List of longest-living state leaders from Asia

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) and cardinals, 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. Among the living the oldest is Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad who is currently 100 years, 130 days, and the 2nd oldest currently living state leader is the Former Chairman of the Council of Ministers who is currently 100 years, 123 days.

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  Oldest:
   Ecuador
  Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
  served: 1962

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  2nd-Oldest:
   Turkey
  Celâl Bayar
  served: 1937–1939; 1950–1960

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  3rd-Oldest:
    Japan
  Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
  served: 1945

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  10th-Oldest:
   Malaysia
  Mahathir Mohamad
  served: 1981-2003; 2018-2020

List

UPDATED 11/17/2025

Color	Note
	Living 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	Celâl Bayar	Turkey	Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
4	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
5	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	2025	101 years, 228 days
6	Zhang Qun	Taiwan	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
7	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
8	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 88 days
9	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	2025	101 years, 53 days
10	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
11	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	100 years, 130 days
12	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Prime Minister (1988-1989)	1925	Alive	100 years, 123 days
13	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 211 days
14	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
15	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
16	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
17	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
18	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
19	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
20	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	1927	2025	97 years, 324 days
21	Abdelsalam Majali	Jordan	Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)	1925	2023	97 years, 319 days
22	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
23	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
24	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	1928	2025	97 years, 272 days
25	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
26	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988 2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
26	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	1928	Alive	97 years, 25 days
27	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister(1981-1984; 1986-1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
28	Yang Hyong-sop	North Korea	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983-1998)	1925	2022	96 years, 224 days
29	Jiang Zemin	China	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount Leader (1988–2002) President (1993–2003)	1926	2022	96 years, 105 days
30	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolia	[[wikipedia:Chairman of the Mongolian People's Party|]] (1990)	1929	Alive	96 years, 6 days
31	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)	1929	Alive	95 years, 332 days
32	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990-2005)	1929	2025	95 years, 272 days
33	Trần Thiện Khiêm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1969–1975)	1925	2021	95 years, 191 days
34	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
30-35	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
36	Pak Song-chol	North Korea	Premier (1976-1977)	1913	2008	95 years, 56 days
37	Ali Bozer	Turkey	Acting Prime Minister (1989)	1925	2020	95 years, 57 days
38	Nguyễn Vãn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1954)	1895	1990	95 years, 48 days
39	Saeb Salam	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973)	1905	2000	95 years, 4 days
40	Hassan ibn Yahya	Yemen	Prime Minister (1948–1955)	1908	2003	95 years, 0 days
41	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010-2013)	1930	Alive	94 years, 362 days
42	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981-1986)	1930	Alive	94 years, 340 days
43	Emilio Aguinaldo	Philippines	President (1899–1901)	1869	1964	94 years, 321 days
44	Maarouf al-Dawalibi	Syria	Prime Minister (1951, 1961-1962)	1909	2004	94 years, 292 days
45	Sanya Dharmasakti	Thailand	Prime Minister (1973–1975)	1907	2002	94 years, 276 days
46	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000) Acting President (1988-1989, 1989)	1929	2024	94 years, 264 days
47	Yitzhak Navon	Israel	President (1978–1983)	1921	2015	94 years, 211 days
48	Glafcos Clerides	Cyprus	Acting President (1974) President (1993-2003)	1919	2013	94 years, 205 days
49	Wijeyananda Dahanayake	Sri Lanka	Prime Minister (1959–1960)	1902	1997	94 years, 194 days
50	Nikolai Ryzhkov	Soviet Union	Premier (1985–1991)	1930	2024	94 years, 153 days
51	Fidel V. Ramos	Philippines	President(1992-1998)	1928	2022	94 years, 135 days
52	Balakh Sher Mazari	Pakistan	Acting Prime Minister (1993)	1928	2022	94 years, 119 days
53	Khieu Samphan	Democratic Kampuchea	Prime Minister (1988)	1931	Alive	94 years, 112 days
54	Phạm Vãn Đồng	North Vietnam  State of Vietnam	Prime Minister (1955–1987)	1906	2000	94 years, 59 days
55	Muhammad Fahdel al-Jamali	Iraq	Prime Minister (1953–1954)	1903	1997	94 years, 34 days
56	C. Rajogopalachari	India	Governor-General (1946–1950)	1878	1972	94 years, 15 days
57	Jalaluddin Tehrani	Iran	Chairman of the Regency Council (1978-1979)	1893	1987	93 years, 360 days
58	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	1930	2024	93 years, 358 days
59	Kang Young-hoon	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988–1990)	1922	2016	93 years, 346 days
60	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1931	Alive	93 years, 351 days
61	Zakaria Mohieddin	Egypt	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1918	2013	93 years, 315 days
62	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi	Afghanistan	Acting President (1992)	1925	2018	93 years, 296 days
63	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	India	Prime Minister (1998-2004)	1924	2018	93 years, 234 days
64	Zenko Zuzuki	Japan	Prime Minister (1980–1982)	1911	2004	93 years, 190 days
65	Bülend Ulusu	Turkey	Prime Minister (1980-1983)	1922	2015	93 years, 175 days
66	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996-1997)	1932	Alive	93 years, 186 days
67	Jamshid Amouzegar	Iran	Prime Minister (1977-1978)	1923	2016	93 years, 119 days
68	Efraim Katzir	Israel	President (1973–1978)	1916	2010	93 years, 107 days
69	Anand Panrayachun	Thailand	1932	Alive	93 years, 100 days
70	Sirikit	Thailand	Regent (1956)	1932	2025	93 years, 73 days
71	Nuon Chea	Kampuchea	Prime Minister (1976)	1926	2019	93 years, 28 days
72	Sa Zhenbing	China	Premier (1920)	1859	1952	93 years, 11 days
73	I.K. Gujral	India	Prime Minister (1997–1998)	1919	2012	92 years, 362 days
74	Yun Posun	South Korea	President (1960–1962)	1897	1990	92 years, 352 days
75	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister of South Korea (2002-2003)	1932	Alive	92 years, 362 days
76	Thanom Kittikachorn	Thailand	Prime Minister (1958, 1963-1973)	1911	2004	92 years, 310 days
77	Mohammad Zahir Shah	Afghanistan	King (1933-1973)	1914	2006	92 years, 280 days
78	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar	Pakistan	President (1998-2001)	1929	2021	92 years, 264 days
79	Mohammad Sa'ed	Iran	Template:Prime Minister of Iran (1944, 1948-1950)	1881	1973	92 years, 187 days
80	H. D. Deve Godwa	India	Prime Minister (1996-1997)	1933	Alive	92 years, 183 days
81	Mehdi Qoli Heydayat	Iran	1863	1955	92 years, 173 days
82	Kim Jong-pil	South Korea	Prime Minister (1971-1975; 1998-2000)	1926	2018	92 years, 170 days
83	Heo Jeong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1960)	1896	1988	92 years, 163 days
84	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	1933	Alive	92 years, 162 days
85	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolia	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984-1990)	1933	Alive	92 years, 126 days
86	Ivan Silayev	Soviet Union	Premier (1991)	1930	2023	94 years, 110 days
87	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004-2014)	1932	2024	92 years, 92 days
88	Tulsi Giri	Nepal	Prime Minister (1960-1963, 1964-1965, 1975-1977)	1926	2018	92 years, 81 days
89	Khaled Chehab	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1938, 1952-1953)	1886	1978	92 years, 62 days
90	S. R. Nathan	Singapore	President (1999-2011)	1924	2016	92 years, 50 days
91	Shahabuddin Ahmed		Acting President (1990-1991) President (1996-2001)	1930	2022	92 years, 48 days
92	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016-2022)	1933	Alive	92 years, 48 days
93	Sisavath Keobounpanh	Laos	Prime Minister (1998-2001)	1928	2020	92 years, 11 days
94	Nazim al-Qudsi	Syria	Prime Minister (1949, 1950-1951) President (1961-1963)	1906	1998	91 years, 357 days
95	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989-2019)	1933	Alive	91 years, 329 days
96	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister	1933	2025	91 years, 309 days
97	Mir Hazar Khan Khoso	Bangladesh	Caretaker Prime Minister (2013)	1929	2021	91 years, 265 days
98	Chung Won-shik	South Korea	Prime Minister (1991-1992)	1928	2020	91 years, 251 days
99	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2013)	1934	Alive	91 years, 232 days
100	Ne Win	Burma	Prime Minister (1958-1960, 1962-1974) President (1974-1981)	1911	2002	91 years, 195 days

Next to Join

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994-1995)	1934	Alive	91 years, 192 days
2	Pratibha Patil	India	President (2007-2012)	1934	Alive	90 years, 333 days
3	Artur Rasizade	Azerbaijan	Prime Minister (1996-2003; 2003-2018)	1935	Alive	90 years, 264 days
4	Mohammed Basindawa	Yemen	Prime Minister (2011-2014)	1935	Alive	90 years, 227 days
5	Sharavyn Gungaadorj	Mongolia	Prime Minister (1990)	1935	Alive	90 years, 199 days
6	Sultan Ali Keshtmand	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1981–1988; 1989–1990)	1935	Alive	90 years, 179 days
7	Lee Hoi-chang	South Korea	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	1935	Alive	90 years, 168 days
8	Tenzin Gyatso	Tibet	Ruler (1950–1959) Dalai Lama (1937–present)	1935	Alive	90 years, 134 days
9	Mahmoud Abbas	Palestine	Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2003) President (2005 present) President(2005–present)	1935	Alive	90 years, 2 days
10	Salman	Saudi Arabia	King (2015–present) Prime Minister (2015–2022)	1935	Alive	89 years, 321 days

Addendum

Uncertain Date of Birth

The following individuals might be older than #30–78 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name	State	Position	Born	Died	Age
Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941-1942, 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days
Naji Talib	Iraq	Prime Minister (1966-1967)	1917	2012	94 years, 236 days to 94 years, 266 days
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	Syria	Prime Minister (1991-1992, 1992)	1932	2025	92 years, 292 days to 93 years, 291 days

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders