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This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime m inister), 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 Former Prime Minister and President of Turkey Celâl Bayar, who died in 1986 at the age of 103 years, 98 days, but the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 days.

List

    Living

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Celâl Bayar Template:Flag Prime Minister (1937–1939)

President (1950–1960)

1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
2 Antoine Pinay France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 348 days
3 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 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) 1886 1988 101 years, 314 days
7 Đỗ Mười Vietnam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)

General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997)

1917 2018 101 years, 241 days
8 Zhang Qun China 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 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
13 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
14 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980) 		1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
15 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
16 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
17 / 18 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
19 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
20 Tun Tin Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 212 days
21 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
22 Anthony Mamo Malta Governor-General (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976) 		1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
23 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
24 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
24 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006) 		1924 Alive 100 years, 314 days
26 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 290 days
27 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
28 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
29 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
30 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
31 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016) 		1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
32 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
33 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
34 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
35 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
36 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 78 days
37 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days
38 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
39 Mamadou Dia Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
40 Guillermo Rodríguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1924 Alive 100 years, 44 days
41 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
42 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
43 Lê Đức Anh Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
44 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
45 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 122 days
46 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 109 days
47 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
48 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
49 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
50 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
51 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
52 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
53 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
54 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995)
National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi

(1990–1992)

1925 Alive 99 years, 224 days
55 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days
56 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 Alive 99 years, 172 days
57 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 161 days
58 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 154 days
59 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989) 		1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
60 Ignaz von Plener Cisleithania
(Austria-Hungary) 		Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
61 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Irish Free State Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
62 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
63 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
64 He Yingqin China Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
65 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000)
Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000) 		1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
66 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
67 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 Alive 99 years, 10 days
68 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
69 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
70 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
71 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
72 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
73 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
74 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991)
President of the United National Independence Party

(1973–1990)

1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
75 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979) 		1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
76 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 203 days
77 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
78 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1926 2023 96 years, 319 days
79 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuva Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
80 Nguyễn Văn Xuân South Vietnam Prime Minister (1948–1949) 1892 1989 96 years, 286 days
81 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
82 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
83 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987) 		1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
84 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941) 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
85 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998) 1925 2022 96 years, 224 days
86 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days
87 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 45 days
88 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 98 years, 9 days
89 Elizabeth II Template:Flag Queen (1952–2022) 1926 2022 96 years, 140 days
90 Alejandro Deustua Template:Flag Prime Minister (1902) 1849 1945 96 years, 137 days-
91 Jiang Zemin China President (1993–2003) 1926 2022 96 years, 105 days
92 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924 2020 96 years, 82 days
92 Federico Chávez Paraguay President (1949–1954) 1882 1978 96 years, 74 days
93 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915 2011 96 years, 43 days
94 Michael I of Romania Romania King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) 1921 2017 96 years, 41 days
95 João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu Brazil Prime Minister (1878–1880) 1810 1906 96 years, 37 days
96 Thanin Kraivichien THailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 257 days
97 Dom Mintoff Malta Governor-General (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916 2012 96 years, 14 days
98 Hans Schaffner Switzerland Federal Council President (1961–1969)
President (1966)		 1908 2004 95 years, 346 days
99 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906 2002 95 years, 316 days
100 Tomás Romero Pereira Paraguay President (1964) 18865 1982 95 years, 312 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

Rank Name State Position Birth Death Age
1–5 Ek Yi Oun Cambodia Prime Minister (1958) 1910 2013 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
19–30 Carlos Enrique Diaz De Leon Guatemala President (1994–1998) 1915 2013 99 years, 0 day to 99 years, 364 days
19–31 Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)

State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)

1898 1997 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
67–86 Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
91–100 Hassan al-Hakim Syria Prime Minister (1941–1942; 1951) 1886 1982 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Acting 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 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
3 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting President (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
4 Abdul Salam Sabrah North Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
5 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
6 Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012 99 years, 186 days
7 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
8 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)		 1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
9 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela Interim president (1993–1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
10 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
11 Federico Páez Ecuador Acting President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days
12 Pedro Lascuráin Mexico Acting President (1913) 1856 1952 96 years, 74 days
12 Fumio Gotō Japan Acting Prime Minister (1936) 1884 1980 96 years, 67 days
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