List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

This article lists all the Longest-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 Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days.

List

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1 September 1905	22 January 2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	16 May 1883	22 August 1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	30 December 1891	13 December 1994	102 years, 343 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	3 July 1914	30 January 2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	30 December 1887	20 January 1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	ers of Sudan (1969)	2 March 1917	17 January 2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Willem Drees	The Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	3 July 1889	14 December 1990	101 years, 314 days
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
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	9 May 1889	14 December 1990	101 years, 219 days
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
12	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	26 January 1919	25 May 2020	101 years, 89 days
13	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	11 January 1911	15 March 2012	101 years, 64 days
14	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	15 November 1859	12 December 1960	101 years, 27 days
15	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	29 January 1921	7 December 2021	100 years, 312 days
16	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President(1966)	9 October 1912	9 August 2013	100 years, 304 days
17	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	4 October 1921	14 July 2022	100 years, 283 days
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
20	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	26 April 1904	10 June 2004	100 years, 45 days
20	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	19 January 1920	30 March 2020	100 years, 45 days
22	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1 January 1912	2 February 2012	100 years, 32 days
23	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	12 May 1910	4 January 2010	99 years, 237 days
24	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	2 October 1920	1 May 2020	99 years, 212 days
25	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	4 January 1898	15 January 1998	99 years, 195 days
26	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	9 December 1912	12 June 2012	99 years, 186 days
27	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1 May 1919	20 September 2018	99 years, 142 days
28	Khamtai Siphandone	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
29	Sir Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	9 January 1909	1 May 2008	99 years, 113 days
30	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	27 July 1903	31 October 2002	99 years, 96 days
30	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	Alive	100 years, 243 days
32	Sir Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	28 June 1892	28 September 1991	99 years, 92 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
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
38	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	26 August 1920	26 May 2019	98 years, 273 days
39	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	Alive	100 years, 31 days
40	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	16 March 1911	15 November 2009	98 years, 244 days
42	Sir Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	13 November 1915	11 July 2014	98 years, 240 days
42	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	4 August 1873	28 March 1972	98 years, 237 days
43	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	31 October 1918	29 May 2017	98 years, 223 days
44	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	4 November 1924	Alive	99 years, 363 days
45	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	31 August 1879	23 March 1978	98 years, 203 days
46	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	2 August 1874	14 February 1973	98 years, 196 days
47	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	18 July 1910	25 January 2009	98 years, 191 days
48	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	9 December 1908	8 June 2007	98 years, 181 days
49	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	9 April 1910	9 September 2008	98 years, 153 days
50	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1 December 1920	22 April 2019	98 years, 142 days
51	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	23 March 1918	28 July 2016	98 years, 127 days
52	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	20 May 1879	19 September 1977	98 years, 122 days
53	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Gocernor-President (1849)	30 January 1818	31 May 1916	98 years, 112 days
54	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	19 October 1924	6 February 2023	98 years, 109 days
55	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	5 January 1921	23 April 2019	98 years, 108 days
56	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	11 July 1916	21 October 2014	98 years, 102 days
57	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	26 February 1868	15 May 1966	98 years, 78 days
58	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	16 February 1916	10 February 2015	98 years, 56 days
59	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	4 December 1910	27 January 2009	98 years, 54 days
60	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
61	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	10 July 1875	25 July 1973	98 years, 15 days
62	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	8 March 1910	21 March 2008	98 years, 13 days
63	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	29 June 1925	Alive	99 years, 125 days
64	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	12 August 1922	10 July 2020	97 years, 332 days
65	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	Alive	99 years, 114 days
66	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	17 July 1925	Alive	99 years, 107 days
67	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	18 February 1925	3 January 2023	97 years, 319 days
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
71	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	3 February 1866	30 October 1963	97 years, 267 days
72	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	27 April 1921	28 December 2018	97 years, 245 days
73	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	10 January 1923	14 August 2020	97 years, 217 days
74	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993–1994)	28 November 1916	24 June 2014	97 years, 208 days
75	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	2 April 1890w	21 October 1987	97 years, 202 days
76	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)	15 January 1923	15 July 2020	97 years, 197 days
77	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	8 December 1925	Alive	98 years, 329 days
78	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	13 April 1920	4 October 2017	97 years, 174 days
79	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	15 March 1872	14 August 1969	97 years, 152 days
80	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	26 November 1918	26 November 2016	97 years, 145 days
81	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	25 November 1915	14 April 2013	97 years, 140 days
82	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
83	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	4 October 1913	4 February 2011	97 years, 123 days
84	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	16 May 1913	21 August 2010	97 years, 97 days
85	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991)	28 April 1924	17 June 2021	97 years, 50 days
86	Walter Scheel	West Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	8 July 1919	24 August 2016	97 years, 47 days
87	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	Alive	98 years, 156 days
88	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	23 December 1918	13 November 2015	96 years, 322 days
89	Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	10 April 1851	16 February 1948	96 years, 312 days
90	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1 January 1912	4 November 2008	96 years, 308 days
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
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
95	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	9 March 1890	8 November 1986	96 years, 244 days
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
97	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	Alive	97 years, 364 days
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

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

Living From	Age when oldest	To Time	Name	Sex	Lifespan		Country
Living From	Age when oldest	To Time	Name	Sex	Birth	Death Age	Country
-	-	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
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
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	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
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
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
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

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