Future oldest living state leaders
This article lists the state leaders born between 01 January 1936 and 31 December 1940. The consensus for each list increases by one when everyone in a list is added to the article List of oldest living state leaders.
1936
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sani Lakatani |  Niue
|
Premier (1999-2002) | 1936 | 88 years, 345 days to 89 years, 344 days | Unclear DoB (?) |
| Abdallah Mohamed Kamil |  Djibouti
|
Prime Minister (1978) | 1936 | 88 years, 345 days to 89 years, 344 days | Unclear DoB |
| Alejandro Maldonado |  Guatemala
|
President (2015-2016) | 6 Jan 1936 | 89 years, 339 days | |
| Julio María Sanguinetti |  Uruguay
|
President (1985–1990, 1995-2000) | |||
| Émile Lahoud |  Lebanon
|
President (1998-2007) | 12 Jan 1936 | 89 years, 333 days | |
| Henri Maidou |  Central African Empire
|
Prime Minister (1998-2007) | 14 Feb 1936 | 89 years, 300 days | |
| Choummaly Sayasone |  Laos
|
General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (2006-2016) President (2006-2016) |
6 Mar 1936 | 89 years, 270 days | |
| Ronald Venetiaan |  Suriname
|
President (1991-1996; 2000-2010) | 18 Jun 1936 | 89 years, 176 days | |
| Yasuo Fukuda |  Japan
|
Prime Minister (2006-2008) | 16 Jul 1936 | 89 years, 148 days | |
| Tuluaga Manuella |  Tuvalu
|
Governor-General (1994-1998) | 26 Aug 1936 | 89 years, 107 days | |
| Lien Chan |  Taiwan
|
President of the Executive Yuan (1993-1997) | 27 Aug 1936 | 89 years, 106 days | Unclear status |
| Tuluaga Manuella | Tuvalu
|
Prime Minister (1993-1996) Acting Governor-General (2010) |
4 Sept 1936 | 89 years, 98 days | |
| Hazem El Beblawi |  Egypt
|
Acting Prime Minister (2013-2014) | 17 Oct 1936 | 89 years, 55 days | |
| Miguel Trovoada |  São Tomé and Principe
|
Prime Minister (1975-1979) President (1991-1995; 1995-2001) |
27 Dec 1936 | 88 years, 349 days | |
| Han Seung-soo |  South Korea
|
Prime Minister (2008-2009) | 28 Dec 1936 | 88 years, 348 days |
1937
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohsen Abdel Hamid |  Iraq
|
Prime Minister (2004) | 1937 | 87 years, 345 days to 88 years, 344 days | Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth |
| Emilio Della Balda | .svg){kind=small} San Marino
|
Captain Regent (1966) | 1937 | 87 years, 345 days to 88 years, 344 days | Uncertain Date of Birth |
| Jacinto Soares Veloso |  Mozambique
|
Member of the Politburo of FRELIMO (1986) | 1937 | 88 years, 345 days to 88 years, 344 days | Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth |
| Adriano Rieffi | San Marino
|
Captain Regent (1978) | 1937 | 87 years, 345 days to 88 years, 344 days (?) | Uncertain Date of Birth |
| Yan Yefimovich Fisher | ;_Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_(1991%E2%80%931992).svg){kind=small} Kyrgyzstan
|
Acting General Secretary (1991) | 1937 | 88 years, 345 days to 88 years, 344 days | Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth |
| Abdur Rahman Ibn Yahya |  Yemen
|
Prime Minister in Exile (1967-1969) | 1937 (?) | 87 years, 345 days to 88 years, 344 days (?) | Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth |
| Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
High Representative (1997-1999) | 7 Jan 1937 | 88 years, 338 days | |
| Ati George Sokomanu |  Vanuatu
|
President (1980–1984, 1984-1989) | 13 Jan 1937 | 88 years, 332 days | |
| Raouf Bundhun |  Mauritius
|
Acting President (2003) | 13 Jan 1937 | 88 years, 331 days | |
| Harald V |  Norway
|
King (1991-present) | 21 Feb 1937 | 88 years, 293 days | |
| Olusegun Obasanjo |  Nigeria
|
Head of the Federal Military Government (1976-1979) President (1999-2007) |
5 Mar 1937 | 88 years, 281 days | |
| Egon Krenz |  East Germany
|
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1989) | 19 Mar 1937 | 88 years, 267 days | |
| Guido Vidoso |  Bolivia
|
President (1982) | 5 Apr 1937 | 88 years, 250 days | |
| Cornelius A. Smith |  Bahamas
|
Governor-General (2019-2023) | 7 Apr 1937 | 88 years, 248 days | |
| Joseph Estrada |  Philippines
|
President (1998-2001) | 19 Apr 1937 | 88 years, 236 days | |
| Sergey Ling |  Belarus
|
Prime Minister (1996-2000) | 7 May 1937 | 88 years, 218 days | |
| Jacques Santer |  Luxembourg
|
Prime Minister (1984-1995) | 16 May 1937 | 88 years, 209 days | |
| Megistu Haile Mariam |  Ethiopia
|
Leader of the Derg (1974; 1977-1987) General Secretary of the Worker's Party (1984-1991) President (1984-1991) |
21 May 1937 | 88 years, 194 days | |
| Radoje Kontić | .svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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Federal Prime Minister (1993-1998) | 31 May 1938 | 88 years, 194 days | |
| Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |  Bulgaria
|
Tsar (1943-1946) Prime Minister (2001-2005) |
16 Jun 1937 | 88 years, 178 days | |
| Lionel Jospin |  France
|
Prime Minister (1997-2002) | 12 Jul 1937 | 88 years, 152 days | |
| Yoshirō Mori | Japan
|
Prime Minister (2000-2001) | 14 Jul 1937 | 88 years, 150 days | |
| James Carlisle |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
Governor-General (1993-2007) | 5 Aug 1937 | 88 years, 128 days | |
| Manuel Pinto da Costa | São Tomé and Príncipe
|
President (1975-1991; 2011-2016) | |||
| Bounnhang Vorachith | Laos
|
Prime Minister (2001 2006) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (2006-2021) President (2006-2021) |
15 Aug 1937 | 88 years, 118 days | |
| Jean Alingué Bawoyeu |  Chad
|
Prime Minister (1991-1992) | 18 Aug 1937 | 88 years, 115 days | |
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão |  Portugal
|
Prime Minister (1981-1983) | 1 Sep 1937 | 88 years, 101 days | |
| Vasyl Durdynets |  Ukraine
|
Acting Prime Minister (1997) | 27 Sep 1937 | 88 years, 75 days | |
| Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe | Mozambique
|
Member of the Politburo of FRELIMO (1986) | 29 Sep 1937 | 88 years, 73 days | |
| Franz Vranitzky |  Austria
|
Chancellor (1986-1997) | 4 Oct 1937 | 88 years, 68 days | |
| Ramsewak Shankar | Portugal
|
President (1988-1990) | 6 Nov 1937 | 88 years, 35 days | |
| Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga |  Latvia
|
Present (1999-2007) | 1 Dec 1937 | 88 years, 10 days | |
| Prosper Avtil |  Haiti
|
President (1988-1990) | 12 Dec 1937 | 87 years, 364 days | |
| Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |  Maldives
|
President (1978-2008) | 29 Dec 1937 | 87 years, 347 days |
1938
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Ben Cheikh Attoumane | .svg){kind=small} Comoros
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Prime Minister (1993-1994) | 1938 | 87 years, 344 days to 86 years, 345 days | Unclear DoB | |
| Fuad Masum | Iraq
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President (2014-2018) | 1 Jan 1938 | 87 years, 344 days | ||
| Goh Kun | South Korea
|
Prime Minister (1997-1998; 2003-2004) Acting President (2004) |
2 Jan 1938 | 87 years, 343 days | ||
| Juan Carlos I |  Spain
|
King (1975-2014) | 5 Jan 1938 | 87 years, 340 days | ||
| Morihiro Hosakawa | Japan
|
Prime Minister (1993-1994) | 14 Jan 1938 | 87 years, 331 days | ||
| Beatrix |  Netherlands
|
Queen (1980-2013) | 31 Jan 1938 | 87 years, 314 days | ||
| Meechai Ruchuphan |  Thailand
|
Acting Prime Minister (1992) | 2 Feb 1938 | 87 years, 312 days | ||
| Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi |  Samoa
|
Prime Minister (1976-1982; 1982) O le Ao o le Malo (2007-2017) (Acting O le Ao o le Malo in 2007) |
1 Mar 1938 | 87 years, 285 days | ||
| Ricardo Lagos |  Chile
|
President (2000-2006) | 2 Mar 1938 | 87 years, 284 days | ||
| Alpha Condé |  Guinea
|
President (2010-2021) | 4 Mar 1938 | 87 years, 282 days | ||
| Derviş Eroğlu |  Northern Cyprus
|
Prime Minister (1985-1994; 1996-2004; 2008-2009) President (2010-2015) |
7 Mar 1938 | 87 years, 279 days | Unclear status | |
| Kintu Musoke |  Uganda
|
Prime Minister (1994-1999) | 8 May 1938 | 87 years, 217 days | ||
| Giuliano Amato |  Italy
|
Prime Minister (1992-1903; 2000-2001) | 12 May 1938 | 87 years, 212 days | ||
| Paul Dijoud |  Monaco
|
Minister of State (1994-1997) | 25 Jun 1938 | 87 years, 169 days | ||
| Chuan Leekapai | Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1992-1995; 1997-2001) | 28 Jul 1938 | 87 years, 136 days | ||
| Patrick Leclerq | Monaco
|
Minister of State (2000-2005) | 2 Aug 1938 | 87 years, 131 days | ||
| Leonid Kuchma | Ukraine
|
Prime Minister (1992-1993) President (1994-2005) |
9 Aug 1938 | 87 years, 124 days | ||
| Nabil Shaath |  Palestine
|
Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2005) | ||||
| Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino |  Panama
|
President (1984-1985) | 21 Aug 1938 | 87 years, 112 days | ||
| Paul Martin |  Canada
|
Prime Minister (2004-2006) | 28 Aug 1938 | 87 years, 105 days | ||
| Luigi Lonfernini | San Marino
|
Captain Regent (1971; 2001) | 31 Aug 1938 | 87 years, 102 days | ||
| Tomasi Puapua | Tuvalu
|
Prime Minister (1981-1989) Governor-General (1998-2003) |
10 Sept 1938 | 87 years, 92 days | ||
| Myechyslaw Hryb | .svg){kind=small} Belarus
|
Chairman of the Supreme Council (1994-1996) | 25 Sept 1938 | 87 years, 77 days | ||
| Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |  Peru
|
Prime Minister (2005-2006) President (2016-2018) |
3 Oct 1938 | 87 years, 69 days | ||
| Óscar de la Fuente Raygada | Prime Minister (1992-1993) | 4 Oct 1938 | 87 years, 68 days | |||
| Heinz Fischer | Austria
|
President (2004-2016) | 9 Oct 1938 | 87 years, 63 days | ||
| Farah Diba | .svg){kind=small} Iran
|
Regent (1967) | 14 Oct 1938 | 87 years, 58 days | ||
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |  Liberia
|
President (2006-2018) | 29 Oct 1938 | 87 years, 43 days | ||
| Norbert Ratsirahonana |  Madagascar
|
Prime Minister (1996-1997) Acting President (1996-1997) |
18 Nov 1938 | 87 years, 23 days | ||
| Ahmad Obeidat |  Jordan
|
Prime Minister (1984) | ||||
| Francisco Rodríguez | Panama
|
Provisional President (1989) | 24 Nov 1938 | 87 years, 17 days | ||
| John Kufuor |  Ghana
|
President (2001-2009) | 8 Dec 1938 | 87 years, 3 days | ||
| Juan Carlos Wasmosy |  Paraguay
|
President (1993-1997) | 15 Dec 1938 | 86 years, 361 days |
1939
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Siew | Taiwan
|
Premier (1997-2000) | 3 Jan 1939 | 86 years, 342 days | Unclear status |
| Alfonso de los Heros | Peru
|
Prime Minister (1991-1992) | 15 Jan 1939 | 86 years, 330 days | |
| Abdullah Ensour | Jordan
|
Prime Minister (2012-2016) | 20 Jan 1939 | 86 years, 325 days | |
| Adrienne Clarkson | Canada
|
Governor General (1999-2005) | 10 Feb 1939 | 86 years, 304 days | |
| Ali Salem al-Beidh |  South Yemen
|
General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party (1986-1994) | |||
| Akbar Mirzoyev | ,_Flag_of_Tajikistan_(1991%E2%80%931992).svg){kind=small} Tajikistan
|
Prime Minister (1992) | 15 Feb 1939 | 86 years, 299 days | |
| Abdelraouf Rawabdeh | Jordan
|
Prime Minister (1999-2000) | 18 Feb 1939 | 86 years, 296 days | |
| Aleksandër Meksi |  Albania
|
Prime Minister (1992-1997) | 8 Mar 1939 | 86 years, 278 days | |
| Lee Soo-sung | .svg){kind=small} South Korea
|
Prime Minister (1995-1997) | 10 Mar 1939 | 86 years, 276 days | |
| Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas |  Yemen
|
Prime Minister (1990-1994) | 5 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 250 days | |
| Pak Pong-ju |  North Korea
|
Premier (2003-2007; 2013-2019) | 10 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 245 days | |
| Jaime Paz Zamora | .svg){kind=small} Bolivia
|
President (1989-1993) | 15 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 240 days | |
| Ali Khamenei |  Iran
|
President (1981-1989) Supreme Leader (1989-present) |
19 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 236 days | |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway
|
Prime Minister (1981; 1986-1989; 1990-1996) | 20 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 235 days | |
| Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové |  Togo
|
President (2025-present) | 7 May 1939 | 86 years, 218 days | |
| Tom Thabane |  Lesotho
|
Prime Minister (2012-2015; 2017-2020) | 28 May 1939 | 86 years, 197 days | |
| Joe Clark | Canada
|
Prime Minister (1979-1980) | 5 Jun 1939 | 86 years, 189 days | |
| Jeon Yun-churl | .svg){kind=small} South Korea
|
Acting Prime Minister (2002) | 15 Jun 1939 | 86 years, 179 days | |
| Osvaldo Hurtado | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador
|
President (1981-1984) | 26 Jun 1939 | 86 years, 168 days | |
| Likulia Bolongo | .svg){kind=small} Zaire
|
Prime Minister (1997) | 8 Jul 1939 | 86 years, 156 days | |
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Portugal
|
Prime Minister (1985-1995) President (2006-2016) |
15 Jul 1939 | 86 years, 149 days | |
| John Howard |  Australia
|
Prime Minister (1996-2007) | 26 Jul 1939 | 86 years, 138 days | |
| Romano Prodi | Italy
|
Prime Minister (1996-1998; 2006-2008) | 9 Aug 1939 | 86 years, 124 days | |
| Festus Mogae |  Botswana
|
President (1998-2008) | 21 Aug 1939 | 86 years, 112 days | |
| Guntis Ulmanis | Latvia
|
President (1993-1999) | 13 Sep 1939 | 86 years, 89 days | |
| Reuven Rivlin |  Israel
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President (2014-2021) | 9 Sep 1939 | 86 years, 93 days | |
| Mile Akmadžić | .svg){kind=small} Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Prime Minister (1992-1993) | 1 Oct 1939 | 86 years, 71 days | |
| Chang Sang | South Korea
|
Acting Prime Minister (2002) | 3 Oct 1939 | 86 years, 69 days | |
| Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane |  Gabon
|
Prime Minister (1999-2006) | 6 Oct 1939 | 86 years, 66 days | |
| Franjo Gregurić |  Croatia
|
Prime Minister (1991-1992) | 12 Oct 1939 | 86 years, 60 days | |
| Joaquim Chissano | Mozambique
|
President (1986-2005) | 22 Oct 1939 | 86 years, 50 days | |
| Khin Nyunt | .svg){kind=small} Myanmar
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Prime Minister (2003-2004) | 23 Oct 1939 | 86 years, 49 days | |
| Moustapha Niasse |  Senegal
|
Prime Minister (1983; 2000-2001) | 4 Nov 1939 | 86 years, 37 days | |
| Emil Constantinescu |  Romania
|
President (1996-2000) | 19 Nov 1939 | 86 years, 22 days | |
| Neville Cenac |  Saint Lucia
|
Governor-General (2018-2021) | 24 Nov 1939 | 86 years, 17 days | |
| Ali Nasir Muhammad | South Yemen
|
General Secretary of the Yemen Socialist Party (1980-1986) Chairman of the Supreme People's Council (1980-1986) Chairman of the Presidential Council (1978) Prime Minister (1971-1985) |
31 Dec 1939 | 85 years, 345 days |
1940
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margrethe II |  Denmark
|
Queen (1972-2024) | 16 Apr 1940 | 85 years, 239 days | |
| Peter Mutharika |  Malawi
|
President (2014-2020) | 18 Jul 1940 | 85 years, 146 days |