List of longest-living state leaders

This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister) and cardinals, born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on lightgreen. 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 Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905-2009) of  Cambodia, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. And among the Living the Oldest is Guillermo Rodriguez (born 1923) of  Ecuador, whose current age is 102 years, 33 days. This list consists of 91 deceased and 9 living state leaders.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served: 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
   Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  Antoine Pinay
  served: 1952 1953

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  6th-oldest:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/7/2025

Living

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 33 days
7	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
8	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
9	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
10	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	2025	101 years, 228 days
11	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
12	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
13	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
14	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
15	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
16	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
17	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
18	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
19	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
20	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
21	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
22	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 150 days
23	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 143 days
24	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
25	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
27	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
28	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
29	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
30	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 192 days
31	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
32	Sir Anthony Mamo KUOM OBE QC	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
33	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
34	Sir Clifford Campbell ON GCMG GCVD KStJ	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
35	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
36	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
37	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 34 days
38	Ċensu Tabone KUOM	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
39	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 363 days
40	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
41	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
42	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
43	Sir Howard Cooke ON CO GCMG GCVD KStJ	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
44	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
45	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
46	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
47	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
48	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
49	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
50	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
51	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
52	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
53	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
54	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
55	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
56	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
57	Gough Whitlam AC QC	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
58	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
59	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
60	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
61	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
62	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
63	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
64	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
65	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
66	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
67	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
68	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
69	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	SPA Chairman (1998–2019)	1928	2025
71	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
72	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
73	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
74	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
75	Arthur Foulkes ON GCMG	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 210 days
76	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
77	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
78	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
79	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
80	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
81	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
82	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
83	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 102 days
84	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
85	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
86	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 45 days
87	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
88	Granito Pignatelli	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
89	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
90	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
91	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
92	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) Interim President (1957–1959) President (1959–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
93	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
94	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990-1992) President (2001-2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days
95	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
96	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993-1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 219 days
97	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979-1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
98	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Monarchy of the United Kingdom	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
99	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
100	Sir Orville Turnquest GCMG KC JP	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 141 days

If this Living state leaders are still alive by 30 November 2025

1. Guillermo Rodríguez: 102 years, 26 days
2. Mahathir Mohamad: 100 years, 143 days
3. Mohammad Hasan Sharq: 100 years, 136 days
4. Abdoulaye Wade: 99 years, 185 days
5. Valdas Adamkus: 99 years, 27 days
6. Raif Dizdarević: 98 years, 356 days
7. Arthur Foulkes: 97 years, 203 days
8. Péter Boross: 97 years, 95 days
9. Zhu Rongji: 97 years, 38 days
10. Édouard Balladur: 96 years, 212 days
11. Orville Turnquest: 96 years, 134 days

Next to Enter

No.	Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Current Age	Age as of 30 Nov 2025	Entry Date After
1	Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	A ting President (1987)	1929	Alive	96 years, 52 days	96 years, 45 days	2 Mar 2026
2	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 22 days	96 years, 15 days	4 Apr 2026
3	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 6 days	95 years, 364 days	11 Jun 2026
4	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 352 days	95 years, 345 days	1 Aug 2026
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992-1993)
6	Efrain Goldenberg	Peru	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	95 years, 344 days	95 years, 337 days	29 Aug 2026
7	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1970)	1930	Alive	95 years, 338 days	95 years, 331 days	6 Sept 2026
8	Vigdis Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	95 years, 236 days	95 years, 229 days	21 Dec 2026
9	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	1930	Alive	95 years, 227 days	95 years, 220 days	1 Jan 2027
10	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993-1997; 2002-2003)	1930	Alive	95 years, 159 days	95 years, 152 days	2 Apr 2027

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #23–96 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971; 1971)	1912	2012	99 years, 33 days to 100 years, 32 days
Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Unlear status as State Leaders

The following individuals might be older than #1–96 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960-1961)	1920	2024	104 years, 211 days
Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	1920	2024	104 years, 23 days
Kim Yong-ju	North Korea	Vice President during Vacancy	1920	2021	101 years, 82 days to 99 years, 328 days
Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	1927	Alive	98 years, 302 days
Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Acting President (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tannu Tuva	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
Laurie Greig	Cook Islands	Acting Queen's Representarive (2000–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 286 days

Chronological list of longest-lived state leaders (from 1905)

Key

Longest-living

Name	State	Post	Birth	From	Death	Age	Until	Duration
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	Acting President (1865)	19 Oct 1802	??	14 May 1897	94 years, 207 days	15 Dec 1904	??
Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania	Minister-President (1870)	21 May 1810	15 Dec 1904	17 Feb 1908	97 years, 272 days	30 Oct 1915	10 years, 339 days
Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	30 Jan 1818	30 Oct 1915	21 May 1916	98 years, 112 days	9 Mar 1958	42 years, 130 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	15 Nov 1859	9 Mar 1958	12 Dec 1960	101 years, 27 days	13 Jun 1984	26 years, 97 days
Celál Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	16 May 1883	13 Jun 1984	22 Aug 1986	103 years, 98 days	9 Apr 2008	23 years, 301 days
Chau Sen Cocsal	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1 Sept 1905	9 Apr 2008	22 Jan 2009	103 years, 143 days	present	17 years, 242 days

See also

• List of longest-living cardinals
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
• Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
• Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
• Future longest-living state leaders
• Past longest-living state leaders
• List of longest-living state leaders from Africa
• List of longest-living state leaders from Asia
• List of longest-living state leaders from Europe
• List of longest-living state leaders from North America
• List of longest-living state leaders from Oceania
• List of longest-living state leaders from South America
• Lists of eldest living state leaders
• Lists of longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals