List of oldest living state leaders

This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leadersTemplate:Efn-lg of sovereign states with significant international recognition. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years.

Gallery

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  Oldest living:
  Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

• 

  2nd-Oldest:
  Laos
  Khamtai Siphandone
  served: 1991–2006

• 

  3rd-oldest:
  Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served 1994–1996

• 

  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 10th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

• 

  Oldest living incumbent and 69th-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Key

Currently in Office

updated 12/21/2025
Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth'	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 Nov 1923	102 years, 47 days
2	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 Feb 1924	101 years, 316 days
3	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 Mar 1924	101 years, 293 days
4	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 Oct 1924	101 years, 81 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 Jul 1925	99 years, 164 days
6	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1a in 988–1989)	17 Jul 1925	99 years, 157 days
7	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	99 years, 206 days
8	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 Nov 1926	99 years, 48 days
9	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 Dec 1926	99 years, 12 days
10	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	98 years, 260 days
11	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 Feb 1928	97 years, 296 days
12	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	97 years, 225 days
13	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	97 years, 224 days
14	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 Aug 1928	97 years, 116 days
15	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 Oct 1928	97 years, 59 days
16	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	96 years, 233 days
17	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	96 years, 223 days
18	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	96 years, 155 days
19	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 Sept 1929	96 years, 96 days
20	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 Oct 1929	96 years, 64 days
21	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 Nov 1929	96 years, 36 days
22	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 Dec 1929	96 years, 20 days
23	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	20 Dec 1929	96 years, 1 day
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
25	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 Dec 1929	95 years, 358 days
26	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 Jan 1930	95 years, 352 days
27	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	3 Mar 1930	95 years, 293 days
28	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 Apr 1930	95 years, 250 days
29	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 Apr 1930	95 years, 261 days
30	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	95 years, 214 days
31	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 Jul 1930	95 years, 173 days
32	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	(Acting) Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 Oct 1930	95 years, 80 days
33	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 Nov 1930	95 years, 40 days
34	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 Nov 1930	95 years, 31 days
35	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 Dec 1930	95 years, 9 days
36	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 Jan 1931	94 years, 351 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
38	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 Jan 1931	94 years, 336 days
39	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 Feb 1931	94 years, 320 days
40	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 Mar 1931	94 years, 295 days
41	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017)	16 Mar 1931	94 years, 280 days
42	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	94 years, 215 days
43	Raúl Castro	Cuba	President of the Council of State (2006–2018) President of the Council of Ministers (2006–2018) First Secretary of the Communist Party (2011–2021)	3 Jun 1931	94 years, 201 days
44	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 Jun 1931	94 years, 186 days
45	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 Jul 1931	94 years, 146 days
46	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 Sep 1931	94 years, 83 days
47	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 Dec 1931	94 years, 20 days
48	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 Feb 1932	93 years, 310 days
49	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 Mar 1932	93 years, 281 days
50	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	93 years, 220 days
51	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 Jun 1932	93 years, 178 days
52	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 Aug 1932	93 years, 134 days
53	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 Aug 1932	93 years, 131 days
54	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 Sep 1932	93 years, 101 days
55	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 Sep 1932	93 years, 86 days
56	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 Oct 1932	93 years, 64 days
57	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 Oct 1932	93 years, 57 days
58	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 Nov 1932	93 years, 43 days
59	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 Nov 1932	93 years, 31 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
61	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the SPDC (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the USDP (1993–2011)	2 Feb 1933	92 years, 322 days
62	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 Feb 1933	92 years, 311 days
63	Mark Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 Apr 1933	92 years, 236 days
64	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	92 years, 217 days
65	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Türkiye	Acting President (1993)	8 Jun 1933	92 years, 196 days
66	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 Jun 1933	92 years, 189 days
67	Dumaagiin Sodnom|	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 Jul 1933	92 years, 160 days
68	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 Aug 1933	92 years, 137 days
69	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Military Leader (1982–1983)	11 Aug 1933	91 years, 363 days
70	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 Aug 1933	92 years, 114 days
71	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 Sep 1933	92 years, 101 days
72	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 Sept 1933	92 years, 92 days
73	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 Dec 1933	91 years, 364 days
74	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 Dec 1933	91 years, 363 days
75	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	91 years, 351 days
76	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	91 years, 344 days
77	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 Jan 1934	91 years, 328 days
78	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)	7 Feb 1934	91 years, 317 days
79	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 Mar 1934	91 years, 265 days
80	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 Mar 1934	91 years, 266 days
81	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 Apr 1934	91 years, 246 days
82	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)	29 Apr 1934	91 years, 236 days
83	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	91 years, 226 days
84	Heng Samrin	Deocratic Kampuchea  Cambodia	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	91 years, 210 days
85	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 Jun 1934	91 years, 200 days
86	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 Jun 1934	91 years, 198 days
87	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	19 Jun 1934	91 years, 185 days
88	Ricardo de la Espriella	Panama	President (1982–1984)	5 Sept 1934	91 years, 107 days
89	Apas Jumagulov	Kyrgyzstan	Prime Minister (1993–1998)	19 Sept 1934	91 years, 93 days
90	Eugene Koffi Adoboli	Togo	Prime Minister (1999–2000)	3 Oct 1934	91 years, 79 days
91	Yakubu Gowon	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)	19 Oct 1934	91 years, 63 days
92	Hamilton Green	Guyana	Prime Minister (1985–1992)	9 Nov 1934	91 years, 42 days
	Ingvar Carlsson	Sweden	Prime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)
94	Nicéphore Soglo	Benin	Acting Prime Minister (1990–1991) President (1991–1996)	29 November 1934	91 years, 22 days
95	Pratibha Patil	India	President (2007–2012)	19 Dec 1934	91 years, 12 days
96	Stjepan Mesić	Yugoslavia  Croatia	President of the Presidency (1991) President (2000–2010)	24 Dec 1934	90 years, 362 days
97	António Ramalho Eanes	Portugal	President of the Revolutionary Council (1976–1982) President (1976–1986)}}	25 Jan 1935	90 years, 330 days
98	Artur Rasizade	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)	26 Feb 1935	90 years, 298 days
99	Mohammed Basindawa	Yemen	Prime Minister (2011–2014)	4 Apr 1935	90 years, 261 days
100	Peter Hollingworth	Australia	Governor-General (2001–2003)	10 April 1935}}	90 years, 255 days
	P. J. Patterson	Jamaica	Prime Minister (1992–2006)

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #97–48 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1980–1987)	1932	92 years, 355 days to 93 years, 354 days
Severino Tura	San Marino	Captain Regent (1985)	1934	90 years, 355 days to 91 years, 354 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #97–10 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Ali Haroun	Algwria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 Feb 1927	98 years, 316 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 Oct 1929	96 years, 64 days
Karan Singh	Jammu and Kashmir	Prince Regent (1952–1965)	9 Mar 1931	94 years, 287 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	Acting President (1999)	15 Oct 1931	94 years, 67 days
Dimitru Mazilu	Romania	Member of the National Salvation Front (1989)	24 July 1934	91 years, 180 days
Tarcisio Bertone	Vatican City	Camerlengo during papal vacancy (2013)	2 Dec 1934	91 years, 19 days
Óscar Pammo Rodríguez	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	14 December 1934	91 years, 7 days
Giovanni Lajolo	Vatican City	[President of the Governorate (2006–2011)	3 January 1935	90 years, 352 days
Brian Mullooly	Ireland	[Member of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)	21 February 1935	90 years, 303 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #97–36 on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Waldo Bernal Pereira	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	1931 or 1934	93 years, 355 days to 94 years, 354 days or 90 years, 355 days to 91 years, 354 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Brazzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	90 years, 355 days to 91 years, 354 days

Chronological List of eldest living

Key

Current Longest-living

Former Longest-living

From	Until	State Leader	State	Sex	Birth
1893-02-18	1894-03-20	Lajos Kossuth	Hungary	M	1802-09-19
1894-03-20	1897-05-14	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	M	1802-10-19
1897-05-14	1899-02-26	Count Bernhard von Rechberg	Austria	M	1806-07-17
1899-02-26	1900-04-12	Tomás Gormensoro Albin	Uruguay	M	1810-01-27
1900-04-12	1903-07-20	Pope Leo XIII	Holy See	M	1810-03-02
1903-07-20	1908-07-17	Freihrr Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania	M	1810-05-21
1908-02-17	1916-09-21	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	M	1818-01-30
1916-05-21	1917-12-10	Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	M	1823-11-27
1917-12-10	1923-05-14	Charles de Freycinet	France	M	1828-11-14
1923-05-14	1924-07-02	Matsukata Masayoshi	Japan	M	1835-02-25
1924-07-02	1932-03-10	Paolo Boselli	Italy	M	1838-08-08
1932-03-10	1935-09-06	Francisco Andrade Marín	Ecuador	M	1841-11-15
1935-09-06	1935-07-29	François Denys Légitime	Haiti	M	1841-11-20
1935-07-29	1937-05-29	Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	M	1844-04-28
1937-05-29	1939-09-12	Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	M	1848-01-22
1939-09-12	1945-08-06	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	M	1849-03-22
1945-08-06	1948-02-16	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Peru	M	1851-04-10
1948-02-16	1949-07-25	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	M	1854-07-28
1949-07-25	1951-07-23	Philippe Petain	France	M	1856-04-24
1951-07-23	1952-07-21	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	M	1856-05-06
1952-07-21	1960-12-12	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	M	1859-11-15
1960-12-12	1966-05-15	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	M	1868-02-26
1966-05-15	1968-02-25	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	M	1871-05-28
1968-02-25	1969-08-14	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	M	1872-03-15
1969-08-14	1972-03-28	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	M	1873-08-04
1972-03-28	1973-02-14	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	M	1874-08-02
1973-02-14	1973-07-25	Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	M	1875-07-10
1973-07-25	1974-02-09	Federico Páez	Ecuador	M	1877-06-04
1974-02-09	1977-09-19	Borys Martos	Ukraine	M	1879-95-20
1977-09-19	1978-03-22	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	M	1879-08-31
1978-03.22	1978-04-14	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	M	1882-02-15
1978-04-14	1986-08-22	Celál Bayar	Türkiye	M	1883-05-16
1986-08-22	1988-05-14	Willem Drees	Natherlands	M	1886-07-05
1988-05-14	1990-01-20	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	M	1887-12-03
1990-01-20	1990-12-14	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	M	1889-05-09
1990-12-14	1994-12-13	Antoine Pinay	France	M	1891-12-30
1994-12-13	1995-04-10	Morarji Desai	India	M	1896-02-29
1995-04-10	1998-01-15	Gulzarilal Nanda		M	1898-07-04
1998-91-15	1998-07-13	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece (Kingdom)	M	1901
1998-07-13	2000-02-08	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	M	1902-09-23
2000-02-08	2002-10-31	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	M	1903-07-27
2002-10-31	2004-06-10	Xenophon Zolotas		M	1904-04-26
2004-06-10	2009-01-22	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Kampuchea	M	1905-09-01
2009-01-22	2010-01-04	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	1910-05-12
2009-01-22	2010-01-04	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	M	1910-05-12
2010-01-04	2012-03-15	Bernardino Gonzáles Ruiz	Panama	M	1911-01-11
2012-03-15	2012-06-12	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	M	1912
2012-06-12	2013-08-09	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	M	1912-10-09
2013-08-09	2016-07-27	Piet de Jong	Kingdom of the Netherlands	M	1915-04-13
2016-07-27	2018-10-01	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	M	1917-03-02
2018-10-01	2019-01-17	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	M	1917-03-02
2019-01-17	2019-11-29	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	M	1918-05-27
2019-11-29	2020-05-25	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	M	1919-02-26
2020-05-25	2021-12-07	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	M	1921-01-29
2021-12-07	2022-07-08	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	M	1921-10-04
2022-07-08	2023-10-11	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	M	1924-02-08
2023-10-11	current	Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	M	1923-11-04

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders

Other websites

• United Nations—a list of heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers
• WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories