List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

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This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime m inister), 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 Former Prime Minister and President of Turkey Celâl Bayar, who died in 1986 at the age of 103 years, 98 days, but the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 days.

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  • Index.php?title=File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg

    Oldest ever:
    Turkey
    Celâl Bayar
    served 1937–1939 & Template:Nobr

  • Index.php?title=File:Antoine Pinay 1969.jpg

    [Antoine Pinay]]served 1952–1953

  • Index.php?title=File:Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko Army captain.jpg

    3rd-oldest ever:
    Japan
    Prince Naruhiko Higashikuniy
    served 1946

  • Index.php?title=File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Laos, Mr. Khamtay Siphandone at Vientiane in Laos on November 29, 2004 (cropped).jpg

    23rd--oldest ever:
    Laos
    Khamtai Siphandone
    served: 1991–2006

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List

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age Note(s)
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1 September 1905 22 January 2009 103 years, 143 days Longest-lived Cambodian Prime Minister
Last state leader born in 1905
Last State Leader born in the 1900's decade
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		 16 May 1883 22 August 1986 103 years, 98 days Longest-lived Turkish President and Prime Minister<Last state leader born in 1883>
– Josip Manolić Croatia Prime Minister of Croatia (1990–1991) 22 March 1920 Alive 104 years, 224 days Longest-lived Croatian Prime Minister
Last state leader born in 1920
3 Antoine Pinay France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 30 December 1891 13 December 1994 102 years, 34bdays Longest-lived French Prime Minister
Last known state leader born in 1891
– Edward Bernard Raczyński Poland President (in-Exile) (1975–1986) 19 December 1891 30 July 1993 102 years, 223 days Longest-lived Polish President
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 3 July 1914 30 January 2017 102 years, 211 days Longest-lived French Viguier
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 30 December 1887 20 January 1990 102 years, 48 days Longest-lived Japanese Prime Minister
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan ers of Sudan (1969) 2 March 1917 17 January 2019 101 years, 321 days Longest-lived Sudanese Prime Minister
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 9 May 1889 14 December 1990 101 years, 314 days Longest-lived Dutch Prime Minister
8 Đỗ Mười Vietnam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997)		 2 February 1917 1 October 2018 101 years, 241 days Longest-Lived Vietnamese Prime Minister
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 9 May 1889 14 December 1990 101 years, 219 days Longest-lived Taiwanese Premier
Last state leader to be born in 1880's decade
Last state leader born in 1889
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 27 May 1918 29 November 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 3 April 1915 27 July 2016 101 years, 115 days Longest-lived Dutch Prime Minister
12 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 26 January 1919 25 May 2020 101 years, 89 days Longest-lived South Korean Prime Minister
– Kim Yong-ju North Korea Vice president during vacancy (1994–1998) 21 September 1920 14 December 2021 101 years, 84 days Longest-Lived North Korean communist leader
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 11 January 1911 15 March 2012 101 years, 64 days Longest-lived Panamanian President
14 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 15 November 1859 12 December 1960 101 years, 27 days Longest-lived Norwegian Prime Minister
15 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 29 January 1921 7 December 2021 100 years, 312 days Longest-lived Libyan Prime Minister
16 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting President(1966) 9 October 1912 9 August 2013 100 years, 304 days Longest-lived Ecuadorian President
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)		 4 October 1921 14 July 2022 100 years, 283 days Longest-lived Peruvian Prime Minister and President
18 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 8 August 1919 20 March 2020 100 years, 235 days
19 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 17 January 1922 8 July 2022 100 years, 172 days Longest-lived Mexican President
20 / 21 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 26 April 1904 10 June 2004 100 years, 45 days Longest-lived Greek Prime minister
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 19 January 1920 30 March 2020
22 Abdul Salam Sabrah North Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1 January 1912 2 February 2012 100 years, 32 days Longest-lived Yemen Prime Minister
23 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 12 May 1910 4 January 2010 99 years, 237 days Longest-lived Surinamese President
24 Tun Tin Burma Prime Minister (1988) 2 October 1920 1 May 2020 99 years, 212 days Longest-lived Burmese Prime Minister
25 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 4 January 1898 15 January 1998 99 years, 195 days Longest-lived Indian Prime MInister
26 Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 9 December 1912 12 June 2012 99 years, 186 days Longest-lived Sudanese President
27 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1 May 1919 20 September 2018 99 years, 142 days Longest-lived Moroccan Prime mInister
28 Sir Anthony Mamo Malta Governor-General (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)		 9 January 1909 1 May 2008 99 years, 113 days Longest-lived Maltese Governor-General and President
29 Khamtai Siphandone|Khamtai Siphandome Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)		 8 February 1924 Alive 100 years, 267 days Longest-lived Lao Prime Minister and President
30 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 27 July 1903 31 October 2002 99 years, 96 days Longest-lived Greek President
31 Sir Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 28 June 1892 28 September 1991 99 years, 92 days Longest-lived Jamaican Governor-Gereral
32 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 3 March 1924 Alive 100 years, 243 days
33 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 29 February 1896 10 April 1995 99 years, 41 days
34 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 7 August 1912 7 September 2011 99 years, 32 days
35 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 10 April 1910 16 April 2009 99 years, 6 days Longest-lived Sudanese President
36 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 30 March 1913 14 March 2012 98 years, 350 days
23–37 Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)		 1898 29 November 1997 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days Longest-lived Malawian Prime Minister and President
38 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)		 26 August 1920 26 May 2019 98 years, 273 days Longest-lived Thai Prime Minister
39 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 16 March 1911 15 November 2009 98 years, 244 days Longest-lived Belgian Prime Minister
40 Sir Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 13 November 1915 11 July 2014 98 years, 240 days
41 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 4 August 1873 28 March 1972 98 years, 237 days Longest-lived French Prime Minister
42 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1 October 1924 Alive 100 years, 31 days Longest-lived U.S. President
43 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 31 October 1918 29 May 2017 98 years, 223 days
44 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993–1994) 31 August 1879 22 March 1978 97 years, 208 days Longest-lived Venezuelan President
45 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 2 August 1874 14 February 1973 98 years, 203 days Longest-lived Ecuadorian Preident
46 Guillermo Rodríguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 4 November 1924 Alive 99 years, 363 days
47 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 2 August 1874 14 February 1973 98 years, 196 days Longest-lived Luxembourgish Prime Minister
48 Mamadou Dia Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 18 July 1910 25 January 2009 98 years, 191 days Longest-lived Senegalese Prime Minister
49 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 9 December 1908 8 June 2007 98 years, 181 days
50 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 9 April 1910 9 September 2008 98 years, 153 days
51 Lê Đức Anh Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1 December 1920 22 April 2019 98 years, 142 days Longest-lived Vietnamese President
52 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 23 March 1918 28 July 2016 98 years, 127 days Longest-lived Beninese President
53 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 20 May 1879 19 September 1977 98 years, 122 days Longest-lived Ukrainian Prime Minister
54 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Gocernor-President (1849) 30 January 1818 31 May 1916 98 years, 112 days Longest-lived Hungarian Head of state
55 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 19 October 1924 6 February 2023 98 years, 109 days Longest-lived Czechoslovak Prime Minister
56 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 5 January 1921 23 April 2019 98 years, 108 days Longest-lived Luxembourgish Monarch

Longest lived monarch with verifiable dates of birth and death

57 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 11 July 1916 21 October 2014 98 years, 102 days Longest-lived Australian Prime Minister
58 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 26 February 1868 15 May 1966 98 years, 78 days Longest-lived Brazilian President
59 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 16 February 1916 10 February 2015 98 years, 56 days
60 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 4 December 1910 27 January 2009 98 years, 54 days Longest-lived Indian President
61 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 10 July 1875 25 July 1973 98 years, 15 days Longest-lived Hungarian Prime Minister
'62 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995)
Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)		 8 May 1925 Alive 99 years, 177 days Longest-lived Tanzanian President
63 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 8 March 1910 21 March 2008 98 years, 13 days Longest-lived Colombian Prime Minister
64 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 12 August 1922 10 July 2020 97 years, 332 days Longest-lived Czechoslovak Communist Leader
65 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 29 June 1925 Alive 99 years, 125 days Longest-lived Italian President
66 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 10 July 1925 Alive 99 years, 114 days Longest-lived Malaysian Prime Minister
67 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 17 July 1925 Alive 99 years, 107 days Longest-lived AfghanPrime Minister
68 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)		 17 July 1917 9 May 2015 97 years, 296 days
69 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)		 29 January 1888 14 November 1985 97 years, 289 days
70 Baron Ignaz von Plener Cisleithania
(Austria-Hungary)		 Minister-President (1870) 21 May 1810 17 February 1908 97 years, 272 days Longest-lived Austrian Minister-President
71 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Irish Free State Governor-General (1932–1936) 3 February 1866 30 October 1963 97 years, 267 days Longest-lived Irish Governor-General
72 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 27 April 1921 28 December 2018 97 years, 245 days Longest-lived Algerian President
73 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 10 January 1923 14 August 2020 97 years, 217 days Longest-lived Andorran Episcopal Viguier
74 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 2 April 1890w 21 October 1987 97 years, 202 days
75 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000)
Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)		 15 January 1923 15 July 2020 97 years, 197 days
76 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 13 April 1920 4 October 2017 97 years, 174 days Longest-lived Irish Taoiseach
77 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 8 December 1925 Alive 98 years, 329 days Longest-lived Italian Prime Minister
78 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 15 March 1872 14 August 1969 97 years, 152 days
79 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 26 November 1918 26 November 1918 97 years, 145 days Longest-lived Chilean President
80 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 25 November 1915 14 April 2013 97 years, 140 days
81 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting} President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)		 23 September 1902 8 February 2000 97 years, 138 days Longest-lived Romanian Prime Minister and President

Last State leader born in 1902

82 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 4 October 1913 4 February 2011 97 years, 123 days Longest-lived Haitian Prime Minister
83 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) 16 May 1913 21 August 2010 97 years, 97 days Longest-lived Romanian Communist leader
84 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia Prime Minister (1964)
State President (1964–1991)		 28 April 1924 17 June 2021 97 years, 50 days Longest-lived Zambian Prime Minister and President
85 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)		 8 July 1919 24 August 2016 97 years, 47 days Longest-lived German Chancellor and President
86 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 29 May 1926 Alive 98 years, 156 days Longest-lived Senegalse President
87 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 23 December 1918 13 November 2015 96 years, 322 days
88 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 18 February 1926 3 January 2023 96 years, 319 days Longest-lived Jordanian Prime Minister
89 Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 10 April 1851 16 February 1948 96 years, 312 days Longest-lived Cardinal-dean
90 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuva Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1 January 1912 4 November 2008 96 years, 308 days Longest-lived Tuvan Communist leader
91 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 26 May 1871 25 February 1968 96 years, 275 days
92 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 22 October 1915 30 June 2012 96 years, 252 days Longest-lived Israeli Prime MInister
93 Federico Paéz Ecuador President (1935–1937) 4 June 1877 9 February 1974 96 years, 250 days
94 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)		 28 November 1916 24 June 2014 96 years, 247 days Longest-lived Tunisian President and Prime Minister
95 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941) 9 March 1890 8 November 1986 96 years, 244 days Longest-lived Soviet Premier
96 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998) 1 October 1925 13 May 2022 96 years, 224 days Longest-lived Chinese Chair of the Supreme People's Assemble
97 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 3 November 1926 Alive 97 years, 364 days Longest-lived Lithuanian Lresident
76–98 Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 13 July 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
99 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 4 January 1921 14 July 2017 96 years, 191 days
100 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 9 December 1926 Alive 97 years, 328 days Longest-lived Yugoslav President

World's Longest lived state Leaders (born post-1800)

Living From Age when oldest To

Time

Name Sex Lifespan Country Note
Birth Death

Age

- - 14 May 1897 (94) Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol M 19 October 1802 14 May 1897

94 years, 207 days

Guatemala
14 May 1897

87

87–90 12 Apr 1900 (90)

2 yrs, 334 days

Tomas Gormensoro y Alvin M 27 January 1810 12 April 1900

90 years, 76 days

Uruguay
12 Apr 1900

90

90–93 20 July 1903 (93)

(3 yrs, 99 days)

Leo XIII M 2 March 1810 20 July 1903

Vatican City

20 July 1903

93

93–97 17 February 1908 (97)

(4 yrs, 212 days)

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener M 21 May 1810 17 February 1908

97 years, 272 days

Austria World's longest lived state leader from
19 June 1907 to 30 October 1915 (Template:Ayd)
17 February 1908 90–98 21 May 1916 (98)

(8 yrs, 95 days)

Artúr Gorge M 30 January 1818 21 May 1916

98 years, 113 days

Hungary World's longest lived state leader from
29 October 1915 to 8 March 1958 (Template:Ayd)
21 May 1916 92–93 10 December 1917

(1 yr, 204 days)

Mackenzie Bowel M 27 December 1823 10 December 1917

93 years, 348 days

Canada
10 December 1917 81–84 27 January 1921

(3 yrs, 49 days)

Justiniano Borgono} M 5 September 1836 27 January 1921

84 years, 145 days

[[wikipedia:[Peru|[Peru]]
27 January 1921 83–86 17 July 1923

(2 yrs, 172 days)

Theodor Rosett M 5 May 1837 17 July 1923

86 years, 74 days

Romania
17 July 1923

85–87

21 December 1925

(2 yrs, 158 days)

Jules Méline M 20 May 1838 21 December 1925

87 years, 216 days

France
21 December 1925 87–89 19 August 1928

(2 years, 243 days)

Stefanos Skouloudis M 23 November 1838 19 August 1928

89 years, 271 days

Greece
19 August 1928 89–90

20 December 1929 (1 year, 124 days)

Emile Loubet M 30 December 1838 20 December 1929

90 years, 355 days

France
20 December 1929 85–93 29 May 1937

(7 years, 161 days)

Lizardo Garcia M 26 April 1844 29 May 1937

93 years, 34 days

Ecuador
29 May 1937 88–96 6 August 1945

(8 years, 69 days)

Alejandro Deustua M 22 March 1849 6 August 1945

96 years, 138 days

Peru
6 August 1945 94–96 16 February 1948

(2 yrs, 194 days)

Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte M 10 April 1851 16 February 1948

96 years, 312 days

Vatican City
16 February 1948 91–95 23 July 1951

(3 years, 157 days)

Philippe Petain M 24 Apr 1856 23 July 1951

95 years, 90 days

France
23 July 1951 95–96 21 July 1952

(364 days)

Pedro Lascurain M 8 May 1856 21 July 1952

96 years, 74 days

Mexico
21 July 1952 92–101 12 December 1960

(8 years, 144 days)

Christopher Hornsrud M 15 November 1859 12 December 1960

101 years, 27 days

Norway World's longest lived state leader from
8 March 1958 to 12 June 1984 (Template:Ayd)
12 December 1960 92–98 15 May 1966

(5 years, 154 days)

Venceslau Brâs M 26 February 1868 15 May 1966

98 years, 78 days

Brazil
15 May 1966 94–96 25 February 1968

(1 year, 286 days)

Camille Huysmans M 26 May 1871 25 February 1968

96 years, 275 days

Belgium
25 February 1968 96–97 14 August 1969

(1 year, 170 days)

Alfredo Solf y Muro M 15 March 1872 14 August 1969

97 years, 152 days

Peru
14 August 1969 96–98 28 March 1972

(2 years, 227 days)

Joseph Paul-Boncour M 4 August 1873 28 March 1972

98 years, 237 days

France
28 March 1972 97–98 14 February 1973

(323 days)

Émile Reuter M 2 August 1874 14 February 1973

98 years, 196 days

Luxembourg
14 February 1973 97–98 25 July 1973

(161 days)

Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham M 10 July 1875 25 July 1973

98 years, 15 days

Hungary
25 July 1973 96 9 February 1974

(199 days)

Federico Páez M 4 June 1877 9 February 1974

96 years, 250 days

Ecuador
9 February 1974 94–98 19 September 1977

(3 years, 222 days)

Borys Martos M 20 May 1879 19 September 1977

98 years, 122 days

Ukraine
19 September 1977 98 22 March 1978

(184 days)

Isidro Ayora M 31 August 1879 22 March 1978

98 years, 203 days

Ecuador
22 March 1978 96 24 April 1978

(33 days)

Federico Chávez M 15 February 1882 24 April 1978

96 years, 69 days

Paraguay
24 April 1978 94–103 22 August 1986

(8 years, 121 days)

Celál Bayar M 16 May 1883 22 August 1986

103 years, 99 days

Turkey World's longest lived state leader from
12 June 1984 to 09 December 2008 (Template:Ayd)
22 August 1986 100–101 14 May 1988

(1 year, 267 days)

Willem Drees M 5 July 1886 14 May 1988

101 years, 314 days

Netherlands
14 May 1988 100–102 14 December 1990

(2 ywars, 252 days)

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni M 3 December 1887 20 January 1990

102 years, 48 days

Japan
20 January 1990 100–101 14 December 1990

(329 days)

Zhang Qun M 9 May 1889 14 December 1990

101 years, 220 days

Taiwan
14 December 1990 98–102 13 December 1994

(3 years, 364 days)

Antoine Pinay M 30 December 1891 13 December 1994

102 years, 348 days

France
13 December 1994 98–99 10 April 1995

(119 days)

Morarji Desai M 29 February 1896 10 April 1995

99 years, 42 days

India
10 April 1995 97–99 15 January 1998

(52 days)

Gulzarilal Nanda M 4 July 1898 15 Jan 1998

99 years, 195 days

India
15 January 1998 96 or 97 13 July 1998

(180 days)

Konstantinos Kollias M 1901 13 July 1998

96 years, 194 days to

97 years, 193 days

Greece
13 July 1998 95–97 8 February 2000

(1 year, 211 days)

Ion Gheorghe Maurer M 23 September 1902 8 February 2000

97 years, 139 days

Romania
8 February 2000 96–99 31 October 2002

(2 years, 267 days)

Michail Stasinopoulos M 27 July 1903 31 Oct 2002

99 years, 143 days

Greece
31 October 2002 98–100 10 June 2004

(1 year, 224 days)

Xenophon Zolotas M 26 Apr 1904 10 June 2004

100 years, 45 days

Greece
10 June 2004 98–103 22 January 2009

(4 years, 228 days)

Chau Sen Coscal Chhum M 1 September 1905 22 January 2009

103 years, 143 days

Cambodia World's longest lived state leader from
09 December 2008 (14 years, 328 days)
Acting Cambodian Prime Minister
22 January 2009 98–99 16 April 2009

(85 days)

Abdel Halim Muhammad M 10 Apr 1910 16 Apr 2009

99 years, 6 days

Sudan
16 Apr 2009 98–99 4 Jan 2010

(264 days)

Johan Ferrier M 12 May 1910 4 January 2010

99 years, 238 days

Suriname
4 Jan 2010 98–100 15 Mar 2012

(2 yrs, 72 days)

Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz M 11 Jan 1911 15 Mar 2012

101 years, 65 days

Panama
15 Mar 2012 99–100 9 Aug 2013

(1 yr, 144 days)

Telmo Vargas M 9 October 1912 9 August 2013

100 years, 304 days

[Ecuador]]
9 Aug 2013 98–101 27 July 2016

(2 yrs, 353 days)

Piet de Jong M 3 April 1915 27 July 2016

101 years, 115 days

Netherlands
27 July 2016 99–101 1 Oct 2018

(2 yrs, 66 days)

Đỗ Mười M 2 February 1917 1 Oct 2018
101 years, 241 days 		Vietnam
1 Oct 2018 101 17 Jan 2019

(108 days)

Babiker Awadalla M 2 March 1917 17 January 2019

101 years, 321 days

Sudan
17 Jan 2019 100–101 29 Nov 2019

(314 days)

Yasuhiro Nakasone M 27 May 1918 29 Novenber 2019

101 years, 186 days

Japan
29 Nov 2019 100-101 25 May 2020

Template:Ayd

Hyun Soong-jong M 26 February 1919 25 May 2020

101 years, 89 days

South Korea
25 May 2020 99-100 7 December 2021

Template:Ayd

Mustafa Ben Halim M 29 January 1921 7 December 2021

100 years, 312 days

Libya
25 May 2020 100 14 July 2022

Template:Ayd

Francisco Morales-Bermúdez M 4 October 1921 14 July 2022

100 years, 285 days

Libya
14 July 2022 98* Present

(2 years, 110 days)

Khamtai Siphamdone M 8 February 1924 Living

100 years, 267 days

Laos

See also

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