Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders

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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 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.

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No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
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
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
The following people might be older than #100-23 on the list but his date of birth is uncertain.
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
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

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

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

Jules Méline

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