Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
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 minister), 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. This is a hypothetical list if The State leaders on bold are still alive by 31 December 2023
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 |
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 |
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 | 99 years, 326 days |
29 | Sir Anthony Mamo | Malta | Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
9 January 1909 | 1 May 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
30 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 3 March 1924 | Alive | 99 years, 303 days |
31 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | President (1974–1975) | 27 July 1903 | 31 October 2002 | 99 years, 96 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 | 99 years, 91 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, 57 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 | 98 years, 237 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 | 98 years, 185 days |
64 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 10 July 1925 | Alive | 98 years, 174 days |
65 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 12 August 1922 | 10 July 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
66 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 17 July 1925 | Alive | 98 years, 167 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, 23 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 | [[wikipedia:President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting} President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)|]] |
World's Longest lived state Leaders (born ost-1800)
Living From | Age when oldest | To
Time |
Name | Sex | Lifespan | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
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 | Hyun Soong-jong | M | 26 February 1919 | 25 May 2020
101 years, 89 days |
South Korea |
25 May 2020 | 99-100 | 7 December 2021 | Mustafa Ben Halim | M | 29 January 1921 | 7 December 2021
100 years, 312 days |
Libya |
25 May 2020 | 100 | 14 July 2022 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | M | 4 October 1921 | 14 July 2022
100 years, 285 days |
Libya |
14 July 2022 | 98* | Present
(2 years, 136 days) |
Khamtai Siphamdone | M | 8 February 1924 | Living
99 years, 326 days |
Laos |