List of longest-living state leaders

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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 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.

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UPDATED 12/18/2024
Colors
Centenarians (gold)
99 years, 0 to 364/365 days (safety orange)
98 years, 0 to 364/365 days (Jasmine)
97 years, 0 to 364/365 days (Int'l Orange (Golden Gate Bridge))
96 years, 0 to 364/365 days (Duke Blue)
Cell color for living state leaders (Cornflower Blue)

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Flag of Turkey.svg Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay Flag of France.svg France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg  Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days
8 Đỗ Mười Flag of Vietnam.svg 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 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
12 Hyun Soong-jong Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 88 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Flag of Panama.svg Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Guillermo Rodríguez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador Acting President (1972–1976)
(as Chief of Staff of the Army)
1923 Alive 101 years, 44 days
15 Christopher Hornsrud Flag of Norway.svg Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
16 Mustafa Ben Halim Flag of Libya.svg Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
17 Khamtai Siphandone Flag of Laos.svg Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
1924 Alive 100 years, 314 days
18 Telmo Vargas Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador Acting President (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
19' Tomiichi Murayama Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 290 days
20 Francisco Morales Bermúdez Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
21 Hau Pei-tsun Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
22 Luis Echeverría Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
23 Jimmy Carter Flag of the United States.svg United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 78 days
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Xenophon Zolotas

Flag of Greece.svg Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
26 Johan Ferrier Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
27 Tun Tin Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
28 Mahathir Mohamad Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 161 days
29 Muhammad Hassan Sharq Flag of Afghanistan (1987–1992).svg Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 154 days
30 Mohamed Karim Lamrani Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
31 Anthony Mamo Flag of Malta.svg Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)
1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
32 Mikhail Stasinopoulos Flag of Greece.svg Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
33 Sir Clifford Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
34 Morarji Desai Flag of India.svg India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
35 Võ Chí Công Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
36 Ċensu Tabone Flag of Malta.svg Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
37 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
38 Prem Tinsulanonda Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)
1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
39 Pierre Harmel Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
40 Sir Howard Cooke Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
41 Joseph Paul-Boncour Flag of France.svg France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
42 Konstabtinos Mitsotakis Flag of Greece.svg Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
43 Isidro Ayora Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days
44 Abdoulaye Wade Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 203 days
45 Émile Reuter Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
46 Mamadou Dia Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
47 Aden Adde Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
48 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Flag of Laos.svg Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
49 Lê Đức Ahn Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
50 Émile Derlin Zinsou Flag of Benin.svg Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
51 Borys Martos Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 123 days
52 Artúr Görgei Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
53 Lubomir Štrougal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
54 Jean Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
55 Gough Whitlam Flag of Australia.svg Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
56 Giorgio Napolitano Flag of Italy.svg Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
57 Venceslau Brás Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
58 Claude Rostain Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
59 R. Venkataraman Flag of India.svg India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 56 days
60 Valdas Adamkus Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 45 days
61 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Flag of Hungary (1919).svg Hungarian Soviet Republic
Flag of Hungary (1918–1919).svg Hungary
Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
62 Gabriel París Gordillo Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
63 Raif Dizdarević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 98 years, 9 days
64 Miloš Jakeš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days
65 Abdelsalam Majali Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
66 Kenan Evren Flag of Turkey.svg Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)
1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
67 V.K. Wellington Koo Flag of China (1912–1928).svg China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)
1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
68 Ignaz von Plener Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Cislethania
(Civil ensign of Austria-Hungary (1869-1918).svg Austria-Hungary)
Minister-Prevondent (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
69 Domhnall Ua Buachallia Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Free State Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
70 Thanin Kraivichien Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 257 days
71 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
72 Francesc Badia Batalla Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
73 Arnaldo Forlani Flag of Italy.svg Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
74 Ramón José Velásquez Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 9 and years, 208 days
75 He Yingpin Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
76 Lee Teng-hui Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan President (1988 2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
77 Liam Cosgrave Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
78 Alfredo Solf y Muro Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
79 Patricio Aylwin Flag of Chile.svg Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
80 Armando Villanueva Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
81 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)
1902 2000 97 years, 138 days
82 Martial Célestin Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
83 Gheorghe Apostol Flag of Romania (1952–1965).svg Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
84 Kenneth Kaunda Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
85 Walter Scheel Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)
1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
86 Helmut Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
87 Kim Yong-nam Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 318 days
88 Camille Huysmans Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
89 Yitzhak Shamir Flag of Israel.svg Israel Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
90 Federico Páez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days
91 Habib Bourguiba Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)
1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
92 Vyacheslav Molotov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
93 Yang Hyong-sop Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1926 2022 96 years, 224 days
94 Arnold Rüütel Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991-1992)
President (2001-2006)
1928 alive 96 years, 222 days
95 Sir Arthur Foulkes Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 221 days
96 Pedro Richter Prada Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days
97 Elizabeth II Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926 2022 96 years, 140 days
98 Alejandro Deustua Flag of Peru.svg Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849 1945 96 years, 137 days
99 Péter Boross Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Prime Minister (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 113 days
100 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Prime Minister (1998-2002) 1924 2020 96 years, 82 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Born Died Age
The following individuals might be older than #95–26 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.
Hastings Banda Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
1898 1997 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Konstabtinos Kollias State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

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