Lists of eldest living state leaders

This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased heads of state of sovereign states (often a president or monarch or representatives) and cardinals, born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on lightgreen. 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 President Celâl Bayar (1883-1986) of  Turkey, who lived to 103 years, 98 days. And among the Living the Oldest is Guillermo Rodriguez (born 1923) of  Ecuador, whose current age is 102 years, 41 days.

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  2nd Oldest:
   Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1950–1960

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  2nd-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 12/15/2025

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
3	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
4	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 41 days
5	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
6	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	PRP Chair (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
7	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
8	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
10	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
11	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
12	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
13	Anthony Mamo	Malta	President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
14	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
15	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
16	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	President (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
17	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
18	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 200 days
19	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
20	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
21	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
22	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
23	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 42 days
24	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
25	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 6 days
26	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
27	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
28	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
29	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
32	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
33	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
34	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
35	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
36	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
37	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
38	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	First Secretary (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
39	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President (1980–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
40	Wellington Koo	China	Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
41	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
42	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Acting President (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
43	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
44	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
45	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
46	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
47	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
48	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President (1958–1961, 1965)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
49	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	Communist Party Leader (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
50	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
51	Walter Scheel	Germany	President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
52	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 218 days
53	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
54	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
55	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
56	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991-1992) President (2001-2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days
57	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
58	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1988–2002) Template:President of China (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
59	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	Template:President of Mexico (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
60	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
61	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President(1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
62	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
63	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 227 days
64	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
65	Joaquin Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
66	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Template:President of Paraguay (1954)	1886	1982	95 years, 312 days
67	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 149 days
68	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	2018	95 years, 306 days
69	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
70	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
71	Benedict XVI	Vatican City State (born in  Germany	Pope and Sovereign (2005–2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 259 days
72	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) Template:President of Nicaragua (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	96 years, 58 days
73	Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	President (1910–1911)	1872	1967	95 years, 191 days
74	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 34 days

Next to Join

Rank	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2025.05.31	96 years, 29 days	95 years, 316 days
3	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	96 years, 58 days	95 years, 225 days
4	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 34 days	95 years, 197 days
5	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 14 days	95 years, 181 days
6	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 360 days	95 years, 162 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
8	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 352 days	95 years, 154 days
9	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998–2002)	1930	Alive	95 years, 346 days	95 years, 148 days
10	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	1930	Alive	95 years, 229 days	95 years, 89 days
11	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	}Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	95 years, 244 days	95 years, 46 days
'12	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	1930	Alive	95 years, 235 days	95 years, 37 days
13	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	1930	Alive	95 years, 208 days	95 years, 10 days
14	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1930	Alive	95 years, 167 days	94 years, 334 days
15	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	1930	Alive	95 years, 74 days	94 years, 241 days
16	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	1930	Alive	95 years, 30 days	94 years, 197 days
17	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier(2010–2013)	1930	Alive	95 years, 25 days	94 years, 192 days
18	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	1930	Alive	95 years, 3 days	94 years, 170 days
19	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	1931	Alive	94 years, 345 days	94 years, 147 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–22 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
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Presidium Chairperson (1940–1944)	1912	2008	95 years, 309 days to 96 years, 308 days

See also

• List of longest-living state leaders
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
• List of longest-living heads of government