List of longest-living state leaders from Asia

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. Among the living the oldest is Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama who is currently 101 years, 280 days.

Gallery

• Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg

  Oldest:
   Ecuador
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served: 1962

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  2nd-Oldest:
   Turkey
  Celâl Bayar
  served: 1937–1939; 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
    Japan
  Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
  served: 1945

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  8th-Oldest:
   Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served: 1994-1996

List

UPDATED 12/8/2025

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	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
4	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
5	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
6	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
7	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 280 days
8	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
9	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
11	Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham	Philippines	Governor-General (1862-1865)	1815	1915	100 years, 283 days
12	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
13	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 151 days
14	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 144 days
15	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
16	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
17	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
18	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
19	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
20	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
21	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
22	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
23	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
24	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
25	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
26	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
27	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 307 days
28	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
29	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
30	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 46 days
31	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister(1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
32	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
33	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1988–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
34	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
35	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	[[wikipedia:Chairman of the Mongolian People's Party|]] (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 27 days
36	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 353 days
37	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969–1975)	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
38	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
48-39	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
64	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	1930	Alive	95 years, 201 days
65	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960-1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days
66	Pak Song-chol	North Korea	Premier (1976-1977)	1913	2008	95 years, 56 days
67	Nguyễn Vãn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days
68	Saeb Salam	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)	1905	2000	95 years, 4 days
69	Hassan ibn Yahya	Yemen	Prime Minister (1948–1955)	1908	2003	95 years, 0 days
70	Emilio Aguinaldo	Philippines	President (1899–1901)	1869	1964	94 years, 321 days
71	Maarouf al-Dawalibi	Syria	Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)	1909	2004	94 years, 292 days
72	Sanya Dharmasakti	Thailand	Prime Minister (1973–1975)	1907	2002	94 years, 276 days
73	Naji Talib	Iraq	Prime Minister (1966-1967)	1917	2012	94 years, 266 days
74	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000) Acting President (1988-1989, 1989)	1929	2024	94 years, 264 days
75	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010-2013)	1930	Alive	95 years, 18 days
76	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981-1986)	1930	Alive	94 years, 361 days
77	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979-1983)	1930	2025	94 years, 228 days
78	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996-2001)	1931	Alive	94 years, 338 days
79	Yitzhak Navon	Israel	President (1978–1983)	1921	2015	94 years, 211 days
80	Wijeyananda Dahanayake	Sri Lanka	Prime Minister (1959–1960)	1902	1997	94 years, 194 days
81	Ninian Stephen	Australia	Governor-General (1982–1989)	1923	2017	94 years, 136 days
82	Fidel V. Ramos	Philippines	President(1992-1998)	1928	2022	94 years, 135 days
83	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Samoa	O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993)	1913	2007	94 years, 127 days
84	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980-1983; 1994-1995)	1931	2025	94 years, 123 days
85	Balakh Sher Mazari	Pakistan	Acting Prime Minister (1993)	1928	2022	94 years, 119 days
86	Phạm Vãn Đồng	North Vietnam  State of Vietnam	Prime Minister (1955–1987)	1906	2000	94 years, 59 days
87	Muhammad Fahdel al-Jamali	Iraq	Prime Minister (1953–1954)	1903	1997	94 years, 34 days
88	C. Rajogopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	1878	1972	94 years, 15 days
89	Khieu Samphan	Democratic Kampuchea	Prime Minister (1988)	1931	Alive	94 years, 133 days
90	Girma Wolde-Giorgis	Ethiopia	President (2001-2013)	1924	2018	93 years, 352 days
91	Kang Young-hoon	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988–1990)	1922	2016	93 years, 346 days
92	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	1931	Alive	94 years, 70 days
93	Shehu Shagari	Nigeria	President (1979-1983)	1925	2018	93 years, 308 days
94	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1931	Alive	94 years, 7 days
95	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	India	Prime Minister (1998-2004)	1924	2018	93 years, 234 days
96	Zenko Zuzuki	Japan	Prime Minister (1980–1982)	1911	2004	93 years, 190 days
97	Bülend Ulusu	Turkey	Prime Minister (1980-1983)	1922	2015	93 years, 175 days
98	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	Governor-General (1967–1972)	1900	1994	93 years, 144 days
98	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	1932	Alive	93 years, 268 days
100	Antoine Gizenga	Congo-Kinshasa	Prime Minister (2006-2008)	1925	2020	93 years, 142 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–96 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
48-39	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
Naji Talib	Iraq	Prime Minister (1966-1967)	1917	2012	94 years, 236 days to 94 years, 266 days
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1991-1992, 1992)	1932	2025	92 years, 292 days to 93 years, 291 days

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders