List of oldest living state leaders

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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.

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Rank Name State Position Birth Age
1 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)		 8 February 1924 100 years, 292 days
2 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 3 March 1924 100 years, 268 days
3 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1 October 1924 100 years, 56 days
4 Guillermo Rodríguez Ecuador Acting President (1972–1976) 4 November 1924 100 years, 22 days
5 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995)
National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) 		8 May 1925 98 years, 202 days
6 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 29 June 1925 98 years, 150 days
7 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 10 July 1925 98 years, 139 days
8 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 17 July 1925 98 years, 132 days
9 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 29 May 1926 98 years, 181 days
10 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 3 November 1926 98 years, 23 days
11 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 9 December 1926 97 years, 353 days
12 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 5 April 1927 97 years, 235 days
13 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 4 February 1928 96 years, 272 days
14 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)		 10 May 1928 96 years, 200 days
15 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 11 May 1928 96 years, 199 days
16 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 27 August 1928 96 years, 91 days
17 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 23 October 1928 96 years, 34 days
18 Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 2 May 1929 95 years, 208 days
19 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 12 May 1929 95 years, 198 days
20 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 19 July 1929 95 years, 130 days
21 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 16 September 1929 95 years, 71 days
22 Nikolai Ryzhkov Soviet Union Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991) 28 September 1929 95 years, 59 days
23 Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997)		 18 October 1929 95 years, 39 days
24 Gombojavyn Ochirbat Mongolian People's Republic General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 15 November 1929 95 years, 11 days
25 Alfred Moisiu Albania President (2002–2007) 1 December 1929 94 years, 361 days
26 Selim Hoss Lebanon Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000)
Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)		 20 December 1929 94 years, 342 days
Lee Hyun-jae South Korea Prime Minister (1988)
Milan Panić Serbia and Montenegro Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
29 Efraín Goldenberg Peru Prime Minister (1994–1995) 28 December 1929 94 years, 334 days
30 Ahmed Osman Morocco Prime Minister (1972–1979) 3 January 1930 94 years, 328 days
31 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 94 years, 268 days
32 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President (1980–1996) 15 April 1930 94 years, 225 days
33 José Sarney Brazil President (1985–1990) 24 April 1930 94 years, 236 days
34 Kesang Choden Bhutan Regent (1972) 21 May 1930 94 years, 189 days
35 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivia President (1993–1997; 2002–2003) 1 July 1930 94 years, 148 days
36 Ivy Dumont Bahamas Acting Governor-General (2001–2002)
Governor-General (2002–2005)		 2 October 1930 94 years, 55 days
37 Mabandla Dlamini Swaziland Prime Minister (1979–1983) 11 November 1930 94 years, 15 days
38 Choe Yong-rim North Korea Premier (2010–2013) 20 November 1930 94 years, 6 days
39 Cesar Virata Philippines Prime Minister (1981–1986) 12 December 1930 93 years, 350 days
40 William Deane Australia Governor-General (1996–2001) 4 January 1931 93 years, 327 days
Cleopa Msuya Tanzania Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
42 Philip Greaves Barbados Acting Governor-General (2017–2018) 19 January 1931 93 years, 312 days
43 Dries van Agt Netherlands Prime Minister (1977–1982) 2 February 1931 93 years, 298 days
44 Isabel Perón Argentina President (1974–1976) 4 February 1931 93 years, 296 days
45 Lamberto Dini Italy Prime Minister (1995–1996) 1 March 1931 93 years, 270 days
46 Elliott Belgrave Barbados Acting Governor-General (2011–2012)
Governor-General (2012–2017)		 16 March 1931 93 years, 255 days
47 Jean-Jacques Honorat Haiti Prime Minister (1991–1992) 1 April 1931 93 years, 239 days
48 Gioegios Vassilliou Cyprus President (1988–1993) 20 May 1931 93 years, 190 days
49 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 93 years, 176 days
50 Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazil President (1995–2002) 18 June 1931 93 years, 161 days
51 Khieu Samphan Damocratic Kampuchea Acting Prime Minister (1976)
Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)		 28 July 1931 93 years, 121 days
52 Pié Masumbuko Burundi Acting Prime Minister (1965) 29 September 1931 93 years, 58 days
53 Michael Hardie Boys New Zealand Governor-General (1996–2001) 6 October 1931 93 years, 51 days
54 Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar Bangladesh Acting President (2002) 1 December 1931 92 years, 361 days
55 Javier Valle Riestra Peru Prime Minister (1998) 5 January 1932 92 years, 326 days
56 Edmund Wickham Lawrence Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor-General (2013–2015) 14 February 1932 92 years, 286 days
57 Tang Fei Taiwan President of the Executive Yuan (2000) 15 March 1932 92 years, 256 days
58 Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Thailand Prime Minister (1996–1997) 15 May 1932 92 years, 195 days
59 Marguerite Pindling Bahamas Governor-General (2014–2019) 26 June 1932 92 years, 153 days
60 Anand Panyarachun Thailand Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992) 9 August 1932 92 years, 109 days
61 Sirikit Regent (1956) 12 August 1932 92 years, 106 days
62 Gavril Dejeu Romania Acting Prime Minister (1998) 11 September 1932 92 years, 76 days
63 Manmohan Singh India Prime Minister (2004–2014) 26 September 1932 92 years, 61 days
64 Vytautas Landsbergis Lithuania Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) 18 October 1932 92 years, 39 days
65 Vitold Fokin Ukraine Prime Minister (1991–1992) 25 October 1932 92 years, 32 days
66 A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Bangladesh President (2001–2002) 1 November 1932 92 years, 25 days
67 Ugo Mifsud Bonnici Malta President (1994–1999) 8 November 1932 92 years, 18 days
68 Colville Young Belize Governor-General (1993–2021) 20 November 1932 92 years, 6 days
Kim Suk-soo South Korea Prime Minister (2002–2003)
70 Bill Hayden Australia Governor-General (1989–1996) 23 January 1933 91 years, 308 days
71 Than Shwe Myanmar Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (1992–2011)
Prime Minister (1992–2003)
Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (1993–2011)		 2 February 1933 91 years, 298 days
72 Paul Biya Cameroon Prime Minister (1975–1982)
President (1982–present)		 13 February 1933 91 years, 287 days
73 The Baron Eyskens Belgium Prime Minister (1981) 29 April 1933 91 years, 211 days
74 H. D. Deve Gowda India Prime Minister (1996–1997) 18 May 1933 91 years, 192 days
75 Basdeo Panday Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister (1995–2001) 25 May 1933 91 years, 185 days
76 Hüsamettin Cindoruk Turkey Acting President (1993) 8 June 1933 91 years, 171 days
77 Fouad Mebazaa Tunisia Acting President (2011) 15 June 1933 91 years, 164 days
78 Dumaagiin Sodnom Mongolian People's Republic Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990) 14 July 1933 91 years, 135 days
79 Suchinda Kraprayoon Thailand Prime Minister (1992) 6 August 1933 91 years, 112 days
80 Rubén Darío Paredes Panama Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983) 11 August 1933 90 years, 339 days
81 Arnold Koller Switzerland Federal Council Member (1986–1999)
President (1990; 1997)		 29 August 1933 91 years, 89 days
82 Mátyás Szűrös Hungary Provisional President (1989–1990) 11 September 1933 91 years, 76 days
Rachid Sfar Tunisia Prime Minister (1986–1987)
84 Michel Aoun Lebanon President (2016–2022) 30 September 1933 91 years, 67 days
85 Abel Pacheco Costa Rica President (2002–2006) 22 December 1933 90 years, 340 days
86 Akihito Japan Emperor (1989–2019) 23 December 1933 90 years, 339 days
87 Rudolf Schuster Slovakia President (1999–2004) 4 January 1934 90 years, 327 days
88 Jean Chrétien Canada Prime Minister (1993–2003) 11 January 1934 90 years, 320 days
89 Édith Cresson France Prime Minister (1991–1992) 27 January 1934 90 years, 304 days
90 Eddie Fenech Adami Malta Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004)
President (2004–2009)		 7 February 1934 90 years, 293 days
91 Mohamed Ennaceur Tunisia Acting President (2019) 21 March 1934 90 years, 240 days
92 J. Y. Pillay Singapore Acting President (2017) 30 March 1934 90 years, 241 days
93 Édouard Frank Central African Republic Prime Minister (1991–1992) 5 April 1934 90 years, 235 days
94 John Malecela Tanzania Prime Minister (1990–1994) 19 April 1934 90 years, 221 days
95 Pedro Pires Cape Verde Prime Minister (1975–1991)
President (2001–2011)		 29 April 1934 90 years, 211 days
96 Henri Konan Bédié Côte d'Ivoire Acting President (1993–1995)
President (1995–1999)		 5 May 1934 90 years, 205 days
97 Lee Hong-koo South Korea Prime Minister (1994–1995) 9 May 1934 90 years, 201 days
98 Heng Samrin Deocratic Kampuchea President of the Council of State (1979–1992)
General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991) 		25 May 1934 90 years, 185 days
99 Monica Dacon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Acting Governor-General (2002) 4 June 1934 90 years, 175 days
100 Albert II Belgium King (1993–2013) 6 June 1934 90 years, 173 days

Unclear status as state leaders

Name State Position Birth Age
The following individuals are older than #55–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.Template:Efn-lg
Josip Manolić Croatia Prime Minister (1990–1991) 22 March 1920 104 years, 251 days
César Yanes Urías El Salvador Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961) 24 April 1920 104 years, 216 days
Ali Haroun Algeria Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994) 8 February 1927 97 years, 292 days
Michael J. Williams Trinidad and Tobago Acting President during absence (1987) 16 October 1929 95 years, 39 days
Nicola Mancino Italy President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999) 15 October 1931 93 years, 42 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

Name State Position Birth Age
The following individuals might be older than #100–41 on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.
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 92 years, 331 days to
93 years, 330 days; or
89 years, 331 days to
90 years, 330 days
Félix Rouzabakani Congo-Braxzaville Member of the Provisional Government (1963) 1934 89 years, 331 days to
90 years, 330 days

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