List of longest-living state leaders from Africa
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This article lists the 100 longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states from Africa (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1800. Those currently living are in bold in light green. The longest-lived state leader is Prime Minister Mustafa Ben Halim of Libya, who lived to be 100 years and 312 days old. The oldest living state leader is currently President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, who is currently 99 years, 196 days.
List
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mustafa Ben Halim |  Libya
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Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
| 2 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein |  Somalia
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Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days |
| 3 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani |  Morocco
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Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
| 4 | Abdoulaye Wade |  Senegal
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President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 196 days |
| 5 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |  Tanzania
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President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
| 5–6 | Hastings Banda |  Malawi
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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 |
| 7 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal
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Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
| 8 | Aden Adde | Somalia
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President (1960-1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
| 9 | Émile Derlin Zinsou |  Dahomey
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President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
| 10 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles |  Algeria
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Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
| 11 | Kenneth Kaunda |  Zambia
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State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
| 12 | Habib Bourguiba |  Tunisia
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Prime Minister (1956-1957) President (1957-1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
| 13 | Abderrahmane Youssoufi | Morocco
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Prime Minister (1998-2002) | 1924 | 2020 | 96 years, 82 days |
| 14 | Sam Nujoma |  Namibia
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President (1990-2005) | 1929 | 2025 | 95 years, 272 days |
| 15 | Robert Mugabe |  Zimbabwe
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Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987-2017) |
1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 197 days |
| 16 | Tahar Ben Ammar | Tunisia
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Prime Minister (1956) | 1889 | 1985 | 95 years, 166 days |
| 17 | Daniel Arap Moi |  Kenya
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President (1978-2002) | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 155 days |
| 18 | Nelson Mandela |  South Africa
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President (1994–1999) | 1918 | 2013 | 95 years, 140 days |
| 19 | Ahmed Ben Bella | Algeria
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President (1963-1965) | 1916 | 2012 | 95 years, 108 days |
| 20 | Jamshid bin Abdullah | .svg){kind=small} Sultanate of Zanzibar
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Sultan (1963-1964) | 1929 | 2024 | 95 years, 105 days |
| 21 | Dawda Jawara |  Gambia
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President (1970-1994) | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 103 days |
| 22 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegal
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President (1960–1980) | 1906 | 2001 | 95 years, 72 days |
| 23 | Girma Wolde-Giorgis |  Ethiopia
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President (2001-2013) | 1924 | 2018 | 93 years, 352 days |
| 24 | Pié Masumbuko | .svg){kind=small} Burundi
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Acting Prime Minister (1965) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 73 days |
| 25 | Shehu Shagari |  Nigeria
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President (1979-1983) | 1925 | 2018 | 93 years, 308 days |
| Antoine Gizenga |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Prime Minister (2006-2008) | 1925 | 2020 | 93 years, 142 days | |
| Beji Caid Essebsi | Tunisia
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Prime Minister (2011) President (2014-2019) |
1926 | 2019 | 92 years, 238 days | |
| Hamed Karoui | Tunisia
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Prime Minister (1989-1999) | 1927 | 2020 | 92 years, 88 days | |
| Belaid Abdelsalam | Algeria
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Prime Minister (1992-1993) | 1928 | 2020 | 91 years, 343 days | |
| Quett Masire |  Botwana
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President (1980-1998) | 1925 | 2017 | 91 years, 333 days | |
| Hosni Mubarak |  Egypt
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Prime Minister (1981-1982) President (1981-2011) |
1928 | 2020 | 91 years, 143 days | |
| Albert Zafy |  Madagascar
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President (1993-1996) | 1927 | 2017 | 90 years, 165 days |