List of Former longest living state leaders

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As of 2008.11.28

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age Date Entered
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905.09.01 2009.01.22 103 years, 143 days 2008.11.28

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2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)

President (1950–1960)

1883.05.16 1986.08.22 103 years, 98 days 2008.11.28

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3 Antoine Pinay France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891.12.30 1994.12.13 102 years, 343 days 2008.11.28

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4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914.07.03 2017.01.30 102 years, 211 days 2008.11.28

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5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887.12.03 1990.01.03 102 years, 48 days 2008.11.28

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6 Ek Yi Oun Cambodia Prime Minister (1958) 1910 2013 102 years, 1 days to 103 years, 364 days 2008.11.28

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7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889.07.05 1990.05.14 101 years, 314 days 2008.11.28

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8 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889.05.09 1990.12.14 101 years, 219 days 2008.11.28

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9 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911.01.11 2012.03.15 101 years, 64 days 2008.11.28

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10 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859.11.15 1960.12.12 101 years, 27 days 2008.11.28

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11 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904.04.26 2004.06.10 100 years, 45 days 2008.11.28

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12 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898.07.04 1998.01.15 99 years, 195 days 2008.11.28

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13 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)

President (1974–1976)

1909.01.09 2008.05.01 99 years, 113 days 2008.11.28

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14 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903.07.27 2002.10.31 99 years, 96 days 2008.11.28

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15 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892.06.28 1991.09.28 99 years, 92 days 2008.11.28

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16 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896.02.29 1995.04.10 99 years, 41 days 2008.11.28

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17 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912.08.07 2011.09.08 99 years, 32 days 2008.11.28

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18 Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)

State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)

1898 1997.11.27 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days 2008.11.28

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19 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879.08.31 1978.03.22 98 years, 203 days 2008.11.28
20 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874.08.02 1973.02.14 98 years, 196 days 2008.11.28

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21 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908.12.09 2007.06.08 98 years, 181 days 2008.11.28

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22 Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012.06.12 98 years, 162 days to 99 years, 161 days 2008.11.28

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23 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910.04.09 2008.09.09 98 years, 153 days 2008.11.28

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24 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879.05.20 1977.10.19 98 years, 122 days 2008.11.28

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25 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818.01.30 1916.05.21 98 years, 112 days 2008.11.28

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26 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868.02.26 1966.05.15 98 years, 78 days 2008.11.28

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27 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungry Prime Minister (1919) 1875.07.10 1973.07.25 98 years, 15 days 2008.11.28

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28 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910.03.08 2008.03.21 98 years, 13 days 2008.11.28

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29 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910.12.04 Alive 97 years, 360 days 2008.11.28

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30 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)

Acting President (1926–1927)

1888.01.29 1985.11.14 97 years, 289 days 2008.11.28

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31 Baron Ignaz von Plener Austria-Hungary Minister-President (1870) 1810.05.21 1908.02.17 97 years, 272 days 2008.11.28

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32 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866.02.03 1963.10.30 97 years, 267 days 2008.11.28

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33 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911.03.16 Alive 97 years, 257 days 2008.11.28

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34 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890.04.02 1987.10.21 97 years, 202 days 2008.11.28

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35 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872.03.15 1969.08.14 97 years, 152 days 2008.11.28

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36 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)

(Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)

1902.09.23 2000.02.08 97 years, 138 days 2008.11.28

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37 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913.05.16 2010.08.21 97 years, 97 days 2008.11.28

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38 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912.01.01 Alive 96 years, 332 days 2008.11.28

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39 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851.04.10 1948.02.16 96 years, 312 days 2008.11.28

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40 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912.01.01 2008.11.04 96 years, 308 days 2008.11.28

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41 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871.05.26 1968.02.25 96 years, 275 days 2008.11.28

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42 Federico Paéz Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877.06.04 1974.02.09 96 years, 250 days 2008.11.28

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43 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)

President (1957–1987)

1903.03.03 2000.04.06 96 years, 247 days 2008.11.28

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44 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890.03.09 1986.11.08 96 years, 244 days 2008.11.28

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45 Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1997.07.13 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days 2008.11.28

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44 Alejandro Deustua Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849.03.22 1945.08.06 96 years, 137 days 2008.11.28
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45 Pedro Lascuráin Mexico Acting President (1913) 1856.05.08 1952.07.21 96 years, 74 days 2008.11.28

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46 Federico Chaves Paraguay President (1949–1954) 1882.02.15 1978.04.24 96 years, 68 days 2008.11.28

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47 Fumio Gotō Japan Acting Prime Minister (1936) 1884.03.07 1980.05.13 96 years, 67 days 2008.11.28

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48 João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu Brazil Prime Minister (1878–1880) 1810.11.20 1906.12.27 96 years, 37 days 2008.11.28

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49 Hans Schaffner Switzerland President (1966) 1908.12.16 2004.11.26 95 years, 346 days 2008.11.28

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50 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906.09.01 2002.07.14 95 years, 316 days 2008.11.28

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51 Tomás Romero Pereira Paraguay Provisional President (1954) 1886.10.04 1982.08.12 95 years, 312 days 2008.11.28

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52 Fred Degazon Dominica President (1979–1980) 1913.01.04 2008.10.04 95 years, 274 days 2008.11.28

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54 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913.03.30 Alive 95 years, 243 days 2008.11.28

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55 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913.05.16 Alive 95 years, 196 days 2008.11.28

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56 Juan José Estrada Nicaragua President (1910–1911) 1872.01.01 1967.07.11 95 years, 191 days 2008.11.28

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57 Pote Sarasin Thailand Prime Minister (1957) 1905.03.25 2000.09.28 95 years, 187 days 2008.11.28

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58 Tahar Ben Ammar Tunisia Prime Minister (1956) 1889.11.25 1985.05.10 95 years, 166 days 2008.11.28

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59 Paal Berg Norway Acting Head off State ()1945 1873.01.18 1968.05.24 95 years, 126 days 2008.11.28

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60 Philippe Pétain France Prime Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940 - 1944)
1856.04.24 1951.07.23 95 years, 90 days 2008.11.28

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61 Hassan al-Hakim Syria Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951) 1886 1982.03.30 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days 2008.11.28

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62 Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal President (1960 - 1980) 1906.10.09 2001.12.20 95 years, 72 days 2008.11.28

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63 Petar Stambolić Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)
President (1982 - 1983)
1912.07.12 2007.09.21 95 years, 71 days 2008.11.28

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64 Pak Song-chol North Korea Premier (1976 - 1977) 1913.09.02 2008.02.28 95 years, 56 days 2008.11.28

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65 Nguyễn Văn Tâm South Vietnam Prime Minister (1952–1954) 1895.10.16 1990.11.23 95 years, 48 days 2008.11.28

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66 Max Petitpierre Switzerland Federal Council Minister (1944-1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960)
1899.02.26 1994.03.25 95 years, 27 days 2008.11.28

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67 Saeb Salam Lebanon Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) 1905.01.17 2000.01.21 95 years, 4 days 2008.11.28

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68 Hassan ibn Yahya North Yemen Prime Minister (1948–1955) 1908.06.13 2003.06.13 95 years, 0 days 2008.11.28

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69 Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido Venezuela Interim President (1892) 1854.07.28 1949.07.25 94 years, 362 days 2008.11.28

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70 José Luis Bustamante y Rivero Peru President (1945–1948) 1894.01.15 1989.01.11 2008.11.28

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71 Juliana Netherlands Queen (1948–1980) 1909.04.30 2004.03.30 94 years, 325 days 2008.11.28

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72 Emilio Aguinaldo Phlippines President (1899 – 1901) 1869.03.22 1964.02.06 94 years, 321 days 2008.11.28

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73 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas Nicaragua President (1917-1921) 1871.05.11 1966.02.26 94 years, 291 days 2008.11.28

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74 Martti Miettunen Fimland Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977) 1907.04.07 2002.01.19 94 years, 277 days 2008.11.28

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75 Sanya Dharmasakti Thailand Prime Minister (1973–1975) 1907.04.05 2002.01.06 94 years, 276 days 2008.11.28

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76 Emilio Bello Codesido Chile President (1925) 1868.07.31 1963.03.03 94 years, 233 days 2008.11.28

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77 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Guatemala President (1865) 1802.10.19 1897.03.14 94 years, 207 days 2008.11.28

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78 Héctor Trujillo Ecuador President (1952–1960) 1908.04.06 2002.10.19 94 years, 196 days 2008.11.28

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79 Wijeyananda Dahayanake Sri Lanka Prime Minister (1959–1960) 1902.10.02 1997.05.04 94 years, 194 days 2008.11.28

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80 Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas Greece Prime Minister (1965) 1893.02.09 1987.08.10 94 years, 182 days 2008.11.28

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81 Charles de Freycinet France Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892) 1828.11.14 1923.05.14 94 years, 181 days 2008.11.28

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82 Malietoa Tanumafili II Samoa O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993) 1913.01.04 2007.05.11 94 years, 127 days 2008.11.28

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83 Charles Tupper Canada Prime Minister (1896) 1821.07.02 1915.10.30 94 years, 120 days 2008.11.28

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84 Mikhail Solometsev Soviet Union Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1983–1988) 1913.11.07 2008.02.15 94 years, 100 days 2008.11.28

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85 Garfield Todd South Rhodesia Prime Minister (1953 – 1958) 1908.07.13 2002.10.13 94 years, 92 days 2008.11.28

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86 Phạm Văn Đồng North Vietmam Vietnam
State of Vietnam
Prime Minister (1955–1987) 1906.03.01 2000.04.29 94 years, 59 days 2008.11.28

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87 Herbert Duffus Jamaica Acting Governor-General (1973) 1908.08.30 2002.10.25 94 years, 56 days 2008.11.28

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87 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari India Governor-General (1946–1950) 1878.12.10 1972.12.25 94 years, 15 days 2008.11.28

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88 Alfonso López Michelsen Colombia President (1972–1976) 1913.06.30 2007.07.11 94 years, 11 days 2008.11.28

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89 Carlos Mancheno Cajas Ecuador President (1947) 1902.10.09 1996.10.11 94 years, 2 days 2008.11.28

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90 Paul Magloire Haiti President (1950–1956) 1907.07.19 2001.07.12 93 years, 358 days 2008.11.28

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91 Mackenzie Bowell Canada Prime Minister (1894–1896) 1823.12.27 1917.12.10 93 years, 348 days 2008.11.28

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92 José Bordas Valdez Dominican Republic President (1913-1914) 1874.08.06 1968.07.12 93 years, 341 days 2008.11.28

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93 Tiburcio Carías Andino Honduras President (1932–1949) 1876.03.05 1979.12.23 93 years, 293 days 2008.11.28

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94 Alfredo Stroessner Paraguay Dictator and President (1954-1989) 1912.11.03 2006.08.16 93 years, 286 days 2008.11.28

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95 Paolo Boselli Italy Prime Minister (1916-1917, 1925-1926) 1838.06.08 1932.03.10 93 years, 276 days 2008.11.28

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96 Victor Paz Estensorro Bolivia President (1952-1956, 1962-1964, 1985-1989) 1907.10.02 2001.06.07 93 years, 248 days 2008.11.28

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97 Zenko Suzuki Japan Prime Minister (1980–1982) 1911 2004 93 years, 190 days 2008.11.28

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98 Alexander Bustamante Jamaica Prime Minister (1962-1967) 1884.02.24 1977.08.06 93 years, 163 days 2008.11.28

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99 Félix Gouin France Prime Minister (1946)

President (1946)

1884 1977 93 years, 21 days 2008.11.28

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100 Yun Posun South Korea President (1960–1962) 1897 1990 92 years, 326 days 2008.11.28

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Name State Position Birth Death Age After
Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915.04.03 2016.07.27 101 years, 115 days Yun Posun
Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915.06.17 2011.07.30 96 years, 43 days Félix Gouin
Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915.10.22 2012.06.30 96 years, 252 days Alexander Bustamante
Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915.11.13 2014.07.11 98 years, 240 days Zenko Suzuki
Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915.11.25 2013.04.14 97 years, 140 days Victor Paz Estensorro
Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916.07.11 2014.10.21 98 years, 102 days Paolo Boselli
Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916.08.06 2012.08.20 96 years, 14 days Alfredo Stroessner
Allan Louisy Saint Lucia Prime Minister (1979–1981) 1916.09.05 2011.03.02 94 years, 176 days Tiburcio Carías Andino
Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915.11.25 2013.04.14 97 years, 140 days José Bordas Valdez
Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916.12.16 2015.02.10 98 years, 56 days Mackenzie Bowell
Ahmed Ben Bella Algeria President (1963 - 1965) 1916.12.25 2012.04.11 95 years, 108 days Paul Magloire
Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)

General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)

1917.02.02 2018.10.01 101 years, 241 days Carlos Mancheno Cajas
Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917.03.02 2019.01.17 101 years, 321 days Alfonso López Michelsen
Kiro Gligorov North Macedonia President (1991–1999) 1917.05.03 2012.01.01 94 years, 243 days Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)

State President (1982–1989)

1917.06.17 2015.05.09 97 years, 296 days Herbert Duffus
Naji Talib Iraq Prime Minister (1966-1967) 1917 2012.03.23 94 years, 236 days to 94 years, 266 days Phạm Văn Đồng
Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918.03.23 2016.07.18 98 years, 127 days Garfield Todd
Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918.05.18 2019.11.29 101 years, 186 days Mikhail Solometsev
Nelson Mandela South Africa President (1994–1999) 1918.07.18 2013.12.05 95 years, 140 days Charles Tupper
Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918.10.18 2017.05.29 98 years, 223 days Allan Louisy
Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918.11.26 2016.04.19 97 years, 145 days Charles de Freycinet
Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918.12.23 2015.11.10 96 years, 322 days Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919.02.26 2020.05.25 101 years, 88 days Wijeyananda Dahayanake
Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919.05.01 2018.09.20 99 years, 142 days Héctor Trujillo
Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)

President (1974–1979)

1919.07.18 2016.08.24 97 years, 47 days Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol
Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919.08.08 2020.03.30 100 years, 235 days Emilio Bello Codesido
Dušan Dragosavac Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1981–1982) 1919.12.01 2014.12.21 95 years, 20 days Naji Talib
Roberto Marcelo Levingston Argentina President (1970–1971) 1920.01.10 2015.06.17 95 years, 160 days
Emilio Colombo Italy Prime Minister (1970-1972) 1920.04.11 2013.06.24 93 years, 74 days
Godfrey Binaisa Uganda President (1979 – 1980) 1920.05.30 2010.08.05 90 years, 67 days
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Italy Prime Minister (1993–1994)

President (1999–2006)

1920.12.09 2016.09.16 95 years, 282 days
Antonio Imbert Barrera Dominican Republic President (1965) 1920.12.03 2016.05.31 95 years, 180 days
Josefa Iloilo Fiji Prime Minister (2000 – 2006, 2007 – 2009) 1920.12.29 2011.02.06 90 years, 11 days
Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921.01.04 2017.07.14 96 years, 191 days
Yitzhak Navon Israel Prime Minister (1978–1983) 1921.04.09 2015.11.07 94 years, 211 days
Michael I Romania King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) 1921.10.25 2017.12.05 96 years, 41 days
Cuthbert Sebastian Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor General (1996–2013) 1921.10.22 2017.03.25 95 years, 154 days
Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923.02.04 2018.12.07 95 years, 306 days
Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924.03.08 2020.05.29 96 years, 82 days
Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926.04.21 2022.09.09 96 years, 140 days

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