|(Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)
|1919.07.18
|2016.08.24
|97 years, 47 days
|-
|88
|{{Wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|West Germany
|Chancellor (1974–1982)
|1918.12.23
|2015.11.10
|96 years, 322 days
|-
|89
|{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}
|Vatican City
|Acting Sovereign (1939)
|1851.04.10
|1948.02.16
|96 years, 312 days
|-
|90
|{{Wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}
|Tuvan People's Republic
|Chairperson of the Presidium (1940&ndash;1944)
|1912.01.01
|2008.11.04
|96 years, 308 days
|-
|91
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|Belgium
|Prime Minister (1946&ndash;1947)
|1871.05.26
|1968.02.25
|96 years, 275 days
|-
|92
|{{Wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}
|Israel
|Prime Minister (1983&ndash;1984; 1986&ndash;1992)
|1915.10.22
|2012.06.30
|96 years, 252 days
|-
|93
|{{Wp|Federico Paéz}}
|Ecuador
|Jefe Supremo (1935&ndash;1937)
|1877.06.04
|1974.02.09
|96 years, 250 days
|-
|94
|{{Wp|Habib Bourguiba}}
|Tunisia
|Prime Minister (1956&ndash;1957)
President (1957&ndash;1987)
|1903.03.03
|2000.04.06
|96 years, 247 days
|-
|95
|{{Wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}
|Soviet Union
|Premier (1930&ndash;1941
|1890.03.09
|1986.11.08
|96 years, 244 days
|-
|96
|{{Wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}
|North Korea
|Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983&ndash;1984; 1998&ndash;2019)
|1925.10.01
|2022.05.13
|96 years, 224 days
|-
|97
|{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1979–1980)
|1921.01.04
|2017.07.14
|96 years, 191 days
|-
|98
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|United Kingdom
|Queen (1952–2022)
|1926.04.21
|2022.09.09
|96 years, 140 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''98'''
|'''{{Wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''
|'''North Korea'''
|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)
|'''1928.02.04'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|02|04}}'''
|-
|-
|48||'''{{wp|Aden Adde}}'''||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|President}} (1960–1967)||9 December 1908||8 June 2007|| 98 years, 181 days  
|100
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1902)
|1849.03.22
|1945.08.06
|96 years, 137 days
|-
|-
|49|| '''{{wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}'''||Laos ||{{wp|List of presidents of Laos|President}} (1992–1998)||9 April 1910||9 September 2008||98 years, 153 days
|101
|{{Wp|Jiang Zemin}}
|China
|President (1993-2003)
|1926.08.17
|2022.11.30
|96 years, 105 days
|-
|-
|50||'''{{wp|Lê Đức Anh}}'''||Vietnam ||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|President}} (1992–1997) || 1 December 1920 ||22 April 2019||98 years, 142 days
|102
|{{Wp|Abderrahmane Youssoufi}}
|Morocco
|Prime Minister (1998–2002)
|1924.03.08
|2020.05.29
|96 years, 82 days
|-
|-
|51 ||'''{{wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}'''||Dahomey||{{wp|List of presidents of Benin|President}} (1968–1969)||23 March 1918||28 July 2016||98 years, 127 days
|103
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascuráin}}
|Mexico
|Acting President (1913)
|1856.05.08
|1952.07.21
| 96 years, 74 days
|-
|-
|52||'''{{wp|Borys Martos}}'''||Ukraine||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Ukraine|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1919) ||20 May 1879||19 September 1977||98 years, 122 days
|104
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|Paraguay
| President (1949–1954)
|1882.02.15
|1978.04.24
|96 years, 68 days
|-
|-
|53||'''{{wp|Artúr Görgei}}'''||Hungary||{{Wp|List of heads of state of Hungary|Acting Gocernor-President}} (1849)||30 January 1818||31 May 1916||98 years, 112 days
|105
|{{Wp|Fumio Gotō}}
|Japan
|Acting Prime Minister (1936)
|1884.03.07
|1980.05.13
|96 years, 67 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''106'''||'''{{Wp|Arnold Rüütel}}'''||'''Estonia'''||Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)<br />President (2001–2006)||'''1928.05.10'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|10}}'''
|-
|-
|54||'''{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}'''||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia|Prime Minister}} (1970–1988)||19 October 1924||6 February 2023||98 years, 109 days
|107
|{{Wp|Mario Echandi Jiménez}}
|Costa Rica
|President (1958–1962)
|1915.06.17
|2011.07.30
|96 years, 43 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''107'''
|'''{{Wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (2010–2014)
|'''1928.05.11'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''
|-
|-
|55||'''{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}'''||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of monarchs of Luxembourg|Grand Duke}} (1964–2000)||5 January 1921||23 April 2019||98 years, 108 days
|109
|{{Wp|Michael I of Romania|Michael I}}
|Romania
|King (1927-1930, 1940-1947)
|1921.10.25
|2017.12.05
|96 years, 41 days
|-
|-
|56||'''{{wp|Gough Whitlam}}'''||Australia|| ((wp |{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Australia|Prime Minister}} (1972–1975)||11 July 1916||21 October 2014||98 years, 102 days
|110
|{{Wp|João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu}}
|Brazil
|Prime Minister (1878–1880)
|1810.11.20
|1906.12.27
|96 years, 37 days
|-
|-
|57||'''{{wp|Venceslau Brás}}'''||Brazil||{{wp|List of heads of state of Brazil|President}} (1914–1918)||26 February 1868||15 May 1966||98 years, 78 days
|111
|{{Wp|Dom Mintoff}}
|Malta
|Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)
|1916.08.06
|2012.08.20
|96 years, 14 days
|-
|-
|58||'''{{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)||16 February 1916||10 February 2015||98 years, 56 days
|112
|{{Wp|Hans Schaffner}}
| Switzerland
|President (1966)
|1908.12.16  
|2004.11.26
|95 years, 346 days
|-
|-
|59||'''{{wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}'''||India||{{wp|List of presidents of India|President}} (1987–1992)||4 December 1910||27 January 2009||98 years, 54 days
|113
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Gavin Donne}}
|'''60'''||'''{{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)||'''8 May 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|5|8}}'''
|Cook Islands
|Queen's Representative (1982–1984)
|1914.05.08
|2010.03.28
|95 years, 327 days
|-
|-
|61||'''{{wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}'''||Hungary||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister}} (1919)||10 July 1875||25 July 1973||98 years, 15 days
|114
|{{Wp|Joaquín Balaguer}}
|Dominican Republic
|President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)
|1906.09.01
|2002.07.14
|95 years, 316 days
|-
|-
|62||'''{{wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}'''||Colombia||{{wp|List of presidents of Columbia|President}} (1957–1958)||8 March 1910||21 March 2008||98 years, 13 days
|115
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Tomás Romero Pereira}}
|'''63'''||'''{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}'''||'''Italy'''||{{wp|list of presidents of Italy|President}} (2006–2015)||'''29 June 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|6|29}}'''
|Paraguay
|Provisional President (1954)  
|1886.10.04
|1982.08.12
|95 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|64||'''{{wp|Miloš Jakeš}}'''||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|General Secretary of the Communist Party}} (1987–1989)||12 August 1922||10 July 2020||97 years, 332 days
|116
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Belisario Betancur}}
|'''65'''||'''{{wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''||'''Malaysia'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Malaysia|Prime Minister}} (1981–2003; 2018–2020)||'''10 July 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|Colombia
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|President (1982–1986)
|'''66'''||'''{{wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''||'''Afghanistan'''||{{wp|Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1988-1989)||'''17 July 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|1923.02.04
| 2018.12.07
|95 years, 306 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''117'''
|'''{{Wp|Péter Boross}}'''
|'''Hungary'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1994)
|'''1928.08.27'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''
|-
|-
|67||'''{{wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}'''||Jordan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Jordan|Prime Minister}} (1993–1995; 1997–1998)||18 February 1925||3 January 2023 ||97 years, 319 days
|118
|{{Wp|Carlo Azeglio Ciampi}}
|Italy013)
|Prime Minister (1993–1994)<br />President (1999–2006)
|1920.12.09
|2016.09.16
|95 years, 282 days
|-
|-
|68||'''{{wp|Kenan Evren}}'''||Türkiye||{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President of the National Security Council}} (1980–1982)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|State President}} (1982–1989)||17 July 1917||9 May 2015||97 years, 296 days
|119
|{{Wp|Pope Benedict XVI}}
|Vatican City
|Pope (2005–2013)<br />Sovereign (2005–2013)
|1927.04.16
|2022.12.31
|95 years, 279 days
|-
|-
|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)||29 January 1888||14 November 1985||97 years, 289 days
|120
|{{Wp|Fred Degazon}}
|Dominica
|President (1979–1980)
|1913.01.04
|2008.10.04
|95 years, 274 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''121'''
|'''{{Wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|'''China'''
|Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)
|'''1928.10.23'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''
|-
|-
|70||'''{{wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}'''||Cisleithania<br>(Austria-Hungary)||{{wp|List of ministers-president of Austria|Minister-President}} (1870)||21 May 1810||17 February 1908||97 years, 272 days
|122
|{{Wp|Robert Mugabe}}
|Zimbabwe
|Prime Minister (1980–1987)<br />President (1987–2019)
|1924.02.21
|2019.09.04
|95 years, 197 days
|-
|-
|71||'''{{wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}'''||Irish Free State||{{wp|Governoor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General}} (1932–1936)||3 February 1866||30 October 1963||97 years, 267 days
|rowspan=2| 123
|{{wp|Juan José Estrada}}
|Nicaragua
|President (1910–1911)
|1872.01.01
|1967.07.11
|rowspan=2 | 95 years, 191 days
|-
|-
|72||'''{{wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}'''||Algeria||{{Wp|List of presidents of Algeria|Chair of the Constitutional Counci}}l (1992)||27 April 1921||28 December 2018||97 years, 245 days
|{{wp|Trần Thiện Khiêm}}
|South Vietnam
|Prime Minister (1969–1975)
|2021.06.24
|2021.07.11
|-
|-
|73||'''{{wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}'''||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|Episcopal Veguer}} (1972–1993)||10 January 1923||14 August 2020||97 years, 217 days
|125
|{{Wp|Pote Sarasin}}
|Thailand
|Prime Minister (1957)
|1905.03.25
|2000.09.28
|95 years, 187 days
|-
|-
|74||'''{{wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}'''||Venezuela||{{wp|List of presidents of Venezuela|President}} (1993–1994)||28 November 1916||24 June 2014||97 years, 208 days
|126
|{{Wp|Antonio Imbert Barrera}}
|Dominican Republic
|President (1965)
|1920.12.03
|2016.05.31
|95 years, 180 days
|-
|-
|75||'''{{wp|He Yingqin}}'''||Taiwan||{{wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1949)||2 April 1890w||21 October 1987||97 years, 202 days
|127
|{{Wp|Tahar Ben Ammar}}
|Tunisia
|Prime Minister (1956)
|1889.11.25
|1985.05.10
|95 years, 166 days
|-
|-
|76||'''{{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)||15 January 1923||15 July 2020||97 years, 197 days
|128
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Cuthbert Sebastian}}
|'''77'''||'''{{wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}'''||'''Italy'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Italy|Prime Minister}} (1980–1981)||'''8 December 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|12|8}}'''
|Saint Kitts and Nevis
|Governor-General (1996-2013)
|1921.10.22
|2017.03.25
|95 years, 154 days
|-
|-
|78||'''{{wp|Liam Cosgrave}}'''||Ireland||{{wp|Taoiseach|Taoiseach}} (1973–1977)||13 April 1920||4 October 2017||97 years, 174 days
|129
|{{Wp|Roberto Marcelo Levingston}}
| Argentina
|President (1970–1971)
|1920.01.19<br> <small>later changed to 1920.01.10<small>
|2015.06.17
|95 years, 151 days
|-
|-
|79||'''{{wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}'''||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1939–1944)||15 March 1872 ||14 August 1969|| 97 years, 152 days
|130
|{{Wp|Carlos Alberto Rey}}
|Argentina
|''de facto'' President (1970)
|1922.01.04
|2017.05.29
|95 years, 145 days
|-
|-
|80|| '''{{wp|Patricio Aylwin}}'''||Chile||{{wp|List of presidents of Chile|President}} (1990–1994)||26 November 1918||26 November 2016||97 years, 145 days
|131
|{{Wp|Nelson Mandela}}
|South Africa
|President (1994&ndash;1999)
|1918.07.18
|2013.12.05
|95 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|81||'''{{wp|Armando Villanueva}}'''||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1988–1989)||25 November 1915||14 April 2013 ||97 years, 140 days
|132
| {{Wp|Daniel arap Moi}}
|Kenya
|President (1970-2002)
|1924.09.02
|2020.02.04
|95 years, 137 days
|-
|-
|82||'''{{wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}'''||Romania || {{wp |{{Wp|List of presidents of Romania|President of the Presidium}} (1958–1961) <br>{{wp|List of presidents of Romania|(Acting} President of the State Council}} (1965) <br>{{wp|List of prime ministers of Romania|Prime Minister}} (1961–1974)||23 September 1902||8 February 2000||97 years, 138 days
|133
|{{Wp|Apenera Short|Apenera Pera Short}}
|Cook Islands
|Queen's Representative (1990–2000)
|1916.02.04
|2011.06.15
|95 years, 131 days
|-
|-
|83||'''{{wp|Martial Célestin}}'''||Haiti||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Haiti|Prime Minister}} (1988) ||4 October 1913||4 February 2011 ||97 years, 123 days
|134
|{{wp|Paal Berg}}
|Norway
|Acting Head of State ()1945
|1873.01.18
|1968.05.24
|95 years, 126 days
|-
|-
|84 ||'''{{wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}'''||Romania||{{wp|Romanian Communist Party|First Secretary of the Workers' Party}} (1954–1955)||16 May 1913|| 21 August 2010||97 years, 97 days
|135
|{{Wp|Sixto Durán Ballén}}
|Ecuador
|President (1992–1996)  
|1921.07.14
|2016.11.15
|95 years, 124 days  
|-
|-
|85||'''{{wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}'''||Zambia||{{wp|Primme Minister of Zambia|Prime Minister}} (1964) <br>{{wp|Presidents of Zambia|State President}} (1964–1991)|| 28 April 1924 ||17 June 2021 ||97 years, 50 days
|136
|{{Wp|Ahmed Ben Bella}}
|Algeria
|President (1963 - 1965)
|1916.12.25
|2012.04.11
|95 years, 108 days
|-
|-
|86 ||'''{{wp|Walter Scheel}}'''||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|(Acting) Chancellor}} (1974)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Germany|President}} (1974–1979)|||8 July 1919||24 August 2016||97 years, 47 days
|137
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Dawda Jawara}}
|'''87'''|| '''{{wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''||'''Senegal'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Senegal|President}} (2000–2012)|||'''29 May 1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|The Gambia
|Prime Minister (1964-1970)<br>President (1970-1994)
|1924.05.16
|2021.08.27
|95 years, 103 days
|-
|-
|88||'''{{wp|Helmut Schmidt}}'''||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor}} (1974–1982)||23 December 1918||13 November 2015||96 years, 322 days
|138
| {{Wp|Philippe Pétain}}
|France
|Prime Prime Minister (1940)<br>Chief of State (1940 - 1944)
|1856.04.24
|1951.07.23
|95 years, 90 days
|-
|-
|89||'''{{wp|Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal}} {{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}'''||Vatican City||{{wp|List of popes|Acting Sovereign}} (1939)||10 April 1851||16 February 1948||96 years, 312 days
|139
|{{Wp|Léopold Sédar Senghor}}
|Senegal
|President (1960 - 1980)
|1906.10.09
|2001.12.20
|95 years, 72 days
|-
|-
|90||'''{{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}'''||Tuva||{{wp|List of leaders of Communist Tuva|Chair of the Presidium}} (1940–1944) ||1 January 1912||4 November 2008 ||96 years, 308 days
|140
|{{Wp|Petar Stambolić}}
|Yugoslavia
|Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)<br>President (1982 - 1983)  
|1912.07.12
|2007.09.21
|95 years, 71 days
|-
|-
|91 ||{{wp|'''Camille Huysmans}}||Belgium||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1946–1947)||26 May 1871||25 February 1968||96 years, 275 days
|141
|{{Wp|Anibal Portillo}}
|El Salvador
|Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961 - 1962)
|1914.12.20
|2010.02.15
|95 years, 57 days
|-
|-
|92||'''{{wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}'''||Israel||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister}} (1983–1984; 1986–1992)|| 22 October 1915 ||30 June 2012||96 years, 252 days
|142
|{{Wp|Pak Song-chol}}
|North Korea
|Premier (1976 - 1977)
|1913.09.02
|2008.02.28
|95 years, 56 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''143'''
|'''{{Wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|'''France'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1995)
|'''1929.05.02'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|-
|-
|93 ||'''{{wp|Federico Paéz}}'''||Ecuador||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Ecuador|President}} (1935–1937)||4 June 1877||9 February 1974|| 96 years, 250 days
|144
|{{Wp|Nguyễn Văn Tâm}}
|South Vietnam
|Prime Minister (1952–1954)
|1895.10.16
|1990.11.23
|95 years, 48 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''145'''
|'''{{Wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''
|'''Namibia'''
|President (1990–2005)
|'''1929.05.12'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''
|-
|-
|94||'''{{wp|Habib Bourguiba}}'''||Tunisia||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister}} (1956–1957)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President}} (1957–1987)||28 November 1916||24 June 2014||96 years, 247 days  
|146
|{{Wp|Max Petitpierre}}
|Switzerland
|Federal Council Minister (1944-1961) <br>President (1950, 1955, 1960)
|1899.02.26
| 1994.03.25
|95 years, 27 days
|-
|-
|95||'''{{wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}'''||Soviet Union||{{wp|List of premiership of the Soviet Union|Premier}} (1930–1941) ||9 March 1890||8 November 1986||96 years, 244 days
|147
|{{Wp|Dušan Dragosavac}}
|Yugoslavia
|Prime Minister (1981–1982)
|1919.12.01
|2014.12.21
|95 years, 20 days
|-
|-
|96||'''{{wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}'''||North Korea||{{wp|Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly}} (1994-1998)||1 October 1925||13 May 2022 ||96 years, 224 days
|148
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Saeb Salam}}
|'''97'''|| '''{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''||'''Lithuania'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Lithuania|President}} (1998–2003; 2004–2009)|| '''3 November 1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|Lebanon
|Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)
|1905.01.17
|2000.01.21
|95 years, 4 days
|-
|-
|76–98||'''{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1967)||1901||13 July 1998||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
|149
|{{Wp|Hassan ibn Yahya}}
|North Yemen
|Prime Minister (1948–1955)
|1908.06.13
|2003.06.13
|95 years, 0 days
|}
 
===Next 10 to Join===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
|-
|-
|99||'''{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}'''|||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1979–1980)||4 January 1921 ||14 July 2017|| 96 years, 191 days  
!<abbr>'''No.'''</abbr>||'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death'''||'''Age'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
! age by 12-31-24
|'''100'''||'''{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''||'''Yugoslavia'''||{{wp|President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia|President of the Presidency}} (1988–1989)|| '''9 December 1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
<!--|-
|'''1'''
|1xx||'''{{wp|Elizabeth II}}'''||United Kingdom||{{wp|List of British monarchs|Queen}} (1952–2022)||21 April 1926||8 September 2022 ||96 years, 140 days-->
|'''{{Wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (1995–2001)
|'''1929.07.19'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''2'''
|'''{{Wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''
|'''Zanzibar'''
|Sultan (1963–1964)
|'''1929.09.16'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''3'''
|'''{{Wp|Violeta Chamorro}}'''
|'''Nicaragua'''
|Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)<br />President (1990–1997)
|'''1929.10.18'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''4'''
|'''{{wp|Gombojavyn Ochirbat}}'''
|'''Mongolian People's Republic'''
|General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)
|'''1929.11.15'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1929|11|15}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|11|15|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''5'''||'''{{wp|Alfred Moisiu}}'''||'''Albania'''||President (2002–2007)||'''1929.12.01'''||'''alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|1}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|1|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|rowspan=3 | '''6'''||'''{{wp|Salim Al-Huss|Selim Hoss}}'''||'''Lebanon'''||Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)|| rowspan="3" |'''1929.12.20'''|| rowspan="3" |'''alive'''|| rowspan="3" |'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|20}}'''|| rowspan="3" |'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|20|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''{{wp|Lee Hyun-jae}}'''||'''South Korea'''|| Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) |Prime Minister (1988)
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''{{wp|Milan Panić}}'''||'''Yugoslavia'''|||Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''9'''
|'''{{wp|Efraín Goldenberg}}'''||'''Peru'''||Prime Minister (1994–1995)
|'''1929.12.28'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|28}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|28|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''10'''||'''{{wp|Ahmed Osman (politician)|Ahmed Osman}}'''||'''Morocco'''||Prime Minister (1972–1979)||'''1930.01.03'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|1|3}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|1|3|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''11'''||'''{{wp|Ion Iliescu }}'''||'''Romania'''||Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)<br />President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990)<br />President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)||'''1930.03.03'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|3|3}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|3|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''12'''||'''{{wp|Vigdís Finnbogadóttir}}'''||'''Iceland'''||President (1980–1996)||'''1930.04.15'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|4|15}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|4|15|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''13'''||'''{{wp|José Sarney}}'''||'''Brazil'''||President (1985–1990)||'''1930.04.24'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|4|24}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|4|24|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''14'''||'''{{wp|Kesang Choden (Queen)|Kesang Choden}}'''||'''Bhutan'''||Regent (1972)||'''1930.05.21'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|5|21}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|5|21|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''15'''||'''{{Wp|Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada}}'''||'''Bolivia'''||President (1993&ndash;1997, 2002&ndash;2003)||'''1930.07.01'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|7|1}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|7|1|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''16'''||'''{{Wp|Ivy Dumont}}'''||'''Bahamas'''||Acting Governor-General (2001&ndash;2002)<br />Governor-General (2002&ndash;2005)||'''1930.10.02'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|10|2}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|10|2|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''17'''||'''{{Wp|A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury}}'''||'''Bangladesh'''||President (2001&ndash;2002)||'''1930.10.11'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|10|2}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|10|11|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''18'''||'''{{Wp|Mabandla Dlamini}}'''||'''Swaziland'''||Prime Minister  (1979&ndash;1983)||'''1930.11.11'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|11|11}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|11|11|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''19'''||'''{{Wp|Choe Yong-rim}}'''||'''North Korea'''||Premier  (2010&ndash;2013)||'''1930.11.20'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|11|20}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|11|20|2024|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''20'''||'''{{Wp|Cesar Virata}}'''||'''Philippines'''||Prime Minister  (1981&ndash;1986)||'''1930.12.12'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|12|12}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|12|12|2024|12|31}}'''
|}
|}


== '''World's Longest lived state Leaders (born ost-1800''') ==
=='''Addendum'''==
{| class="wikitable uNsortable"  
==='''Uncertain Date of Birth'''===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Living From|| rowspan="2" |Age when oldest|| rowspan="2" |To
!'''Name'''!!'''State'''!!'''Position'''!! '''Birth'''!!'''Death'''!!'''Age'''
Time
! rowspan="2" |Name|| rowspan="2" |Sex|| colspan="2" |Lifespan|| rowspan="2" | Country
|-
|-
!Birth
|+ style=line-height:normal|The following persons might be older than ''138-21'' on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
|-
|{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}
|Somalia
|Interim president (1969)
|1912
|2012.06.12
|99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
|-
|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}
|Malawi
|Prime Minister (1964–1966)<br>State President (1966–1994)<br>President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
|1898
|1997.11.27
|98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
|-
|{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1967)
|1901
|1998.07.13
|96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
|-
|{{Wp|Hassan al-Hakim}}
|Syria
|Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)
|1886
|1982.03.30
|95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
|}
 
=='''Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885'''==
;Key
{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor="#fcc" |'''Current Longest-living'''
| bgcolor="#99ff99" |'''Former Longest-living'''
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
!Name
!Country
!
Sex
!Lifespan
!Became eldest
!Ceased
!Death
!Death
Age
 
|-
|-
| -||-||14 May 1897 (94)||{{wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}||M||19 October 1802
|{{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|14 May 1897
|Guatemala
94 years, 207 days  
|M
|{{Wp|Guatemala}}
|1802.10.19
|
| colspan="2" |1897.05.14<br /><small>aged 94 years, 207 days  
|-
|-
|14 May 1897
|{{Wp|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
87
|Austria
|87–90||12 Apr 1900 (90)
2 yrs, 334 days
|{{wp|Tomas Gormensoro y Alvin}}
|M
|M
|27 January 1810
|1806.07.17
|12 April 1900
|1897.05.14
90 years, 76 days  
| colspan="2" |1899.02.26<br /><small>aged 92 years 224 days
|Uruguay
|-
|{{Wp|Tomas Gormensoro Albin}}
|Uruguay
|M
|1810.01.27  
|1899.02.26
| colspan="2" |1900.04.12<br /><small>90 years, 76 days  
|-
|{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
|Papal States
|M
|1810.03.02
|1900.04.12
| colspan="2" |1903.07.20<br /><small>aged 93 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|12 Apr 1900
90
|90–93
|20 July 1903 (93)
(3 yrs, 99 days)
| {{wp|Pope Leo XIII|Leo XIII}}
| M
|2 March 1810
|20 July 1903
|
|
[[Vatican City]]
{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}
|-
|Austria
|20 July 1903
|M
93
|1810.02.21  
|93–97
|1903.07.20
|17 February 1908 (97)
| colspan="2" |1908.02.17<br /><small>aged 97 years, 272 days  
(4 yrs, 212 days)
|{{wp|Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}
| M
| 21 May 1810
|17 February 1908
97 years, 272 days
|{{wp|Austria}}
|-
|-
|17 February 1908
|{{Wp|Artúr Gorgey}}
|90–98
|Hungary
|21 May 1916 (98)
(8 yrs, 95 days)
|{{wp|Artúr Gorge}}
|M
|M
|30 January 1818
|1818.01.30
|21 May 1916
|1908.02.17
98 years, 113 days
| colspan="2" |1916.05.21<br /><small>aged 98 years, 113 days
|{{wp|Hungary}}
|-
|-
|21 May 1916
|{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|92–93
|Canada
| 10 December 1917
(1 yr, 204 days)
|{{wp|Mackenzie Bowel}}
|M
|M
|27 December 1823
|1823.12.27  
|10 December 1917
|1916.05.21
93 years, 348 days
| colspan="2" |1917.12.10<br /><small>aged 93 years, 348 days  
|{{wp|Canada}}
|-
|-
|10 December 1917
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|81–84
|France
|27 January 1921
(3 yrs, 49 days)
| {{wp |[[wikipedia:Justiniano_Borgoño|Justiniano Borgono]]
|M
|M
|5 September 1836
|1828.11.14
|27 January 1921
|1917.12.10
84 years, 145 days  
| colspan="2" |1923.05.14<br /><small>aged 94 years, 181 days  
|[[wikipedia:Peru|Peru]]
|-
|-
| 27 January 1921
|{{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}
|83–86
|Japan
|17 July 1923
(2 yrs, 172 days)
|{{wp|Theodor Rosett}}
|M
|M
|5 May 1837
|1835.02.25
|17 July 1923
|1923.05.14
86 years, 74  da<small><small />ys
| colspan="2" |1924.07.02<br /><small>aged 89 years, 127 days
|{{wp|Romania}}
|-
|-
|17 July 1923
|
|
85–87
{{Wp|Jules Méline}}
|21 December 1925
|France
(2 yrs, 158 days)
|M
|{{wp|Jules Méline}}
|1838.05.20  
 
|1924.07.02
| M
| colspan="2" |1925.12.21 <br /><small>aged 87 years, 216 days  
|20 May 1838
|21 December 1925
87 years, 216 days
|{{wp|France}}
|-
|-
| 21 December 1925
|{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|87–89
|Italy
| 19 August 1928
|M
(2 years, 243 days)
|1838.06.08
|[[Stefanos Skouloudis]]
|1925.12.21
| M
| colspan="2" |1932.03.10<br /><small>aged 93 years, 272 days  
|23 November 1838
|19 August 1928
89 years, 271 days
|[[Greece]]
|-
|-
|19 August 1928
|{{Wp|Francisco Andrade Marín}}
|89–90
|Ecuador
|
20 December 1929
 
(1 year, 124 days)
|[[Emile Loubet]]
 
|M
|M
| 30 December 1838
|1841.11.15
|20 December 1929
|1932.03.10
90 years, 355 days
| colspan="2" |1935.09.06<br /><small>aged 93 years, 295 days<small>
|[[France]]
|-
|-
|20 December 1929
|{{Wp|Lizardo Garcia}}
|85–93
|Ecuador
| 29 May 1937
|
(7 years, 161 days)
M
|[[Lizardo Garcia]]
|1844.04.26
| M
|1935.09.06
|26 April 1844
| colspan="2" |1937.05.29<br /><small>aged 93 years, 34 days  
|29 May 1937
93 years, 34 days  
|[[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|29 May 1937
|{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|88–96
|Bolivia
|6 August 1945
(8 years, 69 days)
|[[Alejandro Deustua]]
|M
|M
|22 March 1849
|1848.01.22  
| 6 August 1945
|1937.05.29
96 years, 138 days
| colspan="2" |1939.09.12<br /><small>aged 91 years, 233 days  
|[[Peru]]
|-
|-
|6 August 1945
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|94–96
|Peru
|16 February 1948
(2 yrs, 194 days)
|[[Cardinal]] [[Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte]]
|M
|M
|10 April 1851
|1849.03.22
 
|1939.09.12
|16 February 1948
| colspan="2" |1945.08.06<br /><small>aged 96 years, 138 days
96 years, 312 days  
|[[Vatican City]]
|-
|-
|16 February 1948
|{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}
|91–95
|Vatican City
|23 July 1951
(3 years, 157 days)
|[[Philippe Petain]]
|M
|M
|24 Apr 1856
|1851.04.10
|23 July 1951
|1945.08.06
95 years, 90 days  
| colspan="2" |1948.05.16<br /><small>aged 96 years, 312 days
|[[France]]
|-
|-
|23 July 1951
|{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
| 95–96
|France
|21 July 1952
(364 days)
|[[Pedro Lascurain]]
|M
|M
|8 May 1856
|1856.04.24
|21 July 1952
|1948.02.16
96 years, 74 days  
| colspan="2" |1951.07.23<br /><small>aged 95 years, 90 days
|[[Mexico]]
|-
|-
|21 July 1952
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascurain}}
|92–101
|Mexico
|12 December 1960
 
(8 years, 144 days)
|[[Christopher Hornsrud]]
|M
|M
|15 November 1859
|1856.05.08
|12 December 1960
|1951.07.23
101 years, 27 days  
| colspan="2" |1952.07.21<br /><small>aged 96 years, 74 days  
|[[Norway]]
|-
|-
|12 December 1960
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|92–98
|Norway
| 15 May 1966
(5 years, 154 days)
|[[Venceslau Brâs]]
|M
|M
|26 February 1868
|1859.11.15
|15 May 1966
|1952.07.21
98 years, 78 days  
| colspan="2" |1960.1<small />2.12<br />aged 101 years, 27 days
|[[Brazil]]
|-
|-
|15 May 1966
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil
|94–96
|25 February 1968
(1 year, 286 days)
|[[Camille Huysmans]]
|M
|M
|26 May 1871
|1868.02.26
|25 February 1968
|1960.12.12
96 years, 275 days
| colspan="2" |1966.05.15<br /><small>aged 98 years, 78 days
|[[Belgium]]
|-
|-
|25 February 1968
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|96–97
|Belgium
|14 August 1969
(1 year, 170 days)
|[[Alfredo Solf y Muro]]
|M
|M
| 15 March 1872
|1871.05.26
|14 August 1969
|1966.05.15
97 years, 152 days
| colspan="2" |1968.02.26<br /><small>aged 96 years, 275 days  
|[[Peru]]
|-
|-
|14 August 1969
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|96–98
|Peru
|28 March 1972
(2 years, 227 days)
|[[Joseph Paul-Boncour]]
|M
|M
|4 August 1873
|1872..03.15
|28 March 1972
|1968.02.26
98 years, 237 days
| colspan="2" |1969.08.14<br /><small>aged 97 years, 152 days
| [[France]]
|-
|-
| 28 March 1972
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
| 97–98
|France
|14 February 1973
(323 days)
|[[Émile Reuter]]
|M
|M
|2 August 1874
|1873.08.04
|14 February 1973
|1969.08.14
98 years, 196 days
| colspan="2" |1972.03.28<br /><small>aged 98 years, 237 days  
|[[Luxembourg]]
|-
|-
|14 February 1973
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|97–98
|Luxembourg
|25 July 1973
(161 days)
|[[Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham]]
|M
|M
|10 July 1875
|1874.08.02
|25 July 1973
|1972.03.28
98 years, 15 days  
| colspan="2" |1973.02.14<br /><small>aged 98 years, 196 days  
|[[Hungary]]
|-
|-
| 25 July 1973
|{{Wp|Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham}}
|96
|Hungary
|9 February 1974
(199 days)
|[[Federico Páez]]
|M
|M
|4 June 1877
|1875.07.10
|9 February 1974
|1973.02.14
96 years, 250 days
| colspan="2" |1973.07.25<br /><small>aged 98 years, 15 days  
|[[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|9 February 1974
|{{Wp|Federico Páez}}||Ecuador||M||1877.06.04
| 94–98
|1973.07.25
|19 September 1977
| colspan="2" |1974.02.09<br /><small>aged 96 years, 250 days  
(3 years, 222 days)
|-
|[[Borys Martos]]
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}||Ukraine||M||1879.05.20
|M
|1974.02.09
| 20 May 1879
| colspan="2" |1977.09.17<br /><small>aged 98 years, 122 days
|19 September 1977
98 years, 122 days
|[[Ukraine]]
|-
|-
|19 September 1977
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|98
|Ecuador
|22 March 1978
(184 days)
|[[Isidro Ayora]]
|M
|M
|31 August 1879
|1879.08.31
| 22 March 1978
|1977.09.17
98 years, 203 days  
| colspan="2" |1978.03.22<br /><small>aged 98 years, 203 days
|[[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|22 March 1978
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|96
|Paraguay
|24 April 1978
(33 days)
|[[Federico Chávez]]
|M
|M
|15 February 1882
| 15 February 1882 – 24 April 1978<br /><small>aged 96 years, 69 days•                  |1882.02.15
|24 April 1978
|1978.03.22
96 years, 69 days
| colspan="2" |1978.04.24<br /><small>aged 96 years, 68 days
|[[Paraguay]]
|-
|-
|24 April 1978
|{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
|94–103
|Türkiye
|22 August 1986
(8 years, 121 days)
|[[Celál Bayar]]
|M
|M
| 16 May 1883
|1883.05.16  
|22 August 1986
|1978.04.24
103 years, 99 days  
| colspan="2" |1986.08.22<br /><small>aged 103 years, 99 days
|[[Turkey]]
|-
|-
|22 August 1986
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}||Netherlands||M||1886.07.05
|100–101
|1986.08.22
|14 May 1988
| colspan="2" |1988.05.14<br /><small>aged 101 years, 314 days
(1 year, 267 days)
| [[Willem Drees]]
|M
|5 July 1886
|14 May 1988
101 years, 314 days  
|[[Netherlands]]
|-
|-
|14 May 1988
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|100–102
|Japan||M•
|14 December 1990
||1887.12.03
(2 ywars, 252 days)
|1988.05.14
|Prince [[Naruhiko Higashikuni]]
| colspan="2" |1990.01.20<br /><small>aged 102 years, 48 days  
| M
| 3 December 1887
| 20 January 1990
102 years, 48 days  
|[[Japan]]
|-
|-
|20 January 1990
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|100–101
|Taiwan
|
14 December 1990
 
(329 days)
|[[Zhang Qun]]
|M
|M
|9 May 1889
|1889.05.09
|14 December 1990
|1990.01.20
101 years, 220 days
| colspan="2" |1990.12.14<br /><small>aged 101 years, 220 days  
|[[Taiwan]]
|-
|-
|14 December 1990
|{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|98–102
|France
|13 December 1994
(3 years, 364 days)
|[[Antoine Pinay]]
|M
|M
|30 December 1891
|1891.12.30
|13 December 1994
|1990.12.14
102 years, 348 days
| colspan="2" |1994.12.13<br /><small>aged 102 years, 348 days
|[[France]]
|-
|-
|13 December 1994
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|98–99
|India
|10 April 1995
(119 days)
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|M
|M
| 29 February 1896
|1896.02.29  
|10 April 1995
|1994.12.13
99 years, 42 days  
| colspan="2" |1995.04.10
|[[India]]
<small>aged 99 years, 41 days  
|-
|-
|10 April 1995
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|97–99
|India
|15 January 1998
(52 days)
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|M
|M
|4 July 1898
|1898.07.04
|15 Jan 1998
|1995.04.10
99 years, 195 days  
| colspan="2" |1998.01.15<br /><small>aged 99 years, 195 days
|[[India]]
|-
|-
|15 January 1998
|{{Wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|96 or 97
|Greece
| 13 July 1998
(180 days)
|[[Konstantinos Kollias]]
|M
|M
|1901  
|1901  
|13 July 1998
|1998.01.15
96 years, 194 days to  
| colspan="2" |1998.07.13<br /><small>aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days  
 
97 years, 193 days  
|[[Greece]]
|-
|-
|13 July 1998
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
| 95–97
|Romania
|8 February 2000
(1 year, 211 days)
|[[Ion Gheorghe Maurer]]
 
|M
|M
|23 September 1902
|
|8 February 2000
1902.09.23
97 years, 139 days
|1998.07.13
|[[Romania]]
| colspan="2" |2000.02.08<br /><small>aged 97 years, 138 days
|-
|-
|8 February 2000
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|96–99
|Greece
|31 October 2002
(2 years, 267 days)
|[[Michail Stasinopoulos]]
|M
|M
|27 July 1903
|1903.07.27  
|31 Oct 2002
|2000.02.08
99 years, 143 days
| colspan="2" |2002.10.31<br /><small>aged 99 years, 142 days  
|[[Greece]]
|-
|-
|31 October 2002
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|98–100
|Greece
|10 June 2004
(1 year, 224 days)
|[[Xenophon Zolotas]]
|M
|M
|26 Apr 1904
|1904.04.26  
|10 June 2004
|2002.10.31
100 years, 45 days  
| colspan="2" |2004.06.10
|[[Greece]]
 
<small>aged 100 years, 45 days  
|-
|-
| 10 June 2004
|{{Wp|Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum}}
|98–103
|Cambodia
|22 January 2009
(4 years, 228 days)
|[[Chau Sen Coscal Chhum]]
|M
|M
|1 September 1905
|1905.09.01
|22 January 2009
|2004.01.06.10
103 years, 143 days
| colspan="2" |2009.01.22<br /><small>aged 103 years, 143 days  
|[[Cambodia]]
|-
|-
| 22 January 2009
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|98–99
|Sudan
|16 April 2009
(85 days)
|[[Abdel Halim Muhammad]]
|M
|M
|10 Apr 1910
|1910.04.10  
|16 Apr 2009
|2009.01.22
99 years, 6 days  
| colspan="2" |2009.04.16<br /><small>aged 99 years, 6 days  
|[[Sudan]]
|-
|-
|16 Apr 2009
|{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|98–99
|Suriname
|4 Jan 2010
|M
(264 days)
|1910.12.10
|[[Johan Ferrier]]
|2009.04.16
| M
| colspan="2" |2010.01.04<br /><small>aged 99 years, 237 days
|12 May 1910
|4 January 2010
99 years, 238 days
|[[Suriname]]
|-
|-
|4 Jan 2010
|{{Wp|Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz}}
|98–100
|Panama
| 15 Mar 2012
|M
(2 yrs, 72 days)
|1911.01.11
|[[Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz]]
|2010..01.04
|M||11 Jan 1911
| colspan="2" |2012.03.15<br /><small>aged 101 years, 64 days  
|15 Mar 2012
101 years, 65 days  
|[[Panama]]
|-
|-
|15 Mar 2012
|{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|99–100
|Ecuador
|9 Aug 2013
|M
(1 yr, 144 days)
|1912.10.09
|[[Telmo Vargas]]
|2012.03.15
| M
| colspan="2" |2013.08.09<br /><small>aged 100 years, 304 days
|9 October 1912
|9 August 2013
100 years, 304 days
|[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|9 Aug 2013
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
| 98–101
|Andorra
|27 July 2016
(2 yrs, 353 days)
|[[Piet de Jong]]
|M
|M
|3 April 1915
|1914.07.03
|27 July 2016
|2013.08.09
101 years, 115 days
| colspan="2" |2017.01.30<br /><small>aged 102 years, 211 days  
|[[Netherlands]]
|-
|-
|27 July 2016
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|99–101
|Vietnam
|1 Oct 2018
(2 yrs, 66 days)
|[[Đỗ Mười]]
|M
|M
|2 February 1917
|1917.02.02
|1 Oct 2018<br>101 years, 241 days
|2017.01.30
| [[Vietnam]]
| colspan="2" |2018.10.01<br /><small>aged 101 years, 241 days  
|-
|-
|1 Oct 2018
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
| 101
|Sudan
|17 Jan 2019
(108 days)
|[[Babiker Awadalla]]
 
|M
|M
|2 March 1917  
|1917.03.02
|17 January 2019
|2018.10.01
101 years, 321 days
| colspan="2" |2019.01.17<br /><small>aged 101 years, 321 days  
|[[Sudan]]
|-
|-
|17 Jan 2019
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|100–101
|Japan
|29 Nov 2019
(314 days)
|[[Yasuhiro Nakasone]]
|M
|M
|27 May 1918
|1918.05.27  
|29 Novenber 2019
|2019.01.17
101 years, 186 days
| colspan="2" |2019.11.29<br /><small>aged 101 years, 186 days  
|[[Japan]]
|-
|-
|29 Nov 2019
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|100-101
|South Korea
|25 May 2020
|M
{{ayd|2019|11|29|2020|5|25}}  
|
|[[Hyun Soong-jong]]
1919.02.26
| M
|2019.11.29
|26 February 1919
| colspan="2" |2020.05.20<br /><small>aged 101 years, 89 days  
|25 May 2020
101 years, 89 days  
|[[South Korea]]
|-
|-
|25 May 2020
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|99-100
|Libya
|7 December 2021
{{ayd|2020|5|25|2020|12|7}}
|[[Mustafa Ben Halim]]
|M
|M
|29 January 1921
|1921.01.29  
|7 December 2021  
|2020.05.20
100 years, 312 days
| colspan="2" |2021.12.07<br /><small>aged 100 years, 312 days  
|[[Libya]]
|-
|-
|25 May 2020
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|100
|Peru
|14 July 2022
{{ayd|2020|5|25|2022|07|14}}
|[[Francisco Morales-Bermúdez]]
|M
|M
|4 October 1921
|1921.10.14  
|14 July 2022
|2021.12.07
100 years, 285 days
| colspan="2" |2022.07.14
|[[Libya]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
|'''14 July 2022'''
|'''98*'''


|'''Present'''
<small>aged 100 years, 283 days
'''({{Age in years and days|2022|7|14}})'''
|- bgcolor="#99FF99" |
|[[Khamtai Siphamdone]]
|{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}
|Laos
|M
|1924.02.08
|2022.07.14
|2023.10.11
|Alive
<small>age {{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}</small>
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|'''Ecuador'''
|'''M'''
|'''M'''
|'''8 February 1924'''
|'''1923.11.04'''
|'''Living'''
|'''2023.10.11'''
'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
| colspan="2" |'''Alive'''
|[[Laos]]
'''<small>age {{age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''  
|-
|}
|}


==See also==
=='''See also'''==
 
*[[List of longest-reigning monarchs]]
*[[List of longest-reigning monarchs]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
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*[[Records of heads of state]]
*[[Records of heads of state]]
*[[List of Longest Living Cardinals]]
*[[List of Longest Living Cardinals]]
*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders]]
*[[Longest-lived state leaders by country]]
*[[List of Former longest living state leaders]]
*[[Comparison of Monarchs (list)]]
*[[Kage (Naruto)]]
*[[List of Philippine Officials by Age|Lists of Philippine Officials by age]]
*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (31 December 2027)]]
*[[Longest lived Spouses of National Leaders]]
* [[Philippine Congress Membership if the Philippines followed The US Congress allocations]]


=='''References'''== 
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Lists]]
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 23 June 2024

This article lists the Longest-known living (ages at least 95 years, 0 days) or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1 January 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived non acting state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days.


Gallery

List

Ages are up to date 06/23/2024

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905.09.01 2009.01.22 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)

President (1950–1960)

1883.05.16 1986.08.22 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891.12.30 1994.12.13 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914.07.03 2017.01.30 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887.12.03 1990.01.03 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917.03.02 2019.01.17 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889.07.05 1990.05.14 101 years, 314 days
8 Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)

General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)

1917.02.02 2018.10.01 101 years, 241 days
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889.05.09 1990.12.14 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918.05.18 2019.11.29 101 years, 186 days
11 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919.01.26 2020.05.25 101 years, 118 days
12 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915.04.03 2016.07.27 101 years, 115 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911.01.11 2012.03.15 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859.11.15 1960.12.12 101 years, 27 days
15 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921.01.29 2021.12.07 100 years, 312 days
16 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912.10.09 2013.08.09 100 years, 304 days
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)

President (1975–1980)

1921.10.04 2022.07.14 100 years, 283 days
18 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919.08.08 2020.03.30 100 years, 235 days
19 Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923.11.04

originally listed 1924.11.04

Alive 100 years, 232 days
20 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922.01.17 2022.07.08 100 years, 172 days
21 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)

Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)

1924.02.08 Alive 100 years, 136 days
22 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924.03.03 Alive 100 years, 112 days
23 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904.04.26 2004.06.10 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920.01.19 2020.03.04
25 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912.01.01 2012.02.02 100 years, 32 days
26 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924.10.01 Alive 99 years, 266 days
27 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910.05.12 2010.01.04 99 years, 237 days
28 Tun Tin Myanmar Prime Minister (1988) 1920.10.02 2020.05.01 99 years, 211 days
29 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898.07.04 1998.01.15 99 years, 195 days
30 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919.05.01 2018.09.20 99 years, 142 days
31 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)

President (1974–1976)

1909.01.09 2008.05.01 99 years, 113 days
32 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903.07.27 2002.10.31 99 years, 96 days
33 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892.06.28 1991.09.28 99 years, 92 days
34 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896.02.29 1995.04.10 99 years, 41 days
35 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
36 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
37 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913.03.30 2012.03.13 98 years, 350 days
38 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925.07.10 Alive 98 years, 349 days
39 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925.07.17 Alive 98 years, 342 days
40 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922.08.12 2020.07.10 98 years, 322 days
41 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925.05.08 2024.02.29 98 years, 297 days
42 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)

Regent (2016)

1920.08.26 2019.05.26 98 years, 273 days
43 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911.03.16 2009.11.15 98 years, 244 days
44 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915.11.13 2014.07.11 98 years, 240 days
45 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873.08.04 1972.03.28 98 years, 237 days
46 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918.10.18 2017.05.29 98 years, 223 days
47 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879.08.31 1978.03.22 98 years, 203 days
48 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874.08.02 1973.02.14 98 years, 196 days
49 Mamadou Dia Senegal President (1960–1962) 1910.07.18 2009.01.25 98 years, 191 days
50 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908.12.09 2007.06.08 98 years, 181 days
51 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910.04.09 2008.09.09 98 years, 153 days
52 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920.12.01 2019.04.22 98 years, 142 days
53 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918.03.23 2016.07.18 98 years, 127 days
54 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879.05.20 1977.10.19 98 years, 122 days
55 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818.01.30 1916.05.21 98 years, 112 days
56 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924.10.19 2023.02.06 98 years, 110 days
57 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921.01.05 2019.04.23 98 years, 108 days
58 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916.07.11 2014.10.21 98 years, 102 days
59 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925.06.29 2023.09.22 98 years, 85 days
60 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868.02.26 1966.05.15 98 years, 78 days
61 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916.12.16 2015.02.10 98 years, 56 days
62 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910.12.04 2009.01.27 98 years, 54 days
63 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926.05.29 Alive 98 years, 25 days
64 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungry Prime Minister (1919) 1875.07.10 1973.07.25 98 years, 15 days
65 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910.03.08 2008.03.21 98 years, 13 days
66 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925.02.18 2023.01.03 97 years, 319 days
67 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)

State President (1982–1989)

1917.06.17 2015.05.09 97 years, 296 days
68 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)

Acting President (1926–1927)

1888.01.29 1985.11.14 97 years, 289 days
69 Baron Ignaz von Plener Austria-Hungary Minister-President (1870) 1810.05.21 1908.02.17 97 years, 272 days
70 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866.02.03 1963.10.30 97 years, 267 days
71 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921.04.27 2018.12.28 97 years, 245 days
72 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926.11.03 Alive 97 years, 233 days
73 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923.01.10 2020.08.14 97 years, 217 days
74 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916.11.28 2014.06.14 97 years, 208 days
75 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890.04.02 1987.10.21 97 years, 202 days
76 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923.01.15 2020.07.30 97 years, 197 days
77 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926.12.09 Alive 97 years, 197 days
78 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920.04.13 2017.10.04 97 years, 174 days
79 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872.03.15 1969.08.14 97 years, 152 days
80 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918.11.26 2016.04.19 97 years, 145 days
81 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915.11.25 2013.04.14 97 years, 140 days
82 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)

(Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)

1902.09.23 2000.02.08 97 years, 138 days
83 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913.10.04 2011.02.04 97 years, 123 days
84 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913.05.16 2010.08.21 97 years, 97 days
85 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927.04.05 Alive 97 years, 79 days
86 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924.04.28 2021.06.17 97 years, 50 days
87 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)

President (1974–1979)

1919.07.18 2016.08.24 97 years, 47 days
88 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918.12.23 2015.11.10 96 years, 322 days
89 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851.04.10 1948.02.16 96 years, 312 days
90 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912.01.01 2008.11.04 96 years, 308 days
91 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871.05.26 1968.02.25 96 years, 275 days
92 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915.10.22 2012.06.30 96 years, 252 days
93 Federico Paéz Ecuador Jefe Supremo (1935–1937) 1877.06.04 1974.02.09 96 years, 250 days
94 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)

President (1957–1987)

1903.03.03 2000.04.06 96 years, 247 days
95 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890.03.09 1986.11.08 96 years, 244 days
96 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925.10.01 2022.05.13 96 years, 224 days
97 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921.01.04 2017.07.14 96 years, 191 days
98 Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926.04.21 2022.09.09 96 years, 140 days
98 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928.02.04 Alive 96 years, 140 days
100 Alejandro Deustua Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849.03.22 1945.08.06 96 years, 137 days
101 Jiang Zemin China President (1993-2003) 1926.08.17 2022.11.30 96 years, 105 days
102 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924.03.08 2020.05.29 96 years, 82 days
103 Pedro Lascuráin Mexico Acting President (1913) 1856.05.08 1952.07.21 96 years, 74 days
104 Federico Chaves Paraguay President (1949–1954) 1882.02.15 1978.04.24 96 years, 68 days
105 Fumio Gotō Japan Acting Prime Minister (1936) 1884.03.07 1980.05.13 96 years, 67 days
106 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)		 1928.05.10 Alive 96 years, 44 days
107 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915.06.17 2011.07.30 96 years, 43 days
107 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928.05.11 Alive 96 years, 43 days
109 Michael I Romania King (1927-1930, 1940-1947) 1921.10.25 2017.12.05 96 years, 41 days
110 João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu Brazil Prime Minister (1878–1880) 1810.11.20 1906.12.27 96 years, 37 days
111 Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916.08.06 2012.08.20 96 years, 14 days
112 Hans Schaffner Switzerland President (1966) 1908.12.16 2004.11.26 95 years, 346 days
113 Gavin Donne Cook Islands Queen's Representative (1982–1984) 1914.05.08 2010.03.28 95 years, 327 days
114 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906.09.01 2002.07.14 95 years, 316 days
115 Tomás Romero Pereira Paraguay Provisional President (1954) 1886.10.04 1982.08.12 95 years, 312 days
116 Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923.02.04 2018.12.07 95 years, 306 days
117 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928.08.27 Alive 95 years, 301 days
118 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Italy013) Prime Minister (1993–1994)
President (1999–2006) 		1920.12.09 2016.09.16 95 years, 282 days
119 Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City Pope (2005–2013)
Sovereign (2005–2013) 		1927.04.16 2022.12.31 95 years, 279 days
120 Fred Degazon Dominica President (1979–1980) 1913.01.04 2008.10.04 95 years, 274 days
121 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928.10.23 Alive 95 years, 244 days
122 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980–1987)
President (1987–2019) 		1924.02.21 2019.09.04 95 years, 197 days
123 Juan José Estrada Nicaragua President (1910–1911) 1872.01.01 1967.07.11 95 years, 191 days
Trần Thiện Khiêm South Vietnam Prime Minister (1969–1975) 2021.06.24 2021.07.11
125 Pote Sarasin Thailand Prime Minister (1957) 1905.03.25 2000.09.28 95 years, 187 days
126 Antonio Imbert Barrera Dominican Republic President (1965) 1920.12.03 2016.05.31 95 years, 180 days
127 Tahar Ben Ammar Tunisia Prime Minister (1956) 1889.11.25 1985.05.10 95 years, 166 days
128 Cuthbert Sebastian Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor-General (1996-2013) 1921.10.22 2017.03.25 95 years, 154 days
129 Roberto Marcelo Levingston Argentina President (1970–1971) 1920.01.19
later changed to 1920.01.10 		2015.06.17 95 years, 151 days
130 Carlos Alberto Rey Argentina de facto President (1970) 1922.01.04 2017.05.29 95 years, 145 days
131 Nelson Mandela South Africa President (1994–1999) 1918.07.18 2013.12.05 95 years, 140 days
132 Daniel arap Moi Kenya President (1970-2002) 1924.09.02 2020.02.04 95 years, 137 days
133 Apenera Pera Short Cook Islands Queen's Representative (1990–2000) 1916.02.04 2011.06.15 95 years, 131 days
134 Paal Berg Norway Acting Head of State ()1945 1873.01.18 1968.05.24 95 years, 126 days
135 Sixto Durán Ballén Ecuador President (1992–1996) 1921.07.14 2016.11.15 95 years, 124 days
136 Ahmed Ben Bella Algeria President (1963 - 1965) 1916.12.25 2012.04.11 95 years, 108 days
137 Dawda Jawara The Gambia Prime Minister (1964-1970)
President (1970-1994) 		1924.05.16 2021.08.27 95 years, 103 days
138 Philippe Pétain France Prime Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940 - 1944) 		1856.04.24 1951.07.23 95 years, 90 days
139 Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal President (1960 - 1980) 1906.10.09 2001.12.20 95 years, 72 days
140 Petar Stambolić Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)
President (1982 - 1983) 		1912.07.12 2007.09.21 95 years, 71 days
141 Anibal Portillo El Salvador Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961 - 1962) 1914.12.20 2010.02.15 95 years, 57 days
142 Pak Song-chol North Korea Premier (1976 - 1977) 1913.09.02 2008.02.28 95 years, 56 days
143 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929.05.02 Alive 95 years, 52 days
144 Nguyễn Văn Tâm South Vietnam Prime Minister (1952–1954) 1895.10.16 1990.11.23 95 years, 48 days
145 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929.05.12 Alive 95 years, 42 days
146 Max Petitpierre Switzerland Federal Council Minister (1944-1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960) 		1899.02.26 1994.03.25 95 years, 27 days
147 Dušan Dragosavac Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1981–1982) 1919.12.01 2014.12.21 95 years, 20 days
148 Saeb Salam Lebanon Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) 1905.01.17 2000.01.21 95 years, 4 days
149 Hassan ibn Yahya North Yemen Prime Minister (1948–1955) 1908.06.13 2003.06.13 95 years, 0 days

Next 10 to Join

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age age by 12-31-24
1 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929.07.19 Alive 94 years, 340 days 95 years, 165 days
2 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929.09.16 Alive 94 years, 281 days 95 years, 106 days
3 Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) 		1929.10.18 Alive 94 years, 249 days 95 years, 74 days
4 Gombojavyn Ochirbat Mongolian People's Republic General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929.11.15 Alive 94 years, 221 days 95 years, 46 days
5 Alfred Moisiu Albania President (2002–2007) 1929.12.01 alive 94 years, 205 days 95 years, 30 days
6 Selim Hoss Lebanon Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) 1929.12.20 alive 94 years, 186 days 95 years, 11 days
Lee Hyun-jae South Korea Prime Minister (1988)
Milan Panić Yugoslavia Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
9 Efraín Goldenberg Peru Prime Minister (1994–1995) 1929.12.28 Alive 94 years, 178 days 95 years, 3 days
10 Ahmed Osman Morocco Prime Minister (1972–1979) 1930.01.03 Alive 94 years, 172 days 94 years, 363 days
11 Ion Iliescu Romania Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)
President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990)
President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)		 1930.03.03 Alive 94 years, 112 days 94 years, 303 days
12 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President (1980–1996) 1930.04.15 Alive 94 years, 69 days 94 years, 260 days
13 José Sarney Brazil President (1985–1990) 1930.04.24 Alive 94 years, 60 days 94 years, 251 days
14 Kesang Choden Bhutan Regent (1972) 1930.05.21 Alive 94 years, 33 days 94 years, 224 days
15 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivia President (1993–1997, 2002–2003) 1930.07.01 Alive 93 years, 358 days 94 years, 183 days
16 Ivy Dumont Bahamas Acting Governor-General (2001–2002)
Governor-General (2002–2005)		 1930.10.02 Alive 93 years, 265 days 94 years, 90 days
17 A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury Bangladesh President (2001–2002) 1930.10.11 Alive 93 years, 265 days 94 years, 81 days
18 Mabandla Dlamini Swaziland Prime Minister (1979–1983) 1930.11.11 Alive 93 years, 225 days 94 years, 50 days
19 Choe Yong-rim North Korea Premier (2010–2013) 1930.11.20 Alive 93 years, 216 days 94 years, 41 days
20 Cesar Virata Philippines Prime Minister (1981–1986) 1930.12.12 Alive 93 years, 194 days 94 years, 19 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Birth Death Age
The following persons might be older than 138-21 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012.06.12 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993) 		1898 1997.11.27 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998.07.13 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Hassan al-Hakim Syria Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951) 1886 1982.03.30 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
Name Country

Sex

Lifespan Became eldest Ceased Death
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Guatemala M 1802.10.19 1897.05.14
aged 94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg Austria M 1806.07.17 1897.05.14 1899.02.26
aged 92 years 224 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin Uruguay M 1810.01.27 1899.02.26 1900.04.12
90 years, 76 days
Pope Leo XIII Papal States M 1810.03.02 1900.04.12 1903.07.20
aged 93 years, 140 days

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

Austria M 1810.02.21 1903.07.20 1908.02.17
aged 97 years, 272 days
Artúr Gorgey Hungary M 1818.01.30 1908.02.17 1916.05.21
aged 98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell Canada M 1823.12.27 1916.05.21 1917.12.10
aged 93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet France M 1828.11.14 1917.12.10 1923.05.14
aged 94 years, 181 days
Matsukata Masayoshi Japan M 1835.02.25 1923.05.14 1924.07.02
aged 89 years, 127 days

Jules Méline

France M 1838.05.20 1924.07.02 1925.12.21
aged 87 years, 216 days
Paolo Boselli Italy M 1838.06.08 1925.12.21 1932.03.10
aged 93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marín Ecuador M 1841.11.15 1932.03.10 1935.09.06
aged 93 years, 295 days
Lizardo Garcia Ecuador

M

1844.04.26 1935.09.06 1937.05.29
aged 93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro Villazón Bolivia M 1848.01.22 1937.05.29 1939.09.12
aged 91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua Peru M 1849.03.22 1939.09.12 1945.08.06
aged 96 years, 138 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City M 1851.04.10 1945.08.06 1948.05.16
aged 96 years, 312 days
Philippe Petain France M 1856.04.24 1948.02.16 1951.07.23
aged 95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascurain Mexico M 1856.05.08 1951.07.23 1952.07.21
aged 96 years, 74 days
Christopher Hornsrud Norway M 1859.11.15 1952.07.21 1960.12.12
aged 101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás Brazil M 1868.02.26 1960.12.12 1966.05.15
aged 98 years, 78 days
Camille Huysmans Belgium M 1871.05.26 1966.05.15 1968.02.26
aged 96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru M 1872..03.15 1968.02.26 1969.08.14
aged 97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour France M 1873.08.04 1969.08.14 1972.03.28
aged 98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter Luxembourg M 1874.08.02 1972.03.28 1973.02.14
aged 98 years, 196 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham Hungary M 1875.07.10 1973.02.14 1973.07.25
aged 98 years, 15 days
Federico Páez Ecuador M 1877.06.04 1973.07.25 1974.02.09
aged 96 years, 250 days
Borys Martos Ukraine M 1879.05.20 1974.02.09 1977.09.17
aged 98 years, 122 days
Isidro Ayora Ecuador M 1879.08.31 1977.09.17 1978.03.22
aged 98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves Paraguay M 1882.02.15 1978.03.22 1978.04.24
aged 96 years, 68 days
Celál Bayar Türkiye M 1883.05.16 1978.04.24 1986.08.22
aged 103 years, 99 days
Willem Drees Netherlands M 1886.07.05 1986.08.22 1988.05.14
aged 101 years, 314 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan M• 1887.12.03 1988.05.14 1990.01.20
aged 102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun Taiwan M 1889.05.09 1990.01.20 1990.12.14
aged 101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay France M 1891.12.30 1990.12.14 1994.12.13
aged 102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai India M 1896.02.29 1994.12.13 1995.04.10

aged 99 years, 41 days

Gulzarilal Nanda India M 1898.07.04 1995.04.10 1998.01.15
aged 99 years, 195 days
Constantine Kollias Greece M 1901 1998.01.15 1998.07.13
aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania M

1902.09.23

1998.07.13 2000.02.08
aged 97 years, 138 days
Michail Stasinopoulos Greece M 1903.07.27 2000.02.08 2002.10.31
aged 99 years, 142 days
Xenophon Zolotas Greece M 1904.04.26 2002.10.31 2004.06.10

aged 100 years, 45 days

Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum Cambodia M 1905.09.01 2004.01.06.10 2009.01.22
aged 103 years, 143 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan M 1910.04.10 2009.01.22 2009.04.16
aged 99 years, 6 days
Johan Ferrier Suriname M 1910.12.10 2009.04.16 2010.01.04
aged 99 years, 237 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz Panama M 1911.01.11 2010..01.04 2012.03.15
aged 101 years, 64 days
Telmo Vargas Ecuador M 1912.10.09 2012.03.15 2013.08.09
aged 100 years, 304 days
André Prunet-Foch Andorra M 1914.07.03 2013.08.09 2017.01.30
aged 102 years, 211 days
Đỗ Mười Vietnam M 1917.02.02 2017.01.30 2018.10.01
aged 101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla Sudan M 1917.03.02 2018.10.01 2019.01.17
aged 101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan M 1918.05.27 2019.01.17 2019.11.29
aged 101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong South Korea M

1919.02.26

2019.11.29 2020.05.20
aged 101 years, 89 days
Mustafa Ben Halim Libya M 1921.01.29 2020.05.20 2021.12.07
aged 100 years, 312 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez Peru M 1921.10.14 2021.12.07 2022.07.14

aged 100 years, 283 days

Khamtai Siphandone Laos M 1924.02.08 2022.07.14 2023.10.11 Alive

age 100 years, 136 days

Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador M 1923.11.04 2023.10.11 Alive

age 100 years, 232 days

See also

References


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