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. Among the living the oldest is Former Lao President and Prime Minister Khamtai Siphandone who is currently 102 years, 11 days.

List

UPDATED 02/19/2026

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	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 353 days
10	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 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, 224 days
15	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 217 days
16	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
13-17	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
18	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
19	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
20	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
21	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
22	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 266 days
14-23	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)	1898	1997	98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
24	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
25	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
26	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
27	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 154 days
28	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 143 days
29	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
30	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
31	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
32	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 322 days
33	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
34	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
35	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
36	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
37	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
38	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
39	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	98 years, 15 days
40	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
41	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
42	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
43	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 119 days
44	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1988–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
45	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
46	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
47	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
48	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987-2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
49	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969–1975)	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
50	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
51	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 100 days
52	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956)	1889	1985	95 years, 166 days
53	Daniel Arap Moi	Kenya	Prime Minister (1956)	1924	2019	95 years, 155 days
54	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994–1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 140 days
55	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	96 years, 61 days
56	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1988)	1930	Alive	96 years, 47 days
57	Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	President (1963 - 1965)	1916	2012	95 years, 108 days
58	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Sultanate of Zanzibar	Sultan (1963-1964)	1929	2024	95 years, 105 days
59	Dawda Jawara	Gambia	President (1970-1994)	1924	2019	95 years, 103 days
45-60	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
61	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960 - 1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days
62	Pak Song-chol	North Korea	Premier (1976 - 1977)	1913	2008	95 years, 56 days
63	Nguyễn Vãn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days
64	Saeb Salam	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)	1905	2000	95 years, 4 days
65	Hassan ibn Yahya	Kingdom of Yemen  North Yemen	Prime Minister (1948–1955)	1908	2003	95 years, 0 days
66	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	1930	Alive	95 years, 274 days
67	Emilio Aguinaldo	Philippines	President (1899 – 1901)	1869	1964	94 years, 321 days
68	Maarouf al-Dawalibi	Syria	Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)	1909	2004	94 years, 292 days
69	Sanya Dharmasakti	Thailand	Prime Minister (1973–1975)	1907	2002	94 years, 276 days
70	Naji Talib	Iraq	Prime Minister (1966-1967)	1917	2012	94 years, 266 days
71	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000) Acting President (1988-1989)	1929	2024	94 years, 264 days
72	Yitzhak Navon	Israel	President (1978–1983)	1921	2015	94 years, 211 days
73	Wijeyananda Dahayanake	Sri Lanka	Prime Minister (1959–1960)	1902	1997	94 years, 194 days
74	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979-1983)	1930	Alive	95 years, 100 days
75	Chie Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010-2013)	1930	Alive	95 years, 91 days
76	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981-1986)	1930	Alive	95 years, 69 days
77	Fidel V. Ramos	Philippines	President (1992-1998)	1928	2022	94 years, 137 days
78	Ninian Stephen	Australia	Governor-General (1982–1989)	1923	2017	94 years, 136 days
79	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Samoa	O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993)	1913	2007	94 years, 127 days
80	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996-2001)	1931	Alive	95 years, 46 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzaia	Prime Minister (1980-1983; 1994-1995)
82	Balakh Sher Mazari	Pakistan	Acting Prime Minister (1993)	1928	2022	94 years, 119 days
83	Phạm Vãn Đồng	North Vietnam  State of Vietnam	Prime Minister (1955–1987)	1906	2000	94 years, 59 days
84	Charvakarti Rajogopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	1878	1972	94 years, 15 days
85	Girma Wolde-Giorgis	Ethiopia	President (2001-2013)	1924	2018	93 years, 352 days
86	Kang Young-hoon	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988–1990)	1922	2016	93 years, 346 days
87	Shehu Shagari	Nigeria	President (1979-1983)	1925	2018	93 years, 308 days
89	Khieu Samphan	Kampuchea	Prime Minister (1988)	1931	Alive	94 years, 206 days
90	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	India	Prime Minister (1998-2004)	1924	2018	93 years, 234 days
91	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	1931	Alive	94 years, 143 days
92	Zenko Zuzuki	Japan	Prime Minister (1980–1982)	1911	2004	93 years, 190 days
93	Bülend Ulusu	Turkey	Prime Minister (1980-1983)	1922	2015	93 years, 175 days
94	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1931	Alive	94 years, 80 days
95	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	Governor-General (1967–1972)	1900	1994	93 years, 144 days
96	Antoine Gizenga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Prime Minister (2006-2008)	1925	2020	93 years, 142 days
97	William McKell	Australia	Governor-General (1947–1953)	1891	1985	93 years, 107 days
	Efraim Katzir	Israel	President (1973–1978)	1916	2010
99	Lee Huan	Taiwan	Premier (1989–1990)	1917	2010	93 years, 69 days
100	Shimon Peres	Israel	Prime Minister (1977, 1984-1986, 1994-1996) President (2007-2014)	1923	2016	93 years, 57 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
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1991-1992, 1992)	1932	Alive	93 years, 50 days to 94 years, 49 days

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders