Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (December 31, 2026)

This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister) and cardinals, 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 Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905-2009) of  Cambodia, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. And among the Living the Oldest is Guillermo Rodriguez (born 1923) of  Ecuador, who hypothetically lived to the age of 103 years, 57 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served: 1962

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  3rd-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

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  4th-Oldest:
   France
  Antoine Pinay
  served: 1952-1953

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  5th Oldest:
   Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served: 1994-1996

List

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	103 years, 57 days
4	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
5	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 303 days
6	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
7	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
8	Willem Drees	The Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
9	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
10	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
11	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
12	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	101 years, 174 days
13	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
14	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
15	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
16	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
17	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
18	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
19	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
20	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
21	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	100 years, 216 days
22	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
23	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
24	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	100 years, 58 days
25	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
27	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	100 years, 22 days
28	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
29	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
30	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
31	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
32	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
33	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
34	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
35	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
37	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
38	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
39	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
40	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	98 years, 330 days
41	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
42	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
43	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
44	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
45	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
46	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	98 years, 234 days
47	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
48	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
49	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
50	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
51	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
52	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
53	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
54	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
55	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	98 years, 126 days
56	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
57	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
58	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
59	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
60	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
61	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
62	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
63	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	98 years, 69 days
64	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
65	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary  Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
66	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
67	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
68	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
69	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
70	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
71	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
72	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
73	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
74	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Acting President (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
75	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	97 years, 243 days
76	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
77	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
78	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
79	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
80	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
81	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	96 years, 165 days
82	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
83	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
84	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
85	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
86	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
87	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
88	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	Alive	97 years, 74 days
89	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
90	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
91	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	97 years, 46 days
92	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	97 years, 30 days
93	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	97 years, 11 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
95	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	97 years, 3 days
96	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998–2002)	1930	Alive	96 years, 362 days
97	Helmut Schmidt	Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
98	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	96 years, 303 days
99	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
100	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	}Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	96 years, 260 days

Next to Join

Rank	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2026.12.31
'1	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	1930	Alive	95 years, 81 days	96 years, 251 days
2	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	1930	Alive	95 years, 54 days	96 years, 224 days
3	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1930	Alive	95 years, 13 days	96 years, 183 days
4	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	1930	Alive	94 years, 285 days	96 years, 90 days
5	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Template:Prime Minister of Swaziland(1979–1983)	1930	Alive	94 years, 241 days	96 years, 46 days
6	Choe Yong-rim	&nb2sp;North Korea	Premier(2010–2013)	1930	Alive	94 years, 236 days	96 years, 41 days
7	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	1930	Alive	'94 years, 214 days	96 years, 19 days
8	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	1931	Alive	94 years, 191 days	95 years, 361 days
8	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	1931	Alive	94 years, 176 days	95 years, 346 days
10	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	1931	Alive	94 years, 160 days	95 years, 330 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–83 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

See also

• List of longest-living cardinals
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
• Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
• Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
• List of longest-living state leaders from the Americas (North and South)
• List of longest-living state leaders from Africa, Asia and Oceania
• List of longest-living state leaders from Europe
• Future longest-living state leaders