List of longest-living state leaders from Europe

This article lists the 100 Longest-known Living ving or deceased European 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 European State Leader is the Former Turkish Prime Minister (1935-1937) and President (1950-1960) Celâl Bayar, who lived to 103 years, 98 days

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   France
  Antoine Pinay
  served: 1962

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  3rd-Oldest:
    Netherlands
  Willem Drees
  served: 1948-1958

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  4th-Oldest:
   Netherlands
  Piet de Jong
  served 1967-1971

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  9th-Oldest:
   Lithuania
  served: 1998-2003, 2004-2009

List

UPDATED 12/7/2025

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
2	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
3	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
4	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
5	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
6	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
7	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Acting Governor-General (1971) Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
8	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
9	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 34 days
10	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
11	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 363 days
12	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
13	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
14	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
15	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
16	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
17	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
18	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
19	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
20	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
21	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
22	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
23	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
24	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
25	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
26	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
27	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
28	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
29	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
30	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
31	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 102 days
32	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
33	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
34	Granito Pignatelli	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
35	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tannu Tuva	Chairwoman of the Little Khural (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
36	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
37	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
38	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1990-1992) President (2001&ndash:2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days
39	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 219 days
40	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
41	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
42	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister(1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
43	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 6 days
44	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
45	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1929	Alive	95 years, 352 days
46	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
47	Benedict XVI	Vatican City State (born in   Germany	Acting Sovereign (2005) Pope (2005-2013) Sovereign (2005–2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 259 days
48	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	95 years, 236 days
49	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	2025	95 years, 156 days
50	Paal Berg	Norway	Acting Head of State (1945)	1873	1966	95 years, 126 days
51	Philippe Pétain	France/Vichy France	Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944)	1856	1951	95 years, 90 days
52	Petar Stambolić	Yugoslavia	Prime Minister (1963-1967) President (1982-1983)	1912	2007	95 years, 71 days
53	Max Petitpierre	Switzerland	President (1950, 1955, 1960)	1899	1994	95 years, 27 days
54	Dušan Dragosavac	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1981–1982)	1919	2014	95 years, 20 days
55	Hans Modrow	West Germany	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1990)	1927	2023	95 years, 13 days
56	Juliana	Netherlands	Queen (1948–1980)	1909	2004	94 years, 325 days
57	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	France	French Co-prince (1974-1981)	1926	2022	94 years, 304 days
		France	President (1974-1981)
58	[[File:Flag of data-sort-value="Parhon, Constantin Ion"|Constantin Ion Parhon	Romania	President (1947–1952)	1874	1969	94 years, 298 days
59	Richard von Weizsäcker	West Germany	President (1984-1994)	1920	2015	94 years, 291 days
60	Martti Miettunen	Finland	Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977)	1907	2002	94 years, 277 days
61	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1931	Alive	94 years, 281 days
62	Kiro Gligorov	Macedonia	President (1991–1999)	1917	2012	94 years, 243 days
63	Pierre Graber	Switzerland	President (1975)	1908	2003	94 years, 225 days
64	Angelo Sodano	Italy	Acting Sovereign (2013)	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days
65	Glafcos Clerides	Cyprus	President (1974, 1993–2003)	1919	2013	94 years, 200 days
66	Mitja Ribičič	Yugoslavia	Prime Minister (1969–1971)	1919	2013	94 years, 194 days
67	Giorgios Athanasiadis-Novas	Greece	Prime Minister (1965)	1893	1987	94 years, 182 days
68	Charles de Freycinet	France	Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892)	1828	1923	94 years, 181 days
69	George Vassiliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	1931	Alive	94 years, 201 days
70	Nikolai Rhyzkov	Soviet Union	Premier (1985-1991)	1929	2024	94 years, 153 days
71	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Acting Sovereign (2005)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
72	Giulio Andreotti	Italy	Prime Minister (1972 – 1973, 1976–1979; 1989–1992)	1919	2013	94 years, 114 days
73	Ciriaco de Mita	Italy	Prime Minister (1980-1981)	1928	2022	94 years, 113 days
74	Ioannis Grivas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989)	1923	2016	93 years, 278 days
75	Paolo Boselli	Italy	Prime Minister (1916-1917; 1925-1926)	1838	1932	93 years, 276 days
76	Anker Jørgensen	Denmark	Prime Minister (1972-1973, 1975-1982)	1922	2016	93 years, 251 days
77	Árpád Göncz	Hungary	President (1990-2000)	I1922	2015	93 years, 238 days
78	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Acting Sovereign (1922)	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
79	Mauno Kovisto	Finland	Prime Minister (1968-1970, 1979-1982) President (1982-1994)	1923	2017	93 years, 166 days
80	Sandro Pertini	Italy	President (1978-1985)	1896	1990	93 years, 152 days
81	Pierre Pflimlin	France	Prime Minister (1946)	1907	2000	93 years, 143 days
82	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	Italy	President (1992–1999)	1918	2012	93 years, 142 days
83	Leo XIII born Gioacchino Pecci	Papal States	Acting Sovereign (1878)	1810	1903	93 years, 140 days
		Holy See	Pope (1878-1903)
84	Nikola Hristić	Serbia	Prime Minister (1867–1868, 1883–1884, 1888–1889, 1894–1895)	1818	1911	93 years, 108 days
85	Emilio Colombo	Italy	Prime Minister (1971–1972)	1920	2013	93 years, 74 days
87	Kåre Willoch	Norway	Prime Minister (1971–1986)	1928	2021	93 years, 64 days
88	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	1932	Alive	93 years, 87 days
89	Edward Babiuch	Poland	Prime Minister (1980)	1927	2021	93 years, 35 days
90	Bernardino Machado	Portugal	Prime Minister (1914, 1921) President (1915-1917, 1925-1926)	1851	1944	93 years, 32 days
91	Henryk Jabłoński	Poland	Chairman of the Council of State (1972-1985)	1909	2003	93 years, 31 days
92	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	1932	Alive	93 years, 50 days
93	Félix Gouin	France	Prime Minister (1946) President (1946)	1884	1977	93 years, 21 days
94	Giovanni Leone	Italy	Prime Minister (1963, 1968) President (1971–1978)	1908	2001	93 years, 6 days
95	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1998)	1932	Alive	93 years, 29 days
96	Dries van Agt	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1977-1982)	1931	2024	93 years, 3 days
97	James Callaghan	United Kingdom	Prime Minister (1976–1979)	1912	2005	92 years, 364 days
97	Stanisław Kania	Poland	First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party (1980-1981)	1927	2020	92 years, 361 days
99	Maurice Couve de Murville	France	Prime Minister (1968-1969)	1907	1999	92 years, 334 days
100	Harold Macmillan	United Kingdom	Prime Minister (1957–1963)	1894	1986	92 years, 322 days

Next to Join

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Entry Date
1	Mark Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	1933	Alive	92 years, 222 days	18 Dec 2025
2	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	1933	Alive	92 years, 100 days	19 Jul 2026
3	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 Sept 1933	Alive	92 years, 87 days	26 Sept 2026
4	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	1934	Alive	91 years, 337 days	3 Jan 2027
5	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	1934	Alive	91 years, 314 days	30 Jan 2027
6	Giovanni Battista Re	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (2025)	1934	Alive	91 years, 311 days	6 Feb 2027
7	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	1934	Alive	91 years, 303 days	28 Feb 2027
8	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	1934	Alive	91 years, 184 days	7 Jul 2027
9	Ingvar Carlson	Sweden	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)	1934	Alive	91 years, 28 days	11 Dec 2026
10	Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (2013)	1934	Alive	91 years, 5 days	6 Jan 2028

= Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #28–36 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

See also

• List of longest-living state leaders
• List of longest-living state leaders from the Americas (North and South)
• List of longest-living state leaders from Asia
• List of longest-living state leaders from Africa
• List of longest-living state leaders from Oceania