Future oldest living state leaders

This article lists the state leaders born between 01 January 1936 and 31 December 1939.

1936

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age	Notes
Sani Lakatani	Niue	Premier (1999-2002)	1936	88 years, 342 days to 89 years, 341 days	Unclear DoB (?)
Abdallah Mohamed Kamil	Djibouti	Prime Minister (1978)	1936	88 years, 342 days to 89 years, 341 days	Unclear DoB
Alejandro Maldonado	Guatemala	President (2015-2016)	6 Jan 1936	89 years, 336 days	added to main list 03/11/2025
Julio María Sanguinetti	Uruguay	President (1985–1990, 1995-2000)
Émile Lahoud	Lebanon	President (1998-2007)	12 Jan 1936	89 years, 330 days
Henri Maidou	Central African Empire	Prime Minister (1998-2007)	14 Feb 1936	89 years, 297 days
Choummaly Sayasone	Laos	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (2006-2016) President (2006-2016)	6 Mar 1936	89 years, 267 days
Yasuo Fukuda	Japan	Prime Minister (2006-2008)	16 Jul 1936	89 years, 145 days
Tuluaga Manuella	Tuvalu	Governor-General (1994-1998)	26 Aug 1936	89 years, 104 days
Lien Chan	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (1993-1997)	27 Aug 1936	89 years, 103 days
Tuluaga Manuella	Tuvalu	Prime Minister (1993-1996) Acting Governor-General (2010)	4 Sept 1936	89 years, 95 days
Hazem El Beblawi	Egypt	Acting Prime Minister (2013-2014)	17 Oct 1936	89 years, 52 days
Miguel Trovoada	São Tomé and Principe	Prime Minister (1975-1979) President (1991-1995; 1995-2001)	27 Dec 1936	88 years, 346 days
Han Seung-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2008-2009)	28 Dec 1936	88 years, 345 days

1937

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age	Notes
Moshen Abdel Hamid	Iraq	Prime Minister (2004)	1937	87 years, 342 days to 88 years, 341 days	Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth
Emilio Della Balda	San Marino	Captain Regent (1966)	1937	87 years, 342 days to 88 years, 341 days	Uncertain Date of Birth
Jacinto Soares Veloso	Mozambique	Member of the Politburo of FRELIMO (1986)	1937	88 years, 342 days to 88 years, 341 days	Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth
Adriano Rieffi	San Marino	Captain Regent (1978)	1937	87 years, 342 days to 88 years, 341 days (?)	Uncertain Date of Birth
Yan Yefimovich Fisher	Kyrgyzstan	Acting General Secretary (1991)	1937	88 years, 342 days to 88 years, 341 days	Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth
Abdur Rahman Ibn Yahya	Yemen	Prime Minister in Exile (1967-1969)	1937 (?)	87 years, 342 days to 88 years, 341 days (?)	Unclear Status with Uncertain Date of Birth
Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza	Bosnia and Herzegovina	High Representative (1997-1999)	7 Jan 1937	88 years, 335 days
Ati George Sokomanu	Vanuatu	President (1980–1984, 1984-1989)	13 Jan 1937	88 years, 329 days
Raouf Bundhun	Mauritius	Acting President (2003)	13 Jan 1937	88 years, 328 days
Harald V	Norway	King (1991-present)	21 Feb 1937	88 years, 290 days
Olusegun Obasanjo	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1976-1979) President (1999-2007)	5 Mar 1937	88 years, 278 days
Egon Krenz	East Germany	General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1989)	19 Mar 1937	89 years, 264 days
Guido Vidoso	Bolivia	President (1982)	5 Apr 1937	88 years, 247 days
Cornelius A. Smith	Bahamas	Governor-General (2019-2023)	7 Apr 1937	88 years, 245 days
Joseph Estrada	Philippines	President (1998-2001)	19 Apr 1937	88 years, 233 days
Sergey Ling	Belarus	Prime Minister (1996-2000)	7 May 1937	88 years, 215 days
Jacques Santer	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1984-1995)	16 May 1937	88 years, 206 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, 191 days
Radoje Kontić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1993-1998)	31 May 1938	88 years, 191 days
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Bulgaria	Tsar (1943-1946) Prime Minister (2001-2005)	16 Jun 1937	88 years, 175 days
Lionel Jospin	France	Prime Minister (1997-2002)	12 Jul 1937	88 years, 149 days
Yoshirō Mori	Japan	Prime Minister (2000-2001)	14 Jul 1937	88 years, 147 days
James Carlisle	Antigua and Barbuda	Governor-General (1993-2007)	5 Aug 1937	88 years, 125 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, 115 days
Jean Alingué Bawoyeu	Chad	Prime Minister (1991-1992)	18 Aug 1937	88 years, 112 days
Francisco Pinto Balsemão	Portugal	Prime Minister (1981-1983)	1 Sept 1937	88 years, 98 days
Vasyl Durdynets	Ukraine	Acting Prime Minister (1997)	27 Sept 1937	88 years, 72 days
Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe	Mozambique	Member of the Politburo of FRELIMO (1986)	29 Sept 1937	88 years, 70 days
Franz Vranitzky	Austria	Chancellor (1986-1997)	4 Oct 1937	88 years, 65 days
Ramsewak Shankar	Portugal	President (1988-1990)	6 Nov 1937	88 years, 32 days
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Latvia	Present (1999-2007)	1 Dec 1937	88 years, 7 days
Prosper Avtil	Haiti	President (1988-1990)	12 Dec 1937	87 years, 361 days
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom	Maldives	President (1978-2008)	29 Dec 1937	87 years, 344 days

1938

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age	Notes
Ahmed Ben Cheikh Attoumane	Comoros	Prime Minister (1993-1994)	1938	86 years, 342 days to 87 years, 341 days	Unclear DoB
Fuad Masum	Iraq	President (2014-2018)	1 Jan 1938	87 years, 341 days
Goh Kun	South Korea	Prime Minister (1997-1998; 2003-2004) Acting President (2004)	2 Jan 1938	87 years, 340 days
Juan Carlos I	Spain	King (1975-2014)	5 Jan 1938	87 years, 337 days
Morihiro Hosakawa	Japan	Prime Minister (1993-1994)	14 Jan 1938	87 years, 328 days
Beatrix	Netherlands	Queen (1980-2013)	31 Jan 1938	87 years, 311 days
Meechai Ruchuphan	Thailand	Acting Prime Minister (1992)	2 February 1938	87 years, 309 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, 282 days
Ricardo Lagos	Chile	President (2000-2006)	2 Mar 1938	87 years, 281 days
Alpha Condé	Guinea	President (2010-2021)	4 Mar 1938	87 years, 279 days
Derviş Eroğlu	Northern Cyprus	Prime Minister (1985-1994; 1996-2004; 2008-2009) President (2010-2015)	7 Mar 1938	87 years, 276 days	Unclear Status
Chang Chun-hsiung	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2001-2002)	23 Mar 1938	87 years, 255 days
Kintu Musoke	Uganda	Prime Minister (1994-1999)	8 May 1938	87 years, 214 days
Giuliano Amato	Italy	Prime Minister (1992-1903; 2000-2001)	12 May 1938	87 years, 209 days
Paul Dijoud	Monaco	Minister of State (1994-1997)	25 Jun 1938	87 years, 166 days
Chuan Leekapai	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992-1995; 1997-2001)	28 Jul 1938	87 years, 133 days
Patrick Leclerq	Monaco	Minister of State (2000-2005)	2 Aug 1938	87 years, 128 days
Leonid Kuchma	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1992-1993) President (1994-2005)	9 Aug 1938	87 years, 121 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, 109 days
Paul Martin	Canada	Prime Minister (2004-2006)	28 Aug 1938	87 years, 102 days
Luigi Lonfernini	San Marino	Captain Regent (1971; 2001)	31 August 1938	87 years, 99 days
Tomasi Puapua	Tuvalu	Prime Minister (1981-1989) Governor-General (1998-2003)	10 Sept 1938	87 years, 89 days
Myechyslaw Hryb	Belarus	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1994-1996)	25 Sept 1938	87 years, 74 days
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski	Peru	Prime Minister (2005-2006) President (2016-2018)	3 Oct 1938	87 years, 66 days
Óscar de la Fuente Raygada		Prime Minister (1992-1993)	4 Oct 1938	87 years, 65 days
Heinz Fischer	Austria	President (2004-2016)	9 Oct 1938	87 years, 60 days
Farah Diba	Iran	Regent (1967)	14 Oct 1938	87 years, 55 days
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf	Liberia	President (2006-2018)	29 Oct 1938	87 years, 40 days
Norbert Ratsirahonana	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1996-1997) Acting President (1996-1997)	18 Nov 1938	87 years, 20 days
Ahmad Obeidat	Jordan	Prime Minister (1984)
Francisco Rodríguez	Panama	Provisional President (1989)	24 Nov 1938	87 years, 14 days
John Kufuor	Ghana	President (2001-2009)	8 Dec 1938	87 years, 0 days
Juan Carlos Wasmosy	Paraguay	President (1993-1997)	15 Dec 1938	86 years, 358 days

1939

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age	Notes
Vincent Siew	Taiwan	Premier (1997-2000)	3 Jan 1939	86 years, 339 days
Alfonso de los Heros	Peru	Prime Minister (1991-1992)	15 Jan 1939	86 years, 327 days
Abdullah Ensour	Jordan	Prime Minister (2012-2016)	20 Jan 1939	86 years, 322 days
Adrienne Clarkson	Canada	Governor General (1999-2005)	10 Feb 1939	86 years, 301 days
Ali Salem al-Beidh	South Yemen	General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party (1986-1994)
Akbar Mirzoyev	Tajikistan	Prime Minister (1992)	15 Feb 1939	86 years, 296 days
Abdelraouf Rawabdeh	Jordan	Prime Minister (1999-2000)	18 Feb 1939	86 years, 293 days
Aleksandër Meksi	Albania	Prime Minister (1992-1997)	8 Mar 1939	86 years, 275 days
Lee Soo-sung	South Korea	Prime Minister (1995-1997)	10 Mar 1939	86 years, 273 days
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	Yemen	Prime Minister (1990-1994)	5 Apr 1939	86 years, 247 days
Pak Pong-ju	North Korea	Premier (2003-2007; 2013-2019)	10 Apr 1939	86 years, 242 days
Jaime Paz Zamora	Bolivia	President (1989-1993)	15 Apr 1939	86 years, 237 days
Ali Khamenei	Iran	President (1981-1989) Supreme Leader (1989-present)	19 Apr 1939	86 years, 233 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland	Norway	Prime Minister (1981; 1986-1989; 1990-1996)	20 Apr 1939	86 years, 232 days
Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové	Togo	President (2025-present)	7 May 1939	86 years, 215 days
Tom Thabane	Lesotho	Prime Minister (2012-2015; 2017-2020)	28 May 1939	86 years, 194 days
Joe Clark	Canada	Prime Minister (1979-1980)	5 Jun 1939	86 years, 186 days
Jeon Yun-churl	South Korea	Acting Prime Minister (2002)	15 Jun 1939	86 years, 176 days
Osvaldo Hurtado	Ecuador	President (1981-1984)	26 Jun 1939	86 years, 165 days
Likulia Bolongo	Zaire	Prime Minister (1997)	8 Jul 1939	86 years, 153 days
Aníbal Cavaco Silva	Portugal	Prime Minister of Portugal (1985-1995) President (2006-2016)	15 Jul 1939	86 years, 146 days
John Howard	Australia	Prime Minister (1996-2007)	26 Jul 1939	86 years, 135 days
Romano Prodi	Italy	Prime Minister (1996-1998; 2006-2008)	9 Aug 1939	86 years, 121 days
Festus Mogae	Botswana	President (1998-2008)	21 Aug 1939	86 years, 109 days
Mile Akmadžić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Prime Minister (1992-1993)	1 Oct 1939	86 years, 68 days
Chang Sang	South Korea	Acting Prime Minister (2002)	3 Oct 1939	86 years, 66 days
Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane	Gabon	Prime Minister (1999-2006)	6 Oct 1939	86 years, 63 days
Franjo Gregurić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1991-1992)	12 Oct 1939	86 years, 57 days
Joaquim Chissano	Mozambique	President (1986-2005)	22 Oct 1939	86 years, 47 days
Khin Nyunt	Myanmar	Prime Minister (2003-2004)	23 Oct 1939	86 years, 46 days
Moustapha Niasse	Senegal	Prime Minister (1983; 2000-2001)	4 Nov 1939	86 years, 34 days
Emil Constantinescu	Romania	President (1996-2000)	19 Nov 1939	86 years, 19 days
Neville Cenac	Saint Lucia	Governor-General (2018-2021)	24 Nov 1939	86 years, 14 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, 342 days

See Also

• List of oldest living state leaders