List of longest-living state leaders from Asia

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.

List

UPDATED 12/10/2025

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	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	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
4	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
5	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
6	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
7	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
8	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
9	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	101 years, 305 days
10	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 282 days
11	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
12	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
13	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 153 days
14	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 146 days
15	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
16	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
17	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
18	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
19	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
20	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
21	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
22	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
23	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
24	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
25	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	98 years, 249 days
26	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
27	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
28	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
29	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
30	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 309 days
31	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
32	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1998) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1926	2022	96 years, 224 days
33	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 48 days
34	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1988–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
35	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
36	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969–1975)	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
37	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
38	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 29 days
39	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 355 days
40	Pak Song-chol	North Korea	Premier (1976 - 1977)	1913	2008	95 years, 56 days
41	Nguyễn Vãn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days

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1	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 105 days	96 years, 185 days
2	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 48 days	95 years, 128 days
3	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 222 days	95 years, 302 days
4	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 144 days	95 years, 224 days
5	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	96 years, 53 days	95 years, 133 days
6	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 29 days	94 years, 105 days
7	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 9 days	95 years, 30 days
8	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 355 days	94 years, 70 days
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10	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 347 days	95 years, 62 days