List of longest-lived State leaders (born before 1900

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), born prior to 1900, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources.

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

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  2nd-Oldest:
   France
  served: 1962

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  3rd-oldest:
   Ecuador
  Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
  served: 1972–1976

List

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 343 days
3	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
4	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
5	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
6	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
7	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
8	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
9	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
10	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
11	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
12	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 199 days
13	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
14	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
15	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
16	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
17	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
18	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
19	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 266 days
20	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
21	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
22	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 277 days
23	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
24	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
25	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
26	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
27	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
28	Fumio Gotō	Paraguay	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
29	João Lins Cansanção	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
30	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Provisional President (1954)	1886	1982	95 years, 312 days
31	Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	President (1910–1911)	1872	1967	95 years, 191 days
32	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956)	1889	19/85	95 years, 166 days
33	Paal Berg	Norway	Acting Head of State (1945)	1873	1968	95 years, 126 days
34	Philippe Pétain	France	Prime Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940-1944)	1856	1951	95 years, 90 days
35	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
36	Nguyễn Văn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days
37	Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido	Venezuela	Interim President (1892)	1854	1949	94 years, 362 days
	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero	Peru	President (1945–1948)	1894	1989
39	Emilio Aguinaldo	Philippines	President (1899 – 1901)	1869	1964	94 years, 321 days
40	Constantin Ion Parhon	Romania	President (1948-1952)	1874	1969	94 years, 298 days
41	Emilio Bello Codesido	Chile	President (1925)	1868	1863	94 years, 233 days
42	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	Guatemala	President (1865)	1802	1897	94 years, 207 days
43	Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas	Greece	Prime Minister (1965)	1893	1987	94 years, 182 days
44	Charles de Freycinet	France	Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892)	1828	1923	94 years, 181 days
45	Charles Tupper	Canada	Prime Minister (1896)	1821	1915	94 years, 120 days
46	C. Rajagopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	1878	1972	94 years, 15 days
47	Sir Mackenzie Bowell	Canada	Prime Minister (1894–1896)	1823	1917	93 years, 348 days
48	José Bordas Valdez	Dominican Republic	President (1913-1914)	1874	1968	93 years, 341 days
49	Tiburcio Carías Andino	Honduras	President (1932–1949)	1876	1969	93 years, 283 days
50	Paolo Boselli	Italy	Prime Minister (1916-1917, 1925-1926)	1838	1932	93 years, 276 days
51	François Denys Légitime	Haiti	President (1888-1889)	1841	1935	93 years, 251 days
52	Alexander Bustamante	Jamaica	Prime Minister (1962-1967)	1884	1977	93 years, 163 days
53	Sandro Pertini	Italy	President (1978-1985)	1896	1990	93 years, 152 days
54	Pope Leo XIII	Holy See	Pope (1978-1903)	1810	1903	93 years, 140 days
55	Nikola Hristić	Serbia	Prime Minister (1867–1868, 1883–1884, 1888–1889, 1894–1895)	1818	1911	93 years, 108 days
56	William McKell	Australia	Governor-General (1947–1953)	1891	1985	93 years, 107 days
57	Idris I	Libya	King (1951–1969)	1890	1983	93 years, 73 days
58	Lizardo Garcia	Ecuador	President (1905-1906)	1844	1937	93 years, 33 days
59	Bernardino Machado	Serbia	Prime Minister (1914, 1921) President (1915-1917, 1925-1926)	1851	1944	93 years, 32 days
60	Félix Gouin	France	Prime Minister (1946) President (1946)	1884	1977	93 years, 21 days
61	Yun Posun	South Korea	President (1960–1962)	1897	1990	92 years, 326 days
62	Harold Macmillan	United Kingdom	Prime Minister (1957–1963)	1894	1986	92 years, 322 days
63	Éamon de Valera	Ireland	Taoiseach (1937–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1959) President (1959–1973)|1883	1882	1975	92 years, 319 days
64	Georges Theunis	Belgium	Prime Minister (1921-1925, 1934-1935)	1873	1966	92 years, 310 days
65	Américo Tomás	Portugal	President (1958–1974)	1894	1897	92 years, 303 days
66	Kiyoura Keigo	Japan	Prime Minister (1922-1924)	1850	1942	92 years, 223 days or 92 years, 264 days
67	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando	Italy	Prime Minister (1917-1919)	1860	1952	92 years, 196 days
68	Frank Forde	Australia	Prime Minister (1945)	1890	1983	92 years, 194 days
69	Isaac Isaacs	Australia	Governor-General (1931–1936)	1855	1948	92 years, 189 days
70	Mohammad Sa'ed	Iran	Prime Minister (1944, 1948-1950)	1881	1973	92 years, 187 days
71	Cesare Merzagora	Italy	Acting President (1964)	1898	1991	92 years, 173 days
72	Ho Chong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1960)	1896	1988	92 years, 163 days
73	Gustaf V	Sweden	King (1907-1950)	1858	1950	92 years, 135 days
74	Khaled Chehab	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1938, 1952-1953)	1886	1978	92 years, 62 days
75	Ferruccio Parri	Italy	Prime Minister (1945)	1890	1981	91 years, 323 days
76	Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña	Peru	Prime Minister (1934)	1869	1961	91 years, 321 days
77	HRH The Prince Arthur	Canada	Governor-General (1911–1916)	1850	1942	91 years, 260 days
78	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	Sweden	Prime Minister (1714-1914)	1852	1963	91 years, 250 days
79	Eliodoro Villazón	Bolivia	President (1909-1913)	1838	1939	91 years, 233 days
80	Stoyan Danev	Bulgaria	Prime Minister (1902-1903, 1913)	1848	1949	91 years, 183 days
81	Lajos Kossuth	Hungary	Prime Minister (1849)	1802	1894	91 years, 182 days
83	Louis St. Laurent	Canada	Prime Minister (1948-1957)	1882	1973	91 years, 174 days
84	Alfredo Baquerizo	Ecuador	Acting President (1912, 1931-1932) President (1916-1920)	1859	1951	91 years, 173 days
85	Mehdi Frashëri	Albania	Prime Minister (1935-1938)	1872	1963	91 years, 86 days
86	Giovanni Gronchi	Italy	President (1955-1962)	1887	1978	91 years, 37 days
87	Eurico Gaspar Dutra	Brazil	President (1946–1951)	1883	1974	91 years, 24 days
88	Bartolomé Blanche	Chile	Provisional President (1932)	1879	1970	91 years, 4 days
89	Emile Loubet	France	President (1899-1906)	1839	1929	90 years, 355 days
90	Saionji Kinmochi	Japan	Prime Minister (1908, 1911-1912)	1849	1940	90 years, 353 days
91	Gustaf VI Adolf	Sweden	King (1950-1973)	1892	1973	90 years, 308 days
92	Tetsu Katayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1947-1948)	1887	1978	90 years, 306 days
93	Mohsen Sadr	Iran	Prime Minister (1945)	1871	1963	90 years, 292 days to 91 years, 291 days
94	Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe	New Zealand	Governor-General (1930–1935)	1867	1958	90 years, 285 days
95	Sa`id Mufti	Jordan	Prime Minister (1950, 1955, 1956)	1890	1989	90 years, 272 days
96	Nobusuke Kishi	Japan	Prime Minister (1957–1960)	1896	1987	90 years, 267 days
97	Pandeli Evangjeli	Albania	Prime Minister (1921, 1930-1935)	1859	1949	90 years, 251 days
98	Enrico Celio	Switzerland	President (1943, 1958)	1889	1980	90 years, 249 days
99	John Adams	United States	President (1797-1801)	1735	1826	90 years, 246 days
100	Gonzalo Güell	Cuba	Prime Minister (1958-1959)	1895	1985	90 years, 198 days

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

The following individuals might be older than #100–1 on this list, but their exact dates of birth are uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
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

See also

• Current Lists of longest-living cardinals and state leaders
• 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)
• List of longest-living state leaders
• Philippine Congress Membership if the Philippines followed The US Congress allocations