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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  2rd-Oldest:
  Malaysia
  Mahathir Mohamad
  served: 1981–2003; 2018 2020

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  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 6th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

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  Oldest living incumbent and 47th-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Key

Color	Note
	Incumbent

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 Nov 1923	102 years, 65 days
2	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 Jul 1925	100 years, 182 days
3	Muhammad Hassan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	17 Jul 1925	100 years, 175 days
4	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	99 years, 224 days
5	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 Nov 1926	99 years, 66 days
6	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 Dec 1926	99 years, 30 days
7	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	97 years, 242 days
8	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 Aug 1928	97 years, 134 days
9	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 Oct 1928	97 years, 77 days
10	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	96 years, 251 days
11	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 Jul 1929	96 years, 173 days
12	Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President (1987)	16 Oct 1929	96 years, 82 days
13	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 Nov 1929	96 years, 54 days
14	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 Dec 1929	96 years, 38 days
15	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	20 Dec 1929	96 years, 19 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
17	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 Jan 1930	96 years, 5 days
18	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 Apr 1930	95 years, 268 days
19	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 Apr 1930	95 years, 259 days
20	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 Jul 1930	95 years, 191 days
21	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 Oct 1930	95 years, 98 days
22	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 Nov 1930	95 years, 49 days
23	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 Dec 1930	95 years, 27 days
24	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 Jan 1931	95 years, 4 days
25	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 Jan 1931	94 years, 354 days
26	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 Feb 1931	94 years, 338 days
27	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 Mar 1931	94 years, 313 days
28	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 Mar 1931	94 years, 298 days
29	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	94 years, 233 days
30	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	94 years, 219 days
31	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 Jun 1931	94 years, 204 days
32	Khieu Samphan	Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 Jul 1931	94 years, 164 days
33	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 Sept 1931	94 years, 101 days
34	Nicola Mancino	Italy	Acting President (1999)	15 Oct 1931	94 years, 85 days
35	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 Dec 1931	94 years, 38 days
36	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	93 years, 238 days
37	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 Jun 1932	93 years, 196 days
38	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 Aug 1932	93 years, 152 days
39	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 Sept 1932	93 years, 119 days
40	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 Oct 1932	93 years, 82 days
41	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 Nov 1932	93 years, 61 days
42	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)	20 Nov 1932	93 years, 49 days
	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)
44	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (1993–2011)	2 Feb 1933	92 years, 340 days
45	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 Feb 1933	92 years, 330 days
46	Mark Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 Apr 1933	92 years, 254 days
47	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	92 years, 235 days
48	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 Jun 1933	92 years, 214 days
49	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolia	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 Jul 1933	92 years, 178 days
50	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Military Leader (1982–1983)	11 Aug 1933	92 years, 150 days
51	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 Aug 1933	92 years, 132 days
52	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 Sept 1933	92 years, 150 days
53	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 Sept 1933	92 years, 100 days
54	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 Dec 1933	92 years, 17 days
55	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 Dec 1933	92 years, 16 days
56	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 Jan 1934	92 years, 4 days
57	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 Jan 1934	91 years, 362 days
58	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 Jan 1934	91 years, 346 days
59	Giovanni Battista Re	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (2025)	30 Jan 1934	91 years, 343 days
60	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 Feb 1934	91 years, 335 days
61	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 Mar 1934	91 years, 293 days
62	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 Mar 1934	91 years, 284 days
63	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 Apr 1934	91 years, 264 days
64	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 Apr 1934	91 years, 254 days
65	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	91 years, 244 days
66	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 Jun 1934	91 years, 218 days
67	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 Jun 1934	91 years, 216 days
68	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 Jun 1934	91 years, 203 days
69	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 Sept 1934	91 years, 125 days
70	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 Sept 1934	91 years, 111 days
71	Yakubu Gowon	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 Oct 1934	91 years, 81 days
72	Hamilton Green	Guyana	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 Nov 1934	91 years, 60 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	Sweden	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
74	Nicéphore Soglo	Benin	Acting Prime Minister (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 Nov 1934	91 years, 40 days
75	Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (2013)	2 Dec 1934	91 years, 37 days
76	Pratibha Patil	India	President (2007–2012)	19 Dec 1934	91 years, 30 days
77	Anis Hassan Yahya	South Yemen	General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Vanguard Party (1974-1975)	20 Dec 1934	91 years, 19 days
78	Stjepan Mesić	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1991)	24 Dec 1934	91 years, 15 days
		–Croatia	President (2000–2010)
79	Giovanni Lajolo	Vatican City	President of the Governorate (2006-2011)	3 Jan 1935	91 years, 5 days
80	António Ramalho Eanes	Portugal	President of the Revolutionary Council (1976–1982) President (1976–1986)}}	25 Jan 1935	90 years, 348 days
81	Artur Rasizade	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)	26 Feb 1935	90 years, 316 days
82	Mohammed Basindawa	Yemen	Prime Minister (2011–2014)	4 Apr 1935	90 years, 279 days
83	Peter Hollingworth	Australia	Governor-General (2001–2003)	10 Apr 1935}}	90 years, 273 days
	P. J. Patterson	Jamaica	Prime Minister (1992–2006)
85	Sharavyn Gungaadorj	Mongolia	Prime Minister (1990)	2 May 1935	90 years, 251 days
86	Nemesi Marqués Oste	Andorra	Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince (1993–2012)	17 May 1935	90 years, 236 days
87	Léon Kengo	Zaire	First State Commissioner (1982-1986; 1988-1990) Prime Minister (1994–1997)	22 May 1935	90 years, 231 days
	Sultan Ali Keshtmand	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1981–1988; 1989–1990)
89	Lee Hoi-chang	South Korea	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	2 Jun 1935	90 years, 220 days
90	Leonel Marino d'Alva	São Tomé and Principé	Acting Prime Minister (1991)	22 Jul 1935	90 years, 170 days
91	Hifikepunye Pohamba	Namibia	President (2005–2015)	18 Aug 1935	90 years, 143 days
92	Abdou Diouf	Senegal	Prime Minister (1970–1980) President (1981–2000)	7 Sept 1935	90 years, 123 days
93	Henri de Coignac	Andorra	Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince (1993–2012)	3 Oct 1935	90 years, 97 days
94	Mahmoud Abbas	Palestine	Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2003) President (2005 present) President(2005–present)	15 Nov 1935	90 years, 54 days
95	Adnan Badran	& Jordan	Prime Minister (2005)	15 Dec 1935	90 years, 24 days
96	Edward Schreyer	Canada	Governor General (1979–1984)	21 Dec 1935	90 years, 18 days
97	Salman	Saudi Arabia	King (2015–present) Prime Minister (2015–2022)	31 Dec 1935	90 years, 8 days
98	Alejandro Maldonado	Guatemala	President (2015-2016)	6 Jan 1936	90 years, 2 days
	Julio María Sanguinetti	Uruguay	President (1985–1990, 1995-2000)
100	Émile Lahoud	Lebanon	President (1998-2007)	12 Jan 1936	89 years, 361 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #57–97 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Severiano Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	91 years, 8 days to 92 years, 7 days
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah	Sudan	Prime Minister (1985–1986)	Dec 1935	90 years, 8 days to 90 years, 38 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #7–96 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 Feb 1927	98 years, 334 days
Laurie Greig	Cook Islands	Acting Queen's Representative (2000-2001)	4 Feb 1929	96 years, 338 days
Biljana Plavšić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serb Member of the Presidency (1992)	7 Jul 1930	95 years, 185 days
Christian Schwarz-Schilling	Bosnia and Herzegovina	High Representative (2006-2007)	19 Nov 1930	95 years, 50 days
Karan Singh	Jammu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 Mar 1931	94 years, 305 days
Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 Mar 1932	93 years, 299 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Brazzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	11 Mar 1934	91 years, 303 days
Heng Samrin	Kampuchea	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	91 years, 228 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front (1989)	24 Jul 1934	91 years, 168 days
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)	5 Aug 1934	91 years, 156 days
Óscar Pammo Rodríguez		Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	14 Dec 1934	91 years, 25 days
Brian Mullooly	Ireland	Member of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)	21 Feb 1935	90 years, 321 days
Tenzin Gyatso	Tibet	Ruler (1950–1959) Dalai Lama (1937–present)	6 Jul 1935	90 years, 186 days
Hakkı Atun	North Cyprus	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	7 Oct 1935	90 years, 93 days
Young Vivian	Niue	Premier (1992–1993; 2002–2008)	12 Nov 1935	90 years, 57 days

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders
• Hypothetical list of oldest living state leaders
• Future oldest living state leaders
• Lists of eldest living state leaders

Other websites

• United Nations—a list of heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers
• WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories