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 11/22/2024
Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth'	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 Nov 1923	101 years, 18 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, 288 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 Mar 1924	100 years, 264 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 Oct 1924	100 years, 52 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 Jul 1925	98 years, 135 days
6	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 Jul 1925	98 years, 128 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	98 years, 177 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 Nov 1926	98 years, 19 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 Dec 1926	97 years, 349 days
10	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	97 years, 231 days
11	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 Feb 1928	96 years, 268 days
12	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	96 years, 196 days
13	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	96 years, 195 days
14	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 Aug 1928	96 years, 87 days
15	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 Oct 1928	96 years, 30 days
16	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	95 years, 204 days
17	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	95 years, 194 days
18	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	95 years, 126 days
19	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 Sep 1929	95 years, 67 days
20	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 Oct 1929	95 years, 35 days
21	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 Nov 1929	95 years, 7 days
22	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 Dec 1929	94 years, 357 days
23	Salim al-Huss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 Dec 1929	94 years, 338 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, 330 days
27	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 Jan 1930	94 years, 324 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, 264 days
29	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 Apr 1930	94 years, 221 days
30	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 Apr 1930	94 years, 232 days
31	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	94 years, 185 days
32	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 Jul 1930	94 years, 144 days
33	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	(Acting) Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 Oct 1930	94 years, 51 days
34	A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	11 Oct 1930	94 years, 42 days
35	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 Nov 1930	94 years, 11 days
36	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 Nov 1930	94 years, 2 days
37	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 Dec 1930	93 years, 346 days
38	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 Jan 1931	93 years, 323 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
40	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 Jan 1931	93 years, 308 days
41	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 Feb 1931	93 years, 292 days
42	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 Mar 1931	93 years, 266 days
43	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 Mar 1931	93 years, 251 days
44	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	93 years, 186 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, 172 days
46	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 Jun 1931	93 years, 157 days
47	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 Jul 1931	93 years, 117 days
48	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 Sep 1931	93 years, 54 days
49	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 Dec 1931	92 years, 357 days
50	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 Feb 1932	92 years, 282 days
51	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 Mar 1932	92 years, 252 days
52	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	92 years, 191 days
53	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 Jun 1932	92 years, 149 days
54	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 Aug 1932	92 years, 105 days
55	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 Aug 1932	92 years, 102 days
56	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 Sep 1932	92 years, 72 days
57	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 Sep 1932	92 years, 57 days
58	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 Oct 1932	92 years, 35 days
59	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 Oct 1932	92 years, 28 days
60	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 Nov 1932	92 years, 14 days
61	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 Nov 1932	92 years, 2 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
63	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the SPDC (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the USDP (1993–2011)	2 Feb 1933	91 years, 294 days
64	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 Feb 1933	91 years, 283 days
65	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 Apr 1933	91 years, 207 days
66	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	91 years, 188 days
67	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 Jun 1933	91 years, 167 days
68	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 Jun 1933	91 years, 160 days
69	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 Jul 1933	91 years, 131 days
70	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 Aug 1933	91 years, 108 days
71	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Military Leader (1982–1983)	11 Aug 1933	90 years, 335 days
72	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 Aug 1933	91 years, 85 days
73	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 Sep 1933	91 years, 72 days
74	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 Sep 1933	91 years, 63 days
75	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 Dec 1933	90 years, 336 days
76	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 Dec 1933	90 years, 335 days
77	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 Jan 1934	90 years, 323 days
78	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 Jan 1934	90 years, 316 days
79	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 Jan 1934	90 years, 300 days
80	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 Feb 1934	90 years, 289 days
81	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 Mar 1934	90 years, 236 days
82	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 Mar 1934	90 years, 237 days
83	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 Apr 1934	90 years, 217 days
84	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 Apr 1934	90 years, 207 days
85	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	90 years, 197 days
86	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, 181 days
87	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 Jun 1934	90 years, 171 days
88	Albert II	BEL	King (1993–2013)	6 Jun 1934	90 years, 169 days
89	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	MDG	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 Jun 1934	90 years, 156 days
90	Ricardo de la Espriella	PAN	President (1982–1984)	5 Sept 1934	90 years, 78 days
91	Apas Jumagulov	KGZ	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 Sept 1934	90 years, 64 days
92	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	TOG	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 Oct 1934	90 years, 50 days
93	Yakubu Gowon	NGA	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 Oct 1934	90 years, 34 days
94	Hamilton Green	GUY	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 Nov 1934	90 years, 13 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	SWE	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
96	Nicéphore Soglo	BEN	Acting Prime Miister (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 Nov 1934	89 years, 359 days
97	Pratibha Patil	IND	President (2007–2012)	19 Dec 1934	89 years, 349 days
98	Stjepan Mesić	YUG HRV	President of the Presidency (1991) President (2000–2010)	24 Dec 1934	89 years, 334 days
99	António Ramalho Eanes	Portugal	President of the Revolutionary Council (1976–1982) President (1976–1986)	25 Jan 1935	89 years, 302 days
100	Artur Rasizade	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)	26 Feb 1935	89 years, 270 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–50 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, 327 days to 92 years, 326 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	89 years, 327 days to 90 years, 326 days
Leonel Mário d'Alva	São Tomé and Príncipe	Acting President (1991)	1935	89 years, 326 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #100–1 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, 212 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 Feb 1927	97 years, 288 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 Oct 1929	95 years, 35 days
Karan Singh	Janmu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 Mar 1931	93 years, 258 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	Acting President (1999)	15 Oct 1931	93 years, 38 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front (1989)	24 Ju 1934	90 years, 151 days
Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Camerlengo during papal vacancy (2013)	2 Dec 1934	89 years, 356 days
Giovanni Lajolo		[President of the Governorate (2006–2011)	3 January 1935	89 years, 324 days
Brian Mullooly	Ireland	[Member of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)	21 February 1935	89 years, 275 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #99–38 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, 327 days to 93 years, 326 days
			1934	89 years, 327 days to 90 years, 326 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	89 years, 327 days to 90 years, 326 days

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