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This article lists the 100 oldest 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 state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 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.


== List ==
=='''Gallery'''==
    '''Living'''
<gallery widths="150" style="line-height:normal">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|Oldest:<br />Cambodia<br />{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}<br />served 1962
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
File:Coat of arms of Andorra.svg|2nd Oldest:<br />Andorra<br />{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}} <br />served 1977&ndash;1980
!Name
File:Babiker Awadalla 1960s.jpg|3rd-Oldest:<br />Sudan<br />{{Wp|Babiker Awadalia}}<br />served: 1969
!State
File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador).jpg|13th-oldest ever:<br />Ecuador<br />{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}<br />served: 1972&ndash;1976
!Position
</gallery>
!Birth
 
!Death
=='''List'''==
!Age
Ages are up to date {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%";
|-
!'''No.'''!!'''Name'''!!'''State'''!!'''Position'''!!'''Birth'''!!'''Death'''!!'''Age'''
|-
|-
|1
|1||{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}||Cambodia||Acting Prime Minister (1962)||1905.09.01||2009.01.22||103 years, 143 days
|{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}
|Cambodia
|Prime Minister (1962)
|1905
|2009
|103 years, 143 days
|-
|-
|2
|2||{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}||Andorra||French Viguier (1977–1980)||1914.07.03||2017.01.30||102 years, 211 days
|{{wp|Celâl Bayar}}
|Türkiye
|Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
|1883
|1986
|103 years, 98 days
|-
|-
|3
|3
|{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|France
| Sudan
|Prime Minister (1952–1953)
|1891
|1994
|102 years, 348 days
|-
|4
|{{wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|Andorra
|French Viguier (1977–1980)
|1914
|2017
|102 years, 211 days
|-
|5
|{{wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1945)
|1887
|1990
|102 years, 48 days
|-
|6
|{{wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|Sudan
|Prime Minister (1969)
|Prime Minister (1969)
|1917
|1917.03.02
|2019
|2019.01.17
|101 years, 321 days
|101 years, 321 days
|-
|-
|7
|4
|{{wp|Willem Drees}}
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|Netherlands
|Viet Nam
|Prime Minister (1948–1958)
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)<br />General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)
|1886
|1917.02.02
|1988
|2018.10.01
|101 years, 314 days
|-
|8
|{{wp|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
|101 years, 241 days
|-
|-
|9
|5
|{{wp|Zhang Qun}}
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|China
|Premier (1947–1948)
|1889
|1990
|101 years, 219 days
|-
|10
|{{wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|Japan
|Japan
|Prime Minister (1982–1987)
|Prime Minister (1982–1987)
|1918
|1918.05.18
|2019
|2019.11.29
|101 years, 186 days
|101 years, 186 days
|-
|-
|11
|6||{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}||The Netherlands||Prime Minister (1967–1971)
|{{wp|Piet de Jong}}
|1915.04.03||2016.07.27||101 years, 115 days
|Netherlands
|Prime Minister (1967–1971)
|1915
|2016
|101 years, 115 days
|-
|-
|12
|7
|{{wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|South Korea
|South Korea
|Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|Prime Minister (1992–1993)
|1919
|1919.02.26
|2020
|2020.05.25
|101 years, 89 days
|101 years, 88 days
|-
|13
|{{wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}
|Panama
|President (1963)
|1911
|2012
|101 years, 64 days
|-
|-
|14
|8||{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}||Panama||Acting President (1963)|| 1911.01.11||2012.03.15||101 years, 64 days
|{{wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|Norway
|Prime Minister (1928)
|1859
|1960
|101 years, 27 days
|-
|-
|15
|9
|{{wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|Libya
|Libya
|Prime Minister (1954–1957)
|Prime Minister (1954–1957)
|1921
|1921.01.29
|2021
|2021.12.07
|100 years, 312 days
|100 years, 312 days
|-
|-
|16
|10||{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}||Ecuador||Acting Leader (1966)||1912.10.09||2013.08.09||100 years, 304 days
|{{wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|Ecuador
|Head of State (1966)
|1912
|2013
|100 years, 304 days
|-
|-
|17
|11
|{{wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}
|Peru
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1975)
|Prime Minister (1975)<br />President (1975–1980)
President (1975–1980)
|1921.10.04
|1921
|2022.07.14
|2022
|100 years, 283 days
|100 years, 283 days
|-
|-
|18
|12
|{{wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|{{Wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}
|Taiwan
|Taiwan
|Premier (1990–1993)
|Premier (1990–1993)
|1919
|1919.08.08
|2020
|2020.03.30
|100 years, 235 days
|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}}'''
|-
|-
|19
|14
|{{wp|Luis Echeverría}}
|{{Wp|Luis Echeverría}}
|Mexico
|Mexico  
|President (1970–1976)
|President (1970–1976)
|1922
|1922.01.17
|2022
|2022.07.08
|100 years, 172 days
|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}}'''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 20 / 21
| rowspan="2" |17||{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}||Greece||Prime Minister (1989–1990)||1904.04.26||2004.06.10|| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days
|{{wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1989–1990)
|1904
|2004
| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days
|-
|-
|{{wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}
|{{Wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}
|Peru
|Peru
|Prime Minister (2000–2001)
|Prime Minister (2000–2001)
|1920
|1920.01.19
|2020
|2020.03.04
|-
|-
|22
|19||{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}||Yemen|| Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)||1912.01.01||2012.02.02||100 years, 32 days
|{{wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|North Yemen
|'''20'''
|Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)
|'''{{Wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
|1912
|'''United States'''
|2012
|President (1977&ndash;1981)
|100 years, 32 days
|'''1924.10.01'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|-
|-
|23
|21||{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}||Suriname ||President (1975–1980)||1910.05.12||2010.01.04||99 years, 237 days
|{{wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|Suriname
|President (1975–1980)
|1910
|2010
|99 years, 237 days
|-
|-
|24
|22
|{{wp|Tun Tin}}
|{{Wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
|Burma
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1920
|2020
|99 years, 212 days
|-
|25
|{{wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|India
|Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)
|1898
|1998
|99 years, 195 days
|-
|26
|{{wp|Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}
|Somalia
|Interim president (1969)
|1912
|2012
|99 years, 186 days
|-
|27
|{{wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}
|Morocco
|Morocco
|Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)
|Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)
|1919
|1919.05.01
|2018
|2018.09.20
|99 years, 142 days
|99 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|28
|23
|{{wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|Sir {{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}
|Malta
| Malta
|Governor-General (1971–1974)
|Prime Minister (1971&ndash;1974)<br />President (1974&ndash;1976)
President (1974–1976)
|1909.01.09
|1909
|2008.05.01
|2008
|99 years, 113 days
|99 years, 113 days
|-
|-
|29
|24
|{{wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|Greece
|Greece  
|President (1974–1975)
|President (1974–1975)
|1903
|1903.07.27
|2002
|2002.10.31
|99 years, 96 days
| 99 years, 96 days
|-
|-
|30
|25||{{Wp|Võ Chí Công}}||Vietnam||Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)||1912.08.07||2011.09.08||99 years, 32 days
|{{wp|Clifford Campbell}}
|Jamaica
|Governor-General (1962–1973)
|1892
|1991
|99 years, 92 days
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''31'''
|'''{{wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''
| '''Laos'''
|Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)
|1924
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''32'''
|'''{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''
| '''Japan'''
|Prime Minister (1994–1996)
|1924
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
|-
|-
|33
|26
|{{wp|Morarji Desai}}
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|India
|Sudan
|Prime Minister (1977–1979)
| Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
|1896
|1910.04.10
|1995
|2009.04.16
|99 years, 41 days
|99 years, 6 days
|-
|-
|34
|27||{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}||Malta ||President (1989–1994)||1913.03.30||2012.03.13||98 years, 350 days
|{{wp|Võ Chí Công}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|Vietnam
|'''28'''
|Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)
|'''{{Wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
|1912
|'''Malaysia'''
|2011
|Prime Minister (1981&ndash;2003; 2018&ndash;2020)
|99 years, 32 days
|'''1925.07.10'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|-
|-
|35
|29
|{{wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|{{Wp|Miloš Jakeš}}
|Sudan
|Czechoslovakia
|Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)
|General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)
|1910
|1922.08.12
|2009
|2020.07.10
|99 years, 6 days
|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}}'''
|-
|-
|36
|31
|{{wp|Ċensu Tabone}}
|{{Wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}
|Malta
|Tanzania
|President (1989–1994)
|President (1985–1995)
|1913
|1925.05.08
|2012
|2024.02.29
|98 years, 350 days
|98 years, 297 days
|-
|-
|37
|32
|{{wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|{{Wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}
|Thailand
|Thailand
|Prime Minister (1980–1988)
|Prime Minister (1980–1988)<br />Regent (2016)
Regent (2016)
|1920.08.26
|1920
|2019.05.26
|2019
|98 years, 273 days
|98 years, 273 days
|-
|-
|38
|33||{{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}||Belgium||Prime Minister (1965–1966)||1911.03.16||2009.11.15||98 years, 244 days
|{{wp|Pierre Harmel}}
|Belgium
|Prime Minister (1965–1966)
|1911
|2009
|98 years, 244 days
|-
|-
|39
|34||{{Wp|Howard Cooke}}||Jamaica||Governor-General (1991–2006)||1915.11.13||2014.07.11||98 years, 240 days
|{{wp|Howard Cooke}}
|Jamaica
|Governor-General (1991–2006)
|1915
|2014
|98 years, 240 days
|-
|-
|40
|35
|{{wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
|{{Wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|France
|Prime Minister (1932–1933)
|1873
|1972
|98 years, 237 days
|-
|41
|{{wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}
|Greece
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1990–1993)
|Prime Minister (1990–1993)
|1918
|1918.10.18
|2017
|2017.05.29
|98 years, 223 days
|98 years, 223 days
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''42'''
|'''{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''
|'''United States'''
|President (1977–1981)
|1924
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|-
|-
|43
|36
|{{wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|{{Wp|Tun Tin}}
|Ecuador
|Myanmar
|President (1926–1931)
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1879
|1920.10.02
|1978
|2020.05.01
|98 years, 203 days
|99 years, 211 days
|-
|-
|44
|37||{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}||Senegal||Prime Minister (1960–1962)||1910.07.18||2009.01.25||98 years, 191 days
|{{wp|Émile Reuter}}
|Luxembourg
|Prime Minister (1918–1925)
|1874
|1973
|98 years, 196 days
|-
|45
|{{wp|Mamadou Dia}}
|Senegal
|Prime Minister (1960–1962)
|1910
|2009
|98 years, 191 days
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''46'''
|'''{{wp|Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodríguez}}'''
| '''Ecuador'''
|President (1972–1976)
|1924
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1924|11|4}}'''
|-
|-
|47
|38||{{Wp|Aden Adde}}||Somalia  
|{{wp|Aden Adde}}
|President (1960–1967)||1908.12.09||2007.06.08||98 years, 181 days
|Somalia
|President (1960–1967)
|1908
|2007
|98 years, 181 days
|-
|-
|48
|39||{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}||Laos ||President (1992–1998)||1910.04.09||2008.09.09||98 years, 153 days
|{{wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}
|Laos
|President (1992–1998)
|1910
|2008
|98 years, 153 days
|-
|-
|49
|40
|{{wp|Lê Đức Anh}}
|{{Wp|Lê Đức Anh}}
|Vietnam
|Viet Nam
|President (1992–1997)
|President (1992–1997)
|1920
|1920.12.01
|2019
|2019.04.22
|98 years, 142 days
|98 years, 142 days
|-
|-
|50
|41
|{{wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|{{Wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}
|Dahomey
|Dahomey  
|President (1968–1969)
|President (1968–1969)
|1918
|1918.03.23
|2016
|2016.07.18
|98 years, 127 days
|98 years, 127 days
|-
|-
|51
|42
|{{wp|Borys Martos}}
|{{Wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|Ukraine
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)
|1879
|1977
|98 years, 122 days
|-
|52
|{{wp|Artúr Görgei}}
|Hungary
|Acting Governor-President (1849)
|1818
|1916
|98 years, 112 days
|-
|53
|{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}
|Czechoslovakia
|Czechoslovakia
|Prime Minister (1970–1988)
|Prime Minister (1970–1988)
|1924
|1924.10.19
|2023
|2023.02.06
|98 years, 109 days
|98 years, 110 days
|-
|-
|54
|43
|{{wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg}}
|{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}
|Luxembourg
|Luxembourg
|Grand Duke (1964–2000)
|Grand Duke (1964–2000)
|1921
|1921.01.05
|2019
|2019.04.23
|98 years, 108 days
|98 years, 108 days
|-
|-
|55
|44
|{{wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}
|Australia
|Australia
|Prime Minister (1972–1975)
|Prime Minister (1972–1975)
|1916
|1916.07.11
|2014
|2014.10.21
|98 years, 102 days
|98 years, 102 days
|-
|-
|56
|45
|{{wp|Venceslau Brás}}
|{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|Brazil
|Italy
|President (1914–1918)
|President (2006–2015)
|1868
|1925.06.29
|1966
|2023.09.22
|98 years, 78 days
| 98 years, 85 days
|-
|57
|{{wp|List_of_representatives_of_the_Co-Princes_of_Andorra|Claude Rostain}}
|Andorra
|French Viguier (1972–1977)
|1916
|2015
|98 years, 56 days
|-
|-
|58
|46
|{{wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}
|{{Wp|Claude Rostain}}||Andorra||French Viguier (1972–1977)||1916.12.16||2015.02.10|| 98 years, 56 days
|India
|President (1987–1992)
|1910
|2009
|98 years, 54 days
|-
|-
|59
|47||{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}||India ||President (1987–1992)||1910.12.04||2009.01.27|| 98 years, 54 days
|{{wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}
|Hungary
|Prime Minister (1919)
|1875
|1973
|98 years, 15 days
|-
|-
|60
|48
|{{wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}
|{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}||Colombia||President (1957–1958)||1910.03.08||2008.03.21|| 98 years, 13 days
|Colombia
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|President (1957–1958)
|'''49'''
|1910
|'''{{Wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
|2008
|'''Senegal'''
|98 years, 13 days
|President (2000&ndash;2012)
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''1926.05.29'''
|'''61'''
|'''{{wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}'''
| '''Tanzania'''
|President (1985–1995)
National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi
(1990–1992)
|1925
|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|5|8}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|-
|62
|50
|{{wp|Miloš Jakeš}}
|{{Wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|Czechoslovakia
|Jordan
|General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)
|Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)
|1922
|1925.02.18
|2020
|2023.01.03
|97 years, 332 days
|97 years, 319 days
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''63'''
|'''{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}'''
|'''Italy'''
|President (2006–2015)
|1925
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|6|29}}'''
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''64'''
|'''{{wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''
|'''Malaysia'''
|Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)
|1925
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''65'''
|'''{{wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''
|'''Afghanistan'''
|Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)
|1925
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|-
|-
|66
|51
|{{wp|Kenan Evren}}
|{{Wp|Kenan Evren}}
|Türkiye
|Türkiye  
|President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
|President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)<br/>State President (1982–1989)
State President (1982–1989)
|1917.06.17
|1917
|2015.05.09
|2015
|97 years, 296 days
|97 years, 296 days
|-
|-
|67
|52
|{{wp|Wellington Koo}}
|{{Wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|China
|Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)
|1888
|1985
|97 years, 289 days
|-
|68
|{{wp|Ignaz von Plener}}
|Cisleithania
( Austria-Hungary)
|Minister-President (1870)
|1810
|1908
|97 years, 272 days
|-
|69
|{{wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}
|Irish Free State
|Governor-General (1932–1936)
|1866
|1963
|97 years, 267 days
|-
|70
|{{wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}
|Algeria
|Algeria
|Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)
|Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)
|1921
|1921.04.27
|2018
|2018.12.28
|97 years, 245 days
|97 years, 245 days
|-
|-
|71
|53
|{{wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|{{Wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}
|Andorra
|Andorra  
|Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)
|Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)
|1923
|1923.01.10
|2020
|2020.08.14
|97 years, 217 days
|97 years, 217 days
|-
|-
|72
|54
|{{wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}
|{{Wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}
|Venezuela
|Italy
|Interim president (1993–1994)
|Prime Minister (1980–1981)
|1916
|1925.12.08
|2014
|2023.07.06
|97 years, 208 days
|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}}'''
|-
|-
|73
|56||{{Wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}||Venezuela ||President (1993-1994)||1916.11.28||2014.06.14||97 years, 208 days
|{{wp|He Yingqin}}
|China
|Premier (1949)
|1890
|1987
|97 years, 202 days
|-
|-
|74
|57
|{{wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}
|Taiwan
|Taiwan  
|President (1988–2000)
|President (1988–2000)
Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)
|1923.01.15
|1923
|2020.07.30
|2020
|97 years, 197 days
|97 years, 197 days
|-
|-
|75
|58
|{{wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|{{Wp|Liam Cosgrave}}
|Ireland
|Ireland  
|Taoiseach (1973–1977)
|Taoiseach (1973–1977)
|1920
|1920.04.13
|2017
|2017.10.04
|97 years, 174 days
|97 years, 174 days
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''76'''
|'''59'''
|'''{{wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''
|'''Italy'''
|'''SFR Yugoslavia'''
|Prime Minister (1980–1981)
| President of the Presidency (1988&ndash;1989)
|1925
|'''1926.12.09'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1925|12|8}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|-
|-
|77
|60
|{{wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|{{Wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|Peru
|Chile  
|Prime Minister (1939–1944)
|1872
|1969
|97 years, 152 days
|-
|78
|{{wp|Patricio Aylwin}}
|Chile
|President (1990–1994)
|President (1990–1994)
|1918
|1918.11.26
|2016
|2016.04.19
|97 years, 145 days
|97 years, 145 days
|-
|-
|79
|61||{{Wp|Armando Villanueva}}||Peru||Prime Minister (1988–1989)||1915.11.25||2013.04.14||97 years, 140 days
|{{wp|Armando Villanueva}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1988–1989)
|1915
|2013
|97 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|80
|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
|{{wp|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
|-
|-
|81
|63||{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}||Haiti||Prime Minister (1988)||1913.10.04||2011.02.04||97 years, 123 days
|{{wp|Martial Célestin}}
|Haiti
|Prime Minister (1988)
|1913
|2011
|97 years, 123 days
|-
|-
|82
|64||{{Wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}||Romania||First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)||1913.05.16||2010.08.21|| 97 years, 97 days
|{{wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|Romania
|'''65'''
|First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)
|'''{{Wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}'''
|1913
|'''Thailand'''
|2010
|Prime Minister (1976&ndash;1977)
|97 years, 97 days
|'''1927.04.05'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|-
|-
|83
|66
|{{wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
|{{Wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}
|Zambia
|Zambia
|State President (1964–1991)
|State President (1964–1991)
President of the United National Independence Party
|1924.04.28
(1973–1990)
|2021.06.17
|1924
| 97 years, 50 days
|2021
|97 years, 50 days
|-
|-
|84
|67
|{{wp|Walter Scheel}}
|{{Wp|Walter Scheel}}
|West Germany
|West Germany
|Acting Chancellor (1974)
|(Acting) Chancellor (1974)<br />President (1974–1979)
President (1974–1979)
|1919.07.18
|1919
|2016.08.24
|2016
|97 years, 47 days
|97 years, 47 days
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''85'''
|'''{{wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''
|'''Senegal'''
|President (2000–2012)
|1926
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|-
|86
|68
|{{wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|{{Wp|Helmut Schmidt}}
|West Germany
|West Germany
|Chancellor (1974–1982)
|Chancellor (1974–1982)
|1918
|1918.12.23
|2015
|2015.11.10
|96 years, 322 days
|96 years, 322 days
|-
|-
|87
|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
|{{wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}
|-
|Jordan
|70||{{Wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}||Israel||Prime Minister (1983&ndash;1984; 1986&ndash;1992)|| 1915.10.22||2012.06.30||96 years, 252 days
|Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)
|-
|1926
|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
|2023
|-
|96 years, 319 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
|-
|73
|{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1979–1980)
|1921.01.04
|2017.07.14
|96 years, 191 days
|-
|74||{{wp|Elizabeth II}}||United Kingdom||Queen (1952–2022)||1926.04.21||2022.09.09||96 years, 140 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}}'''
|-
|77||{{Wp|Abderrahmane Youssoufi}}
|Morocco
|Prime Minister (1998–2002)
|1924.03.08
|2020.05.29
|96 years, 82 days
|-
|78||{{Wp|Mario Echandi Jiménez}}|| Costa Rica||President (1958–1962)||1915.06.17||2011.07.30|| 96 years, 43 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}}'''
|-
|82||{{Wp|Dom Mintoff}}||Malta||Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)||1916.08.06||2012.08.20||96 years, 14 days
|-
|83||{{Wp|Hans Schaffner}}||Switzerland||President (1966)||1908.12.16||2004.11.26||95 years, 346 days
|-
|84||{{Wp|Joaquín Balaguer}}||Dominican Republic||President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)||1906.09.01||2002.07.14||95 years, 316 days
|-
|85||{{Wp|Belisario Betancur}}
|Colombia
|President (1982–1986)
|1923.02.04
|2018.12.07
|95 years, 306 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
|-
|-
|88
|87||{{Wp|Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI}}
|{{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}
|Vatican City
|Vatican City
|Acting Sovereign (1939)
|Pope (2005–2013)<br/>Sovereign (2005–2013)
|1851
|1927.04.16
|1948
|2022.12.31
|96 years, 312 days
|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}}'''
|-
|-
|89
|89||{{Wp|Fred Degazon}}||Dominica||President (1979–1980)||1913.01.04||2008.10.04||95 years, 274 days
|{{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|Tuva
|'''90'''
|Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944)
|'''{{Wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|1912
|'''China'''
|2008
|Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)
|96 years, 308 days
|'''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
|-
|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
|-
|93||{{Wp|Pote Sarasin}}||Thailand||Prime Minister (1957)||1905.03.25||2000.09.28||95 years, 187 days
|-
|-
|90
|94||{{Wp|Antonio Imbert Barrera}}
|{{wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|Dominican Republic
|Belgium
|President (1965)
|Prime Minister (1946–1947)
|1920.12.03
|1871
|2016.05.31
|1968
|95 years, 180 days
|96 years, 275 days
|-
|-
|91
|95||{{Wp|Roberto Marcelo Levingston}}
|{{wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}
|Argentina
|Israel
|President (1970–1971)
|Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)
|1920.01.10
|1915
|2015.06.17
|2012
|95 years, 160 days
|96 years, 252 days
|-
|-
|92
|96||{{Wp|Cuthbert Sebastian}}
|{{wp|Federico Páez}}
|Saint Kitts and Nevis
|Ecuador
|Governor General (1996–2013)
|Acting President (1935–1937)
|1921.10.22
|1877
|2017.03.25
|1974
|95 years, 154 days
|96 years, 250 days
|-
|-
|93
|97||{{Wp|Nelson Mandela}}
|{{wp|Habib Bourguiba}}
|South Africa
|Tunisia
|President (1994&ndash;1999)
|Prime Minister (1956–1957)
|1918.07.18
President (1957–1987)
|2013.12.05
|1903
|95 years, 140 days
|2000
|96 years, 247 days
|-
|-
|94
|98||{{Wp|Maarouf al-Dawalibi}}||Syria||Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)||1909.03.24||2004.01.15||95 years, 139 days
|{{wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}
|-
|Soviet Union
|99||{{wp|Daniel arap Moi}}|| Kenya||President (1978–2002)||1925.09.02||2020.02.04||95 years, 137 days
|Premier (1930–1941)
|1890
|1986
|96 years, 244 days
|-
|-
|95
|100||{{Wp|Sixto Durán Ballén}}||Ecuador||President (1992&ndash;1996)||1921.07.15||2016.11.15||95 years, 124 days
|{{wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}
<!--|-
|North Korea
|1xx||{{wp|Dawda Jawara|Sir Dawda Jawara}}||The Gambia||Prime Minister (1962–1970)<br>President (1970–1994)||1924.05.16||2019.08.27||95 years, 97 days-->
|chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998)
|}
|1925
 
|2022
===Next 10 to Join===
|96 years, 224 days
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
|-
|-
|96
!<abbr>'''No.'''</abbr>||'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death'''||'''Age'''
|{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}
! age by 12-31-24||Date of entry to the Main list
|Peru
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|Prime Minister (1979–1980)
|'''1'''
|1921
|'''{{Wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|2017
|'''France'''
|96 years, 191 days
|Prime Minister (1993–1995)
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''1929.05.02'''
|97
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|'''Lithuania'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2|2024|12|31}}'''
|President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)
|'''2024-09-03'''<br/>Durán Ballén
|1926
|- 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'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16|2024|12|31}}'''
|98
|'''2025.02.03'''<br />Mandela
|'''{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''Yugoslavia'''
|'''5'''
|President of the Presidency (1988–1989)
|'''{{Wp|Violeta Chamorro}}'''
|1926
|'''Nicaragua'''
|Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)<br />President (1990–1997)
|'''1929.10.18'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|'''{{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%"
|-
|-
|99
!'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death'''||'''Age'''
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|United Kingdom
|Queen (1952–2022)
|1926
|2022
|96 years, 140 days
|-
|-
|100
|+ colspan="9" |The following State leaders might be older than ''#100-23'' on the list but their birthdate is uncertain
|{{wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|-
|Peru
|{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}
|Prime Minister (1902)
|Somalia
|1849
|Interim president (1969)
|1945
|1912
|96 years, 137 days
|2012.06.12
|98 years, 164 days to 99 years, 163 days
|-
|{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}||Greece||Prime Minister (1967)||1901||1998.07.13||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
|}
|}


== Addendum ==
=='''Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885'''==
    '''Uncertain date of birth'''
[[File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|thumb|130px|{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}, the longest-lived of all time whose age is fully verifiable.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
[[File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador) (headshot).jpg|thumb|130px|{{wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}, the current eldest state leader.]] 
!Rank
;Key
{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor="#fcc" |'''Current Longest-living'''
| bgcolor="#99ff99" |'''Former Longest-living'''
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
!Name
!Name
!State
!Country
!Position
!
!Birth
Sex
!Death
!Lifespan
!Age
!Time as Eldest
 
|-
|{{Wp|William I, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm  I}}
|Germany
|M
|22 March 1797&ndash;14 May 1888<br /><small>aged 90 years, 353 days
|&ndash; 9 March 1888<br /><small>??
|-
|{{Wp|George Tupou I}}
|Tonga
|M
|4 December 1797&ndash;18 February 1893<br /><small>aged 95 years, 76 days
| 9 March 1888 <small>(aged 91)</small> &ndash;18 February 1893 <small>(aged 95)</small><br /><small>4 years, 343 days
|-
|{{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|Guatemala
|M
|
19 October 1802&ndash;14 May 1897<br /><small>aged 94 years, 207 days
|18 February 1893 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 14 May 1897 <small>(aged 94)</small><small /><br />4 years 85 days
|-
|{{Wp|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
|Austria
|M
|17 July 1806&ndash;26 February 1899<br /><small>aged 92 years 224 days
|14 May 1897 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 26 February 1899 <small>(aged 92)</small><br /><small>1 year, 289 days
|-
|{{Wp|Tomas Gormensoro Albin}}
|Uruguay
|M
|27 January 1810&ndash;12 April 1900<br /><small>90 years, 76 days
|26 February 1899 <small>(aged 87)</small> &ndash;12 April 1900 <small>(aged 90)</small><br /><small>2 years, 334 days)
|-
|{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
 
|Papal States
|M
|2 March 1810&ndash;20 July 1903<br /><small>aged 93 years, 140 days
|12 Apr 1900 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 20 July 1903 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>3 years, 99 days
|-
|
{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}
|Austria
|M
|21 May 1810&ndash;17 February 1908<br /><small>aged 97 years, 272 days
| 20 July 1903 <small>(aged 93)</small> &ndash; 17 February 1908 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>4 years, 212 days
|-
|{{Wp|Artúr Gorgey}}
|Hungary
|M
|30 January 1818&ndash;21 May 1916<br /><small>aged 98 years, 113 days
|17 February 1908 <small>(aged 90)</small>&ndash;21 May 1916 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>8 years, 95 days
|-
|{{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|Canada
|M
|27 December 1823&ndash;10 December 1917<br /><small>aged 93 years, 348 days
|21 May 1916 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;10 December 1917 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>1 year, 203 days)
|-
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|France
|M
|14 November 1828&ndash;14 May 1923<br /><small>aged 94 years, 181 days
|10 December 1917 <small>(aged 89)</small>&ndash;14 May 1923 <small>(aged 94)</small><br /><small>5 years, 352 days
|-
|{{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}
| Japan
|M
|25 February 1835&ndash;2 July 1924<br /><small>aged 89 years, 127 days
|14 May 1923 <small>(aged 87)</small> &ndash; 2 July 1924 <small>(aged 89)</small><br /><small>350 days
|-
|
{{Wp|Jules Méline}}
|France
|M
|20 May 1838&ndash;21 December 1925 <br /><small>aged 87 years, 216 days
|2 July 1924 <small>(aged 86)</small>&ndash;21 December 1925 <small>(aged 87)</small><br /><small>2 years 158 days<small>
|-
|{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|Italy
|M
|8 June 1838&ndash;10 Match 1932<br /><small>aged 93 years, 272 days
|2 July 1924 <small>(aged 86)</small>&ndash;10 March 1932 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>7 years, 260 days
|-
|{{Wp|Francisco Andrade Marín}}
|Ecuador
|M
|15 November 1841&ndash;6 September 1935<br /><small>aged 93 years, 295 days<small>
|10 March 1932 <small>(aged 88)</small>&ndash;6 September 1935 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>3 years, 175 days
|-
|{{Wp|Lizardo Garcia}}
|Ecuador
|
M
|26 April 1844&ndash;29 May 1937<br /><small>aged 93 years, 34 days
|6 September 1935 <small>(aged 91)</small>&ndash;29 May 1937 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>1 year, 263 days
|-
|{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|Bolivia
|M
|22 January 1848&ndash;12 September 1939<br /><small>aged 91 years, 233 days
|
29 May 1937 <small>(aged 89)</small>&ndash;12 September 1939 <small>(aged 91)</small><br /><small>2 years, 194 days
|-
|{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|Peru
|M
|22 March 1849&ndash;6 August 1945<br /><small>aged 96 years, 138 days
| 12 September 1939 <small>(aged 90)</small>&ndash;6 August 1945 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>8 years, 69 days
|-
|{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte|Gennaro Pignatello di Belmonte}}
|Vatican City
|M
|10 April 1851&ndash;16  February 1948<br /><small>aged 96 years, 312 days
|6 August 1945 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;16 February 1948 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>2 years, 194 days)
|-
|{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
|France
|M
|24 Apr 1856&ndash;23 July 1951<br /><small>aged 95 years, 90 days
|16 February 1948 <small>(aged 91)</small>&ndash;23 July 1951 <small>(aged 95)</small><br /><small>3 years, 157 days
|-
|{{Wp|Pedro Lascurain}}
|Mexico
 
|M
|8 May 1856&ndash;21 July 1952<br /><small>aged 96 years, 74 days
| 23 July 1951 <small>(aged 95)</small> &ndash; 21 July 1952 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>364 days
|-
|{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|Norway
|M
|15 November 1859&ndash;12 December 1960<br /><small />aged 101 years, 27 days
|9 September 1957 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;12 December 1960 <small>(aged 101)</small>
<small>3 years, 93 days</small>
|-
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil
|M
|26 February 1868&ndash;15 May 1966<br /><small>aged 98 years, 78 days
|12 December 1960 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;15 May 1966 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>5 years, 154 days
|-
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|Belgium
|M
|26 May 1871&ndash;25 February 1968<br /><small>aged 96 years, 275 days
|15 May 1966 <small>(aged 94)</small> &ndash; 25 February 1968 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>1 year, 286 days
|-
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|Peru
|M
|15 March 1872&ndash;14 August 1969<br /><small>aged 97 years, 152 days
|25 February 1968 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;14 August 1969 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>1 year, 170 days
|-
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
| France
|M
|4 August 1873&ndash;28 March 1972<br /><small>aged 98 years, 237 days
|14 August 1969 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;28 March 1972 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>2 years, 227 days
|-
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|Luxembourg
|M
|2 August 1874&ndash;14 February 1973<br /><small>aged 98 years, 196 days
|28 March 1972 <small>(aged 97)</small>&ndash;14 February 1973 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>323 days
|-
|{{Wp|Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham}}
|Hungary
|M
|10 July 1875&ndash;25 July 1973<br /><small>aged 98 years, 15 days
|14 February 1973 <small>(aged 97)</small> &ndash; 25 July 1973 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>161 days
|-
|{{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
|-
|{{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
|-
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
|Ecuador
| M
|31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978<br /><small>98 years, 203 days
| 19 September 1977 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;22 March 1978 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>184 days
|-
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|Paraguay
|M
| 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 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;24 March 1978 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>33 days
|-
|{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
|Türkiye
|M
|16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986<br /><small>aged 103 years, 99 days
|24 April 1978 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;22 August 1986 <small>(aged 103)</small><br /><small>8 years, 121 days
|-
|{{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
|-
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|Japan||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
|-
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
| Taiwan
|M
|9 May 1889&ndash;14 December 1990<br /><small>aged 101 years, 220 days
|20 January 1990 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;14 December 1990 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>329 days
|-
|{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|France
|M
|30 December 1891&ndash;13 December 1994<br /><small>aged 102 years, 348 days
|14 December 1990 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;13 December 1994 <small>(aged 102)</small>
<small>3 years, 364 days</small>
|-
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
| India
|M
|29 February 1896&ndash;10 April 1995<br /><small>aged 99 years, 41 days
|13 December 1994 <small>(aged 98)</small> &ndash;10 April 1995 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>119 days
|-
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
|India
|M
|4 July 1898&ndash;15 January 1998 <br /><small>aged 99 years, 195 days
|10 April 1995 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;15 January 1998 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>2 years, 275 days
|-
|{{Wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Greece
|M
|1901&ndash;13 July 1998<br /><small>aged 96 years 194 days to <small>97 years, 193 days
|15 January 1998 <small>(aged 96&ndash;97)</small>&ndash;13 July 1998 <small>(aged 96&ndash;97)</small><br /><small>179 days
|-
|{{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|Romania
|M
|
23 September 1902&ndash;8 February 2000<br /><small>aged 97 years, 138 days
| 13 July 1998 <small>(aged 95)</small>&ndash;8 February 2000 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>1 year, 211 days
|-
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|Greece
|M
|27 July 1903&ndash;31 October 2002<br /><small>aged 99 years, 142 days
|8 February 2000 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;31 October 3002 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>3 years, 267 days
|-
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|Greece
|M
|26 April 1904&ndash;10 Jube 2004<br /><small> aged 100 years, 45 days
|31 October 2002 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;10 June 2004 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>1 year, 224 days
|-
|-
|1–6
|{{Wp|Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum}}
|{{wp|Ek Yi Oun}}
|Cambodia
|Cambodia
|Prime Minister (1958)
|M
|1910
|1 September 1905&ndash;23 January 2009<br /><small>aged 103 years, 143 days
|2013
| 10 June 2004 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;23 January 2009 <small>(aged 103)</small><br /><small>4 years, 192 days
|102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
|-
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
| 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}}
|Suriname
|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
|11 January 1911&ndash;15 March 2012<br /><small>aged 101 years, 64 days
|4 January 2010 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;15 March 2012 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>2 years, 72 days
|-
|{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|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  
|-
|-
|23–37
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}
|Andorra
|Malawi
|M
|Prime Minister (1964–1966)
|3 July 1914&ndash;30 January 2017<br /><small>aged 102 years, 211 days  
State President (1966–1994)
|9 August 2013 <small>(aged 99)</small>&ndash;30 January 2017 <small>(aged 102)</small>
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
<small>3 years, 174 days</small>
|1898
|1997
|98 years, 329 days to
99 years, 328 days
|-
|-
|75–96
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Vietnam
|Greece
|M
|Prime Minister (1967)
|2 February 1917&ndash;1 October 2018<br /><small>aged 101 years, 241 days
|1901
|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>
|1998
|-
|96 years, 194 days to
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
97 years, 193 days
|Sudan
|M
|2 March 1917&ndash;17 January 2019<br /><small>aged 101 years, 321 days
|1 October 2018 <small>(aged 101)</small>&ndash;17 January 2019 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>108 days
|-
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
| Japan
|M
|27 May 1918&ndash;29 November 2019<br /><small>aged 101 years, 186 days
|17 January 2019 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;29 November 2019 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>314 days
|-
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|South Korea
|M
|
26 February 1919&ndash;25 May 2021<br /><small>aged 101 years, 89 days  
|29 November 2019 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;25 May 2021<br /><small>178 days
|-
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
| Libya
|M
|29 January 1921&ndash;7 December 2021<br /><small>aged 100 years, 312 days  
|25 May 2021 &ndash; 7 December 2021<br /><small>196 days
|-
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|Peru
| M
|4 October 1921&ndash;14 July 2022<br><small> aged 100 years, 283 days
|07 December 2021 &ndash; 14 July 2022 
<small>219 days
|- bgcolor="#99FF99" |
|{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}
|Laos
|M
|born 8 February 1924'''<br />'''<small>age {{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}</small>
| 14 July 2022 &ndash;11 October 2023<br><small>{{Age in years and days|2022|7|14|2023|10|11}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|'''Ecuador'''
|'''M'''
|'''born 4 November 1923<br /><small>age {{age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
|'''11 October 2023''' <small>&ndash; '''''present'''''<br /><small>'''{{age in years and days|2023|10|11}}'''
|}
|}


=='''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]]
*[[Longest-lived state leaders by country]]
*[[List of Former longest living state leaders]]
*[[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 01:08, 3 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.

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List

Ages are up to date 06/3/2024

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, 212 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, 116 days
16 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924.03.03 Alive 100 years, 92 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, 246 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, 329 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, 322 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, 5 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, 213 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, 177 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, 59 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, 96 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, 24 days
81 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928.05.11 Alive 96 years, 23 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, 281 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, 224 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 12-31-24 Date of entry to the Main list
1 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929.05.02 Alive 95 years, 32 days 95 years, 243 days 2024-09-03
Durán Ballén
2 Sam Nujoma Namibia President (1990–2005) 1929.05.12 Alive 95 years, 22 days 95 years, 233 days 2024-09-26
arap Moi
3 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929.07.19 Alive 94 years, 320 days 95 years, 165 days 2024.12.05
al-Dawalibi
4 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929.09.16 Alive 94 years, 261 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, 229 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, 201 days 95 years, 46 days 2024-04-25
Levingston
7 Alfred Moisiu Albania President (2002–2007) 1929.12.01 alive 94 years, 185 days 95 years, 30 days 2025.05.30
Barrera
8 Selim Hoss Lebanon Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) 1929.12.20 alive 94 years, 166 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, 158 days 95 years, 3 days 2025.09.28
Degazon
12 Ahmed Osman Morocco Prime Minister (1972–1979) 1930.01.03 Alive 94 years, 152 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, 92 days 94 years, 303 days 2025.12.10
Ciampi
14 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President (1980–1996) 1930.04.15 Alive 94 years, 49 days 94 years, 260 days 2026.02.15
Betancur
15 José Sarney Brazil President (1985–1990) 1930.04.24 Alive 94 years, 40 days 94 years, 251 days 2026.03.06
Balaguer
16 Kesang Choden Bhutan Regent (1972) 1930.05.21 Alive 94 years, 13 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, 338 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, 245 days 94 years, 90 days
19 A. Q. M. Badrudozza Chowdhury Bangladesh President (1985–1990) 1930.10.11 Alive 93 years, 236 days 94 years, 81 days 2026.11.21
Michael I
20 Mabandla Dlamini Eswatini Prime Minister (1979–1983) 1930.11.11 Alive 93 years, 205 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
178 days
Mustafa Ben Halim Libya M 29 January 1921–7 December 2021
aged 100 years, 312 days 		25 May 2021 – 7 December 2021
196 days
Francisco Morales Bermúdez Peru M 4 October 1921–14 July 2022
aged 100 years, 283 days 		07 December 2021 – 14 July 2022

219 days

Khamtai Siphandone Laos M born 8 February 1924
age 100 years, 116 days 		14 July 2022 –11 October 2023
1 year, 89 days
Guillermo Rodriguez Ecuador M born 4 November 1923
age 100 years, 212 days 		11 October 2023 – present
236 days


See also

References


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