List of longest-living state leaders from Europe

This article lists the 100 Longest-known 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

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

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  2nd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  4th-Oldest:
    Netherlands
  served: 1948-1958

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  16th-Oldest:
   Lithuania
  served: 1998-2003, 2004-2009

List

UPDATED 02/15/2026

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	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	Acting Governor-General (1971) Governor-General (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	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	99 years, 104 days
12	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
13	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
14	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	99 years, 68 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	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
18	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
19	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
20	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	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
24	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
25	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
26	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
27	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
28	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
29	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
30	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
31	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
32	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
33	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
34	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
35	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 172 days
36	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
37	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
38	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
39	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1990-1992) President (2001&ndash:2006)	1928	2024	96 years, 235 days
31-40	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
41	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
42	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
43	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister(1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
44	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 289 days
45	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
46	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
47	Benedict XVI	Vatican City State (born in  Germany	Dean of the College of Cardinals during Vacancy (2005) Pope (2005-2013) Sovereign (2005–2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 259 days
48	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	96 years, 76 days
49	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1929	Alive	96 years, 57 days
50	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Nationat Salvation Front Council•Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) [[wikipedia:President of RomanisPresident (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	1930 ]]	Prime Minister (1957–1963)	1894	1986	92 years, 322 days
95	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	1932	Alive	93 years, 157 days
97	Éamon de Valera	Ireland	Taoiseach}} (1937–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1959) President (1959–1973)	1883	1974	92 years, 319 days
98	Georges Theunis	Belgium	Prime Minister (1921-1925, 1934-1935)	1873	1966	92 years, 310 days
99	Américo Tomás	Portugal	President (1958–1974)	1894	1987	92 years, 303 days
100	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	1932	Alive	93 years, 157 days-->

See also

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