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.

Gallery

Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962
2nd Oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
3rd-Oldest:
France
served: 1962
15th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 09/26/2024
Cell colors

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
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
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
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
11	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 117 days
12	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
13	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
14	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
15	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	100 years, 327 days
16	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
17	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting Leader (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
18	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
19	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
20	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 231 days
21	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 207 days
22	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
23	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
23	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
25	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
26	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	99 years, 361 days
27	Johan Ferrier	Surimane	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
28	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
29	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
23–30	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
31	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
32	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
33	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
34	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
35	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 78 days
36	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 71 days
37	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
38	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
39	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Member of the Committee of teh Sovereignty (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
40	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
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
42	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
43	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
44	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
45	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
46	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
47	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
48	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
49	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 199 days
50	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 192 days
51	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 182 days
52	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
53	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
54	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
55	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
56	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 120 days
57	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
58	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
59	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
60	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
61	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
62	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
63	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
64	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
65	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
66	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
67	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
68	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	97 years, 328 days
69	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
70	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
71	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
72	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 292 days
73	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
74	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 266 days
75	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
76	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
77	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
78	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
79	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
80	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
81	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
82	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 174 days
83	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
84	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
85	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
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
87	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
88	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
89	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
90	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
91	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
92	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
93	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
94	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 277 days
95	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
96	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
97	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
98	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
99	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 235 days
100	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days

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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, 139 days	96 years, 235 days
2	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 138 days	96 years, 234 days
3	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 30 days	96 years, 126 days
4	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	95 years, 339 days	96 years, 69 days
5	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 147 days	95 years, 243 days
6	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	95 years, 137 days	95 years, 233 days
7	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	95 years, 69 days	95 years, 165 days
8	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	1929	Alive	95 years, 10 days	95 years, 106 days
9	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	94 years, 344 days	95 years, 74 days
10	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	94 years, 320 days	95 years, 50 days

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

The following individuals might be older than *#100–1* on this list, but their exact dates of birth are uncertain.
Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
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

From	Until	State Leader	State	Sex	Birth
??	18 Feb 1893	George Tupou I	Tonga	M	4 Dec 1797
18 Feb 1893	20 Mar 1894	Lajos Kossuth	Hungary	M	19 Sept 1802
20 Mar 1894	14 May 1897	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	19 Oct 1802
14 May 1897	26 Feb 1899	Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria-Hungary	M	17 Jul 1806
26 Feb 1899	12 Apr 1900	Tomás Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	27 Jan 1810
12 Apr 1900	20 Jul 1903	Pope Leo XIII	Holy See	M	2 Mar 1810
20 July 1903	17 Feb 1908	Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	M	21 May 1810
17 Feb 1908	21 May 1918	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	M	30 Jan 1818
21 May 1918	10 Dec 1917	Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	27 Dec 1823
10 Dec 1917	14 May 1923	Charles de Freycinet	France	M	14 Nov 1828
14 May 1923	2 Jul 1924	Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	25 Feb 1835
2 Jul 1924	9 July 1930	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Holy See	M	5 Dec 1836
9 Jul 1930	10 Mar 1932	Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	8 Jun 1838
10 Mar 1932	6 Sept 1935	Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	15 Nov 1841
6 Sept 1935	29 Jul 1935	François Denys Légitime	Haiti	M	20 Nov 1841
29 July 1935	29 May 1937	Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	M	28 Apr 1844
29 May 1937	12 September 1939	Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	22 January 1848
12 September 1939	6 August 1945	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	22 March 1849
6 August 1945	16 February 1948	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	M	10 April 1851
16 February 1948	25 July 1949	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	M	28 July 1854
25 July 1949	23 July 1951	Philippe Petain	France	M	24 April 1856
23 July 1951	21 July 1952	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	M	6 May 1856
21 July 1952	12 December 1960	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	15 November 1859
12 December 1960	15 May 1966	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	26 February 1868
15 May 1966	25 February 1968	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	28 May 1871
25 February 1968	14 August 1969	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	15 March 1872
14 August 1969	28 March 1972	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	4 August 1873
28 March 1972	14 February 1973	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	2 August 1874
14 February 1973	25 July 1973	Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	M	10 July 1875
25 July 1973	9 February 1974	Federico Páez	Ecuador	M	4 June 1877
9 February 1974	19 September 1977	Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	20 May 1879
19 September 1977	22 March 1978	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	31 August 1879
22 March 1978	14 April 1978	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	15 February 1882
14 April 1978	22 August 1986	Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	16 May 1883
22 August 1986	14 May 1988	Willem Drees	Natherlands	M	5 July 1886
14 May 1988	20 January 1990	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	3 December 1887
20 January 1990	14 December 1990	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	9 May 1889
14 December 1990	13 December 1994	Antoine Pinay	France	M	30 December 1891
13 December 1994	10 April 1995	Morarji Desai	India	M	29 February 1896
10 April 1995	15 January 1998	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	M	4 July 1898
15 January 1998	13 July 1998	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece (Kingdom)	M	1901
13 July 1998	8 February 2000	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	23 September 1902
8 February 2000	31 October 2002	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	27 July 1903
31 October 2002	10 July 2004	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	M	26 April 1904
10 July 2004	22 January 2009	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Democratic Kampuchea	M	1 September 1905
22 January 2009	4 January 2010	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	12 May 1910
4 January 2010	15 March 2012	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	M	11 January 1911
15 March 2012	9 August 2013	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	M	9 October 1912
9 August 2013	30 January 2017	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	M	3 July 1914
30 January 2017	1 October 2018	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	2 March 1917
1 October 2018	17 January 2019	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	2 March 1917
17 January 2019	29 November 2019	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	27 May 1918
29 November 2019	25 May 2020	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	26 February 1919
25 May 2020	7 December 2021	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	29 January 1921
7 December 2021	8 July 2022	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	4 October 1921
8 Jul 2022	11 Oct 2023 Alive	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	9 February1924
11 Oct 2023		Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	M	4 November 1923

References

List of longest-living state leaders

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