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) and cardinals, born no earlier than 1900, 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
  Turkey<bgoatr in/>Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  15th-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  Olde living leader of a now defunct state and 64th-oldest ever:
   Yugoslavia
  Raif Dizdarevic
  served: 1988–1989

List

UPDATED 11/25/2024

Color	Note
Columbia Blue	Living State Leaders and State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
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	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
4	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
5	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
7	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
8	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
9	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
10	Guillermo Rodrígue	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	101 years, 21 days
11	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
12	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
13	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 291 days
14	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
15	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 267 days
16	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
17	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	100 years, 186 days
18	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
19	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 55 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	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
23	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
24	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
25	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 138 days
26	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 131 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	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
30	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
31	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
32	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
33	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
34	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
35	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
36	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
37	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
38	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 180 days
39	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
40	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
41	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
42	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2022	98 years, 110 days
43	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
44	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
45	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
46	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
47	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	98 years, 22 days
48	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
49	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 352 days
50	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
51	Abdelsalam al-Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
52	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
53	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 234 days
54	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
55	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
56	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
57	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988-2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
58	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
59	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
60	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
61	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1903	2000	97 years, 138 days
62	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
63	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
64	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
65	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
66	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 295 days
67	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
68	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
69	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
70	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	96 years, 199 days
71	Arthur Foulkes	The Bahamas	President (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 198 days
72	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
73	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
74	Péter Boross	Hungary	President (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 90 days
75	Jiang Zemin	China	Chairman of the Communist Party (1989-2002) President (1993-2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
76	Abderrahmane Yousouffi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
77	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
78	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
79	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 33 days
80	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
81	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
82	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
83	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	2018	95 years, 306 days
84	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
85	Benedict XVI	Vatican City	Pope (2005-2013) Sovereign (2005–2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 274 days
86	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	2008	95 years, 274 days
87	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 207 days
88	Robert Mugabe	Dominica	Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987–2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
88	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	95 years, 197 days
90	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969-1975)	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
91	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
92	Antonio Imbert Barrera	Dominican Republic	President (1965)	1920	2016	95 years, 180 days
93	Daniel Arap Moi	Kenya	President (1978–2002)	1924	2020	95 years, 155 days
94	Cuthbert Sebastian	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (1996-2013)	1921	2017	95 years, 154 days
95	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994–1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 140 days
96	Orville Turnquest	File:Flag of Bahamas Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	95 years, 129 days
96	Sixto Durán Ballén	Ecuador	President (1992-1996)	1921	2016	95 years, 126 days
97	Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	President (1963 - 1965)	1916	2012	95 years, 108 days
98	Ahmed Ben Bella	Gambia	Prime Minister (1962-1970) President (1970-1994)	1924	2018	95 years, 103 days
99	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960 - 1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days
100	Petar Stambolić	Yugoslavia	Prime Minister (1963 - 1967) President (1982-1983)	1912	2007	95 years, 71 days

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

The following individuals might be older than #100–27 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	99 years, 33 days to 100 years, 32 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
Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	95 years, 309 days to 96 years, 308 days
Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

See also

• List of longest-living cardinals
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
• Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
• List of current cardinals
• Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
• List of Cardinals by Age (current)
• Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What If)
• List of Incumbent Members of the Philippine Judiciary