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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.
This article lists the Longest-known living (ages at least 95 years, 0 days; born non-earlier than 1900) 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.




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|1905.09.01||2009.01.22 ||103 years, 143 days
|1905.09.01||2009.01.22 ||103 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|2|| {{Wp|Celâl Bayar}}||Türkiye||Prime Minister (1937–1939)
|2
President (1950–1960)
|1883.05.16 ||1986.08.22||103 years, 98 days
|-
|3||{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}|||France||Prime Minister (1952–1953)||1891.12.30||1994.12.13 ||102 years, 343 days
|-
|4
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|Andorra
|Andorra
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|102 years, 211 days
|102 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|5
|3
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1945)
|1887.12.03
|1990.01.03
|102 years, 48 days
|-
|6
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|Sudan
|Sudan
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|101 years, 321 days
|101 years, 321 days
|-
|-
|7
|4
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}
|The Netherlands
|Prime Minister (1948–1958)
|1889.07.05
|1990.05.14
|101 years, 314 days
|-
|8
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|Viet Nam
|Viet Nam
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|101 years, 241 days
|101 years, 241 days
|-
|-
|9
|5
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1947–1948)
|1889.05.09
|1990.12.14
|101 years, 219 days
|-
|10
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|Japan
|Japan
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|101 years, 186 days
|101 years, 186 days
|-
|-
|11
|6
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|South Korea
|South Korea
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|101 years, 118 days
|101 years, 118 days
|-
|-
|12
|7
|{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}
|{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}
|The Netherlands
|The Netherlands
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|101 years, 115 days
|101 years, 115 days
|-
|-
|13
|8
|{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}
|{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}
|Panama
|Panama
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|101 years, 64 days
|101 years, 64 days
|-
|-
|14
|9
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|Norway
|Prime Minister (1928)
|1859.11.15
|1960.12.12
|101 years, 27 days
|-
|15
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|Libya
|Libya
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|100 years, 312 days
|100 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|16
|10
|{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|Ecuador
|Ecuador
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|100 years, 304 days
|100 years, 304 days
|-
|-
|17
|11
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}
|Peru
|Peru
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|100 years, 283 days
|100 years, 283 days
|-
|-
|18
|12
|{{Wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|{{Wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|Taiwan
|Taiwan
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|100 years, 235 days
|100 years, 235 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''19'''
|'''13'''
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodríguez () politician|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodríguez () politician|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|'''Ecuador'''
|'''Ecuador'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
|-
|-
|20
|14
|{{Wp|Luis Echeverría}}
|{{Wp|Luis Echeverría}}
|Mexico
|Mexico
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|100 years, 172 days
|100 years, 172 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''21'''
|'''15'''
|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
|'''Laos'''
|'''Laos'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''22'''
|'''16'''
|'''{{Wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''
|'''Japan'''
|'''Japan'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |23
| rowspan="2" |17
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|Greece
|Greece
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|2020.03.04
|2020.03.04
|-
|-
|25
|19
|{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}
|{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}
|Yemen
|Yemen
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|100 years, 32 days
|100 years, 32 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''26'''
|'''20'''
|'''{{Wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
|'''United States'''
|'''United States'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|-
|-
|27
|21
|{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|Suriname
|Suriname
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|99 years, 237 days
|99 years, 237 days
|-
|-
|28
|22
|{{Wp|Tun Tin}}
|{{Wp|Tun Tin}}
|Myanmar
|Myanmar
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|99 years, 211 days
|99 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|29
|23
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|India
|Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)
|1898.07.04
|1998.01.15
|99 years, 195 days
|-
|30
|{{Wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
|{{Wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
|Morocco
|Morocco
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|99 years, 142 days
|99 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|31
|25
|{{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|{{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|Malta
|Malta
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|99 years, 113 days
|99 years, 113 days
|-
|-
|32
|26
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|Greece
|Greece
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|99 years, 96 days
|99 years, 96 days
|-
|-
|33
|27||{{WP|Võ Chí Công}}||{{VIE}}||Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)||1912||2011 ||99 years, 32 days
|{{Wp|Clifford Campbell}}
|Jamaica
|Governor-General (1962–1973)
|1892.06.28
|1991.09.28
|99 years, 92 days
|-
|-
|34
|28
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|India
|Prime Minister (1977–1979)
|1896.02.29
|1995.04.10
|99 years, 41 days
|-
|35||{{WP|Võ Chí Công}}||{{VIE}}||Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)||1912||2011 ||99 years, 32 days
|-
|36
|{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}
|{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}
|Malta
|Malta
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|98 years, 350 days
|98 years, 350 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''36'''
|'''28'''
|'''{{Wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
|'''Malaysia'''
|'''Malaysia'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''38'''
|'''29'''
|'''{{Wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''
|'''Afghanistan'''
|'''Afghanistan'''
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|'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|-
|-
|39
|30
|{{Wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}
|{{Wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}
|Tanzania
|Tanzania
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|98 years, 297 days
|98 years, 297 days
|-
|-
|40
|31
|{{Wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|{{Wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|Thailand
|Thailand
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|98 years, 273 days
|98 years, 273 days
|-
|-
|41
|32
|{{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}
|{{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}
|Belgium
|Belgium
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|98 years, 244 days
|98 years, 244 days
|-
|-
|42
|33
|{{Wp|Howard Cooke}}
|{{Wp|Howard Cooke}}
|Jamaica
|Jamaica
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|98 years, 240 days
|98 years, 240 days
|-
|-
|43
|34
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|France
|Prime Minister (1932–1933)
|1873.08.04
|1972.03.28
|98 years, 237 days
|-
|44
|{{Wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|{{Wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|Greece
|Greece
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|98 years, 223 days
|98 years, 223 days
|-
|-
|45
|35
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|Ecuador
|President (1926–1931)
|1879.08.31
|1978.03.22
|98 years, 203 days
|-
|46
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|Luxembourg
|Prime Minister (1918–1925)
|1874.08.02
|1973.02.14
|98 years, 196 days
|-
|47
|{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}
|{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}
|Senegal
|Senegal
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|98 years, 191 days
|98 years, 191 days
|-
|-
|48
|36
|{{Wp|Aden Adde}}
|{{Wp|Aden Adde}}
|Somalia
|Somalia
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|98 years, 181 days
|98 years, 181 days
|-
|-
|49
|37
|{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}
|{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}
|Laos
|Laos
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|98 years, 153 days
|98 years, 153 days
|-
|-
|50
|38
|{{Wp|Lê Đức Anh}}
|{{Wp|Lê Đức Anh}}
|Viet Nam
|Viet Nam
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|98 years, 142 days
|98 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|51
|39
|{{Wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|{{Wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|Dahomey
|Dahomey
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|98 years, 127 days
|98 years, 127 days
|-
|-
|52
|40
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}
|Ukraine
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)
|1879.05.20
|1977.10.19
|98 years, 122 days
|-
|53
|{{Wp|Artúr Görgei}}
|Hungary
|Acting Governor-President (1849)
|1818.01.30
|1916.05.21
|98 years, 112 days
|-
|54
|{{Wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|{{Wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|Czechoslovakia
|Czechoslovakia
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|98 years, 110 days
|98 years, 110 days
|-
|-
|55
|41
|{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}
|{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}
|Luxembourg
|Luxembourg
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|98 years, 108 days
|98 years, 108 days
|-
|-
|56
|42
|{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|Australia
|Australia
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|98 years, 102 days
|98 years, 102 days
|-
|-
|57
|43
|{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|Italy
|Italy
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|98 years, 85 days
|98 years, 85 days
|-
|-
|58
|44
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}
|Brazil
|President (1914–1918)
|1868.02.26
|1966.05.15
|98 years, 78 days
|-
|59
|{{Wp|Claude Rostain}}
|{{Wp|Claude Rostain}}
|Andorra
|Andorra
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|98 years, 56 days
|98 years, 56 days
|-
|-
|60
|45
|{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}
|{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}
|India
|India
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|98 years, 54 days
|98 years, 54 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''60'''
|'''46'''
|'''{{Wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
|'''Senegal'''
|'''Senegal'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|-
|62
|47
|{{Wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}
|Hungry
|Prime Minister (1919)
|1875.07.10
|1973.07.25
|98 years, 15 days
|-
|63
|{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}
|{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}
|Colombia
|Colombia
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|98 years, 13 days
|98 years, 13 days
|-
|-
|64
|48
|{{Wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|{{Wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|Jordan
|Jordan
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|97 years, 319 days
|97 years, 319 days
|-
|-
|65
|49
|{{Wp|Kenan Evren}}
|{{Wp|Kenan Evren}}
|Türkiye
|Türkiye
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|97 years, 296 days
|97 years, 296 days
|-
|-
|66
|50
|{{Wp|Wellington Koo}}
|China
|Acting Premier (1924)<br />Acting President (1926–1927)
|1888.01.29
|1985.11.14
|97 years, 289 days
|-
|67
|{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}
|Austria-Hungary
|Minister-President (1870)
|1810.05.21
|1908.02.17
|97 years, 272 days
|-
|68
|{{Wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}
|Ireland
|Governor-General (1932–1936)
|1866.02.03
|1963.10.30
|97 years, 267 days
|-
|69
|{{Wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|{{Wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|Algeria
|Algeria
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|97 years, 245 days
|97 years, 245 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''70'''
|'''51'''
|'''{{Wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''
|'''Lithuania'''
|'''Lithuania'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|-
|-
|71
|52
|{{Wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|{{Wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|Andorra
|Andorra
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|97 years, 217 days
|97 years, 217 days
|-
|-
|72
|53
|{{Wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}
|{{Wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}
|Venezuela
|Venezuela
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|97 years, 208 days
|97 years, 208 days
|-
|-
|73
|54
|{{Wp|He Yingqin}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1949)
|1890.04.02
|1987.10.21
|97 years, 202 days
|-
|74
|{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|Taiwan
|Taiwan
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|97 years, 197 days
|97 years, 197 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''75'''
|'''54'''
|'''{{Wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''
|'''Yugoslavia'''
|'''Yugoslavia'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|-
|-
|76
|56
|{{Wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|{{Wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|Ireland
|Ireland
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|97 years, 174 days
|97 years, 174 days
|-
|-
|77
|57
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1939–1944)
|1872.03.15
|1969.08.14
|97 years, 152 days
|-
|78
|{{Wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|{{Wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|Chile
|Chile
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|97 years, 145 days
|97 years, 145 days
|-
|-
|79
|58
|{{Wp|Armando Villanueva}}
|{{Wp|Armando Villanueva}}
|Peru
|Peru
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|97 years, 140 days
|97 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|80
|59
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|Romania
|Romania
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|97 years, 138 days
|97 years, 138 days
|-
|-
|81
|60
|{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}
|{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}
|Haiti
|Haiti
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|97 years, 123 days
|97 years, 123 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''82'''
|'''61'''
|'''{{Wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}'''
|'''Thailand'''
|'''Thailand'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|-
|-
|83
|62
|{{Wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
|{{Wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
|Zambia
|Zambia
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|97 years, 50 days
|97 years, 50 days
|-
|-
|84
|63
|{{Wp|Walter Scheel}}
|{{Wp|Walter Scheel}}
|West Germany
|West Germany
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|97 years, 47 days
|97 years, 47 days
|-
|-
|85
|64
|{{Wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|{{Wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|West Germany
|West Germany
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|96 years, 322 days
|96 years, 322 days
|-
|-
|86
|65
|{{Wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}
|{{Wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}
|Tuvan People's Republic
|Tuvan People's Republic
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|96 years, 308 days
|96 years, 308 days
|-
|-
|87
|66
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|Belgium
|Prime Minister (1946&ndash;1947)
|1871.05.26
|1968.02.25
|96 years, 275 days
|-
|88
|{{Wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}
|{{Wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}
|Israel
|Israel
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|96 years, 252 days
|96 years, 252 days
|-
|-
|89
|67
|{{Wp|Federico Paéz}}
|Ecuador
|Jefe Supremo (1935&ndash;1937)
|1877.06.04
|1974.02.09
|96 years, 250 days
|-
|90
|{{Wp|Habib Bourguiba}}
|{{Wp|Habib Bourguiba}}
|Tunisia
|Tunisia
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|96 years, 247 days
|96 years, 247 days
|-
|-
|91
|68
|{{Wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}
|Soviet Union
|Premier (1930&ndash;1941
|1890.03.09
|1986.11.08
|96 years, 244 days
|-
|92
|{{Wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}
|{{Wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}
|North Korea
|North Korea
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|96 years, 224 days
|96 years, 224 days
|-
|-
|93
|69
|{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}
|{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}
|Peru
|Peru
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|96 years, 191 days
|96 years, 191 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''94'''
|'''70'''
|'''{{Wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''
|'''North Korea'''
|'''North Korea'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|02|04}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|02|04}}'''
|-
|-
|95
|71
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
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|96 years, 140 days
|96 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|96
|72
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1902)
|1849.03.22
|1945.08.06
|96 years, 137 days
|-
|97
|{{Wp|Jiang Zemin}}
|{{Wp|Jiang Zemin}}
|China
|China
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|96 years, 105 days
|96 years, 105 days
|-
|-
|98
|73
|{{Wp|Abderrahmane Youssoufi}}
|{{Wp|Abderrahmane Youssoufi}}
|Morocco
|Morocco
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|2020.05.29
|2020.05.29
|96 years, 82 days
|96 years, 82 days
|-
|99
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascuráin}}
|Mexico
|Acting President (1913)
|1856.05.08
|1952.07.21
| 96 years, 74 days
|-
|100
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|Paraguay
|President (1949–1954)
|1882.02.15
|1978.04.24
|96 years, 68 days
|-
|101
|{{Wp|Fumio Gotō}}
|Japan
|Acting Prime Minister (1936)
|1884.03.07
|1980.05.13
|96 years, 67 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''102'''||'''{{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}}'''
|'''74'''||'''{{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}}'''
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''103'''
|'''75'''
|'''{{Wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|'''Bahamas'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''
|-
|-
|104
|76
|{{Wp|Mario Echandi Jiménez}}
|{{Wp|Mario Echandi Jiménez}}
|Costa Rica
|Costa Rica
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|96 years, 43 days
|96 years, 43 days
|-
|-
|105
|77
|{{Wp|Michael I of Romania|Michael I}}
|{{Wp|Michael I of Romania|Michael I}}
|Romania
|Romania
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|96 years, 41 days
|96 years, 41 days
|-
|-
|106
|78
|{{Wp|João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu}}
|Brazil
|Prime Minister (1878–1880)
|1810.11.20
|1906.12.27
|96 years, 37 days
|-
|107
|{{Wp|Dom Mintoff}}
|{{Wp|Dom Mintoff}}
|Malta
|Malta
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|96 years, 14 days
|96 years, 14 days
|-
|-
|108
|79
|{{Wp|Hans Schaffner}}
|{{Wp|Hans Schaffner}}
| Switzerland
| Switzerland
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|95 years, 346 days
|95 years, 346 days
|-
|-
|109
|80
|{{Wp|Joaquín Balaguer}}
|{{Wp|Joaquín Balaguer}}
|Dominican Republic
|Dominican Republic
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|95 years, 316 days
|95 years, 316 days
|-
|-
|110
|81
|{{Wp|Tomás Romero Pereira}}
|Paraguay
|Provisional President (1954)
|1886.10.04
|1982.08.12
|95 years, 312 days
|-
|111
|{{Wp|Belisario Betancur}}
|{{Wp|Belisario Betancur}}
|Colombia
|Colombia
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|95 years, 306 days
|95 years, 306 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''112'''
|'''82'''
|'''{{Wp|Péter Boross}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Péter Boross}}'''
|'''Hungary'''
|'''Hungary'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''
|-
|-
|113
|83
|{{Wp|Carlo Azeglio Ciampi}}
|{{Wp|Carlo Azeglio Ciampi}}
|Italy013)
|Italy013)
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|95 years, 282 days
|95 years, 282 days
|-
|-
|114
|84
|{{Wp|Pope Benedict XVI}}
|{{Wp|Pope Benedict XVI}}
|Vatican City  
|Vatican City  
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|95 years, 279 days
|95 years, 279 days
|-
|-
|115
|85
|{{Wp|Fred Degazon}}
|{{Wp|Fred Degazon}}
|Dominica
|Dominica
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|95 years, 274 days
|95 years, 274 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''116'''
|'''86'''
|'''{{Wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|'''China'''
|'''China'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''
|-
|-
|117
|87
|{{Wp|Robert Mugabe}}
|{{Wp|Robert Mugabe}}
|Zimbabwe
|Zimbabwe
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|95 years, 197 days
|95 years, 197 days
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 118
|88
|{{wp|Juan José Estrada}}
|Nicaragua
|President (1910–1911)
|1872.01.01
|1967.07.11
|rowspan=2 | 95 years, 191 days
|-
|{{wp|Trần Thiện Khiêm}}
|{{wp|Trần Thiện Khiêm}}
|South Vietnam  
|South Vietnam  
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|1925.15.15
|1925.15.15
|2021.06.24
|2021.06.24
|95 years, 191 days
|-
|-
|120
|89
|{{Wp|Pote Sarasin}}
|{{Wp|Pote Sarasin}}
|Thailand
|Thailand
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|95 years, 187 days
|95 years, 187 days
|-
|-
|121
|90
|{{Wp|Antonio Imbert Barrera}}
|{{Wp|Antonio Imbert Barrera}}
|Dominican Republic
|Dominican Republic
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|95 years, 180 days
|95 years, 180 days
|-
|-
|122
|91
|{{Wp|Tahar Ben Ammar}}
|{{Wp|Tahar Ben Ammar}}
|Tunisia
|Tunisia
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|95 years, 166 days
|95 years, 166 days
|-
|-
|123
|92
|{{Wp|Cuthbert Sebastian}}
|{{Wp|Cuthbert Sebastian}}
|Saint Kitts and Nevis
|Saint Kitts and Nevis
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|95 years, 154 days
|95 years, 154 days
|-
|-
|124
|93
|{{Wp|Roberto Marcelo Levingston}}
|{{Wp|Roberto Marcelo Levingston}}
| Argentina
| Argentina
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|95 years, 151 days
|95 years, 151 days
|-
|-
|125
|94
|{{Wp|Nelson Mandela}}
|{{Wp|Nelson Mandela}}
|South Africa
|South Africa
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|95 years, 140 days
|95 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|126
|95
|{{Wp|Daniel arap Moi}}
|{{Wp|Daniel arap Moi}}
|Kenya
|Kenya
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|95 years, 137 days
|95 years, 137 days
|-
|-
|127
|96
|{{wp|Paal Berg}}
|Norway
|Acting Head of State ()1945
|1873.01.18
|1968.05.24
|95 years, 126 days
|-
|128
|{{Wp|Sixto Durán Ballén}}
|{{Wp|Sixto Durán Ballén}}
|Ecuador
|Ecuador
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|95 years, 124 days  
|95 years, 124 days  
|-
|-
|129
|97
|{{Wp|Ahmed Ben Bella}}
|{{Wp|Ahmed Ben Bella}}
|Algeria
|Algeria
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|95 years, 108 days
|95 years, 108 days
|-
|-
|130
|98
|{{Wp|Dawda Jawara}}
|{{Wp|Dawda Jawara}}
|The Gambia
|The Gambia
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|95 years, 103 days
|95 years, 103 days
|-
|-
|131
|99
|{{Wp|Philippe Pétain}}
|France
|Prime Prime Minister (1940)<br>Chief of State (1940 - 1944)
|1856.04.24
|1951.07.23
|95 years, 90 days
|-
|132
|{{Wp|Léopold Sédar Senghor}}
|{{Wp|Léopold Sédar Senghor}}
|Senegal
|Senegal
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|95 years, 72 days
|95 years, 72 days
|-
|-
|133
|100
|{{Wp|Petar Stambolić}}
|{{Wp|Petar Stambolić}}
|Yugoslavia
|Yugoslavia
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|95 years, 71 days
|95 years, 71 days
|-
|-
|134
|101
|{{Wp|Anibal Portillo}}
|{{Wp|Anibal Portillo}}
|El Salvador
|El Salvador
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|95 years, 57 days
|95 years, 57 days
|-
|-
|135
|102
|{{Wp|Pak Song-chol}}
|{{Wp|Pak Song-chol}}
|North Korea
|North Korea
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|95 years, 56 days
|95 years, 56 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''136'''
|'''103'''
|'''{{Wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|'''France'''
|'''France'''
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|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|-
|137
|{{Wp|Nguyễn Văn Tâm}}
|South Vietnam
|Prime Minister (1952–1954)
|1895.10.16
|1990.11.23
|95 years, 48 days
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|- bgcolor="#ffd700" |
|'''138'''
|'''104'''
|'''{{Wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''
|'''Namibia'''
|'''Namibia'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''
|-
|-
|139
|105
|{{Wp|Max Petitpierre}}
|{{Wp|Max Petitpierre}}
|Switzerland
|Switzerland
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|95 years, 27 days
|95 years, 27 days
|-
|-
|140
|106
|{{Wp|Dušan Dragosavac}}
|{{Wp|Dušan Dragosavac}}
|Yugoslavia  
|Yugoslavia  
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|95 years, 20 days
|95 years, 20 days
|-
|-
|141
|107
|{{Wp|Saeb Salam}}
|{{Wp|Saeb Salam}}
|Lebanon
|Lebanon
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|95 years, 4 days
|95 years, 4 days
|-
|-
|142
|108
|{{Wp|Hassan ibn Yahya}}
|{{Wp|Hassan ibn Yahya}}
|North Yemen
|North Yemen

Revision as of 08:48, 24 June 2024

This article lists the Longest-known living (ages at least 95 years, 0 days; born non-earlier than 1900) 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.


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List

Ages are up to date 09/29/2024

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 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914.07.03 2017.01.30 102 years, 211 days
3 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917.03.02 2019.01.17 101 years, 321 days
4 Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) 1917.02.02 2018.10.01 101 years, 241 days
5 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918.05.18 2019.11.29 101 years, 186 days
6 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919.01.26 2020.05.25 101 years, 118 days
7 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915.04.03 2016.07.27 101 years, 115 days
8 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911.01.11 2012.03.15 101 years, 64 days
9 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921.01.29 2021.12.07 100 years, 312 days
10 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting President (1966) 1912.10.09 2013.08.09 100 years, 304 days
11 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980) 		1921.10.04 2022.07.14 100 years, 283 days
12 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919.08.08 2020.03.30 100 years, 235 days
13 Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923.11.04

originally listed 1924.11.04

Alive 100 years, 330 days
14 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922.01.17 2022.07.08 100 years, 172 days
15 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, 234 days
16 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924.03.03 Alive 100 years, 210 days
17 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
19 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912.01.01 2012.02.02 100 years, 32 days
20 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924.10.01 Alive 99 years, 364 days
21 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910.05.12 2010.01.04 99 years, 237 days
22 Tun Tin Myanmar Prime Minister (1988) 1920.10.02 2020.05.01 99 years, 211 days
23 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919.05.01 2018.09.20 99 years, 142 days
25 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976) 		1909.01.09 2008.05.01 99 years, 113 days
26 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903.07.27 2002.10.31 99 years, 96 days
27 Template:WP Template:VIE Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
28 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913.03.30 2012.03.13 98 years, 350 days
28 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925.07.10 Alive 99 years, 81 days
29 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925.07.17 Alive 99 years, 74 days
30 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925.05.08 2024.02.29 98 years, 297 days
31 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)

Regent (2016)

1920.08.26 2019.05.26 98 years, 273 days
32 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911.03.16 2009.11.15 98 years, 244 days
33 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915.11.13 2014.07.11 98 years, 240 days
34 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918.10.18 2017.05.29 98 years, 223 days
35 Mamadou Dia Senegal President (1960–1962) 1910.07.18 2009.01.25 98 years, 191 days
36 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908.12.09 2007.06.08 98 years, 181 days
37 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910.04.09 2008.09.09 98 years, 153 days
38 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920.12.01 2019.04.22 98 years, 142 days
39 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918.03.23 2016.07.18 98 years, 127 days
40 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924.10.19 2023.02.06 98 years, 110 days
41 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921.01.05 2019.04.23 98 years, 108 days
42 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916.07.11 2014.10.21 98 years, 102 days
43 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925.06.29 2023.09.22 98 years, 85 days
44 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916.12.16 2015.02.10 98 years, 56 days
45 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910.12.04 2009.01.27 98 years, 54 days
46 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926.05.29 Alive 98 years, 123 days
47 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910.03.08 2008.03.21 98 years, 13 days
48 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925.02.18 2023.01.03 97 years, 319 days
49 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
50 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Acting President (1992) 1921.04.27 2018.12.28 97 years, 245 days
51 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926.11.03 Alive 97 years, 331 days
52 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923.01.10 2020.08.14 97 years, 217 days
53 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916.11.28 2014.06.14 97 years, 208 days
54 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923.01.15 2020.07.30 97 years, 197 days
54 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926.12.09 Alive 97 years, 295 days
56 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920.04.13 2017.10.04 97 years, 174 days
57 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918.11.26 2016.04.19 97 years, 145 days
58 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915.11.25 2013.04.14 97 years, 140 days
59 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
60 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913.10.04 2011.02.04 97 years, 123 days
61 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927.04.05 Alive 97 years, 177 days
62 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924.04.28 2021.06.17 97 years, 50 days
63 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979) 		1919.07.18 2016.08.24 97 years, 47 days
64 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918.12.23 2015.11.10 96 years, 322 days
65 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912.01.01 2008.11.04 96 years, 308 days
66 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915.10.22 2012.06.30 96 years, 252 days
67 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987) 		1903.03.03 2000.04.06 96 years, 247 days
68 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
69 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921.01.04 2017.07.14 96 years, 191 days
70 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928.02.04 Alive 96 years, 238 days
71 Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926.04.21 2022.09.09 96 years, 140 days
72 Jiang Zemin China President (1993-2003) 1926.08.17 2022.11.30 96 years, 105 days
73 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924.03.08 2020.05.29 96 years, 82 days
74 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)		 1928.05.10 Alive 96 years, 142 days
75 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928.05.11 Alive 96 years, 141 days
76 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915.06.17 2011.07.30 96 years, 43 days
77 Michael I Romania King (1927-1930, 1940-1947) 1921.10.25 2017.12.05 96 years, 41 days
78 Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916.08.06 2012.08.20 96 years, 14 days
79 Hans Schaffner Switzerland President (1966) 1908.12.16 2004.11.26 95 years, 346 days
80 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906.09.01 2002.07.14 95 years, 316 days
81 Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923.02.04 2018.12.07 95 years, 306 days
82 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928.08.27 Alive 96 years, 33 days
83 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Italy013) Prime Minister (1993–1994)
President (1999–2006) 		1920.12.09 2016.09.16 95 years, 282 days
84 Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City Pope (2005–2013)
Sovereign (2005–2013) 		1927.04.16 2022.12.31 95 years, 279 days
85 Fred Degazon Dominica President (1979–1980) 1913.01.04 2008.10.04 95 years, 274 days
86 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928.10.23 Alive 95 years, 342 days
87 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980–1987)
President (1987–2019) 		1924.02.21 2019.09.04 95 years, 197 days
88 Trần Thiện Khiêm South Vietnam Prime Minister (1969–1975) 1925.15.15 2021.06.24 95 years, 191 days
89 Pote Sarasin Thailand Prime Minister (1957) 1905.03.25 2000.09.28 95 years, 187 days
90 Antonio Imbert Barrera Dominican Republic President (1965) 1920.12.03 2016.05.31 95 years, 180 days
91 Tahar Ben Ammar Tunisia Prime Minister (1956) 1889.11.25 1985.05.10 95 years, 166 days
92 Cuthbert Sebastian Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor-General (1996-2013) 1921.10.22 2017.03.25 95 years, 154 days
93 Roberto Marcelo Levingston Argentina President (1970–1971) 1920.01.19
later changed to 1920.01.10 		2015.06.17 95 years, 151 days
94 Nelson Mandela South Africa President (1994–1999) 1918.07.18 2013.12.05 95 years, 140 days
95 Daniel arap Moi Kenya President (1970-2002) 1924.09.02 2020.02.04 95 years, 137 days
96 Sixto Durán Ballén Ecuador President (1992–1996) 1921.07.14 2016.11.15 95 years, 124 days
97 Ahmed Ben Bella Algeria President (1963 - 1965) 1916.12.25 2012.04.11 95 years, 108 days
98 Dawda Jawara The Gambia Prime Minister (1964-1970)
President (1970-1994) 		1924.05.16 2021.08.27 95 years, 103 days
99 Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal President (1960 - 1980) 1906.10.09 2001.12.20 95 years, 72 days
100 Petar Stambolić Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)
President (1982 - 1983) 		1912.07.12 2007.09.21 95 years, 71 days
101 Anibal Portillo El Salvador Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961 - 1962) 1914.12.20 2010.02.15 95 years, 57 days
102 Pak Song-chol North Korea Premier (1976 - 1977) 1913.09.02 2008.02.28 95 years, 56 days
103 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929.05.02 Alive 95 years, 150 days
104 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929.05.12 Alive 95 years, 140 days
105 Max Petitpierre Switzerland Federal Council Minister (1944-1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960) 		1899.02.26 1994.03.25 95 years, 27 days
106 Dušan Dragosavac Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1981–1982) 1919.12.01 2014.12.21 95 years, 20 days
107 Saeb Salam Lebanon Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) 1905.01.17 2000.01.21 95 years, 4 days
108 Hassan ibn Yahya North Yemen Prime Minister (1948–1955) 1908.06.13 2003.06.13 95 years, 0 days

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No. Name State Position Birth Death Age age by 12-31-24
1 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929.07.19 Alive 95 years, 72 days 95 years, 165 days
2 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929.09.16 Alive 95 years, 13 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, 347 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, 319 days 95 years, 46 days
5 Alfred Moisiu Albania President (2002–2007) 1929.12.01 alive 94 years, 303 days 95 years, 30 days
6 Selim Hoss Lebanon Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) 1929.12.20 alive 94 years, 284 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, 276 days 95 years, 3 days
10 Ahmed Osman Morocco Prime Minister (1972–1979) 1930.01.03 Alive 94 years, 270 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, 210 days 94 years, 303 days
12 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President (1980–1996) 1930.04.15 Alive 94 years, 167 days 94 years, 260 days
13 José Sarney Brazil President (1985–1990) 1930.04.24 Alive 94 years, 158 days 94 years, 251 days
14 Kesang Choden Bhutan Regent (1972) 1930.05.21 Alive 94 years, 131 days 94 years, 224 days
15 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivia President (1993–1997, 2002–2003) 1930.07.01 Alive 94 years, 90 days 94 years, 183 days
16 Ivy Dumont Bahamas Acting Governor-General (2001–2002)
Governor-General (2002–2005)		 1930.10.02 Alive 93 years, 363 days 94 years, 90 days
17 A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury Bangladesh President (2001–2002) 1930.10.11 Alive 93 years, 363 days 94 years, 81 days
18 Mabandla Dlamini Swaziland Prime Minister (1979–1983) 1930.11.11 Alive 93 years, 323 days 94 years, 50 days
19 Choe Yong-rim North Korea Premier (2010–2013) 1930.11.20 Alive 93 years, 314 days 94 years, 41 days
20 Cesar Virata Philippines Prime Minister (1981–1986) 1930.12.12 Alive 93 years, 292 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, 234 days

Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador M 1923.11.04 2023.10.11 Alive

age 100 years, 330 days

See also

References


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