Original listings of longest-living state leaders
Gallery
- Mahmut Celalettin Bayar.jpg
Oldest ever:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960 - Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg
2nd-Oldest ever:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962 
3rd-Oldest ever:
France
served: 1962
4th-oldest ever:
Japan
Prince Naruhikko Higashikuni
served: 1972–1976
List
| 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 |
President of the Council of Ministers (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days |
| 3 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum |  Cambodia |
Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | alive | 101 years, 336 days |
| 4 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | .svg){kind=small} Japan
|
Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
| 5 | Willem Drees |  Netherlands
|
Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
| 6 | Zhang Qun |  Taiwan
|
Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
| 7 | Christopher Hornsrud |  Norway
|
Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
| 8 | Xenophon Zolotas |  Greece
|
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
| 9 | Gulzarilal Nanda |  India
|
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
| 10 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece
|
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
| 11 | Clifford Campbell |  Jamaica
|
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
| 12 | Morarji Desai | India
|
Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
| 13 | Anthony Mamo |  Malta
|
Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | alive | 98 years, 206 days |
| 9–13 | 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 |
| 15 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France
|
Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
| 16 | Johan Ferrier |  Suriname
|
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | alive | 97 years, 83 days |
| 17 | Isidro Ayora | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador
|
President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
| 18 | Émile Reuter |  Luxembourg
|
Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
| 19 | Aden Adde |  Somalia
|
President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
| 20 | .svg){kind=small} Ukraine
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days | |
| 21 | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days | |
| 22 | Venceslau Brás | .svg){kind=small} Brazil
|
President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
| 23 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
| 24 | Gabriel París Gordillo |  Colombia
|
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | alive | 97 years, 148 days |
| 25 | Wellington Koo | .svg){kind=small} China
|
Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
| 26 | Baron Ignaz von Plener |  Cislethania( .svg){kind=small} Austria-Hungary)
|
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
| 27 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla |  Irish Free State
|
Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
| 27 | Abdel Halim Muhamad | .svg){kind=small} Sudan
|
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | alive | 97 years, 116 days |
| 28 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh |  Laos
|
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | alive | 97 years, 115 days |
| 29 | He Yingqin | Taiwan
|
Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
| 30 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | .svg){kind=small} Peru
|
Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
| 31 | Mamadou Dia |  Senegal
|
President (1960–1962) | 1910 | alive | 97 years, 16 days |
| 32 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | .svg){kind=small} /.svg){kind=small} 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 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India
|
President (1987–1992) | 1910 | Alive | 96 years, 242 days |
| 24–35 | Ek Yi Oun | .svg){kind=small} Cambodia
|
Prime Minister (1958) | 1910 | alive | 96 years, 215 days to 97 years, 214 days |
| 36 | Bernardino González Ruiz |  Panama
|
Acting President (1963) | 1911 | Alive | 96 years, 355 days |
| 37 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | .svg){kind=small} Vatican City
|
Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 38 | Pierre Harmel |  Belgium
|
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | Alive | 96 years, 140 days |
| 39 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium
|
Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
| 40 | Federico Páez | Ecuador
|
President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
| 41 | Habib Bourguiba |  Tunisia
|
Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
| 42 | Vyacheslav Molotov |  Soviet Union
|
Premier (1930–1941 | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
| 36–43 | Konstantinos Kollias | .svg){kind=small} Greece
|
Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
| 44 | Alejandro Deustua |  :Peru
|
Prime Minister (1902) | 1849 | 1945 | 96 years, 137 days |
| 45 | Pedro Lascuráin |  Mexico
|
President (1913) | 1856 | 1952 | 96 years, 74 days |
| 46 | Federico Chaves | .png){kind=small} Paraguay
|
President (1949–1954) | 1882 | 1978 | 96 years, 68 days |
| 47 | Fumio Gotō | Japan
|
Acting Prime Minister (1936) | 1884 | 1980 | 96 years, 67 days |
| 48 | João Lins Cansanção |  Brazil
|
Prime Minister (1878–1880) | 1810 | 1906 | 96 years, 37 days |
| 49 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | .svg){kind=small} Yemen
|
Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | Alive | 95 years, 214 days |
| Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | .svg){kind=small} Tuvan People's Republic
|
Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | ||||
| 51 | Hans Schaffner |  Switzerland
|
President (1966) | 1908 | 2004 | 95 years, 346 days |
| 52 | Joaquín Balaguer |  Dominican Republic
|
President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) | 1906 | 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 53 | Tomás Romero Pereira |  Paraguay
|
Provisional President (1954) | 1886 | 1982 | 95 years, 312 days |
| 54 | Juan José Estrada |  Nicaragua
|
President (1910–1911) | 1872 | 1967 | 95 years, 191 days |
| 55 | Pote Sarasin |  Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1957) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 187 days |
| 56 | Tahar Ben Ammar | Tunisia
|
Prime Minister (1956) | 1889 | 1985 | 95 years, 166 days |
| 57 | Võ Chí Công |  Vietnam
|
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | Alive | 94 years, 361 days |
| 58 | Philippe Pétain | France
|
Prime Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940-1944) |
1856 | 1951 | 95 years, 90 days |
| 47–59 | Hassan al-Hakim | .svg){kind=small} Syria
|
Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951) | 1886 | 1982 | 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days |
| 60 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegal
|
President (1960 - 1980) | 1906 | 2001 | 95 years, 72 days |
| 61 | Petar Stambolić | .svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
Prime Minister (1963 - 1967) President (1982-1983) |
1912 | 2007 | 95 years, 71 days |
| 62 | Nguyễn Văn Tâm |  South Vietnam
|
Prime Minister (1952–1954) | 1895 | 1990 | 95 years, 48 days |
| 63 | Max Petitpierre | Switzerland
|
Federal Council Minister (1944-1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960) |
1899 | 1994 | 95 years, 27 days |
| 64 | Saeb Salam |  Lebanon
|
Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 4 days |
| 49–65 | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia
|
Interim president (1969) | 1912 | Alive | 94 years, 215 days to Error: Second date should be year, month, day |
| 66 | Hassan ibn Yahya |  Kingdom of Yemen
|
Prime Minister (1948–1955) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 0 days |
| 67 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido |  Venezuela
|
Interim President (1892) | 1854 | 1949 | 94 years, 362 days |
| José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | Peru
|
President (1945–1948) | 1894 | 1989 | ||
| 67 | Fred Degazon |  Dominica
|
President (1979–1980) | 1913 | alive | 94 years, 211 days |
| 70 | Juliana | Netherlands
|
Queen (1948–1980) | 1909 | 2004 | 94 years, 325 days |
| 71 | Emilio Aguinaldo | .svg){kind=small} Philippines
|
President (1899 – 1901) | 1869 | 1964 | 94 years, 321 days |
| 72 | Constantin Ion Parhon | .svg){kind=small} Romania
|
President (1948-1952) | 1874 | 1969 | 94 years, 298 days |
| 73 | Maaraouf Dawalibi | Syria
|
Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962) | 1909 | 2004 | 94 years, 292 days |
| 74 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas | Nicaragua
|
President (1917-1921) | 1871 | 1966 | 94 years, 291 days |
| 75 | Martti Miettunen |  Finland
|
Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977) | 1907 | 2002 | 94 years, 277 days |
| 75 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta
|
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | Alive | 94 years, 126 days |
| 77 | Sanya Dharmasakti | Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1973–1975) | 1907 | 2002 | 94 years, 276 days |
| 78 | Emilio Bello Codesido |  Chile
|
President (1925) | 1868 | 1863 | 94 years, 233 days |
| 79 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania
|
First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | Alive | 94 years, 79 days |
| 80 | Pierre Graber | Switzerland
|
President (1975) | 1908 | 2003 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 81 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol |  Guatemala
|
President (1865) | 1802 | 1897 | 94 years, 207 days |
| 82 | Héctor Trujillo | Ecuador
|
President (1952–1960) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 196 days |
| 83 | Wijeyananda Dahayanake |  Sri Lanka
|
Prime Minister (1959–1960) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 194 days |
| 84 | Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas | Greece
|
Prime Minister (1965) | 1893 | 1987 | 94 years, 182 days |
| 85 | Charles de Freycinet | France
|
Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892) | 1828 | 1923 | 94 years, 181 days |
| 86 | Malietoa Tanumafili II |  Samoa
|
O le Ao O le Malo (1989–1993) | 1913 | 2007 | 94 years, 127 days |
| 87 | Charles Tupper | .svg){kind=small} Canada
|
Prime Minister (1896) | 1821 | 1915 | 94 years, 120 days |
| 88 | Garfield Todd | .svg){kind=small} South Rhodesia
|
Prime Minister (1953 – 1958) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 92 days |
| 89 | Martial Célestin |  Haiti
|
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | Alive | 93 years, 303 days |
| 90 | Phạm Văn Đồng | North Vietnam / State of Vietnam
|
Prime Minister (1955–1987) | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 59 days |
| 91 | Sir Herbert Duffus | Jamaica
|
Acting Governor-General (1973) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 56 days |
| 92 | Mikhail Solometsev | :Soviet Union'
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1983–1988) | 1913 | alive | 93 years, 269 days |
| 93 | C. Rajagopalachari | India
|
Governor-General (1946–1950) | 1878 | 1972 | 94 years, 15 days |
| 94 | Alfonso López Michelsen | Colombia
|
President (1972–1976) | 1913 | 2007 | 94 years, 11 days |
| 95 | Carlos Mancheno Cajas | Ecuador
|
President (1947) | 1902 | 1996 | 94 years, 2 days |
| 96 | Paul Magloire | Haiti
|
President (1950–1956) | 1907 | 2001 | 93 years, 358 days |
| 97 | Mackenzie Bowell | Canada
|
Prime Minister (1894–1896) | 1823 | 1917 | 93 years, 348 days |
| 98 | José Bordas Valdez | Dominican Republic
|
Provisional President (1913-1914) | 1874 | 1968 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 99 | Tiburcio Carias Andino | Dominican Republic
|
President (1924, 1932-1949) | 1876 | 1969 | 93 years, 283 days |
| 100 | Alfredo Stroessener | –Dominican Republic
|
President (1954-1989) | 1912 | 2006 | 93 years, 276 days |
Next to Enter
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Trujillo | Dominican
|
President (1952-1960) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 270 days |
| 2 | Hassan Ibn Yahya |  Yemen
|
Prime Minister (1969-1970) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 202 days |
| 3 | Garfield Todd | South Rhodesia
|
Prime Minister (1953-1958) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 172 days |
| 4 | Herbert Duffus | Jamaica
|
Acting Governor-General (1973) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 124 days |
| 5 | Giovanni Leone |  Italy
|
Prime Minister (1968) President (1971 1978) |
1908 | alive | 91 years, 61 days |
| 6 | Pierre Graber | Switzerland
|
President (1975) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 26 days |
| 7 | Aden Adde | Somalia
|
President (1960-1967) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 23 days |
| 8 | Hans Schaffner | Switzerland
|
President (1966) | 1908 | alive | 91 years, 23 days |
| 9 | Anthony Mamo | Malta
|
President (1966) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 357 days |
| 10 | Maarouf al-Dawalibi | Syria
|
Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 278 days |
| 11 | Juliana of the Netherlands | The Netherlands
|
Queen (1948-1980) | 1909 | alive | 90 years, 246 days |