Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
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 19622nd Oldest:
Andorra
André Prunet-Foch
served 1977–19803rd-Oldest:
Sudan
Babiker Awadalia
served: 19699th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
List
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | CAM | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
2 | Celâl Bayar | TUR | Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
3 | Antoine Pinay | FRA | President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) | 1891.12.30 | 1994.12.13 | 102 years, 343 days |
4 | André Prunet-Foch | AND | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | JPN | Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
6 | Babiker Awadalla | SUD | Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
7 | Willem Drees | NED | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days |
8 | Đỗ Mười | VIE | 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 | TWN | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | JPN | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
11 | Hyun Soong-jong | KOR | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 118 days |
12 | Piet de Jong | NED | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
13 | Guillermo Rodriguez | ECU | President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 101 years, 57 days |
14 | Bernardino González Ruiz | PAN | Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
15 | Christopher Hornsrud | NOR | Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
16 | Khamtai Siphandone | LAO | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 100 years, 327 days |
17 | Mustafa Ben Halim | LBY | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
18 | Telmo Vargas | ECU | Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
19 | Tomiichi Murayama | JPN | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 303 days |
20 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | PER | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
21 | Hau Pei-tsun | TWN | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
22 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
23 | Jimmy Carter | USA | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 91 days |
24 | Xenophon Zolotas | GRE | Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | PER | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
26 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | YEM | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
27 | Johan Ferrier | SUR | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
28 | Tun Tin | BUR | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days |
29 | Gulzarilal Nanda | IND | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
30 | Mahathir Mohamad | MYS | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 174 days |
31 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | AFG | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 167 days |
32 | Sir Anthony Mamo | MLT | Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
33 | Michail Stasinopoulos | GRE | President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
34 | Sir Clifford Campbell | JAM | Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
35 | Morarji Desai | IND | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
36 | Võ Chí Công | VIE | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
37 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | SUD | Member of the Sovereignty Council (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
38 | Ċensu Tabone | MLT | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
39 | Miloš Jakeš | CSK | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 98 years, 322 days |
40 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | TZA | 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 Harmel Count Harmel from 1991 |
Belgium | Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
43 | Sir Howard Harlan Cooke | JAM | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
44 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | FRA | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
45 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | GRE | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
46 | Abdoulaye Wade | SEN | President (2000–2012) | 1926.05.29 | Alive | 98 years, 216 days |
47 | Isidro Ayora | ECU | President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
48 | Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
49 | Mamadou Dia | SEN | President (1960–1962) | 1910.07.18 | 2009.01.25 | 98 years, 191 days |
50 | Aden Adde | SOM | President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
51 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
52 | Lê Đức Anh | VIE | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days |
53 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | DHY | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
54 | Artúr Görgei | HUN | Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
55 | Borys Martos | UKR | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days |
56 | Lubomír Štrougal | CSK | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days |
57 | Jean | LUX | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
58 | Gough Whitlam | AUS | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
59 | Giorgio Napolitano | ITA | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
60 | Venceslau Brás | BRA | President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
61 | Valdas Adamkus | LTU | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 58 days |
62 | Claude Rostain | AND | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
63 | R. Venkataraman | IND | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
64 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 22 days |
65 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | HUN | Prime Minister (1919) | 1875.07.10 | 1973.07.25 | 98 years, 15 days |
66 | Gabriel París Gordillo | COL | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
67 | Miloš Jakeš | CSK | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
68 | Abdelsalam Majali | JOR | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
69 | Kenan Evren | TUR | President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
70 | Thanin Kraivichien | THA | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 270 days |
71 | Wellington Koo | CHN | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
72 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | ATH | Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
73 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | IRE | Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
74 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | ALG | Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
75 | Francesc Badia Batalla | AND | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
76 | Arnaldo Forlani | ITA | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
77 | Ramón José Velásquez | VEN | President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
78 | He Yingqin | TWN | Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
79 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan | President (1988–2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
80 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
81 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | PER | Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
82 | Patricio Aylwin | CHL | President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
83 | Armando Villanueva | PER | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
84 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | ROU | President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
85 | Martial Célestin | HTI | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
86 | Gheorghe Apostol | ROU | First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
87 | Kenneth Kaunda | ZAM | State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
88 | Walter Scheel | West Germany | (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
89 | Kim Yong-nam | PRK | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 331 days |
90 | Helmut Schmidt | West Germany | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
91 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | VAT | Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
92 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Tuvan People's Republic | Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912.01.01 | 2008.11.04 | 96 years, 308 days |
93 | Camille Huysmans | BEL | Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
94 | Yitzhak Shamir | ISR | Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
95 | Federico Páez | ECU | President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
96 | Habib Bourguiba | TUN | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
97 | Vyacheslav Molotov | SUN | Premier (1930–1941 | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
98 | Arnold Rüütel | Estonia | Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928 | Alive | 96 years, 235 days |
99 | Arthur Foulkes | BAH | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 234 days |
100 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
Next to Join (age by 31-12-24)
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age by 12-31-24 |
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1 | Péter Boross | HUN | Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 126 days |
2 | Zhu Rongji | CHN | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 69 days |
3 | Édouard Balladur | FRA | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 243 days |
4 | Sam Nujoma | NAM | President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 233 days |
5 | Orville Turnquest | BAH | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 165 days |
6 | Jamshid bin Abdullah | ZZB | Sultan (1963–1964) | 1929.09.16 | Alive | 95 years, 106 days |
7 | Violeta Chamorro | NIC | Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) |
1929 | Alive | 95 years, 74 days |
8 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | MNG | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 46 days |
9 | Alfred Moisiu | ALB | President (2002–2007) | 1929 | alive | 95 years, 30 days |
10 | Selim Hoss | LBN | Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) | 1929 | alive | 95 years, 11 days |
Lee Hyun-jae | KOR | Prime Minister (1988) | ||||
Milan Panić | YUG | Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993) |
Addendum
Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | SOM | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days |
Hastings Banda | MWI | Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993) |
1898 | 1997 | 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days |
Constantine Kollias | GRE | Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1997 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885
- Key
Current Longest-living | Former Longest-living |
Name | Country | Sex | Lifespan | Became eldest | Ceased | Death | |
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Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | Guatemala | M | 1802.10.19 | 1897.05.14 aged 94 years, 207 days | |||
Count Bernhard von Rechberg | Austria | M | 1806.07.17 | 1897.05.14 | 1899.02.26 aged 92 years 224 days | ||
Tomas Gormensoro Albin | Uruguay | M | 1810.01.27 | 1899.02.26 | 1900.04.12 90 years, 76 days | ||
Pope Leo XIII | Papal States | M | 1810.03.02 | 1900.04.12 | 1903.07.20 aged 93 years, 140 days | ||
Austria | M | 1810.02.21 | 1903.07.20 | 1908.02.17 aged 97 years, 272 days | |||
Artúr Gorgey | Hungary | M | 1818.01.30 | 1908.02.17 | 1916.05.21 aged 98 years, 113 days | ||
Mackenzie Bowell | Canada | M | 1823.12.27 | 1916.05.21 | 1917.12.10 aged 93 years, 348 days | ||
Charles de Freycinet | France | M | 1828.11.14 | 1917.12.10 | 1923.05.14 aged 94 years, 181 days | ||
Matsukata Masayoshi | Japan | M | 1835.02.25 | 1923.05.14 | 1924.07.02 aged 89 years, 127 days | ||
France | M | 1838.05.20 | 1924.07.02 | 1925.12.21 aged 87 years, 216 days | |||
Paolo Boselli | Italy | M | 1838.06.08 | 1925.12.21 | 1932.03.10 aged 93 years, 272 days | ||
Francisco Andrade Marín | Ecuador | M | 1841.11.15 | 1932.03.10 | 1935.09.06 aged 93 years, 295 days | ||
Lizardo Garcia | Ecuador |
M |
1844.04.26 | 1935.09.06 | 1937.05.29 aged 93 years, 34 days | ||
Eliodoro Villazón | Bolivia | M | 1848.01.22 | 1937.05.29 | 1939.09.12 aged 91 years, 233 days | ||
Alejandro Deustua | Peru | M | 1849.03.22 | 1939.09.12 | 1945.08.06 aged 96 years, 138 days | ||
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Vatican City | M | 1851.04.10 | 1945.08.06 | 1948.05.16 aged 96 years, 312 days | ||
Philippe Petain | France | M | 1856.04.24 | 1948.02.16 | 1951.07.23 aged 95 years, 90 days | ||
Pedro Lascurain | Mexico | M | 1856.05.08 | 1951.07.23 | 1952.07.21 aged 96 years, 74 days | ||
Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | M | 1859.11.15 | 1952.07.21 | 1960.12.12 aged 101 years, 27 days | ||
Venceslau Brás | Brazil | M | 1868.02.26 | 1960.12.12 | 1966.05.15 aged 98 years, 78 days | ||
Camille Huysmans | Belgium | M | 1871.05.26 | 1966.05.15 | 1968.02.26 aged 96 years, 275 days | ||
Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | M | 1872..03.15 | 1968.02.26 | 1969.08.14 aged 97 years, 152 days | ||
Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | M | 1873.08.04 | 1969.08.14 | 1972.03.28 aged 98 years, 237 days | ||
Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | M | 1874.08.02 | 1972.03.28 | 1973.02.14 aged 98 years, 196 days | ||
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham | Hungary | M | 1875.07.10 | 1973.02.14 | 1973.07.25 aged 98 years, 15 days | ||
Federico Páez | Ecuador | M | 1877.06.04 | 1973.07.25 | 1974.02.09 aged 96 years, 250 days | ||
Borys Martos | Ukraine | M | 1879.05.20 | 1974.02.09 | 1977.09.17 aged 98 years, 122 days | ||
Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | M | 1879.08.31 | 1977.09.17 | 1978.03.22 aged 98 years, 203 days | ||
Federico Chaves | Paraguay | M | 15 February 1882 – 24 April 1978 aged 96 years, 69 days |
1882.02.15 | 1978.03.22 | 1978.04.24 aged 96 years, 68 days | |
Celál Bayar | Türkiye | M | 1883.05.16 | 1978.04.24 | 1986.08.22 aged 103 years, 99 days | ||
Willem Drees | Netherlands | M | 1886.07.05 | 1986.08.22 | 1988.05.14 aged 101 years, 314 days | ||
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | M• | 1887.12.03 | 1988.05.14 | 1990.01.20 aged 102 years, 48 days | ||
Zhang Qun | Taiwan | M | 1889.05.09 | 1990.01.20 | 1990.12.14 aged 101 years, 220 days | ||
Antoine Pinay | France | M | 1891.12.30 | 1990.12.14 | 1994.12.13 aged 102 years, 348 days | ||
Morarji Desai | India | M | 1896.02.29 | 1994.12.13 | 1995.04.10
aged 99 years, 41 days | ||
Gulzarilal Nanda | India | M | 1898.07.04 | 1995.04.10 | 1998.01.15 aged 99 years, 195 days | ||
Constantine Kollias | Greece | M | 1901 | 1998.01.15 | 1998.07.13 aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days | ||
Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania | M |
1902.09.23 |
1998.07.13 | 2000.02.08 aged 97 years, 138 days | ||
Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | M | 1903.07.27 | 2000.02.08 | 2002.10.31 aged 99 years, 142 days | ||
Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | M | 1904.04.26 | 2002.10.31 | 2004.06.10
aged 100 years, 45 days | ||
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum | Cambodia | M | 1905.09.01 | 2004.01.06.10 | 2009.01.22 aged 103 years, 143 days | ||
Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | M | 1910.04.10 | 2009.01.22 | 2009.04.16 aged 99 years, 6 days | ||
Johan Ferrier | Suriname | M | 1910.12.10 | 2009.04.16 | 2010.01.04 aged 99 years, 237 days | ||
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz | Panama | M | 1911.01.11 | 2010..01.04 | 2012.03.15 aged 101 years, 64 days | ||
Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | M | 1912.10.09 | 2012.03.15 | 2013.08.09 aged 100 years, 304 days | ||
André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | M | 1914.07.03 | 2013.08.09 | 2017.01.30 aged 102 years, 211 days | ||
Đỗ Mười | Vietnam | M | 1917.02.02 | 2017.01.30 | 2018.10.01 aged 101 years, 241 days | ||
Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | M | 1917.03.02 | 2018.10.01 | 2019.01.17 aged 101 years, 321 days | ||
Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | M | 1918.05.27 | 2019.01.17 | 2019.11.29 aged 101 years, 186 days | ||
Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | M |
1919.02.26 |
2019.11.29 | 2020.05.20 aged 101 years, 89 days | ||
Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | M | 1921.01.29 | 2020.05.20 | 2021.12.07 aged 100 years, 312 days | ||
Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Peru | M | 1921.10.14 | 2021.12.07 | 2022.07.14
aged 100 years, 283 days | ||
Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | M | 1924.02.08 | 2022.07.14 | 2023.10.11 | Alive
age 100 years, 266 days | |
Guillermo Rodriguez | Ecuador | M | 1923.11.04 | 2023.10.11 | Alive
age 100 years, 362 days |