List of longest-living state leaders

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 m 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 Former Prime Minister and President of Turkey Celâl Bayar, who died in 1986 at the age of 103 years, 98 days, but the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister 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.

List

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No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Celâl Bayar	Türkiye	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Antoine Pinay	France	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
3	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
4	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
5	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
6	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
7	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
8	Zhang Qun	China	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
9	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
10	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
11	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
12	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
13	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
14	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	2022	100 years, 283 days
15	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
16	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	2022	100 years, 172 days
17 / 18	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020
19	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
20	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 212 days
21	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
22	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
23	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
24	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
24	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	100 years, 91 days
26	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	100 years, 67 days
27	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
28	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
29	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
30	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
31	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
32	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
33	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
34	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
35	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
36	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	99 years, 221 days
37	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
38	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
39	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
40	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	1924	Alive	99 years, 187 days
41	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
42	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
43	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
44	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
45	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 122 days
46	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	2023	98 years, 109 days
47	Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
48	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
49	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
50	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
51	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
52	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
53	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
54	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	1925	Alive	99 years, 1 day
55	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
56	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	Alive	98 years, 315 days
57	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	98 years, 304 days
58	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	98 years, 297 days
59	Kenan Evren	Türkiye	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
60	Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
61	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
62	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
63	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
64	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
65	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
66	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
67	Arnaldo Forlani	Italy	Prime Minister (1980–1981)	1925	Alive	98 years, 153 days
68	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
69	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
70	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
71	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
72	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
73	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
74	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991) President of the United National Independence Party (1973–1990)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
75	Walter Scheel	West Germany	(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
76	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	97 years, 346 days
77	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
78	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1926	2023	96 years, 319 days
79	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
80	Nguyễn Văn Xuân	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1948–1949)	1892	1989	96 years, 286 days
81	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
82	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
83	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
84	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
85	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
86	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
87	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	1926	Alive	97 years, 188 days
88	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	1926	Alive	97 years, 152 days
89	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Queen (1952–2022)	1926	2022	96 years, 140 days
90	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days-
91	Jiang Zemin	China	President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
92	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998–2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
92	Federico Chávez	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 74 days
93	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
94	Michael I of Romania	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
95	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
96	Thanin Kraivichien	THailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	Alive	97 years, 34 days
97	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Governor-General (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
98	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	Federal Council President (1961–1969) President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
99	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
100	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	President (1964)	18865	1982	96 years, 312 days

Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1–5	Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1958)	1910	2013	102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
19–30	Carlos Enrique Diaz De Leon	Guatemala	President (1994–1998)	1915	2013	99 years, 0 day to 99 years, 364 days
19–31	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
67–86	Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days
91–100	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941–1942; 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days

Acting State Leaders

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Acting Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
3	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Acting President (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
4	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
5	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
6	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	99 years, 186 days
7	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
8	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
9	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	Interim president (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
10	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
11	Federico Páez	Ecuador	Acting President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
12	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	Acting President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
12	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days