List of longest-living state leaders

This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister) and cardinals, born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived non acting state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days

Gallery

Gallery of State Leaders

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Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962
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2nd Oldest:
Turkey<bgoatr in/>Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
3rd-Oldest:
France
served: 1962
15th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/26/2025

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
8	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
11	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
12	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 52 days
13	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
14	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
15	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
16	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	101 years, 321 days
17	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 298 days
18	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
19	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
20	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
21	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
22	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
23	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
24	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
24	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
26	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
27	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 169 days
28	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 162 days
29	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
30	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
23–31	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
32	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
33	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
34	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
35	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
36	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
37	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
38	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
39	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
26–40	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
41	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
42	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 211 days
43	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
44	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
45	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
46	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
47	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
48	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
49	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
50	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
51	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
52	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
53	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
54	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 53 days
55	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
56	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
57	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia \|	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 17 days
58	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 day
59	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
60	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
61	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	98 years, 265 days
63	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
63	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
64	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
65	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
66	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
67	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
68	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
69	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
70	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
71	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
72	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
73	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
74	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
75	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
76	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
77	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
78	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 325 days
79	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
80	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
81	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 229 days
82	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
83	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
84	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
85	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days
86	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1998) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
87	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
88	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 121 days
89	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
90	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 64 days
91	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1988–2002) President (1993-2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
92	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
93	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
94	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
95	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
96	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
97	Joaquin Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
98	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	2018	95 years, 306 days
99	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 238 days
100	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days

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1	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 160 days	95 years, 224 days
2	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	96 years, 69 days	95 years, 133 days
3	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 45 days	94 years, 105 days
4	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 25 days	95 years, 30 days
5	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	96 years, 6 days	94 years, 70 days
5	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1929	Alive	96 years, 6 days	94 years, 70 days
7	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 363 days	95 years, 62 days
8	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	1930	Alive	95 years, 357 days	95 years, 56 days
9	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)	1930	Alive	95 years, 298 days	94 years, 362 days
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