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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 lightgreen. 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 Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905-2009) of Cambodia, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. And among the Living the Oldest is Guillermo Rodriguez (born 1923) of Ecuador, whose current age is 102 years, 100 days.

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Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg

Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
served: 1962
2nd Oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
3rd-Oldest:
France
Antoine Pinay
served: 1952 1953
8th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 02/12/2026

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	Living

No.	Portrait Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	75px Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	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, 348 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	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 100 days
9	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
10	Zhang Qun	China	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
11	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 346 days
12	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
13	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
14	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
15	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
16	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Party Chairman (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
17	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
18	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
19	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 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	2024	100 years, 89 days
23	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 217 days
24	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 210 days
25	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
25	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
27	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
28	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
29	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 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
32	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 259 days
33	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
34	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
35	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
36	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
37	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
38	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 101 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	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 65 days
42	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
43	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
44	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
45	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
46	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	Acting President (1926–1929) President (1929–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
47	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
48	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
49	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
50	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
51	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
52	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President of the Transitional Government (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
53	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
54	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
55	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
56	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
57	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
58	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
59	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
60	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
61	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
62	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
63	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
64	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924, 1926-1927) Premier (1927) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
65	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
66	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	98 years, 8 days
67	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
68	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
69	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
70	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988-2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
71	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
72	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
73	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
74	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
75	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
76	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
77	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 277 days
78	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
79	Walter Scheel	West Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
80	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 169 days
81	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
82	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 112 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	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
86	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
87	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
88	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990-1992) President (2001-2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days
89	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 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	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 286 days
94	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1989-2002) President (1993-2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 110 days
95	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
96	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
97	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
98	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 208 days
99	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958-1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
100	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days

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No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age as of 2025.09.30	Date of Entry
1	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 286 days	96 years, 151 days	09 Nov 2025 Richter Prada 96 years, 191 days 1921–2017
2	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 43 days	96 years, 73 days	28 Feb 2026 Yang Hyong-sop 96 years, 224 days 1925-2022
3	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 89 days	95 years, 319 days	8 Jun 2026 Rüütel 96 years, 235 days 1928–2024
4	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 73 days	95 years, 303 days	2 Aug 2026 Molotov 96 years, 244 days 1890–1986
5	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	96 years, 54 days	95 years, 254 days	24 Aug 2026 Bourguiba 96 years, 247 days 1903–2000
5	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1929	Alive	96 years, 54 days	95 years, 254 days	24 Aug 2026 Bourguiba 96 years, 247 days 1903–2000
7	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 46 days	95 years, 276 days	04 Sept 2026 Shamir 96 years, 252 days 1915‐2012
8	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	1930	Alive	96 years, 40 days	95 years, 270 days	29 Sept 2026 Huysmans 96 years, 275 days 1871& ndash;1968
9	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	95 years, 303 days	95 years, 168 days	3 Mar 2027 Schmidt 96 years, 322 days 1918–2015
10	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	1930	Alive	95 years, 294 days	95 years, 159 days	10 June 2027 Scheel 97 years, 47 days 1919–2016

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than *#100–24* on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.
Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
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, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

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