List of oldest living state leaders

This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leadersTemplate:Efn-lg of sovereign states with significant international recognition. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years.

Gallery

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  Oldest living:
  Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  2nd-Oldest:
  Laos
  Khamtai Siphandone
  served: 1991–2006

• 

  3rd-oldest:
  Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served 1994–1996

• 

  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 10th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

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  Oldest living incumbent and 69th-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Key

Currently in Office

updated 12/29/2025
Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth'	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1923	102 years, 55 days
2	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 February 1924	101 years, 324 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	101 years, 301 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	101 years, 89 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	100 years, 172 days
6	Muhammad Hassan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	17 July 1925	100 years, 165 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	99 years, 214 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	99 years, 56 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	99 years, 20 days
10	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	98 years, 268 days
11	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	97 years, 328 days
12	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	97 years, 233 days
13	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	97 years, 232 days
14	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 August 1928	97 years, 124 days
15	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 October 1928	97 years, 67 days
16	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	96 years, 241 days
17	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	96 years, 231 days
18	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	96 years, 163 days
19	Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 September 1929	96 years, 104 days
20	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 October 1929	96 years, 72 days
21	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 November 1929	96 years, 44 days
22	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 December 1929	96 years, 28 days
23	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	20 December 1929	96 years, 9 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
25	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 December 1929	96 years, 1 day
26	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 January 1930	95 years, 360 days
27	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)	3 March 1930	95 years, 301 days
28	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 April 1930	95 years, 258 days
29	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 April 1930	95 years, 249 days
30	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	95 years, 222 days
31	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 July 1930	95 years, 181 days
32	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	(Acting) Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 October 1930	95 years, 88 days
33	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 November 1930	95 years, 48 days
34	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 November 1930	95 years, 39 days
35	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 December 1930	95 years, 17 days
36	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 January 1931	94 years, 359 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
38	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 January 1931	94 years, 344 days
39	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 February 1931	94 years, 328 days
40	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 March 1931	94 years, 303 days
41	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 March 1931	94 years, 288 days
42	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	94 years, 223 days
43	Raúl Castro	Cuba	President of the Council of State (2006–2018) President of the Council of Ministers (2006–2018) First Secretary of the Communist Party (2011–2021)	3 June 1931	94 years, 209 days
44	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 June 1931	94 years, 194 days
45	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 July 1931	94 years, 154 days
46	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 September 1931	94 years, 91 days
47	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 December 1931	94 years, 28 days
48	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 February 1932	93 years, 318 days
49	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 March 1932	93 years, 289 days
50	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	93 years, 228 days
51	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 June 1932	93 years, 186 days
52	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 August 1932	93 years, 142 days
53	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 August 1932	93 years, 139 days
54	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 September 1932	93 years, 109 days
55	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 September 1932	93 years, 94 days
56	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 October 1932	93 years, 72 days
57	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 October 1932	93 years, 65 days
58	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 November 1932	93 years, 51 days
59	Sir Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 November 1932	93 years, 39 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
61	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the SPDC (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the USDP (1993–2011)	2 February 1933	92 years, 330 days
62	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 February 1933	92 years, 320 days
63	Mark Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 April 1933	92 years, 244 days
64	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	92 years, 225 days
65	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Türkiye	Acting President (1993)	8 June 1933	92 years, 204 days
66	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 June 1933	92 years, 197 days
67	data-sort-value="Sodnom, Dumaagiin" Dumaagiin Sodnom|	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 July 1933	92 years, 168 days
68	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 August 1933	92 years, 145 days
69	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Military Leader (1982–1983)	11 August 1933	92 years, 140 days
70	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 August 1933	92 years, 122 days
71	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 September 1933	92 years, 140 days
72	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 September 1933	92 years, 90 days
73	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 December 1933	92 years, 7 days
74	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 December 1933	92 years, 6 days
75	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	91 years, 359 days
76	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	91 years, 352 days
77	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 January 1934	91 years, 336 days
78	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 February 1934	91 years, 325 days
79	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 March 1934	91 years, 283 days
80	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 March 1934	91 years, 274 days
81	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 April 1934	91 years, 254 days
82	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 April 1934	91 years, 244 days
83	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	91 years, 234 days
84	Heng Samrin	Deocratic Kampuchea  Cambodia	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	91 years, 218 days
85	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 June 1934	91 years, 208 days
86	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 June 1934	91 years, 206 days
87	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 Jun 1934	91 years, 193 days
88	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 September 1934	91 years, 115 days
89	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 Sept 1934	91 years, 101 days
90	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	Togo	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 October 1934	91 years, 87 days
91	Yakubu Gowon	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 October 1934	91 years, 71 days
92	Hamilton Green	Guyana	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 November 1934	91 years, 50 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	Sweden	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
94	Nicéphore Soglo	Benin	Acting Prime Minister (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 November 1934	91 years, 30 days
95	Pratibha Patil	India	President (2007–2012)	19 December 1934	91 years, 20 days
96	Stjepan Mesić	Yugoslavia  Croatia	President of the Presidency (1991) President (2000–2010)	24 December 1934	91 years, 5 days
97	António Ramalho Eanes	Portugal	President of the Revolutionary Council (1976–1982) President (1976–1986)}}	25 Jan 1935	90 years, 338 days
98	Artur Rasizade	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)	26 Feb 1935	90 years, 306 days
99	Mohammed Basindawa	Yemen	Prime Minister (2011–2014)	4 Apr 1935	90 years, 269 days
100	Peter Hollingworth	Australia	Governor-General (2001–2003)	10 April 1935}}	90 years, 263 days
	P. J. Patterson	Jamaica	Prime Minister (1992–2006)

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #97–48 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1980–1987)	1932	92 years, 363 days to 93 years, 362 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	90 years, 363 days to 91 years, 362 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #97–10 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Ali Haroun	Algwria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 Feb 1927	98 years, 324 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 Oct 1929	96 years, 72 days
Karan Singh	Jammu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 Mar 1931	94 years, 295 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	Acting President (1999)	15 Oct 1931	94 years, 75 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front (1989)	24 July 1934	91 years, 188 days
Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Camerlengo during papal vacancy (2013)	2 Dec 1934	91 years, 27 days
Óscar Pammo Rodríguez	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	14 December 1934	91 years, 15 days
Giovanni Lajolo	Vatican City	[President of the Governorate (2006–2011)	3 January 1935	90 years, 360 days
Brian Mullooly	Ireland	[Member of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)	21 February 1935	90 years, 311 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #97–36 on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Waldo Bernal Pereira	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	1931 or 1934	9893 years, 363 days to 94 years, 362 days or 90 years, 363 days to 91 years, 362 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Brazzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	90 years, 363 days to 91 years, 362 days

Chronological List of eldest living

Key

Current Longest-living

Former Longest-living

From	Until	State Leader	State	Sex	Birth	Post
??	1897-05-14	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	1802-10-19	President (1865)
1897-05-14	1899-02-26	Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria	M	1806-07-17	Minister-President (1859-1861)
1899-02-26	1900-04-12	Tomás Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	1810-01-27	Interim President (1872-1873)
1900-04-12	1903-07-20	Pope Leo XIII	Holy See	M	1810-03-02	Pope (1878-1903)
1903-07-20	1908-07-17	Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania	M	1810-05-21	Minister-President (1870)
1908-02-17	1916-09-21	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	M	1818-01-30	Acting Governor-President (1849)
1916-05-21	1917-12-10	Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	1823-11-27	Prime Minister (1894–1896)
1917-12-10	1923-05-14	Charles de Freycinet	France	M	1828-11-14	Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892)
1923-05-14	1924-07-02	Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	1835-02-25	Prime Minister (1891-1892; 1896-1898)
1924-07-02	1930-07-09	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Holy See	M	1836-12-05	Acting Sovereign (1922)
1930-07-09	1932-03-10	Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	1838-08-08	Priome Minister (1916-1917)
1932-03-10	1935-09-06	Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	1841-11-15	Acting President (1912()
1935-09-06	1937-05-29	Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	M	1844-04-28	President (1905-1908)
1937-05-29	1939-09-12	Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	1848-01-22	President (1909-1913)
1939-09-12	1945-08-06	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	1849-03-22	Prime Minister (1902)
1945-08-06	1948-02-16	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Peru	M	1851-04-10	Acting Sovereign (1939)
1948-02-16	1949-07-25	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	M	1854-07-28	Interim President (1892)
1949-07-25	1951-07-23	Philippe Petain	France	M	1856-04-24	Prime Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944)
1951-07-23	1952-07-21	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	M	1856-05-06	President (1913)
1952-07-21	1960-12-12	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	1859-11-15	Prime Minister (1928)
1960-12-12	1966-05-15	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	1868-02-26	President (1914–1918)
1966-05-15	1968-02-25	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	1871-05-28	Prime Minister (1946–1947)
1968-02-25	1969-08-14	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	1872-03-15	Prime Minister (1939–1944)
1969-08-14	1972-03-28	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	1873-08-04	Prime Minister (1932–1933)
1972-03-28	1973-02-14	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	1874-08-02	Prime Minister (1918–1925)
1973-02-14	1973-07-25	Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	M	1875-07-10	Prime Minister (1919)
1973-07-25	1974-02-09	Federico Páez	Ecuador	M	1877-06-04	President (1935–1937)
1974-02-09	1977-09-19	Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	1879-95-20	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)
1977-09-19	1978-03-22	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	1879-08-31	President (1926–1931)
1978-03.22	1978-04-14	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	1882-02-15	President (1949–1954)
1978-04-14	1986-08-22	Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	1883-05-16	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)
1986-08-22	1988-05-14	Willem Drees	Netherlands	M	1886-07-05	Prime Minister (1948–1958)
1988-05-14	1990-01-20	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	1887-12-03	Prime Minister (1945)
1990-01-20	1990-12-14	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	1889-05-09	Premier (1947–1948)
1990-12-14	1994-12-13	Antoine Pinay	France	M	1891-12-30	Prime Minister (1952–1953)
1994-12-13	1995-04-10	Morarji Desai	India	M	1896-02-29	Prime Minister (1977–1979)
1995-04-10	1997-11-27	Hastings Banda	Malawo	M	1898	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
1997.11.27	1998-01-15	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	1898-07-04	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)
1998-91-15	1998-07-13	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece (Kingdom)	M	1901	Prime Minister (1967)
1998-07-13	2000-02-08	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	1902-09-23	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)
2000-02-08	2002-10-31	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	1903-07-27	President (1974–1975)
2002-10-31	2004-06-10	Xenophon Zolotas		M	1904-04-26	Prime Minister (1989–1990)
2004-06-10	2009-01-22	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	M	1905-09-01	Acting Prime Minister (1962)
2009-01-22	2009-04-16	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	M	1910-04-10	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
2009-04-16	2010-01-04	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	1910-05-12	President (1975–1980)
2010-01-04	2012-03-15	Bernardino Gonzáles Ruiz	Panama	M	1911-01-11	Acting President (1963)
2012-03-15	2012-06-12	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	M	1912	Interim president (1969)
2012-06-12	2013-08-09	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	M	1912-10-09	Acting Leader (1966)
2013-08-09	2016-07-27	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	M	1915-04-13	Prime Minister (1967–1971)
2016-07-27	2018-10-01	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	1917-03-02	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
2018-10-01	2019-01-17	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	1917-03-02	Prime Minister (1969)
2019-01-17	2019-11-29	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	1918-05-27	Prime Minister (1982–1987)
2019-11-29	2020-05-25	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	1919-02-26	Prime Minister (1992–1993)
2020-05-25	2021-12-07	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	1921-01-29	Prime Minister (1954–1957)
2021-12-07	2022-07-08	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	1921-10-04	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)
2022-07-08	2023-10-11	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	1924-02-08	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)
2023-10-11	current	Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	M	1923-11-04	Acting President (1972–1976)

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders

Other websites

• United Nations—a list of heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers
• WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories