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 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.

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

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  14th-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  Oldest living leader of a now defunct state and 60th-oldest ever:
   Yugoslavia
  Raif Dizdarevic
  served: 1988–1989

List

UPDATED 12/13/2024

Color	Note
Columbia Blue	Living State Leaders and 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	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
5	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
6	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
7	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
8	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
9	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
10	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
11	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
12	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
13	Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	101 years, 39 days
14	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
15	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
16	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
17	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 309 days
18	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
19	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 285 days
20	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
21	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
22	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 73 days
23	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
24	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
25	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
26	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
27	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 156 days
28	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 149 days
29	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
30	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
31	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
32	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
33	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
34	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
35	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
36	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
37	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
38	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
39	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
40	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
41	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
42	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
43	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
44	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 198 days
45	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
46	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
47	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
48	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
49	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
50	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
51	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2022	98 years, 110 days
52	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
53	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
54	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
55	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
56	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
57	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	98 years, 40 days
58	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungarian Soviet Republic   Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
59	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
60	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988-1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 4 days
61	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
62	Abdelsalam al-Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
63	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
64	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
65	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
66	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 252 days
67	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (Acting President) (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
68	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
69	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
70	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
71	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988-2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
72	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
73	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
74	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
75	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
76	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1903	2000	97 years, 138 days
77	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
78	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
79	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
80	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
81	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
82	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 313 days
83	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
84	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
85	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
86	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930-1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
87	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
88	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1990–1992) President (2001-2006)	1928	Alive	96 years, 217 days
89	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	'Alive	96 years, 216 days
90	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
91	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
92	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
93	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 108 days
94	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
95	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
96	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
97	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 51 days
98	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
99	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
100	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

The following individuals might be older than #89–72 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 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
• List of current cardinals
• Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
• List of Cardinals by Age (current)
• Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)