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	Replacing
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days	Giovanni Gronchi
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	Paolo Boselli
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	Georgios Novas
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	Charles de Freycinet
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	Pedro de Aycinena
11	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days	Francisco Marín
12	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days	Emilio Aguinaldo
13	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days	Harold Macmillan
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	Ahmed Ben Bella
16	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President(1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days	Nikola Hristić
17	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days	Maarouf al-Dawalibi
18	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days	Hassan ibn Yahya
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	Sa`id Mufti
20	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days	Max Petitpierre
22	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days	Félix Gouin
23	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days	Frank Forde
24	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 212 days	Anibal Portillo
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	Pope Leo XIII
27	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days	Juliana
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	The Earl of Home
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	Mohsen Sadr
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	Hugo Ballivián
35	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days	Frank Forde
36	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days	The Baron Porritt
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	Anibal Portillo
39	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	100 years, 31 days	Tomás Romero
40	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days	Giovanni Leone
42	Sir Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days	Paul Magloire
42	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days	Original
43	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	1924	Alive	99 years, 363 days	Hans Schaffner
44	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days	Sanya Dharmasakti
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	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
48	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007		Nazim al-Qudsi
49	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days	Sir Isaac Isaacs
50	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days	Pak Song-chol
51	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days	Héctor Trujillo
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	Joaquín Balaguer
55	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days	Philippe Pétain
56	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days	Alfonso López Michelsen
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	Malietoa Tanumafili II
59	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days	Kiyoura Keigo
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	The Viscount of Sinimbu
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	Mohammad Sa'ed
63	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	Alive	99 years, 125 days	Michael I
64	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	99 years, 114 days	Mario Echandi Jiménez
65	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	99 years, 107 days	Fumio Gotō
66	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days	Roberto Marcelo Levingston
67	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days	Dom Mintoff
68	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days	Wijeyananda Dahanayake
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	Paal Berg
73	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days	Tahar Ben Anwar
74	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days	Charles Tupper
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	Pedro Lascuráin
78	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days	Nguyễn Văn Tâm
79	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days	Original
80	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days	Martti Miettunen
81	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days	Carlos Mancheno Cajas
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	Alfred Georges Naccache
83	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days	Victor Paz Estensorro
84	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days	Sandro Pertini
85	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
86	Walter Scheel	West Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido
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	Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
89	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	Félix Gouin
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	Mackenzie Bowel
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	Mohsen Sadr
95	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days	Original
96	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	97 years, 364 days	Elizabeth II
97	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days	Federico Chaves
76–98	Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days	Albert Sarraut
99	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days	Hassan al-Hakim
100	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 328 days	Ek Yi Oun

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Dates as eldestTime as oldest living	Name	Sex	Life datesAge	Country
- 25 August 1886 ??	Zinovios Valvis	M	1800 - 25 August 1886 85 years 237 days to 86 years 236 days	Greece
25 August 1886 - 1 July 1889 2 years 310 days	José Joaquín Pérez	M	6 May 1801 - 1 July 1889 88 years 25 days	Chile
1 July 1889 - 14 May 1897 7 years 318 days	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	M	19 October 1802 - 14 May 1897 94 years, 207 days	Guatemala
14 May 1897 - 29 February 1899 1 year, 289 days	Count Bernhard von Rechberg	M	17 July 1806 - 29 February 1899 92 years 224 days	Austria
14 May 1897 - 12 Apr 1900 2 years, 334 days	Tomas Gormensoro Albin	M	27 January 1810 - 12 April 1900 90 years, 76 days	Uruguay
12 Apr 1900 - 20 July 1903 3 years, 99 days	Pope Leo XIII	M	2 March 1810 - 20 July 1903 93 years, 140 days	Papal States
20 July 1903 - 17 February 1908 4 years, 212 days	Baron Ignaz von Plener	M	21 May 1810 - 17 February 1908 97 years, 272 days	Austria
17 February 1908 - 21 May 1916 8 years, 95 days	Artúr Gorgey	M	30 January 1818 - 21 May 1916 98 years, 113 days	Hungary
21 May 1916 - 10 December 1917 1 year, 203 days	Mackenzie Bowell	M	27 December 1823 - 10 December 1917 93 years, 348 days	Canada
10 December 1917 - 14 May 1923 5 years, 352 days	Charles de Freycinet	M	14 November 1828 - 14 May 1923 94 tears, 181 days	France
14 May - 10 October 1923 271 days	Andrés Avelino Cáceres	M	10 November 1836 - 10 October 1923 86 years, 335 days	Peru
17 July 1923 - 2 July 1924 350 days	Matsukata Masayoshi	M	25 February 1835 - 2 July 1924 89 years, 127 days	Japan
2 July 1924 - 21 December 1925 2 years, 158 days	Jules Méline	M	20 May 1838 – 21 December 1925 87 years, 216 days	France
21 December 1925 - 19 August 1928 2 years, 243 days	Stefanos Skouloudis	M	23 November 1838 – 19 August 1928 89 years, 271 days	Greece
19 August 1928 - 10 March 1932 3 years 204 days	Paolo Boselli	M	8 June 1838 - 10 March 1932 93 years, 272 days	Italy
10 March 1932 - 6 September 1935 3 year, 174 days	Francisco Andrade Marín	M	15 November 1841 - 6 September 1935 93 years 295 days	Ecuador
6 September 1935 - 29 May 1937 1 year, 263 days	Lizardo Garcia	M	26 April 1844 - 29 May 1937 93 years, 34 days	Ecuador
29 May 1937 - 12 September 1939 2 years, 194 days	Eliodoro Villazón	M	22 January 1848 - 12 September 1939 91 years, 233 days	Bolivia
29 May 1937 - 6 August 1945 8 years, 69 days	Alejandro Deustua	M	22 March 1849 - 6 August 1945 96 years, 138 days	Peru
6 August 1945 - 16 February 1948 2 years, 194 days	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	M	10 April 1851 - 16 February 1948 96 years, 312 days	Vatican City
16 February 1948 - 23 July 1951 2 years, 194 days	Philippe Petain	M	24 Apr 1856 - 23 July 1951 95 years, 90 days	France
16 February 1948 - 21 July 1952 364 days	Pedro Lascurain	M	8 May 1856 - 21 July 1952 96 years, 74 days	Mexico
21 July 1952 - 12 December 1960 8 years, 144 days	Christopher Hornsrud	M	15 November 1859 - 12 December 1960 101 years, 27 days	Norway
12 December 1960 - 15 May 1966 5 years, 154 days	Venceslau Brás	M	26 February 1868 - 15 May 1966 98 years, 78 days	Brazil
15 May 1966 - 25 February 1968 1 year, 286 days	Camille Huysmans	M	26 May 1871 - 25 February 1968 96 years, 275 days	Belgium
25 February 1968 - 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 - 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 - 14 February 1973 323 days	Émile Reuter	M	2 August 1874 - 14 February 1973 98 years, 196 days	Luxembourg
14 February - 25 July 1973 161 days	Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham	M	10 July 1875 - 25 July 1973 98 years, 15 days	Hungary
25 July 1973 - 9 February 1974 199 days	Borys Martos	M	20 May 1879 - 19 September 1977 98 years, 122 days	Ukraine
9 February 1974 - 22 March 1978 184 days	Isidro Ayora	M	31 August 1879 - 22 March 1978 98 years, 203 days	Ecuador
22 March - 24 April 1978 33 days	Federico Chaves	M	15 February 1882 - 24 April 1978 96 years, 69 days	Paraguay
24 April 1978 - 22 August 1986 8 years, 121 days	Celál Bayar	M	16 May 1883 - 22 August 1986 103 years, 99 days	Türkiye
22 August 1986 - 14 May 1988 1 year, 267 days	Willem Drees	M	5 July 1886 - 14 May 1988 101 years, 314 days	Netherlands
14 May 1988 - 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 - 14 December 1990 329 days	Zhang Qun	M	9 May 1889 - 14 December 1990 101 years, 220 days	Taiwan
14 December 1990 - 13 December 1994 3 years, 364 days	Antoine Pinay	M	30 December 1891 - 13 December 1994 102 years, 348 days	France
13 December 1994 - 10 April 1995 119 days	Morarji Desai	M	29 February 1896 - 10 April 1995 99 years, 41 days	India
10 April 1995 - 15 January 1998 2 years, 285 days	Gulzarilal Nanda	M	4 July 1898 - 15 January 1998 99 years, 195 days	India
15 January - 13 July 1998 179 days	Constantine Kollias	M	1901 - 13 July 1998 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days	Greece
13 July 1998 - 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 - 31 October 2002 2 years, 267 days	Michail Stasinopoulos	M	27 July 1903 - 31 October 2002 99 years, 143 days	Greece
31 October 2002 - 10 June 2004 1 year, 224 days	Xenophon Zolotas	M	26 Apr 1904 - 10 June 2004 100 years, 45 days	Greece
10 June 2004 - 22 January 2009 4 years, 192 days	Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum	M	1 September 1905 - 23 January 2009 103 years, 143 days	Cambodia
22 January - 16 April 2009 86 days	Abdel Halim Muhammad	M	10 April 1910 - 16 April 2009 99 years, 6 days	Sudan
16 April 2009 - 4 January 2010 264 days	Johan Ferrier	M	12 May 1910 - 4 January 2010 99 years, 238 days	Suriname
4 January 2010 - 15 March 2012 2 years, 71 days	Bernardino Gonzales Ruiz	M	11 January 1911 - 15 March 2012 101 years, 64 days	Panama
15 March 2012 - 9 August 2013 1 year, 147 days	Telmo Vargas	M	9 October 1912 - 9 August 2013 101 years, 264 days	Ecuador
9 August 2013 - 30 January 2017 3 years, 174 days	André Prunet-Foch	M	3 July 1914 - 30 January 2017 102 years, 211 days	Andorra
30 January 2017 - 1 October 2018 2 years, 66 days	Đỗ Mười	M	2 February 1917 - 1 October 2018 101 years, 241 days	Vietnam
1 October 2018 - 17 January 2019 108 days	Babiker Awadalla	M	2 Mar 1917 - 17 January 2019 101 years, 321 days	Sudan
17 January - 25 November 2019 314 days	Yasuhiro Nakasone	M	27 May 1918 - 29 November 2019 101 years, 186 days	Japan
29 November 2019 - 25 May 2020 178 days	Hyun Soong-jong	M	26 February 1919 - 25 May 2021 101 years, 89 days	South Korea
25 May 2020 - 07 December 2021 1 year, 196 days	Mustafa Ben Halim	M	29 January 1921 - 7 December 2021 100 years, 312 days	Libya
07 December 2021 - 14 July 2022 219 days	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	M	4 October 1921 - 14 July 2022 100 years, 283 days	Peru
14 July 2022 - Present 2 years, 110 days	Kahmtai Siphandone	M	8 February 1924 age 100 years, 267 days	Laos

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