Lists of longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals

This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased head of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister or premier) and cardinals, born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on lightgreen. 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 (1883-1986) of  Cambodia, who lived to 103 years, 98 days. And among the Living the Oldest is Guillermo Rodriguez (born 1923) of  Ecuador, whose current age is 102 years, 11 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Cambodia
  Chau Sen Cocsal
  served 1962

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  2nd-Oldest:
   Template:WgTurkey
  Celål Bayar
  served 1937–1939

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  3rd-Oldest:
   France
  Antoine Pinay
  served 1952–1963

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  2nd-oldest ever:
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Rodriguez
  served: 1972–1976

List

UPDATED 11/15/2025

	Living

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)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
4	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
5	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
6	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1889	1990	101 years, 314 days
6	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	1923	Alive	102 years, 11 days
8	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
9	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	101 years, 257 days
11	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
12	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
13	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
14	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	Acting Leader (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
15	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
16	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
17	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
18	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
19	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
20	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
21	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
22	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	2024	100 years, 89 days
23	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 128 days
24	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 121 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	Abdul Salam Sabrah	Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 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
22–31	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days
32	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
33	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
34	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
28–35	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966)	1898	1997	98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
36	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
37	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
38	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
39	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
40	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
41	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
42	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
43	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 123 days
44	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 110 days
45	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
46	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
47	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
48	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
49	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
50	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
51	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
52	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Austria	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
53	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	Alive	97 years, 284 days
54	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	2023	97 years, 210 days
55	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	President (1993-1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
56	He Yingqin	Taiwan	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
57	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
58	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
59	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
60	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
61	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	1928	Alive	97 years, 188 days
62	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
63	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
64	Walter Scheel	Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
65	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1928	Alive	97 years, 80 days
66	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 23 days
67	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
68	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
69	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
70	Federico Páez	Ecuador	President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
71	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) Interim President (1957–1959) President (1959–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
72	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
73	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
52-74	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
75	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979-1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
76	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
77	Édouard Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	1929	Alive	96 years, 197 days
78	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
79	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
80	Federico Chaves	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
81	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
82	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
83	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
84	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister(1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
85	Joaquin Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
86	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Provisional President (1954)	1886	1982	95 years, 312 days
87	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	2018	95 years, 306 days
88	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
89	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	2008	95 years, 274 days
90	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
91	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 330 days
	Milan Panić	Yugoslavia	Prime Minister (1992-1993)
93	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994-1995)	1929	Alive	95 years, 322 days
94	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972-1979)	1930	Alive	95 years, 316 days
95	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	1929	2025	95 years, 202 days
96	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	President (1987-2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
97	Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	President (1910–1911)	1872	1967	95 years, 191 days
	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	President (1969–1975)	1925	2021
99	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
100	Antonio Imbert Barrera	Dominican Republic	President (1965)	1920	2015	95 years, 180 days

See also

• List of longest-living state leaders
• List of oldest living state leaders
• Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
• List of longest-living heads of state