List of longest-living state leaders from North America
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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 light green. The longest-lived state leader from North America is Bernardino González Ruiz, former Acting President (1963) of Panama, who lived to 101 years, 64 days. Among the living the oldest is the former Governor-General of the Bahamas Sir Arthur Foulkes who is currently 97 years, 190 days.
Gallery
2nd-Oldest:
Mexico
Guillermo Rodriguez
served 1970–197
3rd-Oldest:
United States
Jimmy Carter
served: 1977–1971
4th-Oldest:
Jamaica
Clifford Cambell
served: 1962-1973
6th-Oldest:
Bahamas
Arthur Foulkes
served: 2010–2014
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List
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernardino González Ruiz |  Panama |
Acting Leader (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
| 2 | Luis Echeverría |  Mexico |
President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
| 3 | Jimmy Carter |  United States |
President (1977–1981) | 1924 | 2024 | 100 years, 89 days |
| 4 | Clifford Campbell |  Jamaica |
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
| 5 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica |
Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
| 6 | Arthur Foulkes |  Bahamas |
Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 190 days |
| 7 | Martial Célestin |  Haiti |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
| 8 | Orville Turnquest | Bahamas |
Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 121 days |
| 9 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | .svg){kind=small} Costa Rica |
President (1958–1962) | 1915 | 2011 | 96 years, 43 days |
| 10 | Michael J. Williams |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Acting President during absence (1987) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 30 days |
| 11 | Joaquin Balaguer |  Dominican Republic |
President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) | 1906 | 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 12 | Fred Degazon |  Dominica |
President (1979–1980) | 1913 | 2008 | 95 years, 274 days |
| 13 | Violeta Chamorro |  Nicaragua |
Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997) |
1929 | 2025 | 95 years, 202 days |
| 14 | Juan José Estrada | Nicaragua |
President (1910–1911) | 1872 | 1967 | 95 years, 191 days |
| 15 | Antonio Imbert Barrera | Dominican Republic |
President (1965) | 1920 | 2016 | 95 years, 180 days |
| 16 | Cuthbert Sebastian |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Governor-General (1996-2013) | 1921 | 2017 | 95 years, 154 days |
| 17 | Ivy Dumont | Bahamas |
Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005) |
1930 | Alive | 95 years, 46 days |
| 18 | Philip Greaves |  Barbados |
Acting Governor-General (2017–2018) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 302 days |
| 19 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas | Nicaragua |
President (1917-1921) | 1871 | 1966 | 94 years, 291 days |
| 20 | Elliott Belgrave | Barbados |
Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017) |
1931 | Alive | 94 years, 246 days |
| 21 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol |  Guatemala |
President (1865) | 1802 | 1897 | 94 years, 207 days |
| 22 | Héctor Trujillo | Dominican Republic |
President (1952–1960) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 196 days |
| 23 | Allan Louisy |  Saint Lucia |
Prime Minister (1979–1981) | 1916 | 2011 | 94 years, 176 days |
| 24 | George H. W. Bush | United States |
President (1989–1993) | 1924 | 2018 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 25 | Raúl Castro |  Cuba |
President of the Council of State (2006–2018) President of the Council of Ministers (2006–2018) First Secretary of the Communist Party (2011–2021) |
1931 | Alive | 94 years, 168 days |
| 26 | Charles Tupper | .svg){kind=small} Canada |
Prime Minister (1896) | 1821 | 1915 | 94 years, 120 days |
| 27 | Herbert Duffus | Jamaica |
Acting Governor-General (1973) | 1908 | 2002 | 94 years, 56 days |
| 28 | Paul Magloire | Haiti |
President (1950–1956) | 1907 | 2001 | 93 years, 358 days |
| 29 | Mackenzie Bowell | Canada |
Prime Minister (1894–1896) | 1823 | 1917 | 93 years, 348 days |
| 30 | Arturo Armando Molina |  El Salvador |
President (1972–1977) | 1927 | 2021 | 93 years, 346 days |
| 31 | José Bordas Valdez | Dominican Republic |
President (1913-1914) | 1874 | 1968 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 32 | José Joaquín Trejos Fernández | Costa Rica |
President (1966-1970) | 1916 | 2010 | 93 years, 298 days |
| 33 | Tiburcio Carías Andino | .svg){kind=small} Honduras |
President (1932–1949) | 1876 | 1979 | 93 years, 293 days |
| 34 | François Denys Légitime | Haiti |
President (1888-1889) | 1841 | 1935 | 93 years, 251 days |
| 35 | Jorge Ilueca | Panama |
President (1984) | 1918 | 2012 | 93 years, 228 days |
| 36 | Edmund Lawrence | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Governor-General (2013–2015) | 1932 | 2025 | 93 years, 205 days |
| 37 | Gerald Ford | United States |
President (1974-1977) | 1913 | 2006 | 93 years, 165 days |
| 38 | Alexander Bustamante | Jamaica |
Prime Minister (1962-1967) | 1884 | 1977 | 93 years, 163 days |
| 39 | Arthur Dion Hanna | Bahamas |
Governor-General (2006–2010) | 1928 | 2021 | 93 years, 149 days |
| 40 | Marguerite Pinding | Bahamas |
Governor-General (2014–2019) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 144 days |
| 41 | Ronald Reagan | United States |
President (1981–1989) | 1911 | 2004 | 93 years, 120 days |
| 42 | Enrique Bolaños | Nicaragua |
President (2002–2007) | 1928 | 2021 | 93 years, 31 days |
| 43 | Ellis Clarke | Trinidad and Tobago |
Governor-General (1972–1976) President (1976–1987) |
1917 | 2010 | 93 years, 2 days |
| 44 | Carlos Humberto Romero | El Salvador |
President (1977–1979) | 1924 | 2017 | 92 years, 363 days |
| 45 | Colville Young |  Belize |
Governor-General (1993–2021) | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 362 days |
| 46 | George Calde Price | Belize |
Prime Minister (1961-1980) | 1919 | 2011 | 92 years, 247 days |
| 47 | Juan Bosch | Dominican Republic |
President (1963) | 1909 | 2001 | 92 years, 124 days |
| 48 | Jean-Jacques Honorat | Haiti |
Prime Minister (1991-1992) | 1931 | 2023 | 92 years, 116 days |
| 49 | Rubén Darío Paredes | Panama |
Commander of the National Guard (1981–1982) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 98 days |
| 50 | Reginald Palmer |  Grenada |
Governor-General (1992–1996) | 1923 | 2016 | 92 years, 38 days |
| 51 | Manuel Solís Palma | Panama |
Acting President (1988-1989) | 1917 | 2009 | 91 years, 338 days |
| 52 | Abel Pacheco |  Costa Rica |
President (2002–2006) | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 330 days |
| 53 | 'Jean Chrétien |  Canada |
Prime Minister (1993–2003) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 310 days |
| 54 | Efrain Rios Montt | Guatemala |
President (1982-1983) | 1926 | 2018 | 91 years, 289 days |
| 55 | Roberto Suazo Córdoba | Honduras |
President (1982-1986) | 1927 | 2018 | 91 years, 280 days |
| 56 | Andrés Rivero Agüero | Cuba |
President (1957-1958) | 1905 | 1996 | 91 years, 278 days |
| 57 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | .svg){kind=small} Canada |
Governor-General (1911-1916) | 1850 | 1942 | 91 years, 260 days |
| 58 | Charles Fitzpatrick | Canada |
Acting Governor-General (1916) | 1851 | 1942 | 91 years, 181 days |
| 59 | Louis St. Laurent | Canada |
Prime Minister (1948-1957) | 1882 | 1973 | 91 years, 174 days |
| 60 | Monica Dacon |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Acting Governor-General (2002) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 166 days |
| 61 | Roland Michener | Canada |
Governor-General (1967-1974) | 1900 | 1991 | 91 years, 109 days |
| 62 | Nicholas Brathwaite | Canada |
Prime Minister (1990–1995) | 1925 | 2016 | 91 years, 112 days |
| 63 | Florizel Glasspole | Jamaica |
Acting Governor-General (1973-1991) | 1909 | 2000 | 91 years, 92 days |
| 64 | John Turner | Canada |
Prime Minister (1984) | 1929 | 2020 | 91 years, 104 days |
| 65 | Clifford Darling | Barbados |
Governor-General (1992-1995) | 1923 | 2017 | 91 years, 67 days |
| 66 | Ricardo de la Espriella | Panama |
President (1982–1984) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 73 days |
| 67 | Luis Alberto Monge | Costa Rica |
President (1982-1986) | 1925 | 2016 | 90 years, 353 days |
| 68 | Élie Lescot | .svg){kind=small} Haiti |
President (1941-1946) | 1883 | 1974 | 90 years, 315 days |
| 69 | Aurelius Marie | Dominica |
President (1980-1983) | 1904 | 1995 | 90 years, 279 days |
| 70 | Basdeo Panday | Trinidad and Tobago |
Prime Minister (1995-2001) | 1931 | 2021 | 90 years, 221 days |
| 71 | P. J. Patterson | Jamaica |
Prime Minister (1992–2006) | 1935 | Alive | 90 years, 221 days |
| 72 | Gonzalo Güell | Cuba |
Prime Minister (1958-1959) | 1895 | 1985 | 90 years, 198 days |
| 73 | James Fitz-Allen Mitchell | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Prime Minister (1972-1974; 1984-2000) | 1931 | 2021 | 90 years, 192 days |
| 74 | Lyman Poor Duff | Canada |
Acting Governor-General (1935) Regent (1940) |
1865 | 1955 | 90 years, 109 days |
| 75 | Fidel Castro | Cuba |
President of the Council of State (1976–2008) President of the Council of Ministers (1976–2008) First Secretary of the Communist Party (1959–2011) |
1926 | 2016 | 90 years, 104 days |
| 76 | Henry Minton Taylor | The Bahamas |
Governor-General (1988-1991) Governor-General (1991-1994) |
1950 | 1994 | 90 years, 102 days |
| 77 | Sydney Gun-Monroe | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Governor-General (1979-1985) | 1916 | 2007 | 90 years, 92 days |
| 78 | Herbert Hoover | .svg){kind=small} United States |
President (1929-1933) | 1874 | 1964 | 90 years, 71 days |
| 79 | Elmira Minita Gordon | Belize |
Governor-General (1981-1993) | 1930 | 2021 | 90 years, 2 days |
| 80 | Clifford Darling | The Bahamas |
Governor-General (1967-1971; 1976-1994) | 1922 | 2011 | 89 years, 324 days |
| 81 | Edward Schreyer | Canada |
Governor-General (1979–1984) | 1935 | Alive | 89 years, 331 days |
| 82 | Carlyle Glean | Canada |
Governor-General (2008-2013) | 1932 | 2021 | 89 years, 313 days |
| 83 | Pierre Nord Alexis | Haiti |
President (1902–1908) | 1820 | 1910 | 89 years, 272 days |
| 84 | Alejandro Maldonado | Guatemala |
President (2015-2016) | 1936 | Alive | 89 years, 315 days |
| 85 | Kennedy Simmonds | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Prime Minister (1980-1995) | 1936 | Alive | 89 years, 219 days |
| 86 | Edward Seaga | Jamaica |
Governor-General (1980-1989) | 1930 | 2019 | 89 years, 0 days |
| 87 | Daniel Williams | Grenada |
Governor-General (1996-2008) | 1935 | 2024 | 88 years, 333 days |
| 88 | Harry S. Truman | United States |
President (1945-1953) | 1884 | 1972 | 88 years, 231 days |
| 89 | Oswaldo López | Honduras |
President (1963-1971; 1972-1975) | 1921 | 2010 | 88 years, 320 days |
| 90 | Prosper Avril | Haiti |
Prime Minister (1997-2000) | 1936 | Alive | 89 years, 219 days |
| 91 | Gérard Latortue | Haiti |
Prime Minister (2004-2006) | 1934 | 2023 | 88 years, 253 days |
| 92 | Enrique Peralta Azurdia | Guatemala |
Head of Government (1963–1966) | 1908 | 1997 | 88 years, 246 days |
| 93 | Louis Cools-Lartigue | Domica |
President (1977-1978; 1979) | 1905 | 1993 | 88 years, 215 days |
| 94 | Cornelius Smith | Bahamas |
Governor-General (2019–2023) | 1937 | Alive | 88 years, 224 days |
| 95 | Vicente Mejía Colindres | Honduras |
Provisional President (1919) President (1929-1933) |
1878 | 1966 | 88 years, 140 days |
| 96 | Vere Bird |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Acting Governor-General (1981-1994) | 1910 | 1998 | 88 years, 203 days |
| 97 | Adolfo Díaz | Nicaragua |
President (1911-1917; 1926-1929) | 1875 | 1964 | 88 years, 197 days |
| 98 | Ricardo J. Alfaro | Panama |
Acting President (1931-1932) | 1882 | 1971 | 88 years, 187 days |
| 99 | Edward Zacca | Canada |
Acting Governor-General (1935) Regent (1940) |
1865 | 1955 | 88 years, 108 days |
| 100 | James Carlisle | Bahamas |
Governor-General (1993–2021) | 1937 | Alive | 88 years, 104 days |
| 1xx | Emilio Portes Gil | Mexico |
President (1928-1930) | 1890 | 1978 | 88 years, 68 days--> |