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 lightgreen. 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 Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905-2009) of  Cambodia, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. And among the Living the Oldest is Guillermo Rodriguez (born 1923) of  Ecuador, whose current age is 102 years, 35 days. This list consists of 11 living and 89 decreased state leaders.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served: 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
   Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  Antoine Pinay
  served: 1952 1953

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  7th-oldest:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/9/2025

Living

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	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, 348 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 35 days
7	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
8	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
9	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
10	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	2025	101 years, 228 days
11	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
12	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
13	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
14	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
15	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
16	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
17	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
18	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
19	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
20	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
21	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
22	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
23	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 152 days
24	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 145 days
25	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
26	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
28	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
29	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
30	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
31	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
23–32	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
33	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
34	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 194 days
35	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
36	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
37	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
38	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
39	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
40	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
41	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
42	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 36 days
29–43	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
44	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 0 days
45	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
46	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
47	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
48	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
49	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
50	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
51	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
52	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
53	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
54	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
55	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
56	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
57	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
58	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
59	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
60	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
61	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
62	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
63	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
64	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
65	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
66	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
67	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
68	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
69	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
70	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
71	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
72	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
73	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
74	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
75	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
76	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 308 days
77	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Acting President (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
78	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
79	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
80	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
81	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
82	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
83	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
84	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 212 days
85	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
86	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
87	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
88	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
89	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
90	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
91	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
92	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 104 days
93	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
94	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 47 days
95	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
96	Gennaro Granito	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
97	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tannu Tuva	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
98	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
99	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
100	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days

Next to Enter

No.	Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Current Age	Age as of 30 Sept 2025	Entry Date After
1	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993-1995)	1929	alive	96 years, 221 days	96 years, 151 days	7 Jan 2026 Páez 96 years, 250 days 1877–1974
2	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	alive	96 years, 143 days	96 years, 73 days	28 Mar 2026 Shamir 96 years, 252 days 1915–2012
3	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	alive	96 years, 24 days	95 years, 319 days	17 Aug 2026 Huysmans 96 years, 275 days 1871–1968
4	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	alive	96 years, 8 days	95 years, 303 days	5 Oct 2026 Anchimaa-Toka 96 years, 308 days 1912–2008
5	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	alive	95 years, 354 days	95 years, 284 days	28 Oct 2026 Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte 96 years, 312 days 1851–1948
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992-1993)
7	Efrain Goldenberg	Peru	President (2002–2007)	1929	alive	95 years, 346 days	95 years, 276 days	13 Feb 2027 Scheel 97 years, 47 days 1919–2016
8	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1970)	1930	alive	95 years, 340 days	95 years, 270 days	22 Feb 2027 Kaunda 97 years, 50 days 1924–2021
9	Vigdis Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	alive	95 years, 238 days	95 years, 168 days	21 Jul 2027 Apostol 97 years, 97 days 1913–2010
10	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	1930	alive	95 years, 229 days	95 years, 159 days	25 Aug 2027 Célestin 97 years, 123 days 1913–2011

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #83–100 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Chronological list of longest-lived state leaders (from 1905)

Key

Longest-living

From	Until	Name	State	Post	Birth	Death
6 Aug 1905 (aged 95 years, 77 days)	29 Oct 1915	Baron Ignaz Von Plener	Austria-Hungary	Minister-President (1870)	21 May 1810	17 Feb 1908 (aged 97 years, 272 days)
30 Oct 1915 (aged 97 years, 273 days)	8 Mar 1958	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	uActing Governor-President (1849)	30 Jan 1818	21 May 1916 (aged 98 years, 112 days)
9 Mar 1958 (age 98 years, 113 days)	12 Jun 1984	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	15 Nov 1859	12 Dec 1960 (aged 101 years, 27 days)
13 Jun 1984 (age 101 years, 28 days)	8 Apr 2008	Celál Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	16 May 1883	22 Aug 1986 (aged 103 years, 98 days)
9 Apr 2008 (age 103 years, 99 days)	present	Chau Sen Cocsal	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1 Sept 1905	22 Jan 2009 (aged 103 years, 143 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
• Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
• Future longest-living state leaders
• Past longest-living state leaders
• List of longest-living state leaders from Africa
• List of longest-living state leaders from Asia
• List of longest-living state leaders from Europe
• List of longest-living state leaders from the Americas
• List of longest-living state leaders from Oceania
• List of longest-living state leaders from South America
• List of longest-living heads of state
• List of longest-living heads of government