Original listings of longest-living state leaders
Gallery
- Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.png
Oldest ever:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960 - Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg
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
as of 01-01-2000
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celâl Bayar |  Türkiye |
Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
| 2 | Antoine Pinay |  France |
President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days |
| 3 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | .svg){kind=small} Japan
|
Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
| 4 | Willem Drees |  Netherlands
|
Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
| 5 | Zhang Qun |  Taiwan
|
Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
| 6 | Christopher Hornsrud |  Norway
|
Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
| 7 | Gulzarilal Nanda |  India
|
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
| 8 | Clifford Campbell |  Jamaica
|
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
| 9 | Morarji Desai | India
|
Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
| 7–10 | 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 |
| 11 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France
|
Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
| 12 | Isidro Ayora | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador
|
President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
| 13 | Émile Reuter |  –Luxembourg
|
Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
| 14 | .svg){kind=small} Ukraine
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days | |
| 15 | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days | |
| 16 | Venceslau Brás |  Brazil
|
President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
| 17 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
| 18 | Wellington Koo | .svg){kind=small} China
|
Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
| 19 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | .svg){kind=small} –Austria-Hungary
|
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
| 20 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla |  Irish Free State
|
Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
| 21 | He Yingqin | Taiwan
|
Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
| 22 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | .svg){kind=small} Peru
|
Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
| 23 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer |  Romania
|
President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) Presidents of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | Alive | 97 years, 100 days |
| 24 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | .svg){kind=small} Vatican City
|
Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 25 | Camille Huysmans |  Belgium
|
Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
| 26 | Federico Páez | Ecuador
|
President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
| 27 | Vyacheslav Molotov |  –Soviet Union
|
Premier (1930–1941 | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
| 22–28 | Konstantinos Kollias | .svg){kind=small} Greece
|
Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
| 29 | Michail Stasinopoulos |  Greece
|
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | alive | 96 years, 158 days |
| 30 | Habib Bourguiba | .svg){kind=small} Tunisia
|
Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | alive | 96 years, 151 days |
| 31 | Alejandro Deustua | –Peru
|
Prime Minister (1902) | 1849 | 1945 | 96 years, 137 days |
| 32 | Pedro Lascuráin |  Mexico
|
President (1913) | 1856 | 1952 | 96 years, 74 days |
| 33 | Federico Chaves | .png){kind=small} Paraguay
|
President (1949–1954) | 1882 | 1978 | 96 years, 68 days |
| 34 | Fumio Gotō | Japan
|
Acting Prime Minister (1936) | 1884 | 1980 | 96 years, 67 days |
| 35 | João Lins Cansanção |  Brazil
|
Prime Minister (1878–1880) | 1810 | 1906 | 96 years, 37 days |
| 36 | Tomás Romero Pereira | Paraguay
|
Provisional President (1954) | 1886 | 1982 | 95 years, 312 days |
| 37 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece
|
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | alive | 95 years, 250 days |
| 38 | Juan José Estrada | .svg){kind=small} Nicaragua
|
President (1910–1911) | 1872 | 1967 | 95 years, 191 days |
| 39 | Tahar Ben Ammar |  Tunisia
|
Prime Minister (1956) | 1889 | 1985 | 95 years, 166 days |
| 40 | Philippe Pétain | France
|
Prime Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940-1944) |
1856 | 1951 | 95 years, 90 days |
| 32–41 | Hassan al-Hakim | .svg){kind=small} Syria
|
Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951) | 1886 | 1982 | 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days |
| 42 | Nguyễn Văn Tâm |  South Vietnam
|
Prime Minister (1952–1954) | 1895 | 1990 | 95 years, 48 days |
| 43 | Max Petitpierre |  Switzerland
|
Federal Council Minister (1944-1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960) |
1899 | 1994 | 95 years, 27 days |
| 44 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido |  Venezuela
|
Interim President (1892) | 1854 | 1949 | 94 years, 362 days |
| José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | Peru
|
President (1945–1948) | 1894 | 1989 | ||
| 46 | Saeb Salam |  Lebanon
|
Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) | 1905 | alive | 94 years, 349 days |
| 47 | Emilio Aguinaldo | .svg){kind=small} Philippines
|
President (1899 – 1901) | 1869 | 1964 | 94 years, 321 days |
| 48 | Constantin Ion Parhon | .svg){kind=small} /.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
President (1948-1952) | 1874 | 1969 | 94 years, 298 days |
| 49 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas | Nicaragua
|
President (1917-1921) | 1871 | 1966 | 94 years, 291 days |
| 50 | Pote Sarasin |  Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1957) | 1905 | alive | 94 years, 282 days |
| 51 | Emilio Bello Codesido |  Chile
|
President (1925) | 1868 | 1963 | 94 years, 233 days |
| 52 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol |  Guatemala
|
President (1865) | 1802 | 1897 | 94 years, 207 days |
| 53 | Wijeyananda Dahayanake |  Sri Lanka
|
Prime Minister (1959–1960) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 194 days |
| 54 | Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas | Greece
|
Prime Minister (1965) | 1893 | 1987 | 94 years, 182 days |
| 55 | Charles de Freycinet | France
|
Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892) | 1828 | 1923 | 94 years, 181 days |
| 56 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum |  Cambodia |
Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | alive | 94 years, 122 days |
| 57 | Charles Tupper | .svg){kind=small} Canada
|
Prime Minister (1896) | 1821 | 1915 | 94 years, 120 days |
| 58 | C. Rajagopalachari | India
|
Governor-General (1946–1950) | 1878 | 1972 | 94 years, 15 days |
| 59 | Carlos Mancheno Cajas | Ecuador
|
President (1947) | 1902 | 1996 | 94 years, 2 days |
| 60 | Mackenzie Bowell |  !Canada
|
Prime Minister (1894–1896) | 1823 | 1917 | 93 years, 348 days |
| 61 | José Bordas Valdez |  Dominican Republic
|
President (1913-1914) | 1874 | 1968 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 62 | Phạm Văn Đồng |  &bsp;North Vietnam/State of Vietnam
|
Prime Minister (1955–1987) | 1906 | alive | 93 years, 306 days |
| 63 | Tiburcio Carías Andino | .svg){kind=small} Honduras
|
President (1932–1949) | 1876 | 1969 | 93 years, 283 days |
| 64 | Paolo Boselli | _crowned.svg){kind=small} Italy
|
Prime Minister (1916-1917, 1925-1926) | 1838 | 1932 | 93 years, 276 days |
| 65 | Edelmiro Julián Farrell |  Argentina |
President (1944–1946) | 1887 | 1980 | 93 years, 252 days |
| 66 | François Denys Légitime |  Haiti |
President (1888-1889) | 1841 | 1935 | 93 years, 251 days |
| 67 | Vincenzo Vannutelli |  Holy See
|
Acting Sovereign (1922) | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 68 | Sir Alexander Bustamante | Jamaica
|
Prime Minister (1962-1967) | 1884 | 1977 | 93 years, 163 days |
| 69 | Sandro Pertini | Italy
|
President (1978-1985) | 1896 | 1990 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 70 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt |  New Zealand
|
Governor-General (1967-1972) | 1900 | 1994 | 93 years, 144 days |
| 71 | Pope Leo XIII | Holy See
|
Pope (1878-1903) | 1810 | 1903 | 93 years, 140 days |
| 72 | Joaquín Balaguer | Dominican Republic
|
President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) | 1906 | alive | 93 years, 122 days |
| 73 | Luis Alberto Sánchez |  Peru
|
Prime Minister (1989) | 1900 | 1994 | 93 years, 117 days |
| 74 | Nikola Hristić | .svg){kind=small} Serbia
|
Prime Minister (1867–1868, 1883–1884, 1888–1889, 1894–1895) | 1818 | 1911 | 93 years, 108 days |
| 75 | William McKell |  Australia
|
Governor-General (1947–1953) | 1891 | 1985 | 93 years, 107 days |
| 76 | 'Léopold Sédar Senghor: |  Senegal
|
President (1960 - 1980) | 1906 | alive | 93 years, 84 days |
| 77 | Hugo Ballivián | .svg){kind=small} Bolivia
|
President (1951–1952) | 1901 | 1993 | 93 years, 38 days |
| 78 | Lizardo Garcia | Ecuador
|
President (1905-1906) | 1844 | 1937 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 79 | Bernardino Machado |  Portugal
|
Prime Minister (1914, 1921) President (1915-1917, 1925-1926) |
1851 | 1944 | 93 years, 32 days |
| 80 | Félix Gouin | France
|
Prime Minister (1946) President (1946) |
1884 | 1977 | 93 years, 21 days |
| 81 | Maurice Couve de Murville | France
|
Prime Minister (1968-1969) | 1907 | 1999 | 92 years, 334 days |
| 82 | Pierre Pflimlin | France
|
Prime Minister (1958) | 1907 | Alive | 92 years, 330 days |
| 83 | Yun Posun |  South Korea
|
President (1960–1962) | 1897 | 1990 | 92 years, 326 days |
| 84 | Harold Macmillan | United Kingdom
|
Prime Minister (1957–1963) | 1894 | 1986 | 92 years, 322 days |
| 85 | Éamon de Valera | Ireland
|
Taoiseach (1937–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1959) President (1959–1973) |
1883 | 1974 | 92 years, 319 days |
| 86 | Georges Theunis | Belgium
|
Prime Minister (1921-1925, 1934-1935) | 1873 | 1966 | 92 years. 310 days |
| 87 | Américo Tomás | &nbsh;Portugal
|
President (1958–1974) | 1894 | 1897 | 92 years, 303 days |
| 88 | Sanya Dharmasakti | Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1973–1975) | 1907 | Alive | 92 years, 271 days |
| 89 | Martti Miettunen |  Finland
|
Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977) | 1907 | Alive | 92 years, 259 days |
| 89–90 | Kiyoura Keigo | Japan
|
Prime Minister (1922-1924) | 1850 | 1942 | 92 years, 223 days or 92 years, 264 days |
| 91 | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando | Italy
|
Prime Minister (1917-1919) | 1860 | 1952 | 92 years, 196 days |
| 92 | Frank Forde | Australia
|
Prime Minister (1945) | 1890 | 1983 | 92 years, 194 days |
| 93 | Isaac Isaacs | Australia
|
Governor-General (1931–1936) |
1855 | 1948 | 92 years, 189 days |
| 94 | Mohammad Sa'ed |  Iran
|
Prime Minister (1944, 1948-1950) | 1881 | 1973 | 92 years, 187 days |
| 95 | Cesare Merzagora |  Italy
|
Acting President (1964) | 1898 | 1991 | 92 years, 173 days |
| 96 | Paul Magloire | Haiti
|
President (1950–1956) | 1907 | Alive | 92 years, 166 days |
| 97 | Heo Jeong | South Korea
|
Prime Minister (1960) | 1896 | 1988 | 92 years, 163 days |
| 98 | Gustaf V |  Sweden
|
King (1907-1950) | 1858 | 1950 | 92 years, 135 days |
| 99 | Victor Paz Estensorro |  Bolivia
|
President (1952-1956, 1962-1964, 1985-1989) | 1907 | alive | 92 years, 91 days |
| 100 | Alec Douglas-Home | United Kingdom
|
Prime Minister (1963–1964) | 1903 | 1995 | 92 years, 98 days |
Next to Enter
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Trujillo | Dominican
|
President (1952-1960) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 270 days |
| 2 | Hassan Ibn Yahya |  Yemen
|
Prime Minister (1969-1970) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 202 days |
| 3 | Garfield Todd | .svg){kind=small} South Rhodesia
|
Prime Minister (1953-1958) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 172 days |
| 4 | Herbert Duffus | Jamaica
|
Acting Governor-General (1973) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 124 days |
| 5 | Giovanni Leone | Italy
|
Prime Minister (1968) President (1971 1978) |
1908 | alive | 91 years, 61 days |
| 6 | Pierre Graber | Switzerland
|
President (1975) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 26 days |
| 7 | Aden Adde |  Somalia
|
President (1960-1967) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 23 days |
| 8 | Hans Schaffner | Switzerland
|
President (1966) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 23 days |
| 9 | Anthony Mamo |  Malta
|
President (1966) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 357 days |
| 10 | Maarouf al-Dawalibi | Syria
|
Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 278 days |
| 11 | Juliana of the Netherlands | The Netherlands
|
Queen (1948-1980) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 246 days |