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

• Guillermo Rodríguez (Ecuador).jpg

  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

Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1923	101 years, 25 days
2	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 February 1924	100 years, 295 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	100 years, 271 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	100 years, 59 days
5	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	8 May 1925	98 years, 205 days
6	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	98 years, 142 days
7	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 July 1925	98 years, 135 days
8	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	98 years, 184 days
9	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	98 years, 26 days
10	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	97 years, 356 days
11	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	97 years, 238 days
12	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	96 years, 275 days
13	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	96 years, 203 days
14	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	96 years, 202 days
15	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 August 1928	96 years, 94 days
16	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 October 1928	96 years, 37 days
17	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	95 years, 211 days
18	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	95 years, 201 days
19	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	95 years, 133 days
20	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 September 1929	95 years, 74 days
21	Nikolai Ryzhkov	Soviet Union	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991)	28 September 1929	95 years, 62 days
23	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 October 1929	95 years, 42 days
23	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 November 1929	95 years, 14 days
24	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 December 1929	94 years, 364 days
25	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 December 1929	94 years, 345 days
	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
28	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 December 1929	94 years, 337 days
29	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 January 1930	94 years, 331 days
30	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 March 1930	94 years, 271 days
31	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 April 1930	94 years, 228 days
32	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 April 1930	94 years, 239 days
33	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	94 years, 192 days
34	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 July 1930	94 years, 151 days
35	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 October 1930	94 years, 58 days
36	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 November 1930	94 years, 18 days
37	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 November 1930	94 years, 9 days
38	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 December 1930	93 years, 353 days
39	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 January 1931	93 years, 330 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
41	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 January 1931	93 years, 315 days
42	Dries van Agt	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1977–1982)	2 February 1931	93 years, 301 days
43	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 February 1931	93 years, 299 days
44	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 March 1931	93 years, 273 days
45	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 March 1931	93 years, 258 days
46	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	93 years, 193 days
47	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 June 1931	93 years, 179 days
48	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 June 1931	93 years, 164 days
49	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 July 1931	93 years, 124 days
50	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 September 1931	93 years, 61 days
51	Michael Hardie Boys	New Zealand	Governor-General (1996–2001)	6 October 1931	93 years, 54 days
52	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 December 1931	92 years, 364 days
53	Javier Valle Riestra	Peru	Prime Minister (1998)	5 January 1932	92 years, 329 days
54	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 February 1932	92 years, 289 days
55	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 March 1932	92 years, 259 days
56	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	92 years, 198 days
57	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 June 1932	92 years, 156 days
58	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 August 1932	92 years, 112 days
59	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 August 1932	92 years, 109 days
60	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 September 1932	92 years, 79 days
61	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 September 1932	92 years, 64 days
62	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 October 1932	92 years, 42 days
63	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 October 1932	92 years, 35 days
64	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	1 November 1932	92 years, 28 days
65	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 November 1932	92 years, 21 days
66	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 November 1932	92 years, 9 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
68	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (1993–2011)	2 February 1933	91 years, 301 days
69	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 February 1933	91 years, 290 days
70	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 April 1933	91 years, 214 days
71	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	91 years, 195 days
72	Basdeo Panday	Trinidad and Tobago	Prime Minister (1995–2001)	25 May 1933	91 years, 188 days
73	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 June 1933	91 years, 174 days
74	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 June 1933	91 years, 167 days
75	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 July 1933	91 years, 138 days
76	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 August 1933	91 years, 115 days
77	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983)	11 August 1933	90 years, 342 days
78	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 August 1933	91 years, 92 days
79	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 September 1933	91 years, 79 days
80	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 September 1933	91 years, 70 days
81	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 December 1933	90 years, 343 days
82	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 December 1933	90 years, 342 days
83	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	90 years, 330 days
84	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	90 years, 323 days
85	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 January 1934	90 years, 307 days
86	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 February 1934	90 years, 296 days
87	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 March 1934	90 years, 243 days
88	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 March 1934	90 years, 244 days
89	Édouard Frank	Central African Republic	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	5 April 1934	90 years, 238 days
90	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 April 1934	90 years, 224 days
91	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 April 1934	90 years, 214 days
92	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	90 years, 204 days
93	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, 188 days
94	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 June 1934	90 years, 178 days
95	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 June 1934	90 years, 176 days
96	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 June 1934	90 years, 163 days
97	Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem	Angola	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1996–1999)	24 August 1934	90 years, 97 days
98	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 September 1934	90 years, 85 days
99	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 September 1934	90 years, 71 days
100	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	Togo	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 October 1934	90 years, 57 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–54 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, 334 days to 92 years, 333 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	89 years, 334 days to 90 years, 333 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #97–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	22 March 1920	104 years, 252 days
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 April 1920	104 years, 219 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 February 1927	97 years, 295 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 October 1929	95 years, 42 days
Karan Singh	Janmu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 March 1931	93 years, 265 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999)	15 October 1931	93 years, 45 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front Council (1989)	24 June 1934	90 years, 158 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–40 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 or 1934	92 years, 334 days to 93 years, 333 days; or 89 years, 334 days to 90 years, 333 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	89 years, 334 days to 90 years, 333 days

Related pages

• List of longest-living state leaders

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