List of longest-living state leaders

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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.

List

No. Image
Name
State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.png
Celâl Bayar
Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay 1952.jpg
Antoine Pinay
France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 Coat of Arms of Andorra.svg
André Prunet-Foch
Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko Army captain.jpg
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla 1960s.jpg
Babiker Awadalla
Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Drees, W. - SFA002019221.jpg
Willem Drees
Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days
8 Mr. Do Muoi.jpg
Đỗ Mười
Vietnam 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.jpg
Zhang Qun
Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong 1970.jpg
Piet de Jong
Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
12 Hyunsoongjongsk.png
Hyun Soong-jong
South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 89 days
13 Coat of arms of Panama.svg
Bernardino González Ruiz
Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Hornsrud.jpg
Christopher Hornsrud
Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
15 Mustafa Ben Halim.jpg
Mustafa Ben Halim
Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
16 F. Morales Bermúdez.jpg
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez
Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
17 Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador) (headshot).jpg
Guillermo Rodriguez
Ecuador Acting President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 100 years, 362 days
18 郝柏村院長.jpg
Hau Pei-tsun
Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
19 Luis Echeverría Álvarez official portrait.jpg
Luis Echeverría
Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
20 The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Laos, Mr. Khamtay Siphandone at Vientiane in Laos on November 29, 2004 (cropped).jpg
Khamtai Siphandone
Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
1924 Alive 100 years, 266 days
21 Tomiichi Murayama cropped 1 Suharto and Tomiichi Murayama 199411.gif
Tomiichi Murayama
Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 242 days
22 Xenophón Zolótas - 1989 (cropped).jpg
Xenophon Zolotas
Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1982).jpg
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
23 AbdulSalam Sabrah.jpg
Abdul Salam Sabrah
Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
25 JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg
Jimmy Carter
United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 30 days
26 Johan Ferrier 1975.jpg
Johan Ferrier
Surimane President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
27 State seal of Myanmar (dubious).png
Tun Tin
Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
28 Stamp of India - 1999 - Colnect 161703 - Gulzarilal Nanda - Birth Centenary.jpeg
Gulzarilal Nanda
India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
29 محمد كريم العمراني Mohamed Karim Lamrani.jpg
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
30 Sir Anthony Mamo.jpg
|Sir Anthony Mamo
Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)
1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
31 Stasinopoulos.jpg
Michail Stasinopoulos
Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
32 Clifford Campbell.jpg
Clifford Campbell
Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
33 Picture of Vo Chi Cong.jpg
Võ Chí Công
Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
34 Morarji Desai 1978b.jpg
Morarji Desai
India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
35 Mahathir Mohamad 13112018 (cropped).jpg
Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 113 days
36 Emblem of Afghanistan (1980-1987).svg
Mohammad Hasan Sharq
Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 106 days
37 Dr. Censu Tabone.jpg
Ċensu Tabone
Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
38 Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
39 Prem Tinsulanonda 1984.jpg
Prem Tinsulanonda
Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)
1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
40 Pierre Harmel 1965.jpg
Pierre Harmel
Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
41 Howard-cooke.jpg
Howard Cooke
Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
42 Joseph Paul-Boncour 1923.jpg
Joseph Paul-Boncour
France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
43 Mitsotakis 1992.jpg
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
44 Isidro ayora cueva.png
Isidro Ayora
Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days
45 Luxemburger-Wort-1946.07.23-p1-Emile-Reuter-2.jpg
Émile Reuter
Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
46 Mamadou Dia 1960.jpg
Mamadou Dia
Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
47 Aden Abdulle Osman Daar.jpg
Aden Adde
Somalia President (1960–1967) 18 2007 98 years, 181 days
48 Nouhak Phoumsavanh LARGE.jpg
Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
49 Lê Đức Anh portrait.jpg
Lê Đức Anh
Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
50 Emile Zinsou (cropped).jpg
Émile Derlin Zinsou
Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
51 Martos Borys.jpg
Borys Martos
Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 122 days
52 Görgei Artúr by Miklós Barabás.jpg
Artúr Görgei
Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
53 Lubomír Štrougal (1970) (cropped).jpg
Lubomír Štrougal
Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
54 GD Jean 1967.jpg
Jean
Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
55 Gough Whitlam 1972 (cropped).jpg
Gough Whitlam
Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
56 Presidente Napolitano.jpg
Giorgio Napolitano
Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
57 Venceslau Brás Colorido (1918).png
Venceslau Brás
Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
58 Coat of Arms of Andorra.svg
Claude Rostain
Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
59 R Venkataraman.jpg
R. Venkataraman
India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
60 Abdoulaye Wade (1).jpg
Abdoulaye Wade
Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 155 days
61 P Abraham Dezso.jpg
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám
Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
62 Gabriel París, 1957 (cropped).jpg
Gabriel París Gordillo
Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
63 M Jakeš 2014 Praha.JPG
Miloš Jakeš
Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days
64 Abdelsalam Al-Majali portrait.jpg
Abdelsalam Majali
Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
65 Kenan Evren (cropped).png
Kenan Evren
Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)
1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
66 Wellington Koo 1945.jpg
Wellington Koo
China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)
1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
67 Ignaz von Plener (-1908).jpg
Baron Ignaz von Plener
Cisleithania
Austria-Hungary
Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
68 Domhnaill Ua Buachalia circa 1932 (cropped).jpg
Domhnall Ua Buachalla
Vietnam Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
69 Valdas Adamkus 1998.jpg
Valdas Adamkus
Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 97 years, 363 days
70 Abdelmalek Benhabylès.png
Abdelmalek Benhabyles
Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
71 Raif Dizdarević (političar) (cropped).jpg
Raif Dizdarević
Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 327 days
72 COA of Andora (19th century).svg
Francesc Badia Batalla
Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
73 Arnaldo Forlani 1972.jpg
Arnaldo Forlani
Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
74 Ramón José Velásquez en 1993.jpg
Ramón José Velásquez
Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
75 何應欽院長.jpg
He Yingqin
Taiwan} Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
76 Lee Teng-hui official portrait.png
Lee Teng-hui
Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
77 Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave-Patricks Day 1976.jpg
Liam Cosgrave
Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
78 Alfredo Solf y Muro.JPG
Alfredo Solf y Muro
Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
79 Aylwin Banda.jpg
Patricio Aylwin
Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
80 Armando Villanueva del Campo.jpg
Armando Villanueva
Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
81 Ion Gheorghe Maurer1.jpg
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
82 Coat of arms of Haiti.svg
Martial Célestin
Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
83 Tanin2011.jpg
Thanin Kraivichien
Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 209 days
84 Gheorghe Apostol.jpg
Gheorghe Apostol
Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
85 Kenneth David Kaunda.jpg
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
86 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-047-20, Walter Scheel.jpg
Walter Scheel
Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)
1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
87 Bundesarchiv Bild Helmut Schmidt 1975 cropped.jpg
Helmut Schmidt
Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
88 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka.jpg
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
89 CamilleHuysmans1966cropped.jpg
Camille Huysmans
Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
90 Yitzhak Shamir 1992 Dan Hadani Archive.jpg
Yitzhak Shamir
Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
91 Portrait officiel de Habib Bourguiba.png
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)
1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
92 Vyacheslav Molotov Anefo2.jpg
Vyacheslav Molotov
Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
93 Yang Hyong-sop.jpg
Yang Hyong-sop
North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1926 2022 96 years, 224 days
94 Pedro Richter Prada.jpg
Pedro Richter Prada
Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days
95 Kim Yong-nam in Moscow (cropped).jpg
Kim Yong-nam
China Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 270 days
96 Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
Elizabeth II
United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926 2022 96 years, 140 days
97 Alejandro Deustua.jpg
Alejandro Deustua
Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849 1945 96 years, 137 days
98 Jiang Zemin 2002.jpg
Jiang Zemin
China General Secretary of the Communist Party (1989-2002)
President (1993-2003)
1926 2022 96 years, 105 days
99 Abderrahmane Youssoufi.jpg
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924 2020 96 years, 82 days
100 Pedro Lascurain.jpg
Pedro Lascuráin
Mexico President (1913) 1856 1952 96 years, 74 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

Image
Name
State Position Birth Death Age
The following persons might be older than 100-21 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.
Sheikh Mukhtar.jpg
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2013 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg
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
Coat of arms of Greece.svg
Constantine Kollias
Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Coat of arms of Syria.svg
Hassan al-Hakim
Syria Prime Minister (1941–1942, 1951) 1986 1982 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Uncertain Date of Birth and Death

Image
Name
State Position Birth Death Age
The following persons might be older than 6-1 on the List but his Date of Birth and Death is uncertain.
Royal arms of Cambodia.svg
Ek Yi Oun
Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1958) 1910 2013 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days

Unclear Status as State Leaders

Image
Name
State Position Birth Died Age
The following individuals are older than #90–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.Template:Efn-lg
César Yanes Urías.jpg
César Yanes Urias
El Salvador Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961) 1920 Alive 104 years, 190 days
Dan OSRH Josip Manolic 28052011 2.jpg
Josip Manolić
Croatia Prime Minister (1990–1991) 1920 2024 104 years, 24 days
El Mokri Le Petit Journal.jpg
Muhammad al-Muqri
Morocco Grand Vizier (1912-1956) 1854 1957 103 years, 219 days
Anton Vratuša (1).jpg
Anton Vratusa
Slobenia President of Executive Council (1978–1980) 1915 2017 102 years, 159 days
Edward Bernard Raczyński.jpg
Edward Bernard Raczyński
Poland President-in-Exile (1979–1986) 1891 1993 101 years, 223 days
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee .jpg
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
Sikkim Chief Minister (1974 - 1975) 1904 2007 102 years, 290 days
Ali Haroun (cropped).jpg
Ali Haroun
Algeria Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994) 1927 Alive 97 years, 266 days
Gennaro Granito di Belmonte-1922.jpg
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte
Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
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Federico Páez
Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days

Unclear Status with uncertain Date of Birth

Image
Name
State Position Birth Death Age
The following individuals are older than #100–84 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.
Kim Yong-ju.jpg
Kim Yong-ju
North Korea Vice President during vacancy (1994–1998) 1920 2021 100 years, 148 days to 101 years, 347 days
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Franjo Boras
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1993) 1927 2023 96 years, 101 days to 97 years, 100 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
Image
Name
Co. Post Sex DOB B.E. CTOB DD
George Tupou I, c. 1880s.jpg
George Tupou I
TGA King (1845–1893) M 1797 1890 1893
95 years, 76 days
Kossuth Lajos színezett litográfia 1848 Prinzhofer.jpg
Lajos Kossuth
HUN Governor-President (1849) M 1802 1893 1894
91 years, 182 days
Aycinenacolor.jpg
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol
GUT President (1865) M 1802 1894 1897
94 years, 207 days
Johann Bernhard von Rechberg.jpg
Count Bernhard von Rechberg
AUT Minister-President (1859-1861) M 1806 1897 1899
92 years 224 days
Tomas Gomensoro.jpg
Tomas Gormensoro Albin
URU Interim President (1872-1873) M 1810 1899 1900
90 years, 76 days
Portrait of Pope Leo XIII.jpg
Pope Leo XIII
VAT Pope (1878-1903) M 1810

1900

1903
93 years, 140 days
Ignaz von Plener (-1908).jpg
Freihrr Ignaz von Plener
AUT Minister-President (1870) M 1810 1903 1908
97 years, 272 days
Fülöp László - Görgey Artúr arcképe - 2655 - Hungarian National Gallery.jpg
Artúr Gorgey
Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) M 1818 1908 1916
98 years, 113 days
Mackenzie Bowell.jpg
Mackenzie Bowell
Canada Prime Minister (1894 – 1896) M 1823 1916 1917
93 years, 348 days
Freycinet, de Saulces de, Charles, Nadar, Gallica.jpg
Charles de Freycinet
France Prime Minister (1879 – 1880, 1882, 1886, 1890 – 1892) M 1828 1917 1923
94 years, 181 days
4 MatsukataM.jpg
Matsukata Masayoshi
Japan Prime Minister (1891-1892, 1896-1898) M 1835 1923 1924
89 years, 127 days
Paolo Boselli, dal 1858 al 1932 - Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 0043 C.jpg
Paolo Boselli
Italy Prime Minister (1916-1917) M 1838 1924 1932
93 years, 272 days
Francisco Andrade Marin.jpg
Francisco Andrade Marín
Ecuador Acting President (1912) M 1841 1932 1935
93 years, 295 days
François Denys Légitime.jpg
François Denys Légitime
Haiti President (1888-1889) M 1841 1935 1935
93 years, 251 days
Lizardo Garcia Sorroza.jpg
Lizardo Garcia
Ecuador President (1905-1906) M 1844 1935 1937
93 years, 34 days
Eliodoro Villazón.jpg
Eliodoro Villazón
Bolivia President (1909–1913) M 1848 1937 1939
91 years, 233 days
Alejandro Deustua.jpg
Alejandro Deustua
Peru Prime Minister (1902) M 1849 1939 1945
96 years, 138 days
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido.jpg
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido
Veneuela Interim President (1892) M 1854 1945 1949
94 years, 362 days
Pétain - portrait photographique.jpg
Philippe Petain
France Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940-1944)
M 1856 1949 1951
95 years, 90 days
Pedro Lascurain.jpg
Pedro Lascurain
Mexico President (1913) M 1856 1949 1952
96 years, 74 days
Hornsrud.jpg
Christopher Hornsrud
Norway Prime Minister (1928) M 1859 1952 1960
101 years, 27 days
Venceslau Brás Colorido (1918).png
Venceslau Brás
Brazil President (1914–1918) M 1868 1960 1966
98 years, 78 days
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas.jpg
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
Nicaragua President (1917-1921, 1926) M 1871 1966 1966
95 years, 191 days
CamilleHuysmans1966cropped.jpg
Camille Huysmans
Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) M 1871 1966 1968
96 years, 275 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro.JPG
Alfredo Solf y Muro
Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) M 1872 1968 1969
97 years, 152 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour 1923.jpg
Joseph Paul-Boncour
France Prime Minister (1932–1933) M 1873 1969 1972
98 years, 237 days
Luxemburger-Wort-1946.07.23-p1-Emile-Reuter-2.jpg
Émile Reuter
Luxemboug Prime Minister (1918–1925) M 1874 1972 1973
98 years, 196 days
P Abraham Dezso.jpg
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham
Hungary Prime Minister (1919) M 1875 1973 1973
98 years, 15 days
Federico Páez.png
Federico Páez
Ecuador President (1935–1937) M 1877 1973 1974
96 years, 250 days
Martos Borys.jpg
Borys Martos
Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) M 1879 1974 1977
98 years, 122 days
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Isidro Ayora
Ecuador President (1926–1931) M 1879 1977 1978
98 years, 203 days
Federico Chaves in 1954.jpg
Federico Chaves
Paraguay President (1949-1954) M 1882 1978 1978
96 years, 68 days
Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.png
Celál Bayar
Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
M 1883 1978 1986
103 years, 99 days
Drees, W. - SFA002019221.jpg
Willem Drees
Natherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) M 1886 1986 1988
101 years, 314 days
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko Army captain.jpg
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
Japan Prime Minister (1945) M 1887 1988 1990
102 years, 48 days
Zhang Qun.jpg
Zhang Qun
Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) M 1889 1990 1990
101 years, 220 days
Antoine Pinay 1952.jpg
Antoine Pinay
France President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) M 1891 1990 1994
102 years, 348 days
Morarji Desai 1978b.jpg
Morarji Desai
India Prime Minister (1977–1979) M 1896 1994 1995
99 years, 41 days
Stamp of India - 1999 - Colnect 161703 - Gulzarilal Nanda - Birth Centenary.jpeg
Gulzarilal Nanda
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) M 1898 1995 1998
99 years, 195 days
Royal Coat of Arms of Greece.svg
Constantine Kollias
Greece Prime Minister (1967) M 1901 1998 1998
96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer.jpg
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)
M 1902 1998 2000
97 years, 138 days
Stasinopoulos.jpg
Michail Stasinopoulos
Greece President (1974–1975) M 1903 2000 2002
99 years, 142 days
Xenophón Zolótas - 1989 (cropped).jpg
Xenophon Zolotas
Prime Minister (1989–1990) M 1904 2002 2004
100 years, 45 days
Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) M 1905 2004 2009
103 years, 143 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad.jpg
Abdel Halim Muhammad
Sudan Member of the Sovereignty Council (1964–1965) M 1910 2009 2009
99 years, 6 days
Johan Ferrier 1975.jpg
Johan Ferrier
Surimane President (1975–1980) M 1910 2009 2010
99 years, 237 days
Coat of arms of Panama.svg
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz
Panama Acting President (1963) M 1911 2010 2012
101 years, 64 days
Coat of arms of Ecuador.svg
Telmo Vargas
Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) M 1912 2012 2013
100 years, 304 days
Coat of Arms of Andorra.svg
André Prunet-Foch
Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) M 1914 2013 2017
102 years, 211 days
Mr. Do Muoi.jpg
Đỗ Mười
Vietnam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
M 1917 2017 2018
101 years, 241 days
Babiker Awadalla 1960s.jpg
Babiker Awadalla
Sudan Prime Minister (1969) M 1917 2018 2019
101 years, 321 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) M 1918 2019 2019
101 years, 186 days
Hyunsoongjongsk.png
Hyun Soong-jong
South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) M 1919 2019 2020
101 years, 119 days
Mustafa Ben Halim.jpg
Mustafa Ben Halim
Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) M 1921 2020 2021
100 years, 312 days
F. Morales Bermúdez.jpg
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
M 1921 2021 2022
100 years, 283 days
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Laos, Mr. Khamtay Siphandone at Vientiane in Laos on November 29, 2004 (cropped).jpg
Khamtai Siphandone
Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
M 1924 2022 2023 Alive
100 years, 266 days
Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador) (headshot).jpg
Guillermo Rodriguez
Ecuador Acting President (1972-1976) M 1923 2023 Alive
100 years, 362 days

Chronological List of longest-lived state leaders since 1890

State Leaders born after 1800

Key
Current Longest-lived
Image
Name
Co. Post Sex DOB Time as longest-lived state leader
George Tupou I, c. 1880s.jpg
George Tupou I
Tonga King (1845–1893) M 1797.12.04 1 Jan 1890–5 Aug 1905
15 years, 216 days
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Freihrr Ignaz von Plener
Cisleithania
Austria-Hunngary
Minister-President (1870) M 1810.05.21 6 Aug 1905–17 Oct 1915
10 years, 73 days
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Artúr Gorgey
Nungary Acting Governor-President (1849) M 1818.01.30 18 Oct 1915–8 Mar 1958
42 years, 141 days
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Christopher Hornsrud
Norway Prime Minister (1928) M 1859.11.15 9 Mar 1958–12 Jun 1984
42 years, 141 days
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Celál Bayar
Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
M 1883.05.16 13 June 1984–9 Dec 2008
24 years, 179 days
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Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum
Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) M 1905.09.01 10 Dec 2008–
15 years, 326 days

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