Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
This list contains the top 10 Longest-lived and oldest living State leaders and Cardinals
State Leaders
Longest-lived
UPDATED 11/14/2024
Cell colors
Color | Age Range |
---|---|
Light blue | 103 years 0 days to 103 years, 366 days |
Gainsboro | 102 years 0 days to 102 years, 366 days |
Linen | 101 years 0 days to 101 years, 366 days |
Columbia Blue | Living (any age) |
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 | Celâl Bayar | Türkiye | 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, 343 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 | 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 |
9 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
Oldest-living
UPDATED 11/14/2024 List Since the death of Ali Hassan Mwinyi on 29 February 2024 (259 days)
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
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1 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | 101 years, 10 days |
2 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | 100 years, 280 days |
3 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | 100 years, 256 days |
4 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | 100 years, 44 days |
5 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | 99 years, 127 days |
6 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | 99 years, 120 days |
7 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | 98 years, 169 days |
8 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | 98 years, 11 days |
9 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | 97 years, 341 days |
10 | Thanin Kraivichien | Thailand | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | 97 years, 223 days |
Cardinals
Longest-Living
Color | Age Range |
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Linen | 101 years 0 days to 101 years, 365/366 days |
Gold | 100 years 0 days to 100 years, 365/366 days |
Tuscany | 99 years, 0 days to 99 years , 365 days |
Amber | 98 years, 0 days to 98 years , 365 days |
Mint green | Uncertain age |
Columbia Blue | Living (any age) |
No. | Cardinal | Country | Birth | Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
4 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
5 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days |
6 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
7 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
8 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 281 days |
9 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 |
Oldest-living
Color | Age Range |
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Columbia Blue | Living (any age) |
No. | Cardinal | Country | Birth | Age |
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1 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | 98 years, 281 days |
2 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | 97 years, 349 days |
3 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina | 1927 | 97 years, 211 days |
4 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | 97 years, 27 days |
5 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | 96 years, 260 days |
6 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | 96 years, 27 days |
7 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | 95 years, 314 days |
8 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | 95 years, 294 days |
9 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | 94 years, 241 days |
10 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | 94 years, 228 days |