Lists of eldest living state leaders

This Article lists the eldest living state leaders throughout the entire political sphere and also by Continent.

General list of eldest living

Key

Longest-living

Name	State	Post	Birth	From	Until	Death	Age
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	President (1865)	19 Oct 1802	??	14 May 1897		94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria	Minister-president (1859-1861)	17 Jul 1806	14 May 1897 90 years, 301 days	16 Feb 1899		92 years, 214 days
Tomás Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	Interim President (1872-1873)	27 Jan 1810	26 Feb 1899 89 years, 30 days	12 Apr 1900		90 years, 75 days
Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	Minister-president (1870)	21 May 1810	12 Apr 1900 89 years, 326 days	17 Feb 1908		97 years, 272 days
Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	30 Jan 1818	17 Jul 1908 90 years, 168 days	21 May 1916		98 years, 112 days
Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	Prime Minister (1894–1896)	27 Nov 1823	21 May 1916 92 years, 176 days	10 Dec 1917		93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet	France	Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892)	14 Nov 1828	10 Dec 1917 89 years, 26 days	14 May 1923		94 years, 181 days
Masayoshi Matsukata	Japan	Prime Minister (1891-1892; 1896-1898)	25 Feb 1835	14 May 1923 88 years, 78 days	2 Jul 1924		89 years, 127 days
Paolo Boselli	Italy	Prime Minister (1916-1917)	8 Jun 1838	2 Jul 1924 86 years, 24 days	10 Mar 1932		93 years, 276 days
Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	Acting President (1912)	15 Nov 1841	10 Mar 1932 90 years, 116 days	6 Sept 1935		93 years, 296 days
Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	President (1905-1908)	26 Apr 1844	6 Sept 1935 91 years, 133 days	29 May 1937		93 years, 33 days
Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	President (1909-1913)	22 Jan 1848	29 May 1937 89 years, 127 days	12 Sept 1939		91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	22 Mar 1849	12 Sept 1939 90 years, 174 days	6 Aug 1945		96 years, 137 days
Granito Pignatelli	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	10 Apr 1851	6 Aug 1945 93 years, 122 days	16 Feb 1948		96 years, 312 days
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	Interim President (1892)	28 Jul 1854	16 Feb 1948 92 years, 203 days	25 Jul 1949		94 years, 362 days
Philippe Petain	France / French State	Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944)	24 Apr 1856	25 Jul 1949 93 years, 92 days	23 Jul 1951		95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	8 May 1856	23 Jul 1951 95 years, 76 days	21 Jul 1952		96 years, 74 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	15 Nov 1859	21 Jul 1952 93 years, 249 days	12 Dec 1960		101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	26 Feb 1868	12 Dec 1960 92 years, 290 days	15 May 1966		98 years, 78 days
Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946-1947)	28 May 1871	15 May 1966 93 years, 351 days	25 Feb 1968		96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	15 Mar 1872	25 Feb 1968 95 years, 346 days	14 Aug 1969		97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	4 Aug 1873	14 Aug 1969 95 years, 10 days	28 Mar 1972		98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	2 Aug 1874	28 Mar 1972 97 years, 237 days	14 Feb 1973		98 years, 196 days
Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	10 Jul 1875	14 Feb 1973 97 years, 219 days	25 Jul 1973		98 years, 15 days
Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	4 Jun 1877	25 Jul 1973 96 years, 51 days	9 Feb 1974		96 years, 250 days
Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	20 May 1879	9 Feb 1974 95 years, 265 days	19 Sept 1977		98 years, 112 days
Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	31 Aug 1879	19 Sept 1977 97 years, 19 days	22 Mar 1978		98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	15 Feb 1882	22 Mar 1978 96 years, 35 days	14 Apr 1978		96 years, 68 days
Celál Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	16 May 1883	14 Apr 1978 94 years, 318 days	22 Aug 1986		103 years, 98 days
Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	5 Jul 1886	22 Aug 1986 99 years, 53 days	14 May 1988		101 years, 314 days
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	3 Dec 1887	14 May 1988 99 years, 162 days	20 Jan 1990		102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	9 May 1889	20 Jan 1990 100 years, 256 days	14 Dec 1990		101 years, 219 days
Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	30 Dec 1891	14 Dec 1990 99 years, 349 days	13 Dec 1994		102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	29 Feb 1896	13 Dec 1994 98 years, 288 days	10 Apr 1995		99 years, 41 days
Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	4 Jul 1898	10 Apr 1995 98 years, 280 days	15 Jan 1998		99 years, 195 days
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	15 Jan 1998 96 years, 15 days to 97 years, 14 days	13 Jul 1998		96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	3 Sept 1902	13 Jul 1998 95 years, 313 days	18 Feb 2000		97 years, 138 days
Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President(1974–1975)	27 Jul 1903	8 Feb 2000 96 years, 196 days	31 Oct 2002		99 years, 92 days
Xenophon Zolotas		Prime Minister (1989–1990)	26 Apr 1904	31 Oct 2002 98 years, 188 days	10 Jun 2004		100 years, 45 days
Chau Sen Cocsal	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1 Sept 1905	10 Jun 2004 99 years, 283 days	22 Jan 2009		103 years, 143 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	10 Apr 1910	22 Jan 2009 98 years, 287 days	16 Apr 2009		99 years, 6 days
Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President(1975–1980)	12 May 1910	16 Apr 2009 98 years, 338 days	4 Jan 2010		99 years, 237 days)
Bernardino Gonzáles Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	11 Jan 1911	4 Jan 2010 98 years, 353 days	15 Mar 2012		101 years, 64 days
Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	15 Mar 2012 99 years, 75 days to 100 years, 74 days	12 Jun 2012		99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	9 Oct 1912	12 Jun 2012 99 years, 247 days	9 Aug 2013		100 years, 304 days)l
Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	13 Apr 1915	9 Aug 2013 98 years, 118 days	27 Jul 2016		101 years, 115 days
Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	2 Feb 1917	27 Jul 2016 99 years, 176 days	1 Oct 2018		101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	02 Mar 1917	1 Oct 2018 101 years, 213 days	17 Jan 2019		101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	27 May 1918	17 Jan 2019 100 years, 235 days	29 Nov 2019		101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	26 Feb 1919	29 Nov 2019 100 years, 276 days	25 May 2020		101 years, 89 days
Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	29 Jan 1921	25 May 2020 99 years, 116 days	7 Dec 2021		100 years, 312 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	4 Oct 1921	7 Dec 2021 100 years, 64 days	8 Jul 2022		aged 100 years, 283 days
Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 Feb 1924	8 Jul 2022 98 years, 150 days	11 Oct 2023 99 years, 245 days (ceased)	2 Apr 2025	101 years, 53 days
Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 Nov 1923	11 Oct 2023 99 years, 341 days	current		102 years, 33 days

By Continent

Africa

Longest-living

Name	State	Post	Birth	From	Until	Death	Age
Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956-1957) President (1957-1987)	3 Aug 1903	??	6 Apr 2000		96 years, 247 days
Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960–1980)	9 Oct 1906	6 Apr 2000 93 years, 179 days	20 Dec 2001		95 years, 72 days
Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960-1967)	9 Dec 1908	20 Dec 2001 93 years, 11 days	8 Jun 2007		98 years, 181 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Member of the Sovereignty Council (1964–1965)	10 Apr 1910	8 Jun 2007 97 years, 59 days	16 Apr 2009		99 years, 6 days
Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	Prime Minister (1962-1963) President (1963-1965)	25 Dec 1916	16 Apr 2010 94 years, 113 days	11 Apr 2012		95 years, 108 days
Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	2 Mar 1917	16 Apr 2012 95 years, 59 days	17 Jan 2019		101 years, 321 days
Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954-1957)	29 Jan 1921	17 Jan 2019 95 years, 59 days	7 Dec 2021		100 years, 312 days
Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985-1995)	8 May 1925	7 Dec 2021 94 years, 213 days	29 Feb 2025		98 years, 297 days
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000-2012)	29 May 1926	29 Feb 2024 97 years, 273 days	Alive		99 years, 192 days

Asia

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

Name	State	Position	Birth	Became eldest	Death	Age
C. Rajogopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	10 Dec 1878	??	25 Dec 1972 ??	94 years, 15 days
Mohammad Sa'ed	Iran	Prime Minister (1944, 1948-1950)	28 Apr 1881	25 Dec 1972 91 years, 221 days	21 Nov 1973	92 years, 187 days
Celâl Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	16 May 1883	21 Nov 1973 90 years, 189 days	22 Aug 1986	103 years, 98 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	3 Dec 1887	22 Aug 1986 98 years, 262 days	20 Jan 1990	102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	9 May 1889	20 Jan 1990 100 years, 256 days	14 Dec 1990	101 years, 219 days
Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	29 Feb 1896	14 Dec 1990 94 years, 289 days	10 Apr 1995	99 years, 41 days
Morarji Desai		Prime Minister (1977–1979)	4 Jul 1898	10 Apr 1995 96 years, 280 days	15 Jan 1998	99 years, 195 days
Saeb Salam	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)	17 Jan 1905	15 Jan 1998 92 years, 363 days	21 Jan 2000	95 years, 4 days
Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	25 Mar 1905	21 Jan 2000 94 years, 241 days	28 Sept 2000	95 years, 187 days
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1 Sept 1905	28 Sept 2000 95 years, 27 days	22 Jan 2009	103 years, 143 days
Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	4 Dec 1910	22 Jan 2009 98 years, 49 days	27 Jan 2009	98 years, 54 days
Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1 Jan 1912	27 Jan 2009 97 years, 26 days	2 Feb 2012	100 years, 32 days
Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister(1981-1984; 1986-1992)	22 Oct 1915	2 Feb 2012 96 years, 103 days	30 Jun 2012	96 years, 252 days
Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	2 Feb 1917	30 Jun 2012 95 years, 149 days	1 Oct 2018	101 years, 241 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	27 May 1918	1 Oct 2018 100 years, 127 days	28 Nov 2019	101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	26 Feb 1919	30 Nov 2019 100 years, 278 days	25 May 2020	101 years, 88 days
Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	15 Jan 1923	25 May 2020 97 years, 131 days	30 Jul 2020	97 years, 197 days
Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 Feb 1924	30 Jul 2020 96 years, 173 days	2 Apr 2025	101 years, 53 days
Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 Mar 1924	2 Apr 2025 101 years, 30 days	Alive	101 years, 279 days

Europe

	Living State Leaders

Name	State	Position	Birth	Became Eldest living	Death	Age
Philippe Pétain	France/Vichy France	Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944)	24 Apr 1856	?? ??	23 Jul 1951	95 years, 90 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	15 Nov 1859	23 Jul 1951 91 years, 250 days	12 Dec 1960	101 years, 27 days
Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	3 Feb 1866	12 Dec 1960 94 years, 313 days	30 Oct 1963	97 years, 267 days
Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	26 May 1871	30 Oct 1963 91 years, 157 days	25 Feb 1968	96 years, 275 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	4 Aug 1873	25 Feb 1968 93 years, 205 days	28 Mar 1972	98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	2 Aug 1874	28 Mar 1972 97 years, 238 days	14 Feb 1973	98 years, 196 days
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	10 Jul 1875	14 Feb 1973 97 years, 219 days	25 Jul 1973	98 years, 15 days
Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	20 May 1879	25 Jul 1973 94 years, 66 days	19 Sept 1977	98 years, 123 days
Celâl Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	16 May 1883	19 Sept 1977 94 years, 126 days	22 Aug 1986	103 years, 98 days
Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	5 Jul 1886	22 Aug 1986 99 years, 48 days	14 May 1988	101 years, 314 days
Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	30 Dec 1891	14 May 1988 99 years, 136 days	13 Dec 1994	102 years, 348 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	23 Sept 1902	13 Dec 1994 92 years, 81 days	8 Feb 2000	97 years, 138 days
Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	27 Jul 1903	8 Feb 2000 96 years, 196 days	31 Oct 2002	99 years, 96 days
Xenophon Zolotas		Prime Minister (1989–1990)	26 Apr 1904	31 Oct 2002 98 years, 188 days	10 Jun 2004	100 years, 45 days
Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	16 Dec 1908	10 Jun 2004 95 years, 177 days	26 Nov 2004	95 years, 346 days
Anthony Mamo	Malta	Acting Governor-General (1971) Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	9 Jan 1909	26 Nov 2004 95 years, 322 days	1 May 2008	99 years, 113 days
Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	16 Mar 1911	1 May 2008 97 years, 46 days	15 Nov 2009	98 years, 244 days
Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	30 Mar 1913	15 Nov 2009 96 years, 230 days	13 Mar 2012	98 years, 350 days
Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	3 Apr 1915	13 Mar 2012 96 years, 344 days	27 Jul 2016	101 years, 115 days
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	15 Oct 1918	27 Jul 2016 96 years, 286 days	29 May 2017	98 years, 223 days
Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	13 Apr 1920	29 May 2017 97 years, 46 days	4 Oct 2017	97 years, 174 days
Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	5 Jan 1921	4 Oct 2017 96 years, 272 days	23 Apr 2019	98 years, 108 days
Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	12 Aug 1922	23 Apr 2019 96 years, 254 days	10 Jul 2020	97 years, 332 days
Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	10 Jan 1923	10 Jul 2020 97 years, 182 days	14 Aug 2020	97 years, 217 days
Lubomir Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	19 Oct 1924	14 Aug 2020 96 years, 300 days	6 Feb 2023	97 years, 110 days
Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	29 Jun 1925	6 Feb 2023 97 years, 222 days	22 Sept 2023	98 years, 85 days
Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 Nov 1926	22 Sept 2023 96 years, 323 days	Alive	99 years, 34 days

North America

Living

Name	State	Post	Birth	Became eldest	Ceased		Death	Age
Tiburcio Carías Andino	Honduras	President (1932–1949)	5 Mar 1876	?? ??	23 Dec 1979		93 years, 293 days
Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Provisional President (1954)	4 Oct 1886	23 Dec 1979 92 years, 80 days	12 Aug 1982		95 years, 312 days
Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962&dash:1973)	28 Jun 1892	12 Aug 1982 90 years, 55 days	28 Sept 1991		99 years, 92 days
Andrés Rivero Agüero	Cuba	Prime Minister (1956&dash:1958)	4 Feb 1905	28 Sept 1991 86 years, 236 days	11 Nov 1997		92 years, 287 days
Paul Magloire	Haiti	President (1950&dash:1956)	19 Jul 1907	11 Nov 1997 90 years, 115 days	12 Jul 2001		93 years, 358 days
Joaquin Balaguer	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic (1960&dash:1962; 1966–1976; 1986–1996)	1 Sept 1906	12 Jul 2001 94 years, 214 days	14 Jul 2002		95 years, 316 days
Héctor Trujillo	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic (1952&dash:1960)	6 Apr 1908	12 Jul 2001 94 years, 87 days	19 Oct 2002		94 years, 196 days
Herbert Duffus	Jamaica	Acting Governor-General (1973)	30 Aug 1908	19 Oct 2001 94 years, 50 days	25 Oct 2002		94 years, 56 days
Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	11 Jan 1911	19 Oct 2001 91 years, 281 days	15 Mar 2012		101 years, 64 days
Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1952&dash:1960)	13 Nov 1915	15 Mar 2012 96 years, 122 days	11 Jul 2014		98 years, 140 days
Antonio Imbert Barrera	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic (1965)	3 Dec 1920	11 Jul 2014 93 years, 221 days	31 May 2016		95 years, 180 days
Cuthbert Sebastian	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (1996&dash:2013)	22 Oct 1921	31 May 2016 93 years, 222 days	25 Mar 2017		95 years, 154 days
Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970&dash:1976)	17 Jan 1922	25 Mar 2017 95 years, 67 days	8 Jul 2022		100 years, 172 days
Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977&dash:1981)	1 Oct 1924	8 Jul 2022 97 years, 280 days	29 Dec 2024		100 years, 89 days
'Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (1996&dash:1913)	11 May 1928	'29 Dec 2024: 96 years, 232 days	Alive		97 years, 210 days

See Also

• List of oldest living state leaders