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 12/8/2025

Color	Note
	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, 303 days
10	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 280 days
11	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
12	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
13	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
14	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 151 days
15	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 144 days
16	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
17	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
18	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
19	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
20	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
21	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
22	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 193 days
23	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
24	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
25	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
26	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
27	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
28	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
29	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
30	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 322 days
31	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
32	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
33	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
34	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
35	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
36	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
37	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
38	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 307 days
39	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
40	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
41	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 46 days
42	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1988–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
43	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
44	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
45	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
46	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987-2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
47	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969–1975)	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
48	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
49	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956)	1889	1985	95 years, 166 days
50	Daniel Arap Moi	Kenya	Prime Minister (1956)	1924	2019	95 years, 155 days
51	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994–1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 140 days
52	Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	President (1963 - 1965)	1916	2012	95 years, 108 days
53	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 27 days
54	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Sultanate of Zanzibar	Sultan (1963-1964)	1929	2024	95 years, 105 days
55	Dawda Jawara	Gambia	President (1970-1994)	1924	2019	95 years, 103 days
56	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960 - 1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days
57	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 353 days
58	Pak Song-chol	North Korea	Premier (1976 - 1977)	1913	2008	95 years, 56 days
59	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1988)	1930	Alive	95 years, 339 days
60	Nguyễn Vãn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days
61	Saeb Salam	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)	1905	2000	95 years, 4 days
62	Hassan ibn Yahya	Kingdom of Yemen  North Yemen	Prime Minister (1948–1955)	1908	2003	95 years, 0 days
63	Emilio Aguinaldo	Philippines	President (1899 – 1901)	1869	1964	94 years, 321 days
64	Maarouf al-Dawalibi	Syria	Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)	1909	2004	94 years, 292 days
65	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	1930	Alive	95 years, 201 days
66	Sanya Dharmasakti	Thailand	Prime Minister (1973–1975)	1907	2002	94 years, 276 days
67	Naji Talib	Iraq	Prime Minister (1966-1967)	1917	2012	94 years, 266 days
68	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000) Acting President (1988-1989)	1929	2024	94 years, 264 days
69	Yitzhak Navon	Israel	President (1978–1983)	1921	2015	94 years, 211 days
70	Wijeyananda Dahayanake	Sri Lanka	Prime Miniser (1959–1960)	1902	1997	94 years, 194 days
71	Fidel V. Ramos	Philippines	President (1992-1998)	1928	2022	94 years, 137 days
72	Ninian Stephen	Australia	Governor-General (1982–1989)	1923	2017	94 years, 136 days
73	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Samoa	O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993)	1913	2007	94 years, 127 days
74	Balakh Sher Mazari	Pakistan	Acting Prime Minister (1993)	1928	2022	94 years, 119 days
75	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979-1983)	1930	Alive	95 years, 27 days
76	Chie Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010-2013)	1930	Alive	95 years, 18 days
77	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981-1986)	1930	Alive	94 years, 361 days
80	Phạm Vãn Đồng	North Vietnam  State of Vietnam	Prime Minister (1955–1987)	1906	2000	94 years, 59 days
78	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996-2001)	1931	Alive	94 years, 338 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzaia	Prime Minister (1980-1983; 1994-1995)
81	Charvakarti Rajogopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	1878	1972	94 years, 15 days
82	Girma Wolde-Giorgis	Ethiopia	President (2001-2013)	1924	2018	93 years, 352 days
83	Kang Young-hoon	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988–1990)	1922	2016	93 years, 346 days
84	Shehu Shagari	Nigeria	President (1979-1983)	1925	2018	93 years, 308 days
85	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	India	Prime Minister (1998-2004)	1924	2018	93 years, 234 days
86	Khieu Samphan	Kampuchea	Prime Minister (1988)	1931	Alive	94 years, 133 days
87	Zenko Zuzuki	Japan	Prime Minister (1980–1982)	1911	2004	93 years, 190 days
88	Bülend Ulusu	Turkey	Prime Minister (1980-1983)	1922	2015	93 years, 175 days
89	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	1931	Alive	94 years, 70 days
90	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	Governor-General (1967–1972)	1900	1994	93 years, 144 days
91	Antoine Gizenga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Prime Minister (2006-2008)	1925	2020	93 years, 142 days
92	William McKell	Australia	Governor-General (1947–1953)	1891	1985	93 years, 107 days
	Efraim Katzir	Israel	President (1973–1978)	1916	2010
94	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1931	Alive	94 years, 7 days
95	Lee Huan	Taiwan	Premier (1989–1990)	1917	2010	93 years, 69 days
96	Shimon Peres	Israel	Prime Minister (1977, 1984-1986, 1994-1996) President (2007-2014)	1923	2016	93 years, 57 days
97	Idris	Libya	King (1951-1969)	1890	1983	93 years, 46 days
98	Nuon Chea	Kampuchea	Prime Minister (1976)	1926	2019	93 years, 28 days
99	I.K. Gujral	India	Prime Minister (1997–1998)	1919	2012	92 years, 362 days
100	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	1932	Alive	93 years, 268 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–13 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
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, 328 days to 99 years, 324 days
45-58	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1991-1992, 1992)	1932	Alive	92 years, 342 days to 93 years, 341 days

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders