List of oldest living state leaders

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

Gallery

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  Oldest living:
  Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  2nd-Oldest:
  Laos
  Khamtai Siphandone
  served: 1991–2006

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  3rd-oldest:
  Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served 1994–1996

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  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 10th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

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  Oldest living incumbent and 69th-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Key

Currently in Office

updated 11/21/2024
Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth'	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 Nov 1923	101 years, 17 days
2	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 Feb 1924	100 years, 287 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 Mar 1924	100 years, 263 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 Oct 1924	100 years, 51 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 Jul 1925	98 years, 134 days
6	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 Jul 1925	98 years, 127 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	98 years, 176 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 Nov 1926	98 years, 18 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 Dec 1926	97 years, 348 days
10	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	97 years, 230 days
11	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 Feb 1928	96 years, 267 days
12	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	96 years, 195 days
13	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	96 years, 194 days
14	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 Aug 1928	96 years, 86 days
15	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 Oct 1928	96 years, 29 days
16	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	95 years, 203 days
17	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	95 years, 193 days
18	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	95 years, 125 days
19	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 Sep 1929	95 years, 66 days
20	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 Oct 1929	95 years, 34 days
21	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 Nov 1929	95 years, 6 days
22	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 Dec 1929	94 years, 356 days
23	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	20 Dec 1929	94 years, 337 days
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
25	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 Dec 1929	94 years, 329 days
26	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 Jan 1930	94 years, 323 days
27	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	3 Mar 1930	94 years, 263 days
28	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 Apr 1930	94 years, 220 days
29	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 Apr 1930	94 years, 231 days
30	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	94 years, 184 days
31	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 Jul 1930	94 years, 143 days
32	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	(Acting) Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 Oct 1930	94 years, 50 days
33	A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	11 Oct 1930	94 years, 41 days
34	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 Nov 1930	94 years, 10 days
35	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 Nov 1930	94 years, 1 day
36	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 Dec 1930	93 years, 345 days
37	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 Jan 1931	93 years, 322 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
39	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 Jan 1931	93 years, 307 days
40	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 Feb 1931	93 years, 291 days
41	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 Mar 1931	93 years, 265 days
42	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 Mar 1931	93 years, 250 days
43	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	93 years, 185 days
44	Raúl Castro	Cuba	President of the Council of State (2006–2018) President of the Council of Ministers (2006–2018) First Secretary of the Communist Party (2011–2021)	3 Jun 1931	93 years, 171 days
45	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 Jun 1931	93 years, 156 days
46	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 Jul 1931	93 years, 116 days
47	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 Sep 1931	93 years, 53 days
48	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 Dec 1931	92 years, 356 days
49	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 Feb 1932	92 years, 281 days
50	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 Mar 1932	92 years, 251 days
51	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	92 years, 190 days
52	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 Jun 1932	92 years, 148 days
53	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 Aug 1932	92 years, 104 days
54	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 Aug 1932	92 years, 101 days
55	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 Sep 1932	92 years, 71 days
56	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 Sep 1932	92 years, 56 days
57	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 Oct 1932	92 years, 34 days
58	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 Oct 1932	92 years, 27 days
59	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 Nov 1932	92 years, 13 days
60	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 Nov 1932	92 years, 1 day
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
62	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the SPDC (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the USDP (1993–2011)	2 Feb 1933	91 years, 293 days
63	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 Feb 1933	91 years, 282 days
64	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 Apr 1933	91 years, 206 days
65	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	91 years, 187 days
66	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 Jun 1933	91 years, 166 days
67	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 Jun 1933	91 years, 159 days
68	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 Jul 1933	91 years, 130 days
69	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 Aug 1933	91 years, 107 days
70	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Military Leader (1982–1983)	11 Aug 1933	90 years, 334 days
71	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 Aug 1933	91 years, 84 days
72	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 Sep 1933	91 years, 71 days
73	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 Sep 1933	91 years, 62 days
74	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 Dec 1933	90 years, 335 days
75	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 Dec 1933	90 years, 334 days
76	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 Jan 1934	90 years, 322 days
77	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 Jan 1934	90 years, 315 days
78	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 Jan 1934	90 years, 299 days
79	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 Feb 1934	90 years, 288 days
80	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 Mar 1934	90 years, 235 days
81	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 Mar 1934	90 years, 236 days
82	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 Apr 1934	90 years, 216 days
83	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 Apr 1934	90 years, 206 days
84	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	90 years, 196 days
85	Heng Samrin	Deocratic Kampuchea	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	90 years, 180 days
86	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 Jun 1934	90 years, 170 days
87	Albert II	BEL	King (1993–2013)	6 Jun 1934	90 years, 168 days
88	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	MDG	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 Jun 1934	90 years, 155 days
89	Ricardo de la Espriella	PAN	President (1982–1984)	5 Sept 1934	90 years, 77 days
90	Apas Jumagulov	KGZ	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 Sept 1934	90 years, 63 days
91	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	TOG	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 Oct 1934	90 years, 49 days
92	Yakubu Gowon	NGA	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 Oct 1934	90 years, 33 days
93	Hamilton Green	GUY	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 Nov 1934	90 years, 12 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	SWE	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
95	Nicéphore Soglo	BEN	Acting Prime Miister (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 Nov 1934	89 years, 358 days
96	Pratibha Patil	IND	President (2007–2012)	19 Dec 1934	89 years, 348 days
97	Stjepan Mesić	YUG HRV	President of the Presidency (1991) President (2000–2010)	24 Dec 1934	89 years, 333 days
98	António Ramalho Eanes	Portugal	President of the Revolutionary Council (1976–1982) President (1976–1986)}}	25 Jan 1935	89 years, 301 days
99	Artur Rasizade	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)	26 Feb 1935	89 years, 269 days
100	Mohammed Basindawa	Yemen	Prime Minister (2011–2014)	4 Apr 1935	89 years, 231 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–50 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1980–1987)	1932	91 years, 326 days to 92 years, 325 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	89 years, 326 days to 90 years, 325 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #100–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 Apr 1920	104 years, 211 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 Feb 1927	97 years, 287 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 Oct 1929	95 years, 34 days
Karan Singh	Janmu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 Mar 1931	93 years, 257 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	Acting President (1999)	15 Oct 1931	93 years, 37 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front (1989)	24 Ju 1934	90 years, 150 days
Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Camerlengo during papal vacancy (2013)	2 Dec 1934	89 years, 355 days
Giovanni Lajolo		[President of the Governorate (2006–2011)	3 January 1935	89 years, 323 days
Brian Mullooly	Ireland	[Member of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)	21 February 1935	89 years, 274 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #99–38 on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Waldo Bernal Pereira	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	1931	92 years, 326 days to 93 years, 325 days
			1934	89 years, 326 days to 90 years, 325 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	89 years, 326 days to 90 years, 325 days

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• List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

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