Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living

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This list contains the top 10 Longest-lived and oldest living State leaders and Cardinals

State Leaders

Longest-lived

UPDATED 12/18/2024
Cell colors

Color Age Range
Light blue 103 years 0 days to 103 years, 366 days
Gainsboro 102 years 0 days to 102 years, 366 days
Linen 101 years 0 days to 101 years, 366 days
Columbia Blue Living (any age)
No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.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

Oldest-living

UPDATED 12/18/2024
List Since the death of Ali Hassan Mwinyi on 29 February 2024 (293 days)

No. Name State Position Birth Age
1 Guillermo Rodríguez Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador Acting President (1972–1976) 1923 101 years, 44 days
2 Khamtai Siphandone Flag of Laos.svg Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
1924 100 years, 314 days
3 Tomiichi Murayama Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 100 years, 290 days
4 Jimmy Carter Flag of the United States.svg United States President (1977–1981) 1924 100 years, 78 days
5 Mahathir Mohamad Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 99 years, 161 days
6 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Flag of Afghanistan (1987–1992).svg Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 99 years, 154 days
7 Abdoulaye Wade Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 98 years, 203 days
8 Valdas Adamkus Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 98 years, 45 days
9 Raif Dizdarević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 98 years, 9 days
10 Thanin Kraivichien Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 97 years, 257 days

Cardinals

Both oldest and longest living since the death of Card. do Nascimento on 28 September 2024 (81 days), aged 99 years, 212 days

Longest-Living

No. Cardinal Country Birth Death Age
1 Corrado Bafile Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1903 2005 101 years, 214 days
2 Loris Francesco Capovilla Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1915 2016 100 years, 224 days
3 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1919 2019 100 years, 197 days
4 Alexandre do Nascimento Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1925 2024 99 years, 212 days
5 Ersilio Tonini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1914 2013 99 years, 8 days
6 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1920 2019 98 years, 362 days
7 Paul Augustin Mayer Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1911 2010 98 years, 342 days
8 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1926 Alive 98 years, 315 days
9 Ignatius Kung Pin-mei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1901 2000 98 years, 223 days
Franz König Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1905 2004

Oldest-living

No. Cardinal Country Birth Age
1 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1926 98 years, 315 days
2 Emmanuel Wamala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1926 98 years, 17 days
3 Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1927 97 years, 245 days
4 Júlio Duarte Langa Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1927 97 years, 61 days
5 Friedrich Wetter Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1928 96 years, 294 days
6 Ernest Simoni Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1928 96 years, 61 days
7 Walter Brandmüller Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1929 95 years, 348 days
8 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1929 95 years, 328 days
9 Adam Maida Flag of the United States.svg United States 1930 94 years, 275 days
10 Julian Herranz Casado Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1930 94 years, 262 days

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