Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What If)

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 102 years, 57 days.

Gallery

Gallery of State Leaders

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal
  served 1962

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  2nd Oldest:
   Turkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939, 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  5th-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

Color	Note
	Living State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	103 years, 143 days
3	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
4	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	103 years, 24 days
5	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
6	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
7	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
8	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
9	Willem Drees	The Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
10	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	101 years, 260 days
11	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	101 years, 253 days
12	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
13	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
14	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
15	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
16	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
17	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
18	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
19	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
20	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
21	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
22	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	100 years, 302 days
23	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
24	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
25	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
26	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	100 years, 144 days
27	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	100 years, 108 days
28	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
29	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
31	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
32	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
33	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
26–34	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
35	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
36	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
37	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
38	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
39	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	99 years, 51 days
40	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
41	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
42	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
43	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
31–44	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	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	98 years, 320 days
46	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
47	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
48	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
49	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
50	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
51	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
52	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	98 years, 212 days
53	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
54	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
55	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
56	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
57	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	98 years, 155 days
58	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
59	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
60	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
61	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
62	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
63	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
64	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
65	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
66	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	2023	98 years, 85 days
67	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
68	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
69	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
70	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary  Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
71	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
72	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
73	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	97 years, 329 days
74	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
75	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
76	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
77	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
78	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria-Hungary	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
79	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Ireland	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
80	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	1929	Alive	97 years, 251 days
81	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Acting President (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
82	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
83	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
84	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
85	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
86	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
87	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
88	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
88	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
89	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
90	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
90	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	1929	Alive	97 years, 132 days
92	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
93	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1929	Alive	97 years, 116 days
94	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
95	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	97 years, 97 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
97	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	1929	Alive	97 years, 89 days
98	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998–2002)	1930	Alive	97 years, 83 days
99	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
100	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days

Next to Join

Rank	'Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 2027.03.27
1	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	}Iceland	President (1980–1996)	1930	Alive	95 years, 89 days	96 years, 346 days
2	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	1930	Alive	95 years, 80 days	96 years, 337 days
3	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	1930	Alive	95 years, 53 days	96 years, 310 days
4	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1930	Alive	95 years, 12 days	96 years, 269 days
5	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	1930	Alive	94 years, 284 days	96 years, 176 days
6	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Template:Prime Minister of Swaziland(1979–1983)	1930	Alive	94 years, 240 days	96 years, 132 days
7	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier(2010–2013)	1930	Alive	94 years, 235 days	96 years, 127 days
8	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	1930	Alive	'94 years, 213 days	96 years, 105 days
9	William Deane	Australia	Template:Governor-General of Australia (1996–2001)	1930	Alive	94 years, 190 days	96 years, 82 days
10	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	1930	Alive	94 years, 175 days	96 years, 67 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–87 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 state leaders
• Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders