Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What If)

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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 Guillermo Rodriguez, who would still be living to 103 years, 143 days.

This List contains a hypothetical listing of State Laeders if every state leader born after 1 January 1923 is Still alive today.

Gallery

  • oldest ever:
    Ecuador
    Guillermo Rodriguez
    (born 1923, (age 104 years, 57 days)
    served: 1972–1976

  • 2nd-Oldest ever:
    Laos
    Khamtai Siphandone (born 1924, 103 years, 326 days)
    served: 1991–2006

  • 3rd-oldest ever:
    Turkey
    Tomiichi Murayama (born 1924, age 103 years, 303 days)
    served 1994–1996;

  • Oldest living leader of a-now defunct state and 23rd-Oldest ever:
    Yugoslavia
    Raif Dizdarević (born 1926, age 101 years, 20 days)
    served: 1962

List

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age Actual Death date and age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905.09.01 2009.01.22 103 years, 143 days -
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)

President (1950–1960)

1883.05.16 1986.08.22 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891.12.30 1994.12.13 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914.07.03 2017.01.30 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887.12.03 1990.01.03 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917.03.02 2019.01.17 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889.07.05 1990.05.14 101 years, 314 days
8 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
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889.05.09 1990.12.14 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918.05.18 2019.11.29 101 years, 186 days
11 Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi Egypt Prime Minister (1974-1975) 1923.01.03 Alive 101 years, 179 days 22 December 2014 (aged 91)
12 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923.01.10 Alive 101 years, 172 days 2020.08.14

97 years, 217 days

13 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923.01.15 Alive 101 years, 167 days 2020.07.30

97 years, 197 days

14 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919.01.26 2020.05.25 101 years, 118 days
15 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915.04.03 2016.07.27 101 years, 115 days
16 Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923.02.04 Alive 101 years, 87 days 2018.12.07

95 years, 306 days

17 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911.01.11 2012.03.15 101 years, 64 days
18 Rafael Addiego Bruno Uruguay Interim President (1985) 1923.02.23 Alive 101 years, 68 days 2014.02.20

90 years, 362 days

19 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859.11.15 1960.12.12 101 years, 27 days
20 Ninian Stephen Australia Governor-General (1982-1989) 1923.06.15 Alive 101 years, 15 days 2017.10.29

94 years, 136 days

21 Jamshid Amouzegar Iran Prime Minister (1977-1978) 1923.06.25 Alive 101 years, 5 days 2016.09.27

93 years, 94 days

22 Wojciech Jaruzelski Poland First Secretary of the of the PUWP (1981-1989)Chairman of the Council of State (1985-1989)President (1989-1990) 1923.07.06 Alive 100 years, 360 days 2014.05.25

90 years

23 Shimon Peres Israel Prime Minister (1977; 1984-1986; 1995-1996)

President (2007-2014)

1923.08.02 Alive 100 years, 333 days 28 September 2016 (aged 93)
24 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921.01.29 2021.12.07 100 years, 312 days
25 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912.10.09 2013.08.09 100 years, 304 days
26 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)

President (1975–1980)

1921.10.04 2022.07.14 100 years, 283 days
26 Lee Kuan Yew Singapore Prime Minister (1959-1990) 1923.09.16 Alive 100 years, 288 days 23 March 2015 (aged 91)
27 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919.08.08 2020.03.30 100 years, 235 days
28 Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923.11.04

originally listed 1924.11.04

Alive 100 years, 239 days
29 Aristides Pereira Cape Verde President (1975-1991) 1923.11.17 Alive 100 years, 226 days 22 September 2011 (aged 87)
30 Octavio Lepage Venezuela Acting President (1993) 1923.11.24 Alive 100 years, 219 days 6 January 2017 (aged 93)
31 Mauno Koivisto Finland Prime Minister (1968-1970; 1979-1982)

President (1982-1994)

1923.11.25 Alive 100 years, 218 days 12 May 2017 (aged 93)
32 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922.01.17 2022.07.08 100 years, 172 days
33 Rauf Denktas Northern Cyprus President (1974-1975) 1924.01.26 Alive 100 years, 156 days
34 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, 143 days
35 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980–1987)

President (1987–2019)

1924.02.21 Alive 100 years, 130 days 2019.09.04

95 years, 197 days

36 Carlos Humberto Romero El Salvador President (1977-1979) 1924.02.29 Alive 100 years, 122 days 27 February 2017 (aged 92)
37 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924.03.03 Alive 100 years, 119 days
38 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924.03.08 Alive 100 years, 114 days 2020.05.29

96 years, 82 days

39 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924.04.28 Alive 100 years, 63 days 2021.06.17

97 years, 50 days

40 Dawda Jawara The Gambia President (1970-1994) 1924.05.16 Alive 100 years, 75 days 2019.08.27

aged 95

41 Jaime Lusinchi Venezuela President (1984-1989) 1924.05.27 Alive 100 years, 64 days
42 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904.04.26 2004.06.10 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920.01.19 2020.03.04
44 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912.01.01 2012.02.02 100 years, 32 days
45 George H. W. Bush United States President (1989-1993) 1924.06.12 Alive 100 years, 18 days 2019.11.30

94 years, 171 days

46 S.R. Nathan Singapore President (1999-2011) 1924.07.03 Alive 99 years, 363 days 22 August 2016 (aged 92)
47 Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Saudi Arabia King (2005-present) 1924.08.01 Alive 99 years, 334 days 2015.01.23 (aged 90)
48 Daniel arap Moi Kenya President (1978-2002) 1924.09.02 Alive 99 years, 302 days 4 February 2020 (aged 95)
49 Gyorgy Lazar Hungary Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (1975-1987) 1924.09.15 Alive 99 years, 289 days 2 October 2014 (aged 90)
50 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924.10.01 Alive 99 years, 273 days
51 Alphons Egli Switzerland Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983-1986) 1924.10.08 Alive 99 years, 266 days 5 August 2016 (aged 91)
52 Nam Duck-woo South Korea Acting Prime Minister (1980)

Prime Minister (1980–1982)

1924.10.10 Alive 99 years, 264 days May 18, 2013 (aged 89)
53 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924.10.19 Alive 99 years, 255 days 2023.02.06

98 years, 110 days

54 Suleyman Demirel Turkey Prime Minister (1979-1980; 1991-1993)

President (1993-2000)

1924.11.01 Alive 99 years, 242 days 17 June 2015 (aged 90)
55 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910.05.12 2010.01.04 99 years, 237 days
56 Tun Tin Myanmar Prime Minister (1988) 1920.10.02 2020.05.01 99 years, 211 days
57 Eino Uusitalo Finland Acting Prime Minister (1981-1982) 1924.12.01 Alive 99 years, 212 days 19 March 2015 (+90)
58 Mário Soares Portugal President (1986-1996) 1924.12.07 Alive 99 years, 206 days 7 January 2017 (aged 92)
59 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898.07.04 1998.01.15 99 years, 195 days
60 Abdirizak Haji Hussein Somalia Prime Minister (1964–1967) 1924.12.24 Alive 99 years, 189 days 31 January 2014 (aged 89)
61 Atal Bihari Vajpayee India Prime Minister (1996; 1998–2004) 1924.12.25 Alive 99 years, 188 days 16 August 2018 (aged 93)
62 Girma Wolde-Giorgis Ethiopia President (2001-2013) 1924.12.28 Alive 99 years, 185 days 15 December 2018 (aged 93)
63 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919.05.01 2018.09.20 99 years, 142 days
64 Leon Schlumpf Switzerland Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1979-1987) 1925.02.03 Alive 99 years, 148 days 7 July 2012

aged 87

65 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925.02.18 Alive 99 years, 133 days 2023.01.03

97 years, 319 days

66 Shehu Shagari Nigeria President (1979-1983) 1925.02.25 Alive 99 years, 126 days 28 December 2018 (aged 93)
67 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)

President (1974–1976)

1909.01.09 2008.05.01 99 years, 113 days
68 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903.07.27 2002.10.31 99 years, 96 days
69 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892.06.28 1991.09.28 99 years, 92 days
70 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925.05.08 Alive 99 years, 53 days 2024.02.29

98 years, 297 days

71 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896.02.29 1995.04.10 99 years, 41 days
72 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
73 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
74 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925.06.29 Alive 99 years, 1 day 2023.09.22

98 years, 85 days

75 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913.03.30 2012.03.13 98 years, 350 days
76 Nicholas Brathwaite Grenada Prime Minister (1983-1984; 1990-1995) 1925.07.10 Alive 98 years, 358 days 28 October 2016 (aged 91)
77 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925.07.10 Alive 98 years, 356 days
78 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925.07.17 Alive 98 years, 349 days
79 Quett Masire Botswana President (1980–1998) 1925.07.25 Alive 98 years, 341 days June 22, 2017 (aged 91)
80 Ali Bozer Turkey Acting Prime Minister (1989) 1925.07.28 Alive 98 years, 338 days 30 September 2020 (aged 95)
81 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922.08.12 2020.07.10 98 years, 322 days
82 Gérard Kango Ouédraogo Upper Volta Prime Minister (1971–1974) 1925.09.19 Alive 98 years, 285 days
83 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)

Regent (2016)

1920.08.26 2019.05.26 98 years, 273 days
84 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925.10.01 Alive 98 years, 273 days 2022.05.13

96 years, 224 days

85 Antoine Gizenga DR Congo Prime Minister (2006–2008) 1925.10.05 Alive 98 years, 269 days 24 February 2019 (aged 93)
86 Czesław Kiszczak Poland Prime Minister (1989) 1925.10.19 Alive 98 years, 255 days 5 November 2015 (aged 90)
87 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911.03.16 2009.11.15 98 years, 244 days
88 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915.11.13 2014.07.11 98 years, 240 days
89 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873.08.04 1972.03.28 98 years, 237 days
90 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918.10.18 2017.05.29 98 years, 223 days
91 Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Uruguay President (1981–1985) 1925.11.26 Alive 98 years, 217 days
92 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879.08.31 1978.03.22 98 years, 203 days
93 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925.12.08 Alive 98 years, 204 days 2023.07.06

97 years, 210 days

94 Tran Thien Khiem South Vietnam Member of Provisional Leadership (1964)

Prime Minister (1969–1975)

1925.12.15 Alive 98 years, 198 days 2021.06.14

95 years, 191 days

95 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874.08.02 1973.02.14 98 years, 196 days
96 Mamadou Dia Senegal President (1960–1962) 1910.07.18 2009.01.25 98 years, 191 days
97 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908.12.09 2007.06.08 98 years, 181 days
98 Luis Alberto Monge Costa Rica President (1982–1986) 1925.12.29 Alive 98 years, 184 days
99 Kim Jong-pil South Korea Prime minister (1971-1975) 1926.01.07 Alive 98 years, 175 days
Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili Iran Acting President (1981) 1926.01.26 Alive 98 years, 175 days
100 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910.04.09 2008.09.09 98 years, 153 days
Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920.12.01 2019.04.22 98 years, 142 days
Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918.03.23 2016.07.18 98 years, 127 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Birth Death Age After
The following persons might be older than 81-33 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
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

See also

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