List of longest-living state leaders from Africa

This article lists the 100 longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states from Africa (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1800. Those currently living are in bold in light green. The longest-lived state leader is Prime Minister Babiker Awadalla of Sudan, who lived to be 101 years and 321 days old. The oldest living state leader is currently President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, who is currently 99 years, 191 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Sudan
  Babiker Awadalla
  served: 1969

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  2nd oldest:
   Libya
  Mustafa Ben Halim
  served: 1954-1957

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  3rd oldest:
   Morocco
  Mohammed Karim Lamrani
  served 1971-1972, 1983-1986, 1992-1994

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  Oldest living and 4th oldest
   Senegal
  Abdoulaye Wade
  served: 2000-2012

List

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
2	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	2021	100 years, 312 days
3	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
4	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	1926	Alive	99 years, 191 days
5	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995)	1925	2024	98 years, 297 days
6	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
7	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960-1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
8	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
9	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
10	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
11	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956-1957) President (1957-1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
12	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998-2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
13	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
14	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	1930	Alive	95 years, 337 days
15	Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	Prime Minister (1980-1987) President (1987-2017)	1924	2019	95 years, 197 days
16	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956)	1889	1985	95 years, 166 days
17	Daniel Arap Moi	Kenya	President (1978-2002)	1924	2019	95 years, 155 days
18	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994–1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 140 days
19	Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	President (1963-1965)	1916	2012	95 years, 108 days
20	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963-1964)	1929	2024	95 years, 105 days
21	Dawda Jawara	Gambia	President (1970-1994)	1924	2019	95 years, 103 days
22	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960–1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days
23	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979-1983)	1930	2025	94 years, 229 days
24	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980-1983; 1994-1995)	1931	2025	94 years, 123 days
25	Girma Wolde-Giorgis	Ethiopia	President (2001-2013)	1924	2018	93 years, 352 days
26	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	1931	Alive	94 years, 68 days
27	Zakaria Mohieddin	Egypt	Prime Minister (1965-1966)	1918	2012	93 years, 315 days
28	Shehu Shagari	Nigeria	President (1979-1983)	1925	2018	93 years, 308 days
29	Antoine Gizenga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Prime Minister (2006-2008)	1925	2020	93 years, 142 days
30	Idris I	Libya	King (1951-1969)	1890	1983	93 years, 73 days
	Beji Caid Essebsi	Tunisia	Prime Minister (2011) President (2014-2019)	1926	2019	92 years, 238 days
	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 296 days
	Hamed Karoui	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1989-1999)	1927	2020	92 years, 88 days
	Belaid Abdelsalam	Algeria	Prime Minister (1992-1993)	1928	2020	91 years, 343 days
	Quett Masire	Botwana	President (1980-1998)	1925	2017	91 years, 333 days
	Joseph Conombo	Upper Volta	Prime Minister (1978-1980)	1917	2008	91 years, 315 days
	Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigeria	Governor-General (1960-1963) President (1963-1966)	1904	1996	91 years, 177 days
	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	1934	Alive	91 years, 260 days
	Hosni Mubarak	Egypt	Prime Minister (1981-1982) President (1981-2011)	1928	2020	91 years, 143 days
	Désiré Rakotoarijaona	Madagascar	Prime Minister (1977–1988)	1934	Alive	91 years, 170 days
	Albert Zafy	Madagascar	President (1993-1996)	1927	2017	90 years, 165 days

Chronological list of longest-lived state leaders

Key

Longest-living

Time as Longest lived state leader	Name	State	Post	Lifespan Age
??–20 May 1976	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1966–1967)	12 Mar 1875–4 Sept 1961 (aged 86 years, 176 days)
20 May 1976–16 Jun 1994	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1966–1967)	25 Nov 1889–10 May 1985 (aged 95 years, 166 days)
16 Jun 1994–6 Mar 2009	Hastings Banda	Sudan	Prime Minister (1964-1966) President (1966-1994)	1898–25 Nov 1997 (aged 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days)
6 Mar 2009–7 Jan 2012	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Member of the Sovereignty Council (1964-1965)	10 Apr 1910–16 Apr 2009 (aged 99 years, 6 days)
7 Jan 2012–14 Aug 2016	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim President (1969)	1912–12 Jun 2012 (aged 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days)
14 Aug 2016–present	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	2 Mar 1917–17 Jan 2019 (aged 101 years, 321 days)

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders