List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

This article lists the 130 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 Turkish President and Prime Minister Celâl Bayar, who lived to 103 years, 98 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
  Turkey
  Celål Bayar (1883–1986, lived: 103 years, 98 days)
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960;

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  3rd-oldest:
  Willem Drees (1868–1988, lived: 102 years. 211 days)
  served: 1975–1980

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  11th-oldest ever:
  Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  (born 1923, (age 100 years, 363 days)
  served: 1972–1976

List

Key

Currently living

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
3	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
4	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
5	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
6	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
7	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
8	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
9	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
10	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
11	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	100 years, 363 days
12	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
14	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
15	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 243 days
16	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
17	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 31 days
18	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
19	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
20	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
21	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
22	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
23	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
24	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
25	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
26	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
27	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
28	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
29	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
30	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018-2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 114 days
31	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 107 days
32	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
33	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
34	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
35	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
36	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
37	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
38	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
39	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
40	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
41	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
42	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
43	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
44	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
45	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
46	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
47	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the N.S.C. (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
48	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 156 days
49	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
50	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
51	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
52	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
53	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
54	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
55	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
56	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
57	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	97 years, 364 days
58	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 328 days
59	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
60	Walter Scheel	West Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
61	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 210 days
62	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
63	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
64	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
65	Habib Bourguiba	Lithuania	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
66	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
67	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
68	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
69	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
70	Jiang Zemin	China	President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
71	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998–2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
72	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
73	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
74	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
75	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
76	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the State Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 271 days
77	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
78	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
79	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
80	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	2018	95 years, 306 days
81	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	96 years, 175 days
82	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 174 days
83	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
85	Benedict XVI	Vatican City	Pope and Sovereign (2005-2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 255 days
86	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987-2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
87	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969-1975)	1925	2019	95 years. 191 days
88	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993-1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 66 days
90	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1954–1956)	1889	1985	95 years, 166 days
91	Daniel arap Moi	Kenya	President (1978–2000)	1924	2020	95 years, 155 days
92	Cuthbert Sebastian	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor General (1996–2013)	1921	2017	95 years, 154 days
93	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994–1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 140 days
94	Maarouf al-Dawalibi	Syria	Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)	1909	2004	95 years, 139 days
95	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998-2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 9 days
96	Sixto Durán Ballén	Ecuador	President (1992–1996)	1921	2016	95 years, 127 days
97	Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	President (1963–1965)	1916	2012	95 years, 108 days
98	Sir Dawda Jawara	The Gambia	Prime Minister (1962–1970) President (1970&ndssh;1994)	1924	2019	95 years, 103 days
99	Philippe Pétain	France	Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940–1944)	1856	1951	95 years, 90 days
100	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960–1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days

Addendum

The following people might be older than #100-55 on the list but his date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1997	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Key

Current Longest-living

Former Longest-living

Name	Country	Sex	Lifespan	Time as Eldest
Kaiser Wilhelm I	Germany	M	22 March 1797–14 May 1888 aged 90 years, 353 days	– 9 March 1888 (aged 90) ??
George Tupou I	Tonga	M	4 December 1797–18 February 1893 aged 95 years, 76 days	9 March 1888 (aged 91) –18 February 1893 (aged 95) 4 years, 343 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	19 October 1802–14 May 1897 aged 94 years, 207 days	18 February 1893 (aged 90) – 14 May 1897 (aged 94) 4 years 85 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria	M	17 July 1806–26 February 1899 aged 92 years 224 days	14 May 1897 (aged 90) – 26 February 1899 (aged 92) 1 year, 289 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	27 January 1810–12 April 1900 90 years, 76 days	26 February 1899 (aged 87) –12 April 1900 (aged 90) 2 years, 334 days)
Pope Leo XIII	Papal States	M	2 March 1810–20 July 1903 aged 93 years, 140 days	12 Apr 1900 (aged 90) – 20 July 1903 (aged 93) 3 years, 99 days
Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Austria	M	21 May 1810–17 February 1908 aged 97 years, 272 days	20 July 1903 (aged 93) – 17 February 1908 (aged 97) 4 years, 212 days
Artúr Gorgey	Hungary	M	30 January 1818–21 May 1916 aged 98 years, 113 days	17 February 1908 (aged 90)–21 May 1916 (aged 98) 8 years, 95 days
Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	27 December 1823–10 December 1917 aged 93 years, 348 days	21 May 1916 (aged 92)–10 December 1917 (aged 93) 1 year, 203 days)
Charles de Freycinet	France	M	14 November 1828–14 May 1923 aged 94 years, 181 days	10 December 1917 (aged 89)–14 May 1923 (aged 94) 5 years, 352 days
Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	25 February 1835–2 July 1924 aged 89 years, 127 days	14 May 1923 (aged 87) – 2 July 1924 (aged 89) 350 days
Jules Méline	France	M	20 May 1838–21 December 1925 aged 87 years, 216 days	2 July 1924 (aged 86)–21 December 1925 (aged 87) 2 years 158 days
Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	8 June 1838–10 Match 1932 aged 93 years, 272 days	2 July 1924 (aged 86)–10 March 1932 (aged 93) 7 years, 260 days
Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	15 November 1841–6 September 1935 aged 93 years, 295 days	10 March 1932 (aged 88)–6 September 1935 (aged 93) 3 years, 175 days
Lizardo Garcia		M	26 April 1844–29 May 1937 aged 93 years, 34 days	6 September 1935 (aged 91)–29 May 1937 (aged 93) 1 year, 263 days
Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	22 January 1848–12 September 1939 aged 91 years, 233 days	29 May 1937 (aged 89)–12 September 1939 (aged 91) 2 years, 194 days
Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	22 March 1849–6 August 1945 aged 96 years, 138 days	12 September 1939 (aged 90)–6 August 1945 (aged 96) 8 years, 69 days
Gennaro Pignatello di Belmonte	Vatican City	M	10 April 1851–16 February 1948 aged 96 years, 312 days	6 August 1945 (aged 94)–16 February 1948 (aged 96) 2 years, 194 days)
Philippe Petain	France	M	24 Apr 1856–23 July 1951 aged 95 years, 90 days	16 February 1948 (aged 91)–23 July 1951 (aged 95) 3 years, 157 days
Pedro Lascurain	Mexico	M	8 May 1856–21 July 1952 aged 96 years, 74 days	23 July 1951 (aged 95) – 21 July 1952 (aged 96) 364 days
Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	15 November 1859–12 December 1960 aged 101 years, 27 days	9 September 1957 (aged 92)–12 December 1960 (aged 101) 3 years, 93 days
Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	26 February 1868–15 May 1966 aged 98 years, 78 days	12 December 1960 (aged 92)–15 May 1966 (aged 98) 5 years, 154 days
Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	26 May 1871–25 February 1968 aged 96 years, 275 days	15 May 1966 (aged 94) – 25 February 1968 (aged 96) 1 year, 286 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	15 March 1872–14 August 1969 aged 97 years, 152 days	25 February 1968 (aged 96)–14 August 1969 (aged 97) 1 year, 170 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	4 August 1873–28 March 1972 aged 98 years, 237 days	14 August 1969 (aged 96)–28 March 1972 (aged 98) 2 years, 227 days
Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	2 August 1874–14 February 1973 aged 98 years, 196 days	28 March 1972 (aged 97)–14 February 1973 (aged 98) 323 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham	Hungary	M	10 July 1875–25 July 1973 aged 98 years, 15 days	14 February 1973 (aged 97) – 25 July 1973 (aged 98) 161 days
Federico Páez	Ecuador	M	4 June 1877 – 9 February 1974 aged 96 years, 250 days	25 July 1973 (aged 96)–9 February 1974 (aged 96) 199 days
Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	20 May 1879–19 September 1977 aged 98 years, 122 days	9 February 1974 (aged 94)–19 September 1977 (aged 98) 3 years, 222 days
Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978 98 years, 203 days	19 September 1977 (aged 98)–22 March 1978 (aged 98) 184 days
Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	22 March 1978–24 April 1978 96 years, 68 days	22 March 1978 (aged 96)–24 March 1978 (aged 96) 33 days
Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986 aged 103 years, 99 days	24 April 1978 (aged 94)–22 August 1986 (aged 103) 8 years, 121 days
Willem Drees	Netherlands	M	5 July 1886–14 May 1988 aged 101 years, 314 days	22 August 1986 (aged 100)–14 May 1988 (aged 101) 1 year, 267 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M•	3 December 1887–20 January 1990 aged aged 102 years, 48 days	14 May 1988 (aged 101)–20 January 1990 (aged 102) 2 years, 252 days
Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	9 May 1889–14 December 1990 aged 101 years, 220 days	20 January 1990 (aged 100)–14 December 1990 (aged 101) 329 days
Antoine Pinay	France	M	30 December 1891–13 December 1994 aged 102 years, 348 days	14 December 1990 (aged 98)–13 December 1994 (aged 102) 3 years, 364 days
Morarji Desai	India	M	29 February 1896–10 April 1995 aged 99 years, 41 days	13 December 1994 (aged 98) –10 April 1995 (aged 99) 119 days
Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	4 July 1898–15 January 1998 aged 99 years, 195 days	10 April 1995 (aged 96)–15 January 1998 (aged 99) 2 years, 275 days
Constantine Kollias	Greece	M	1901–13 July 1998 aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days	15 January 1998 (aged 96–97)–13 July 1998 (aged 96–97) 179 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	23 September 1902–8 February 2000 aged 97 years, 138 days	13 July 1998 (aged 95)–8 February 2000 (aged 97) 1 year, 211 days
Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	27 July 1903–31 October 2002 aged 99 years, 142 days	8 February 2000 (aged 96)–31 October 3002 (aged 99) 3 years, 267 days
Xenophon Zolotas		M	26 April 1904–10 Jube 2004 aged 100 years, 45 days	31 October 2002 (aged 98)–10 June 2004 (aged 100) 1 year, 224 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum	Cambodia	M	1 September 1905–23 January 2009 aged 103 years, 143 days	10 June 2004 (aged 98)–23 January 2009 (aged 103) 4 years, 192 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	M	10 April 1910–16 April 2009 aged 99 years, 6 days	22 January 2009 (aged 98)–16 April 2009 (aged 99) 85 days
Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	12 May 1910–4 January 2010 agrd 99 years, 237 days	16 April 2009 (aged 98)–4 January 2010 (aged 99) 264 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz	Panama	M	11 January 1911–15 March 2012 aged 101 years, 64 days	4 January 2010 (aged 98)–15 March 2012 (aged 100) 2 years, 72 days
Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	M	9 October 1912–9 August 2013 aged 100 years, 304 days	15 March 2012 (aged 99)–9 August 2013 (aged 100) 1 year, 144 days
André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	M	3 July 1914–30 January 2017 aged 102 years, 211 days	9 August 2013 (aged 99)–30 January 2017 (aged 102) 3 years, 174 days
Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	2 February 1917–1 October 2018 aged 101 years, 241 days	30 January 2017 (aged 98)–1 October 2018 (aged 101) 1 year, 244 days
Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	2 March 1917–17 January 2019 aged 101 years, 321 days	1 October 2018 (aged 101)–17 January 2019 (aged 101) 108 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	27 May 1918–29 November 2019 aged 101 years, 186 days	17 January 2019 (aged 100)–29 November 2019 (aged 101) 314 days
Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	26 February 1919–25 May 2021 aged 101 years, 89 days	29 November 2019 (aged 100)–25 May 2021 (aged 101) 178 days
Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	29 January 1921–7 December 2021 aged 100 years, 312 days	25 May 2021 (aged 100) – 7 December 2021 (aged 100) 196 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	4 October 1921–14 July 2022 aged 100 years, 283 days	07 December 2021 (aged 100) – 14 July 2022 (aged 100) 219 days
Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	born 8 February 1924 age 100 years, 267 days	14 July 2022 (aged 98)–11 October 2023 (aged 99) 1 year, 89 days
Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	M	born 4 November 1923 age 100 years, 363 days	11 October 2023 (aged 99)–present 1 year, 21 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
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (31 December 2027)