Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
This list contains the top 10 Longest-lived and oldest living State leaders and Cardinals
State Leaders
Longest-lived
UPDATED 12/27/2024
No deaths had Occured Since the death if Ali Hassan Mwinyi on 29 Feb 2024 (aged 98 years, 297 days) (322 days)
| 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 | .svg){kind=small} 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 | Mười 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 | .svg){kind=small} Japan
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Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
Oldest-living
UPDATED 12/27/2024
No deaths had Occured Since the death of A. Q. M. Badtudozza Chowdhury on 4 Oct 2024 (84 days)
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo Rodríguez | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador |
Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | 101 years, 53 days |
| 2 | Khamtai Siphandone |  Laos |
Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | 100 years, 323 days |
| 3 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan |
Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | 100 years, 299 days |
| 4 | Jimmy Carter |  United States |
President (1977–1981) | 1924 | 100 years, 87 days |
| 5 | Mahathir Mohamad |  Malaysia |
Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | 99 years, 170 days |
| 6 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | .svg){kind=small} Afghanistan |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | 99 years, 163 days |
| 7 | Abdoulaye Wade |  Senegal |
President (2000–2012) | 1926 | 98 years, 212 days |
| 8 | Valdas Adamkus |  Lithuania |
President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | 98 years, 54 days |
| 9 | Raif Dizdarević | .svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | 98 years, 18 days |
| 10 | Thanin Kraivichien |  Thailand |
Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | 97 years, 266 days |
Cardinals
Both oldest and longest living since the death of Card. do Nascimento on 28 September 2024 (90 days), aged 99 years, 212 days
Longest-Living
| data-sort-value="Number" !No. | Cardinal | Country | Post | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile |  Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005) | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016) | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez |  Colombia
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Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019) | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento OP |  Angola
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Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
| 5 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy
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Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 95 days |
| 6 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy
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Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013) | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 7 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |  Lebanon
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Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 8 | Paul Augustin Mayer |  Germany
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Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010) | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 9 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
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Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 324 days |
| 10 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei |  China
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Priest of San Sisto (1991 – 2000) | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König |  Austria
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Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004)) | 1905 | 2004 |
Oldest-living
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina
|
1926 | 98 years, 324 days |
| 2 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
|
1926 | 98 years, 26 days |
| 3 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina
|
1927 | 97 years, 254 days |
| 4 | Júlio Duarte Langa |  Mozambique
|
1927 | 97 years, 70 days |
| 5 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany
|
1928 | 96 years, 303 days |
| 6 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
|
1928 | 96 years, 70 days |
| 7 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
|
1929 | 95 years, 357 days |
| 8 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand
|
1929 | 95 years, 337 days |
| 9 | Adam Maida | United States
|
1930 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 10 | Julian Herranz Casado |  Spain
|
1930 | 94 years, 271 days |