List of longest-living state leaders

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.

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
  Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  15th-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/18/2024
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Age Range Color Age Range Thistle 104 years 0 days to 104 years, 365/366 days Light blue 103 years 0 days to 103 years, 365/366 days Gainsboro 102 years 0 days to 102 years, 365/366 days Linen 101 years 0 days to 101 years, 365/366 days Gold 100 years 0 days to 100 years, 365/366 days Tuscany 99 years, 0 days to 99 years , 365 days Amber 98 years, 0 days to 98 years , 365 days Pumpkin 97 years, 0 days to 97 years , 365 days Silver 96 years, 0 days to 96 years , 365 days Mint green Uncertain age Columbia Blue Living (any age) No. Name State Position Birth Death Age Date Entered the Main List 1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum  Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days 2008.01.01 2 Celâl Bayar  Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days 2008.01.01 3 Antoine Pinay  France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days 2008.01.01 4 André Prunet-Foch  Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days 15 June 2008 Bowell 5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni   Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days 2008.01.01 6 Babiker Awadalla  Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days 2011.09.12 Dahayanake 7 Willem Drees  Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days 2008.01.01 8 Đỗ Mười  Vietnam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) 1917 2018 101 years, 243 days 2011.08.03 Athanasiadis-Novas 9 Zhang Qun  Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days 2008.01.01 10 Yasuhiro Nakasone  Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days 2013.01.15 Bello Codesido 11 Piet de Jong  Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 117 days 2009.04.05 Mancheno Cajas 12 Hyun Soong-jong  South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 89 days 2013.12.15 al-Dawalibi 13 Bernardino González Ruiz  Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days 2008.01.01 14 Christopher Hornsrud  Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days 2008.01.01 15 Guillermo Rodríguez  Ecuador Acting President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 101 years, 44 days 2020.009.15 Schaffner 16 Mustafa Ben Halim  Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days 2016.04.27 al-Hakim 17 Telmo Vargas  Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days 2008.01.01 18 Francisco Morales Bermúdez  Peru Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) 1921 2022 100 years, 283 days 2017.02.05 Durán Ballén 19 Hau Pei-tsun  Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days 2014.06.29 Juliana 20 Khamtai Siphandone  Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) 1924 Alive 100 years, 314 days 2019.08.14 Sarasin 21 Tomiichi Murayama  Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 290 days 2019.09.17 Mugabe 22 Luis Echeverría  Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days 2017.06.17 Levingston 23 Xenophon Zolotas  Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days 2008.01.01 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar  Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020 2015.01.16 Villegas Pulido Bustamante y Rivero 25 Abdul Salam Sabrah  Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days 2008.01.01 26 Jimmy Carter  United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 78 days 2020.08.08 Romero Pereira 27 Johan Ferrier  Surimane President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days 2008.01.01 28 Tun Tin  Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days 2015.10.29 Pettirpierre 29 Gulzarilal Nanda  India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days 2008.01.01 23–30 Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein  Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days 2008.01.01 31 Mohammed Karim Lamrani  Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days 2014.02.23 Parhon 32 Anthony Mamo  Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) 1909 2008 99 years, 113 days 2008.01.01 Original 33 Michail Stasinopoulos  Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days 2008.01.01 34 Clifford Campbell  Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days 2008.01.01 35 Mahathir Mohamad  Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 161 days 2021.08.20 Michael I 36 Mohammad Hasan Sharq  Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 154 days 2021.12.25 Gotō 37 Morarji Desai  India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days 2008.01.01 38 Võ Chí Công  Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days 2008.01.01 39 Abdel Halim Muhammad  Sudan Member of the Committee of teh Sovereignty (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days 2008.01.01 40 Ċensu Tabone  Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days 2008.01.01 27–41 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 2008.01.01 42 Ali Hassan Mwinyi  Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days 2021.05.22 Mintoff 43 Prem Tinsulanonda  Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) 1920 2019 98 years, 273 days 2015.09.15 Dragosavac 44 Pierre Harmel  Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days 2008.01.01 Original 45 Howard Cooke  Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days 2010.01.08 Duffus 46 Joseph Paul-Boncour  France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days 2008.01.01 47 Konstantinos Mitsotakis  Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days 2013.07.21 Dharmasakti 48 Isidro Ayora  Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days 2008.01.01 49 Émile Reuter  Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 199 days 2008.01.01 50 Mamadou Dia  Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 192 days 2008.01.01 Original 51 Aden Adde  Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 182 days 2008.01.01 Original 52 Nouhak Phoumsavanh  Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 154 days 2008.01.01 Original 53 Lê Đức Anh  Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 143 days 2016.01.18 Nguyễn Văn Tâm 54 Émile Derlin Zinsou  Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days 2012.11.03 Graber 55 Borys Martos  Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 123 days 2008.01.01 56 Abdoulaye Wade  Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 203 days 2022.10.13 Deustua 57 Artúr Görgei  Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days 2008.01.01 58 Lubomír Štrougal  Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days 2020.08.30 Balaguer 59 Jean  Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days 2016.03.17 Sédar Senghor 60 Gough Whitlam  Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days 2010.10.11 Todd 61 Giorgio Napolitano  Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days 2021.08.05 Cansanção 62 Venceslau Brás  Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days 2008.01.01 63 Claude Rostain  Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days 2011.06.10 Louisy 64 R. Venkataraman  India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days 2008.01.01 65 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám  Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days 2008.01.01 66 Gabriel París Gordillo  Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days 2008.01.01 67 Miloš Jakeš  Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days 2018.01.13 Sebastian 68 Valdas Adamkus  Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 45 days 2023.03.23 Elizabeth II 69 Abdelsalam Majali  Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days 2022.05.23 Lascuráin 70 Wellington Koo  China Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) 1888 1985 97 years, 289 days 2008.01.01 71 Kenan Evren  Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) 1917 2015 97 years, 296 days 2012.02.09 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol 72 Raif Dizdarević  Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 98 years, 9 days 2023.06.06 Ek Yi Oun (uncertain DOB/DOD) 73 Baron Ignaz von Plener  Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary) Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days 2008.01.01 74 Domhnall Ua Buachalla  Irish Free State Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 266 days 2008.01.01 75 Abdelmalek Benhabyles  Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days 2016.07.26 Philippe Pétain 76 Francesc Badia Batalla  Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days 2020.02.04 Belisario Betancur 77 Arnaldo Forlani  Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days 2022.02.15 Federico Chaves 78 Ramón José Velásquez  Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days 2011.04.04 Malietoa Tanumafili II 79 He Yingqin  Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days 2008.01.01 80 Lee Teng-hui  Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days 2018.06.13 Tahar Ben Ammar 81 Liam Cosgrave  Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days 2015.04.17 Saeb Salam 82 Thanin Kraivichien  Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 257 days 2023.10.23 Pedro Richter Prada 83 Alfredo Solf y Muro  Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days 2008.01.01 84 Patricio Aylwin  Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days 2013.08.30 Martti Miettunen 85 Armando Villanueva  Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days 2010.01.13 Phạm Văn Đồng 86 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 2008.01.01 87 Martial Célestin  Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days 2008.01.01 Original 88 Gheorghe Apostol  Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days 2008.01.01 Original 89 Kenneth Kaunda  Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days 2020.02.04 Ciampi 90 Walter Scheel  Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) 1919 2016 97 years, 47 days 2014.05.25 Aguinaldo 91 Helmut Schmidt  Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days 2013.10.10 Chamorro Vargas 92 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte  Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days 2008.01.01 93 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka  Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days 2008.01.01 Original 94 Camille Huysmans  Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 277 days 2008.01.01 95 Yitzhak Shamir  Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days 2009.11.06 Rajogopalachari 96 Federico Páez  Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days 2008.01.01 97 Habib Bourguiba  Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) 1903 2000 96 years, 247 days 2008.01.01 98 Vyacheslav Molotov  Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days 2008.01.01 99 Kim Yong-nam  North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 318 days 2024.08.16 Kollias 100 Yang Hyong-sop  North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1926 2022 96 years, 224 days 2021.11.13 Echandi Jiménez Next to Join No. 'Name State Position Birth Death Age Age by 2024.12.31 1 Arnold Rüütel  Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) 1928 Alive 96 years, 222 days 96 years, 235 days 2 Arthur Foulkes  Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 221 days 96 years, 234 days 3 Péter Boross  Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928 Alive 96 years, 113 days 96 years, 126 days 4 Zhu Rongji  China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928 Alive 96 years, 56 days 96 years, 69 days 5 Édouard Balladur  France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929 Alive 95 years, 230 days 95 years, 243 days 6 Sam Nujoma  Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929 Alive 95 years, 220 days 95 years, 233 days 7 Sir Orville Turnquest  Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929 Alive 95 years, 152 days 95 years, 165 days 8 Jamshid bin Abdullah  Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929 Alive 95 years, 93 days 95 years, 106 days 9 Violeta Chamorro  Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997) 1929 Alive 95 years, 61 days 95 years, 74 days 10 Gombojavyn Ochirbat  Mongolia General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929 Alive 95 years, 37 days 95 years, 50 days Addendum Uncertain DOB Name State Position Birth Death Age The following individuals might be older than #100–1 on this list, but their exact dates of birth are uncertain. Ek Yi Oun  Cambodia Prime Minister (1958) 1910 2013 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days Konstantinos Kollias –Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1890 State Leaders born after 1800 Key Current Longest-living Former Longest-living Name State Sex Birth Time Eldest Death This is a corresponding list of the eldest living state leaders of their time George Tupou I  Tonga M 1797 1890 1893 95 years, 76 days Lajos Kossuth  Hungary M 1802 1893 1894 91 years, 183 days Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol  Guatemala M 1802 1894 1897 94 years, 207 days Count Bernhard von Rechberg  Austria-Hungary M 1806 1897 1899 92 years 224 days Tomas Gormensoro Albin  Uruguay M 1810 1899 1900 90 years, 78 days Pope Leo XIII  Holy See M 1810 1900 1903 93 years, 140 days Freihrr Ignaz von Plener  Austria-Hungary M 1810 1903 1908 97 years, 272 days Artúr Görgei  Hungary M 1818 1908 1916 98 years, 113 days Mackenzie Bowell  Canada M 1823 1916 1917 93 years, 349 days Charles de Freycinet  France M 1828 1917 1923 94 years, 181 days Matsukata Masayoshi  Japan M 1835 1923 1924 89 years, 127 days Vincenzo Vannutelli  Holy See M 1836 1924 1930 93 years, 216 days Paolo Boselli  Italy M 1838 1930 1932 93 years, 272 days Francisco Andrade Marín  Ecuador M 1841 1932 1935 92 years, 295 days François Denys Légitime  Haiti M 1841 1935 1935 93 years, 251 days Lizardo Garcia  Ecuador M 1844 1935 1937 93 years, 34 days Eliodoro Villazón  Bolivia M 1848 1937 1939 91 years, 233 days Alejandro Deustua Peru M 1849 1939 1945 96 years, 137 days Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido  Venezuela M 1854 1945 1949 94 years, 362 days Philippe Petain  France M 1856 1949 1951 95 years, 90 days Pedro Lascurain  Mexico M 1856 1949 1952 96 years, 74 days Christopher Hornsrud  Norway M 1859 1952 1960 101 years, 27 days Venceslau Brás  Brazil M 1868 1960 1966 98 years, 78 days Emiliano Chamorro Vargas  Nicaragua M 1871 1966 1966 94 years, 291 days Camille Huysmans  Belgium M 1871 1966 1968 96 years, 275 days Alfredo Solf y Muro  Peru M 1872 1968 1969 97 years, 152 days Joseph Paul-Boncour  France M 1873 1969 1972 98 years, 237 days Émile Reuter  Luxembourg M 1874 1972 1973 98 years, 196 days Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám  Hungary M 1875 1973 1973 98 years, 15 days Federico Páez  Ecuador M 1877 1973 1974 96 years, 250 days Borys Martos  Ukraine M 1879 1974 1977 98 years, 123 days Isidro Ayora  Ecuador M 1879 1977 1978 98 years, 203 days Federico Chaves  Paraguay M 1882 1978 1978 96 years, 67 days Celál Bayar  Türkiye M 1883 1978 1986 103 years, 98 days Willem Drees  Natherlands M 1886 1986 1988 101 years, 312 days Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni  Japan M 1887 1988 1990 102 years, 48 days Zhang Qun  Taiwan M 1889 1990 1990 101 years, 219 days Antoine Pinay  France M 1891 1990 1994 102 years, 348 days Morarji Desai  India M 1896 1994 1995 99 years, 41 days Gulzarilal Nanda M 1898 1995 1998 99 years, 195 days Konstantinos Kollias  Greece (Kingdom) M 1901 1998 1998 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days Ion Gheorghe Maurer  Romania M 1902 1998 2000 97 years, 138 days Michail Stasinopoulos  Greece M 1903 2000 2002 99 years, 142 days Xenophon Zolotas M 1904 2002 2004 100 years, 45 days Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum   Democratic Kampuchea M 1905 2004 2009 103 years, 143 days Johan Ferrier  Suriname M 1910 2009 2010 99 years, 23u days Bernardino González Ruiz  Panama M 1911 2010 2012 101 years, 64 days Telmo Vargas  Ecuador M 1912 2012 2013 100 years, 304 days André Prunet-Foch  Andorra M 1914 2013 2017 102 years, 212 days Đỗ Mười  Vietnam M 1917 2017 2018 101 years, 241 days Babiker Awadalla  Sudan M 1917 2018 2019 101 years, 322 days Yasuhiro Nakasone  Japan M 1918 2019 2019 101 years, 186 days Hyun Soong-jong  South Korea M 1919 2019 2020 101 years, 89 days Mustafa Ben Halim  Libya M 1921 2020 2021 100 years, 312 days Francisco Morales Bermúdez  Peru M 1921 2021 2022 100 years, 283 days Khamtai Siphandone  Laos M 1924 2022 2023 Alive 100 years, 314 days Guillermo Rodriguez  Ecuador M 1923 2023 Alive 101 years, 44 days See also Current Lists of longest-living cardinals and state leaders List of oldest living state leaders Lists of state leaders by age List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants) Records of heads of state List of longest-living cardinals Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders Longest-lived state leaders by country List of Former longest living state leaders Comparison of Monarchs (list) Kage (Naruto) Lists of Philippine Officials by age Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (31 December 2027) Longest lived Spouses of National Leaders Philippine Congress Membership if the Philippines followed The US Congress allocations References