List of longest-living state leaders from Europe

This article lists the 100 Longest-kthe Living ving or deceased European 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 European State Leader is the Former Turkish Prime Minister (1935-1937) and President (1950-1960) ((wp|Celâl Bayar}}, who lived to 103 years, 98 days

Gallery

Gallery of State Leaders

• Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.png

  Oldest:
  Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  2nd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

List

UPDATED 12/7/2025

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
3	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
4	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
5	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
6	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
7	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
8	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
9	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
10	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
11	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
12	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 192 days
13	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
14	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
15	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
16	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
17	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
18	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
19	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 34 days
20	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
21	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
22	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
23	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia |	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	98 years, 363 days
24	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
26	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungarian Soviet Republic   Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
27	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
28	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cislethania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
29	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
30	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
31	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
32	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
33	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
34	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
35	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
36	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
37	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
38	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuvan People's Republic	Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
39	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	18719	1968	96 years, 275 days
40	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
41	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days-->
32-42	Konstantinos Kollias	–Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 195 days to 97 years, 194 days
43	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 102 days
44	Elizabeth II	25px United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
45	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
46	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
47	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 219 days
48	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
49	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	2008	95 years, 274 days

Next to Join

Rank	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2025.02.28
1	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 102 days	96 years, 185 days
2	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 45 days	95 years, 128 days
3	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 219 days	95 years, 302 days
4	Sir Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 141 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, 50 days	95 years, 133 days
6	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 26 days	94 years, 105 days
7	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 6 days	95 years, 30 days
8	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 352 days	94 years, 70 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
10	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 344 days	95 years, 62 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–82 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	ffd700Age
Konstantinos Kollias	–Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 195 days to 97 years, 194 days

See also

• List of longest-living state leaders
• List of Longest-living State Leaders from Africa
• List of Longest-living State Leaders from the Americas (North and South)
• List of Longest-living State Leaders from Asia and Oceania