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991491904This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime m
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 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.
inister), 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.


== List ==
=='''List'''==
 
[[File:Chau-Sen-Cocsal-Chhum.jpg|thumb|130px|{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}, the longest-lived of all time whose age is fully verifiable.]]
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[[File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg|thumb|130px|2nd-oldest ever:<br />Turkey<br />{{wp|Celâl Bayar}}<br />served: 1937&ndash;1939; 1950&ndash;1960]]
!<abbr>No.</abbr>||Name||{{wp|List of Sovereign States|State}}||Position||Birth||Death||Age||Note(s)
[[File:Antoine Pinay 1969.jpg|thumb|195x195px|3rd-oldest ever:<br />France<br />{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}<br />served: 1952&ndash;1953]]
[[File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador) (headshot).jpg|thumb|143x143px|19th-oldest lived ever:<br />Ecuador<br />{{wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}<br />served: 1972&ndash;1976]]
[[File:Lubomír Štrougal (1970).jpg|thumb|149x149px|Longest-lived leader of a now defunct state and 57th oldest ever:<br />Czechoslovakia<br />{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}<br />served: 1970&ndash;1988]]
[[File:GD Jean 1967.jpg|thumb|155x155px|Longest-lived Monarch with verifiable dates of birth and 58th oldest ever:<br />Turkey<br />{{wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}<br />served: 1962&ndash;2000]]
[[File:Raif Dizdarević (političar) (cropped).jpg|thumb|177x177px|Oldest leader of a now defunct Leader and Second-Longest-lived ever:<br />Yugoslavia<br />{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}<br />served: 1988&ndash;1989]]
[[File:Emblem of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg|thumb|147x147px|Longest-lived female state leader and 93rd oldest ever ever:<br />Tuvan People's Republic<br />{{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}<br />served: 1940&ndash;1944]]
Ages are up to date {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}
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|'''No.'''||'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth''' || '''Death'''|| '''Age'''
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|1||'''{{wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}'''||Cambodia||{{wp|Prime Minister of Cambodia|Acting Prime Minister}} (1962)||1 September 1905||22 January 2009||103 years, 143 days||Longest-lived Cambodian Prime Minister<br>Last state leader born in 1905<br>Last State Leader born in the 1900's decade
|1||{{Wp|Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum}}||Cambodia ||Acting Prime Minister (1962)||1905||2009||103 years, 143 days
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|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)||16 May 1883||22 August 1986||103 years, 98 days||Longest-lived Turkish President and Prime Minister<Last state leader born in 1883>
|2||{{Wp|Celâl Bayar}}||Türkiye||Prime Minister (1937–1939)<br />President (1950–1960)||1883||1986||103 years, 98 days
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|&ndash;||style="background-color:gold;" | '''{{wp|Josip Manolić}}'''|| style="background-color:gold;" |Croatia|| style="background-color:gold;" |{{wp|List of prime ministers of Croatia|Prime Minister of Croatia|Prime Minister}} (1990–1991)|| style="background-color:gold;" |'''22 March 1920'''|| style="background-color:gold;" |'''Alive'''|| style="background-color:gold;" |'''{{age in years and days|1920|3|22}}'''||Longest-lived Croatian Prime Minister<br>Last state leader born in 1920
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|3||'''{{wp|Antoine Pinay}}'''|||France||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1952–1953)||30 December 1891||13 December 1994||102 years, 34bdays||Longest-lived French Prime Minister<br>Last known state leader born in 1891
|3||{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}|||France||Prime Minister (1952–1953)||1891||1994||102 years, 343 days
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|&ndash;||'''{{wp|Edward Bernard Raczyński}}'''||Poland||{{wp|List of heads of state of Poland|President}} (''in-Exile'') (1975–1986)||19 December 1891||30 July 1993||102 years, 223 days||Longest-lived Polish President
|4||{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}||Andorra||French Viguier (1977–1980)||1914 ||2017 ||102 years, 211 days
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|4||'''{{wp|André Prunet-Foch}}'''||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|French Viguier}} (1977–1980) ||3 July 1914|| 30 January 2017||102 years, 211 days||Longest-lived French Viguier
|5||{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}||Japan||Prime Minister (1945)||1887||1990||102 years, 48 days
Last state leader born in 1914
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|5||'''{{wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}'''||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1945)||30 December 1887||20 January 1990||102 years, 48 days||Longest-lived Japanese Prime Minister
|6||{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}||Sudan||Prime Minister (1969)||1917||2019||101 years, 321 days
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|6||'''{{wp|Babiker Awadalla}}'''||Sudan||{{wp|List of prime minis|ers of Sudan|Prime Minister}} (1969)||2 March 1917||17 January 2019||101 years, 321 days||Longest-lived Sudanese Prime Minister
|7||{{Wp|Willem Drees}}||The Netherlands||Prime Minister (1948–1958)||1889||1990|| 101 years, 314 days |101 years, 314 days
Last state leader born in 1917
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|7||'''{{wp|Willem Drees}}'''||The Netherlands||{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1948–1958)||3 July 1889||14 December 1990||101 years, 314 days
|8||{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}||Viet Nam||Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)<br />General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)||1917||2018||101 years, 241 days
|Longest-lived Dutch Prime Minister
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|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)||2 February 1917||1 October 2018||101 years, 241 days||Longest-Lived Vietnamese Prime Minister
|9||{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}||Taiwan||Premier (1947–1948)||1889||1990 ||101 years, 219 days
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|9||'''{{wp|Zhang Qun}}'''||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1947–1948)||9 May 1889||14 December 1990||101 years, 219 days||Longest-lived Taiwanese Premier<br>Last state leader to be born in 1880's decade<br>Last state leader born in 1889
|10||{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}||Japan||Prime Minister (1982–1987)||1918||2019||101 years, 186 days
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|10||'''{{wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}'''||Japan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1982–1987)||27 May 1918||29 November 2019||101 years, 186 days||Last state leader born in 1919
|11||{{Wp|Piet de Jong}}||The Netherlands||Prime Minister (1967–1971) || 1915||2016||101 years, 115 days
Last state leader born in the 1910's decade
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|11||'''{{wp|Piet de Jong}}'''||Netherlands||{{wp|List of prime ministers of the Netherlands|Prime Minister}} (1967–1971)||3 April 1915||27 July 2016||101 years, 115 days||Longest-lived Dutch Prime Minister
|12||{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}} ||South Korea||Prime Minister (1992–1993)||1919||2020||101 years, 88 days
Last state leader born in 1915
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|12||'''{{wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}'''||South Korea||{{wp|List of prime ministers of South Korea|Prime Minister}} (1992–1993)||26 January 1919||25 May 2020||101 years, 89 days||Longest-lived South Korean Prime Minister
|13||{{Wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}||Panama|| Acting President (1963)||1911||2012 ||101 years, 64 days
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|&ndash;||'''{{wp|Kim Yong-ju}}'''||North Korea||{{wp|Eternal leaders of North Korea|Vice president during vacancy}} (1994–1998) ||21 September 1920||14 December 2021||101 years, 84 days
|14||{{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}||Norway ||Prime Minister (1928)||1859 ||1960||101 years, 27 days
|Longest-Lived North Korean communist leader
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|13||'''{{wp|Bernardino González Ruiz}}'''||Panama||{{wp|List of presidents of Panama|Acting President}} (1963)||11 January 1911|| 15 March 2012||101 years, 64 days||Longest-lived Panamanian President
|15||{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}||Libya (Kingdom of)||Prime Minister (1954–1957)||1921||2021||100 years, 312 days
Last state leader born in 1911
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|14||'''{{wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}'''||Norway||{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Norway|Prime Minister}} (1928)||15 November 1859||12 December 1960||101 years, 27 days||Longest-lived Norwegian Prime Minister
| 16||{{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}||Ecuador||Acting Leader (1966)||1912||2013||100 years, 304 days
Last State leader born during the 1850's decade
 
Last state leader born in 1859
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|15||'''{{wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}'''||Libya||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Libya|Prime Minister}} (1954–1957)||29 January 1921||7 December 2021||100 years, 312 days||Longest-lived Libyan Prime Minister
|17||{{Wp|Francisco Morales-Bermúdez}}||Peru ||Prime Minister (1975)<br />President (1975–1980)||1921 ||2022||100 years, 283 days
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|16||'''{{wp|Telmo Vargas}}'''||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|Acting President}}(1966)||9 October 1912|| 9 August 2013|| 100 years, 304 days||Longest-lived Ecuadorian President
|18||{{Wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}||Taiwan ||Premier (1990–1993)||1919||2020||100 years, 235 days
Last state leader born in 1912
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|'''19'''||'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodríguez|dab=politician}}'''||'''Ecuador'''||President (1972–1976)||'''1923'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1923|11|4}}'''
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|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)||4 October 1921||14 July 2022||100 years, 283 days||Longest-lived Peruvian Prime Minister and President
|20||{{Wp|Luis Echeverría}}||Mexico||President (1970–1976)||1922||2022||100 years, 172 days
Last state leader born in 1921
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|'''21'''||'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}'''||'''Laos'''||Prime Minister (1991–1998)<br />Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)<br />President (1998–2006)||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''
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|'''22'''||'''{{Wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''||'''Japan'''||Prime Minister (1994–1996) ||'''1924''' ||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''
 
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|18||'''{{wp|Hau Pei-tsun}}'''||Taiwan||{{Wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1990–1993)||8 August 1919||20 March 2020||100 years, 235 days||
| rowspan="2" |23||{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}||Greece||Prime Minister (1989–1990)||1904 || 2004|| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days
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|19||'''{{wp|Luis Echeverría}}'''||Mexico||{{wp|List of heads of state of Mexico|President}} (1970–1976)||17 January 1922||8 July 2022||100 years, 172 days||Longest-lived Mexican President
|{{Wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}||Peru||Prime Minister (2000–2001)||1920||2020
Last state leader born in 1922
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| rowspan="2" |20||'''{{wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1989–1990)||26 April 1904|| 10 June 2004|| rowspan="2" |100 years, 45 days||Longest-lived Greek Prime minister
|25||{{Wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}||Yemen||Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)||1912||
Last state leader born in 1904
2012|| 100 years, 32 days
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|'''{{wp|Javier Pérez de Cuéllar}}'''||Peru||{{wp|List of priem ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (2000–2001)||19 January 1920||30 March 2020||
|26||{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}} ||Suriname||President (1975–1980)||1910||2010||99 years, 237 days
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|'''27'''||'''{{Wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''||'''United States'''||President (1977&ndash;1981) ||'''1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
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|22||'''{{wp|Abdul Salam Sabrah}}'''||North Yemen||{{wp|List of heads of government of Yemen|Acting Prime Minister}} (1969; 1971)||1 January 1912||2 February 2012 ||100 years, 32 days||Longest-lived Yemen Prime Minister
|28||{{Wp|Tun Tin}}||Myanmar||Prime Minister (1988)||1920 ||2020||99 years, 211 days
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|23||'''{{wp|Johan Ferrier}}'''||Suriname||{{Wp|List of presidents of Suriname|President}} (1975–1980)||12 May 1910||4 January 2010||99 years, 237 days||Longest-lived Surinamese President
|29 ||{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}||India||Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)||1898||1998||99 years, 195 days
Last state leader born in 2010
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|24||'''{{wp|Tun Tin}}'''||Burma||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Myanmar|Prime Minister}} (1988)||2 October 1920||1 May 2020||99 years, 212 days||Longest-lived Burmese Prime Minister
|30||{{Wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}} ||Somalia||Interim president (1969)||1912||2012||99 years, 186 days
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|25||'''{{wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}'''||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Acting Prime Minister}} (1964; 1966)||4 January 1898||15 January 1998||99 years, 195 days||Longest-lived Indian Prime MInister
|31||{{Wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}|| Morocco||Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)||1919 ||2018||99 years, 142 days
Last state leader born in 1898
 
Last state leader born in the 1890's decade
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|26||'''{{wp|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}'''||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|Interim president}} (1969)||9 December 1912||12 June 2012||99 years, 186 days||Longest-lived Sudanese President
|32||Sir {{Wp|Anthony Mamo}}||Malta||Prime Minister (1971&ndash;1974)<br />President (1974&ndash;1976)||1909||2008||99 years, 113 days
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|27||'''{{wp|Mohammed Karim Lamrani}}'''||Morocco||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Morocco|Prime Minister}} (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)||1 May 1919|| 20 September 2018||99 years, 142 days
|33||{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}||Greece||President (1974–1975)|| 1903||2002||99 years, 96 days
|Longest-lived Moroccan Prime mInister
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|28||'''Sir {{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)||9 January 1909||1 May 2008||99 years, 113 days||Longest-lived Maltese Governor-General and President
|34||{{Wp|Clifford Campbell}}||Jamaica||Governor-General (1962–1973)||1892||1991 ||99 years, 92 days
Last state leader born in 1909
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|'''29'''||'''{{wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}|'''{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandome}}'''||'''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)||'''8 February 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}'''||Longest-lived Lao Prime Minister and President
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|30||'''{{wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of presidents of Greece|Presiden}}t (1974–1975)||27 July 1903||31 October 2002
|35||{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}||India||Prime Minister (1977–1979)||1896||1995||99 years, 41 days
|99 years, 96 days||Longest-lived Greek President
Last state leader born in 1903
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|31||'''Sir {{wp|Clifford Campbell}}'''||Jamaica
|36||{{Wp|Võ Chí Công}} ||Vietnam||Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)||1912||2011||99 years, 32 days
|{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1962–1973)||28 June 1892||28 September 1991||99 years, 92 days||Longest-lived Jamaican Governor-General
Last state leader born in 1862
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|'''32'''||'''{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}'''||'''Japan'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Japan|Prime Minister}} (1994–1996)||'''3 March 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}'''||
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|33||'''{{wp|Morarji Desai}}'''||India||{{wp|List of prime ministers of India|Prime Minister}} (1977–1979)||29 February 1896||10 April 1995||99 years, 41 days||
|37||{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}||Sudan ||Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)||1910||2009||99 years, 6 days
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|34||'''{{wp|Võ Chí Công}}'''||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|Chairman of the Council of State}} (1987–1992)||7 August 1912||7 September 2011||99 years, 32 days||
|38||{{Wp|Ċensu Tabone}}||Malta|| President (1989–1994)||1913|| 2012||98 years, 350 days
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|35||'''{{wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}'''||Sudan||{{wp|List of presidents of Sudan|Committee of Sovereignty Member}} (1964–1965)||10 April 1910||16 April 2009||99 years, 6 days||Longest-lived Sudanese President
|26-39
|{{wp|Hastings Banda}}
|Malawi
| Prime Minister (1964–1966)
State President (1966–1994)
President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)
|1898
|1997
|98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
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|'''40'''||'''{{Wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''||'''Malaysia''' ||Prime Minister (1981&ndash;2003; 2018&ndash;2020)||'''1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
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|'''41'''||'''{{Wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''|| '''Afghanistan'''||Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)|| '''1925''' ||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
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|36||'''{{wp|Ċensu Tabone}}'''||Malta||{{wp|List of heads of state of Malta|President}} (1989–1994)||30 March 1913||14 March 2012
|42||{{Wp|Ali Hassan Mwinyi}}||Tanzania||President (1985–1995)||1925||2024||98 years, 297 days
|98 years, 350 days||Longest-lived Maltese President
Last state leader born in 1913
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|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||29 November 1997||98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days||Longest-lived Malawian Prime Minister and President
|43||{{Wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}||Thailand||Prime Minister (1980–1988)<br />Regent (2016)||1920||2019||98 years, 273 days  
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|38||'''{{wp|Prem Tinsulanonda}}'''||Thailand||{{wp|List of prime minister of Thailand|Prime Minister}} (1980–1988)<br>{{wp|Ewgent of Thailand|Regent}} (2016)||26 August 1920||26 May 2019||98 years, 273 days||Longest-lived Thai Prime Minister
|44
| {{Wp|Pierre Harmel}}||Belgium||Prime Minister (1965–1966)||1911||2009||98 years, 244 days
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|39||'''{{wp|Pierre Harmel}}'''||Belgium||{{wp|list of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1965–1966)||16 March 1911||15 November 2009||98 years, 244 days||Longest-lived Belgian Prime Minister
|45
|{{Wp|Howard Cooke}}||Jamaica||Governor-General (1991–2006)||1915||2014||98 years, 240 days
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|40||'''Sir {{wp|Howard Cooke}}'''||Jamaica||{{wp|Governor-General of Jamaica|Governor-General}} (1991–2006)||13 November 1915||11 July 2014||98 years, 240 days||
|46||{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}||France||Prime Minister (1932–1933)||1873||1972||98 years, 237 days
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|41||'''{{wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}'''||France||{{wp|List of prime ministers of France|Prime Minister}} (1932–1933)||4 August 1873||28 March 1972||98 years, 237 days
|47||{{Wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}||Greece||Prime Minister (1990–1993) ||1918||2017||98 years, 223 days
|Longest-lived French Prime Minister
Last state leader born in 1873
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|'''42'''||'''{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}'''||'''United States'''||{{wp|List of presidents of the United States|President}} (1977–1981)||'''1 October 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}'''
|Longest-lived U.S. President
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|43||'''{{wp|Konstantinos Mitsotakis}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1990–1993)||31 October 1918||29 May 2017||98 years, 223 days
|48||{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}||Ecuador||President (1926–1931)||1879||1978||98 years, 203 days
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|44||'''{{wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}'''||Venezuela||{{wp|List of presidents of Venezuela|President}} (1993–1994)||28 November 1916||24 June 2014||97 years, 208 days
|49||{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}||Luxembourg||Prime Minister (1918–1925)||1874||1973||98 years, 196 days
|Longest-lived Venezuelan President
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|45||'''{{wp|Isidro Ayora}}'''||Ecuador||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1926–1931)||31 August 1879||23 March 1978||98 years, 203 days
|50||{{Wp|Mamadou Dia}}||Senegal||Prime Minister (1960–1962)||1910||2009|| 98 years, 191 days
|Longest-lived Ecuadorian Preident
Last state leader born in 1879
 
Last state leader born in the 1870's decade
|-bgcolor="gold"|
|'''46'''||'''{{wp|Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodríguez}}'''||'''Ecuador'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Ecuador|President}} (1972–1976)||'''4 November 1924'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1924|11|4}}'''
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|47||'''{{wp|Émile Reuter}}'''||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Luxembourg|Prime Minister}} (1918–1925)||2 August 1874||14 February 1973||98 years, 196 days
|51|| {{Wp|Aden Adde}}||Somalia||President (1960–1967)||1908||2007||98 years, 181 days
|Longest-lived Luxembourgish Prime Minister
Last state leader born in 1874
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|48||'''{{wp|Mamadou Dia}}'''||Senegal||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Senegal|Prime Minister}} (1960–1962)||18 July 1910||25 January 2009||98 years, 191 days
|52||{{Wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}||Laos||President (1992–1998)||1910||2008|| 98 years, 153 days |98 years, 153 days
|Longest-lived Senegalese Prime Minister
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|49||'''{{wp|Aden Adde}}'''||Somalia||{{wp|List of presidents of Somalia|President}} (1960–1967)||9 December 1908||8 June 2007||98 years, 181 days
|53||{{Wp|Lê Đức Anh}}||Viet Nam||President (1992–1997)||1920||2019||98 years, 142 days
|Last state leader born in 1908
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|50||'''{{wp|Nouhak Phoumsavanh}}'''||Laos
|54||{{Wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}||Dahomey||President (1968–1969)||1918||2016||98 years, 127 days
|{{wp|List of presidents of Laos|President}} (1992–1998)||9 April 1910||9 September 2008||98 years, 153 days
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|51||'''{{wp|Lê Đức Anh}}'''||Vietnam||{{wp|List of presidents of Vietnam|President}} (1992–1997)||1 December 1920||22 April 2019||98 years, 142 days
|55|| {{Wp|Borys Martos}}||Ukraine||Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)||1879||1977||98 years, 122 days
|Longest-lived Vietnamese President
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|52||'''{{wp|Émile Derlin Zinsou}}'''||Dahomey||{{wp|List of presidents of Benin|President}} (1968–1969)||23 March 1918||28 July 2016||98 years, 127 days
|56||{{Wp|Artúr Görgei}}||Hungary||Acting Governor-President (1849)||1818||1916||98 years, 112 days
|Longest-lived Beninese President
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|53||'''{{wp|Borys Martos}}'''||Ukraine||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Ukraine|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1919)||20 May 1879||19 September 1977||98 years, 122 days
|57||{{Wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}|| Czechoslovakia ||Prime Minister (1970–1988)||1924|| 2023||98 years, 110 days  
|Longest-lived Ukrainian Prime Minister
Last state leader born in 1879
 
Last state leader born in the 1870's decade
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|54||'''{{wp|Artúr Görgei}}'''||Hungary||{{Wp|List of heads of state of Hungary|Acting Gocernor-President}} (1849)||30 January 1818||31 May 1916||98 years, 112 days
|58||{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg}}||Luxembourg||Grand Duke (1964–2000)||1921||2019||98 years, 108 days
|Longest-lived Hungarian Head of state
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|59 ||{{Wp|Gough Whitlam}}|| Australia||Prime Minister (1972–1975)||1916||2014||98 years, 102 days
|-
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|55||'''{{wp|Lubomír Štrougal}}'''||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia|Prime Minister}} (1970–1988)||19 October 1924||6 February 2023||98 years, 109 days
| 60||{{Wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}||Italy ||President (2006–2015) ||1925||2023||98 years, 85 days
|Longest-lived Czechoslovak Prime Minister
|-
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|56||'''{{Wp|Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean}}'''||Luxembourg||{{wp|List of monarchs of Luxembourg|Grand Duke}} (1964–2000)||5 January 1921||23 April 2019||98 years, 108 days
|61||{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}}||Brazil ||President (1914–1918)||1868|| 1966||98 years, 78 days
|Longest-lived Luxembourgish Monarch
Longest lived monarch with verifiable dates of birth and death
|-
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|57||'''{{wp|Gough Whitlam}}'''||Australia||((wp|{{Wp|List of prime ministers of Australia|Prime Minister}} (1972–1975)||11 July 1916||21 October 2014||98 years, 102 days
|62||{{Wp|Claude Rostain}}||Andorra||French Viguier (1972–1977)||1916||2015||98 years, 56 days
|Longest-lived Australian Prime Minister
|-
|-
|58||'''{{wp|Venceslau Brás}}'''||Brazil||{{wp|List of heads of state of Brazil|President}} (1914–1918)||26 February 1868||15 May 1966||98 years, 78 days
|63||{{Wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}||India||President (1987–1992) ||1910||2009||98 years, 54 days
|Longest-lived Brazilian President
Last state leader born in 1868
 
Last state leader born in the 1860's decade
|-
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|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)||16 February 1916||10 February 2015||98 years, 56 days
|64||{{Wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}||Hungry||Prime Minister (1919)||1875||1973 ||98 years, 15 days
|Last state leader born in 1916
|-
|-
|60||'''{{wp|Ramaswamy Venkataraman}}'''||India||{{wp|List of presidents of India|President}} (1987–1992)||4 December 1910||27 January 2009||98 years, 54 days
|65||{{Wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}} ||Colombia ||President (1957–1958)||1910||2008 ||98 years, 13 days
|Longest-lived Indian President
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''66'''||'''{{Wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''||'''Senegal'''||President (2000&ndash;2012)|||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|-
|61||'''{{wp|Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám}}'''||Hungary||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister}} (1919)||10 July 1875||25 July 1973||98 years, 15 days
|67||{{Wp|Miloš Jakeš}}||Czechoslovakia||General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)||1922||2020|| 97 years, 332 days |98 years, 322 days
|Longest-lived Hungarian Prime Minister
Last state leader born in 1875
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''<nowiki/>6<nowiki/>1'''||'''{{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)|| '''8 May 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|5|8}}'''
|Longest-lived Tanzanian President
|-
|-
|63||'''{{wp|Gabriel París Gordillo}}'''||Colombia||{{wp|List of presidents of Columbia|President}} (1957–1958)||8 March 1910||21 March 2008||98 years, 13 days
|68||{{Wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}||Jordan||Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)||1925||2023||97 years, 319 days
|Longest-lived Colombian Prime Minister
|-
|-
|64||'''{{wp|Miloš Jakeš}}'''||Czechoslovakia||{{wp|First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|General Secretary of the Communist Party}} (1987–1989)||12 August 1922||10 July 2020||97 years, 332 days
|69||{{Wp|Kenan Evren}}||Türkiye||President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)<br />State President (1982–1989)||1917||2015||97 years, 296 days
|Longest-lived Czechoslovak Communist Leader
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''65'''||'''{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}'''||'''Italy'''||{{wp|list of presidents of Italy|President}} (2006–2015)||'''29 June 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|6|29}}'''
|Longest-lived Italian President
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''66'''|| '''{{wp|Mahathir Mohamad}}'''||'''Malaysia'''|| {{wp|List of prime ministers of Malaysia|Prime Minister}} (1981–2003; 2018–2020)||'''10 July 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|10}}'''
|Longest-lived Malaysian Prime Minister
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''67'''||'''{{wp|Mohammad Hasan Sharq}}'''|| '''Afghanistan'''||{{wp|Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Chairman of the Council of Ministers}} (1988-1989)||'''17 July 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|7|17}}'''
|Longest-lived AfghanPrime Minister
|-
|-
|68||'''{{wp|Kenan Evren}}'''||Türkiye||{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President of the National Security Council}} (1980–1982)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|State President}} (1982–1989) ||17 July 1917||9 May 2015||97 years, 296 days
|70||{{Wp|Wellington Koo}}||China||Acting Premier (1924)<br />Acting President (1926–1927)||1888 ||1985||97 years, 289 days
|
|-
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|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)||29 January 1888||14 November 1985||97 years, 289 days
|71||{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}||Austria-Hungary||Minister-President (1870)||1810||1908||97 years, 272 days
|
|-
|-
|70||'''{{wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener}}'''||Cisleithania<br>(Austria-Hungary)||{{wp|List of ministers-president of Austria|Minister-President}} (1870)||21 May 1810||17 February 1908||97 years, 272 days
|72||{{Wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}||Ireland||Governor-General (1932–1936)||1866||1963||97 years, 267 days
|Longest-lived Austrian Minister-President
Last State leader born in the 1810's decade
 
Last state Leader born in 1810
|-
|-
|71||'''{{wp|Domhnall Ua Buachalla}}'''||Irish Free State||{{wp|Governoor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General}} (1932–1936)||3 February 1866||30 October 1963||97 years, 267 days
|73 ||{{Wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}||Algeria||Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)||1921||2018||97 years, 245 days
|Longest-lived Irish Governor-General
Last state leader born in 1866
|-
|-
|72||'''{{wp|Abdelmalek Benhabyles}}'''||Algeria||Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)||27 April 1921||28 December 2018||97 years, 245 days
|74||{{Wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}||Andorra||Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)||1923||2020||97 years, 217 days
|Longest-lived Algerian President
|-
|-
|73||'''{{wp|Francesc Badia Batalla}}'''||Andorra||{{wp|List of representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra|Episcopal Veguer}} (1972–1993)||10 January 1923||14 August 2020 ||97 years, 217 days
|75||{{Wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}||Italy||Prime Minister (1980–1981)|| 1925||2023||97 years, 210 days
|Longest-lived Andorran Episcopal Viguier
Last state leader born in 1923
|-
|-
|74||'''{{wp|He Yingqin}}'''||Taiwan||{{wp|List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier}} (1949)||2 April 1890w||21 October 1987||97 years, 202 days
|76||{{Wp|Ramón José Velásquez}}||Venezuela||President (1993-1994)||1916||2014||97 years, 208 days
|
|-
|-
|75||'''{{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)||15 January 1923||15 July 2020||97 years, 197 days
|77||{{Wp|He Yingqin}}||Taiwan||Premier (1949)||1890||1987
|
|97 years, 202 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''78'''||'''{{Wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''||'''Lithuania'''||President (1998&ndash;2003; 2004&ndash;2009)||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|-
|-
|76||'''{{wp|Liam Cosgrave}}'''||Ireland||{{wp|Taoiseach|Taoiseach}} (1973–1977)||13 April 1920||4 October 2017||97 years, 174 days
|79||{{Wp|Lee Teng-hui}}||Taiwan ||President (1988–2000)||1923|| 2020||97 years, 197 days
|Longest-lived Irish Taoiseach
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''77'''||'''{{wp|Arnaldo Forlani}}'''|| '''Italy'''||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Italy|Prime Minister}} (1980–1981)|| '''8 December 1925'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|12|8}}'''
|Longest-lived Italian Prime Minister
|-
|-
|78||'''{{wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}'''||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1939–1944)||15 March 1872||14 August 1969||97 years, 152 days
|80|| {{Wp|Liam Cosgrave}}||Ireland||Taoiseach (1973–1977)||1920||2017||97 years, 174 days
|Last state leader born in 1872
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''81'''||'''{{Wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''||'''SFR Yugoslavia'''||President of the Presidency (1988&ndash;1989)||'''1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|-
|-
|79||'''{{wp|Patricio Aylwin}}'''||Chile||{{wp|List of presidents of Chile|President}} (1990–1994)||26 November 1918||26 November 1918||97 years, 145 days
|82||{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}} ||Peru||Prime Minister (1939–1944)||1872||1969||97 years, 152 days
|Longest-lived Chilean President
|-
|-
|80||'''{{wp|Armando Villanueva}}'''||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1988–1989)||25 November 1915||14 April 2013||97 years, 140 days
|83||{{Wp|Patricio Aylwin}}||Chile||President (1990–1994)||1918||2016||97 years, 145 days
|
|-
|-
|81||'''{{wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}'''||Romania||{{wp|{{Wp|List of presidents of Romania|President of the Presidium}} (1958–1961) <br>{{wp|List of presidents of Romania|(Acting} President of the State Council}} (1965) <br>{{wp|List of prime ministers of Romania|Prime Minister}} (1961–1974)||23 September 1902||8 February 2000||97 years, 138 days
|84||{{Wp|Armando Villanueva}}||Peru||Prime Minister (1988–1989)||1915||2013||97 years, 140 days
|Longest-lived Romanian Prime Minister and President
Last State leader born in 1902
|-
|-
|82||'''{{wp|Martial Célestin}}'''||Haiti||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Haiti|Prime Minister}} (1988)||4 October 1913||4 February 2011||97 years, 123 days
| 85||{{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||2000||97 years, 138 days
|Longest-lived Haitian Prime Minister
|-
|-
|83||'''{{wp|Gheorghe Apostol}}'''||Romania||{{wp|Romanian Communist Party|First Secretary of the Workers' Party}} (1954–1955)||16 May 1913||21 August 2010||97 years, 97 days  
|86||{{Wp|Martial Célestin}}||Haiti||Prime Minister (1988)||1913||2011||97 years, 123 days
|Longest-lived Romanian Communist leader
|-
|-
|84||'''{{wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}'''||Zambia||{{wp|Primme Minister of Zambia|Prime Minister}} (1964) <br>{{wp|Presidents of Zambia|State President}} (1964–1991)||28 April 1924||17 June 2021||97 years, 50 days
|87||{{Wp|Gheorghe Apostol}} ||Romania ||First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955)||1913||2010||97 years, 97 days
|Longest-lived Zambian Prime Minister and President
|-
|-
|85||'''{{wp|Walter Scheel}}'''||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|(Acting) Chancellor}} (1974)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Germany|President}} (1974–1979)|||8 July 1919||24 August 2016||97 years, 47 days
|88||{{Wp|Kenneth Kaunda}}||Zambia||State President (1964–1991)||1924 ||2021||97 years, 50 days
|Longest-lived German Chancellor and President
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''86'''||'''{{wp|Abdoulaye Wade}}'''||'''Senegal'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Senegal|President}} (2000–2012)|||'''29 May 1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|Longest-lived Senegalse President
|-
|-
|87||'''{{wp|Helmut Schmidt}}'''||West Germany||{{wp|List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor}} (1974–1982)||23 December 1918||13 November 2015||96 years, 322 days
|89
|
|{{Wp|Walter Scheel}}||West Germany||(Acting) Chancellor (1974)<br />President (1974–1979)||1919||2016||97 years, 47 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''90'''||'''{{Wp|Thanin Kraivichien}}''' ||'''Thailand'''||Prime Minister (1976&ndash;1977)||'''1927'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1927|4|5}}'''
|-
|-
|88||'''{{wp|Abdelsalam Majali}}'''||Jordan||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Jordan|Prime Minister}} (1993–1995; 1997–1998)||18 February 1926||3 January 2023||96 years, 319 days
| 91||{{Wp|Helmut Schmidt}}||West Germany||Chancellor (1974–1982)||1918 ||2015|| 96 years, 322 days
|Longest-lived Jordanian Prime Minister
|-
|-
|89||'''{{wp|Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal}} {{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}'''||Vatican City||{{wp|List of popes|Acting Sovereign}} (1939)||10 April 1851|| 16 February 1948||96 years, 312 days
|92 ||{{Wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte}}||Vatican City||Acting Sovereign (1939)||1851|| 1948||96 years, 312 days
|Longest-lived Cardinal-dean
Last state leader born in 1851
|-
|-
|90||'''{{wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}'''||Tuva||{{wp|List of leaders of Communist Tuva|Chair of the Presidium}} (1940–1944)||1 January 1912||4 November 2008||96 years, 308 days
|93||{{Wp|Khertek Anchimaa-Toka}}||Tuvan People's Republic||Chairperson of the Presidium (1940&ndash;1944)||1912||2008||96 years, 308 days
|Longest-lived Tuvan Communist leader
|-
|-
|91||{{wp|'''Camille Huysmans}}'''||Belgium||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister}} (1946–1947)||26 May 1871||25 February 1968||96 years, 275 days
|94||{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}||Belgium||Prime Minister (1946&ndash;1947)||1871||1968||96 years, 275 days
|Last state leader born in 1971
|-
|-
|92||'''{{wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}'''||Israel||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister}} (1983–1984; 1986–1992)||22 October 1915||30 June 2012||96 years, 252 days
|95||{{Wp|Yitzhak Shamir}}||Israel||Prime Minister (1983&ndash;1984; 1986&ndash;1992)||1915
|Longest-lived Israeli Prime MInister
|2012||96 years, 252 days
|-
|-
|93||'''{{wp|Federico Paéz}}'''||Ecuador||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Ecuador|President}} (1935–1937)||4 June 1877||9 February 1974||96 years, 250 days
|96 ||{{Wp|Federico Paéz}}||Ecuador||President (1935&ndash;1937)||1877||1974||96 years, 250 days
|Last state leader born in 1877
|-
|-
|94||'''{{wp|Habib Bourguiba}}'''||Tunisia||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister}} (1956–1957)<br>{{wp|List of presidents of Turkey|President}} (1957–1987)||28 November 1916||24 June 2014||96 years, 247 days
|97||{{Wp|Habib Bourguiba}}||Tunisia||Prime Minister (1956&ndash;1957)<br>President (1957&ndash;1987)||1903||2000||96 years, 247 days
|Longest-lived Tunisian President and Prime Minister
|-
|-
|95||'''{{wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}'''||Soviet Union||{{wp|List of premiership of the Soviet Union|Premier}} (1930–1941)||9 March 1890||8 November 1986||96 years, 244 days
|98||{{Wp|Vyacheslav Molotov}}||Soviet Union||Premier (1930&ndash;1941||1890||1986||96 years, 244 days
|Longest-lived Soviet Premier
Last state leader born in 1980
|-
|-
|96||'''{{wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}'''||North Korea||{{wp|Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly}} (1994-1998)||1 October 1925||13 May 2022||96 years, 224 days
|99||{{Wp|Yang Hyong-sop}}||North Korea||Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983&ndash;1984; 1998&ndash;2019)||1926||2022||96 years, 224 days
|Longest-lived Chinese Chair of the Supreme People's Assemble
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''97'''||'''{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}'''||'''Lithuania'''||{{wp|List of presidents of Lithuania|President}} (1998–2003; 2004–2009)||'''3 November 1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}'''
|'''Longest-lived Lithuanian Lresident'''
|-
|-
|76–98||'''{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}'''||Greece||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister}} (1967)||1901||13 July 1998||96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
|77-100||{{wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|Last state leader born in 1901
|Greece
|Prime Minister (1967)
|1901
|1997
|96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
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|1xx||{{Wp|Alejandro Deustua}}
|Peru
|Prime Minister (1902)
|1849
|1945
|96 years, 137 days-->
|}
 
===Next 10 to Join===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
|-
|-
|99||'''{{wp|Pedro Richter Prada}}'''|||Peru||{{wp|List of prime ministers of Peru|Prime Minister}} (1979–1980)||4 January 1921||14 July 2017||96 years, 191 days
!<abbr>'''No.'''</abbr>||'''Name'''||'''State'''||'''Position'''||'''Birth'''||'''Death''' ||'''Age'''
! colspan="2" |Date of entry to the Main list
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
| '''1'''||'''{{Wp|Kim Yong-nam}}'''|| '''North Korea'''||Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)||'''1928'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|2|28}}'''||2024-08-16<br />Constantine Collias
| {{Age in years and days|2024|8|16}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''2'''
|'''{{Wp|Arnold Rüütel}}'''
|'''Estonia'''
|Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)<br />President (2001–2006)
|'''1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|10}}'''
|2024-12.20<br />Yang Hyong-sop
|{{Age in years and days|2024|12|20}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''3'''
|'''{{Wp|Arthur Foulkes}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
|Governor-General (2010–2014)
 
|'''1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|5|11}}'''
|2025.01-10<br />Yang Hyong-sop
|{{Age in years and days|2025|1|10}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''4'''
|'''{{Wp|Péter Boross}}'''
|'''Hungary'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1994)
|'''1928'''
|
'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|8|27}}'''
|2025-05-01<br />Habib Bourguiba
|{{Age in years and days|2025|5|1}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''5'''
|'''{{Wp|Zhu Rongji}}'''
|'''China'''
|Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)
|'''1928'''
| '''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|23}}'''
|2025-06-30<br />Federico Paéz
|{{Age in years and days|2025|6|30}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''6'''
|'''{{Wp|Édouard Balladur}}'''
|'''France'''
|Prime Minister (1993–1995)
|'''1929'''
| '''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|2}}'''
|2026-01-09<br />Yitzhak Shamir
|{{Age in years and days|2026|1|9}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''7'''
| '''{{Wp|Sam Nujoma}}'''
|
'''Namibia'''
| President (1990–2005)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|5|12}}'''
|2026-02-11<br />Camille Huysmans
|{{Age in years and days|2026|2|11}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
| '''8'''
|'''{{Wp|Orville Turnquest}}'''
|'''Bahamas'''
| Governor-General (1995–2001)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|7|19}}'''
|2026-05-23<br />Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
|
|
|- bgcolor="gold" |
{{Age in years and days|2026|5|23}}
|'''100'''||'''{{wp|Raif Dizdarević}}'''||'''Yugoslavia'''|| {{wp|President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia|President of the Presidency}} (1988–1989)||'''9 December 1926'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1926|12|9}}'''
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''Longest-lived Yugoslav President'''
|'''9'''
<!--|-
|'''{{Wp|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}'''  
|1xx||'''{{wp|Elizabeth II}}'''||United Kingdom||{{wp|List of British monarchs|Queen}} (1952–2022)||1926||2022||96 years, 140 days-->
|'''Zanzibar'''
|Sultan (1963–1964)
|'''1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|9|16}}'''
|2026-07-25
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte
|{{Age in years and days|2026|7|25}}
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|'''10'''
|'''{{Wp|Violeta Chamorro}}'''
|'''Nicaragua'''
|Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)<br />President (1990–1997)
|'''1929'''
| '''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|10|18}}'''
|2026-09-25<br />Helmut Schmidt
|{{Age in years and days|2026|09|25}}
 
|}
|}


== World's Longest lived state Leaders (born post-1800) ==
=='''Chronological List of eldest living state leaders since 1885'''==
[[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 uNsortable"  
[[File:Guillermo Rodriguez (Ecuador) (headshot).jpg|thumb|130px|{{wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}, the current eldest state leader.]] 
;Key
{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor="#fcc" |'''Current Longest-living'''
| bgcolor="#99ff99" | '''Former Longest-living'''
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%"
! Name
!Country
!
Sex
!Lifespan
!Time as Eldest
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Living From|| rowspan="2" |Age when oldest|| rowspan="2" |To
|{{Wp|William I, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm  I}}
Time
| Germany
! rowspan="2" |Name|| rowspan="2" |Sex|| colspan="2" |Lifespan || rowspan="2" |Country|| rowspan="2" | Note
|M
|22 March 1797&ndash;14 May 1888<br /><small>aged 90 years, 353 days
|&ndash; 9 March 1888<br /><small>??
|-
|-
!Birth
|{{Wp|George Tupou I}}
!Death
|Tonga
Age
|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
|-
|-
| -||-||14 May 1897 (94) ||{{wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}||M|| 19 October 1802
| {{Wp|Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol}}
|14 May 1897
| Guatemala
94 years, 207 days
| M
|{{Wp|Guatemala}}
|
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
|-
|-
|14 May 1897
|{{Wp|Count Bernhard von Rechberg}}
87
|Austria
|87–90||12 Apr 1900 (90)
2 yrs, 334 days
|{{wp|Tomas Gormensoro y Alvin}}
|M
|M
| 27 January 1810
|17 July 1806&ndash;26 February 1899<br /><small>aged 92 years 224 days
|12 April 1900
|14 May 1897 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 26 February 1899 <small>(aged 92)</small><br /><small>1 year, 289 days  
90 years, 76 days
|Uruguay
|-
|-
|12 Apr 1900
|{{Wp|Tomas Gormensoro Albin}}
90
| Uruguay
|90–93
|20 July 1903 (93)
(3 yrs, 99 days)
|{{wp|Pope Leo XIII|Leo XIII}}
|M
|M
|2 March 1810
|27 January 1810&ndash;12 April 1900<br /><small>90 years, 76 days
|20 July 1903
|26 February 1899 <small>(aged 87)</small> &ndash;12 April 1900 <small>(aged 90)</small><br /><small>2 years, 334 days)
|
[[Vatican City]]
|-
|-
| 20 July 1903
|{{Wp|Pope Leo XIII}}
93
 
|93–97
|Papal States
|17 February 1908 (97)
(4 yrs, 212 days)
|{{wp|Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}
|M
|M
|21 May 1810  
|2 March 1810&ndash;20 July 1903<br /><small>aged 93 years, 140 days  
|17 February 1908
|12 Apr 1900 <small>(aged 90)</small> &ndash; 20 July 1903 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>3 years, 99 days
97 years, 272 days
|{{wp|Austria}}
|World's longest lived state leader from<br>19 June 1907 to 30 October 1915 ({{ayd|1907|6|19|1915|10|29}})
|-
|-
|17 February 1908
|
| 90–98
{{Wp|Baron Ignaz von Plener|Freihrr Ignaz von Plener}}  
|21 May 1916 (98)
|Austria
(8 yrs, 95 days)
|{{wp|Artúr Gorge}}
|M
|M
|30 January 1818
|21 May 1810&ndash;17 February 1908<br /><small>aged 97 years, 272 days
|21 May 1916
|20 July 1903 <small>(aged 93)</small> &ndash; 17 February 1908 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>4 years, 212 days  
98 years, 113 days
|-
| {{wp|Hungary}}
|{{Wp|Artúr Gorgey}}
|World's longest lived state leader from<br>29 October 1915 to 8 March 1958 ({{ayd|1915|10|29|1957|3|8}})
|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
|-
|-
|21 May 1916
| {{Wp|Mackenzie Bowell}}
|92–93
|Canada
|10 December 1917
(1 yr, 204 days)
|{{wp|Mackenzie Bowel}}
|M
|M
|27 December 1823
|27 December 1823&ndash;10 December 1917<br /><small>aged 93 years, 348 days  
|10 December 1917
|21 May 1916 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;10 December 1917 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>1 year, 203 days)
93 years, 348 days
|{{wp|Canada}}
|-
|-
|10 December 1917
|{{Wp|Charles de Freycinet}}
|81–84
|France
|27 January 1921
(3 yrs, 49 days)
| {{wp |Justiniano Borgono}
|M
|M
|5 September 1836
|14 November 1828&ndash;14 May 1923<br /><small>aged 94 years, 181 days
|27 January 1921
|10 December 1917 <small>(aged 89)</small>&ndash;14 May 1923 <small>(aged 94)</small><br /><small>5 years, 352 days  
84 years, 145 days  
|{{wp|[Peru}}
|-
|-
|27 January 1921
|{{Wp|Matsukata Masayoshi}}
|83–86
|Japan
|17 July 1923
(2 yrs, 172 days)
|{{wp|Theodor Rosett}}
|M
|M
|5 May 1837
|25 February 1835&ndash;2 July 1924<br /><small>aged 89 years, 127 days
|17 July 1923
|14 May 1923 <small>(aged 87)</small> &ndash; 2 July 1924 <small>(aged 89)</small><br /><small>350 days
86 years, 74  da<small><small />ys
|{{wp|Romania}}
|-
|-
| 17 July 1923
|
|
85–87
{{Wp|Jules Méline}}
|21 December 1925
|France
(2 yrs, 158 days)
|{{wp|Jules Méline}}
|M
|M
| 20 May 1838
| 20 May 1838&ndash;21 December 1925 <br /><small>aged 87 years, 216 days  
|21 December 1925
|2 July 1924 <small>(aged 86)</small>&ndash;21 December 1925 <small>(aged 87)</small><br /><small>2 years 158 days<small>
87 years, 216 days
|{{wp|France}}
|-
|-
|21 December 1925
|{{Wp|Paolo Boselli}}
|87–89
|Italy
|19 August 1928
(2 years, 243 days)
|[[Stefanos Skouloudis]]
|M
|M
|23 November 1838
|8 June 1838&ndash;10 Match 1932<br /><small>aged 93 years, 272 days
|19 August 1928
|2 July 1924 <small>(aged 86)</small>&ndash;10 March 1932 <small>(aged 93)</small><br /><small>7 years, 260 days
89 years, 271 days
|-
| [[Greece]]
|{{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
|-
|-
|19 August 1928
|{{Wp|Eliodoro Villazón}}
|89–90
| Bolivia
| M
| 22 January 1848&ndash;12 September 1939<br /><small>aged 91 years, 233 days
|
|
20 December 1929
29 May 1937 <small>(aged 89)</small>&ndash;12 September 1939 <small>(aged 91)</small><br /><small>2 years, 194 days
(1 year, 124 days)
|-
|[[Emile Loubet]]
|{{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
|M
|30 December 1838
|10 April 1851&ndash;16  February 1948<br /><small>aged 96 years, 312 days
|20 December 1929
|6 August 1945 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;16 February 1948 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>2 years, 194 days)
90 years, 355 days
|[[France]]
|-
|-
| 20 December 1929
|{{Wp|Philippe Petain}}
|85–93
|France
|29 May 1937
(7 years, 161 days)
|[[Lizardo Garcia]]
|M
|M
|26 April 1844
|24 Apr 1856&ndash;23 July 1951<br /><small>aged 95 years, 90 days
|29 May 1937
|16 February 1948 <small>(aged 91)</small>&ndash;23 July 1951 <small>(aged 95)</small><br /><small>3 years, 157 days  
93 years, 34 days  
| [[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|29 May 1937
| {{Wp|Pedro Lascurain}}
|88–96
|Mexico
|6 August 1945
 
(8 years, 69 days)
|[[Alejandro Deustua]]
|M
|M
|22 March 1849
|8 May 1856&ndash;21 July 1952<br /><small>aged 96 years, 74 days  
|6 August 1945
|23 July 1951 <small>(aged 95)</small> &ndash; 21 July 1952 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>364 days
96 years, 138 days
|[[Peru]]
|-
|-
|6 August 1945
| {{Wp|Christopher Hornsrud}}
|94–96
|Norway
|16 February 1948
(2 yrs, 194 days)
|[[Cardinal]] [[Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte]]
|M
|M
|10 April 1851
|15 November 1859&ndash;12 December 1960<br /><small />aged 101 years, 27 days
|16 February 1948
|9 September 1957 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;12 December 1960 <small>(aged 101)</small>
96 years, 312 days  
<small>3 years, 93 days</small>
|[[Vatican City]]
|-
|-
|16 February 1948
|{{Wp|Venceslau Brás}} ||Brazil
|91–95
|23 July 1951
(3 years, 157 days)
|[[Philippe Petain]]
|M
|M
| 24 Apr 1856
| 26 February 1868&ndash;15 May 1966<br /><small>aged 98 years, 78 days
|23 July 1951
|12 December 1960 <small>(aged 92)</small>&ndash;15 May 1966 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>5 years, 154 days  
95 years, 90 days  
|[[France]]
|-
|-
|23 July 1951
|{{Wp|Camille Huysmans}}
|95–96
|Belgium
|21 July 1952
(364 days)
|[[Pedro Lascurain]]
|M
|M
|8 May 1856
|26 May 1871&ndash;25 February 1968<br /><small>aged 96 years, 275 days  
|21 July 1952
|15 May 1966 <small>(aged 94)</small> &ndash; 25 February 1968 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>1 year, 286 days
96 years, 74 days  
|[[Mexico]]
|-
|-
|21 July 1952
|{{Wp|Alfredo Solf y Muro}}
|92–101
|Peru
|12 December 1960
(8 years, 144 days)
|[[Christopher Hornsrud]]
| M
| M
|15 November 1859
|15 March 1872&ndash;14 August 1969<br /><small>aged 97 years, 152 days  
|12 December 1960
|25 February 1968 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;14 August 1969 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>1 year, 170 days
101 years, 27 days  
|[[Norway]]
| World's longest lived state leader from<br>8 March 1958 to 12 June 1984 ({{ayd|1958|3|8|1984|6|12}})
|-
|-
| 12 December 1960
|{{Wp|Joseph Paul-Boncour}}
| 92–98
|France
|15 May 1966
(5 years, 154 days)
| [[Venceslau Brâs]]
|M
|M
|26 February 1868
|4 August 1873&ndash;28 March 1972<br /><small>aged 98 years, 237 days
|15 May 1966
|14 August 1969 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;28 March 1972 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>2 years, 227 days  
98 years, 78 days  
|[[Brazil]]
|-
|-
|15 May 1966
|{{Wp|Émile Reuter}}
|94–96
|Luxembourg
|25 February 1968
(1 year, 286 days)
|[[Camille Huysmans]]
|M
|M
| 26 May 1871
|2 August 1874&ndash;14 February 1973<br /><small>aged 98 years, 196 days  
|25 February 1968
|28 March 1972 <small>(aged 97)</small>&ndash;14 February 1973 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>323 days
96 years, 275 days
|[[Belgium]]
|-
|-
| 25 February 1968
|{{Wp|Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham}}
|96–97
|Hungary
|14 August 1969
(1 year, 170 days)
|[[Alfredo Solf y Muro]]
|M
|M
|15 March 1872
|10 July 1875&ndash;25 July 1973<br /><small>aged 98 years, 15 days
|14 August 1969
|14 February 1973 <small>(aged 97)</small> &ndash; 25 July 1973 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>161 days
97 years, 152 days
|[[Peru]]
|-
|-
|14 August 1969
|{{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
|96–98
|28 March 1972
(2 years, 227 days)
|[[Joseph Paul-Boncour]]
|M
|4 August 1873
|28 March 1972
98 years, 237 days
| [[France]]
|-
|-
|28 March 1972
| {{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  
|97–98
|14 February 1973
(323 days)
|[[Émile Reuter]]
|M
|2 August 1874
|14 February 1973
98 years, 196 days
|[[Luxembourg]]
|-
|-
|14 February 1973
|{{Wp|Isidro Ayora}}
| 97–98
|Ecuador
|25 July 1973
(161 days)
|[[Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham]]
|M
|M
| 10 July 1875
|31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978<br /><small>98 years, 203 days
|25 July 1973
|19 September 1977 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;22 March 1978 <small>(aged 98)</small><br /><small>184 days
98 years, 15 days  
|[[Hungary]]
|-
|-
|25 July 1973
|{{Wp|Federico Chaves}}
|96
|Paraguay
|9 February 1974
(199 days)
|[[Federico Páez]]
|M
|M
|4 June 1877
| 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
|9 February 1974
|22 March 1978 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;24 March 1978 <small>(aged 96)</small><br /><small>33 days
96 years, 250 days
|[[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|9 February 1974
|{{Wp|Celál Bayar}}
|94–98
|Türkiye
|19 September 1977
(3 years, 222 days)
|[[Borys Martos]]
|M
|M
|20 May 1879
|16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986<br /><small>aged 103 years, 99 days
|19 September 1977
|24 April 1978 <small>(aged 94)</small>&ndash;22 August 1986 <small>(aged 103)</small><br /><small>8 years, 121 days  
98 years, 122 days
|[[Ukraine]]
|-
|-
|19 September 1977
|{{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>
|98
<small>1 year, 267 days
|22 March 1978
(184 days)
|[[Isidro Ayora]]
|M
|31 August 1879
|22 March 1978
98 years, 203 days  
|[[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|22 March 1978
|{{Wp|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni}}
|96
| Japan||M•
|24 April 1978
||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
(33 days)
| [[Federico Chávez]]
|M
| 15 February 1882
|24 April 1978
96 years, 69 days  
|[[Paraguay]]
|-
|-
|24 April 1978
|{{Wp|Zhang Qun}}
|94–103
|Taiwan
|22 August 1986
(8 years, 121 days)
| [[Celál Bayar]]
|M
|M
|16 May 1883
| 9 May 1889&ndash;14 December 1990<br /><small>aged 101 years, 220 days  
|22 August 1986
|20 January 1990 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;14 December 1990 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>329 days
103 years, 99 days  
|[[Turkey]]
| World's longest lived state leader from<br>12 June 1984 to 09 December 2008 ({{ayd|1984|6|12|2008|12|9}})
|-
|-
|22 August 1986
|{{Wp|Antoine Pinay}}
|100–101
| France
|14 May 1988
| M
(1 year, 267 days)
|30 December 1891&ndash;13 December 1994<br /><small>aged 102 years, 348 days
| [[Willem Drees]]
|14 December 1990 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;13 December 1994 <small>(aged 102)</small>
|M
<small>3 years, 364 days</small>
|5 July 1886
|14 May 1988
101 years, 314 days
|[[Netherlands]]
|-
|-
|14 May 1988
|{{Wp|Morarji Desai}}
|100–102
|India
|14 December 1990
(2 ywars, 252 days)
|Prince [[Naruhiko Higashikuni]]
|M
|M
|3 December 1887
| 29 February 1896&ndash;10 April 1995<br /><small>aged 99 years, 41 days  
|20 January 1990
|13 December 1994 <small>(aged 98)</small> &ndash;10 April 1995 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>119 days
102 years, 48 days  
|[[Japan]]
|-
|-
|20 January 1990
|{{Wp|Gulzarilal Nanda}}
| 100–101
| India
|14 December 1990
(329 days)
|[[Zhang Qun]]
|M
|M
|9 May 1889
| 4 July 1898&ndash;15 January 1998 <br /><small>aged 99 years, 195 days
|14 December 1990
|10 April 1995 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;15 January 1998 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>2 years, 275 days  
101 years, 220 days
|[[Taiwan]]
|-
|-
|14 December 1990
|{{Wp|Constantine Kollias}}
|98–102
|Greece
|13 December 1994
(3 years, 364 days)
|[[Antoine Pinay]]
|M
|M
|30 December 1891
|1901&ndash;13 July 1998<br /><small>aged 96 years 194 days to <small>97 years, 193 days  
|13 December 1994
|15 January 1998 <small>(aged 96&ndash;97)</small>&ndash;13 July 1998 <small>(aged 96&ndash;97)</small><br /><small>179 days
102 years, 348 days
|[[France]]
|-
|-
|13 December 1994
| {{Wp|Ion Gheorghe Maurer}}
|98–99
|Romania
|10 April 1995
(119 days)
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|M
|M
|29 February 1896
|
|10 April 1995
23 September 1902&ndash;8 February 2000<br /><small>aged 97 years, 138 days
99 years, 42 days  
|13 July 1998 <small>(aged 95)</small>&ndash;8 February 2000 <small>(aged 97)</small><br /><small>1 year, 211 days
|[[India]]
|-
|-
| 10 April 1995
|{{Wp|Michail Stasinopoulos}}
|97–99
|Greece
|15 January 1998
(52 days)
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|M
|M
|4 July 1898
|27 July 1903&ndash;31 October 2002<br /><small>aged 99 years, 142 days  
|15 Jan 1998
|8 February 2000 <small>(aged 96)</small>&ndash;31 October 3002 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>3 years, 267 days  
99 years, 195 days  
|[[India]]
|-
| 15 January 1998
| 96 or 97
| 13 July 1998
(180 days)
|[[Konstantinos Kollias]]
| M
|1901
|13 July 1998
96 years, 194 days to
 
97 years, 193 days
| [[Greece]]
|-
|-
|13 July 1998
|{{Wp|Xenophon Zolotas}}
|95–97
|Greece
|8 February 2000
(1 year, 211 days)
|[[Ion Gheorghe Maurer]]
 
|M
|M
|23 September 1902
| 26 April 1904&ndash;10 Jube 2004<br /><small> aged 100 years, 45 days  
|8 February 2000
|31 October 2002 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;10 June 2004 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>1 year, 224 days
97 years, 139 days
|[[Romania]]
|-
|-
|8 February 2000
|{{Wp|Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum}}
|96–99
|Cambodia
|31 October 2002
(2 years, 267 days)
|[[Michail Stasinopoulos]]
|M
|M
|27 July 1903
| 1 September 1905&ndash;23 January 2009<br /><small>aged 103 years, 143 days  
|31 Oct 2002
|10 June 2004 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;23 January 2009 <small>(aged 103)</small><br /><small>4 years, 192 days
99 years, 143 days
|[[Greece]]
|-
|-
|31 October 2002
|{{Wp|Abdel Halim Muhammad}}
|98–100
|Sudan
|10 June 2004
(1 year, 224 days)
| [[Xenophon Zolotas]]
|M
|M
|26 Apr 1904
|10 April 1910&ndash;16 April 2009<br /><small>aged 99 years, 6 days  
|10 June 2004
|22 January 2009 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;16 April 2009 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>85 days
100 years, 45 days  
|[[Greece]]
|-
|-
|10 June 2004
|{{Wp|Johan Ferrier}}
|98–103
|Suriname
|22 January 2009
(4 years, 228 days)
|[[Chau Sen Coscal Chhum]]
|M
|M
|1 September 1905
|12 May 1910&ndash;4 January 2010<br /><small>agrd 99 years, 237 days
|22 January 2009
|16 April 2009 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;4 January 2010 <small>(aged 99)</small><br /><small>264 days
103 years, 143 days
| [[Cambodia]]
| World's longest lived state leader from<br>09 December 2008 ({{Age in years and days|2009|12|09}})<br />Acting Cambodian Prime Minister
|-
|-
|22 January 2009
|{{Wp|Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz}}
|98–99
|Panama
|16 April 2009
(85 days)
|[[Abdel Halim Muhammad]]
|M
|M
|10 Apr 1910
|11 January 1911&ndash;15 March 2012<br /><small>aged 101 years, 64 days
|16 Apr 2009
|4 January 2010 <small>(aged 98)</small>&ndash;15 March 2012 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>2 years, 72 days
99 years, 6 days  
|[[Sudan]]
|-
|-
|16 Apr 2009
| {{Wp|Telmo Vargas}}
|98–99
|Ecuador
| 4 Jan 2010
(264 days)
| [[Johan Ferrier]]
|M
|M
|12 May 1910
|9 October 1912&ndash;9 August 2013<br /><small>aged 100 years, 304 days
|4 January 2010
|15 March 2012 <small>(aged 99)</small>&ndash;9 August 2013 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>1 year, 144 days  
99 years, 238 days
|[[Suriname]]
|-
|4 Jan 2010
|98–100
|15 Mar 2012
(2 yrs, 72 days)  
|[[Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz]]
|M||11 Jan 1911
|15 Mar 2012
101 years, 65 days  
|[[Panama]]
|-
|-
|15 Mar 2012
|{{Wp|André Prunet-Foch}}
|99–100
|Andorra
|9 Aug 2013
(1 yr, 144 days)
|[[Telmo Vargas]]
|M
|M
| 9 October 1912
|3 July 1914&ndash;30 January 2017<br /><small>aged 102 years, 211 days
|9 August 2013
|9 August 2013 <small>(aged 99)</small>&ndash;30 January 2017 <small>(aged 102)</small>
100 years, 304 days
<small>3 years, 174 days</small>
|[Ecuador]]
|-
|-
|9 Aug 2013
|{{Wp|Đỗ Mười}}
|98–101
|Vietnam
| 27 July 2016
(2 yrs, 353 days)
|[[Piet de Jong]]
|M
|M
|3 April 1915
|2 February 1917&ndash;1 October 2018<br /><small>aged 101 years, 241 days
|27 July 2016
|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>
101 years, 115 days
|[[Netherlands]]
|-
|-
|27 July 2016
|{{Wp|Babiker Awadalla}}
|99–101
|Sudan
| 1 Oct 2018
(2 yrs, 66 days)
|[[Đỗ Mười]]
|M
|M
|2 February 1917  
|2 March 1917&ndash;17 January 2019<br /><small>aged 101 years, 321 days  
|1 Oct 2018<br>101 years, 241 days
|1 October 2018 <small>(aged 101)</small>&ndash;17 January 2019 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>108 days
|[[Vietnam]]
|-
|-
| 1 Oct 2018
|{{Wp|Yasuhiro Nakasone}}
|101
| Japan
|17 Jan 2019
(108 days)
|[[Babiker Awadalla]]
 
|M
|M
| 2 March 1917
|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
101 years, 321 days
|[[Sudan]]
|-
|-
|17 Jan 2019
|{{Wp|Hyun Soong-jong}}
|100–101
| South Korea
|29 Nov 2019
(314 days)
| [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]]
|M
|M
|27 May 1918
|
|29 Novenber 2019
26 February 1919&ndash;25 May 2021<br /><small>aged 101 years, 89 days
101 years, 186 days
|29 November 2019 <small>(aged 100)</small>&ndash;25 May 2021 <small>(aged 101)</small><br /><small>178 days
|[[Japan]]
|-
|-
|29 Nov 2019
|{{Wp|Mustafa Ben Halim}}
|100-101
|Libya
|25 May 2020
{{ayd|2019|11|29|2020|5|25}}
|[[Hyun Soong-jong]]
|M
|M
|26 February 1919
|29 January 1921&ndash;7 December 2021<br /><small>aged 100 years, 312 days
|25 May 2020
|25 May 2021 <small>(aged 100)</small> &ndash; 7 December 2021 <small>(aged 100)</small><br /><small>196 days  
101 years, 89 days  
|[[South Korea]]
|-
|-
| 25 May 2020
|{{Wp|Francisco Morales Bermúdez}}
|99-100
|Peru
|7 December 2021
{{ayd|2020|5|25|2020|12|7}}
|[[Mustafa Ben Halim]]
|M
|M
|29 January 1921
|4 October 1921&ndash;14 July 2022<br><small> aged 100 years, 283 days
|7 December 2021  
|07 December 2021 <small>(aged 100)</small> &ndash; 14 July 2022 <small>(aged 100)</small>
100 years, 312 days
<small>219 days  
|[[Libya]]
|- bgcolor="#99FF99" |
|-
|{{Wp|Khamtai Siphandone}}
|25 May 2020
|Laos
|100
|14 July 2022
{{ayd|2020|5|25|2022|07|14}}
|[[Francisco Morales-Bermúdez]]
|M
|M
|4 October 1921
|born 8 February 1924'''<br />'''<small>age {{age in years and days|1924|2|8}}</small>
|14 July 2022  
|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, 285 days
|- bgcolor="#fcc" |
|[[Libya]]
|'''{{Wp|Guillermo Rodriguez (politician)|Guillermo Rodriguez}}'''
|- bgcolor="gold"
|'''Ecuador'''
|'''14 July 2022'''
|'''98*'''
|'''Present'''
'''({{Age in years and days|2022|7|14}})'''
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== 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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*[[List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)]]
*[[List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)]]
*[[Records of heads of state]]
*[[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'''== 
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Latest revision as of 08:09, 20 May 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 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.

List

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest-lived of all time whose age is fully verifiable.
2nd-oldest ever:
Turkey
Celâl Bayar
served: 1937–1939; 1950–1960
3rd-oldest ever:
France
Antoine Pinay
served: 1952–1953
19th-oldest lived ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
Longest-lived leader of a now defunct state and 57th oldest ever:
Czechoslovakia
Lubomír Štrougal
served: 1970–1988
Longest-lived Monarch with verifiable dates of birth and 58th oldest ever:
Turkey
Jean
served: 1962–2000
Oldest leader of a now defunct Leader and Second-Longest-lived ever:
Yugoslavia
Raif Dizdarević
served: 1988–1989
Longest-lived female state leader and 93rd oldest ever ever:
Tuvan People's Republic
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
served: 1940–1944

Ages are up to date 05/20/2024

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar Türkiye Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch Andorra French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla Sudan Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees The Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days
8 Đỗ Mười Viet Nam Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)		 1917 2018 101 years, 241 days
9 Zhang Qun Taiwan Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong The Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
12 Hyun Soong-jong South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 88 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz Panama Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
15 Mustafa Ben Halim Libya (Kingdom of) Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
16 Telmo Vargas Ecuador Acting Leader (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
17 Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Peru Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)		 1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
18 Hau Pei-tsun Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
19 Guillermo Rodríguez Ecuador President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 100 years, 198 days
20 Luis Echeverría Mexico President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
21 Khamtai Siphandone Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)		 1924 Alive 100 years, 102 days
22 Tomiichi Murayama Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 78 days
23 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
25 Abdul Salam Sabrah Yemen Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912

2012|| 100 years, 32 days

26 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
27 Jimmy Carter United States President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 99 years, 232 days
28 Tun Tin Myanmar Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
29 Gulzarilal Nanda India Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
30 Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Somalia Interim president (1969) 1912 2012 99 years, 186 days
31 Mohammed Karim Lamrani Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
32 Sir Anthony Mamo Malta Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)		 1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
33 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
34 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
35 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
36 Võ Chí Công Vietnam Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
37 Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
38 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
26-39 Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)

State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993)

1898 1997 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days
40 Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 98 years, 315 days
41 Mohammad Hasan Sharq Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 98 years, 308 days
42 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzania President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
43 Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)		 1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
44 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
45 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
46 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
47 Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
48 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days
49 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
50 Mamadou Dia Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
51 Aden Adde Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
52 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
53 Lê Đức Anh Viet Nam President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 142 days
54 Émile Derlin Zinsou Dahomey President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
55 Borys Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 122 days
56 Artúr Görgei Hungary Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
57 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2023 98 years, 110 days
58 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
59 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
60 Giorgio Napolitano Italy President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
61 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
62 Claude Rostain Andorra French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
63 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
64 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungry Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
65 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
66 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 97 years, 357 days
67 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 98 years, 322 days
68 Abdelsalam Majali Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
69 Kenan Evren Türkiye President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)		 1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
70 Wellington Koo China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)		 1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
71 Baron Ignaz von Plener Austria-Hungary Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
72 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
73 Abdelmalek Benhabyles Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
74 Francesc Badia Batalla Andorra Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
75 Arnaldo Forlani Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
76 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
77 He Yingqin Taiwan Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
78 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 97 years, 199 days
79 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan President (1988–2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
80 Liam Cosgrave Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
81 Raif Dizdarević SFR Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 163 days
82 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
83 Patricio Aylwin Chile President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
84 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
85 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
86 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
87 Gheorghe Apostol Romania First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
88 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
89 Walter Scheel West Germany (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)		 1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
90 Thanin Kraivichien Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 45 days
91 Helmut Schmidt West Germany Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
92 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
93 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuvan People's Republic Chairperson of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
94 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
95 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
96 Federico Paéz Ecuador President (1935–1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days
97 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)		 1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
98 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
99 Yang Hyong-sop North Korea Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1926 2022 96 years, 224 days
77-100 Constantine Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1997 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days

Next 10 to Join

No. Name State Position Birth Death Age Date of entry to the Main list
1 Kim Yong-nam North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 82 days 2024-08-16
Constantine Collias 		−88 days
2 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006) 		1928 Alive 96 years, 10 days 2024-12.20
Yang Hyong-sop 		−214 days
3 Arthur Foulkes Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 1928 Alive 96 years, 9 days 2025.01-10
Yang Hyong-sop 		−235 days
4 Péter Boross Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 1928

Alive

95 years, 267 days 2025-05-01
Habib Bourguiba 		−346 days
5 Zhu Rongji China Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) 1928 Alive 95 years, 210 days 2025-06-30
Federico Paéz 		−1 year, 41 days
6 Édouard Balladur France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 1929 Alive 95 years, 18 days 2026-01-09
Yitzhak Shamir 		−1 year, 234 days
7 Sam Nujoma

Namibia

President (1990–2005) 1929 Alive 95 years, 8 days 2026-02-11
Camille Huysmans 		−1 year, 267 days
8 Orville Turnquest Bahamas Governor-General (1995–2001) 1929 Alive 94 years, 306 days 2026-05-23
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka

−2 years, 3 days

9 Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar Sultan (1963–1964) 1929 Alive 94 years, 247 days 2026-07-25

Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte

−2 years, 66 days
10 Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) 		1929 Alive 94 years, 215 days 2026-09-25
Helmut Schmidt 		−2 years, 128 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, 102 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, 198 days 		11 October 2023 (aged 99)–present
222 days


See also

References


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