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 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
  Turkey<bgoatr in/>Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  15th-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  Olde living leader of a now defunct state and 66th-oldest ever:
   Yugoslavia
  Raif Dizdarevic
  served: 1988–1989

List

UPDATED 12/11/2024

Color	Note
Columbia Blue	Living State Leaders and State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	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, 343 days
4	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
5	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
6	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 243 days
7	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
8	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
9	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
10	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
11	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
12	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	101 years, 37 days
13	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
14	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
15	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 307 days
16	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
17	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 283 days
18	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
19	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
20	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 71 days
21	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
22	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
23	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
24	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
25	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
26	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 154 days
27	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 147 days
28	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
29	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
30	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
31	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
32	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
33	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
34	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
35	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
36	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
37	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
38	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
39	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
40	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
41	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 196 days
42	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
43	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
44	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
45	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
46	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2022	98 years, 110 days
47	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
48	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
49	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
50	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
51	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	98 years, 38 days
52	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
53	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 2 days
54	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
55	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
56	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
57	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
58	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (Acting President) (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
59	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 250 days
60	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
61	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
62	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
63	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
64	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
65	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
66	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
67	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1903	2000	97 years, 138 days
68	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
69	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
70	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
71	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
72	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
73	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
74	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 311 days
75	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
76	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
77	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
78	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
79	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	96 years, 215 days
80	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 214 days
81	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
82	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
83	Jiang Zemin	China	Chairman of the Communist Party (1989-2002) Paramount Leader (1989-2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
84	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 106 days
85	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
86	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
87	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
88	Zhu Rongji	China	Chairman of the Communist Party (1989-2002)	1928	Alive	96 years, 49 days
89	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
90	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
91	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	2018	95 years, 306 days
92	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
93	Benedict XVI	Vatican City	Dean of the College of Cardinals during (2005) Pope of the Holy See (2005–2013) Sovereign of the Vatican City State (2p05-2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 279 days
94	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 223 days
95	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987–2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
96	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969-1975}	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
97	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	95 years, 213 days
98	Antonio Imbert Barrera	Dominican Republic	President (1960)	1920	2016	95 years, 180 days
98	Daniel Arap Moi	Kenya	President (1978-2002)	1924	2020	95 years, 155 days
100	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994-1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 154 days

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

The following individuals might be older than #34–20 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
Hastings Banda	Malawi	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

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
• List of current cardinals
• Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
• List of Cardinals by Age (current)
• Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)

Claude Rostain