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|{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}||SOM||Interim president (1969)||1912||2013||99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
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|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}||MWI||Prime Minister (1964–1966)<br>State President (1966–1994)<br>President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)||1898||1997||98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
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|{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}||SOM||Interim president (1969)||1912||2013||99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
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|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}||MWI||Prime Minister (1964–1966)<br>State President (1966–1994)<br>President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)||1898||1997||98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
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Revision as of 01:24, 8 July 2024

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), 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

  • Oldest:
    Cambodia
    Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009, lived: 103 years, 143 days)
    served 1962

  • 2nd Oldest:
    Turkey
    Celål Bayar (1883–1986, lived: 103 years, 98 days)
    served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

  • 3rd-Oldest:
    France
    Antoine Pinay (1891-1994, lived: 102 years, 343 days)
    served: 1962

  • 19th-oldest ever:
    Ecuador
    Guillermo Rodriguez
    (born 1923, (age 101 years, 5 days)
    served: 1972–1976

List

Ages are up to date 11/9/2024

No. Name Co. Pos. YOB YOD Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum CAM Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar TUR Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay FRA President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch AND French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni JPN Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla SUD Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees NED Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days
8 Đỗ Mười VIE Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) 		1917 2018 101 years, 241 days
9 Zhang Qun TWN Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone JPN Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Hyun Soong-jong KOR Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 118 days
12 Piet de Jong NED Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz PAN Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud NOR Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
15 Mustafa Ben Halim LBY Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
16 Telmo Vargas ECU Acting Leader (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez PER Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980) 		1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
18 Guillermo Rodriguez ECU President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 101 years, 5 days
19 Hau Pei-tsun TWN Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
20 Luis Echeverría MEX President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
21 Khamtai Siphandone LAO Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006) 		1924 Alive 100 years, 275 days
22 Tomiichi Murayama JPN Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 251 days
23 Xenophon Zolotas GRE Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar PER Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
25 Abdul Salam Sabrah YEM Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
26 Jimmy Carter USA President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 39 days
27 Johan Ferrier SUR President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
28 Tun Tin BUR Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
29 Gulzarilal Nanda IND Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
30 Anthony Mamo MLT Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976) 		1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
31 Michail Stasinopoulos GRE President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
32 Sir Clifford Campbell JAM Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
33 Morarji Desai IND Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
34 Võ Chí Công VIE Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
35 Abdel Halim Muhammad SUD Member of the Sovereignty Council (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
36 Mahathir Mohamad MYS Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 122 days
37 Mohammad Hasan Sharq AFG Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 115 days
38 Ċensu Tabone MLT President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
39 Miloš Jakeš CZE General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 98 years, 322 days
40 Ali Hassan Mwinyi TZA President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
41 Prem Tinsulanonda THA Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016) 		1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
42 Pierre Harmel
Count Harmel from 1991 		BEL Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
43 Sir Howard Cooke JAM Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
44 Joseph Paul-Boncour FRA Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
45 Konstantinos Mitsotakis GRE Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
46 Isidro Ayora ECU President (1926–1931) 1877 1978 98 years, 203 days
47 Émile Reuter LUX Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
48 Mamadou Dia SEN President (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
49 Aden Adde SOM President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
50 Nouhak Phoumsavanh LAO President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
51 Lê Đức Anh VIE President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
52 Émile Derlin Zinsou DHY President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
53 Borys Martos UKR Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 122 days
54 Artúr Görgei HUN Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
55 Lubomír Štrougal CSK Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
56 Jean LUX Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
57 Gough Whitlam AUS Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
58 Giorgio Napolitano ITA President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
59 Venceslau Brás BRA President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
60 Claude Rostain AND French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
61 R. Venkataraman IND President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
62 Abdoulaye Wade SEN President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 164 days
63 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám HUN Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
64 Gabriel París Gordillo COL President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
65 Miloš Jakeš CSK General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days
66 Abdelsalam Majali JOR Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
67 Kenan Evren TUR President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989) 		1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
68 Wellington Koo CHN Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927) 		1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
69 Baron Ignaz von Plener ATH Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
70 Domhnall Ua Buachalla IRL Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
71 Valdas Adamkus LTU President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 6 days
72 Abdelmalek Benhabyles ALG Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
73 Francesc Badia Batalla AND Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
74 Raif Dizdarević YUG President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 336 days
75 Arnaldo Forlani ITA Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
76 Ramón José Velásquez VEN President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
77 He Yingqin TWN Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
78 Lee Teng-hui TWN President (1988–2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
79 Liam Cosgrave IRL Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017I 97 years, 174 days
80 Alfredo Solf y Muro PER Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
81 Patricio Aylwin CHL President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
82 Armando Villanueva PER Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
83 Ion Gheorghe Maurer ROU President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974) 		1902 2000 97 years, 138 days
84 Martial Célestin HTI Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
85 Thanin Kraivichien THA Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 218 days
86 Gheorghe Apostol ROU First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
87 Kenneth Kaunda ZAM State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
88 Walter Scheel GER (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979) 		1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
89 Helmut Schmidt GER Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
90 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte VAT Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
91 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka TUV Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
92 Camille Huysmans BEL Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
93 Yitzhak Shamir ISR Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
94 Federico Páez ECU President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days
95 Habib Bourguiba TUN Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987) 		1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
96 Vyacheslav Molotov SUN Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
97 Yang Hyong-sop PRK Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925 2022 96 years, 224 days
98 Pedro Richter Prada PER Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days
99 Kim Yong-nam PRK Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 279 days
100 Elizabeth II UK Queen (1952–2022) 1926 2022 96 years, 140 days

Next to Join

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age age by 12-31-24
1 Arnold Rüütel EST Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006) 		1928 Alive 96 years, 183 days 96 years, 235 days
2 Arthur Foulkes BAH Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 182 days 96 years, 234 days
3 Péter Boross HUN Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928 Alive 96 years, 74 days 96 years, 126 days
4 Zhu Rongji CHN Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928 Alive 96 years, 17 days 96 years, 69 days
5 Édouard Balladur FRA Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929 Alive 95 years, 191 days 95 years, 243 days
6 Sam Nujoma NAM President (1990–2005) 1929 Alive 95 years, 181 days 95 years, 233 days
7 Orville Turnquest BAH Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929 Alive 95 years, 113 days 95 years, 165 days
8 Jamshid bin Abdullah ZZB Sultan (1963–1964) 1929 Alive 95 years, 54 days 95 years, 106 days
9 Violeta Chamorro NIC Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) 		1929 Alive 95 years, 22 days 95 years, 74 days
10 Gombojavyn Ochirbat MPR General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929 Alive 94 years, 360 days 95 years, 46 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Birth Death Age
The following persons might be older than 97-21 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein SOM Interim president (1969) 1912 2013 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Hastings Banda MWI Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)		 1898 1997 98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
Constantine Kollias GRE Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
Name Co. Sex DOB B.E. CTOB DD
Lajos Kossuth HUN M 1802 1890 1894
91 years, 182 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol GUT M 1802 1894 1897
94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg AUT M 1806 1897 1899
92 years 224 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin URU M 1810 1899 1900
90 years, 76 days
Pope Leo XIII VAT M 1810 1900 1903
93 years, 140 days

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

AUT M 1810 1903 1908
97 years, 272 days
Artúr Gorgey HUN M 1818 1908 1916
98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell CAN M 1823 1916 1917
93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet FRA M 1828 1917 1923
94 years, 181 days
Matsukata Masayoshi JAP M 1835 1923 1924
89 years, 127 days
Vincenzo Vanutelli VAT M 1836 1924 1930
93 years, 216 days
Paolo Boselli ITA M 1838 1930 1932
93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marín ECU M 1841 1932 1935
93 years, 295 days
François Denys Légitime HTI M 1841 1935 1935
93 years, 251 days
Lizardo Garcia ECU M 1844 1935 1937
93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro illa zonesn BOL M 1848 1937 1939
91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua PER M 1849 1939 1945
96 years, 138 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte VAT M 1851 1945 1948
96 years, 312 days
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido VEN M 1854 1948 1949
94 years, 362 days
Philippe Petain FRA M 1856 1949 1951
95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascurain MEX M 1856 1949 1952
96 years, 74 days
Christopher Hornsrud NOR M 1859 1952 1960
101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás BRA M 1868 1960 1966
98 years, 78 days
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas NIC M 1871 1966 1966
95 years, 191 days
Camille Huysmans BEL M 1871 1966 1968
96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro PER M 1872 1968 1969
97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour FRA M 1873 1969 1972
98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter LUX M 1874 1972 1973
98 years, 196 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham HUN M 1875 1973 1973
98 years, 15 days
Federico Páez ECU M 1877 1973 1974
96 years, 250 days
Borys Martos UKR M 1879 1974 1977
98 years, 122 days
Isidro Ayora ECU M 1879 1977 1978
98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves PAR M 1882 1978 1978
96 years, 68 days
Celál Bayar TUR M 1883 1978 1986
103 years, 99 days
Willem Drees NED M 1886 1986 1988
101 years, 314 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni JPN M 1887 1988 1990
102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun TWN M 1889 1990 1990
101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay FRA M 1891 1990 1994
102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai IND M 1896 1994 1995
99 years, 41 days
Gulzarilal Nanda M 1898 1995 1998
99 years, 195 days
Constantine Kollias GRE M 1901 1998 1998
96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer ROU M 1902 1998 2000
97 years, 138 days
Michail Stasinopoulos GRE M 1903 2000 2002
99 years, 142 days
Xenophon Zolotas M 1904 2002 2004
100 years, 45 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum CAM M 1905 2004 2009
103 years, 143 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad SUD M 1910 2009 2009
99 years, 6 days
Johan Ferrier SUR M 1910 2009 2010
99 years, 237 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz PAN M 1911 2010 2012
101 years, 64 days
Telmo Vargas ECU M 1912 2012 2013
100 years, 304 days
André Prunet-Foch AND M 1914 2013 2017
102 years, 211 days
Đỗ Mười VIE M 1917 2017 2018
101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla SUD M 1917 2018 2019
101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone JPN M 1918 2019 2019
101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong KOR M 1919 2019 2020
101 years, 119 days
Mustafa Ben Halim LBY M 1921 2020 2021
100 years, 312 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez PER M 1921 2021 2022
100 years, 283 days
Khamtai Siphandone LA0 M 1924 2022 2023 Alive
100 years, 275 days
Guillermo Rodriguez ECU M 1923 2023 'Alive'
age 101 years, 5 days

Chronological List of longest-lived state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key
Current Longest-lived
Name Co. Sex DOB Time as longest-lived state leader
Lajos Kossuth HUN M 19 Sept 1802 1 Jan 1890–19 Apr 1894
4 years, 108 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol GUT M 19 Oct 1802 20 Apr 1894–13 Dec 1904
9 years, 360 days

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

AUT M 21 May 1810 14 Dec 1904–18 Oct 1915
11 years, 187 days
Artúr Gorgey HUN M 30 Jan 1818 18 Oct 1915–8 Mar 1958
42 years, 141 days
Christopher Hornsrud NOR M 15 Nov 1859 9 Mar 1958–12 Jun 1984
26 years, 95 days
Celál Bayar TUR M 16 May 1883 13 June 1984–9 Dec 2008
24 years, 179 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum CAM M 1 Sept 1905 10 Dec 2008–
15 years, 335 days
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