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|4 August 1873 | |4 August 1873 | ||
|14 August 1969 | |14 August 1969 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1875|8|4|1969|8|14}} | |||
| 28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days) | | 28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days) | ||
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2 August 1874 | 2 August 1874 | ||
|28 March 1972 | |28 March 1972 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1874|8|2|1972|2|8}} | |||
|14 February 1973 (323 days) | |14 February 1973 (323 days) | ||
98 years, 196 days | 98 years, 196 days | ||
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| 10 July 1875 | | 10 July 1875 | ||
|14 February 1973 | |14 February 1973 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1875|7|10|1973|2|14}} | |||
|25 July 1973 (161 days) | |25 July 1973 (161 days) | ||
98 years, 15 days | 98 years, 15 days | ||
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|20 May 1879 | |20 May 1879 | ||
| 25 July 1973 | | 25 July 1973 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1879|5|20|1973|7|25}} | |||
|19 September 1977 (199 days) | |19 September 1977 (199 days) | ||
98 years, 122 days | 98 years, 122 days | ||
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|31 August 1879 | |31 August 1879 | ||
|9 February 1974 | |9 February 1974 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1879|8|31|1974|2|9}} | |||
| 22 March 1978 (184 days) | | 22 March 1978 (184 days) | ||
98 years, 203 days | 98 years, 203 days | ||
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| M | | M | ||
|15 February 1882 | |15 February 1882 | ||
|22 March 1978 | |22 March 1978 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1882|2|15|1978|3|22}} | |||
|24 April 1978 (33 days) | |24 April 1978 (33 days) | ||
96 years, 69 days | 96 years, 69 days | ||
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| 16 May 1883 | | 16 May 1883 | ||
|24 April 1978 | |24 April 1978 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1886|5|14|1978|4|14}} | |||
|22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days) | |22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days) | ||
103 years, 99 days | 103 years, 99 days | ||
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|5 July 1886 | |5 July 1886 | ||
|22 August 1986 | |22 August 1986 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1886|7|5|1986|8|22}} | |||
|14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days) | |14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days) | ||
101 years, 314 days | 101 years, 314 days | ||
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| 3 December 1887 | | 3 December 1887 | ||
|14 May 1988 | |14 May 1988 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1887|12|3|1988|5|14}} | |||
|20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days) | |20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days) | ||
102 years, 48 days | 102 years, 48 days | ||
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|9 May 1889 | |9 May 1889 | ||
|20 January 1990 | |20 January 1990 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1889|5|9|1990|1|20}} | |||
| 14 December 1990 (329 days) | | 14 December 1990 (329 days) | ||
101 years, 220 days | 101 years, 220 days | ||
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|30 December 1891 | |30 December 1891 | ||
|14 December 1990 | |14 December 1990 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1891|12|30|1991|12|14}} | |||
|13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days) | |13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days) | ||
102 years, 348 days | 102 years, 348 days | ||
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29 February 1896 | 29 February 1896 | ||
|13 December 1994 | |13 December 1994 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1896|2|29|1994|12|13}} | |||
|10 April 1995 (119 days) | |10 April 1995 (119 days) | ||
99 years, 41 days | 99 years, 41 days | ||
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|1898 | |1898 | ||
| 10 April 1995 | | 10 April 1995 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1899|12|31|1995|4|10}} to 96 years, 100 days | |||
|23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days) | |23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days) | ||
98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days | 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days | ||
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|M | |M | ||
|4 July 1898 | |4 July 1898 | ||
|23 November 1997 | |23 November 1997 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1898|7|4|1997|11|23}} | |||
| 15 January 1998 (53 days) | | 15 January 1998 (53 days) | ||
99 years, 195 days | 99 years, 195 days | ||
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|15 January 1998 | |15 January 1998 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1901|12|31|1997|11|23}} to 96 years, 327 days | |||
|13 July 1998 (179 days) | |13 July 1998 (179 days) | ||
96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days | ||
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|23 September 1902 | |23 September 1902 | ||
|13 July 1998 | |13 July 1998 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1902|9|13|1998|7|13}} | |||
|8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days) | |8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days) | ||
97 years, 139 days | 97 years, 139 days | ||
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|27 July 1903 | |27 July 1903 | ||
|8 February 2000 | |8 February 2000 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1903|7|27|2000|2|8}} | |||
|31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days) | |31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days) | ||
99 years, 143 days | 99 years, 143 days | ||
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|26 Apr 1904 | |26 Apr 1904 | ||
|31 October 2002 | |31 October 2002 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1904|4|26|2002|10|31}} | |||
|10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days) | |10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days) | ||
100 years, 45 days | 100 years, 45 days | ||
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|1 September 1905 | |1 September 1905 | ||
|10 June 2004 | |10 June 2004 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1905|9|1|2004|6|12}} | |||
| 23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days) | | 23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days) | ||
103 years, 143 days | 103 years, 143 days | ||
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|10 April 1910 | |10 April 1910 | ||
|22 January 2009 | |22 January 2009 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1910|4|10|2009|1|22}} | |||
|16 April 2009 (86 days) | |16 April 2009 (86 days) | ||
99 years, 6 days | 99 years, 6 days | ||
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|12 May 1910 | |12 May 1910 | ||
|16 April 2009 | |16 April 2009 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1910|5|12|2009|4|16}} | |||
|4 January 2010 (264 days) | |4 January 2010 (264 days) | ||
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|11 January 1911 | |11 January 1911 | ||
|4 January 2010 | |4 January 2010 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1911|1|11|2010|1|4}} | |||
| | | | ||
15 March 2012 (2 years, 71 days) | 15 March 2012 (2 years, 71 days) | ||
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|9 October 1912 | |9 October 1912 | ||
|15 March 2012 | |15 March 2012 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1912|10|9|2012|3|15}} | |||
|9 August 2013 (1 year, 147 days) | |9 August 2013 (1 year, 147 days) | ||
101 years, 264 days | 101 years, 264 days | ||
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|3 July 1914 | |3 July 1914 | ||
|9 August 2013 | |9 August 2013 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1914|7|3|2013|8|9}} | |||
|30 January 2017 (3 years, 174 days) | |30 January 2017 (3 years, 174 days) | ||
102 years, 211 days | 102 years, 211 days | ||
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| 2 February 1917 | | 2 February 1917 | ||
|30 January 2017 | |30 January 2017 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1917|2|2|2017|1|30}} | |||
|1 October 2018 (2 years, 66 days) | |1 October 2018 (2 years, 66 days) | ||
101 years, 241 days | 101 years, 241 days | ||
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|2 Mar 1917 | |2 Mar 1917 | ||
|1 October 2018 | |1 October 2018 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1917|3|2|2018|10|1}} | |||
|17 January 2019 (108 days) | |17 January 2019 (108 days) | ||
101 years, 321 days | 101 years, 321 days | ||
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|27 May 1918 | |27 May 1918 | ||
|17 January 2019 | |17 January 2019 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1918|5|27|2019|1|17}} | |||
|29 November 2019 (314 days) | |29 November 2019 (314 days) | ||
101 years, 186 days | 101 years, 186 days | ||
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|M | |M | ||
|26 February 1919 | |26 February 1919 | ||
| | |29 November 2019 | ||
29 November 2019 | {{Age in years and days|1919|2|26|2019|11|29}} | ||
|25 May 2021 (178 days) | |25 May 2021 (178 days) | ||
101 years, 89 days | 101 years, 89 days | ||
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|29 January 1921 | |29 January 1921 | ||
|25 May 2020 | |25 May 2020 | ||
{{Age in years and days|1921|1|29|2020|5|20}} | |||
| 7 December 2021 (1 year, 196 days) | | 7 December 2021 (1 year, 196 days) | ||
100 years, 312 days | 100 years, 312 days |
Revision as of 02:08, 7 July 2023
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 Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days.
Gallery
Oldest ever:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905–2009, aged 103 years, 143 days)
served 19622nd-oldest ever:
Türkiye
Celâl Bayar (1883–1986, aged 103 years, 98 days)
served 1937–1939; 1950–19603rd-oldest ever:
French Third Republic
Antoine Pinay (1891–1994, aged 102 years, 343 days)
served 1952–195327th-oldest ever:
Laos
Khamtai Siphandone (1924–, 100 years, 91 days)
served: 1991–2006
List
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
2 | Celâl Bayar | Türkiye | Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
3 | Antoine Pinay | France | Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days |
4 | André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
6 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | ers of Sudan (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
7 | Willem Drees | The Netherlands | Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days |
8 | Đỗ Mười | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 241 days |
9 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
11 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
12 | Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days |
13 | Bernardino González Ruiz | Panama | Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
14 | Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
15 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
16 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Acting President(1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
17 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | Peru | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
18 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
19 | Luis Echeverría | Mexico | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
20 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
22 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | North Yemen | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
23 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
24 | Tun Tin | Burma | Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 212 days |
25 | Gulzarilal Nanda | India | Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
26 | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 186 days |
27 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 100 years, 91 days |
28 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
29 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 67 days |
30 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
31 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
32 | Clifford Campbell | Jamaica | Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
33 | Morarji Desai | India | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
34 | Võ Chí Công | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
35 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
36 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
23–37 | 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 |
38 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 99 years, 221 days |
39 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
40 | Pierre Harmel | Belgium | Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
40 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | President (1972–1976) | 1924 | Alive | 99 years, 187 days |
42 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica | Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
43 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
44 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
45 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
46 | Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
47 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
48 | Aden Adde | Somalia | President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
49 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
50 | Lê Đức Anh | Vietnam | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days |
51 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
52 | Borys Martos | Ukraine | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days |
53 | Artúr Görgei | Hungary | Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
54 | Lubomír Štrougal | Czechoslovakia | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 109 days |
55 | Jean | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
56 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
57 | Venceslau Brás | Brazil | President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
58 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) |
1925 | Alive | 99 years, 1 day |
59 | Claude Rostain | Andorra | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
60 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
61 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | Hungary | Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
62 | Gabriel París Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
63 | Giorgio Napolitano | Italy | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | Alive | 98 years, 315 days |
64 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 98 years, 304 days |
65 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 98 years, 297 days |
66 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
67 | Abdelsalam Majali | Jordan | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
68 | Kenan Evren | Türkiye | President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
69 | Wellington Koo | China | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
70 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary) |
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
71 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Irish Free State | Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
72 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | Algeria | Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
73 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
74 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
75 | Ramón José Velásquez | Venezuela | President (1993–1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
76 | He Yingqin | Taiwan | Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
77 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan | President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000) |
1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
78 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
79 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
80 | Patricio Aylwin | Chile | President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
81 | Armando Villanueva | Peru | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
82 | 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 |
83 | Martial Célestin | Haiti | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
84 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania | First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
85 | Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | Prime Minister (1964) State President (1964–1991) |
1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
86 | Walter Scheel | West Germany | (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
87 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 346 days |
88 | Helmut Schmidt | West Germany | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
89 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Vatican City | Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
90 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Tuva | Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
91 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium | Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
92 | Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
93 | Federico Paéz | Ecuador | President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
94 | Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
95 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 188 days |
96 | Vyacheslav Molotov | Soviet Union | Premier (1930–1941) | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
97 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
98 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 152 days |
76–99 | Constantine Kollias | Greece | Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
100 | Pedro Richter Prada | Peru | Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days |
Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885
Name | Country | Sex | Birth | Became Oldest | Ceased to be Oldest/Death (Time as Oldest)
Age at death |
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Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol | Guatemala | M |
19 October 1802 |
?? | 14 May 1897 (7 years, 318 days)
94 years, 207 days |
Count Bernhard von Rechberg | Austria | M | 17 July 1806 | 14 May 1897 | 29 February 1899 (1 year, 289 days)
92 years 224 days |
Tomas Gormensoro Albin | Uruguay | M | 27 January 1810 | 14 May 1897 | 12 April 1900 (2 years, 334 days)
90 years, 76 days |
Pope Leo XIII | Papal States | M | 2 March 1810 | 12 Apr 1900 | 20 July 1903 (3 years, 99 days)
93 years, 140 days |
Baron Ignaz von Plener | Austria | M | 21 May 1810 | 20 July 1903 | 17 February 1908 (4 years, 212 days)
97 years, 272 days |
Artúr Gorgey | Hungary | M | 30 January 1818 | 17 February 1908 | 21 May 1916 (8 years, 95 days)
98 years, 113 days |
Mackenzie Bowell | Canada | M | 27 December 1823 | 21 May 1916 | 10 December 1917 (1 year, 203 days)
93 years, 348 days |
Charles de Freycinet | France | M | 14 November 1828 | 10 December 1917 | 14 May 1923 (5 years, 352 days)
94 tears, 181 days |
Peru | M | 10 November 1836 | 14 May 1923 | 10 October 1923 (271 days)
86 years, 335 days | |
Matsukata Masayoshi | Japan | M | 25 February 1835 | 17 July 1923 | 2 July 1924 (350 days)
89 years, 127 days |
Jules Méline | France | M | 20 May 1838 | 2 July 1924 | 21 December 1925 (2 years, 158 days)
87 years, 216 days |
Stefanos Skouloudis | Greece | M | 23 November 1838 | 21 December 1925 | 19 August 1928 (2 years, 243 days)
89 years, 271 days |
Paolo Boselli | Italy | M | 8 June 1838 | 19 August 1928 | 10 March 1932 (3 years, 204 days)
93 years, 272 days |
Francisco Andrade Marín | Ecuador | M | 15 November 1841 | 10 March 1932 | 6 September 1935 (3 years, 174 days)
93 years 295 days |
Lizardo Garcia | M | 26 April 1844 | 6 September 1935 | 29 May 1937 (1 year, 263 days)
93 years, 34 days | |
Eliodoro Villazón | Bolivia | M | 22 January 1848 | 29 May 1937 | 12 September 1939 (2 years, 194 days)
91 years, 233 days |
Alejandro Deustua | Peru | M | 22 March 1849 | 29 May 1937 | 6 August 1945 (8 years, 69 days)
96 years, 138 days |
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Vatican City | M | 10 April 1851 | 6 August 1945 | 16 February 1948 (2 years, 194 days)
96 years, 312 days |
Philippe Petain | France | M | 24 Apr 1856 | 16 February 1948 | 23 July 1951 (2 years, 194 days)
95 years, 90 days |
Pedro Lascurain | Mexico | M | 8 May 1856 | 16 February 1948 | 21 July 1952 (364 days)
96 years, 74 days |
Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | M | 15 November 1859 | 21 July 1952 |
12 December 1960 (8 years, 144 days) 101 years, 27 days |
Brazil | M | 26 February 1868 | 12 December 1960 | 15 May 1966 (5 years, 154 days)
98 years, 78 days | |
Camille Huysmans |
Belgium |
M | 26 May 1871 | 15 May 1966 | 25 February 1968 (1 year, 286 days)
96 years, 275 days |
Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | M | 15 March 1872 | 25 February 1968 | 14 August 1969 (1 year, 170 days)
97 years, 152 days |
Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | M | 4 August 1873 | 14 August 1969
94 years, 10 days |
28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days)
98 years, 237 days |
Émile Reuter | Luxembourg | M |
2 August 1874 |
28 March 1972
97 years, 190 days |
14 February 1973 (323 days)
98 years, 196 days |
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham | Hungary | M | 10 July 1875 | 14 February 1973
97 years, 219 days |
25 July 1973 (161 days)
98 years, 15 days |
Borys Martos | Ukraine |
M |
20 May 1879 | 25 July 1973
94 years, 66 days |
19 September 1977 (199 days)
98 years, 122 days |
Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | M | 31 August 1879 | 9 February 1974
94 years, 162 days |
22 March 1978 (184 days)
98 years, 203 days |
Federico Chaves | Paraguay | M | 15 February 1882 | 22 March 1978
96 years, 35 days |
24 April 1978 (33 days)
96 years, 69 days |
Türkiye | M | 16 May 1883 | 24 April 1978
91 years, 335 days |
22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days)
103 years, 99 days | |
Willem Drees |
Netherlands |
M | 5 July 1886 | 22 August 1986
100 years, 48 days |
14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days)
101 years, 314 days |
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | M | 3 December 1887 | 14 May 1988
100 years, 163 days |
20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days)
102 years, 48 days |
Zhang Qun | Taiwan | M | 9 May 1889 | 20 January 1990
100 years, 256 days |
14 December 1990 (329 days)
101 years, 220 days |
Antoine Pinay | France | M | 30 December 1891 | 14 December 1990
99 years, 349 days |
13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days)
102 years, 348 days |
Morarji Desai | India | M |
29 February 1896 |
13 December 1994
98 years, 288 days |
10 April 1995 (119 days)
99 years, 41 days |
Hastings Banda | Malawi | M | 1898 | 10 April 1995
95 years, 100 days to 96 years, 100 days |
23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days)
98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days |
Gulzarilal Nanda | India | M | 4 July 1898 | 23 November 1997
99 years, 142 days |
15 January 1998 (53 days)
99 years, 195 days |
Constantine Kollias | Greece | M | 1901 | 15 January 1998
95 years, 327 days to 96 years, 327 days |
13 July 1998 (179 days)
96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days |
Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania | M | 23 September 1902 | 13 July 1998
95 years, 303 days |
8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days)
97 years, 139 days |
Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece | M | 27 July 1903 | 8 February 2000
96 years, 196 days |
31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days)
99 years, 143 days |
Xenophon Zolotas | M | 26 Apr 1904 | 31 October 2002
98 years, 188 days |
10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days)
100 years, 45 days | |
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum | Cambodia | M | 1 September 1905 | 10 June 2004
98 years, 285 days |
23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days)
103 years, 143 days |
Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | M | 10 April 1910 | 22 January 2009
98 years, 287 days |
16 April 2009 (86 days)
99 years, 6 days |
Johan Ferrier | Suriname | M | 12 May 1910 | 16 April 2009
98 years, 339 days |
4 January 2010 (264 days)
99 years, 238 days |
Panama | M | 11 January 1911 | 4 January 2010
98 years, 358 days |
15 March 2012 (2 years, 71 days) 101 years, 64 days | |
Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | M | 9 October 1912 | 15 March 2012
99 years, 158 days |
9 August 2013 (1 year, 147 days)
101 years, 264 days |
André Prunet-Foch | Andorra | M | 3 July 1914 | 9 August 2013
99 years, 37 days |
30 January 2017 (3 years, 174 days)
102 years, 211 days |
Đỗ Mười | Vietnam | M | 2 February 1917 | 30 January 2017
99 years, 363 days |
1 October 2018 (2 years, 66 days)
101 years, 241 days |
Babiker Awadalla |
Sudan |
M | 2 Mar 1917 | 1 October 2018
101 years, 213 days |
17 January 2019 (108 days)
101 years, 321 days |
Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | M | 27 May 1918 | 17 January 2019
100 years, 235 days |
29 November 2019 (314 days)
101 years, 186 days |
Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea | M | 26 February 1919 | 29 November 2019
100 years, 276 days |
25 May 2021 (178 days)
101 years, 89 days |
Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya |
M |
29 January 1921 | 25 May 2020
99 years, 112 days |
7 December 2021 (1 year, 196 days)
100 years, 312 days |
Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Peru | M | 4 October 1921 | 07 December 2021
100 years, 64 days |
14 July 2022 (219 days)
100 years, 283 days |
Kahmtai Siphandone | Laos | M | 8 February 1924 | 14 July 2022
98 years, 156 days |
Alive (1 year, 300 days)
age 100 years, 91 days |
See also
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
- 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
- Future longest-living state leaders
- List of Former longest living state leaders