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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 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days

State Leaders

Gallery

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Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962
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2nd Oldest:
Turkey<bgoatr in/>Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
3rd-Oldest:
France
served: 1962
15th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/22/2025

Color	Note
Columbia Blue	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	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, 343 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	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
8	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 243 days
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
11	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 117 days
12	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
13	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
14	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
15	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 48 days
16	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
17	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
18	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
19	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	101 years, 317 days
20	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 294 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	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
23	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
25	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
26	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	101 years, 82 days
27	Johan Ferrier	Surimane	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
28	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
29	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
30	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
31	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
31	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 165 days
33	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 158 days
34	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
35	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
36	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
37	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
38	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
39	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
40	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
41	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
42	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
43	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
44	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
45	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
46	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 199 days
47	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 192 days
48	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 182 days
49	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 207 days
50	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
51	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
52	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
53	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
54	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
55	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
56	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
57	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
58	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
59	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
60	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
61	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
62	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
63	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
64	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 49 days
65	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
66	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 13 days
67	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
68	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
69	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
70	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
71	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
72	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
73	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
74	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
75	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	98 years, 261 days
76	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
77	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
78	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
79	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
80	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
81	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
82	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
83	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
84	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
85	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
86	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
87	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
88	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
89	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
90	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 321 days
91	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
92	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
93	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
94	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
95	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
96	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
97	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	97 years, 226 days
98	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 225 days
99	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
100	Jiang Zemin	China	Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1989–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days

Next to Join

No.	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2024.12.31
1	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 117 days	96 years, 126 days
2	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 60 days	96 years, 69 days
3	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 234 days	95 years, 243 days
4	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	96 years, 224 days	95 years, 233 days
5	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 156 days	95 years, 165 days
6	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	1929	Alive	96 years, 97 days	95 years, 106 days
7	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	96 years, 65 days	95 years, 74 days
8	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 41 days	95 years, 50 days
9	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 21 days	95 years, 30 days
10	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	96 years, 2 days	95 years, 11 days
10	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1929	Alive	96 years, 2 days	95 years, 11 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

**The following persons might be older than *100-20* on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.**
Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Unclear Status as State Leaders

**The following persons might be older than *98-1* on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.**
Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
César Yanes Urias	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of the Government (1960-1961)	1920	Alive	105 years, 242 days
Josip Manolić	Croatians	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	1920	2024	104 years, 24 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992-1994)	1927	Alive	98 years, 317 days
Adnan Pachachi	Iraq	Prime Minister (2004)	1923	2019	96 years, 187 days

Unclear Status as State Leaders

**The following persons might be older than *15-5* on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.**
Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Kim Yong-ju	North Korea	Vice President During Vacancy (1994-1998)	1920	2021	100 years, 348 days to 101 years, 347 days

Cardinals

Gallery

Oldest:
Italy
Corrado Bafile
2nd-Oldest ever:
Italy
Loris Francesco Capovilla
3rd-Oldest:
Colombia
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez
8th-Oldest ever:
Argentina
Estanislao Esteban Karlic

List

Color	Age Range
Columbia Blue	Living

No.	Cardinal	Country	Post	Birth	Death	Age
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005)	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
4	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024)	1925	2024	99 years, 212 days
5	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
6	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019)	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
7	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
8	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	*Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)*	1926	Alive	99 years, 318 days
9	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	Priest of San Sisto (1991 – 2000)	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days
9	Franz König	Austria	Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004))	1905	2004	98 years, 223 days
11	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2022	98 years 151 days
12	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
13	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e San Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (2016–2021)	1923	2021	98 years, 5 days
14	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999)	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
15	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	*Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present)*	1926	Alive	99 years, 21 days
16	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	Argentina	*Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present)*	1927	Alive	98 years, 249 days
17	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021)	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
18	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
19	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020)	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
20	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	*Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present)*	1927	Alive	98 years, 65 days
21	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983–1993)	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days
22	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
23	Roger Etchegaray	France	Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019)	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
24	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
25	Edward Cassidy	Australia	Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021)	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
26	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011)	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
27	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	*Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)*	1928	Alive	97 years, 297 days
28	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015)	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
29	José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976)	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
30	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013)	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
31	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008)	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
32	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022)	1925	2022	96 years, 177 days
33	Francesco Morano	Italy	Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968)	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
34	Ernest Simoni	Albania	*Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)*	1928	Alive	97 years, 65 days
34	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022)	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
36	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021)	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
37	Pietro Parente	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986)	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
38	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019)	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
39	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	*Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice* (2021-present)**	1929	Alive	96 years, 351 days
40	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	*Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present)* *Proto-priest (2016-present)*	1929	Alive	96 years, 331 days
41	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022)	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
42	Henri de Lubac S.J.	France	Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991)	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
43	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973 –2016)	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
44	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019)	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
45	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979)	1884	1979	95 years, 47 days
46	Corrado Ursi	Italy	Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003)	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
47	Jorge Medina	Chile	Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021)	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
48	Julijans Vaivods	–Latvia	Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990)	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
49	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968)	1873	1968	94 years, 261 days
50	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006)	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
51	Adam Maida	United States	*Priest of San Vitale (1994–present)*	1930	Alive	95 years, 279 days
52	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000)	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
53	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	*Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice* (2014-present)**	1930	Alive	95 years, 266 days
54	Angelo Sodano	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1994–2022) Bishop of Ostia (2005–2019) Priest of Santa Maria Nuova in commendum (1994–2022)	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days
55	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017)	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
56	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
57	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013)	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
58	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997)	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
59	Theodore McCarrick	United States	Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018)	1930	alive	95 years, 168 days
60	Paul Poupard	France	Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 114 days
61	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001)	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
62	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present)	1930	Alive	95 years, 107 days
63	Marian Jaworski	Poland	Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020)	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
64	Carlo Furno	Italy	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015)	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
65	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019)	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
66	Roberto Tucci	Italy	Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015)	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
'67	Janis Pujats	Latvia	Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 38 days
68	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016)	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
69	John Carberry	United States	Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998)	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
70	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001)	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
71	Thomas Williams	United States	Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023)	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
72	Opilio Rossi	United States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004)	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
73	Camillo Ruini	Italy	*Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present)*	1931	Alive	94 years, 306 days
74	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930)	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
75	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019)	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
76	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009)	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
77	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	*Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present)*	1931	Alive	94 years, 213 days
78	Teodolfo Mertel	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899)	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
79	Simon Pimenta	India	Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013)	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
80	František Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	Priest of San Vitale (1977–\1992)	1899	1992	93 years, 36 days
81	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996)	1903	1996	93 years, 34 days
82	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008)	1915	2008	93 years, 21 days
83	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1948–1970)	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
84	James Francis McIntyre	United States	Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953 – 1979)	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
85	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986)	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
86	Alessandro Verde	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958)	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
87	Julien Ries	Belgium	Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
88	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	*Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present)*	1932	Alive	93 years, 350 days
89	Joseph Zen S.D.B.	China ( Hong Kong)	*Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present)*	1932	Alive	93 years, 343 days
90	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004)	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
91	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024)	1931	2024	92 years, 280 days
92	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972)	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
93	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	Priest of Sant’Atanasio (1965 – 1984) Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1963 – 1984)	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days
93	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	Priest of Santa Balbina (1965 – 1996)	1903	1996	92 years, 203 days
95	Jean Honoré	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
96	Joseph Asahirō Satowaki	Japan	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1979-1996)	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
97	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Scala (1946-1958)	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days
98	Luigi Poggi	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2005–2010)	1917	2010	92 years, 160 days
99	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985–2016)	1924	2016	92 years, 139 days
100	Maurice Feltin	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1953–75)	1883	1975	92 years, 135 days

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No.	Cardinal	Co.	Post	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 12-31-24
1	James Stafford	United States	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 149 days	92 years, 158 days
2	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	*Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present)*	1932	Alive	93 years, 134 days	92 years, 143 days
3	Francis Arinze	Nigeria	*Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present)*	1932	Alive	93 years, 51 days	92 years, 60 days
4	Walter Kasper	Germany	*Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice* (2011-present)**	1933	Alive	92 years, 292 days	91 years, 301 days
5	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	*Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present)*	1933	Alive	92 years, 269 days	91 years, 278 days
6	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	Chile	*Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present)*	1933	Alive	92 years, 108 days	91 years, 117 days
7	Raffaele Farina SDB	Italy	Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 89 days	91 years, 98 days
8	Giovanni Battista Re	Italy	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 326 days	90 years, 336 days
9	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Vietman	*Priest of San Giustino (2003–present)*	1934	Alive	91 years, 292 days	90 years, 301 days
10	Francesco Monterisi	Italy	*Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present)*	1934	Alive	91 years, 208 days	90 years, 217 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key

Current Longest-living	Former Longest-living

From	Until	State Leader	State	Sex	Birth
??	1893-02-18	George Tupou I	Tonga	M	1797-12-04
1893-02-18	1894-03-20	Lajos Kossuth	Hungary	M	1802-09-19
1894-03-20	1897-05-14	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	1802-10-19
1897-05-14	1899-02-26	Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria-Hungary	M	1806-07-17
1899-02-26	1900-04-12	Tomás Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	1810-01-27
1900-04-12	1903-07-20	Pope Leo XIII	Holy See	M	1810-03-02
1903-07-20	1908-07-17	Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	M	1810-05-21
1908-02-17	1916-09-21	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	M	1818-01-30
1916-05-21	1917-12-10	Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	1823-11-27
1917-12-10	1923-05-14	Charles de Freycinet	France	M	1828-11-14
1923-05-14	1924-07-02	Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	1835-02-25
1924-07-02	1932-03-10	Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	1838-08-08
1932-03-10	1935-09-06	Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	1841-11-15
1935-09-06	1935-07-29	François Denys Légitime	Haiti	M	1841-11-20
1935-07-29	1937-05-29	Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	M	1844-04-28
1937-05-29	11939-09-12	Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	1848-01-22
1939-09-12	1945-08-06	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	1849-03-22
1945-08-06	1949-07-25	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	M	1854-07-28
1949-07-25	1951-07-23	Philippe Petain	France	M	1856-04-24
1951-07-23	1952-07-21	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	M	1856-05-06
1952-07-21	1960-12-12	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	1859-11-15
1960-12-12	1966-05-15	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	1868-02-26
1966-05-15	1968-02-25	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	1871-05-28
1968-02-25	1969-08-14	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	1872-03-15
1969-08-14	1972-03-28	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	1873-08-04
1972-03-28	1973-02-14	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	1874-08-02
1973-02-14	1973-07-25	Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	M	1875-07-10
1973-07-25	1974-02-09	Federico Páez	Ecuador	M	1877-06-04
1974-02-09	1977-09-19	Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	1879-95-20
1977-09-19	1978-03-22	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	1879-08-31
1978-03.22	1978-04-14	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	1882-02-15
1978-04-14	1986-08-22	Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	1883-05-16
1986-08-22	1988-05-14	Willem Drees	Natherlands	M	1886-07-05
1988-05-14	1990-01-20	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	1887-12-03
1990-01-20	1990-12-14	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	1889-05-09
1990-12-14	1994-12-13	Antoine Pinay	France	M	1891-12-30
1994-12-13	1995-04-10	Morarji Desai	India	M	1896-02-29
1995-04-10	1998-01-15	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	1898-07-04
1998-91-15	1998-07-13	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece (Kingdom)	M	1901
1998-07-13	2000-02-08	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	1902-09-23
2000-02-08	2002-10-31	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	1903-07-27
2002-10-31	2004-06-10	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	M	1904-04-26
2004-06-10	2009-01-22	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Kampuchea	M	1905-09-01
2009-01-22	2010-01-04	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	1910-05-12
2010-01-04	2012-03-15	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	M	1911-01-11
2012-01-20	2013-08-09	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	M	1912-10-09
2013-08-09	2017-01-30	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	M	1914-07-03
2017-01-30	2018-10-01	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	1917-03-02
2018-10-01	2019-01-17	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	1917-03-02
2019-01-17	2019-11-29	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	1918-05-27
2019-11-29	2020-05-25	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	1919-02-26
2020-05-25	2021-12-07	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	1921-01-29
2021-12-07	2022-07-08	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	1921-10-04
2022-07-08	2023-10-11	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	1924-02-08
2023-10-11	current	Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	M	1923-11-04