List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

This article lists all the Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), 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.

Gallery

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  Oldest ever:
  Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009, 103 years, 143 days)
  served: 1962

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  2nd-oldest:
  Turkey
  Celål Bayar (1883–1986, aged 103 years, 98 days)
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960;

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  3rd-Oldest living:
  France
  Antoine Pinay (1891-1994, aged 102 years, 343 days)
  served: 1962

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  26th-oldest ever:
  'Laos:
  Khamtai Siphandone (born 1924, age 100 years, 267 days):
  served 1991–2006

List

Key

Currently living

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	ers of Sudan (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 (1991–1997)	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	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
13	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
14	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
15	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
16	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President(1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
17	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
18	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
19	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
20	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
21	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 44 days
22	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
23	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
24	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
25	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 267 days
26	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
27	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 185 days
28	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 243 days
29	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
30	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
31	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
32	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
33	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
34	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
35	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
36	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
23–37	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
38	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 31 days
39	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	1924	Alive	99 years, 363 days
40	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
41	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
42	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
43	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
44	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
45	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
46	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
47	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
48	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
49	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
50	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
51	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
52	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 122 days
53	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
54	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
55	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
56	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	1925	Alive	99 years, 177 days
57	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
58	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
59	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
60	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
60	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	Alive	99 years, 125 days
62	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 114 days
63	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 107 days
64	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
65	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
66	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	Communist General Secretary (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
67	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
68	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the N.S.C. (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
69	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
70	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
71	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
72	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
73	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
74	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
75	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
76	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
77	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
78	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
79	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
80	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
81	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
82	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting} President (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
83	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
84	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
85	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 156 days
86	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
87	Walter Scheel	West Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
88	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
89	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
90	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Vatican City	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
91	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	97 years, 364 days
92	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
93	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 328 days
94	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
94	Federico Paéz	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1915	2012	96 years, 250 days
96	Habib Bourguiba	Lithuania	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
97	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
98	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
78–99	Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1997	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
100	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days

Next to Join

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Current Age	Joins the List (If He/she Lives to)
1	Thannin Kraivichien	Thailand	Primero Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 210 days	13 October 2023 (Richter Prada)
2	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2018)	1928	Alive	96 years, 271 days	16 August 2024 (Kollias)
3	Arnold Rùütel	Estonia	Chaiman of the State Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	97 years, 175 days	20 December 2024 (Yang Hyong-sop)
4	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 174 days	10 January 2025 (Molotov)
5	Peter Borross	Hungary	Prime Minister (19993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 66 days	1 May 2025 (Bourgiba)
6	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 9 days	30 June 2025 (Paéz)
7	Édouard Balladur	Framce	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 183 days	9 January 2026 (Shamir)
8	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	95 years, 173 days	11 February 2026 (Huysmans)
9	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	95 years, 105 days	23 May 2026 (Anchimaa-Toka)
10	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	1929	Alive	95 years, 46 days	25 July 2026 (di Belmonte)

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Name	Country	Sex	Birth	Became Oldest	Ceased to be Oldest/Death (Time as Oldest) Age at death
William I	Germany	M	22 March 1797		9 March 1888 90 years, 353 days
George Tupou I	Tonga	M	4 December 1797	9 March 1888 90 years, 96 days	18 February 1893 95 years, 76 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	19 October 1802	18 February 1893 90 years, 122 days	14 May 1897 (7 years, 318 days) 94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria	M	17 July 1806	14 May 1897 90 years, 301 days	26 February 1899 (1 year, 289 days) 92 years 224 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	27 January 1810	26 February 1899 89 years, 30 days	12 April 1900 (2 years, 334 days) 90 years, 76 days
Pope Leo XIII	Papal States	M	2 March 1810	12 Apr 1900 90 years, 41 days	20 July 1903 (3 years, 99 days) 93 years, 140 days
Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	M	21 May 1810	20 July 1903 93 years, 60 days	17 February 1908 (4 years, 212 days) 97 years, 272 days
Artúr Gorgey	Hungary	M	30 January 1818	17 February 1908 90 years, 18 days	21 May 1916 (180 days) 98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	27 December 1823	21 May 1916 92 years, 146 days	10 December 1917 (1 year, 203 days) 93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet	France	M	14 November 1828	10 December 1917 89 years, 26 days	14 May 1923 (5 years, 352 days) 94 tears, 181 days
Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	25 February 1835	14 May 1923 88 years, 78 days	2 July 1924 (350 days) 89 years, 127 days
Jules Méline	France	M	20 May 1838	2 July 1924 86 years, 43 days	21 December 1925 (2 years, 158 days) 87 years, 216 days
Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	8 June 1838	2 July 1924 86 years, 24 days	10 March 1932 (7 years, 260 days) 93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	15 November 1841	10 March 1932 87 years, 168 days	6 September 1935 (3 years, 174 days) 93 years 295 days
Lizardo Garcia		M	26 April 1844	6 September 1935 91 years, 133 days	29 May 1937 (1 year, 263 days) 93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	22 January 1848	29 May 1937 91 years, 233 days	12 September 1939 (2 years, 194 days) 91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	22 March 1849	12 September 1939 90 years, 174 days	6 August 1945 (8 years, 69 days) 96 years, 138 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	M	10 April 1851	6 August 1945 94 years, 118 days	16 February 1948 (2 years, 194 days) 96 years, 312 days
Philippe Petain	France	M	24 Apr 1856	16 February 1948 91 years, 298 days	23 July 1951 (2 years, 194 days) 95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascurain	Mexico	M	8 May 1856	16 February 1948 96 years, 74 days	21 July 1952 (364 days) 96 years, 74 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	15 November 1859	9 September 1957 97 years, 308 days	12 December 1960 (3 years, 94 days) 101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	26 February 1868	12 December 1960 94 years, 290 days	15 May 1966 (5 years, 154 days) 98 years, 78 days
Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	M	1 January 1872	15 May 1966 94 years, 134 days	11 July 1967 (1 year, 57 days) 95 years, 191 days
Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	26 May 1871	11 July 1967 95 years, 341 days	25 February 1968 (229 days) 96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	15 March 1872	25 February 1968 95 years, 347 days	14 August 1969 (1 year, 170 days) 97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	4 August 1873	14 August 1969 94 years, 10 days	28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days) 98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	2 August 1874	28 March 1972 97 years, 190 days	14 February 1973 (323 days) 98 years, 196 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham	Hungary	M	10 July 1875	14 February 1973 97 years, 219 days	25 July 1973 (161 days) 98 years, 15 days
Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	20 May 1879	25 July 1973 94 years, 66 days	19 September 1977 (199 days) 98 years, 122 days
Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	31 August 1879	9 February 1974 94 years, 162 days	22 March 1978 (184 days) 98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	15 February 1882	22 March 1978 96 years, 35 days	24 April 1978 (33 days) 96 years, 69 days
Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	16 May 1883	24 April 1978 91 years, 335 days	22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days) 103 years, 99 days
Willem Drees	Netherlands	M	5 July 1886	22 August 1986 100 years, 48 days	14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days) 101 years, 314 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	3 December 1887	14 May 1988 100 years, 163 days	20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days) 102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	9 May 1889	20 January 1990 100 years, 256 days	14 December 1990 (329 days) 101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay	France	M	30 December 1891	14 December 1990 99 years, 349 days	13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days) 102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai	India	M	29 February 1896	13 December 1994 98 years, 288 days	10 April 1995 (119 days) 99 years, 41 days
Hastings Banda	Malawi	M	1898	10 April 1995 95 years, 100 days to 96 years, 100 days	23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days) 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	4 July 1898	23 November 1997 99 years, 142 days	15 January 1998 (53 days) 99 years, 195 days
Constantine Kollias	Greece	M	1901	15 January 1998 95 years, 327 days to 96 years, 327 days	13 July 1998 (179 days) 96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	23 September 1902	13 July 1998 95 years, 303 days	8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days) 97 years, 139 days
Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	27 July 1903	8 February 2000 96 years, 196 days	31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days) 99 years, 143 days
Xenophon Zolotas		M	26 Apr 1904	31 October 2002 98 years, 188 days	10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days) 100 years, 45 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum	Cambodia	M	1 September 1905	10 June 2004 98 years, 285 days	23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days) 103 years, 143 days
Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	M	1910	22 January 2009 99 years, 4 days to 99 years, 21 days	2013 (3 years, 345 days to 4 years, 343 days 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	M	3 July 1914	2013 99 years, 181 days to 98 years, 182 days	30 January 2017 (3 years, 30 days) to 4 years, 29 days 102 years, 211 days
Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	2 February 1917	30 January 2017 99 years, 363 days	1 October 2018 (1 year, 63 days) 101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	2 Mar 1917	1 October 2018 101 years, 213 days	17 January 2019 (108 days) 101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	27 May 1918	17 January 2019 100 years, 235 days	29 November 2019 (314 days) 101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	26 February 1919	29 November 2019 100 years, 276 days	25 May 2021 (178 days) 101 years, 89 days
Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	29 January 1921	25 May 2021 100 years, 112 days	7 December 2021 (196 days) 100 years, 312 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	4 October 1921	07 December 2021 100 years, 64 days	14 July 2022 (219 days) 100 years, 283 days
Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	8 February 1924	14 July 2022 97 years, 106 days	Alive (2 years, 110 days) age 100 years, 267 days

See also

• List of longest-reigning monarchs
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Lists of state leaders by age
• List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)
• Records of heads of state
• List of Longest Living Cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
• Longest-lived state leaders by country
• List of Former longest living state leaders
• Supreme Court of the Philippines