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 Croatian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009), who is will lived to 103 years, 143 days.
If every living state leader is still alive by 31 December 2024.
Gallery
Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 19622nd Oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–19603rd-Oldest:
France
Antoine Pinay
served: 196212th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
List
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
2 | Celâl Bayar | Türkiye | Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
3 | Antoine Pinay | France | Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days |
4 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
5 | Willem Drees | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days |
6 | Đỗ Mười | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 243 days |
7 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
8 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
9 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
10 | Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days |
11 | Bernardino González Ruiz | Panama | Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
12 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 101 years, 57 days |
13 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 100 years, 327 days |
14 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
15 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
16 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 303 days |
17 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Peru | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
18 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
19 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
20 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 91 days |
21 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | 100 years, 45 days |
22 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
23 | Tun Tin | Burma | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days |
24 | Gulzarilal Nanda | India | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
25 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 174 days |
26 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 167 days |
20–27 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days |
28 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
29 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
30 | Morarji Desai | India | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
31 | Võ Chí Công | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
32 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
33 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
34 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
22–35 | Hastings Banda | Malawi | 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 |
36 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
37 | Pierre Harmel | Belgium | Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
38 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
39 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
40 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
41 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 216 days |
42 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
43 | Aden Adde | Somalia | President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
44 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 154 days |
45 | Lê Đức Anh | Vietnam | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 143 days |
46 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
47 | Borys Martos | Ukraine | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 123 days |
48 | Lubomír Štrougal | Czechoslovakia | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years, 110 days |
49 | Jean | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
50 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
51 | Giorgio Napolitano | Italy | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
52 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 58 days |
53 | R. Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
54 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 22 days |
55 | Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
56 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
57 | Abdelsalam Majali | Jordan | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
58 | Kenan Evren | Türkiye | President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
59 | Wellington Koo | China | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
60 | Thanin Kraivichien | Thailand | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 270 days |
61 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | Algeria |
Chair of the Constitutional Council (Acting President) (1992) |
1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
62 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
63 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
64 | Ramón José Velásquez | Venezuela | President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
65 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan | President (1988 2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
66 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
67 | Patricio Aylwin | Chile | President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
68 | Armando Villanueva | Peru | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
69 |
Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania | President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1903 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
70 | Martial Célestin | Haiti | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
71 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania | First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
72 | Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
73 | Walter Scheel | Germany | (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
74 | Kim Yong-nam | North Korea | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) |
1928 |
Alive | 96 years, 331 days |
75 | Helmut Schmidt | Germany | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
76 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Tuvan People's Republic | Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
77 | Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
78 |
Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
79 | Vyacheslav Molotov | Soviet Union | Premier (1930–1941 | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
80 | Arnold Rüütel | Estonia | Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928 | Alive | 96 years, 235 days |
81 | Arthur Foulkes | Bahamas | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 234 days |
82 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
83 | Pedro Richter Prada | Peru | Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days |
84 | Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | Queen (1952–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 140 days |
85 | Hungary | Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 126 days | |
86 | Jiang Zemin | China | Chairman of the Communist Party (1989-2002) Paramount Leader (1989-2002) President (1993–2003) |
1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 105 days |
87 | Abderrahmane Youssoufi | Morocco | Prime Minister (1998-2002) | 1924 | 2020 | 96 years, 82 days |
88 | Zhu Rongji | China | Chairman of the Communist Party (1989-2002) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 69 days |
89 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | Costa Rica | President (1958–1962) | 1915 | 2011 | 96 years, 43 days |
90 | Michael I | Romania | King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 41 days |
91 | Dom Mintoff | Malta | Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) | 1916 | 2012 | 96 years, 14 days |
92 | Joaquín Balaguer | Dominican Republic | President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) | 1906 | 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
93 | Belisario Betancur | Colombia | President (1982–1986) | 1923 | 2018 | 95 years, 306 days |
94 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Italy | Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006) |
1920 | 2016 | 95 years, 282 days |
95 | Benedict XVI | Vatican City | Dean of the College of Cardinals during (2005) Pope of the Holy See (2005–2013) Sovereign of the Vatican City State (2p05-2013) |
1927 | 2022 | 95 years, 279 days |
96 | Édouard Balladur | France | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 243 days |
97 | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 224 days |
98 | Robert Mugabe | Zimbabwe | Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987–2017) |
1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 197 days |
99 | Trần Thiện Khiêm | South Vietnam | Prime Minister (1969-1975} | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 191 days |
100 | Antonio Imbert Barrera | Dominican Republic | President (1960) | 1920 | 2016 | 95 years, 180 days |