List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

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) and cardinals, born no earlier than 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. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days

State Leaders

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
  Turkey<bgoatr in/>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 11/1/2024

Color	Note
Columbia Blue	Living State Leaders

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, 363 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	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 267 days
20	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 243 days
21	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 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
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
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	100 years, 31 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
30	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
31	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
31	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 114 days
33	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 107 days
34	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
35	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
36	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
37	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
38	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
39	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
40	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
41	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
42	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
43	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
44	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
45	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
46	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 199 days
47	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 192 days
48	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 182 days
49	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	98 years, 156 days
50	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
51	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
52	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
53	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
54	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
55	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
56	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
57	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
58	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
59	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
60	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
61	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
62	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungarian Soviet Republic   Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
63	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
64	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	97 years, 364 days
65	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
66	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 328 days
67	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
68	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
69	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
70	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
71	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
72	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
73	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
74	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
75	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 210 days
76	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
77	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
78	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
79	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
80	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
81	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
82	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
83	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
84	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
85	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
86	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
87	Walter Scheel	Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
88	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
89	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
90	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	96 years, 271 days
91	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
92	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
93	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
94	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
95	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
96	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
97	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	Alive	96 years, 175 days
98	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	96 years, 174 days
99	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
100	Jiang Zemin	China	Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1989–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days

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No.	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2024.12.31
1	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	96 years, 66 days	96 years, 126 days
2	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	96 years, 9 days	96 years, 69 days
3	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 183 days	95 years, 243 days
4	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	1929	Alive	95 years, 173 days	95 years, 233 days
5	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	95 years, 105 days	95 years, 165 days
6	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	1929	Alive	95 years, 46 days	95 years, 106 days
7	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	95 years, 14 days	95 years, 74 days
8	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	94 years, 356 days	95 years, 50 days
9	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	94 years, 336 days	95 years, 30 days
10	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	94 years, 317 days	95 years, 11 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following persons might be older than 100-20 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
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
Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Unclear Status as State Leaders

The following persons might be older than 98-1 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
César Yanes Urias	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of the Government (1960-1961)	1920	Alive	104 years, 191 days
Josip Manolić	Croatians	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	1920	2024	104 years, 24 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992-1994)	1927	Alive	97 years, 267 days
Adnan Pachachi	Iraq	Prime Minister (2004)	1923	2019	96 years, 187 days

Unclear Status as State Leaders

The following persons might be older than 15-5 on the List but their Date of Birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Kim Yong-ju	North Korea	Vice President During Vacancy (1994-1998)	1920	2021	100 years, 348 days to 101 years, 347 days

Cardinals

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  Oldest:
   Italy
  Corrado Bafile

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  2nd-Oldest ever:
   Italy
  Loris Francesco Capovilla

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  3rd-Oldest:
   Colombia
  José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez

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  8th-Oldest ever:
   Argentina
  Estanislao Esteban Karlic

List

Color	Age Range
Columbia Blue	Living

No.	Cardinal	Country	Post	Birth	Death	Age
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005)	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
4	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024)	1925	2024	99 years, 212 days

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No.	Cardinal	Co.	Post	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 12-31-24
1	James Stafford	United States	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 98 days	92 years, 158 days
2	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 83 days	92 years, 143 days
3	Francis Arinze	Nigeria	Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 0 days	92 years, 60 days
4	Walter Kasper	Germany	Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 241 days	91 years, 301 days
5	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 218 days	91 years, 278 days
6	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 57 days	91 years, 117 days
7	Raffaele Farina SDB	Italy	Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 38 days	91 years, 98 days
8	Giovanni Battista Re	Italy	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present)	1934	Alive	90 years, 276 days	90 years, 336 days
9	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Vietman	Priest of San Giustino (2003–present)	1934	Alive	90 years, 241 days	90 years, 301 days
10	Francesco Monterisi	Italy	Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present)	1934	Alive	90 years, 157 days	90 years, 217 days

See also

• Current Lists of longest-living cardinals and state leaders
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Chronological List of longest-living cardinals and cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
• List of Former longest living state leaders
• Comparison of Monarchs (list)
• Kage (Naruto)
• Lists of Philippine Officials by age
• Longest lived Spouses of National Leaders
• Philippine Congress Membership if the Philippines followed The US Congress allocations
• Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
• Past longest-living cardinals
• List of current cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals