Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (What If)
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 lived to 103 years, 143 days.
If every living state leader is still alive by 28 February 2025.
Gallery
Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 19622nd Oldest:
Turkey
Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–19603rd-Oldest:
France
Antoine Pinay
served: 19625th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
List
Color | Note |
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State Leaders Currently Living |
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
2 | Celâl Bayar | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
3 | Antoine Pinay | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days |
4 | André Prunet-Foch | ![]() |
French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
5 | Guillermo Rodríguez | ![]() |
Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 102 years, 57 days |
6 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
7 | Khamtai Siphandone | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 101 years, 326 days |
8 | Babiker Awadalla | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
9 | Willem Drees | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days |
10 | Tomiichi Murayama | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 101 years, 303 days |
11 | Đỗ Mười | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 243 days |
12 | Zhang Qun | ![]() |
Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
13 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
14 | Piet de Jong | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
15 | Hyun Soong-jong | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 88 days |
16 | Bernardino González Ruiz | ![]() |
Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
17 | Christopher Hornsrud | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
18 | Mustafa Ben Halim | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
19 | Telmo Vargas | ![]() |
Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
20 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
21 | Hau Pei-tsun | ![]() |
Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
22 | Mahathir Mohamad | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 174 days |
23 | Luis Echeverría | ![]() |
President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
24 | Muhammad Hassan Sharq | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 167 days |
25 | Jimmy Carter | ![]() |
President (1977–1981) | 1924 | 2024 | 100 years, 89 days |
26 | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days | |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | ![]() |
Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
28 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
29 | Johan Ferrier | ![]() |
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
30 | Abdoulaye Wade | ![]() |
President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 216 days |
31 | Tun Tin | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days |
32 | Gulzarilal Nanda | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
24-33 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | ![]() |
Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days |
34 | Mohamed Karim Lamrani | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
35 | Anthony Mamo | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
36 | Mikhail Stasinopoulos | ![]() |
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
37 | Sir Clifford Campbell | ![]() |
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
38 | Valdas Adamkus | ![]() |
President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 58 days |
39 | Morarji Desai | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
40 | Võ Chí Công | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
41 | Raif Dizdarević | ![]() |
President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 22 days |
42 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | ![]() |
Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
43 | Ċensu Tabone | ![]() |
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
29-44 | Hastings Banda | ![]() |
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 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | ![]() |
President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
46 | Prem Tinsulanonda | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
47 | Thanin Kraivichien | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 270 days |
48 | Pierre Harmel | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
49 | Howard Cooke | ![]() |
Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
50 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
51 | Konstabtinos Mitsotakis | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
52 | Isidro Ayora | ![]() |
President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
53 | Émile Reuter | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
54 | Mamadou Dia | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
55 | Aden Adde | ![]() |
President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
56 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | ![]() |
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
57 | Lê Đức Ahn | ![]() |
President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days |
58 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | ![]() |
President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
59 | Borys Martos | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 123 days |
60 | Artúr Görgei | ![]() |
Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
61 | Lubomir Štrougal | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days |
62 | Jean | ![]() |
Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
63 | Gough Whitlam | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
64 | Giorgio Napolitano | ![]() |
President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
65 | Venceslau Brás | ![]() |
President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
66 | Claude Rostain | ![]() |
French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
67 | R. Venkataraman | ![]() |
President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
68 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | ![]() ![]() |
Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
69 | Gabriel París Gordillo | ![]() |
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
70 | Miloš Jakeš | ![]() |
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
71 | Kim Yong-nam | ![]() |
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 330 days |
72 | Abdelsalam Majali | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
73 | Kenan Evren | ![]() |
President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
74 | V.K. Wellington Koo | ![]() |
Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
75 | Ignaz von Plener | ![]() ( ![]() |
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
76 | Domhnall Ua Buachallia | ![]() |
Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
77 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | ![]() |
Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
78 | Arthur Foulkes | ![]() |
Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 234 days |
79 | Francesc Badia Batalla | ![]() |
Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
80 | Arnaldo Forlani | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
81 | Ramón José Velásquez | ![]() |
President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
82 | He Yingpin | ![]() |
Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
83 | Lee Teng-hui | ![]() |
President (1988 2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
84 | Liam Cosgrave | ![]() |
Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
85 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
86 | Patricio Aylwin | ![]() |
President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
87 | Armando Villanueva | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
88 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | ![]() |
President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
89 | Péter Boross | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 126 days |
90 | Martial Célestin | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
91 | Gheorghe Apostol | ![]() |
First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
92 | Zhu Rongji | ![]() |
Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 69 days |
93 | Kenneth Kaunda | ![]() |
State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
94 | Walter Scheel | ![]() |
(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
95 | Helmut Schmidt | ![]() |
Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
96 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | ![]() |
Acting Sovereign (1939) (as the Dean of the College of Cardinals) |
1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
97 | Khertek Anchomaa-Toka | ![]() |
Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
98 | Camille Huysmans | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
99 | Yitzhak Shamir | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
100 | Federico Páez | ![]() |
President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
Next to Join
No. | 'Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age | Age by 2025.12.31 |
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1 | Édouard Balladur | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 289 days | 96 years, 243 days |
2 | Sam Nujoma | ![]() |
President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 279 days | 96 years, 233 days |
3 | Sir Orville Turnquest | ![]() |
Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 211 days | 96 years, 165 days |
4 | Violeta Chamorro | ![]() |
Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997) |
1929 | Alive | 95 years, 120 days | 96 years, 74 days |
5 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | ![]() |
General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 92 days | 96 years, 46 days |
6 | Alfred Moisiu | ![]() |
President (2002–2007) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 76 days | 96 years, 30 days |
7 | Lee Hyun-jae | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 57 days | 96 years, 11 days |
Milan Panić | ![]() |
Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993) | |||||
9 | Efraín Goldenberg | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 49 days | 96 years, 3 days |
10 | Ahmed Osman | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1972–1979) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 43 days | 95 years, 362 days |
Addendum
Uncertain Date of Birth
Name | State | Position | Born | Died | Age |
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Konstabtinos Kollias | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |