Original listings of longest-living state leaders
Gallery
Oldest ever:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
2nd-Oldest ever:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962
3rd-Oldest ever:
France
served: 1962
4th-oldest ever:
Japan
Prince Naruhikko Higashikuni
served: 1972–1976
List
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum |  Democratic Kampuchea |
Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | Alive | 103 years, 88 days |
| 2 | Xenophon Zolotas |  Greece
|
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
| 3 | Anthony Mamo |  Malta
|
Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
| 4 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece
|
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
| 5 | Johan Ferrier |  Surimane
|
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | alive | 98 years, 200 days |
| 6 | Mamadou Dia |  Senegal
|
President (1960–1962) | 1910 | alive | 98 years, 133 days |
| 7 | Aden Adde |  Somalia
|
President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
| 8 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh |  Laos
|
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
| 9 | Gabriel París Gordillo |  Colombia
|
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
| 10 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | Alive | 97 years, 360 days |
| 11 | Bernardino González Ruiz |  Panama
|
Acting President (1963) | 1911 | Alive | 97 years, 322 days |
| 12 | Pierre Harmel |  Belgium
|
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | Alive | 97 years, 257 days |
| 13 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | .svg){kind=small} Romania
|
President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
| 14 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | .svg){kind=small} Yemen
|
Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | Alive | 96 years, 332 days |
| 15 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | .svg){kind=small} Tuvan People's Republic
|
Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
| 16 | Habib Bourguiba |  Tunisia
|
Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
| 13–17 | Konstantinos Kollias | .svg){kind=small} Greece
|
Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
| 18 | Võ Chí Công |  Vietnam
|
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | Alive | 96 years, 113 days |
| 19 | Hans Schaffner |  Switzerland
|
President (1966) | 1908 | 2004 | 95 years, 346 days |
| 20 | Joaquín Balaguer |  Dominican Republic
|
President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) |
1906 | 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 21 | Fred Degazon |  Dominica
|
President (1979–1980) | 1913 | 2008 | 95 years, 274 days |
| 17–22 | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia
|
Interim president (1969) | 1912 | Alive | 95 years, 209 days to 96 years, 208 days |
| 23 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania
|
First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | Alive | 95 years, 196 days |
| 24 | Pote Sarasin |  Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1957) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 187 days |
| 25 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta
|
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | Alive | 96 years, 119 days |
| 26 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegal
|
President (1960 - 1980) | 1906 | 2001 | 95 years, 72 days |
| 27 | Petar Stambolić | .svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
Prime Minister (1963 - 1967) President (1982-1983) |
1912 | 2007 | 95 years, 71 days |
| 28 | Martial Célestin |  Haiti
|
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | Alive | 95 years, 55 days |
| 29 | Saeb Salam |  Lebanon
|
Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 4 days |
| 30 | Hassan ibn Yahya |  Kingdom of Yemen
|
Prime Minister (1948–1955) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 0 days |
| 31 | Juliana |  Netherlands
|
Queen (1948–1980) | 1909 | 2004 | 94 years, 325 days |
| 32 | Maaraouf Dawalibi | .svg){kind=small} Syria
|
Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962) | 1909 | 2004 | 94 years, 292 days |
| 33 | Martti Miettunen |  Finland
|
Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977) | 1907 | 2002 | 94 years, 277 days |
|
34|| data-sort-value="Dharmasakti, Sanya" |Sanya Dharmasakti |
Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1973–1975) | 1907 | 2002 | 94 years, 276 days | |
| 35 | Héctor Trujillo | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador
|
President (1952–1960) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 196 days |
| 36 | Wijeyananda Dahayanake |  Sri Lanka
|
Prime Minister (1959–1960) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 194 days |
| 37 | André Prunet-Foch |  Andorra
|
French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | Alive | 94 years, 148 days |
| 38 | Malietoa Tanumafili II |  Samoa
|
O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993) | 1913 | 2007 | 94 years, 127 days |
| 39 | Mikhail Solometsev |  Soviet Union
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1983–1988) | 1913 | 2008 | 94 years, 100 days |
| 40 | Garfield Todd | .svg){kind=small} Southern Rhodesia
|
Prime Minister (1953–1958) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 92 days |
| 41 | Phạm Văn Đồng | .svg){kind=small} North Vietnam
|
Prime Minister (1955–1987) | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 59 days |
| 42 | Herbert Duffus |  Jamaica
|
Acting Governor-General (1973) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 56 days |
| 43 | Alfonso López Michelsen | Colombia
|
President (1972–1976) | 1913 | 2007 | 94 years, 11 days |
| 44 | Anibal Portillo |  El Salvador
|
Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961-1962) | 1914 | Alive | 93 years, 344 days |
| 45 | Alfredo Stroessener |  Paraguay
|
President and Dictator (1954&ndash1989) | 1912 | 2006 | 93 years, 276 days |
| 46 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands |
Prime Minister (1967-1971) | 1915 | Alive | 93 years, 227 days |
| 47 | Victor Paz Estensorro |  Bolivia
|
President (1952-1956, 1962-1964, 1985-1989) | 1907 | 2001 | 93 years, 248 days |
| 48 | Zenko Suzuki | .svg){kind=small} Japan
|
Prime Minister (1980–1982) | 1911 | 2004 | 93 years, 190 days |
| 49 | Gerald Ford |  United States
|
President (1974-1977) | 1913 | 2006 | 93 years, 165 days |
| 50 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | .svg){kind=small} Costa Rica
|
President (1958–1962) | 1915 | Alive | 93 years, 164 days |
| 51 | The Lord Porritt |  New Zealand
|
Governor-General (1967-1972) | 1900 | 1994 | 93 years, 144 days |
| 52 | Pierre Pflimlin |  France
|
Prime Minister (1958) | 1907 | 2000 | 93 years, 143 days |
| 53 | Ronald Reagan | United States
|
President (1981-1989) | 1911 | 2004 | 93 years, 120 days |
| 54 | Luis Alberto Sánchez |  Peru
|
Prime Minister (1989) | 1900 | 1994 | 93 years, 117 days |
| 55 | Yithak Shamir |  Israel
|
Prime Minister (1983-1984, 1986-1992) | 1915 | Alive | 93 years, 44 days |
| 56 | Hugo Ballivián | Bolivia
|
President (1951–1952) | 1901 | 1993 | 93 years, 38 days |
| 57 | Giovanni Leone |  Italy
|
Prime Minister (1963, 1968, 1971–1978) | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 37 days |
| 58 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica
|
Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | Alive | 93 years, 13 days |
| 59 | Armando Villanueva | Peru
|
Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | alive | 93 years, 0 days |
| 60 | James Callaghanlater Baron Callaghan of Cardiff | .svg){kind=small} United Kingdom
|
Prime Minister (1976–1979) | 1912 | 2005 | 92 years, 364 days |
| 61 | Maurice Couve de Murville | France
|
Prime Minister (1968-1969) | 1907 | 1999 | 92 years, 334 days |
| 62 | Thamon Kittikachorn | Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1958, 1963-1973) | 1911 | 2004 | 92 years. 310 days |
| 63 | Rafael Caldera |  Venezuela
|
President (1969-1974, 1994-1999) | 1916 | Alive | 92 years, 309 days |
| 64 | José Joaquín Trejos Fernández | Costa Rica
|
President (1958–1962) | 1916 | Alive | 92 years, 224 days |
| 65 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | Sri Lanka
|
Prime Minister (1969- 1993) President (1993-1994) |
1916 | 2008 | 92 years, 219 days |
| 66 | Efraim Katzir | Israel
|
President (1973–1978) | 1916 | Alive | 92 years, 209 days |
| 67 | Gough Whitlam |  Australia
|
Prime Minister (1973–1978) | 1916 | Alive | 92 years, 140 days |
| 68 | Dom Mintoff | Malta
|
President (1955–1958, 1971–1984) | 1916 | Alive | 92 years, 114 days |
| 69 | Allan Louisy |  Saint Lucia
|
Prime Minister (1973–1978) | 1916 | Alive | 92 years, 84 days |
| 70 | Alec Douglas-Homeformsly The Earl of Home later Baron Home of the Hirsel | United Kingdom
|
Prime Minister (1963–1964) | 1903 | 1995 | 92 years, 98 days |
| 71 | Seni Pramoj | Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1945–1946, 1975, 1976) | 1905 | 1997 | 92 years, 63 days |
| 72 | Nazim al-Qudsi |  Syria
|
Prime Minister (1949, 1950-1951)
President (1961-1963) |
1906 | 1998 | 91 years, 357 days |
| 73 | Claude Rostain | Andorra
|
French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | Alive | 91 years, 348 days |
| 74 | Đỗ Mười | Vietnam
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) |
1917 | Alive | 91 years, 300 days |
| 75 | Joseph Conombo |  Burkina Faso
|
Prime Minister (1978-1980) | 1917 | Alive | 91 years, 293 days |
| 76 | Amintore Fanfani | Italy
|
Prime Minister (1954,1958-1959,1960-1963, 1982-1983,1987)
President (Interim) (1978) |
1908 | 1999 | 91 years, 287 days |
| 77 | Andrés Rivero Agüero |  Cuba
|
Prime Minister (1957-1958) | 1905 | 1996 | 91 years, 278 days |
| 78 | René Pleven | France
|
Prime Minister (1950–1951, 1951–1952) | 1901 | 1993 | 91 years, 273 days |
| 79 | Kiro Gligorov |  North Macedonia
|
President (1991–1999) | 1917 | Alive | 91 years, 209 days |
| 80 | Ne Win | .svg){kind=small} Burma
|
Prime Minister of Burma (1958-1960, 1962-1974)
President of Burma (1974-1981) |
1911 | 2002 | 91 years, 195 days |
| 81 | Pierre Messmer | France
|
Prime Minister (1972-1974) | 1916 | 2007 | 91 years 162 days |
| 82 | Nnamdi Azikiwe |  Nigeria
|
President (1963-1966) | 1904 | 1995 | 91 years, 177 days |
| 83 | Abdul Rahman Arif |  Iraq
|
President (1966-1968) | 1916 | 2007 | 91 years, 135 days |
| 84 | Roland Michener | .svg){kind=small} Canada
|
Governor-General (1967–1978) | 1900 | 1991 | 91 years, 109 days |
| 85 | Augusto Pinochet |  Chile
|
President (1973-1990) | 1915 | 2006 | 91 years, 15 days |
| 86 | P. W. Botha | .svg){kind=small} South Africa
|
Prime Minister (1978-1984)
State President (1984-1989) |
1916 | 2006 | 90 years, 292 days |
| 87 | Takeo Fukuda | Japan | Prime Minister (1978) | 1905 | 1993 | 90 years, 172 days |
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| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Mamo | Malta
|
Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | alive | 90 years, 357 days | ||
| Maarouf al-Dawalibi | Syria
|
Prime Minister (1941, 195–1960) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 278 days | ||
| Juliana | Netherlands | Queen (1948–1980) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 246 days | ||
| Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia
|
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | Alive | 89 years, 299 days | ||
| Abdel Halim Muhamad | .svg){kind=small} Sudan
|
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | alive | 89 years, 267 days | ||
| Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos
|
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | alive | 89 years, 266 days | ||
| Johan Ferrier | Suriname
|
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | alive | 89 years, 234 days | ||
| Mamadou Dia | Senegal
|
President (1960–1962) | 1910 | alive | 89 years, 167 days | ||
| R. Venkararaman |  India
|
President (1987–1992) | 1910 | Alive | 89 years, 28 days | ||
| Ek Yi Oun |  Cambodia
|
Prime Minister (1958) | 1910 | Alive | 89 years, 1 day to 90 years, 0 days | ||
| Bernardino González Ruiz | Panama
|
Acting President (1963) | 1911 | Alive | 88 years, 355 days | ||
| Zenko Suzuki | Japan
|
Prime Minister (1980–1982) | |||||
| Ronald Reagan | United States
|
President (1981-1989) | 1911 | alive | 88 years, 329 days | ||
| Pierre Harmel | Belgium
|
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | Alive | 88 years, 291 days | ||
| Abdul Salam Sabrah | Yemen
|
Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | Alive | 88 years, 0 days | ||
| Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Tuvan People's Republic
|
Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | |||||
| Petar Stambolić | Yugoslavia
|
Prime Minister (1963 - 1967) President (1982-1983) |
1912 | alive | 87 years, 173 days | ||
| Võ Chí Công | Vietnam
|
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | Alive | 87 years, 147 days | ||
| Telmo Vargas | France
|
Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | alive | 87 years, 84 days | ||
| Alfredo Stroessner | Paraguay
|
Dictator and President (1954-1989) | 1912 | alive | 87 years, 59 days | ||
| Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia
|
Interim president (1969) | 1912 | Alive | 87 years, 1 day to 88 years, 0 days | ||
| Fred Degazon | Dominica
|
President (1979–1980) | 1913 | alive | 86 years, 362 days | ||
| Malietoa Tanumafili II | Samoa
|
O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993) | |||||
| Ċensu Tabone | Malta
|
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | Alive | 86 years, 277 days | ||
| Gheorghe Apostol | Romania
|
First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | alive | 86 years, 230 days | ||
| Alfonso López Michelsen | Colombia
|
President (1972–1976) | 1913 | Alive | 86 years, 185 days | ||
| Pak Song-chol |  North Korea
|
Premier (1976–1977) | 1913 | alive | 86 years, 121 days | ||
| Martial Célestin | Haiti
|
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | Alive | 86 years, 89 days | ||
| Mikhail Solometsev | Soviet Union
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1983–1988) | 1913 | alive | 86 years, 55 days | ||
| André Prunet-Foch | Andorra
|
French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | Alive | 85 years, 182 days | ||
| Anibal Portillo | El Salvador
|
Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961-1962) | 1914 | Alive | 85 years, 12 days |