Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (31 December 2027)
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 Guillermo del Rodriguez, who would still be living atlive to llived to 103 years, 143 days. If every state leader is still alive by 31 December 2027.
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oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
(born 1923, (age 104 years, 57 days)
served: 1972–19762nd-Oldest ever:
Laos
Khamtai Siphandone (born 1924, 103 years, 326 days)
served: 1991–20063rd-oldest ever:
Turkey
Tomiichi Murayama (born 1924, age 103 years, 303 days)
served 1994–1996;Oldest living leader of a-now defunct state and 23rd-Oldest ever:
Yugoslavia
Raif Dizdarević (born 1926, age 101 years, 20 days)
served: 1962
List
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Currently living |
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age | Ref. | Date Replacing | |
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1 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 104 years, 57 days | [1] | 15 October 2020 Hans Schaffner | |
2 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 103 years, 326 days | [2] | 7 August 2019 Antonio Imbert Barrera | |
3 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 103 years, 303 days | [3] | 19 September 2019 Juan José Estrada | |
4 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
5 | Celâl Bayar | Türkiye | Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days | [4] | 1 January 2008
Original | |
6 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 103 years, 81 days | [5] | 8 August 2020 Tomás Romero Pereira | |
7 | Antoine Pinay | France | Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days | [6] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
8 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) |
1925 | Alive | 99 years, 9 days | [7] | 21 May 2021 Dom Mintoff | |
9 | André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days | – | 21 April 2008 Alfredo Stroessner | |
10 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 102 years, 174 days | [8] | 20 August 2021 King Michael I | |
11 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 102 years, 167 days | [9] | 24 December 2021 Fumio Gotō | |
12 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
13 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | ers of Sudan (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days | [10] | 30 August 2011 Charles de Freycinet | |
14 | Willem Drees | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days | [11] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
15 | 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 | [12] | 30 July 2011 Allan Louisy | |
16 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days | [13] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
17 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 101 years, 216 days | [14] | 22 September 2022 Alejandro Deustua | |
18 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days | [15] | 20 December 2012 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | |
19 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days | [16] | 11 March 2009 José Bordas Valdez | |
20 | Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days | [17] | 16 December 2013 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas | |
21 | Bernardino González Ruiz | Panama | Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days | [18] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
22 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 101 years, 58 days | [19] | 23 March 2023 Queen Elizabeth II | |
23 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | Error: Need valid year, month, day | [20] | 6 June 2023 Ek Yi Oun | |
24 | Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days | [21] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
25 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days | [22] | 16 May 2016 Philippe Pétain | |
26 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Acting President(1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days | [23] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
27 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | Peru | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days | [24] | 10 March 2017 Paal Berg | |
28 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days | [25] | 23 August 2014 Guillermo Tell Villegas Pullido | |
29 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days | [26] | 20 June 2017 Cuthbert Sebastian | |
30 | Thanin Kraivichien | Thailand | (Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 100 years, 270 days | [27] | 13 October 2023 Pedro Richter Prada | |
31 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days | [28] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | [29] | 23 January 2015 Saeb Salam | |||
33 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | North Yemen | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
34 | Kim Yong-nam | North Korea | Chairman of the Presidium (1998–2018) | 1928 | Alive | 99 years, 330 days | [30] | 16 August 2024 Constantine Kollias | |
35 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days | [31] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
36 | Arnold Rùütel | Estonia | Chaiman of the State Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928 | Alive | 100 years, 235 days | [32] | 20 December 2024 Yang Hyong-sop | |
37 | Arthur Foulkes | Bahamas | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 99 years, 234 days | [33] | 10 January 2025 Vyacheslav Molotov | |
38 | Tun Tin | Burma | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days | [34] | 19 November 2015 Nguyễn Văn Tâm | |
39 | Gulzarilal Nanda | India | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days | [35] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
40 | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 185 days | [36] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
41 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days | [37] | 18 March 2014 Emilio Aguinaldo | |
42 | Peter Borross | Hungary | Prime Minister (19993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 95 years, 264 days | [38] | 1 May 2025 Habib Bourgiba | |
43 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days | [39] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
44 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
45 | Clifford Campbell | Jamaica | Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
46 | Zhu Rongji | China | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 99 years, 69 days | [40] | Federico Paéz | |
47 | Morarji Desai | India | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days | [41] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
48 | Võ Chí Công | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days | [42] | 1 January 2008 | 1 January 2008
Original |
49 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days | [43] | 1 January 2008\ Original | |
50 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days | [44] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
35–51 | 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 | [45] | 1 January 2008 | 1 January 2008 Original |
52 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days | [46] | 22 September 2015\ Max Petitpierre | |
53 | Pierre Harmel | Belgium | Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days | [47] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
54 | Édouard Balladur | Framce | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 15 days | [48] | 9 January 2026 Yitzhak Shamir | |
55 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days | [49] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
56 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days | [50] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
57 | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 5 days | [51] | 11 February 2026 Camille Huysmans</smal | |
58 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days | [52] | 16 June 2013 Kiro Gligorov | |
59 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
60 | Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
61 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
62 | Aden Adde | Somalia | President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days | [53] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
63 | Orville Turnquest | Bahamas | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 165 days | [54] | 23 May 2026 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | |
64 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days | [55] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
65 | Lê Đức Anh | Vietnam | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days | [56] | 26 January 2016 Pak Song-chol | |
66 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days | [57] | 5 October 2012 Héctor Trujillo | |
67 | Borys Martos | Ukraine | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days | [58] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
68 | Artúr Görgei | Hungary | Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days | [59] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
69 | Lubomír Štrougal | Czechoslovakia | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days | [60] | 30 August 2020 Joaquín Balaguer | |
70 | Jean | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days | [61] | 3 April 2016 Hassan al-Hakim | |
71 | Jamshid bin Abdullah | Zanzibar | Sultan (1963–1964) | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 106 days | [62] | 25 July 2026 Gennaro Granito di Belmonte | |
72 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days | [63] | 22 July 2010 Alfonso López Michelsen | |
73 | Nikolai Ryzhkov | Soviet Union | Premier (1985–1991) | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 94 days | [64] | 26 August 2026 Helmut Schmidt | |
74 | Giorgio Napolitano | Italy | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days | [65] | 5 August 2021 The Viscount of Sinimbu | |
75 | Venceslau Brás | Brazil | President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days | – | 1 January 2008 ×Original | |
76 | Violeta Chamorro | Nicaragua | Member of Junta for National Reconstruction (1979&ndssh;1980) President (1990–1979) |
1929 | Alive | 98 years, 74 days | 4 December 2026 Walter Scheel | ||
77 | Claude Rostain | Andorra | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days | – | 17 April 2011 Sir Charles Tupper | |
78 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days | [66] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
79 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | Mongolia | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 46 days | 4 January 2027 Kenneth Kaunda | ||
80 | Alfred Moisiu | Albania | President (2002–2007) | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 30 days | 8 March 2027 Gheorghe Apostol | ||
81 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | Hungary | Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
82 | Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
83 | Selim Hoss | Lebanon | Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000)
Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) |
1929 | Alive | 98 years, 11 days | 22 April 2027 Martial Célestin | ||
Lee Hyun-jae | South Korea | Prime Minister (1988) | |||||||
Milan Panić | Yugoslavia | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | |||||||
86 | Efraín Goldenberg | Peru | Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 3 days | 22 May 2027 Patricio Aylwin | ||
87 | Ahmed Osman | Morocco | Prime Minister (1972–1979) | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 362 days | 4 June 2027 Alfredo Solf y Muro | ||
88 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | Communist General Secretary (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days | [67] | 28 February 2020 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | |
89 | Abdelsalam Majali | Jordan | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days | [68] | 3 May 2022 Pedro Lascuráin | |
90 | Ion Iliescu | Romania | Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004) |
1930 | Alive | 97 years, 303 days | 24 August 2027 Liam Cosgrave | ||
91 | Kenan Evren | Türkiye | President of the N.S.C. (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days | [69] | 27 January 2012 Wijeyananda Dahayanake | |
92 | Wellington Koo | China | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days | [70] | 1 January 2008 Original | |
93 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary) |
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days | – | 1 January 2008 Original | |
94 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Irish Free State | Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days | 1 January 2008 Original | ||
95 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Iceland | President (1980–1996) | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 260 days | 29 October 2027 (−3 years, 165 days) Lee Teng-hui | ||
96 | José Sarney | Brazil | President (1986–1990) | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 251 days | 12 November 2027 He Yingpin | ||
97 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | Algeria | Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days | [71] | 13 August 2016 Ahmed Ben Bella | |
98 | Kesang Choden | Bhutan | President (1980–1996) | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 224 days | 15 December 2027 Ramon Jose Velásquez | ||
99 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days | [72] | 13 February 2020 Fred Degazon | |
100 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days | [73] | 14 February 2022 Federico Chaves |
Time in the Main list as Longest living State leaders
Name | Date Entered | Replacing | Until | Timespan |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Celâl Bayar | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Antoine Pinay | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Willem Drees | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Zhang Qun | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Bernardino González Ruiz | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Christopher Hornsrud | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Telmo Vargas | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Xenophon Zolotas | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Abdul Salam Sabrah | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Johan Ferrier | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Gulzarilal Nanda | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Anthony Mamo | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Michail Stasinopoulos | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Clifford Campbell | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Morarji Desai | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Võ Chí Công | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Abdel Halim Muhammad | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Ċensu Tabone | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Hastings Banda | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Pierre Harmel | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Howard Cooke | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Joseph Paul-Boncour | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Isidro Ayora | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Émile Reuter | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Mamadou Dia | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Aden Adde | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Nouhak Phoumsavanh | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Borys Martos | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Artúr Görgei | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Venceslau Brás | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Gabriel París Gordillo | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Wellington Koo | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Baron Ignaz von Plener | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Domhnall Ua Buachalla | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
He Yingqin | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Alfredo Solf y Muro | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Ion Gheorghe Maurer | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Martial Célestin | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Gheorghe Apostol | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Camille Huysmans | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Federico Paéz | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Habib Bourguiba | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Vyacheslav Molotov | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
Constantine Kollias | January 1, 2008 | Original | present | 16 years, 137 days |
André Prunet-Foch | April 21, 2008 | Alfredo Stoessener | present | 16 years, 26 days |
Piet de Jong | March 11, 2009 | José Bordas Valdez | present | 15 years, 67 days |
Yitzhak Shamir | October 15, 2009 | Sir Mackenzie Bowell | present | 14 years, 215 days |
Armando Villanueva | November 30, 2009 | Carlos Mancheno Cajas | present | 14 years, 169 days |
Gough Whitlam | July 22, 2010 | Alfonso López Michelsen | present | 13 years, 300 days |
Ramón José Velásquez | March 8, 2011 | Mikhail Solometsev | present | 13 years, 70 days |
Claude Rostain | April 17, 2011 | Sir Charles Tupper | present | 13 years, 30 days |
Đỗ Mười | July 30, 2011 | Sir Allan Louisy | present | 12 years, 292 days |
Babiker Awadalla | August 30, 2011 | Charles de Freycinet | present | 12 years, 261 days |
Kenan Evren | January 27, 2012 |
Wijeyananda Dahayanake |
present | 12 years, 111 days |
Émile Derlin Zinsou | October 5, 2012 | Héctor Trujillo | present | 11 years, 225 days |
Yasuhiro Nakasone | December 20, 2012 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | present | 11 years, 149 days |
Konstantinos Mitsotakis | June 18, 2013 | Kiro Gligorov | present | 10 years, 334 days |
Patricio Aylwin | August 26, 2013 | Sanya Dharmasakti | present | 10 years, 265 days |
Helmut Schmidt | September 15, 2013 | Martti Miettunen | present | 10 years, 245 days |
Hyun Soong-jong | December 16, 2013 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas | present | 10 years, 153 days |
Mohammed Karim Lamrani | March 18, 2014 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
present |
10 years, 60 days |
Walter Scheel | May 29, 2014 | Juliana | present | 9 years, 354 days |
Hau Pei-tsun | August 23, 2014 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pullido | present | 9 years, 268 days |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | January 23, 2015 | Saeb Salam | present | 9 years, 115 days |
Liam Cosgrave | May 3, 2015 | Dušan Dragosavac | present | 9 years, 14 days |
Prem Tinsulanonda | September 22, 2015 | Max Pettitpierre | present | 8 years, 238 days |
Tun Tin | November 19, 2015 | Nguyễn Văn Tâm | present | 8 years, 180 days |
Lê Đức Anh | January 26, 2016 | Pak Song-Chol | present | 8 years, 112 days |
Pedro Richter Prada | March 16, 2016 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | October 14, 2023 | 7 years, 212 days |
Jean | April 3, 2016 | Hassan al-Hakim | present | 8 years, 44 days |
Mustafa Ben Halim | May 16 2016 | Philippe Pétain | present | 8 years, 1 day |
Abdelmalek Benhabyles | August 13, 2016 | Ahmed Ben Bela | present | 7 years, 268 days |
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | March 10, 2017 | Paal Berg | present | 7 years, 68 days |
Luis Echeverría | June 20, 2017 | Sir Cuthbert Sebastian | present | 6 years, 332 days |
Lee Teng-hui | June 24, 2018 | Roberto M. Levingston | present | 5 years, 328 days |
Khamtai Siphandone | August 7, 2019 | Antonio Imbert Barrera | present | 4 years, 284 days |
Tomiichi Murayama | September 19, 2019 | Juan José Estrada | present | 4 years, 241 days |
Francesc Badia Batalla | February 13, 2020 | Fred Degazon | present | 4 years, 94 days |
Miloš Jakeš | February 28, 2020 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | present | 4 years, 50 days |
Kenneth Kaunda | Belisario Betancur | present | ||
Jimmy Carter | August 8, 2020 | Tomás Romero Pereira | present | 3 years, 283 days |
Lubomír Štrougal | August 30, 2020 | Joaquin Balaguer | present | 3 years, 261 days |
Guillermo Rodríguez | October 15, 2020 | Hans Schaffner | present | 3 years, 212 days |
Ali Hassan Mwinyi | May 21, 2021 | Dom MIntoff | present | 2 years, 362 days |
Giorgio Napolitano | August 5, 2021 | The Viscount of Sinimbu | present | 2 years, 286 days |
Mahathir Mohamad | August 20, 2021 | Michael I of Romania | present | 2 years, 271 days |
Yang Hyong-sop | November 13, 2021 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | present | 2 years, 186 days |
Mohammad Hasan Sharq | December 24, 2021 | Fumio Gotō | present | 2 years, 145 days |
Arnaldo Forlani | February 14, 2022 | Federico Chaves | present | 2 years, 93 days |
Abdelsalam Majali | May 3, 2022 | Pedro Lascuráin | present | 2 years, 14 days |
Abdoulaye Wade | September 22, 2022 | Alejandro Deustua | present | 1 year, 238 days |
Valdas Adamkus | March 23, 2023 | Elizabeth II | present | 360 days |
Raif Dizdarević | June 6, 2023 | Ek Yi Oun | present | 346 days |
Thanin Kraivichien | October 13, 2023 | Pedro Richter Prada | present | 217 days |
Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885
Name | Country | Sex | Lifespan | Time as Eldest |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kaiser Wilhelm I | Germany | M | 22 March 1797–14 May 1888 aged 90 years, 353 days |
– 9 March 1888 (aged 90) ?? |
George Tupou I | Tonga | M | 4 December 1797–18 February 1893 aged 95 years, 76 days |
9 March 1888 (aged 91) –18 February 1893 (aged 95) 4 years, 343 days |
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | Guatemala | M | 19 October 1802–14 May 1897 aged 94 years, 207 days |
18 February 1893 (aged 90) – 14 May 1897 (aged 94) 4 years 85 days |
Count Bernhard von Rechberg | Austria | M | 17 July 1806–26 February 1899 aged 92 years 224 days |
14 May 1897 (aged 90) – 26 February 1899 (aged 92) 1 year, 289 days |
Tomas Gormensoro Albin | Uruguay | M | 27 January 1810–12 April 1900 90 years, 76 days |
26 February 1899 (aged 87) –12 April 1900 (aged 90) 2 years, 334 days) |
Pope Leo XIII | Papal States | M | 2 March 1810–20 July 1903 aged 93 years, 140 days |
12 Apr 1900 (aged 90) – 20 July 1903 (aged 93) 3 years, 99 days |
Freihrr Ignaz von Plener | Austria | M | 21 May 1810–17 February 1908 aged 97 years, 272 days |
20 July 1903 (aged 93) – 17 February 1908 (aged 97) 4 years, 212 days |
Artúr Gorgey | Hungary | M | 30 January 1818–21 May 1916 aged 98 years, 113 days |
17 February 1908 (aged 90)–21 May 1916 (aged 98) 8 years, 95 days |
Mackenzie Bowell | Canada | M | 27 December 1823–10 December 1917 aged 93 years, 348 days |
21 May 1916 (aged 92)–10 December 1917 (aged 93) 1 year, 203 days) |
Charles de Freycinet | France | M | 14 November 1828–14 May 1923 aged 94 years, 181 days |
10 December 1917 (aged 89)–14 May 1923 (aged 94) 5 years, 352 days |
Matsukata Masayoshi | Japan | M | 25 February 1835–2 July 1924 aged 89 years, 127 days |
14 May 1923 (aged 87) – 2 July 1924 (aged 89) 350 days |
Jules Méline | France | M | 20 May 1838–21 December 1925 aged 87 years, 216 days |
2 July 1924 (aged 86)–21 December 1925 (aged 87) 2 years 158 days |
Paolo Boselli | Italy | M | 8 June 1838–10 Match 1932 aged93 years, 272 days |
2 July 1924 (aged 86)–10 March 1932 (aged 93) 7 years, 260 days |
Francisco Andrade Marín | Ecuador | M | 15 November 1841–6 September 1935 aged 93 years, 295 days |
10 March 1932 (aged 88)–6 September 1935 (aged 93) 3 years, 175 days |
Lizardo Garcia | M | 26 April 1844–29 May 1937 aged 93 years, 34 days |
6 September 1935 (aged 91)–29 May 1937 (aged 93) 1 year, 263 days | |
Eliodoro Villazón | Bolivia | M | 22 January 1848–12 September 1939 aged 91 years, 233 days |
29 May 1937 (aged 89)–12 September 1939 (aged 91) 2 years, 194 days |
Alejandro Deustua | Peru | M | 22 March 1849–6 August 1945 aged 96 years, 138 days |
12 September 1939 (aged 90)–6 August 1945 (aged 96) 8 years, 69 days |
Gennaro Pignatello di Belmonte | Vatican City | M | 10 April 1851–16 February 1948 aged 96 years, 312 days |
6 August 1945 (aged 94)–16 February 1948 (aged 96) 2 years, 194 days) |
Philippe Petain | France | M | 24 Apr 1856–23 July 1951 aged 95 years, 90 days |
16 February 1948 (aged 91)–23 July 1951 (aged 95) 3 years, 157 days |
Pedro Lascurain | Mexico | M | 8 May 1856–21 July 1952 aged 96 years, 74 days |
23 July 1951 (aged 95) – 21 July 1952 (aged 96) 364 days |
Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | M | 15 November 1859–12 December 1960 aged 101 years, 27 days |
9 September 1957 (aged 92)–12 December 1960 (aged 101)
3 years, 93 days |
Venceslau Brás | Brazil | M | 26 February 1868–15 May 1966 aged 98 years, 78 days |
12 December 1960 (aged 92)–15 May 1966 (aged 98) 5 years, 154 days |
Camille Huysmans | Belgium | M | 26 May 1871–25 February 1968 aged 96 years, 275 days |
15 May 1966 (aged 94) – 25 February 1968 (aged 96) 1 year, 286 days |
Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | M | 15 March 1872–14 August 1969 aged 97 years, 152 days |
25 February 1968 (aged 96)–14 August 1969 (aged 97) 1 year, 170 days |
Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | M | 4 August 1873–28 March 1972 aged 98 years, 237 days |
14 August 1969 (aged 96)–28 March 1972 (aged 98) 2 years, 227 days |
Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | M | 2 August 1874–14 February 1973 aged 98 years, 196 days |
28 March 1972 (aged 97)–14 February 1973 (aged 98) 323 days |
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham | Hungary | M | 10 July 1875–25 July 1973 aged 98 years, 15 days |
14 February 1973 (aged 97) – 25 July 1973 (aged 98) 161 days |
Federico Páez | Ecuador | M | 4 June 1877 – 9 February 1974 aged 96 years, 250 days |
25 July 1973 (aged 96)–9 February 1974 (aged 96) 199 days |
Borys Martos | Ukraine | M | 20 May 1879–19 September 1977 aged 98 years, 122 days |
9 February 1974 (aged 94)–19 September 1977 (aged 98) 3 years, 222 days |
Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | M | 31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978 98 years, 203 days |
19 September 1977 (aged 98)–22 March 1978 (aged 98) 184 days |
Federico Chaves | Paraguay | M | 22 March 1978–24 April 1978 96 years, 68 days |
22 March 1978 (aged 96)–24 March 1978 (aged 96) 33 days |
Celál Bayar | Türkiye | M | 16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986 aged 103 years, 99 days |
24 April 1978 (aged 94)–22 August 1986 (aged 103) 8 years, 121 days |
Willem Drees | Netherlands | M | 5 July 1886–14 May 1988 aged 101 years, 314 days |
22 August 1986 (aged 100)–14 May 1988 (aged 101)
1 year, 267 days |
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | M• | 3 December 1887–20 January 1990 aged aged 102 years, 48 days |
14 May 1988 (aged 101)–20 January 1990 (aged 102) 2 years, 252 days |
Zhang Qun | Taiwan | M | 9 May 1889–14 December 1990 aged 101 years, 220 days |
20 January 1990 (aged 100)–14 December 1990 (aged 101) 329 days |
Antoine Pinay | France | M | 30 December 1891–13 December 1994 aged 102 years, 348 days |
14 December 1990 (aged 98)–13 December 1994 (aged 102)
3 years, 364 days |
Morarji Desai | India | M | 29 February 1896–10 April 1995 aged 99 years, 41 days |
13 December 1994 (aged 98) –10 April 1995 (aged 99) 119 days |
Gulzarilal Nanda | India | M | 4 July 1898–15 January 1998 aged 99 years, 195 days |
10 April 1995 (aged 96)–15 January 1998 (aged 99) 2 years, 275 days |
Constantine Kollias | Greece | M | 1901–13 July 1998 aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
15 January 1998 (aged 96–97)–13 July 1998 (aged 96–97) 179 days |
Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania | M | 23 September 1902–8 February 2000 aged 97 years, 138 days |
13 July 1998 (aged 95)–8 February 2000 (aged 97) 1 year, 211 days |
Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | M | 27 July 1903–31 October 2002 aged 99 years, 142 days |
8 February 2000 (aged 96)–31 October 3002 (aged 99) 3 years, 267 days |
Xenophon Zolotas | M | 26 April 1904–10 Jube 2004 aged 100 years, 45 days |
31 October 2002 (aged 98)–10 June 2004 (aged 100) 1 year, 224 days | |
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum | Cambodia | M | 1 September 1905–23 January 2009 aged 103 years, 143 days |
10 June 2004 (aged 98)–23 January 2009 (aged 103) 4 years, 192 days |
Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | M | 10 April 1910–16 April 2009 aged 99 years, 6 days |
22 January 2009 (aged 98)–16 April 2009 (aged 99) 85 days |
Johan Ferrier | Suriname | M | 12 May 1910–4 January 2010 agrd 99 years, 237 days |
16 April 2009 (aged 98)–4 January 2010 (aged 99) 264 days |
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz | Panama | M | 11 January 1911–15 March 2012 aged 101 years, 64 days |
4 January 2010 (aged 98)–15 March 2012 (aged 100) 2 years, 72 days |
Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | M | 9 October 1912–9 August 2013 aged 100 years, 304 days |
15 March 2012 (aged 99)–9 August 2013 (aged 100) 1 year, 144 days |
André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | M | 3 July 1914–30 January 2017 aged 102 years, 211 days |
9 August 2013 (aged 99)–30 January 2017 (aged 102)
3 years, 174 days |
Đỗ Mười | Vietnam | M | 2 February 1917–1 October 2018 aged 101 years, 241 days |
30 January 2017 (aged 98)–1 October 2018 (aged 101) 1 year, 244 days |
Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | M | 2 March 1917–17 January 2019 aged 101 years, 321 days |
1 October 2018 (aged 101)–17 January 2019 (aged 101) 108 days |
Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | M | 27 May 1918–29 November 2019 aged 101 years, 186 days |
17 January 2019 (aged 100)–29 November 2019 (aged 101) 314 days |
Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | M | 26 February 1919–25 May 2021 aged 101 years, 89 days |
29 November 2019 (aged 100)–25 May 2021 (aged 101) 178 days |
Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | M | 29 January 1921–7 December 2021 aged 100 years, 312 days |
25 May 2021 (aged 100) – 7 December 2021 (aged 100) 196 days |
Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Peru | M | 4 October 1921–14 July 2022 aged 100 years, 283 days |
07 December 2021 (aged 100) – 14 July 2022 (aged 100)
219 days |
Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | M | born 8 February 1924 100 years, 99 days |
14 July 2022 (aged 98)–11 October 2023 (aged 99) 1 year, 89 days |
Guillermo Rodriguez | Ecuador | M | born 4 November 1923 100 years, 195 days |
11 October 2023 (aged 99)–present 219 days |
See also
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
- List of oldest living state leaders
- Lists of state leaders by age
- List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)
- Records of heads of state
- List of Longest Living Cardinals
- Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
- Longest-lived state leaders by country
- List of Former longest living state leaders
- Comparison of Monarchs (list)
- Kage (Naruto)
- Lists of Philippine Officials by age
- Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (31 December 2027)
References
- ↑ Dictador militar Rodríguez y Dictador presidencial Moreno coinciden en Quito
- ↑ ແບບແຜນການນຳພາ ໃນພາລະກິດປະຕິວັດ ຂອງ ປະທານ ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ
- ↑ 村山元首相、福島氏を激励
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- ↑ Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world
- ↑ Antoine Pinay Is Dead at 102; Aided French Postwar Recovery
- ↑ Tanzania: Will princeling Mwinyi avoid father's mistakes?
- ↑ Former Malaysian Premier Mahathir admitted to hospital for infection
- ↑ داکتر صبور سیاسنگ: پراکندههای پیوسته
- ↑ رئاسة الجمهورية تحتسب عند الله تعالى مولانا بابكر عوض الله
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- ↑ Former Party General Secretary Đỗ Mười passes away
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- ↑ Former President of Senegal, Others Applaud Macky Sall's Recent Announcement
- ↑ Ex-Japan leader Nakasone, Reagan ally, dies at 101
- ↑ Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Died at 101
- ↑ '노태우정부 마지막 총리' 현승종 전 한림대 총장 별세
- ↑ Fallece Bernardino González Ruiz, quien fue presidente por 6 días
- ↑ President Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva express condolences to former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus
- ↑ Ljudi među nama: Raif Dizdarević
- ↑ Christopher Hornsrud
- ↑ وفاة رئيس وزراء ليبيا الأسبق.. مصطفى بن حليم يطوي فصلا من التاريخ
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- ↑ Francisco Morales Bermúdez falleció a los 100 años
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- ↑ Luis Echeverría Alvarez, Former President of Mexico, Dies at 100
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- ↑ Javier Pérez de Cuéllar: fallece el embajador de la paz, a los 100 años
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- ↑ Last farewell to Suriname President Ferrier
- ↑ allery: Former president Arnold Rüütel celebrates his 95th birthday
- ↑ Sir Arthur calls on PM to apologize for 'pathetic' claim made in House
- ↑ သူရဦးထွန်းတင် နာရေးကြေငြာစာ
- ↑ Former PM Gulzarilal Nanda dead
- ↑ Somalia remembers fallen democracy icon
- ↑ Décès de Mohamed Karim Lamrani
- ↑ Sir Arthur calls on PM to apologize for 'pathetic' claim made in House
- ↑ Malta's first president dies aged 99
- ↑ 千人告別閻明復 蔡奇及眾元老送花圈 包括胡錦濤朱鎔基溫家寶李克強等
- ↑ Morarji Desai dies at 99
- ↑ Đồng chí Võ Chí Công từ trần
- ↑
في ذمة الله الدكتور عبد الحليم محمد احد مؤسسي الاتحاد الافريقي لكرة القدم
- ↑ Gentleman, statesman' Censu Tabone passes away
- ↑ Kamuzu Banda Dies; 'Big Man' Among Anticolonialists
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- ↑ Pierre Harmel, Belgian Who Helped Reshape NATO, Dies at 98
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- ↑ Nguyên Chủ tịch nước Lê Đức Anh từ trần
- ↑ Bénin: mort de l'ex-président Derlin-Zinsou
- ↑ BORYS MARTOS, EX‐LEADER OF INDEPENDENT UKRAINE
- ↑ Görgei Artúr halála és temetése
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- ↑ 98: world's oldest monarch, in Luxembourg
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- ↑ Бывший премьер-министр СССР Николай Рыжков ушел из Совета Федерации
- ↑ Giorgio Napolitano, Italian Post-Communist Pillar, Dies at 98
- ↑ Former President R Venkataraman dies
- ↑ Zemřel Miloš Jakeš
- ↑ Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passes away
- ↑ Former Turkish president Evren dies aged 97
- ↑ V.K. WELLINGTON KOO DIES; A FORMER PREMIER OF CHINE
- ↑ Décès d’Abdelmalek Benhabylès, Président du Conseil Constitutionnel sous Chadli
- ↑ Mor l'exveguer Francesc Badia
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