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

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  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

updated 11/27/2024
Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth'	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 Nov 1923	101 years, 23 days
2	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 Feb 1924	100 years, 293 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 Mar 1924	100 years, 269 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 Oct 1924	100 years, 57 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 Jul 1925	98 years, 140 days
6	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 Jul 1925	98 years, 133 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	98 years, 182 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 Nov 1926	98 years, 24 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 Dec 1926	97 years, 354 days
10	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	97 years, 236 days
11	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 Feb 1928	96 years, 273 days
12	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	96 years, 201 days
13	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	96 years, 200 days
14	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 Aug 1928	96 years, 92 days
15	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 Oct 1928	96 years, 35 days
16	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	95 years, 209 days
17	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	95 years, 199 days
18	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	95 years, 131 days
19	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 Sep 1929	95 years, 72 days
20	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 Oct 1929	95 years, 40 days
21	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 Nov 1929	95 years, 12 days
22	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 Dec 1929	94 years, 362 days
23	Salim al-Huss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 Dec 1929	94 years, 343 days
	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
26	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 Dec 1929	94 years, 335 days
27	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 Jan 1930	94 years, 329 days
28	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 Mar 1930	94 years, 269 days
29	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 Apr 1930	94 years, 226 days
30	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 Apr 1930	94 years, 237 days
31	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	94 years, 190 days
32	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 Jul 1930	94 years, 149 days
33	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	(Acting) Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 Oct 1930	94 years, 56 days
34	A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	11 Oct 1930	94 years, 47 days
35	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 Nov 1930	94 years, 16 days
36	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 Nov 1930	94 years, 7 days
37	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 Dec 1930	93 years, 351 days
38	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 Jan 1931	93 years, 328 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
40	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 Jan 1931	93 years, 313 days
41	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 Feb 1931	93 years, 297 days
42	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 Mar 1931	93 years, 271 days
43	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 Mar 1931	93 years, 256 days
44	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	93 years, 191 days
45	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 Jun 1931	93 years, 177 days
46	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 Jun 1931	93 years, 162 days
47	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 Jul 1931	93 years, 122 days
48	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 Sep 1931	93 years, 59 days
49	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 Dec 1931	92 years, 362 days
50	Javier Valle Riestra	Peru	Prime Minister (1998)	5 Jan 1932	92 years, 327 days
51	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 Feb 1932	92 years, 287 days
52	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 Mar 1932	92 years, 257 days
53	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	92 years, 196 days
53	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 Jun 1932	92 years, 154 days
55	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 Aug 1932	92 years, 110 days
56	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 Aug 1932	92 years, 107 days
57	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 Sep 1932	92 years, 77 days
58	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 Sep 1932	92 years, 62 days
59	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 Oct 1932	92 years, 40 days
60	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 Oct 1932	92 years, 33 days
61	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 Nov 1932	92 years, 19 days
62	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 Nov 1932	92 years, 7 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
64	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the SPDC (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the USDP (1993–2011)	2 Feb 1933	91 years, 299 days
65	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 Feb 1933	91 years, 288 days
66	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 Apr 1933	91 years, 212 days
67	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	91 years, 193 days
68	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 Jun 1933	91 years, 172 days
69	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 Jun 1933	91 years, 165 days
70	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 Jul 1933	91 years, 136 days
71	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 Aug 1933	91 years, 113 days
72	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Military Leader (1982–1983)	11 Aug 1933	90 years, 340 days
73	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 Aug 1933	91 years, 90 days
74	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 Sep 1933	91 years, 77 days
75	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 Sep 1933	91 years, 68 days
76	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 Dec 1933	90 years, 341 days
77	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 Dec 1933	90 years, 340 days
78	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 Jan 1934	90 years, 328 days
79	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 Jan 1934	90 years, 321 days
80	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 Jan 1934	90 years, 305 days
81	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 Feb 1934	90 years, 294 days
82	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 Mar 1934	90 years, 241 days
83	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 Mar 1934	90 years, 242 days
84	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 Apr 1934	90 years, 222 days
85	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 Apr 1934	90 years, 212 days
86	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	90 years, 202 days
87	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, 186 days
88	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 Jun 1934	90 years, 176 days
89	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 Jun 1934	90 years, 174 days
90	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 Jun 1934	90 years, 161 days
91	Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem	Angola	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1996–1999)	24 Aug 1934	90 years, 95 days
92	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 Sept 1934	90 years, 83 days
93	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 Sept 1934	90 years, 69 days
94	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	Togo	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 Oct 1934	90 years, 55 days
95	Yakubu Gowon	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 Oct 1934	90 years, 39 days
96	Hamilton Green	Guyana	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 Nov 1934	90 years, 18 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	Sweden	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
98	Nicéphore Soglo	Benin	Acting Prime Miister (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 Nov 1934	89 years, 364 days
99	Pratibha Patil	India	President (2007–2012)	19 Dec 1934	89 years, 354 days
100	Stjepan Mesić	Yugoslavia Croatia	President of the Presidency (1991) President (2000–2010)	24 Dec 1934	89 years, 339 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, 332 days to 92 years, 331 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	89 years, 332 days to 90 years, 331 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
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 Apr 1920	104 years, 217 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 Feb 1927	97 years, 293 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 Oct 1929	95 years, 40 days
Karan Singh	Janmu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 Mar 1931	93 years, 263 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	Acting President (1999)	15 Oct 1931	93 years, 43 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front (1989)	24 Ju 1934	90 years, 156 days
Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Camerlengo during papal vacancy (2013)	2 Dec 1934	89 years, 361 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	92 years, 332 days to 93 years, 331 days
			1934	89 years, 332 days to 90 years, 331 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	89 years, 332 days to 90 years, 331 days

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• List of longest-living state leaders

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