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), born no earlier than 1 January 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.

Gallery

Oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
2nd-Oldest:
France
served: 1962
4th-Oldest:
Japan
Prime Naruhiko Higashikuni
served 1945
14th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/18/2024
Cell colors

Color	Age Range
Gold	Centenarians (alive on bold)
Tuscany	99 years, 0 days to 99 years , 365 days (alive on bold)
Amber	98 years, 0 days to 98 years , 365 days (alive on bold)
Pumpkin	97 years, 0 days to 97 years , 365 days (alive on bold)
Silver	99 years, 0 days to 99 years , 365 days (alive on bold)
Mint green	Uncertain age

12/18/2024

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Date Entered the Main List
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days	2008.01.01
2	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days	2008.01.01
3	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days	2008.01.01
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days	15 June 2008 Bowell
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days	2008.01.01
6	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days	2011.09.12 Dahayanake
7	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days	2008.01.01
8	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	2011.08.03 Athanasiadis-Novas
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days	2008.01.01
10	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days	2013.01.15 Bello Codesido
11	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 117 days	2009.04.05 Mancheno Cajas
12	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days	2013.12.15 al-Dawalibi
13	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days	2008.01.01
14	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days	2008.01.01
15	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	101 years, 44 days	2020.009.15 Schaffner
16	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days	2016.04.27 al-Hakim
17	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days	2008.01.01
18	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days	2017.02.05 Durán Ballén
19	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days	2014.06.29 Juliana
20	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	2019.08.14 Sarasin
21	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 290 days	2019.09.17 Mugabe
22	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days	2017.06.17 Levingston
23	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days	2008.01.01
23	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days	2015.01.16 Villegas Pulido Bustamante y Rivero
25	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days	2008.01.01
26	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 78 days	2020.08.08 Romero Pereira
27	Johan Ferrier	Surimane	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days	2008.01.01
28	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days	2015.10.29 Pettirpierre
29	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days	2008.01.01
23–30	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days	2008.01.01
31	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days	2014.02.23 Parhon
32	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days	2008.01.01 Original
33	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days	2008.01.01
34	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days	2008.01.01
35	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 161 days	2021.08.20 Michael I
36	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 154 days	2021.12.25 Gotō
37	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days	2008.01.01
38	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days	2008.01.01
39	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Member of the Committee of teh Sovereignty (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days	2008.01.01
40	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days	2008.01.01
27–41	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days	2008.01.01
42	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days	2021.05.22 Mintoff
43	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days	2015.09.15 Dragosavac
44	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days	2008.01.01 McKell
45	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days	2010.01.08 Duffus
46	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days	2008.01.01
47	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days	2013.07.21 Dharmasakti
48	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days	2008.01.01
49	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 199 days	2008.01.01
50	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 192 days	2008.01.01 Original
51	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 182 days	2008.06.21 Original
52	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days	2008.02.22 Original
53	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days	2016.01.18 Nguyễn Văn Tâm
54	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days	2012.11.03 Graber
55	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days	2008.01.01
56	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days	2008.01.01
57	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 203 days	2022.10.13 Deustua
58	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days	2020.08.30 Balaguer
59	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days	2016.03.17 Sédar Senghor
60	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days	2010.10.11 Todd
61	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days	2021.08.05 Cansanção
62	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days	2008.01.01
63	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days	2011.06.10 Louisy
64	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days	2008.01.01
65	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days	2008.01.01
66	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days	2008.01.01
67	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days	2018.01.13 Sebastian
68	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days	2022.05.23 Lascuráin
68	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	98 years, 45 days	2023.03.23 Elizabeth II
70	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days	2008.01.01
71	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days	2012.02.09 <small Aycinena y Piñol
72	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 9 days	2023.06.06 Ek Yi Oun (uncertain DOB/DOD)
73	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days	2008.01.01
74	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 266 days	2008.01.01
75	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days	2016.07.26 Pétain
76	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days	2020.02.04 Betancur
77	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days	2022.02.15 Chaves
78	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days	2011.04.04 Malietoa Tanumafili II
79	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days	2008.01.01
80	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days	2018.06.13 Ben Ammar
81	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days	2015.04.17 Saeb Salam
82	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 257 days	2023.10.23 Richter Prada
83	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days	2008.01.01
84	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days	2013.08.30 Miettunen
85	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days	2010.01.13 Phạm Văn Đồng
86	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	2008.01.01
87	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days	2008.01.01 Original
88	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days	2008.01.01 Original
89	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days	2020.02.04 Ciampi
90	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days	2014.05.25 Aguinaldo
91	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days	2013.10.10 Chamorro Vargas
92	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days	2008.01.01
93	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days	2008.01.01 Original
94	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 277 days	2008.01.01
95	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days	2009.11.06 Rajogopalachari
96	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days	2008.01.01
97	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days	2008.01.01
98	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days	2008.01.01
99	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 318 days	2024.08.16 Kollias
100	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days	2021.11.13 Echandi Jiménez

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No.	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2024.12.31
1	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	96 years, 222 days	96 years, 235 days
2	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 221 days	96 years, 234 days
3	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 113 days	96 years, 126 days
4	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 56 days	96 years, 69 days
5	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 230 days	95 years, 243 days
6	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	95 years, 220 days	95 years, 233 days
7	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	95 years, 152 days	95 years, 165 days
8	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	1929	Alive	95 years, 93 days	95 years, 106 days
9	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	95 years, 61 days	95 years, 74 days
10	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	95 years, 37 days	95 years, 50 days

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

The following individuals might be older than *#100–1* on this list, but their exact dates of birth are uncertain.
Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1958)	1910	2013	102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 186 days to 100 years, 185 days
Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
Konstantinos Kollias	–Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key

Current Longest-living	Former Longest-living

This is a corresponding list of the eldest living state leaders of their time
Name	State	Sex	Birth	Time Eldest		Death
George Tupou I	Tonga	M	1797	1890	1893 95 years, 77 days
Lajos Kossuth	Hungary	M	1802	1893	1894 91 years, 183 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	1802	1894	1897 94 years, 208 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria-Hungary	M	1806	1897	1899 92 years 225 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	1810	1899	1900 90 years, 77 days
Pope Leo XIII	Papal States	M	1810	1900	1903 93 years, 141 days
Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	M	1810	1903	1908 97 years, 273 days
Artúr Gorgey	Hungary	M	1818	1908	1916 98 years, 114 days
Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	1823	1916	1917 93 years, 349 days
Charles de Freycinet	France	M	1828	1917	1923 94 years, 182 days
Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	1835	1923	1924 89 years, 128 days
Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	1838	1924	1932 93 years, 273 days
Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	1841	1932	1935 92 years, 296 days
François Denys Légitime	Haiti	M	1841	1935	1935 93 years, 252 days
Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	M	1844	1935	1937 93 years, 35 days
Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	1848	1937	1939 91 years, 234 days
Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	1849	1939	1945 96 years, 139 days
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	M	1854	1945	1949 94 years, 363 days
Philippe Petain	France	M	1856	1949	1951 95 years, 92 days
Pedro Lascurain	Mexico	M	1856	1949	1952 96 years, 75 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	1859	1952	1960 101 years, 28 days
Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	1868	1960	1966 98 years, 789 days
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas	Nicaragua	M	1871	1966	1966 94 years, 291 days
Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	1871	1966	1968 96 years, 276 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	1872	1968	1969 97 years, 153 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	1873	1969	1972 98 years, 238 days
Émile Reuter	Luxemboug	M	1874	1972	1973 98 years, 197 days
Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	M	1875	1973	1973 98 years, 16 days
Federico Páez	Ecuador	M	1877	1973	1974 96 years, 251 days
Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	1879	1974	1977 98 years, 123 days
Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	1879	1977	1978 98 years, 204 days
Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	1882	1978	1978 96 years, 67 days
Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	1883	1978	1986 103 years, 100 days
Willem Drees	Natherlands	M	1886	1986	1988 101 years, 315 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	1887	1988	1990 102 years, 49 days
Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	1889	1990	1990 101 years, 221 days
Antoine Pinay	France	M	1891	1990	1994 102 years, 349 days
Morarji Desai	India	M	1896	1994	1995 99 years, 42 days
Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	1898	1995	1998 99 years, 196 days
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	M	1901	1998	1998 96 years 195 days to 97 years, 194 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	1902	1998	2000 97 years, 139 days
Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	1903	2000	2002 99 years, 143 days
Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	M	1904	2002	2004 100 years, 46 days
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	M	1905	2004	2009 103 years, 144 days
Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	1910	2009	2010 99 years, 238 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz	Panama	M	1911	2010	2012 101 years, 65 days
Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	M	1912	2012	2013 100 years, 305 days
André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	M	1914	2013	2017 102 years, 213 days
Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	1917	2017	2018 101 years, 242 days
Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	1917	2018	2019 101 years, 322 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	1918	2019	2019 101 years, 187 days
Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	1919	2019	2020 101 years, 120 days
Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	1921	2020	2021 100 years, 313 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	1921	2021	2022 100 years, 284 days
Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	1924	2022	2023	Alive 100 years, 315 days
Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	M	1923	2023	Alive 101 years, 45 days

References

List of longest-living state leaders

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