Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What If)
This article hypothetically lists all the Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), 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 Croatian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009), who is will lived to 103 years, 143 days.
If every living state leader is still alive by 31 December 2025.
Gallery
Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
served 19622nd Oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–19603rd-Oldest:
France
Antoine Pinay
served: 19625th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
List
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
2 | André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
3 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 102 years, 57 days |
4 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 101 years, 326 days |
5 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 101 years, 303 days |
6 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 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 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
9 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 117 days |
10 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 101 years, 91 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 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
14 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
15 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | Peru | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
16 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
17 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 174 days |
18 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
19 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 167 days |
20 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
22 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | Yemen | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
23 | Johan Ferrier | Surimane | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
24 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 216 days |
25 | Tun Tin | Burma | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days |
26 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
27 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
28 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
29 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 58 days |
30 | Võ Chí Công | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
31 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 22 days |
32 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Member of the Committee of teh Sovereignty (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
33 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
34 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
35 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
36 | Thanin Kraivichien | Thailand | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 270 days |
37 |
Pierre Harmel|| Belgium||Prime Minister (1965–1966)||1911||2009||98 years, 244 days | |||||
38 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
39 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
40 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 192 days |
41 | Aden Adde | Somalia | President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 182 days |
42 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 154 days |
43 | Lê Đức Anh | Vietnam | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 143 days |
44 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
45 | Lubomír Štrougal | Czechoslovakia | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days |
46 | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
47 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
48 | Giorgio Napolitano | Italy | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
49 | Claude Rostain | Andorra | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
50 | R. Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
51 | Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
52 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
53 | Kim Yong-nam | China | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 330 days |
54 | Abdelsalam Majali | Jordan | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
55 | Kenan Evren | Türkiye | President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
56 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | Algeria | Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
57 | Arnold Rüütel | Estonia | Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928 | Alive | 97 years, 235 days |
58 | Arthur Foulkes | Bahamas | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 234 days |
59 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
60 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
61 | Ramón José Velásquez | Venezuela | President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
62 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan | President (1988–2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
63 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
64 | Patricio Aylwin | Chile | President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
65 | Armando Villanueva | Peru | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
66 | 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 |
67 | Péter Boross | Hungary | Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 126 days |
68 | Martial Célestin | Haiti | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
69 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania | First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
70 | Zhu Rongji | China | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 69 days |
71 | Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
72 | Walter Scheel | Germany | (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
73 | Helmut Schmidt | Germany | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
74 | Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
75 | Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
76 | Édouard Balladur | France | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 243 days |
77 | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 233 days |
78 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
79 | Pedro Richter Prada | Peru | Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days |
80 | Orville Turnquest | Bahamas | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 165 days |
81 | Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | Queen (1952–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 140 days |
82 | Jamshid bin Abdullah | Zanzibar | Sultan (1963–1964) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 106 days |
83 | Jiang Zemin | China | Chairman of the Communist Party (1989–2002) President (1993–2003) |
1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 105 days |
84 | Abderrahmane Yousouddi | Morocco | Prime Minister (1998-2002) | 1924 | 2020 | 96 years, 82 days |
85 | Violeta Chamorro | Nicaragua | Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997) |
1929 | Alive | 96 years, 74 days |
86 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | Mongolia | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 50 days |
87 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | Costa Rica | President (1958–1962) | 1915 | 2011 | 96 years, 43 days |
88 | Michael I | Romania | King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 41 days |
89 | Alfred Moisiu | Albania | President (2002–2007) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 30 days |
90 | Dom Mintoff | Malta | Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) | 1916 | 2012 | 96 years, 14 days |
91 | Lee Hyun-jae | South Korea | Prime Minister (1988) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 11 days |
Milan Panić | Yugoslavia | Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993) | ||||
93 | Efraín Goldenberg | Peru | Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 3 days |
94 | Ahmed Osman | Morocco | Prime Minister (1972–1979) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 362 days |
95 | Hans Schaffner | Switzerland | President (1966) | 1908 | 2004 | 95 years, 346 days |
96 | Joaquín Balaguer | Dominican Republic | President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) | 1906 | 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
97 | Ion Iliescu | Romania | Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004) |
1930 | Alive | 95 years, 303 days |
98 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Italy | Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006) |
1920 | 2016 | 95 years, 282 days |
99 | Benedict XVI | Vatican Vity | Pope (2005–2013) Sovereign (2005-2013) |
1927 | 2022 | 95 years, 279 days |
100 | Fred Degazon | Dominica | President (1979–1980) | 1913 | 2008 | 95 years, 274 days |
10 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Iceland | President (1980–1996) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 260 days |