List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

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This article lists the 100 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 1 January 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:
    Cambodia
    Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009, lived: 103 years, 143 days)
    served 1962

  • 2nd Oldest:
    Turkey
    Celål Bayar (1883–1986, lived: 103 years, 98 days)
    served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

  • 3rd-Oldest:
    France
    Antoine Pinay (1891-1994, lived: 102 years, 343 days)
    served: 1962

  • 19th-oldest ever:
    Ecuador
    Guillermo Rodriguez
    (born 1923, (age 101 years, 2 days)
    served: 1972–1976

List

Ages are up to date 11/6/2024

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 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 2018 101 years, 241 days
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 118 days
12 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
15 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
16 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980) 		1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
18 Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 101 years, 2 days
19 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
20 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
21 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006) 		1924 Alive 100 years, 272 days
22 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 248 days
23 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
25 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
26 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 36 days
27 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
28 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
29 Tun Tin Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
30 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
31 Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976) 		1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
32 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
33 Sir Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
34 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
35 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
36 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 119 days
37 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 112 days
38 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
39 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 98 years, 322 days
40 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
41 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016) 		1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
42 Pierre Count Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
43 Sir Howard Harlan Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
44 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
45a Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
46 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1877 1978 98 years, 203 days
47 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
48 Mamadou Dia Senegal President (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
49 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
50 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
51 Lê Đức Anh Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
52 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
53 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 122 days
54 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
55 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
56 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
57 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
58 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
59 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
60 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
61 R. Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
62 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 161 days
63 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
64 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
65 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
66 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989) 		1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
67 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927) 		1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
68 Baron Ignaz von Plener Austria-Hungary Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
69 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
70 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 3 days
71 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
72 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
73 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
74 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 333 days
75 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
76 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
77 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
78 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
79 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
80 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
81 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
82 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974) 		1902 2000 97 years, 138 days
83 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
84 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 215 days
85 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
86 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
87 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979) 		1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
88 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
89 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
90 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
91 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
92 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
93 Federico Paéz Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
94 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987) 		1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
95 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
96 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925 2022 96 years, 224 days
97 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days
98 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 276 days
99 Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926 2022 96 years, 140 days
100 Alejandro Deustua Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849 1945 96 years, 137 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Name State Position Birth Death Age
The following persons might be older than 97-21 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2013 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)		 1898 1997 98 years, 325 days to 99 years, 324 days
Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Next to Join

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age age by 12-31-24
1 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006) 		1928 Alive 96 years, 180 days 96 years, 235 days
2 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 179 days 96 years, 234 days
3 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928 Alive 96 years, 71 days 96 years, 126 days
4 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928 Alive 96 years, 14 days 96 years, 69 days
5 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929 Alive 95 years, 188 days 95 years, 243 days
6 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929 Alive 95 years, 178 days 95 years, 233 days
7 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929 Alive 95 years, 110 days 95 years, 165 days
8 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929 Alive 95 years, 51 days 95 years, 106 days
9 Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) 		1929 Alive 95 years, 19 days 95 years, 74 days
10 Gombojavyn Ochirbat Mongolian People's Republic General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929 Alive 94 years, 357 days 95 years, 46 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
Name Co. Sex DOB B.E. CTOB DD
Lajos Kossuth HUN M 1802 1890 1894
91 years, 182 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol GUT M 1802 – 1897
94 years, 207 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg AUT M 1806 1897 1899
92 years 224 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin URU M 1810 1899 1900
90 years, 76 days
Pope Leo XIII VAT M 1810 1900 1903
93 years, 140 days

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

AUT M 1810 1903 1908
97 years, 272 days
Artúr Gorgey HUN M 1818 1908 1916
98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell CAN M 1823 1916 1917
93 years, 348 days
Charles de Freycinet FRA M 1828 1917 1923
94 years, 181 days
Matsukata Masayoshi JAP M 1835 1923 1924
89 years, 127 days
Vincenzo Vanutelli VAT M 1836 1924 1930
93 years, 216 days
Paolo Boselli ITA M 1838 1930 1932
93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marín ECU M 1841 1932 1935
93 years, 295 days
François Denys Légitime HTI M 1841 1935 1935
93 years, 251 days
Lizardo Garcia ECU M 1844 1935 1937
93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro Villazón BOL M 1848 1937 1939
91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua PER M 1849 1939 1945
96 years, 138 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte VAT M 1851 1945 1948
aged 96 years, 312 days
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido VEN M 1854 1948 1949
94 years, 362 days
Philippe Petain FRA M 1856 1949 1951
95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascurain MEX M 1856 1949 1952
96 years, 74 days
Christopher Hornsrud NOR M 1859 1952 19602.12
101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás BRA M 1868 1960 1966
98 years, 78 days
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas NIC M 1871 1966 1966
95 years, 191 days
Camille Huysmans BEL M 1871 1966 1968
96 years, 275 days
Juan José Estrada NIC M 1872 1968 1968
95 years, 191 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro PER M 1872 1968 1969
97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour FRA M 1873 1969 1972
98 years, 237 days
Émile Reuter LUX M 1874 1972 1973
98 years, 196 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham HUN M 1875 1973 1973
98 years, 15 days
Federico Páez ECU M 1877 1973 1974
96 years, 250 days
Borys Martos UKR M 1879 1974 1977
98 years, 122 days
Isidro Ayora ECU M 1879 1977 1978
98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves PAR M 1882 1978 1978
96 years, 68 days
Celál Bayar TUR M 1883 1978 1986
103 years, 99 days
Willem Drees NED/NLD M 1886 1986 1988
101 years, 314 days
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni JPN M 1887 1988 1990
102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun TWN M 1889 1990 1990
aged 101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay FRA M 1891 1990 1994
aged 102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai IND M 1896 1994 1995
99 years, 41 days
Gulzarilal Nanda M 1898 1995 1998
99 years, 195 days
Constantine Kollias GRE M 1901 1998 1998
96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer ROU M 1902 1998 2000
aged 97 years, 138 days
Michail Stasinopoulos GRE M 1903 2000 2002
99 years, 142 days
Xenophon Zolotas M 1904 2002 2004
100 years, 45 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum CAM M 1905 2004 2009
103 years, 143 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad SUD M 1910 2009 2009
99 years, 6 days
Johan Ferrier SUR M 1910 2009 2010
99 years, 237 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz PAN M 1911 2010 2012
aged 101 years, 64 days
Telmo Vargas ECU M 1912 2012 2013
aged 100 years, 304 days
André Prunet-Foch AND M 1914 2013 2017
aged 102 years, 211 days
Đỗ Mười VIE M 1917 2017 2018
101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla SUD 1917 2018 2019
101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone JPN M 1918 2019 2019
101 years, 186 days
Hyun Soong-jong KOR M 1919 2019 2020
101 years, 119 days
Mustafa Ben Halim LBY M 1921 2020 2021
aged 100 years, 312 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez PER M 1921 2021 2022
100 years, 283 days
Khamtai Siphandone LA0 M 1924 2022 2023 Alive
100 years, 272 days
Guillermo Rodriguez ECU M 1923 2023 'Alive'
age 101 years, 2 days

See also

References


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