List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals

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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 Replacing
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days Original
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
1883 1986 103 years, 98 days Original
3 Antoine Pinay France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days Original
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days Original
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan ers of Sudan (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days Original
8 Đỗ Mười Vietnam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997)
1917 2018 101 years, 241 days
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days Original
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
12 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 89 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days Original
15 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days {Hassan al-Hakim
16 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting President(1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
1921 2022 100 years, 283 days Sixto Durán Ballén
18 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days Emilio Aguinaldo
19 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
20 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days Original
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020 Hassan ibn Yahiya
22 Abdul Salam Sabrah North Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
23 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
24 Tun Tin Burma Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 212 days Max Pettitpierre
25 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days Original
26 Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012 99 years, 186 days
27 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 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)
1924 Alive 100 years, 267 days Juan José Estrada
29 Sir Anthony Mamo Malta Governor-General (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)
1909 2008 99 years, 113 days Original
30 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 243 days Fred Degazon
31 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days Original
32 Sir Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days Original
33 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days Original
34 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
35 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
36 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 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 1997 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days Original
38 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)
1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
39 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 31 days Tomás Romero Pereira
40 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
42 Sir Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
42 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days Original
43 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
44 Guillermo Rodríguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1924 Alive 99 years, 363 days Hans Schaffner
45 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days Original
46 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days Original
47 Mamadou Dia Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
48 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days Original
49 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
50 Lê Đức Anh Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days Nguyễn Văn Tâm
51 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
52 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 122 days Original
53 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Gocernor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days Original
54 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 109 days Joaquin Balaguer
55 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days Léopold Sédar Senghor
56 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
57 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days•} Original
58 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
59 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
60 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995)
Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)
1925 Alive 99 years, 177 days Dom Mintoff
61 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungary Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days Original
62 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
63 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 Alive 99 years, 125 days The Viscount of Sinimbu
64 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 114 days Michael I
65 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days Roberto M. Levingston
65 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 107 days Mario Echandi Jiménez
67 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days Pedro Lsscuráin
68 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)
1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
69 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)
1888 1985 97 years, 289 days Original
70 Baron Ignaz von Plener Cisleithania
(Austria-Hungary)
Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days Original
71 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Irish Free State Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days Original
72 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days Philippe Petain
73 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days Tahar Ben Ammar
74 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993–1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
75 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days Original
76 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000)
Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)
1923 2020 97 years, 197 days Antonio Imbert Barrera
77 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 Alive 98 years, 329 days Federico Chaves
78 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days Dušan Dragosavac
79 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
80 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
81 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 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)
1902 2000 97 years, 138 days Original
83 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
84 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
85 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia Prime Minister (1964)
State President (1964–1991)
1924 2021 97 years, 50 days Balisario Batancur
86 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)
1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
87 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 156 days Alejandro Deustua}}
88 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
89 Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days Original
90 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuva Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
91 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days Original
92 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
93 Federico Paéz Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days Original
94 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)
1903 2000 96 years, 247 days Original
95 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941) 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days Original
96 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998) 1925 2022 96 years, 224 days Fumio Goto
97 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 97 years, 364 days Elizabeth II
76–98 Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days Original
99 Pedro Richter Prada' Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921 2017 96 years, 191 days Petar Stambolić
100 Raif Dizdarević Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 328 days Ek Yi Oun

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

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

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Hyun Soong-jong M 26 February 1919 25 May 2020

101 years, 89 days

South Korea
25 May 2020 99-100 7 December 2021

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Mustafa Ben Halim M 29 January 1921 7 December 2021

100 years, 312 days

Libya
25 May 2020 100 14 July 2022

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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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