Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What if)
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 Croatian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009), who is will lived to 103 years, 143 days.
If every living state leader is still alive by 31 December 2024.
Gallery
Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
served 1962
2nd Oldest:
Andorra
André Prunet-Foch
served 1977–1980
3rd-Oldest:
Sudan
Babiker Awadalia
served: 1969
9th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
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List
Key
| Currently living |
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age | Date Entered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 2 | Celâl Bayar | Türkiye | Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960) |
1883.05.16 | 1986.08.22 | 103 years, 98 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 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
Original |
| 4 | André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914.07.03 | 2017.01.30 | 102 years, 211 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | Prime Minister (1945) | 1887.12.03 | 1990.01.03 | 102 years, 48 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 6 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | Prime Minister (1969) | 1917.03.02 | 2019.01.17 | 101 years, 321 days | 2011.03.13
López Michelsen |
| 7 | Willem Drees | The Netherlands | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889.07.05 | 1990.05.14 | 101 years, 314 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 8 | Đỗ Mười | Vietnam | 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 | 2011.02.04
Mancheno Cajas |
| 9 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889.05.09 | 1990.12.14 | 101 years, 219 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918.05.18 | 2019.11.29 | 101 years, 186 days | 2012.09.14
Tupper |
| 11 | Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919.01.26 | 2020.05.25 | 101 years, 118 days | 2013.07.27
Athansiadis-Novas |
| 12 | Piet de Jong | The Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915.04.03 | 2016.07.27 | 101 years, 115 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 13 | Bernardino González Ruiz | Panama | Acting President (1963) | 1911.01.11 | 2012.03.15 | 101 years, 64 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 14 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923.11.04 | Alive | 101 years, 57 days | 2020.09.15Balaguer |
| 15 | Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | Prime Minister (1928) | 1859.11.15 | 1960.12.12 | 101 years, 27 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 16 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)||1924.02.08|| Alive||100 years, 327 days |
2019.07.18Levingston | |||
| 17 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921.01.29 | 2021.12.07 | 100 years, 312 days | 2016.02.02 Salam |
| 18 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Acting Leader (1966) | 1912.10.09 | 2013.08.09 | 100 years, 304 days | 2018.11.05 Mugabe |
| 19 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924.03.03 | Alive | 100 years, 303 days | 2019.08.30Imbert Barrera |
| 20 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | Peru | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921.10.04 | 2022.07.14 | 100 years, 283 days | 2016.11.21 Nguyen |
| 21 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919.08.08 | 2020.03.30 | 100 years, 235 days | 2014.03.04 de Aycinena y Piñol |
| 22 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days | 2017.04.16
al-Hakim |
| 23 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924.10.01 | Alive | 100 years, 91 days | |
| 24 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904.04.26 | 2004.06.10 | 100 years, 45 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920.01.19 | 2020.03.04 | 2014.09.12
Talib | ||
| 26 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | North Yemen | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912.01.01 | 2012.02.02 | 100 years, 32 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 27 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | President (1975–1980) | 1910.05.12 | 2010.01.04 | 99 years, 237 days | 2018.06.18
Mandela |
| 28 | Tun Tin | Myanmar | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920.10.02 | 2020.05.01 | 99 years, 211 days | 2015.07.26
Chamorro Vargas |
| 29 | Gulzarilal Nanda | India | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898.07.04 | 1998.01.15 | 99 years, 195 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 30 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925.07.10 | Alive | 99 years, 174 days | 2021.08.16de Sinimbu |
| 31 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925.07.017 | Alive | 99 years, 167 days | 2021.11.11Echandi Jiménez |
| 32 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919.05.01 | 2018.09.20 | 99 years, 142 days | 2013.11.11
Dahayanake |
| 33 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909.01.09 | 2008.05.01 | 99 years, 113 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 34 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | President (1974–1975) | 1903.07.27 | 2002.10.31 | 99 years, 96 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 35 | Clifford Campbell | Jamaica | Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892.06.28 | 1991.09.28 | 99 years, 92 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 36 | Morarji Desai | India | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896.02.29 | 1995.04.10 | 99 years, 41 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 37 | 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
Original |
| 38 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910.04.10 | 2009.04.16 | 99 years, 6 days | 2018.06.18 Alberto Rey |
| 39 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta | President (1989–1994) | 1913.03.30 | 2012.03.13 | 98 years, 350 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 40 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) | 1925.05.08 | 2024.02.29 | 98 years, 297 days | 2021.04.19
Schaffner |
| 41 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922.08.12 | 2020.07.10 | 98 years, 322 days | 2017.11.10 Pétain |
| 42 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920.08.26 | 2019.05.26 | 98 years, 273 days | 2015.05.30 Miettunen |
| 43 | Pierre Harmel | Belgium | Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911.03.16 | 2009.11.15 | 98 years, 244 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 44 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915.11.13 | 2014.07.11 | 98 years, 240 days | 2009.05.22
Suzuki |
| 45 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873.08.04 | 1972.03.28 | 98 years, 237 days | 2023.08.03
Youssoufi |
| 46 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918.10.18 | 2017.05.29 | 98 years, 223 days | 2013.02.22 Malietoa Tanumafili II |
| 47 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926.05.29 | Alive | 98 years, 216 days | 2022.08.17Youssoufi |
| 48 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | President (1926–1931) | 1879.08.31 | 1978.03.22 | 98 years, 203 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 49 | Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874.08.02 | 1973.02.14 | 98 years, 196 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 50 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | President (1960–1962) | 1910.07.18 | 2009.01.25 | 98 years, 191 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 51 | Aden Adde | Somalia | President (1960–1967) | 1908.12.09 | 2007.06.08 | 98 years, 181 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 52 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910.04.09 | 2008.09.09 | 98 years, 153 days | 2008.11.28 Original |
| 53 | Lê Đức Anh | Viet Nam | President (1992–1997) | 1920.12.01 | 2019.04.22 | 98 years, 142 days | 2015.10.18 Aguinaldo |
| 54 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | 1918.03.23 | 2016.07.18 | 98 years, 127 days | 2012.07.01 Solometsev |
| 55 | Borys Martos | Ukraine | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879.05.20 | 1977.10.19 | 98 years, 122 days | 2008.11.28 Original |
| 56 | Artúr Görgei | Hungary | Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818.01.30 | 1916.05.21 | 98 years, 112 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 57 | Lubomír Štrougal | Czechoslovakia | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924.10.19 | 2023.02.06 | 98 years, 110 days | 2020.08.20 Romero Pereira |
| 58 | Jean | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921.01.05 | 2019.04.23 | 98 years, 108 days | 2016.01.05 Ibn Yahiya |
| 59 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916.07.11 | 2014.10.21 | 98 years, 102 days | 2010.04.13
Boselli |
| 60 | Giorgio Napolitano | Italy | President (2006–2015) | 1925.06.29 | 2023.09.22 | 98 years, 85 days | 2021.07.13
Mintoff |
| 61 | Venceslau Brás | Brazil | President (1914–1918) | 1868.02.26 | 1966.05.15 | 98 years, 78 days | 2008.11.28 Original |
| 62 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926.11.03 | Alive | 98 years, 58 days | 2023.01.24Elizabeth II |
| 63 | Claude Rostain | Andorra | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916.12.16 | 2015.02.10 | 98 years, 56 days | 2010.11.22 Bordas Valdez |
| 64 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910.12.04 | 2009.01.27 | 98 years, 54 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 65 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926.12.09 | Alive | 98 years, 22 days | 2023.06.06Ek |
| 66 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | Hungry | Prime Minister (1919) | 1875.07.10 | 1973.07.25 | 98 years, 15 days | 2008.11.28 Original |
| 67 | Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957–1958) | 1910.03.08 | 2008.03.21 | 98 years, 13 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 68 | Abdelsalam Majali | Jordan | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925.02.18 | 2023.01.03 | 97 years, 319 days | 2022.04.25 Chaves |
| 69 | 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 | 2011.08.15 Phạm |
| 70 | Wellington Koo | China | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888.01.29 | 1985.11.14 | 97 years, 289 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 71 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | Austria-Hungary | Minister-President (1870) | 1810.05.21 | 1908.02.17 | 97 years, 272 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 72 | Thannin Kraivichien | Thailand | Primero Minister (1976–1977) | 1927.04.05 | Alive | 97 years, 270 days | 2023.08.20Deustua |
| 73 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Ireland | Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866.02.03 | 1963.10.30 | 97 years, 267 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 74 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | Algeria | Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921.04.27 | 2018.12.28 | 97 years, 245 days | 2016.08.13
Ben Bella |
| 75 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923.01.10 | 2020.08.14 | 97 years, 217 days | 2018.04.28 Ben Bella |
| 76 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy | Prime Minister (1980-1981) | 1925.12.09 | 2023.07.06 | 97 years, 210 days | 2022.04.25
Chaves |
| 77 | Ramón José Velásquez | Venezuela | President (1993-1994) | 1916.11.28 | 2014.06.14 | 97 years, 208 days | 2018.11.05 Degazon |
| 78 | He Yingqin | Taiwan | Premier (1949) | 1890.04.02 | 1987.10.21 | 97 years, 202 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 79 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan | President (1988–2000) | 1923.01.15 | 2020.07.30 | 97 years, 197 days | 2018.05.18 Durán Ballén |
| 80 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920.04.13 | 2017.10.04 | 97 years, 174 days | 2015.01.10 Dharmasakti |
| 81 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872.03.15 | 1969.08.14 | 97 years, 152 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 82 | Patricio Aylwin | Chile | President (1990–1994) | 1918.11.23 | 2016.04.19 | 97 years, 145 days | 2013.05.21 Louisy |
| 83 | Armando Villanueva | Peru | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915.11.25 | 2013.04.14 | 97 years, 140 days | 2010.11.01 Bordas Valdez |
| 84 | 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
Original |
| 85 | Martial Célestin | Haiti | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913.10.04 | 2011.02.04 | 97 years, 123 days | 2019.11.05 Ciampi |
| 86 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania | First Secretary of the Worker's Parsty (1954–1955) | 1913.05.16 | 2010.08.21 | 97 years, 97 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 87 | Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | Prime Minister (1964)
State Presiden (1964–1991) |
1924.04.28 | 2021.06.17 | 97 years, 50 days | 2019.11.05
Estrada |
| 88 | Walter Scheel | West Germany | Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919.07.18 | 2016.08.24 | 97 years, 47 days | 2014.01.30
Trujillo |
| 89 | Kim Yong-nam | North Korea | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Peoples Assembly (1998–2018) | 1928.02.04 | Alive | 96 years, 331 days | 2024.06.20 Alejandro Deustua |
| 90 | Helmut Schmidt | West Germany | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918.12.23 | 2015.11.10 | 96 years, 322 days | 2013.06.22
Charles de Freycinet |
| 91 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Vatican City | Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851.04.10 | 1948.02.16 | 96 years, 312 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 92 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Vatican City | Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912.01.01 | 2008.11.04 | 96 years, 308 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 93 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium | Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871.05.26 | 1968.02.25 | 96 years, 275 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 94 | Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915.10.22 | 2012.06.30 | 96 years, 252 days | 2009.03.29
Alexander Bustamante |
| 95 | Federico Paéz | Ecuador | Jefe Supremo (1935–1937) | 1877.06.04 | 1974.02.09 | 96 years, 250 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 96 | Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903.03.03 | 2000.04.06 | 96 years, 247 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 97 | Vyacheslav Molotov | Soviet Union | Premier (1930–1941 | 1890.03.09 | 1986.11.08 | 96 years, 244 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 98 | Arnold Rùütel | Estonia | Chaiman of the State Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928.05.10 | Alive | 96 years, 235 days | 2024.09.27 Elizabeth II |
| 99 | Arthur Foulkes | Bahamas | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928.05.11 | Alive | 96 years, 234 days | 2024.11.18 Pedro Richter Prada |
| 100 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1926.10.01 | 2022.05.30 | 96 years, 224 d | 2021.11.11
Michael I |
Addendum
Uncertain Date of Birth
| Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age | After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012.06.12 | 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
| 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
Original |
| Constantine Kollias | Greece | Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998.07.13 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days | 2008.11.28
Original |
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