List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

This article lists all the 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 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

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  Oldest ever:
  Morocco
  Muhammad al-Muqri
  served: 1912–1957

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  2nd-oldest:
  Croatia
  Josip Manolić
  served 1990–1991;

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  3rd-Oldest living:
  Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served: 1962

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  34th-oldest ever:
  Laos
  Antoine Pinay
  served 1991–2006

List

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Muhammad al-Muqri	Cambodia	Grand Vizier (1912–1957)	1854	1957	103 years, 219 days
2	Josip Manolić	'Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	1920	Alive	104 years, 233 days
3	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
4	Cesar Yanes Urias	El Salvador	Member of the Government Junta (1960–1961)	1920	Alive	104 years, 200 days
5	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
6	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
7	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
8	Anton Vratuša	Slovenia	Prime Minister (1978–1980)	1915	2017	102 years, 159 days
9	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
2–10	Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	List of prime miisters of Cambodia|Prime Minister]] (1958)	1915	2014	98 years, 261 days to 99 years, 260 days
11	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	ers of Sudan (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
12	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
13	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
14	Edward Bernard Raczyński	Poland	President (in-exile)) (1979–1986)	1917	2018	101 years, 223 days
15	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
16	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
17	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
18	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
19	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
20	Kim Yong-ju	Template:PRK	Acting President (1994–1997)	1920	2021	101 years, 60 days
21	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
22	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
23	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President(1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
24	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
25	Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham	Philippines	Governor-General (1852-1865)	1815	1915	100 years, 281 days
26	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
27	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
28	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
29	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 44 days
30	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
31	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
32	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
33	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
34	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 276 days
35	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 185 days
36	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 252 days
37	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
38	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
39	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
40	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
41	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
42	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
43	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
44	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
31–45	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
46	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 40 days
47	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	1924	Alive	100 years, 6 days
48	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
41-49	Carlos Enrique Díaz de León	Guatemala	Provisional President (1954)	1915	2014	98 years, 261 days to 99 years, 260 days
50	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
51	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
52	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
53	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
54	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
55	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
56	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
57	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
58	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
59	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
60	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
61	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 122 days
62	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
63	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
64	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
65	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
66	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	1925	Alive	99 years, 186 days
67	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
68	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
69	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
70	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	Alive	99 years, 134 days
71	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 123 days
72	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 116 days
73	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
74	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
75	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	Communist General Secretary (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
76	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
77	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the N.S.C. (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
78	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
79	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
80	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
81	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
82	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
83	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
84	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
85	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
86	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
87	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
88	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
58-89	Enrico Dandolo	Republic of Venice	Doge (1192–1205)	1107	1205	97 years, 151 days to 98 years, 150 days or 97 years, 181 days to 98 years, 180 days
90	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
91	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
92	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting} President (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
93	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
94	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
95	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 165 days
96	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
97	Enrico Dandolo	Papal States Spain	Grand Master of the Knights of Hospitaller (1636-1657)	1560	1657	97 years, 47 days
	Walter Scheel	West Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016
99	Abdul Momin	Brunei	Sultan (1852–1885)	1787	1885	97 years, 8 days
100	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days

Next to Join

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Current Age	Joins the List (If He/she Lives to)
1	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003, 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	98 years, 7 days	11 September 2023 (hidden (Pignatelli di Belmonte))	21 September 2023 (main (Schmidt))
2	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 337 days	27 October 2023 (hidden (Schmidt))	17 December 2023 (main (#100#–Monin))
3	Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	1927	Alive	97 years, 276 days	16 February 2024 (hidden (1xx–Momin)	26 March 2024 (age tied) (main, Lascaris and Scheel)
4	Thannin Kraivichien	Thailand	Primero Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 219 days	26 March 2024 (hidden, (#100– Lascaris and Scheel)	25 May 2024 (main; #100–Kaunda)
5	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2018)	1928	Alive	96 years, 280 days	26 March 2025 (hidden; #100–Kaunda)	12 May 2025 (main; #100–Apostol)
6	Arnold Rùütel	Estonia	Chaiman of the State Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	97 years, 184 days	15 August 2025 (main; #1xx–Apostol)	10 September 2025 (main list, Célestin)
7	Arthur Foulkes	The Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 183 days	11 September 2025 (hidden (#1xx–Célestin)	26 September 2025 (main; #100–Maurer)
8	{Peter Borross	Hungary	Prime Minister (19993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 75 days	2 January 2026 (hidden (#1xx–(main; # Maurer)}	4 January 2026 (main; #100–Villanueva)
9	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 18 days	12 March 2026 (hidden (#1xx–Villanueva	31 March 2026 (main; #100–Aylwin
10	Édouard Balladur	Framce	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 192 days	24 September 2026 (hidden (#1xx–Aylwin)	30 September 2027 (main; #100–Dandolo)

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The Following state leaders might be older than 100-87 but their birth and death is un certain
Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Replacing
Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Name	Country	Sex	Birth	Became Oldest	Ceased to be Oldest/Death (Time as Oldest) Age at death
William I	Germany	M	22 March 1797		9 March 1888 90 years, 353 days
George Tupou I	Tonga	M	4 December 1797	9 March 1888 90 years, 96 days	18 February 1893 95 years, 76 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	19 October 1802	18 February 1893 90 years, 122 days	14 May 1897 (7 years, 318 days) 94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria	M	17 July 1806	14 May 1897 90 years, 301 days	26 February 1899 (1 year, 289 days) 92 years 224 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	27 January 1810	26 February 1899 89 years, 30 days	12 April 1900 (2 years, 334 days) 90 years, 76 days
Pope Leo XIII	Papal States	M	2 March 1810	12 Apr 1900 90 years, 41 days	20 July 1903 (3 years, 99 days) 93 years, 140 days
Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	M	21 May 1810	20 July 1903 93 years, 60 days	17 February 1908 (4 years, 212 days) 97 years, 272 days
Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham	Philippines Spain	M	13 February 1815	17 February 1908 93 years, 4 days	23 November 1915 (7 years, 279 days) 100 years, 281 days
Artúr Gorgey	Hungary	M	30 January 1818	23 November 1915 97 years, 297 days	21 May 1916 (180 days) 98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	27 December 1823	21 May 1916 92 years, 146 days	10 December 1917 (1 year, 203 days) 93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet	France	M	14 November 1828	10 December 1917 89 years, 26 days	14 May 1923 (5 years, 352 days) 94 tears, 181 days
Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	25 February 1835	14 May 1923 88 years, 78 days	2 July 1924 (350 days) 89 years, 127 days
Jules Méline	France	M	20 May 1838	2 July 1924 86 years, 43 days	21 December 1925 (2 years, 158 days) 87 years, 216 days
Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	8 June 1838	2 July 1924 86 years, 24 days	10 March 1932 (7 years, 260 days) 93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	15 November 1841	10 March 1932 87 years, 168 days	6 September 1935 (3 years, 174 days) 93 years 295 days
Lizardo Garcia		M	26 April 1844	6 September 1935 91 years, 133 days	29 May 1937 (1 year, 263 days) 93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	22 January 1848	29 May 1937 91 years, 233 days	12 September 1939 (2 years, 194 days) 91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	22 March 1849	12 September 1939 90 years, 174 days	6 August 1945 (8 years, 69 days) 96 years, 138 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	M	10 April 1851	6 August 1945 94 years, 118 days	16 February 1948 (2 years, 194 days) 96 years, 312 days
Muhammad al-Muqri	Morocco	M	2 February 1854	16 February 1948 94 years, 14 days	9 September 1957 (9 years, 205 days) 103 years, 219 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	15 November 1859	9 September 1957 97 years, 308 days	12 December 1960 (3 years, 94 days) 101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	26 February 1868	12 December 1960 94 years, 290 days	15 May 1966 (5 years, 154 days) 98 years, 78 days
Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	M	1 January 1872	15 May 1966 94 years, 134 days	11 July 1967 (1 year, 57 days) 95 years, 191 days
Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	26 May 1871	11 July 1967 95 years, 341 days	25 February 1968 (229 days) 96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	15 March 1872	25 February 1968 95 years, 347 days	14 August 1969 (1 year, 170 days) 97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	4 August 1873	14 August 1969 94 years, 10 days	28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days) 98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	2 August 1874	28 March 1972 97 years, 190 days	14 February 1973 (323 days) 98 years, 196 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham	Hungary	M	10 July 1875	14 February 1973 97 years, 219 days	25 July 1973 (161 days) 98 years, 15 days
Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	20 May 1879	25 July 1973 94 years, 66 days	19 September 1977 (199 days) 98 years, 122 days
Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	31 August 1879	9 February 1974 94 years, 162 days	22 March 1978 (184 days) 98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	15 February 1882	22 March 1978 96 years, 35 days	24 April 1978 (33 days) 96 years, 69 days
Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	16 May 1883	24 April 1978 91 years, 335 days	22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days) 103 years, 99 days
Willem Drees	Netherlands	M	5 July 1886	22 August 1986 100 years, 48 days	14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days) 101 years, 314 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	3 December 1887	14 May 1988 100 years, 163 days	20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days) 102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	9 May 1889	20 January 1990 100 years, 256 days	14 December 1990 (329 days) 101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay	France	M	30 December 1891	14 December 1990 99 years, 349 days	13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days) 102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai	India	M	29 February 1896	13 December 1994 98 years, 288 days	10 April 1995 (119 days) 99 years, 41 days
Hastings Banda	Malawi	M	1898	10 April 1995 95 years, 100 days to 96 years, 100 days	23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days) 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	4 July 1898	23 November 1997 99 years, 142 days	15 January 1998 (53 days) 99 years, 195 days
Constantine Kollias	Greece	M	1901	15 January 1998 95 years, 327 days to 96 years, 327 days	13 July 1998 (179 days) 96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	23 September 1902	13 July 1998 95 years, 303 days	8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days) 97 years, 139 days
Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	27 July 1903	8 February 2000 96 years, 196 days	31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days) 99 years, 143 days
Xenophon Zolotas		M	26 Apr 1904	31 October 2002 98 years, 188 days	10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days) 100 years, 45 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum	Cambodia	M	1 September 1905	10 June 2004 98 years, 285 days	23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days) 103 years, 143 days
Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	M	1910	22 January 2009 99 years, 4 days to 99 years, 21 days	2013 (3 years, 345 days to 4 years, 343 days 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	M	3 July 1914	2013 99 years, 181 days to 98 years, 182 days	30 January 2017 (3 years, 30 days) to 4 years, 29 days 102 years, 211 days
Anton Vratuša	Slovenia	M	21 February 1915	30 January 2017 101 years, 344 days	30 July 2017 (180 days) 102 years, 115 days
Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	2 February 1917	30 January 2017 100 years, 178 days	1 October 2018 (1 year, 63 days) 101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	2 Mar 1917	1 October 2018 101 years, 213 days	17 January 2019 (108 days) 101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	27 May 1918	17 January 2019 100 years, 235 days	29 November 2019 (314 days) 101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	26 February 1919	29 November 2019 100 years, 276 days	25 May 2021 (178 days) 101 years, 89 days
Josip Manolić	Croatia	M	22 March 1920	25 May 2021 101 years, 64 days	Alive (3 years, 169 days) age 104 years, 233 days

See also

• List of longest-reigning monarchs
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Lists of state leaders by age
• List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)
• Records of heads of state
• List of Longest Living Cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
• Longest-lived state leaders by country
• List of Former longest living state leaders
• Supreme Court of the Philippines