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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.
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 no earlier than January 1st 1900, 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'''==
=='''Gallery'''==
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File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|Oldest ever:<br />Cambodia<br />{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}} (1905&ndash;2009, 103 years, 143 days)<br />served: 1962
File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|Oldest:<br />Cambodia<br />{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}<br />served 1962
File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg|2nd-oldest:<br />Turkey<br />{{Wp|Celål Bayar}} (1883&ndash;1986, aged 103 years, 98 days)<br />served 1937–1939, 1950&ndash;1960;
File:Coat of arms of Andorra.svg|2nd Oldest:<br />Andorra<br />{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}} <br />served 1977&ndash;1980
File:Antoine Pinay 1952.jpg|3rd-Oldest living:<br />France<br />{{wp|Antoine Pinay}} (1891-1994, aged 102 years, 343 days)<br />served: 1962
File:Babiker Awadalla 1960s.jpg|3rd-Oldest:<br />Sudan<br />{{Wp|Babiker Awadalia}}<br />served: 1969
File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Laos, Mr. Khamtay Siphandone at Vientiane in Laos on November 29, 2004 (cropped).jpg|26th-oldest ever:<br />'''Laos'':<br/>'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}''' '''(born 1924, age {{age in years and days|1924|2|8}})''': <br />served 1991–2006
File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador).jpg|13th-oldest ever:<br />Ecuador<br />{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''<br />served: 1972&ndash;1976
</gallery>
</gallery>


=='''List'''==
=='''List'''==
; Key
Ages are up to date {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%";
|bgcolor="gold" |
|'''Currently living'''
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!<abbr>No.</abbr>||Name||{{wp|List of Sovereign States|State}}||Position||Birth||Death||Age
|-
|-
|1||{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}||Cambodia||{{wp|Prime Minister of Cambodia|Acting Prime Minister}} (1962)||1905||2009 ||103 years, 143 days
!'''No.'''!!'''Name'''!!'''State'''!!'''Position'''!!'''Birth'''!!'''Death'''!!'''Age'''
|-
|-
|2||{{wp|Celâl Bayar}}||Türkiye||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister}} (1937–1939)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President}} (1950–1960)||1883||1986||103 years, 98 days
|1||{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}||Cambodia||Acting Prime Minister (1962)||1905.09.01||2009.01.22||103 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|3||{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}|||France||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1952–1953)||1891||1994||102 years, 343 days
|2||{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}||Andorra||French Viguier (1977–1980)||1914.07.03||2017.01.30||102 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|4||{{wp|André Prunet-Foch}}||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier}} (1977–1980)||1914||2017||102 years, 211 days  
|3
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
| Sudan
|Prime Minister (1969)
|1917.03.02
|2019.01.17
|101 years, 321 days
|-
|-
|5||{{wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1945)||1887||1990||102 years, 48 days
|4
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|Viet Nam
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)<br />General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
|1917.02.02
|2018.10.01
|101 years, 241 days
|-
|-
|6||{{wp|Babiker Awadalla}}|| Sudan ||{{wp|List of prime minis|ers of Sudan|Prime Minister}} (1969)||1917||2019||101 years, 321 days
|5
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1982–1987)
|1918.05.18
|2019.11.29
|101 years, 186 days
|-
|-
|7||{{wp|Willem Drees}}|| Netherlands
|6||{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}||The Netherlands||Prime Minister (1967–1971)
|{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1948–1958)||1889||1990||101 years, 314 days
|1915.04.03||2016.07.27||101 years, 115 days
|-
|-
|8||{{wp|Đỗ Mười}}||Vietnam||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1988–1991) <br>{{wp|General Secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam|General Secretary of the Communist Party}} (1991–1997) ||1917||2018||101 years, 241 days
|7
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|South Korea
|Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|1919.02.26
|2020.05.25
|101 years, 88 days
|-
|-
|9||{{wp|Zhang Qun}}||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1947–1948)||1889||1990||101 years, 219 days
|8||{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}||Panama||Acting President (1963)|| 1911.01.11||2012.03.15||101 years, 64 days
|-
|-
|10||{{wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1982–1987)||1918||2019 ||101 years, 186 days
|9
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|Libya
|Prime Minister (1954–1957)
|1921.01.29
|2021.12.07
|100 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|11||{{wp|Piet de Jong}}||Netherlands||{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1967–1971)||1915||2016||101 years, 115 days
|10||{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}||Ecuador||Acting Leader (1966)||1912.10.09||2013.08.09||100 years, 304 days
|-
|-
|12||{{wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}||South Korea||{{wp|List of prime ministers of South Korea|Prime Minister}} (1992–1993)||1919|| 2020||101 years, 89 days
|11
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1975)<br />President (1975–1980)
|1921.10.04
|2022.07.14
|100 years, 283 days
|-
|-
|13||{{wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}||Panama||{{wp|List of presidents of Panama|Acting President}} (1963)||1911 ||2012||101 years, 64 days
|12
|{{Wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|Taiwan
|Premier (1990–1993)
|1919.08.08
|2020.03.30
|100 years, 235 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''13'''
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodríguez|dab=politician}}'''
|'''Ecuador'''
|President (1972–1976)
|'''1923.11.04'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
|-
|-
|14||{{wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}||Norway||{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Norway|Prime Minister}} (1928)||1859||1960||101 years, 27 days
|14
|{{Wp|Luis Echeverría}}
|Mexico
|President (1970–1976)
|1922.01.17
|2022.07.08
|100 years, 172 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''15'''
|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
|'''Laos'''
|Prime Minister (1991–1998)<br />Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)<br />President (1998–2006)
|'''1924.02.08'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''16'''
|'''{{Wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''
|'''Japan'''
|Prime Minister (1994–1996)
|'''1924.03.03'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|-
|-
|15||{{wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}||Libya||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Libya|Prime Minister}} (1954–1957)||1921||2021||100 years, 312 days
| rowspan="2" |17||{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}||Greece||Prime Minister (1989–1990)||1904.04.26||2004.06.10|| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days
|-
|-
|16||{{wp|Telmo Vargas}}||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|Acting President}}(1966)||1912||2013||100 years, 304 days
|{{Wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (2000–2001)
|1920.01.19
|2020.03.04
|-
|-
|17||{{wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1975)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Peru|President}} (1975–1980)||1921||2022|| 100 years, 283 days
|19||{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}||Yemen|| Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)||1912.01.01||2012.02.02||100 years, 32 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''20'''
|'''{{Wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
|'''United States'''
|President (1977&ndash;1981)
|'''1924.10.01'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|-
|-
|18||{{wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1990–1993)||1919||2020||100 years, 235 days
|21||{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}||Suriname ||President (1975–1980)||1910.05.12||2010.01.04||99 years, 237 days
|-
|-
|19||{{wp|Luis Echeverría}}||Mexico||{{wp|List of heads of state of Mexico|President}} (1970–1976)||1922|| 2022||100 years, 172 days
|22
|{{Wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
|Morocco
|Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)
|1919.05.01
|2018.09.20
|99 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|20||{{wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}||Greece
|23
|{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1989–1990)||1904||2004||100 years, 45 days
|Sir {{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}
| Malta
|Prime Minister (1971&ndash;1974)<br />President (1974&ndash;1976)
|1909.01.09
|2008.05.01
|99 years, 113 days
|-
|-
|21||{{wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}||Peru ||{{wp|List of priem ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (2000–2001) ||1920||2020
|24
|100 years, 44 days
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|Greece
|President (1974–1975)
|1903.07.27
|2002.10.31
| 99 years, 96 days
|-
|-
|22||{{wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}||North Yemen||{{wp|List of heads of government of Yemen|Acting Prime Minister}} (1969; 1971)||1912||2012||100 years, 32 days
|25||{{Wp|Võ Chí Công}}||Vietnam||Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)||1912.08.07||2011.09.08||99 years, 32 days
|-
|-
|23||{{wp|Johan Ferrier}}||Suriname||{{Wp|List of presidents of Suriname|President}} (1975–1980)||1910||2010||99 years, 237 days
|26
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|Sudan
| Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
|1910.04.10
|2009.04.16
|99 years, 6 days
|-
|-
|24||{{wp|Tun Tin}}||Burma||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Myanmar|Prime Minister}} (1988)||1920||2020||99 years, 211 days
|27||{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}||Malta ||President (1989–1994)||1913.03.30||2012.03.13||98 years, 350 days
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''25'''||'''{{wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''||'''Laos'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Laos|Prime Minister}} (1991–1998)<br>{{wp|General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party}} (1992–2006)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Laos|President}} (1998–2006)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|'''28'''
|'''{{Wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
|'''Malaysia'''
|Prime Minister (1981&ndash;2003; 2018&ndash;2020)
|'''1925.07.10'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|-
|-
|26||{{wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Acting Prime Minister}} (1964; 1966)||1898||1998||99 years, 195 days
|29
|{{Wp|Miloš Jakeš}}
|Czechoslovakia
|General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)
|1922.08.12
|2020.07.10
|98 years, 322 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''30'''
|'''{{Wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''
|'''Afghanistan'''
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)
|'''1925.07.17'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|-
|-
|27||{{wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|Interim president}} (1969) ||1912||2012||99 years, 185 days
|31
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}
|'''28'''||'''{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''||'''Japan'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1994–1996)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|Tanzania
|President (1985–1995)
|1925.05.08
|2024.02.29
|98 years, 297 days
|-
|-
|29||{{wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}||Morocco||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Morocco|Prime Minister}} (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)||1919||2018||99 years, 142 days
|32
|{{Wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|Thailand
|Prime Minister (1980–1988)<br />Regent (2016)
|1920.08.26
|2019.05.26
|98 years, 273 days
|-
|-
|30||{{wp|Anthony Mamo}}||Malta||{{wp|Governor-General of Malta|Governor-General}} (1971–1974)<br>{{Wp|List of heads of state of Malta|President}} (1974–1976)||1909||2008||99 years, 113 days
|33||{{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}||Belgium||Prime Minister (1965–1966)||1911.03.16||2009.11.15||98 years, 244 days
|-
|-
|31||{{wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}||Greece||{{wp|List of presidents of Greece|Presiden}}t (1974–1975)||1903||2002||99 years, 96 days
|34||{{Wp|Howard Cooke}}||Jamaica||Governor-General (1991–2006)||1915.11.13||2014.07.11||98 years, 240 days
|-
|-
|32||{{wp|Clifford Campbell}}||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1962–1973)||1892 ||1991||99 years, 92 days
|35
|{{Wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1990–1993)
|1918.10.18
|2017.05.29
|98 years, 223 days
|-
|-
|33||{{wp|Morarji Desai}}||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Prime Minister}} (1977–1979)||1896|| 1995||99 years, 41 days
|36
|{{Wp|Tun Tin}}
|Myanmar
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1920.10.02
|2020.05.01
|99 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|34||{{wp|Võ Chí Công}}||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of State}} (1987–1992)||1912|| 2011||99 years, 32 days
|37||{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}||Senegal||Prime Minister (1960–1962)||1910.07.18||2009.01.25||98 years, 191 days
|-
|-
|35||{{wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}||Sudan||{{wp|List of presidents of Sudan|Committee of Sovereignty Member}} (1964–1965)||1910||2009||99 years, 6 days
|38||{{Wp|Aden Adde}}||Somalia
|President (1960–1967)||1908.12.09||2007.06.08||98 years, 181 days
|-
|-
|36||{{wp|Ċensu Tabone}}||Malta||{{wp|List of heads of state of Malta|President}} (1989–1994)||1913||2012||98 years, 350 days
|39||{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}||Laos ||President (1992–1998)||1910.04.09||2008.09.09||98 years, 153 days
|-
|-
|23–37||{{wp|Hastings Banda}}||Malawi||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Malawi|Prime Minister}} (1964–1966)<br>{{wp|List of Heads is State of Malawi|State President}} (1966–1994)<br>{{wp|President of the Congress Party|President of the Congress Party}} (1966–1993)||1898||1997||98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
|40
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Lê Đức Anh}}
|'''38'''||'''{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''||'''United States'''||{{wp|List of presidents of the United States|President}} (1977–1981)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''|| '''{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|Viet Nam
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|President (1992–1997)
|'''39'''||'''{{wp|Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodríguez}}'''||'''Ecuador'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1972–1976)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|11|4}}'''
|1920.12.01
|2019.04.22
|98 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|40||{{wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}||Thailand||{{wp|List of prime minister of Thailand|Prime Minister}} (1980–1988)<br>{{wp|Ewgent of Thailand|Regent}} (2016)||1920||2019||98 years, 273 days
|41
|{{Wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|Dahomey
|President (1968–1969)
|1918.03.23
|2016.07.18
|98 years, 127 days
|-
|-
|41||{{wp|Pierre Harmel}}||Belgium||{{wp|list of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1965–1966) ||1911||2009||98 years, 244 days
|42
|{{Wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|Czechoslovakia
|Prime Minister (1970–1988)
|1924.10.19
|2023.02.06
|98 years, 110 days
|-
|-
|42||{{wp|Howard Cooke}}||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1991–2006)||1915||2014||98 years, 240 days
|43
|{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}
|Luxembourg
|Grand Duke (1964–2000)
|1921.01.05
|2019.04.23
|98 years, 108 days
|-
|-
|43||{{wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}||France|| {{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1932–1933)||1873||1972||98 years, 237 days
|44
|{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|Australia
|Prime Minister (1972–1975)
|1916.07.11
|2014.10.21
|98 years, 102 days
|-
|-
|44||{{wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1990–1993)||1918||2017||98 years, 223 days
|45
|{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|Italy
|President (2006–2015)
|1925.06.29
|2023.09.22
| 98 years, 85 days
|-
|-
|45||{{wp|Isidro Ayora}}||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1926–1931)||1879 ||1978||98 years, 203 days
|46
|{{Wp|Claude Rostain}}||Andorra||French Viguier (1972–1977)||1916.12.16||2015.02.10|| 98 years, 56 days
|-
|-
|46||{{wp|Émile Reuter}}||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Luxembourg|Prime Minister}} (1918–1925)||1874||1973||98 years, 196 days
|47||{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}||India ||President (1987–1992)||1910.12.04||2009.01.27|| 98 years, 54 days
|-
|-
|47||{{wp|Mamadou Dia}}||Senegal||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Senegal|Prime Minister}} (1960–1962)||1910||2009||98 years, 191 days
|48
|{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}||Colombia||President (1957–1958)||1910.03.08||2008.03.21|| 98 years, 13 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''49'''
|'''{{Wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
|'''Senegal'''
|President (2000&ndash;2012)
|'''1926.05.29'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|-
|48||{{wp|Aden Adde}}||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|President}} (1960–1967)||1908||2007||98 years, 181 days
|50
|{{Wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|Jordan
|Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)
|1925.02.18
|2023.01.03
|97 years, 319 days
|-
|-
|49||{{wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}||Laos||{{wp|List of presidents of Laos|President}} (1992–1998)|| 1910||2008||98 years, 153 days
|51
|{{Wp|Kenan Evren}}
|Türkiye
|President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)<br/>State President (1982–1989)
|1917.06.17
|2015.05.09
|97 years, 296 days
|-
|-
|50||{{wp|Lê Đức Anh}}||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|President}} (1992–1997)|| 1920• |1920||2019
|52
|98 years, 142 days
|{{Wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|Algeria
|Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)
|1921.04.27
|2018.12.28
|97 years, 245 days
|-
|-
|51||{{wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}||Dahomey||{{wp|List of presidents of Benin|President}} (1968–1969)||1918||2016||98 years, 127 days
|53
|{{Wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|Andorra
|Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)
|1923.01.10
|2020.08.14
|97 years, 217 days
|-
|-
|52||{{wp|Borys Martos}}||Ukraine||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Ukraine|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1919)||1879||1977||98 years, 122 days
|54
|{{Wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}
|Italy
|Prime Minister (1980–1981)
|1925.12.08
|2023.07.06
|97 years, 210 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''55'''
|'''{{Wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''
|'''Lithuania'''
|President (1998&ndash;2003; 2004&ndash;2009)
|'''1926.11.03'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|-
|-
|53||{{wp|Artúr Görgei}}||Hungary||{{Wp|List of heads of state of Hungary|Acting Governor-President}} (1849)||1818||1916||98 years, 112 days
|56||{{Wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}||Venezuela ||President (1993-1994)||1916.11.28||2014.06.14||97 years, 208 days
|-
|-
|54||{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia|Prime Minister}} (1970–1988)||1924||2023||98 years, 110 days
|57
|{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|Taiwan
|President (1988–2000)
|1923.01.15
|2020.07.30
|97 years, 197 days
|-
|-
|55||{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of monarchs of Luxembourg|Grand Duke}} (1964–2000)||1921||2019||98 years, 108 days
|58
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|{{Wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|'''56'''||'''{{wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}'''||'''Tanzania'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Tanzania|President}} (1985–1995)<br>{{wp|Charma Cha MapinduziNational Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi}} (1990–1992)|| '''1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|5|8}}'''
|Ireland
|Taoiseach (1973–1977)
|1920.04.13
|2017.10.04
|97 years, 174 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''59'''
|'''{{Wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''
|'''SFR Yugoslavia'''
| President of the Presidency (1988&ndash;1989)
|'''1926.12.09'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|-
|-
|57||{{wp|Gough Whitlam}}||Australia|| ((wp |{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Australia|Prime Minister}} (1972–1975)||1916||2014|| 98 years, 102 days
|60
|{{Wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|Chile
|President (1990–1994)
|1918.11.26
|2016.04.19
|97 years, 145 days
|-
|-
|58||{{wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil ||{{wp|List of heads of state of Brazil|President}} (1914–1918)||1868||1966||98 years, 78 days
|61||{{Wp|Armando Villanueva}}||Peru||Prime Minister (1988–1989)||1915.11.25||2013.04.14||97 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|59||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|Claude Rostain}}||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier}} (1972–1977)||1916||2015||98 years, 56 days
|62||{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}||Romania || President of the Presidium (1958–1961)<br />(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)<br />Prime Minister (1961–1974)||1902.09.23||2000.02.08||97 years, 138 days
|-
|-
|60||{{wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}||India||{{wp|List of presidents of India|President}} (1987–1992)||1910||2009||98 years, 54 days
|63||{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}||Haiti||Prime Minister (1988)||1913.10.04||2011.02.04||97 years, 123 days
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''60'''||'''{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}'''||'''Italy'''||{{wp|list of presidents of Italy|President}} (2006–2015)||'''1925'''||'''Alive'''|| '''{{age in years and days|1925|6|29}}'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''62'''|| '''{{wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''||'''Malaysia'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Malaysia|Prime Minister}} (1981–2003; 2018–2020)||'''1925'''|| '''Alive'''|| '''{{age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''63'''||'''{{wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''||'''Afghanistan'''||{{wp|Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1988-1989)||'''1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|-
|-
|64||{{wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}||Hungary||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister}} (1919)||1875||1973||98 years, 15 days
|64||{{Wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}||Romania||First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)||1913.05.16||2010.08.21|| 97 years, 97 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''65'''
|'''{{Wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}'''
|'''Thailand'''
|Prime Minister (1976&ndash;1977)
|'''1927.04.05'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|-
|-
|65||{{wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}||Colombia||{{wp|List of presidents of Columbia|President}} (1957–1958)||1910||2008||98 years, 13 days
|66
|{{Wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
|Zambia
|State President (1964–1991)
|1924.04.28
|2021.06.17
| 97 years, 50 days
|-
|-
|66||{{wp|Miloš Jakeš}}||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|Communist General Secretary}} (1987–1989) ||1922||2020||97 years, 332 days
|67
|{{Wp|Walter Scheel}}
|West Germany
|(Acting) Chancellor (1974)<br />President (1974–1979)
|1919.07.18
|2016.08.24
|97 years, 47 days
|-
|-
|67||{{wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}||Jordan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Jordan|Prime Minister}} (1993–1995; 1997–1998)||1925||2023||97 years, 319 days
|68
|{{Wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|West Germany
|Chancellor (1974–1982)
|1918.12.23
|2015.11.10
|96 years, 322 days
|-
|-
|68||{{wp|Kenan Evren}}||Türkiye||{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President of the N.S.C.}} (1980–1982)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|State President}} (1982–1989)||1917||2015||97 years, 296 days
|69||{{Wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}||Tuvan People's Republic||Chairperson of the Presidium (1940&ndash;1944)||1912.01.01||2008.11.04||96 years, 308 days
|-
|-
|69||{{wp|Wellington Koo}}||China||{{wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Acting Premier}} (1924)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of the Republic of China|Acting President}} (1926–1927)||1888||1985||97 years, 289 days
|70||{{Wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}||Israel||Prime Minister (1983&ndash;1984; 1986&ndash;1992)|| 1915.10.22||2012.06.30||96 years, 252 days
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|-
|70||{{wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}||Cisleithania<br>(Austria-Hungary)||{{wp|List of ministers-president of Austria|Minister-President}} (1870)||1810||1908||97 years, 272 days
|71||{{Wp|Habib Bourguiba}}||Tunisia||Prime Minister (1956&ndash;1957)<br />President (1957&ndash;1987)||1903.03.03||2000.04.06||96 years, 247 days
|-
|-
|71||{{wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}||Irish Free State||{{wp|Governoor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General}} (1932–1936)||1866||1963||97 years, 267 days
|72
|{{Wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}
|North Korea
|Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983&ndash;1984; 1998&ndash;2019)
|1926.10.01
|2022.05.13
|96 years, 224 days
|-
|-
|72||{{wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}||Algeria||{{Wp|List of presidents of Algeria|Chair of the Constitutional Counci}}l (1992) ||1921||2018 || 97 years, 245 days
|73
|{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1979–1980)
|1921.01.04
|2017.07.14
|96 years, 191 days
|-
|-
|73||{{wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|Episcopal Veguer}} (1972–1993)||1923||2020||97 years, 217 days
|74||{{wp|Elizabeth II}}||United Kingdom||Queen (1952–2022)||1926.04.21||2022.09.09||96 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|74||{{wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}||Italy||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Italy|Prime Minister}} (1980–1981) ||1925||2023||97 years, 210 days
|75||{{wp|Jiang Zemin}}||China||Chairman of the Communist Party (1989–2022); President (1993-2003)||1926.08.17||2022.11.30||96 years, 105 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''76'''||'''{{Wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''||'''North Korea'''||Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)||'''1928.02.04'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|2|28}}'''
|-
|-
|75||{{wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}||Venezuela ||{{wp|List of presidents of Venezuela|President}} (1993–1994)||1916||2014||97 years, 208 days  
|77||{{Wp|Abderrahmane Youssoufi}}
|Morocco
|Prime Minister (1998–2002)
|1924.03.08
|2020.05.29
|96 years, 82 days
|-
|-
|76||{{wp|He Yingqin}}||Taiwan||{{wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1949)||1890||1987||97 years, 202 days
|78||{{Wp|Mario Echandi Jiménez}}|| Costa Rica||President (1958–1962)||1915.06.17||2011.07.30|| 96 years, 43 days
|-
|-
|77||{{wp|Lee Teng-hui}}||Taiwan||{{wp|List of presidents of the Republic of China|President}} (1988–2000)<br>{{wp|Kuomintang|Chairman of the Kuomintang}} (1988–2000)||1923||2020||97 years, 197 days
|79||{{Wp|Michael I of Romania|Michael I}}
|Romania
|King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)
|1921.10.25
|2017.12.05
|96 years, 41 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''80'''
|'''{{Wp|Arnold Rüütel}}'''
|'''Estonia'''
|Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)<br />President (2001–2006)
|'''1928.05.10'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|10}}'''
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''81'''
|'''{{Wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (2010–2014)
|'''1928.05.11'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''
|-
|-
|78||{{wp|Liam Cosgrave}}||Ireland||{{wp|Taoiseach|Taoiseach}} (1973–1977)||1920||2017||97 years, 174 days
|82||{{Wp|Dom Mintoff}}||Malta||Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)||1916.08.06||2012.08.20||96 years, 14 days
|-
|-
|79||{{wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1939–1944)|| 1872||1969||97 years, 152 days
|83||{{Wp|Hans Schaffner}}||Switzerland||President (1966)||1908.12.16||2004.11.26||95 years, 346 days
|-
|-
|80||{{wp|Patricio Aylwin}}||Chile||{{wp|List of presidents of Chile|President}} (1990–1994)||1918||2016||97 years, 145 days
|84||{{Wp|Joaquín Balaguer}}||Dominican Republic||President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)||1906.09.01||2002.07.14||95 years, 316 days
|-
|-
|81||{{wp|Armando Villanueva}}||Peru
|85||{{Wp|Belisario Betancur}}
|{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1988–1989)||1915|| 2013||97 years, 140 days
|Colombia
|President (1982–1986)
|1923.02.04
|2018.12.07
|95 years, 306 days
|-
|-
|82||{{wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}||Romania||{{Wp|List of presidents of Romania|President of the Presidium}} (1958–1961) <br>{{wp|List of presidents of Romania|(Acting} President}} (1965) <br>{{wp|List of prime ministers of Romania|Prime Minister}} (1961–1974)|| 1902||2000||97 years, 138 days
|86||{{Wp|Carlo Azeglio Ciampi}}
|Italy
|Prime Minister (1993–1994)<br/>President (1999–2006)
|1920.12.09
|2016.09.16
|95 years, 282 days
|-
|-
|83||{{wp|Martial Célestin}}||Haiti||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Haiti|Prime Minister}} (1988)||1913||2011||97 years, 123 days
|87||{{Wp|Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI}}
|Vatican City
|Pope (2005–2013)<br/>Sovereign (2005–2013)
|1927.04.16
|2022.12.31
|95 years, 279 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''88'''
|'''{{Wp|Péter Boross}}'''
|'''Hungary'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1994)
|'''1928.08.27'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''
|-
|-
|84||{{wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}|||Romania||{{wp|Romanian Communist Party|First Secretary of the Workers' Party}} (1954–1955)||1913||2010 ||97 years, 97 days
|89||{{Wp|Fred Degazon}}||Dominica||President (1979–1980)||1913.01.04||2008.10.04||95 years, 274 days
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''85'''||'''{{wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''||'''Senegal'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Senegal|President}} (2000–2012)|||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|'''90'''
|'''{{Wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|'''China'''
|Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)
|'''1928.10.23'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''
|-
|91||{{wp|Robert Mugabe}}||Zimbabwe||Prime Minister (1980&endash;1987)<br>President (1987–2019)||1924.02.21||2019.09.06||95 years, 197 days
|-
|-
|86||{{wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}||Zambia||{{wp|Primme Minister of Zambia|Prime Minister}} (1964) <br>{{wp|Presidents of Zambia|State President}} (1964–1991)||1924||2021||97 years, 50 days
|92||{{wp|Trần Thiện Khiêm}}||South Vietnam||Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964)<br>Prime Minister]] (1969–1975||1925.12.15||2021.06.24||95 years, 191 days
|-
|-
|87||{{wp|Walter Scheel}}||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|(Acting) Chancellor}} (1974)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Germany|President}} (1974–1979) ||1919||2016||97 years, 47 days
|93||{{Wp|Pote Sarasin}}||Thailand||Prime Minister (1957)||1905.03.25||2000.09.28||95 years, 187 days
|-
|-
|88||{{wp|Helmut Schmidt}}||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor}} (1974–1982)||1918||2015
|94||{{Wp|Antonio Imbert Barrera}}
|96 years, 322 days
|Dominican Republic
|President (1965)
|1920.12.03
|2016.05.31
|95 years, 180 days
|-
|-
|89||{{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}||Vatican City||{{wp|List of popes|Acting Sovereign}} (1939)||1851||1948||96 years, 312 days
|95||{{Wp|Roberto Marcelo Levingston}}
|Argentina
|President (1970–1971)
|1920.01.10
|2015.06.17
|95 years, 160 days
|-
|-
|90||{{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}||Vatican City||{{wp|List of leaders of Communist Tuva|Chairperson of the Presidium}} (1940&ndash;1944)||1912||2008||96 years, 308 days
|96||{{Wp|Cuthbert Sebastian}}
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|Saint Kitts and Nevis
|'''91'''||'''{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''||'''Lithuania'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Lithuania|President}} (1998&ndash;2003; 2004&ndash;2009)||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|Governor General (1996–2013)
|1921.10.22
|2017.03.25
|95 years, 154 days
|-
|-
|92||{{wp|Camille Huysmans}}||Belgium||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1946&ndash;1947)||1871||1968||96 years, 275 days
|97||{{Wp|Nelson Mandela}}
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|South Africa
|'''93'''||'''{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''||'''Yugoslavia'''||{{wp|President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia |President of the Presidency}} (1988&ndash;1989)||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|President (1994&ndash;1999)
|1918.07.18
|2013.12.05
|95 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|94||{{wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}||Israel||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Israel|Prime Minister}} (1983&ndash;1984; 1986&ndash;1992)||1915||2012||96 years, 252 days
|98||{{Wp|Maarouf al-Dawalibi}}||Syria||Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)||1909.03.24||2004.01.15||95 years, 139 days
|-
|99||{{wp|Daniel arap Moi}}|| Kenya||President (1978–2002)||1925.09.02||2020.02.04||95 years, 137 days
|-
|-
|94||{{wp|Federico Paéz}}||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1935&ndash;1937)||1915||2012||96 years, 250 days
|100||{{Wp|Sixto Durán Ballén}}||Ecuador||President (1992&ndash;1996)||1921.07.15||2016.11.15||95 years, 124 days
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|1xx||{{wp|Dawda Jawara|Sir Dawda Jawara}}||The Gambia||Prime Minister (1962&ndash;1970)<br>President (1970&ndash;1994)||1924.05.16||2019.08.27||95 years, 97 days-->
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===Next 10 to Join===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
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|96||{{wp|Habib Bourguiba}}||Lithuania||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Tunisia|Prime Minister}} (1956&ndash;1957)<br>{{Wp|List of presidents of Tunisia|President}} (1957&ndash;1987)||1903||2000||96 years, 247 days
!<abbr>'''No.'''</abbr>||'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death'''||'''Age'''
! Age by 31 December||Date of entry to the Main list
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''1'''
|'''{{Wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|'''France'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1995)
|'''1929.05.02'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2|2024|12|31}}'''
|'''2024-09-03'''<br/>Durán Ballén
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''2'''
|'''{{Wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''
|'''Namibia'''
|President (1990–2005)
|'''1929.05.12'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12|2024|12|31}}'''
|'''2024-09-26'''<br />arap Moi
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''3'''
|'''{{Wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (1995–2001)
|'''1929.07.19'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19|2024|12|31}}'''
|'''2024.12.05'''<br />al-Dawalibi
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''4'''
|'''{{Wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''
|'''Zanzibar'''
|Sultan (1963–1964)
|'''1929.09.16'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16|2024|12|31}}'''
|'''2025.02.03'''<br />Mandela
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''5'''
|'''{{Wp|Violeta Chamorro}}'''
|'''Nicaragua'''
|Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)<br />President (1990–1997)
|'''1929.10.18'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18|2024|12|31}}'''
|'''2025.03.21'''<br />Sebastian
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''6'''||'''{{wp|Gombojavyn Ochirbat}}'''||Mongolian People's Republic||General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)||1929.11.15||'''Alive'''||{{age in years and days|1929|11|15}}||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|11|15|2024|12|31}}'''
||'''2024-04-25'''<br />Levingston
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''7'''||'''{{wp|Alfred Moisiu}}'''||'''Albania'''||President (2002–2007)||1929.12.01||'''alive'''||{{age in years and days|1929|12|1}}||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|1|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2025.05.30'''<br />Barrera
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|rowspan=3|'''8'''||'''{{wp|Salim Al-Huss|Selim Hoss}}'''||Lebanon||Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000)|Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)||rowspan=3|'''1929.12.20'''||rowspan=3|'''alive'''||rowspan=3|'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|20}}'''||rowspan="3"|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|20|2024|12|31}}'''||rowspan=3|'''2025-06-25'''<br />Sarasin
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''{{wp|Lee Hyun-jae}}'''||South Korea|||Prime Minister (1988)
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''{{wp|Milan Panić}}'''||Yugoslavia||Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''11'''||'''{{wp|Efraín Goldenberg}}'''||'''Peru'''||Prime Minister (1994–1995)||'''1929.12.28'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|12|28}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|12|28|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2025.09.28'''<br />Degazon
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''12'''||'''{{wp|Ahmed Osman (politician)|Ahmed Osman}}'''||Morocco||Prime Minister (1972–1979)||'''1930.01.03'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|1|3}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|1|3|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2025.10.17'''<br />Benedict XVI
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''13'''||'''{{wp|Ion Iliescu }}'''||'''Romania'''||Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)<br />President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990)<br />President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)||'''1930.03.03'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|3|3}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|3|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2025.12.10'''<br />Ciampi
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''14'''||'''{{wp|Vigdís Finnbogadóttir}}'''||'''Iceland'''||President (1980–1996)||'''1930.04.15'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|4|15}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|4|15|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2026.02.15'''<br />Betancur
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''15'''||'''{{wp|José Sarney}}'''||'''Brazil'''||President (1985–1990)||'''1930.04.24'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|4|24}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|4|24|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2026.03.06'''<br />Balaguer
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''16'''||'''{{wp|Kesang Choden (queen)|Kesang Choden}}'''||'''Bhutan'''||Regent (1972)||'''1930.05.21'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|5|21}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|5|21|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2026.05.02'''<br />Schaffner
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''17'''||'''{{wp|Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada}}'''||'''Bolivia'''||President (1993–1997; 2002&ndash;2003)||'''1930.07.01'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|7|01}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|07|01|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2026.07.15'''<br />Mintoff
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''18'''||'''Dame&nbsp;{{Wp|Ivy Dumont}}'''||'''Bahamas'''||Acting Governor-General (2001–2002)<br />Governor-General (2002-2005)||'''1930.10.02'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|10|2}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|10|2|2024|12|31}}'''||
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''19'''||'''{{wp|A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury}}'''||'''Bangladesh'''||President (1985–1990)||'''1930.10.11'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|10|11}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|10|11|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2026.11.21'''<br />Michael I
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''20'''||'''{{wp|Mabandla Dlamini}}'''||'''Eswatini'''||Prime Minister (1979–1983)||'''1930.11.11'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1930|11|11}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|11|11|2024|12|31}}'''||'''2026.12.24'''<br />Echandi Jiménez
|}
 
=='''Addendum'''==
 
===Uncertain DOB===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
|-
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|97||{{wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}||Soviet Union||{{wp|List of premiers of the Soviet Union|Premier}} (1930&ndash;1941||1890||1986||96 years, 244 days
!'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death'''||'''Age'''
|-
|-
|98||{{wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}||North Korea||{{wp|Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly|Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly}} (1983&ndash;1984; 1998&ndash;2019)||1926||2022||96 years, 224 days
|+ colspan="9" |The following State leaders might be older than ''#100-23'' on the list but their birthdate is uncertain
|-
|-
|78&ndash;99||{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1967)||1901||1997||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
|{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}
|Somalia
|Interim president (1969)
|1912
|2012.06.12
|98 years, 164 days to 99 years, 163 days
|-
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|100||{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1979&ndash;1980)||1921||2017||96 years, 191 days
|{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}||Greece||Prime Minister (1967)||1901||1998.07.13||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
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|1xx||{{wp|Elizabeth II}}||United Kingdom||{{wp|List of British Monarchs|Queen}} (1952–2022)||1926||2022||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 140 days-->
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=='''Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885'''==  
{| class="wikitable sortable"
[[File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|thumb|130px|{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}, the longest-lived of all time whose age is fully verifiable.]]
!<abbr>No.</abbr>||Name||{{wp|List of Sovereign States|State}}||Position||Birth||Death||Current Age
[[File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador) (headshot).jpg|thumb|130px|{{wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}, the current eldest state leader.]] 
!Joins the List (If He/she Lives to)
;Key
|- bgcolor="gold" |
{| class="wikitable"
|'''1'''||'''{{wp|Thannin Kraivichien}}'''||'''Thailand'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Thailand|Primero Minister}} (1976&ndash;1977)||'''1927'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''||'''13 October 2023'''
| bgcolor="#fcc" |'''Current Longest-living'''
'''(Richter Prada)'''
| bgcolor="#99ff99" |'''Former Longest-living'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''2'''||'''{{wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''||'''North Korea'''||{{wp|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly}} (1998&ndash;2018)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|2|4}}'''||'''16 August 2024'''
'''(Kollias)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''3'''||'''{{wp|Arnold Rùütel}}'''||'''Estonia'''||{{wp|List of chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Chaiman of the State Council}} (1991&ndash;1992)<br>{{Wp|List of presidents of Estimate|President}} (2001&ndash;2006)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1927|5|10}}'''||'''20 December 2024'''
'''(Yang Hyong-sop)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''4'''||'''{{wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''||'''Bahamas'''||{{wp|Governor-General of the Bahay|Governor-General}} (2010&ndash;2014)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''||'''10 January 2025'''
'''(Molotov)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''5'''||'''{{wp|Peter Borross}}'''||'''Hungary'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Hungry|Prime Minister}} (19993&ndash;1994)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''||'''1 May 2025'''
'''(Bourgiba)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''6'''||'''{{wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''||'''China'''||{{wp|Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier of the State Council}} (1998&ndash;2003)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''||'''30 June 2025'''
'''(Paéz)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''7'''||'''{{wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''||'''Framce'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1993&ndash;1995)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''||'''9 January 2026'''
'''(Shamir)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''8'''||'''{{wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''||'''Namibia'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Namibia|President}} (1990&ndash;2005)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''||'''11 February 2026'''
'''(Huysmans)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''9'''||'''Sir {{wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''||'''Bahamas'''||{{wp|Governor-General of the Bahamas|Governor-General}} (1995&ndash;2001)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''||'''23 May 2026'''
'''(Anchimaa-Toka)'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''10'''||'''{{wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''||'''Zanzibar'''||{{wp|Sultan of Zanzibar|Sultan}} (1963&ndash;1964)||'''1929'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''||'''25 July 2026'''
'''(di Belmonte)'''
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
!Name
!Country
!
Sex
!Lifespan
!Time as Eldest


=='''Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885'''==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Country
! Sex
!Birth
!Became Oldest
!Ceased to be Oldest/Death (Time as Oldest)
Age at death
|-
|-
|{{Wp|William I, German Emperor|William I}}
|{{Wp|William I, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm  I}}
|Germany
|Germany
|M
|M
|22 March 1797
|22 March 1797&ndash;14 May 1888<br /><small>aged 90 years, 353 days  
|
|&ndash; 9 March 1888<br /><small>??
|9 March 1888
{{Age in years and days|22 March 1797|9 March 1888}}
|-
|-
|{{Wp|George Tupou I}}  
|{{Wp|George Tupou I}}
|Tonga
|Tonga
| M
|M
|4 December 1797
|4 December 1797&ndash;18 February 1893<br /><small>aged 95 years, 76 days  
| 9 March 1888
| 9 March 1888 <small>(aged 91)</small> &ndash;18 February 1893 <small>(aged 95)</small><br /><small>4 years, 343 days  
{{Age in years and days|4 December 1797|9 March 1888}}
|18 February 1893
{{Age in years and days|4 December 1797|18 February 1893}}
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|{{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
| Guatemala
|Guatemala
|M
|M
|
|
19 October 1802
19 October 1802&ndash;14 May 1897<br /><small>aged 94 years, 207 days  
|18 February 1893
|18 February 1893 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 14 May 1897 <small>(aged 94)</small><small /><br />4 years 85 days
{{Age in years and days|19 October 1802|18 February 1893}}
|14 May 1897 (7 years, 318 days)
94 years, 207 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
|{{Wp|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
|Austria
|Austria
|M
|M
|17 July 1806
|17 July 1806&ndash;26 February 1899<br /><small>aged 92 years 224 days  
|14 May 1897
|14 May 1897 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 26 February 1899 <small>(aged 92)</small><br /><small>1 year, 289 days  
{{Age in years and days|17 July 1806|14 May 1897}}
|26 February 1899 (1 year, 289 days)
92 years 224 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Tomas Gormensoro Albin}}
|{{Wp|Tomas Gormensoro Albin}}
|Uruguay
|Uruguay
|M
|M
|27 January 1810
|27 January 1810&ndash;12 April 1900<br /><small>90 years, 76 days  
|26 February 1899
|26 February 1899 <small>(aged 87)</small> &ndash;12 April 1900 <small>(aged 90)</small><br /><small>2 years, 334 days)  
{{Age in years and days|27 January 1810|26 February 1899}}
|12 April 1900 (2 years, 334 days)
90 years, 76 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
|{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
| Papal States
 
|Papal States
|M
|M
|2 March 1810
|2 March 1810&ndash;20 July 1903<br /><small>aged 93 years, 140 days
|12 Apr 1900
|12 Apr 1900 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 20 July 1903 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>3 years, 99 days
{{Age in years and days|2 March 1810|12 April 1900}}
|20 July 1903 (3 years, 99 days)
93 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}
|
{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}
|Austria  
|Austria  
|M
|M
|21 May 1810
|21 May 1810&ndash;17 February 1908<br /><small>aged 97 years, 272 days  
|20 July 1903
| 20 July 1903 <small>(aged 93)</small> &ndash; 17 February 1908 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>4 years, 212 days  
{{Age in years and days|21 May 1810|20 July 1903}}
| 17 February 1908 (4 years, 212 days)
97 years, 272 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Artúr Gorgey}}
|{{Wp|Artúr Gorgey}}
|Hungary
|Hungary
|M
|M
|30 January 1818
|30 January 1818&ndash;21 May 1916<br /><small>aged 98 years, 113 days
|17 February 1908
|17 February 1908 <small>(aged 90)</small>&ndash;21 May 1916 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>8 years, 95 days  
{{Age in years and days|1818|1|30|1908|2|17}}
|21 May 1916 ({{Age in years and days|1915|11|23|1916|5|21}})
98 years, 113 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|Canada
|Canada
|M
|M
|27 December 1823
|27 December 1823&ndash;10 December 1917<br /><small>aged 93 years, 348 days  
|21 May 1916
|21 May 1916 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;10 December 1917 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>1 year, 203 days)  
{{Age in years and days|27 December 1823|21 May 1916}}
|10 December 1917 (1 year, 203 days)
93 years, 348 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|France
|France
|M
|M
|14 November 1828
|14 November 1828&ndash;14 May 1923<br /><small>aged 94 years, 181 days  
|10 December 1917
|10 December 1917 <small>(aged 89)</small>&ndash;14 May 1923 <small>(aged 94)</small><br /><small>5 years, 352 days  
{{Age in years and days|14 November 1828|10 December 1917}}
|14 May 1923 (5 years, 352 days)
94 tears, 181 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}  
|{{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}
|Japan
| Japan
|M
|M
|25 February 1835
|25 February 1835&ndash;2 July 1924<br /><small>aged 89 years, 127 days  
|14 May 1923
|14 May 1923 <small>(aged 87)</small> &ndash; 2 July 1924 <small>(aged 89)</small><br /><small>350 days
{{Age in years and days|25 February 1835|14 May 1923}}
|2 July 1924 (350 days)
89 years, 127 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Jules Méline}}
|
|France
{{Wp|Jules Méline}}
|France  
|M
|M
|20 May 1838
|20 May 1838&ndash;21 December 1925 <br /><small>aged 87 years, 216 days  
|2 July 1924
|2 July 1924 <small>(aged 86)</small>&ndash;21 December 1925 <small>(aged 87)</small><br /><small>2 years 158 days<small>
{{Age in years and days|20 May 1838|2 July 1924}}
|21 December 1925 (2 years, 158 days)
87 years, 216 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|Italy
|Italy  
|M
|M
|8 June 1838
|8 June 1838&ndash;10 Match 1932<br /><small>aged 93 years, 272 days  
|2 July 1924
|2 July 1924 <small>(aged 86)</small>&ndash;10 March 1932 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>7 years, 260 days  
{{Age in years and days|8 June 1838|2 July 1924}}
|10 March 1932 ({{age in years and days|1924|6|24|1932|3|10}})
93 years, 272 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Francisco Andrade Marín}}
|{{Wp|Francisco Andrade Marín}}
|rowspan="2" |Ecuador
|Ecuador
|M
|M
|15 November 1841
|15 November 1841&ndash;6 September 1935<br /><small>aged 93 years, 295 days<small>
|10 March 1932
|10 March 1932 <small>(aged 88)</small>&ndash;6 September 1935 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>3 years, 175 days  
{{Age in years and days|22 March 1849|6 September 1936}}
|6 September 1935 (3 years, 174 days)
93 years 295 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Lizardo Garcia}}
|{{Wp|Lizardo Garcia}}
|M
|Ecuador
|26 April 1844
|
|6 September 1935
M
{{Age in years and days|26 April 1844|6 September 1935}}
|26 April 1844&ndash;29 May 1937<br /><small>aged 93 years, 34 days  
|29 May 1937 (1 year, 263 days)
|6 September 1935 <small>(aged 91)</small>&ndash;29 May 1937 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>1 year, 263 days  
93 years, 34 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|Bolivia
|Bolivia
|M
|M
|22 January 1848
|22 January 1848&ndash;12 September 1939<br /><small>aged 91 years, 233 days
|29 May 1937
|
{{Age in years and days|22 January 1848|12 September 1939}}
29 May 1937 <small>(aged 89)</small>&ndash;12 September 1939 <small>(aged 91)</small><br /><small>2 years, 194 days  
|12 September 1939 (2 years, 194 days)
91 years, 233 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|Peru
|Peru
|M
|M
|22 March 1849
|22 March 1849&ndash;6 August 1945<br /><small>aged 96 years, 138 days  
|12 September 1939
| 12 September 1939 <small>(aged 90)</small>&ndash;6 August 1945 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>8 years, 69 days
{{Age in years and days|22 March 1849|12 September 1939}}
|6 August 1945 (8 years, 69 days)
96 years, 138 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}
|{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte|Gennaro Pignatello di Belmonte}}
|Vatican City  
|Vatican City
|M
|M
|10 April 1851
|10 April 1851&ndash;16  February 1948<br /><small>aged 96 years, 312 days
| 6 August 1945
|6 August 1945 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;16 February 1948 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>2 years, 194 days)  
{{Age in years and days|10 April 1851|6 August 1945}}
|16 February 1948 (2 years, 194 days)
96 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
|{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
|France
|France  
|M
|M
|24 Apr 1856
|24 Apr 1856&ndash;23 July 1951<br /><small>aged 95 years, 90 days
|16 February 1948
|16 February 1948 <small>(aged 91)</small>&ndash;23 July 1951 <small>(aged 95)</small><br /><small>3 years, 157 days  
91 years, 298 days
|23 July 1951 (2 years, 194 days)
95 years, 90 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascurain}}
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascurain}}
|Mexico
|Mexico  
 
|M
|M
|8 May 1856
|8 May 1856&ndash;21 July 1952<br /><small>aged 96 years, 74 days  
|16 February 1948
| 23 July 1951 <small>(aged 95)</small> &ndash; 21 July 1952 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>364 days
96 years, 74 days
|21 July 1952 (364 days)
96 years, 74 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|Norway
|Norway
|M
|M
|15 November 1859
|15 November 1859&ndash;12 December 1960<br /><small />aged 101 years, 27 days
|9 September 1957
|9 September 1957 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;12 December 1960 <small>(aged 101)</small>
{{Age in years and days|1859|11|5|1957|9|9}}
<small>3 years, 93 days</small>
|12 December 1960 ({{age in years and days|1957|9|9|1960|12|12}})
101 years, 27 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil
|M
|M
|26 February 1868
|26 February 1868&ndash;15 May 1966<br /><small>aged 98 years, 78 days
|12 December 1960
|12 December 1960 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;15 May 1966 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>5 years, 154 days  
{{Age in years and days|26 February 1866|12 December 1960}}
|15 May 1966 ({{age in years and days|1960|12|12|1966|5|15}})
98 years, 78 days  
|-
|{{Wp|Juan José Estrada}}
|Nicaragua
|M
|1 January 1872
|15 May 1966
{{Age in years and days|1 January 1872|15 May 1966}}
|11 July 1967 ({{Age in years and days|1966|5|15|1967|7|11}})
{{Age in years and days|1 January 1872|11 July 1967}}
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|Belgium
|Belgium  
|M
|M
|26 May 1871
|26 May 1871&ndash;25 February 1968<br /><small>aged 96 years, 275 days  
|11 July 1967<br>{{Age in years and days|1871|8|4|1967|7|11}}
|15 May 1966 <small>(aged 94)</small> &ndash; 25 February 1968 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>1 year, 286 days  
|25 February 1968 ({{Age in years and days|1967|7|11|1968|2|25}})
96 years, 275 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|Peru
|Peru
|M
|M
|15 March 1872
|15 March 1872&ndash;14 August 1969<br /><small>aged 97 years, 152 days
|25 February 1968
|25 February 1968 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;14 August 1969 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>1 year, 170 days  
{{Age in years and days|1872|3|15|1968|2|25}}
|14 August 1969 (1 year, 170 days)
97 years, 152 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|France
| France
|M
|M
|4 August 1873
|4 August 1873&ndash;28 March 1972<br /><small>aged 98 years, 237 days
|14 August 1969
|14 August 1969 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;28 March 1972 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>2 years, 227 days  
{{Age in years and days|1875|8|4|1969|8|14}}
|28 March 1972 (2 years, 227 days)
98 years, 237 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|Luxembourg
|Luxembourg
|M
|M
|2 August 1874
|2 August 1874&ndash;14 February 1973<br /><small>aged 98 years, 196 days
|28 March 1972
|28 March 1972 <small>(aged 97)</small>&ndash;14 February 1973 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>323 days  
{{Age in years and days|1874|8|2|1972|2|8}}
|14 February 1973 (323 days)
98 years, 196 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham}}
|{{Wp|Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham}}
|Hungary
|Hungary
|M
|M
|
|10 July 1875&ndash;25 July 1973<br /><small>aged 98 years, 15 days
10 July 1875
|14 February 1973 <small>(aged 97)</small> &ndash; 25 July 1973 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>161 days
|14 February 1973
|-
{{Age in years and days|1875|7|10|1973|2|14}}
|{{Wp|Federico Páez}}||Ecuador ||M||4 June 1877 – 9 February 1974<br /><small>aged 96 years, 250 days || 25 July 1973 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;9 February 1974 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>199 days  
|25 July 1973 (161 days)
98 years, 15 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}
|{{Wp|Borys Martos}}||Ukraine ||M||20 May 1879&ndash;19 September 1977<br /><small>aged 98 years, 122 days||9 February 1974 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;19 September 1977 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>3 years, 222 days  
|Ukraine  
|M  
| 20 May 1879
| 25 July 1973
{{Age in years and days|1879|5|20|1973|7|25}}
|19 September 1977 (199 days)
98 years, 122 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|Ecuador
|Ecuador
|M
| M
|31 August 1879
|31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978<br /><small>98 years, 203 days
|9 February 1974
| 19 September 1977 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;22 March 1978 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>184 days  
{{Age in years and days|1879|8|31|1974|2|9}}
|22 March 1978 (184 days)
98 years, 203 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
| Paraguay
|Paraguay
|M
|M
|15 February 1882
| 15 February 1882 – 24 April 1978<br /><small>aged 96 years, 69 days•                  |22 March 1978&ndash;24 April 1978<br /><small>96 years, 68 days
|22 March 1978
|22 March 1978 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;24 March 1978 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>33 days  
{{Age in years and days|1882|2|15|1978|3|22}}
| 24 April 1978 (33 days)
96 years, 69 days  
|-
|-
|
|{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
|Türkiye  
|Türkiye
|M
|M
|16 May 1883
|16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986<br /><small>aged 103 years, 99 days
|24 April 1978
|24 April 1978 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;22 August 1986 <small>(aged 103)</small><br /><small>8 years, 121 days  
{{Age in years and days|1886|5|14|1978|4|14}}
|22 August 1986 (8 years, 121 days)
103 years, 99 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}
|{{Wp|Willem Drees}}||Netherlands ||M||5 July 1886&ndash;14 May 1988<br /><small>aged 101 years, 314 days ||22 August 1986 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;14 May 1988 <small>(aged 101)</small>
|
<small>1 year, 267 days
Netherlands
|M
|5 July 1886  
| 22 August 1986
{{Age in years and days|1886|7|5|1986|8|22}}
|14 May 1988 (1 year, 267 days)
101 years, 314 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}  
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|Japan
|Japan||M•
|M
||3 December 1887&ndash;20 January 1990<br /><small>aged aged 102 years, 48 days ||14 May 1988 <small>(aged 101)</small>&ndash;20 January 1990 <small>(aged 102)</small><br /><small>2 years, 252 days  
| 3 December 1887
|14 May 1988
{{Age in years and days|1887|12|3|1988|5|14}}
|20 January 1990 (2 years, 252 days)
102 years, 48 days  
|-
|-
| {{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|Taiwan
| Taiwan
|M
|M
| 9 May 1889
|9 May 1889&ndash;14 December 1990<br /><small>aged 101 years, 220 days
|20 January 1990
|20 January 1990 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;14 December 1990 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>329 days
{{Age in years and days|1889|5|9|1990|1|20}}
| 14 December 1990 (329 days)
101 years, 220 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|France
|France
|M
|M
|30 December 1891
|30 December 1891&ndash;13 December 1994<br /><small>aged 102 years, 348 days
|14 December 1990
|14 December 1990 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;13 December 1994 <small>(aged 102)</small>
{{Age in years and days|1891|12|30|1991|12|14}}
<small>3 years, 364 days</small>
|13 December 1994 (3 years, 364 days)
102 years, 348 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|India
| India
|M
|M
|29 February 1896  
|29 February 1896&ndash;10 April 1995<br /><small>aged 99 years, 41 days
|13 December 1994
|13 December 1994 <small>(aged 98)</small> &ndash;10 April 1995 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>119 days  
{{Age in years and days|1896|2|29|1994|12|13}}
|10 April 1995 (119 days)
99 years, 41 days  
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}  
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
| Malawi
|India
|M
|M
|1898
|4 July 1898&ndash;15 January 1998 <br /><small>aged 99 years, 195 days
|10 April 1995
|10 April 1995 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;15 January 1998 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>2 years, 275 days  
{{Age in years and days|1899|12|31|1995|4|10}} to 96 years, 100 days
|23 November 1997 (2 years, 227 days)
98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
|-
| {{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|India
| M
| 4 July 1898
| 23 November 1997
{{Age in years and days|1898|7|4|1997|11|23}}
|15 January 1998 (53 days)
99 years, 195 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|{{Wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Greece
|Greece
|M
|M
|1901
|1901&ndash;13 July 1998<br /><small>aged 96 years 194 days to <small>97 years, 193 days  
|15 January 1998
|15 January 1998 <small>(aged 96&ndash;97)</small>&ndash;13 July 1998 <small>(aged 96&ndash;97)</small><br /><small>179 days
{{Age in years and days|1901|12|31|1997|11|23}} to 96 years, 327 days  
|13 July 1998 (179 days)
96 years, 194 days to 97 years 193 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|Romania
|Romania
|M
|M
|23 September 1902
|
|13 July 1998
23 September 1902&ndash;8 February 2000<br /><small>aged 97 years, 138 days
{{Age in years and days|1902|9|13|1998|7|13}}
| 13 July 1998 <small>(aged 95)</small>&ndash;8 February 2000 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>1 year, 211 days  
|8 February 2000 (1 year, 211 days)
97 years, 139 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
| rowspan="2" |Greece
|Greece
|M
|M
|27 July 1903
|27 July 1903&ndash;31 October 2002<br /><small>aged 99 years, 142 days
|8 February 2000
|8 February 2000 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;31 October 3002 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>3 years, 267 days  
{{Age in years and days|1903|7|27|2000|2|8}}
|31 October 2002 (2 years, 267 days)
99 years, 143 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|Greece
|M
|M
|26 Apr 1904
|26 April 1904&ndash;10 Jube 2004<br /><small> aged 100 years, 45 days
|31 October 2002
|31 October 2002 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;10 June 2004 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>1 year, 224 days  
{{Age in years and days|1904|4|26|2002|10|31}}
|10 June 2004 (1 year, 224 days)
100 years, 45 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum}}
|{{Wp|Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum}}
|Cambodia
|Cambodia
|M
|M
|1 September 1905
|1 September 1905&ndash;23 January 2009<br /><small>aged 103 years, 143 days
|10 June 2004
| 10 June 2004 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;23 January 2009 <small>(aged 103)</small><br /><small>4 years, 192 days
{{Age in years and days|1905|9|1|2004|6|12}}
|-
|23 January 2009 (4 years, 192 days)
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
103 years, 143 days
| Sudan
|M
|10 April 1910&ndash;16 April 2009<br /><small>aged 99 years, 6 days
|22 January 2009 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;16 April 2009 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>85 days  
|-
|-
|
|{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
{{Wp|Ek Yi Oun}}
|Suriname
|Cambodia
|M
|12 May 1910&ndash;4 January 2010<br /><small>agrd 99 years, 237 days
|16 April 2009 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;4 January 2010 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>264 days
|-
|{{Wp|Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz}}
|Panama
|M
|M
|1910
|11 January 1911&ndash;15 March 2012<br /><small>aged 101 years, 64 days
|22 January 2009
|4 January 2010 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;15 March 2012 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>2 years, 72 days
{{Age in years and days|1910|12|31|2010|1|4}} to {{Age in years and days|1910|1|1|2009|1|22}}  
|-
|2013 ({{Age in years and days|2009|1|22|2013|1|1}} to {{Age in years and days|2009|1|22|2013|12|31}}
|{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
|Ecuador
| M
|9 October 1912&ndash;9 August 2013<br /><small>aged 100 years, 304 days
|15 March 2012 <small>(aged 99)</small>&ndash;9 August 2013 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>1 year, 144 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|Andorra
|Andorra  
|M
|M
|3 July 1914
|3 July 1914&ndash;30 January 2017<br /><small>aged 102 years, 211 days  
|2013
|9 August 2013 <small>(aged 99)</small>&ndash;30 January 2017 <small>(aged 102)</small>
{{Age in years and days|1914|7|3|2013|12|31}} to {{Age in years and days|1914|7|3|2013|1|1}}
<small>3 years, 174 days</small>
| 30 January 2017 ({{Age in years and days|2013|12|31|2017|1|30}}) to {{Age in years and days|2013|1|1|2017|1|30}}
102 years, 211 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|Vietnam
|Vietnam
|M
|M
|2 February 1917
|2 February 1917&ndash;1 October 2018<br /><small>aged 101 years, 241 days
|30 January 2017
|30 January 2017 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;1 October 2018 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>{{age in years and days|2017|1|30|2018|10|1}}</small>
{{Age in years and days|1917|2|2|2017|1|30}}
|1 October 2018 ({{age in years and days|2017|7|30|2018|10|1}})
101 years, 241 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|Sudan
|Sudan
|M
|M
|2 Mar 1917
|2 March 1917&ndash;17 January 2019<br /><small>aged 101 years, 321 days
|1 October 2018
|1 October 2018 <small>(aged 101)</small>&ndash;17 January 2019 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>108 days  
{{Age in years and days|1917|3|2|2018|10|1}}
|17 January 2019 (108 days)
101 years, 321 days  
|-
|-
| {{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|Japan
| Japan  
|M
|M
| 27 May 1918
|27 May 1918&ndash;29 November 2019<br /><small>aged 101 years, 186 days
|17 January 2019
|17 January 2019 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;29 November 2019 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>314 days
{{Age in years and days|1918|5|27|2019|1|17}}
|29 November 2019 (314 days)
101 years, 186 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}  
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
| South Korea
|South Korea
|M
|M
|26 February 1919
|
|29 November 2019
26 February 1919&ndash;25 May 2021<br /><small>aged 101 years, 89 days
{{Age in years and days|1919|2|26|2019|11|29}}
|29 November 2019 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;25 May 2021 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>178 days
|25 May 2021 (178 days)
101 years, 89 days  
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|Libya
| Libya
|M
|M
|29 January 1921
|29 January 1921&ndash;7 December 2021<br /><small>aged 100 years, 312 days  
|25 May 2021
|25 May 2021 <small>(aged 100)</small> &ndash; 7 December 2021 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>196 days  
100 years, 112 days
|7 December 2021 (196 days)
100 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|Peru
|Peru
| M
|4 October 1921&ndash;14 July 2022<br><small> aged 100 years, 283 days
|07 December 2021 <small>(aged 100)</small> &ndash; 14 July 2022 <small>(aged 100)</small>
<small>219 days
|- bgcolor="#99FF99" |
|{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}
|Laos
|M
|M
|4 October 1921
|born 8 February 1924'''<br />'''<small>age {{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}</small>
|07 December 2021
| 14 July 2022 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;11 October 2023 <small>(aged 99)</small><br><small>{{Age in years and days|2022|7|14|2023|10|11}}
100 years, 64 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|14 July 2022 (219 days)
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
100 years, 283 days
|'''Ecuador'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
|'''Laos'''
|'''M'''
|'''M'''
|'''8 February 1924'''
|'''born 4 November 1923<br /><small>age {{age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''  
|'''14 July 2022'''<br>'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8|2021|5|25}}'''
|'''11 October 2023''' <small>'''(aged 99)'''&ndash;'''''present'''''<br /><small>'''{{age in years and days|2023|10|11}}'''  
|'''Alive<br>({{Age in years and days|2022|7|14}})'''
'''age {{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|}
|}


==See also==   
 
=='''See also'''==   
*[[List of longest-reigning monarchs]]
*[[List of longest-reigning monarchs]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
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*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders]]
*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders]]
*[[Longest-lived state leaders by country]]
*[[Longest-lived state leaders by country]]
*[[List of Former longest living state leaders]]  
*[[List of Former longest living state leaders]]
*[[Comparison of Monarchs (list)]]  
*[[Comparison of Monarchs (list)]]
*[[Kage (Naruto)]]
*[[List of Philippine Officials by Age|Lists of Philippine Officials by age]]
*[[Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders (31 December 2027)]]
*[[Longest lived Spouses of National Leaders]]
 
=='''References'''== 
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Lists]]
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Latest revision as of 01:18, 2 June 2024

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 no earlier than January 1st 1900, 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

List

Ages are up to date 06/2/2024

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905.09.01 2009.01.22 103 years, 143 days
2 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914.07.03 2017.01.30 102 years, 211 days
3 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917.03.02 2019.01.17 101 years, 321 days
4 Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) 		1917.02.02 2018.10.01 101 years, 241 days
5 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918.05.18 2019.11.29 101 years, 186 days
6 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915.04.03 2016.07.27 101 years, 115 days
7 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919.02.26 2020.05.25 101 years, 88 days
8 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911.01.11 2012.03.15 101 years, 64 days
9 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921.01.29 2021.12.07 100 years, 312 days
10 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912.10.09 2013.08.09 100 years, 304 days
11 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980) 		1921.10.04 2022.07.14 100 years, 283 days
12 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919.08.08 2020.03.30 100 years, 235 days
13 Guillermo Rodríguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923.11.04 Alive 100 years, 211 days
14 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922.01.17 2022.07.08 100 years, 172 days
15 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006) 		1924.02.08 Alive 100 years, 115 days
16 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924.03.03 Alive 100 years, 91 days
17 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904.04.26 2004.06.10 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920.01.19 2020.03.04
19 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912.01.01 2012.02.02 100 years, 32 days
20 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924.10.01 Alive 99 years, 245 days
21 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910.05.12 2010.01.04 99 years, 237 days
22 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919.05.01 2018.09.20 99 years, 142 days
23 Sir Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976) 		1909.01.09 2008.05.01 99 years, 113 days
24 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903.07.27 2002.10.31 99 years, 96 days
25 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912.08.07 2011.09.08 99 years, 32 days
26 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910.04.10 2009.04.16 99 years, 6 days
27 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913.03.30 2012.03.13 98 years, 350 days
28 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925.07.10 Alive 98 years, 328 days
29 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922.08.12 2020.07.10 98 years, 322 days
30 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925.07.17 Alive 98 years, 321 days
31 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925.05.08 2024.02.29 98 years, 297 days
32 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016) 		1920.08.26 2019.05.26 98 years, 273 days
33 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911.03.16 2009.11.15 98 years, 244 days
34 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915.11.13 2014.07.11 98 years, 240 days
35 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918.10.18 2017.05.29 98 years, 223 days
36 Tun Tin Myanmar Prime Minister (1988) 1920.10.02 2020.05.01 99 years, 211 days
37 Mamadou Dia Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910.07.18 2009.01.25 98 years, 191 days
38 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908.12.09 2007.06.08 98 years, 181 days
39 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910.04.09 2008.09.09 98 years, 153 days
40 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920.12.01 2019.04.22 98 years, 142 days
41 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918.03.23 2016.07.18 98 years, 127 days
42 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924.10.19 2023.02.06 98 years, 110 days
43 Jean Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921.01.05 2019.04.23 98 years, 108 days
44 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916.07.11 2014.10.21 98 years, 102 days
45 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925.06.29 2023.09.22 98 years, 85 days
46 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916.12.16 2015.02.10 98 years, 56 days
47 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910.12.04 2009.01.27 98 years, 54 days
48 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910.03.08 2008.03.21 98 years, 13 days
49 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926.05.29 Alive 98 years, 4 days
50 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925.02.18 2023.01.03 97 years, 319 days
51 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989) 		1917.06.17 2015.05.09 97 years, 296 days
52 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921.04.27 2018.12.28 97 years, 245 days
53 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923.01.10 2020.08.14 97 years, 217 days
54 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925.12.08 2023.07.06 97 years, 210 days
55 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926.11.03 Alive 97 years, 212 days
56 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916.11.28 2014.06.14 97 years, 208 days
57 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923.01.15 2020.07.30 97 years, 197 days
58 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920.04.13 2017.10.04 97 years, 174 days
59 Raif Dizdarević SFR Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926.12.09 Alive 97 years, 176 days
60 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918.11.26 2016.04.19 97 years, 145 days
61 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915.11.25 2013.04.14 97 years, 140 days
62 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania President of the Presidium (1958–1961)
(Acting) President of the State Council (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)		 1902.09.23 2000.02.08 97 years, 138 days
63 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913.10.04 2011.02.04 97 years, 123 days
64 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913.05.16 2010.08.21 97 years, 97 days
65 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927.04.05 Alive 97 years, 58 days
66 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924.04.28 2021.06.17 97 years, 50 days
67 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979) 		1919.07.18 2016.08.24 97 years, 47 days
68 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918.12.23 2015.11.10 96 years, 322 days
69 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912.01.01 2008.11.04 96 years, 308 days
70 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915.10.22 2012.06.30 96 years, 252 days
71 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)		 1903.03.03 2000.04.06 96 years, 247 days
72 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1926.10.01 2022.05.13 96 years, 224 days
73 Pedro Richter Prada Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 1921.01.04 2017.07.14 96 years, 191 days
74 Elizabeth II United Kingdom Queen (1952–2022) 1926.04.21 2022.09.09 96 years, 140 days
75 Jiang Zemin China Chairman of the Communist Party (1989–2022); President (1993-2003) 1926.08.17 2022.11.30 96 years, 105 days
76 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928.02.04 Alive 96 years, 95 days
77 Abderrahmane Youssoufi Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 1924.03.08 2020.05.29 96 years, 82 days
78 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915.06.17 2011.07.30 96 years, 43 days
79 Michael I Romania King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) 1921.10.25 2017.12.05 96 years, 41 days
80 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006) 		1928.05.10 Alive 96 years, 23 days
81 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928.05.11 Alive 96 years, 22 days
82 Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) 1916.08.06 2012.08.20 96 years, 14 days
83 Hans Schaffner Switzerland President (1966) 1908.12.16 2004.11.26 95 years, 346 days
84 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) 1906.09.01 2002.07.14 95 years, 316 days
85 Belisario Betancur Colombia President (1982–1986) 1923.02.04 2018.12.07 95 years, 306 days
86 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Italy Prime Minister (1993–1994)
President (1999–2006) 		1920.12.09 2016.09.16 95 years, 282 days
87 Benedict XVI Vatican City Pope (2005–2013)
Sovereign (2005–2013) 		1927.04.16 2022.12.31 95 years, 279 days
88 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928.08.27 Alive 95 years, 280 days
89 Fred Degazon Dominica President (1979–1980) 1913.01.04 2008.10.04 95 years, 274 days
90 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928.10.23 Alive 95 years, 223 days
91 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980&endash;1987)
President (1987–2019)		 1924.02.21 2019.09.06 95 years, 197 days
92 Trần Thiện Khiêm South Vietnam Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964)
Prime Minister]] (1969–1975		 1925.12.15 2021.06.24 95 years, 191 days
93 Pote Sarasin Thailand Prime Minister (1957) 1905.03.25 2000.09.28 95 years, 187 days
94 Antonio Imbert Barrera Dominican Republic President (1965) 1920.12.03 2016.05.31 95 years, 180 days
95 Roberto Marcelo Levingston Argentina President (1970–1971) 1920.01.10 2015.06.17 95 years, 160 days
96 Cuthbert Sebastian Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor General (1996–2013) 1921.10.22 2017.03.25 95 years, 154 days
97 Nelson Mandela South Africa President (1994–1999) 1918.07.18 2013.12.05 95 years, 140 days
98 Maarouf al-Dawalibi Syria Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962) 1909.03.24 2004.01.15 95 years, 139 days
99 Daniel arap Moi Kenya President (1978–2002) 1925.09.02 2020.02.04 95 years, 137 days
100 Sixto Durán Ballén Ecuador President (1992–1996) 1921.07.15 2016.11.15 95 years, 124 days

Next 10 to Join

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age Age by 31 December Date of entry to the Main list
1 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929.05.02 Alive 95 years, 31 days 95 years, 243 days 2024-09-03
Durán Ballén
2 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929.05.12 Alive 95 years, 21 days 95 years, 233 days 2024-09-26
arap Moi
3 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929.07.19 Alive 94 years, 319 days 95 years, 165 days 2024.12.05
al-Dawalibi
4 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929.09.16 Alive 94 years, 260 days 95 years, 106 days 2025.02.03
Mandela
5 Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) 		1929.10.18 Alive 94 years, 228 days 95 years, 74 days 2025.03.21
Sebastian
6 Gombojavyn Ochirbat Mongolian People's Republic General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) 1929.11.15 Alive 94 years, 200 days 95 years, 46 days 2024-04-25
Levingston
7 Alfred Moisiu Albania President (2002–2007) 1929.12.01 alive 94 years, 184 days 95 years, 30 days 2025.05.30
Barrera
8 Selim Hoss Lebanon Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) 1929.12.20 alive 94 years, 165 days 95 years, 11 days 2025-06-25
Sarasin
Lee Hyun-jae South Korea Prime Minister (1988)
Milan Panić Yugoslavia Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
11 Efraín Goldenberg Peru Prime Minister (1994–1995) 1929.12.28 Alive 94 years, 157 days 95 years, 3 days 2025.09.28
Degazon
12 Ahmed Osman Morocco Prime Minister (1972–1979) 1930.01.03 Alive 94 years, 151 days 94 years, 363 days 2025.10.17
Benedict XVI
13 Ion Iliescu Romania Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)
President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990)
President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)		 1930.03.03 Alive 94 years, 91 days 94 years, 303 days 2025.12.10
Ciampi
14 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President (1980–1996) 1930.04.15 Alive 94 years, 48 days 94 years, 260 days 2026.02.15
Betancur
15 José Sarney Brazil President (1985–1990) 1930.04.24 Alive 94 years, 39 days 94 years, 251 days 2026.03.06
Balaguer
16 Kesang Choden Bhutan Regent (1972) 1930.05.21 Alive 94 years, 12 days 94 years, 224 days 2026.05.02
Schaffner
17 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivia President (1993–1997; 2002–2003) 1930.07.01 Alive 93 years, 337 days 94 years, 183 days 2026.07.15
Mintoff
18 Dame Ivy Dumont Bahamas Acting Governor-General (2001–2002)
Governor-General (2002-2005)		 1930.10.02 Alive 93 years, 244 days 94 years, 90 days
19 A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury Bangladesh President (1985–1990) 1930.10.11 Alive 93 years, 235 days 94 years, 81 days 2026.11.21
Michael I
20 Mabandla Dlamini Eswatini Prime Minister (1979–1983) 1930.11.11 Alive 93 years, 204 days 94 years, 50 days 2026.12.24
Echandi Jiménez

Addendum

Uncertain DOB

Name State Position Birth Death Age
The following State leaders might be older than #100-23 on the list but their birthdate is uncertain
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012.06.12 98 years, 164 days to 99 years, 163 days
Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998.07.13 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest-lived of all time whose age is fully verifiable.
Guillermo Rodriguez, the current eldest state leader.
Key
Current Longest-living Former Longest-living
Name Country

Sex

Lifespan Time as Eldest
Kaiser Wilhelm I Germany M 22 March 1797–14 May 1888
aged 90 years, 353 days 		– 9 March 1888
??
George Tupou I Tonga M 4 December 1797–18 February 1893
aged 95 years, 76 days 		9 March 1888 (aged 91) –18 February 1893 (aged 95)
4 years, 343 days
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Guatemala M

19 October 1802–14 May 1897
aged 94 years, 207 days

18 February 1893 (aged 90) – 14 May 1897 (aged 94)
4 years 85 days
Count Bernhard von Rechberg Austria M 17 July 1806–26 February 1899
aged 92 years 224 days 		14 May 1897 (aged 90) – 26 February 1899 (aged 92)
1 year, 289 days
Tomas Gormensoro Albin Uruguay M 27 January 1810–12 April 1900
90 years, 76 days 		26 February 1899 (aged 87) –12 April 1900 (aged 90)
2 years, 334 days)
Pope Leo XIII Papal States M 2 March 1810–20 July 1903
aged 93 years, 140 days 		12 Apr 1900 (aged 90) – 20 July 1903 (aged 93)
3 years, 99 days

Freihrr Ignaz von Plener

Austria M 21 May 1810–17 February 1908
aged 97 years, 272 days 		20 July 1903 (aged 93) – 17 February 1908 (aged 97)
4 years, 212 days
Artúr Gorgey Hungary M 30 January 1818–21 May 1916
aged 98 years, 113 days 		17 February 1908 (aged 90)–21 May 1916 (aged 98)
8 years, 95 days
Mackenzie Bowell Canada M 27 December 1823–10 December 1917
aged 93 years, 348 days 		21 May 1916 (aged 92)–10 December 1917 (aged 93)
1 year, 203 days)
Charles de Freycinet France M 14 November 1828–14 May 1923
aged 94 years, 181 days 		10 December 1917 (aged 89)–14 May 1923 (aged 94)
5 years, 352 days
Matsukata Masayoshi Japan M 25 February 1835–2 July 1924
aged 89 years, 127 days 		14 May 1923 (aged 87) – 2 July 1924 (aged 89)
350 days

Jules Méline

France M 20 May 1838–21 December 1925
aged 87 years, 216 days 		2 July 1924 (aged 86)–21 December 1925 (aged 87)
2 years 158 days
Paolo Boselli Italy M 8 June 1838–10 Match 1932
aged 93 years, 272 days 		2 July 1924 (aged 86)–10 March 1932 (aged 93)
7 years, 260 days
Francisco Andrade Marín Ecuador M 15 November 1841–6 September 1935
aged 93 years, 295 days 		10 March 1932 (aged 88)–6 September 1935 (aged 93)
3 years, 175 days
Lizardo Garcia Ecuador

M

26 April 1844–29 May 1937
aged 93 years, 34 days 		6 September 1935 (aged 91)–29 May 1937 (aged 93)
1 year, 263 days
Eliodoro Villazón Bolivia M 22 January 1848–12 September 1939
aged 91 years, 233 days

29 May 1937 (aged 89)–12 September 1939 (aged 91)
2 years, 194 days

Alejandro Deustua Peru M 22 March 1849–6 August 1945
aged 96 years, 138 days 		12 September 1939 (aged 90)–6 August 1945 (aged 96)
8 years, 69 days
Gennaro Pignatello di Belmonte Vatican City M 10 April 1851–16 February 1948
aged 96 years, 312 days 		6 August 1945 (aged 94)–16 February 1948 (aged 96)
2 years, 194 days)
Philippe Petain France M 24 Apr 1856–23 July 1951
aged 95 years, 90 days 		16 February 1948 (aged 91)–23 July 1951 (aged 95)
3 years, 157 days
Pedro Lascurain Mexico M 8 May 1856–21 July 1952
aged 96 years, 74 days 		23 July 1951 (aged 95) – 21 July 1952 (aged 96)
364 days
Christopher Hornsrud Norway M 15 November 1859–12 December 1960
aged 101 years, 27 days 		9 September 1957 (aged 92)–12 December 1960 (aged 101)

3 years, 93 days

Venceslau Brás Brazil M 26 February 1868–15 May 1966
aged 98 years, 78 days 		12 December 1960 (aged 92)–15 May 1966 (aged 98)
5 years, 154 days
Camille Huysmans Belgium M 26 May 1871–25 February 1968
aged 96 years, 275 days 		15 May 1966 (aged 94) – 25 February 1968 (aged 96)
1 year, 286 days
Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru M 15 March 1872–14 August 1969
aged 97 years, 152 days 		25 February 1968 (aged 96)–14 August 1969 (aged 97)
1 year, 170 days
Joseph Paul-Boncour France M 4 August 1873–28 March 1972
aged 98 years, 237 days 		14 August 1969 (aged 96)–28 March 1972 (aged 98)
2 years, 227 days
Émile Reuter Luxembourg M 2 August 1874–14 February 1973
aged 98 years, 196 days 		28 March 1972 (aged 97)–14 February 1973 (aged 98)
323 days
Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham Hungary M 10 July 1875–25 July 1973
aged 98 years, 15 days 		14 February 1973 (aged 97) – 25 July 1973 (aged 98)
161 days
Federico Páez Ecuador M 4 June 1877 – 9 February 1974
aged 96 years, 250 days		 25 July 1973 (aged 96)–9 February 1974 (aged 96)
199 days
Borys Martos Ukraine M 20 May 1879–19 September 1977
aged 98 years, 122 days		 9 February 1974 (aged 94)–19 September 1977 (aged 98)
3 years, 222 days
Isidro Ayora Ecuador M 31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978
98 years, 203 days 		19 September 1977 (aged 98)–22 March 1978 (aged 98)
184 days
Federico Chaves Paraguay M 22 March 1978–24 April 1978
96 years, 68 days 		22 March 1978 (aged 96)–24 March 1978 (aged 96)
33 days
Celál Bayar Türkiye M 16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986
aged 103 years, 99 days 		24 April 1978 (aged 94)–22 August 1986 (aged 103)
8 years, 121 days
Willem Drees Netherlands M 5 July 1886–14 May 1988
aged 101 years, 314 days		 22 August 1986 (aged 100)–14 May 1988 (aged 101)

1 year, 267 days

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan M• 3 December 1887–20 January 1990
aged aged 102 years, 48 days		 14 May 1988 (aged 101)–20 January 1990 (aged 102)
2 years, 252 days
Zhang Qun Taiwan M 9 May 1889–14 December 1990
aged 101 years, 220 days 		20 January 1990 (aged 100)–14 December 1990 (aged 101)
329 days
Antoine Pinay France M 30 December 1891–13 December 1994
aged 102 years, 348 days 		14 December 1990 (aged 98)–13 December 1994 (aged 102)

3 years, 364 days

Morarji Desai India M 29 February 1896–10 April 1995
aged 99 years, 41 days 		13 December 1994 (aged 98) –10 April 1995 (aged 99)
119 days
Gulzarilal Nanda India M 4 July 1898–15 January 1998
aged 99 years, 195 days 		10 April 1995 (aged 96)–15 January 1998 (aged 99)
2 years, 275 days
Constantine Kollias Greece M 1901–13 July 1998
aged 96 years 194 days to 97 years, 193 days 		15 January 1998 (aged 96–97)–13 July 1998 (aged 96–97)
179 days
Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania M

23 September 1902–8 February 2000
aged 97 years, 138 days

13 July 1998 (aged 95)–8 February 2000 (aged 97)
1 year, 211 days
Michail Stasinopoulos Greece M 27 July 1903–31 October 2002
aged 99 years, 142 days 		8 February 2000 (aged 96)–31 October 3002 (aged 99)
3 years, 267 days
Xenophon Zolotas Greece M 26 April 1904–10 Jube 2004
aged 100 years, 45 days 		31 October 2002 (aged 98)–10 June 2004 (aged 100)
1 year, 224 days
Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum Cambodia M 1 September 1905–23 January 2009
aged 103 years, 143 days 		10 June 2004 (aged 98)–23 January 2009 (aged 103)
4 years, 192 days
Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan M 10 April 1910–16 April 2009
aged 99 years, 6 days 		22 January 2009 (aged 98)–16 April 2009 (aged 99)
85 days
Johan Ferrier Suriname M 12 May 1910–4 January 2010
agrd 99 years, 237 days 		16 April 2009 (aged 98)–4 January 2010 (aged 99)
264 days
Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz Panama M 11 January 1911–15 March 2012
aged 101 years, 64 days 		4 January 2010 (aged 98)–15 March 2012 (aged 100)
2 years, 72 days
Telmo Vargas Ecuador M 9 October 1912–9 August 2013
aged 100 years, 304 days 		15 March 2012 (aged 99)–9 August 2013 (aged 100)
1 year, 144 days
André Prunet-Foch Andorra M 3 July 1914–30 January 2017
aged 102 years, 211 days 		9 August 2013 (aged 99)–30 January 2017 (aged 102)

3 years, 174 days

Đỗ Mười Vietnam M 2 February 1917–1 October 2018
aged 101 years, 241 days 		30 January 2017 (aged 98)–1 October 2018 (aged 101)
1 year, 244 days
Babiker Awadalla Sudan M 2 March 1917–17 January 2019
aged 101 years, 321 days 		1 October 2018 (aged 101)–17 January 2019 (aged 101)
108 days
Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan M 27 May 1918–29 November 2019
aged 101 years, 186 days 		17 January 2019 (aged 100)–29 November 2019 (aged 101)
314 days
Hyun Soong-jong South Korea M

26 February 1919–25 May 2021
aged 101 years, 89 days

29 November 2019 (aged 100)–25 May 2021 (aged 101)
178 days
Mustafa Ben Halim Libya M 29 January 1921–7 December 2021
aged 100 years, 312 days 		25 May 2021 (aged 100) – 7 December 2021 (aged 100)
196 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez Peru M 4 October 1921–14 July 2022
aged 100 years, 283 days 		07 December 2021 (aged 100) – 14 July 2022 (aged 100)

219 days

Khamtai Siphandone Laos M born 8 February 1924
age 100 years, 115 days 		14 July 2022 (aged 98)–11 October 2023 (aged 99)
1 year, 89 days
Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador M born 4 November 1923
age 100 years, 211 days 		11 October 2023 (aged 99)–present
235 days


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References


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