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
Oldest ever:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009, 103 years, 143 days)
served: 19622nd-oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar (1883–1986, aged 103 years, 98 days)
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960;3rd-Oldest living:
France
Antoine Pinay (1891-1994, aged 102 years, 343 days)
served: 196224th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
(born 1923, (age 100 years, 363 days)
served: 1972–1976
List
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Currently living |
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age | Entry | |
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Date | Replacing | |||||||
1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
2 | Celâl Bayar | Türkiye | Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days[1] | 1 January 2008 | Original |
3 | Antoine Pinay | France | Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
4 | André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days | 21 April 2008 | Alfredo Stroessner |
5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
6 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | ers of Sudan (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days | 30 August 2011 | Charles de Freycinet |
7 | Willem Drees | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
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 | 30 July 2011 | Allan Louisy |
9 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days | 20 December 2012 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol |
11 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days | 11 March 2009 | José Bordas Valdez |
12 | Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days | 16 December 2013 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas |
13 | Bernardino González Ruiz | Panama | Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
14 | Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
15 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days | 16 May 2016 | Philippe Pétain |
16 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Acting President(1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
17 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | Peru | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days | 10 March 2017 | Paal Berg |
18 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days | 23 August 2014 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pullido |
19 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days | June 20, 2017 | Cuthbert Sebastian |
20 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | 23 January 2015 | Saeb Salam | ||
22 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | North Yemen | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
23 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 100 years, 363 days | 15 October 2020 | Hans Schaffner |
24 | 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 | 7 August 2019 | Antonio Imbert Barrera |
25 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
26 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 243 days | 19 September 2019 | Juan José Estrada |
27 | Tun Tin | Burma | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days | 17 November 2015 | Nguyễn Văn Tâm |
28 | Gulzarilal Nanda | India | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
29 | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 185 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
30 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days | 18 March 2014 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
31 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
32 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
33 | Clifford Campbell | Jamaica | Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
34 | Morarji Desai | India | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
35 | Võ Chí Công | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days | Original | |
36 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 31 days | 8 August 2020 | Tomás Romero Pereira |
37 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
38 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
24–39 | 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 | Original | |
40 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days | 22 September 2015 | Max Petitpierre |
41 | Pierre Harmel | Belgium | Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
42 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
43 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
44 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days | 16 June 2013 | Kiro Gligorov |
45 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
46 | Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
47 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
48 | Aden Adde | Somalia | President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
49 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
49 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) |
1925 | Alive | 99 years, 177 days | 21 May 2021 | Dom Mintoff |
51 | Lê Đức Anh | Vietnam | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days | 26 January 2016 | Pak Song-chol |
52 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days | 5 October 2012 | Héctor Trujillo |
53 | Borys Martos | Ukraine | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
54 | Artúr Görgei | Hungary | Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
55 | Lubomír Štrougal | Czechoslovakia | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days | 30 August 2020 | Joaquín Balaguer |
56 | Jean | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days | April 3, 2016 | Hassan al-Hakim |
57 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days | 22 July 2010 | Alfonso López Michelsen |
58 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 114 days | 20 August 2021 | King Michael I |
59 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 107 days | 24 December 2021 | Fumio Gotō |
60 | Giorgio Napolitano | Italy | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days | 5 August 2021 | The Viscount of Sinimbu |
61 | Venceslau Brás | Brazil | President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
62 | Claude Rostain | Andorra | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days | 17 April 2011 | Sir Charles Tupper |
63 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
64 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | Hungary | Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
65 | Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
66 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | Communist General Secretary (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days | 28 February 2020 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
67 | Abdelsalam Majali | Jordan | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days | 3 May 2022 | Pedro Lascuráin |
68 | Kenan Evren | Türkiye | President of the N.S.C. (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days | 27 January 2012 | Wijeyananda Dahayanake |
69 | Wellington Koo | China | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
70 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary) |
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
71 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Irish Free State | Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
72 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | Algeria | Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days | 13 August 2016 | Ahmed Ben Bella |
73 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days | 13 February 2020 | Fred Degazon |
74 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days | 14 February 2022 | Federico Chaves |
75 | Ramón José Velásquez | Venezuela | President (1993–1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days | 8 March 2011 | Mikhail Solometsev |
76 | He Yingqin | Taiwan | Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
77 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan | President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000) |
1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days | 24 June 2018 | Roberto Marcelo Levington |
78 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days | 3 May 2015 | Dušan Dragosavac |
79 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
80 | Patricio Aylwin | Chile | President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days | 26 August 2013 | Sanya Dharmasakti |
81 | Armando Villanueva | Peru | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days | 30 November 2009 | Carlos Mancheno Cajas |
82 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania | President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting} President (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
83 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 156 days | 22 September 2022 | Alejandro Deustua |
84 | Martial Célestin | Haiti | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
85 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania | First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
86 | Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991) |
1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days | 28 February 2020 | Belisario Betancur |
87 | Walter Scheel | West Germany | (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days | 29 May 2014 | Juliana |
88 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 364 days | 23 March 2023 | Elizabeth II |
89 | Helmut Schmidt | West Germany | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days | 15 September 2013 | Martti Miettunen |
90 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Vatican City | Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
91 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Vatican City | Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
92 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 328 days | 6 June 2023 | Ek Yi Oun |
93 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium | Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
94 | Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days | 15 October 2009 | Mackenzie Bowell |
95 | Federico Paéz | Ecuador | President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
96 | Habib Bourguiba | Lithuania | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
97 | Vyacheslav Molotov | Soviet Union | Premier (1930–1941 | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
98 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days | 13 November 2021 | Mario Echandi Jiménez |
78–99 | Constantine Kollias | Greece | Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1997 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days | 1 January 2008 | Original |
100 | Pedro Richter Prada | Peru | Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days | 16 March 2016 | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
Next to Join
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Current Age | Enters the List | |
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Date | After | |||||||
1xx | Thannin Kraivichien | Thailand | Primero Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 210 days | 13 October 2023 | Pedro Richter Prada |
1xx | Kim Yong-nam | North Korea | Chairman of the Presidium (1998–2018) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 271 days | 16 August 2024 | Constantine Kollias |
1xx | 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 |
1xx | Arthur Foulkes | Bahamas | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 174 days | 10 January 2025 | Vyacheslav Molotov |
1xx | Peter Borross | Hungary | Prime Minister (19993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 66 days | 1 May 2025 | Habib Bourgiba |
1xx | Zhu Rongji | China | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 9 days | 30 June 2025 | Federico Paéz |
1xx | Édouard Balladur | Framce | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 183 days | 9 January 2026 | Yitzhak Shamir |
1xx | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 173 days | 11 February 2026 | Camille Huysmans |
1xx | Orville Turnquest | Bahamas | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 105 days | 23 May 2026 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka |
1xx | Jamshid bin Abdullah | Zanzibar | Sultan (1963–1964) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 46 days | 25 July 2026 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte |
Time in the Main list as Longest living State leaders
Name | Date Entered | Replacing | Until | Timespan |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Celâl Bayar | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Antoine Pinay | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Willem Drees | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Zhang Qun | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Bernardino González Ruiz | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Christopher Hornsrud | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Telmo Vargas | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Xenophon Zolotas | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Abdul Salam Sabrah | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Johan Ferrier | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Gulzarilal Nanda | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Anthony Mamo | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Michail Stasinopoulos | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Clifford Campbell | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Morarji Desai | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Võ Chí Công | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Abdel Halim Muhammad | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Ċensu Tabone | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Hastings Banda | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Pierre Harmel | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Howard Cooke | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Joseph Paul-Boncour | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Isidro Ayora | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Émile Reuter | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Mamadou Dia | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Aden Adde | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Nouhak Phoumsavanh | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Borys Martos | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Artúr Görgei | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Venceslau Brás | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Gabriel París Gordillo | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Wellington Koo | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Baron Ignaz von Plener | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Domhnall Ua Buachalla | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
He Yingqin | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Alfredo Solf y Muro | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Ion Gheorghe Maurer | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Martial Célestin | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Gheorghe Apostol | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Camille Huysmans | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Federico Paéz | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Habib Bourguiba | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Vyacheslav Molotov | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
Constantine Kollias | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 305 days |
André Prunet-Foch | April 21, 2008 | Alfredo Stoessener | present | 16 years, 194 days |
Piet de Jong | March 11, 2009 | José Bordas Valdez | present | 15 years, 235 days |
Yitzhak Shamir | October 15, 2009 | Sir Mackenzie Bowell | present | 15 years, 17 days |
Armando Villanueva | November 30, 2009 | Carlos Mancheno Cajas | present | 14 years, 337 days |
Gough Whitlam | July 22, 2010 | Alfonso López Michelsen | present | 14 years, 102 days |
Ramón José Velásquez | March 8, 2011 | Mikhail Solometsev | present | 13 years, 238 days |
Claude Rostain | April 17, 2011 | Sir Charles Tupper | present | 13 years, 198 days |
Đỗ Mười | July 30, 2011 | Sir Allan Louisy | present | 13 years, 94 days |
Babiker Awadalla | August 30, 2011 | Charles de Freycinet | present | 13 years, 63 days |
Kenan Evren | January 27, 2012 | Wijeyananda Dahayanake | present | 12 years, 279 days |
Émile Derlin Zinsou | October 5, 2012 | Héctor Trujillo | present | 12 years, 27 days |
Yasuhiro Nakasone | December 20, 2012 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | present | 11 years, 317 days |
Konstantinos Mitsotakis | June 18, 2013 | Kiro Gligorov | present | 11 years, 136 days |
Patricio Aylwin | August 26, 2013 | Sanya Dharmasakti | present | 11 years, 67 days |
Helmut Schmidt | September 15, 2013 | Martti Miettunen | present | 11 years, 47 days |
Hyun Soong-jong | December 16, 2013 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas | present | 10 years, 321 days |
Mohammed Karim Lamrani | March 18, 2014 | Emilio Aguinaldo | present | 10 years, 228 days |
Walter Scheel | May 29, 2014 | Juliana | present | 10 years, 156 days |
Hau Pei-tsun | August 23, 2014 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pullido | present | 10 years, 70 days |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | January 23, 2015 | Saeb Salam | present | 9 years, 283 days |
Liam Cosgrave | May 3, 2015 | Dušan Dragosavac | present | 9 years, 182 days |
Prem Tinsulanonda | September 22, 2015 | Max Pettitpierre | present | 9 years, 40 days |
Tun Tin | November 19, 2015 | Nguyễn Văn Tâm | present | 8 years, 348 days |
Lê Đức Anh | January 26, 2016 | Pak Song-Chol | present | 8 years, 280 days |
Pedro Richter Prada | March 16, 2016 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | present | 8 years, 230 days |
Jean | April 3, 2016 | Hassan al-Hakim | present | 8 years, 212 days |
Mustafa Ben Halim | May 16 2016 | Philippe Pétain | present | 8 years, 169 days |
Abdelmalek Benhabyles | August 13, 2016 | Ahmed Ben Bela | present | 8 years, 70 days |
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | March 10, 2017 | Paal Berg | present | 7 years, 236 days |
Luis Echeverría | June 20, 2017 | Sir Cuthbert Sebastian | present | 7 years, 134 days |
Lee Teng-hui | June 24, 2018 | Roberto M. Levingston | present | 6 years, 130 days |
Khamtai Siphandone | August 7, 2019 | Antonio Imbert Barrera | present | 5 years, 86 days |
Tomiichi Murayama | September 19, 2019 | Juan José Estrada | present | 5 years, 43 days |
Francesc Badia Batalla | February 13, 2020 | Fred Degazon | present | 4 years, 262 days |
Miloš Jakeš | February 28, 2020 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | present | 4 years, 218 days |
Kenneth Kaunda | Belisario Betancur | present | ||
Jimmy Carter | August 8, 2020 | Tomás Romero Pereira | present | 4 years, 85 days |
Lubomír Štrougal | August 30, 2020 | Joaquin Balaguer | present | 4 years, 63 days |
Guillermo Rodríguez | October 15, 2020 | Hans Schaffner | present | 4 years, 14 days |
Ali Hassan Mwinyi | May 21, 2021 | Dom MIntoff | present | 3 years, 164 days |
Giorgio Napolitano | August 5, 2021 | The Viscount of Sinimbu | present | 3 years, 88 days |
Mahathir Mohamad | August 20, 2021 | Michael I of Romania | present | 3 years, 73 days |
Yang Hyong-sop | November 13, 2021 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | present | 2 years, 354 days |
Mohammad Hasan Sharq | December 24, 2021 | Fumio Gotō | present | 2 years, 313 days |
Arnaldo Forlani | February 14, 2022 | Federico Chaves | present | 2 years, 261 days |
Abdelsalam Majali | May 3, 2022 | Pedro Lascuráin | present | 2 years, 182 days |
Abdoulaye Wade | September 22, 2022 | Alejandro Deustua | present | 2 years, 40 days |
Valdas Adamkus | March 23, 2023 | Elizabeth II | present | 1 year, 162 days |
Raif Dizdarević | June 6, 2023 | Ek Yi Oun | present | 1 year, 148 days |
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 |
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 |
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
- Comparison of Monarchs (list)
- Kage (Naruto)
- Lists of Philippine Officials by age