List of oldest living state leaders

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

Gallery

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  Oldest-living:
  Laos
  Khamtai Siphandone
  served: 1991–2006

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  2nd-oldest:
  Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served 1994–1996;

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  3rd-oldest:
  United States
  Jimmy Carter
  served 1977–1981

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  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 11th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

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  Oldest living incumbent and 72nd-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Key

Currently in Office

Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
1	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 February 1924	101 years, 31 days
2	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	101 years, 8 days
3	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	100 years, 161 days
4	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1924	100 years, 127 days
5	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	8 May 1925	98 years, 307 days
6	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	29 June 1925	98 years, 255 days
7	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	98 years, 244 days
8	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 July 1925	98 years, 237 days
9	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	98 years, 286 days
10	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	98 years, 128 days
11	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	98 years, 92 days
12	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	97 years, 340 days
13	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	97 years, 11 days
14	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	96 years, 305 days
15	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	96 years, 304 days
16	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 August 1928	96 years, 196 days
17	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 October 1928	96 years, 139 days
18	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	95 years, 313 days
19	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	95 years, 303 days
20	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	95 years, 235 days
21	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 September 1929	95 years, 176 days
22	Nikolai Ryzhkov	Soviet Union	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991)	28 September 1929	95 years, 164 days
23	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 October 1929	95 years, 144 days
24	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 November 1929	95 years, 116 days
25	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 December 1929	95 years, 100 days
26	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 December 1929	95 years, 81 days
	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
29	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 December 1929	95 years, 73 days
30	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 January 1930	95 years, 67 days
31	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	3 March 1930	95 years, 8 days
32	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 April 1930	94 years, 330 days
33	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 April 1930	94 years, 341 days
34	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	94 years, 294 days
35	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 July 1930	94 years, 253 days
36	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 October 1930	94 years, 160 days
37	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 November 1930	94 years, 120 days
38	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 November 1930	94 years, 111 days
39	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 December 1930	94 years, 89 days
40	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 January 1931	94 years, 66 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
42	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 January 1931	94 years, 51 days
43	Dries van Agt	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1977–1982)	2 February 1931	94 years, 37 days
44	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 February 1931	94 years, 35 days
45	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 March 1931	94 years, 10 days
46	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 March 1931	93 years, 360 days
47	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	93 years, 295 days
48	Raúl Castro	Cuba	President of the Council of State (2006–2018) President of the Council of Ministers (2006–2018) First Secretary of the Communist Party (2011–2021)	3 June 1931	93 years, 281 days
49	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 June 1931	93 years, 266 days
50	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 July 1931	93 years, 226 days
51	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 September 1931	93 years, 163 days
52	Michael Hardie Boys	New Zealand	Governor-General (1996–2001)	6 October 1931	93 years, 156 days
53	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 December 1931	93 years, 100 days
54	Javier Valle Riestra	Peru	Prime Minister (1998)	5 January 1932	93 years, 65 days
55	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 February 1932	93 years, 25 days
56	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 March 1932	92 years, 361 days
57	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	92 years, 300 days
58	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 June 1932	92 years, 258 days
59	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 August 1932	92 years, 214 days
60	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 August 1932	92 years, 211 days
61	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 September 1932	92 years, 181 days
62	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 September 1932	92 years, 166 days
63	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 October 1932	92 years, 144 days
64	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 October 1932	92 years, 137 days
65	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	1 November 1932	92 years, 130 days
66	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 November 1932	92 years, 123 days
67	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 November 1932	92 years, 111 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
69	Bill Hayden	Australia	Governor-General (1989–1996)	23 January 1933	92 years, 47 days
70	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (1993–2011)	2 February 1933	92 years, 37 days
71	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 February 1933	92 years, 26 days
72	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 April 1933	91 years, 316 days
73	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	91 years, 297 days
74	Basdeo Panday	Trinidad and Tobago	Prime Minister (1995–2001)	25 May 1933	91 years, 290 days
75	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 June 1933	91 years, 276 days
76	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 June 1933	91 years, 269 days
77	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 July 1933	91 years, 240 days
78	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 August 1933	91 years, 217 days
79	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983)	11 August 1933	91 years, 78 days
80	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 August 1933	91 years, 194 days
81	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 September 1933	91 years, 181 days
83	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 September 1933	91 years, 172 days
83	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 December 1933	91 years, 79 days
84	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 December 1933	91 years, 78 days
85	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	91 years, 66 days
86	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	91 years, 59 days
87	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 January 1934	91 years, 43 days
88	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 February 1934	91 years, 32 days
89	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 March 1934	90 years, 345 days
90	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 March 1934	90 years, 346 days
91	Édouard Frank	Central African Republic	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	5 April 1934	90 years, 340 days
92	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 April 1934	90 years, 326 days
93	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 April 1934	90 years, 316 days
94	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	90 years, 306 days
95	Heng Samrin	Deocratic Kampuchea	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	90 years, 290 days
96	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 June 1934	90 years, 280 days
97	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 June 1934	90 years, 278 days
98	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 June 1934	90 years, 265 days
99	Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem	Angola	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1996–1999)	24 August 1934	90 years, 199 days
100	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 September 1934	90 years, 187 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #55–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	22 March 1920	104 years, 354 days
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 April 1920	104 years, 321 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 February 1927	98 years, 31 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 October 1929	95 years, 144 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999)	15 October 1931	93 years, 147 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front Council (1989)	24 June 1934	90 years, 260 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–41 on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Waldo Bernal Pereira	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	1931 or 1934	93 years, 70 days to 94 years, 69 days; or 90 years, 70 days to 91 years, 69 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	90 years, 70 days to 91 years, 69 days

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