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
Oldest living:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–19762nd-Oldest:
Laos
Khamtai Siphandone
served: 1991–20063rd-oldest:
Japan
Tomiichi Murayama
served 1994–1996Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 9th-oldest living:
Raif Dizdarević
Yugoslavia
1988–1989Oldest living incumbent and 57th-oldest living:
Paul Biya
Cameroon
1975–present
List
- Key
| Color | Color Name | Hex Triplet | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living (cell color) | |||
| Text Colors | |||
| Color Name | Hex Triplet | Age | |
| Gold | #FFD700 | Centenarian | |
| Jade | #00A86B | Nonagenarian | |
| Sapphire | #0F52BA | Octogenarian | |
| Rank | Name | State | Position | Birth' | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Acting President (1972–1976) | 4 November 1923 | 102 years, 107 days | |||
| 2 | Khamtai Siphandone | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
8 February 1924 | 102 years, 11 days | |||
| 3 | Tomiichi Murayama | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 3 March 1924 | 101 years, 353 days | |||
| 4 | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 10 July 1925 | 100 years, 224 days | |||
| 5 | Muhammad Hassan Sharq | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 17 July 1925 | 100 years, 217 days | |||
| 6 | Abdoulaye Wade | President (2000–2012) | 29 May 1926 | 99 years, 266 days | |||
| 7 | Valdas Adamkus | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 3 November 1926 | 99 years, 108 days | |||
| 8 | Raif Dizdarević | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 9 December 1926 | 99 years, 72 days | |||
| 9 | Thanin Kraivichien | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 5 April 1927 | 98 years, 320 days | |||
| 10 | Kim Yong-nam | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 4 February 1928 | 98 years, 15 days | |||
| 11 | Arthur Foulkes | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 11 May 1928 | 97 years, 284 days | |||
| 12 | Péter Boross | Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 27 August 1928 | 97 years, 176 days | |||
| 13 | Zhu Rongji | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 23 October 1928 | 97 years, 119 days | |||
| 14 | Édouard Balladur | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 2 May 1929 | 96 years, 293 days | |||
| 15 | Orville Turnquest | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 19 July 1929 | 96 years, 215 days | |||
| 16 | Violeta Chamorro | Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997) |
18 October 1929 | 96 years, 124 days | |||
| 17 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 15 November 1929 | 96 years, 96 days | |||
| 18 | Alfred Moisiu | President (2002–2007) | 1 December 1929 | 96 years, 80 days | |||
| 19 | Lee Hyun-jae | Prime Minister (1988) | 20 December 1929 | 96 years, 61 days | |||
| Milan Panić | Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993) | ||||||
| 21 | Efraín Goldenberg | Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 28 December 1929 | 96 years, 53 days | |||
| 22 | Ahmed Osman | Prime Minister (1972–1979) | 3 January 1930 | 96 years, 47 days | |||
| 23 | Ion Iliescu | 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, 353 days | |||
| 24 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | President (1980–1996) | 15 April 1930 | 95 years, 310 days | |||
| 25 | José Sarney | President (1985–1990) | 24 April 1930 | 95 years, 301 days | |||
| 26 | Kesang Choden | Regent (1972) | 21 May 1930 | 95 years, 274 days | |||
| 27 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | President (1993–1997; 2002–2003) | 1 July 1930 | 95 years, 233 days | |||
| 28 | Ivy Dumont | (Acting) Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005) |
2 October 1930 | 95 years, 140 days | |||
| 29 | Mabandla Dlamini | Prime Minister (1979–1983) | 11 November 1930 | 95 years, 100 days | |||
| 30 | Choe Yong-rim | Premier (2010–2013) | 20 November 1930 | 95 years, 91 days | |||
| 31 | Cesar Virata | Prime Minister (1981–1986) | 12 December 1930 | 95 years, 69 days | |||
| 32 | William Deane | Governor-General (1996–2001) | 4 January 1931 | 95 years, 46 days | |||
| Cleopa Msuya | Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995) | ||||||
| 34 | Philip Greaves | Acting Governor-General (2017–2018) | 19 January 1931 | 95 years, 31 days | |||
| 35 | Isabel Perón | President (1974–1976) | 4 February 1931 | 95 years, 15 days | |||
| 36 | Lamberto Dini | Prime Minister (1995–1996) | 1 March 1931 | 94 years, 355 days | |||
| 37 | Elliott Belgrave | Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017) |
16 March 1931 | 94 years, 340 days | |||
| 38 | Gioegios Vassilliou | President (1988–1993) | 20 May 1931 | 94 years, 275 days | |||
| 39 | Raúl Castro | 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, 261 days | |||
| 40 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | President (1995–2002) | 18 June 1931 | 94 years, 246 days | |||
| 41 | Khieu Samphan | Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979) |
28 July 1931 | 94 years, 206 days | |||
| 42 | Pié Masumbuko | Acting Prime Minister (1965) | 29 September 1931 | 94 years, 143 days | |||
| 43 | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar | Acting President (2002) | 1 December 1931 | 94 years, 80 days | |||
| 44 | Edmund Wickham Lawrence | Governor-General (2013–2015) | 14 February 1932 | 94 years, 5 days | |||
| 45 | Tang Fei | President of the Executive Yuan (2000) | 15 March 1932 | 93 years, 341 days | |||
| 46 | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | Prime Minister (1996–1997) | 15 May 1932 | 93 years, 280 days | |||
| 47 | Marguerite Pindling | Governor-General (2014–2019) | 26 June 1932 | 93 years, 238 days | |||
| 48 | Anand Panyarachun | Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992) | 9 August 1932 | 93 years, 194 days | |||
| 49 | Sirikit | Regent (1956) | 12 August 1932 | 93 years, 191 days | |||
| 50 | Gavril Dejeu | Acting Prime Minister (1998) | 11 September 1932 | 93 years, 161 days | |||
| 51 | Vytautas Landsbergis | Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) | 18 October 1932 | 93 years, 124 days | |||
| 52 | Vitold Fokin | Prime Minister (1991–1992) | 25 October 1932 | 93 years, 117 days | |||
| 53 | Ugo Mifsud Bonnici | President (1994–1999) | 8 November 1932 | 93 years, 103 days | |||
| 54 | Sir Colville Young | Governor-General (1993–2021) | 20 November 1932 | 93 years, 91 days | |||
| Kim Suk-soo | Prime Minister (2002–2003) | ||||||
| 56 | Than Shwe | Chairman of the SPDC (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the USDP (1993–2011) |
2 February 1933 | 93 years, 17 days | |||
| 57 | Paul Biya | Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present) |
13 February 1933 | 93 years, 7 days | |||
| 58 | Mark Eyskens | Prime Minister (1981) | 29 April 1933 | 92 years, 296 days | |||
| 59 | H. D. Deve Gowda | Prime Minister (1996–1997) | 18 May 1933 | 92 years, 277 days | |||
| 60 | Hüsamettin Cindoruk | Acting President (1993) | 8 June 1933 | 92 years, 256 days | |||
| 61 | Fouad Mebazaa | Acting President (2011) | 15 June 1933 | 92 years, 249 days | |||
| 62 | data-sort-value="Sodnom, Dumaagiin" Dumaagiin Sodnom|Gombojavyn Ochirbat | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990) | 14 July 1933 | 92 years, 220 days | |||
| 63 | Suchinda Kraprayoon | Prime Minister (1992) | 6 August 1933 | 92 years, 197 days | |||
| 64 | Rubén Darío Paredes | Military Leader (1982–1983) | 11 August 1933 | 92 years, 192 days | |||
| 65 | Arnold Koller | Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997) |
29 August 1933 | 92 years, 174 days | |||
| 66 | Mátyás Szűrös | Provisional President (1989–1990) | 11 September 1933 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | 25 January 1935 | 91 years, 25 days | |
| 93 | Artur Rasizade | Prime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018) | 26 February 1935 | 90 years, 358 days | |||
| 94 | Mohammed Basindawa | Prime Minister (2011–2014) | 4 April 1935 | 90 years, 321 days | |||
| 95 | Peter Hollingworth | Governor-General (2001–2003) | 10 April 1935}} | 90 years, 315 days | |||
| P. J. Patterson | Prime Minister (1992–2006) | ||||||
| 97 | Sharavyn Gungaadorj | Prime Minister (1990) | 2 May 1935 | 90 years, 293 days | |||
| 98 | Nemesi Marqués Oste | Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince (1993–2012) | 17 May 1935 | 90 years, 278 days | |||
| 99 | José Mujica | President (2010–2015) | 20 May 1935 | 90 years, 275 days | |||
| 100 | Léon Kengo | 25px) Zaire | Prime Minister (1982–1986; 1988–1990; 1994–1997) | 22 May 1935 | 90 years, 273 days | ||
| Sultan Ali Keshtmand | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1981–1988; 1989–1990) |
Addendum
Uncertain date of birth
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Rauf al-Kasm | Prime Minister (1980–1987) | 1932 | 93 years, 50 days to 94 years, 49 days | |
| Severino Tura | Captain Regent (1985) | 1934 | 91 years, 50 days to 92 years, 49 days |
Unclear status as state leaders
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Haroun | Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994) | 8 February 1927 | 99 years, 11 days | |
| Michael J. Williams | Acting President during absence (1987) | 16 Oct 1929 | 96 years, 124 days | |
| Karan Singh | Prince Regent (1952–1965) | 9 Mar 1931 | 94 years, 347 days | |
| Nicola Mancino | Acting President (1999) | 15 Oct 1931 | 94 years, 127 days | |
| Dimitru Mazilu | Member of the National Salvation Front (1989) | 24 July 1934 | 91 years, 210 days | |
| Tarcisio Bertone | Camerlengo during papal vacancy (2013) | 2 Dec 1934 | 91 years, 79 days | |
| Óscar Pammo Rodríguez | Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981) | 14 December 1934 | 91 years, 67 days | |
| Giovanni Lajolo | [President of the Governorate (2006–2011) | 3 January 1935 | 91 years, 47 days | |
| Brian Mullooly | [Member of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997) | 21 February 1935 | 90 years, 363 days |
Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo Bernal Pereira | Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981) |
1931 | 94 years, 50 days to 95 years, 49 days | |
| Félix Rouzabakani | Member of the Provisional Government (1963) | 1934 | 91 years, 50 days to 92 years, 49 days |
Chronological List of eldest living
- Key
| Current Longest-living | Former Longest-living (Alive) |
| From | Until | State Leader | State | Sex | Birth | Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ?? | 1897.05.14 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | M | 1802.10.19 | President (1865) | |
| 1897.05-.14 | 1899.02.26 | Count Bernhard von Rechberg | M | 1806.07.17 | Minister-President (1859-1861) | |
| 1899.02.26 | 1900.04.12 | Tomás Gormensoro Albin | M | 1810.01.27 | Interim President (1872-1873) | |
| 1900.04.12 | 1903.07.20 | Pope Leo XIII | M | 1810.03.02 | Pope (1878-1903) | |
| 1903.07.20 | 1908.07.17 | Freihrr Ignaz von Plener | M | 1810.05.21 | Minister-President (1870) | |
| 1908.02.17 | 1916.09.21 | Artúr Görgei | M | 1818.01.30 | Acting Governor-President (1849) | |
| 1916.05.21 | 1917.12.10 | Mackenzie Bowell | M | 1823.11.27 | Prime Minister (1894–1896) | |
| 1917.12.10 | 1923.05.14 | Charles de Freycinet | M | 1828.11.14 | Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892) | |
| 1923.05.14 | 1924.07.02 | Matsukata Masayoshi | M | 1835.02.25 | Prime Minister (1891-1892; 1896-1898) | |
| 1924.07.02 | 1932.03.10 | Paolo Boselli | M | 1838.08.08 | Prime Minister (1916-1917) | |
| 1932.03.10 | 1935.09.06 | Francisco Andrade Marín | M | 1841.11.15 | Acting President (1912() | |
| 1935.09.06 | 1937.05.29 | Lizardo Garcia | M | 1844.04.28 | President (1905-1908) | |
| 1937.05.29 | 1939.09.12 | Eliodoro Villazón | M | 1848.01.22 | President (1909-1913) | |
| 1939.09.12 | 1945.08.06 | Alejandro Deustua | M | 1849.03.22 | Prime Minister (1902) | |
| 1945.08.06 | 1949.07.25 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido | M | 1854.07.28 | Interim President (1892) | |
| 1949.07.25 | 1951.07.23 | Philippe Petain | M | 1856.04.24 | Prime Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944) | |
| 1951.07.23 | 1952.07.21 | Pedro Lascuráin | M | 1856.05.06 | President (1913) | |
| 1952.07.21 | 1960.12.12 | Christopher Hornsrud | M | 1859.11.15 | Prime Minister (1928) | |
| 1960.12.12 | 1966.05.15 | Venceslau Brás | M | 1868.02.26 | President (1914–1918) | |
| 1966.05.15 | 1968.02.25 | Camille Huysmans | M | 1871.05.28 | Prime Minister (1946–1947) | |
| 1968.02.25 | 1969.08.14 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | M | 1872.03.15 | Prime Minister (1939–1944) | |
| 1969.08.14 | 1972.03.28 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | M | 1873.08.04 | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | |
| 1972.03.28 | 1973.02.14 | Émile Reuter | M | 1874.08.02 | Prime Minister (1918–1925) | |
| 1973.02.14 | 1973.07.25 | Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám | M | 1875.07.10 | Prime Minister (1919) | |
| 1973.07.25 | 1974.02.09 | Federico Páez | M | 1877-06-04 | President (1935–1937) | |
| 1974.02.09 | 1977.09.19 | Borys Martos | M | 1879-95-20 | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | |
| 1977.09.19 | 1978.03.22 | Isidro Ayora | M | 1879.08.31 | President (1926–1931) | |
| 1978.03.22 | 1978.04.14 | Federico Chaves | M | 1882.02.15 | President (1949–1954) | |
| 1978.04.14 | 1986.08.22 | Celál Bayar | M | 1883.05.16 | Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) | |
| 1986.08.22 | 1988.05.14 | Willem Drees | M | 1886.07.05 | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | |
| 1988.05.14 | 1990.01.20 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | M | 1887.12.03 | Prime Minister (1945) | |
| 1990.01.20 | 1990.12.14 | Zhang Qun | M | 1889.05.09 | Premier (1947–1948) | |
| 1990.12.14 | 1994.12.13 | Antoine Pinay | M | 1891.12.30 | Prime Minister (1952–1953) | |
| 1994.12.13 | 1995.04.10 | Morarji Desai | M | 1896.02.29 | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | |
| 1995.04.10 | 1997.11.27 | Hastings Banda | 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 | M | 1898.07.04 | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | |
| 1998.01.15 | 1998.07.13 | Konstantinos Kollias | M | 1901 | Prime Minister (1967) | |
| 1998.07.13 | 2000.02.08 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | 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 | 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 | M | 1905.09.01 | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | |
| 2009.01.22 | 2009.04.16 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | M | 1910.04.10 | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | |
| 2009-04-16 | 2010.01.04 | Johan Ferrier | M | 1910.05.12 | President (1975–1980) | |
| 2010.01.04 | 2012.03.15 | Bernardino Gonzáles Ruiz | M | 1911.01.11 | Acting President (1963) | |
| 2012.03.15 | 2012.06.12 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | M | 1912 | Interim president (1969) | |
| 2012.06.12 | 2013.08.09 | Telmo Vargas | M | 1912.10.09 | Acting Leader (1966) | |
| 2013.08.09 | 2016.07.27 | Piet de Jong | M | 1915.04.13 | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | |
| 2016.07.27 | 2018.10.01 | Đỗ Mười | 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 | M | 1917.03.02 | Prime Minister (1969) | |
| 2019.01.17 | 2019.11.29 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | M | 1918.05.27 | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | |
| 2019.11.29 | 2020.05.25 | Hyun Soong-jong | M | 1919-02-26 | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | |
| 2020.05.25 | 2021.12.07 | Mustafa Ben Halim | M | 1921.01-.29 | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | |
| 2021.12.07 | 2022.07.08 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | M | 1921.10.04 | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) | |
| 2022.07.08 | 2023.10.11 | Khamtai Siphandone | 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 | M | 1923.11.04 | Acting President (1972–1976) |
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See Also
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