List of longest-living state leaders

This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime m inister), 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 Former Prime Minister and President of Turkey Celâl Bayar, who died in 1986 at the age of 103 years, 98 days, but the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 days.

List

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
3	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
4	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
5	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
6	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
7	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
8	Zhang Qun	Republic of China (Taiwan0	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
9	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
10	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
11	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
12	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
13	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
14	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
15	Hau Pei-tsun	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
16	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
17 / 18	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
19	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
20	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 212 days
21	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
22	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
23	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
24	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) Template:List of presidents of Laos (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 314 days
25	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
26	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 290 days
27	Morarji Desai	India	[[wikipedia:List of prime ministersPrime Minister (1977–1979)	1896 ]] (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
50	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
51	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
52	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
53	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
54	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
'55	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	1925	Alive	99 years, 224 days
56	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
57	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	Alive	99 years, 172 days
58	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 161 days
59	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 154 days
60	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
61	Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
62	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
63	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
64	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
65	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
66	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
67	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
68	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	Alive	99 years, 10 days
69	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
70	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
71	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
72	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
73	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
74	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
75	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991) President of the United National Independence Party (1973–1990)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
76	Walter Scheel	West Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
77	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 203 days
78	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
79	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1926	2023	96 years, 319 days
80	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
81	Nguyễn Văn Xuân	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1948–1949)	1892	1989	96 years, 286 days
82	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
83	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
84	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
85	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
86	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
87	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	98 years, 45 days
88	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
89	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 9 days
90	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
91	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days-
92	Jiang Zemin	China	President(1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
93	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	( Template:List of prime ministers of Morocco (1998–2002)||1924|| 2020||96 years, 82 days
94	Federico Chávez	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 74 days
95	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	Template:List of presidents of Mexico (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 68 days
96	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
97	Michael I of Romania	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
98	Thanin Kraivichien	THailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 257 days
99	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
100	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Governor-General (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1–5	Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1958)	1910	2013	102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
19–30	Carlos Enrique Diaz De Leon	Guatemala	President (1994–1998)	1915	2013	99 years, 0 day to 99 years, 364 days
19–31	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
67–86	Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
93–100	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941–1942; 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #96–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.Template:Efn-lg

Name	State	Position	Birth	Date	Age
Hajj Muhammad al-Muqri	Morocco	Grand Vizier (1912–1957)	1854	1957	103 years, 219 days
Edward Bernard Raczyński	Poland	President (in-Exile) (1975–1986)	1891	1993	102 years, 223 days
Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister of Croatia (1990–1991)	1920	Alive	Template:AgeYD
Kim Yong-ju	North Korea	Vice president during vacancy (1994–1998)	1920	2021	Template:AgeYD
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Mambrr of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	1927	Alive	Template:AgeYD

Acting 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	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
3	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President(1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
4	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
5	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
6	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 186 days
7	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Template:Ep (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
8	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
9	Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
10	Federico Páez	Ecuador	Acting President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
11	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days

World's Longest lived state Leaders (born post-1800)

Living From	To	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Lifespan	Country	Note
18 Feb 1893	14 May 1897 (4 yrs, 85 days)	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	M	90–94	19 October 1802 – 14 May 1897 94 years, 207 days	Guatemala
14 May 1897	12 Apr 1900 (2 yrs, 334 days)	Tomas Gormensoro y Alvin	M	87–90	27 January 1810 – 12 April 1900 90 years, 76 days	Uruguay
12 Apr 1900	20 July 1903 (3 yrs, 99 days)	Pope Leo XIII	M	90–93	2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903 93 years, 140 days	Vatican City
20 July 1903	17 February 1908 (4 yrs, 212 days)	Ignaz von Plener	M	93–97	21 May 1810 – 17 February 1908 97 years, 272 days	Austria	World's longest lived state leader from 19 June 1907 to 30 October 1915 (Template:Ayd)
17 February 1908	21 May 1916 (8 yrs, 95 days)	Artúr Gorgei	M	90–98	30 January 1818 – 21 May 1916 98 years, 113 days	Hungary	World's longest lived state leader from 29 October 1915 to 8 March 1958 (Template:Ayd)
21 May 1916	10 December 1917 (1 yr, 204 days)	Mackenzie Bowell	M	92–93	27 December 1823 – 10 December 1917 93 years, 348 days	Canada
10 December 1917	27 January 1921 (3 yrs, 49 days)	Justiniano Borgono	M	81–84	5 September 1836 – 27 January 1921 84 years, 145 days	Peru
27 January 1921	17 July 1923 (2 yrs, 172 days)	Theodor Rosetti	M	83–86	5 May 1837 – 17 July 1923 86 years, 74 days	Romania
17 July 1923	21 December 1925 (2 yrs, 158 days)	Jules Méline	M	85–87	20 May 1838 – 21 December 1925 87 years, 216 days	France
21 December 1925	19 August 1928 (2 years, 243 days)	Stefanos Skouloudis	M	87–89	23 November 1838 – 19 August 1928 89 years, 271 days	Greece
19 August 1928	20 December 1929 (1 year, 124 days)	Emile Loubet	M	89–90	30 December 1838 – 20 December 1929 90 years, 355 days	France
20 December 1929	29 May 1937 (7 years, 161 days)	Lizardo Garcia	M	85–93	26 April 1844 – 29 May 1937 93 years, 34 days	Ecuador
29 May 1937	6 August 1945 (8 years, 69 days)	Alejandro Deustua	M	88–96	22 March 1849 – 6 August 1945 96 years, 138 days	Peru
6 August 1945	16 February 1948 (2 yrs, 194 days)	Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	M	94–96	10 April 1851 – 16 February 1948 96 years, 312 days	Vatican City
16 February 1948	23 July 1951 (3 years, 157 days)	Philippe Petain	M	91–95	24 Apr 1856 – 23 July 1951 95 years, 90 days	France
23 July 1951	21 July 1952 (364 days)	Pedro Lascurain	M	95–96	8 May 1856 – 21 July 1952 96 years, 74 days	Mexico
21 July 1952	12 December 1960 (8 years, 144 days)	Christopher Hornsrud	M	92–101	15 November 1859 – 12 December 1960 101 years, 27 days	Norway	World's longest lived state leader from 8 March 1958 to 12 June 1984 (Template:Ayd)
12 December 1960	15 May 1966 (5 years, 154 days)	Venceslau Brâs	M	92–98	26 February 1868 – 15 May 1966 98 years, 78 days	Brazil
15 May 1966	25 February 1968 (1 year, 286 days)	Camille Huysmans	M	94–96	26 May 1871 – 25 February 1968 96 years, 275 days	Belgium
25 February 1968	14 August 1969 (1 year, 170 days)	Alfredo Solf y Muro	M	96–97	15 March 1872 – 14 August 1969 97 years, 152 days	Peru
14 August 1969	28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days)	Joseph Paul-Boncour	M	96–98	4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972 98 years, 237 days	France
28 March 1972	14 February 1973 (323 days)	Émile Reuter	M	97–98	2 August 1874 – 14 February 1973 98 years, 196 days	Luxembourg
14 February 1973	25 July 1973 (161 days)	Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham	M	97–98	10 July 1875 – 25 July 1973 98 years, 15 days	Hungary
25 July 1973	9 February 1974 (199 days)	Federico Páez	M	96	4 June 1877 – 9 February 1974 96 years, 250 days	Ecuador
9 February 1974	19 September 1977 (3 years, 222 days)	Borys Martos	M	94–98	20 May 1879 – 19 September 1977 98 years, 122 days	Ukraine
19 September 1977	22 March 1978 (184 days)	Isidro Ayora	M	98	31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978 98 years, 203 days	Ecuador
22 March 1978	24 April 1978 (33 days)	Federico Chávez	M	96	15 February 1882 – 24 April 1978 96 years, 69 days	Paraguay
24 April 1978	22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days)	Celál Bayar	M	94–103	16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986 103 years, 99 days	Turkey	World's longest lived state leader from 12 June 1984 to 09 December 2008 (Template:Ayd)
22 August 1986	14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days)	Willem Drees	M	100–101	5 July 1886 – 14 May 1988 101 years, 314 days	Netherlands
14 May 1988	14 December 1990 (2 ywars, 252 days)	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	M	100–102	3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990 102 years, 48 days	Japan
20 January 1990	14 December 1990 (329 days)	Zhang Qun	M	100–101	9 May 1889 – 14 December 1990 101 years, 220 days	Taiwan
14 December 1990	13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days)	Antoine Pinay	M	98–102	30 December 1891 – 13 December 1994 102 years, 348 days	France
13 December 1994	10 April 1995 (119 days)	Morarji Desai	M	98–99	29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995 99 years, 42 days	India
10 April 1995	25 November 1997 (2 years, 231 days)	Hastings Banda	M	97–99	1898 – 25 November 1997 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days	Malawi
25 November 1997	15 January 1998 (52 days)	Gulzarilal Nanda	M	99	4 July 1898 – 15 Jan 1998 99 years, 196 days	India
15 January 1998	13 July 1998 (180 days)	Konstantinos Kollias	M	96 or 97	1901 – 13 July 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days	Greece
13 July 1998	8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days)	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	M	95–97	23 September 1902 – 8 February 2000 97 years, 139 days	Romania
8 February 2000	31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days)	Michail Stasinopoulos	M	96–99	27 July 1903 – 31 Oct 2002 99 years, 143 days	Greece
31 October 2002	10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days)	Xenophon Zolotas	M	98–100	26 Apr 1904 – 10 June 2004 100 years, 45 days	Greece
10 June 2004	22 January 2009 (4 years, 228 days)	Chau Sen Coscal Chhum	M	98–103	1 September 1905 – 22 January 2009 103 years, 143 days	Cambodia	World's longest lived state leader from 09 December 2008 (Template:Ayd) Acting Cambodian Prime Minister
22 January 2009	16 April 2009 (85 days)	Abdel Halim Muhammad	M	98–99	10 Apr 1910 – 16 Apr 2009 99 years, 6 days	Sudan
16 Apr 2009	4 Jan 2010 (264 days)	Johan Ferrier	M	98–99	12 May 1910 – 4 Jan 2010 99 years, 238 days	Suriname
4 Jan 2010	15 Mar 2012 (2 yrs, 72 days)	Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz	M	98–100	11 Jan 1911 – 15 Mar 2012 101 years, 65 days	Panama
15 Mar 2012	9 Aug 2013 (1 yr, 144 days)	Telmo Vargas	M	99–100	9 Oct 1912 – 936 Aug 2013 100 years, 304 days	[Ecuador]]
9 Aug 2013	27 July 2016 (2 yrs, 353 days)	Piet de Jong	M	98–101	3 Apr 1915 – 27 July 2016 101 years, 115 days	Netherlands
27 July 2016	1 Oct 2018 (2 yrs, 66 days)	Đỗ Mười	M	99–101	2 Feb 1917 – 1 Oct 2018 101 years, 241 days	Vietnam
1 Oct 2018	17 Jan 2019 (108 days)	Babiker Awadalla	M	101	2 Mar 1917 – 17 Jan 2019 101 years, 321 days	Sudan
17 Jan 2019	29 Nov 2019 (314 days)	Yasuhiro Nakasone	M	100–101	27 May 1918 – 29 Nov 2019 101 years, 186 days	Japan
29 Nov 2019	25 May 2020	Hyun Soong-jong	M	100-101	26 February 1919-25 May 2020 101 years, 89 days	South Korea
25 May 2020	7 December 2021	Mustafa Ben Halim	M	99-100	29 January 1921 – 7 December 2021 (aged 100 years, 312 days)	Libya
25 May 2020	14 July 2022	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	M	100	4 October 1921 – 14 July 2022 (aged 100 years, 285 days)	Libya
14 July 2022	Present	Khamtai Siphamdone	M	98*	8 February 1924	Laos