List of longest-living state leaders from the Middle East
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This article lists the 100 longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states from the Middle East (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 President Celâl Bayar of Turkey, who lived to be 103 years and 98 days old. The oldest living state leader is currently President George Vassiliou of Cyprus, who is currently 94 years, 201 days.
Gallery
Oldest:
Turkey
Celâl Bayar
served: 1937-1939, 1950-19602nd oldest:
Jordan
Abdelsalam Majali
served: 1993-1995, 1997-19983rd oldest:
Turkey
Kenan Evren
served 1980-1989Oldest living and 12th oldest
Cyprus
George Vassiliou
served: 1988-1993
List
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celâl Bayar | Prime Minister (1937-1939) President (1950-1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days | |
| 2 | Abdelsalam Majali | Prime Minister (1993-1995; 1997-1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days | |
| 3 | Kenan Evren | President of the National Security Council (1980-1982) President (1982-1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days | |
| 4 | Yitzhak Shamir | Prime Minister (1983-1984; 1986-1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days | |
| 5 | Ali Bozer | Acting Prime Minister (1989) | 1925 | 2020 | 95 years, 65 days | |
| 6 | Saeb Salam | Prime Minister (1952; 1953; 1960-1961; 1970-1973) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 4 days | |
| 7 | Hassan ibn Yahya | Prime Minister (1948-1955) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 0 days | |
| 8 | Maarouf al-Dawalibi | Prime Minister (1951; 1961-1962) | 1909 | 2004 | 94 years, 292 days | |
| 9 | Salim Al-Huss | Prime Minister (1976-1980; 1987-1990; 1998-2000) Acting President (1988-1989; 1989) (Disputed with Michel Aoun from 1988 to 1990) |
1929 | 2024 | 94 years, 249 days | |
| 10 | Yitzhak Navon | President (1978-1983) | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 211 days | |
| 11 | Glafcos Clerides | President (1974; 1993-2003) | 1919 | 2013 | 94 years, 205 days | |
| 12 | George Vassiliou | President (1988-1993) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 201 days | |
| 13 | Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali | Prime Minister (1953-1954) | 1903 | 1997 | 94 years, 34 days | |
| 14 | Zakaria Mohieddin | Prime Minister (1965-1966) | 1918 | 2012 | 93 years, 315 days | |
| 15 | Bülend Ulusu | Prime Minister (1980-1983) | 1922 | 2015 | 93 years, 175 days | |
| 16 | Jamshid Amouzegar | Prime Minister (1977-1978) | 1923 | 2016 | 93 years, 94 days | |
| 17 | Shimon Peres | Prime Minister (1977; 1984-1986; 1995-1996) President (2007-2014) |
1923 | 2016 | 93 years, 57 days | |
| 18 | Ephraim Katzir | President (1973-1978) | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 14 days | |
| 19 | Mohammad Sa'ed | Prime Minister (1944; 1948-1950) | 1881 | 1973 | 92 years, 187 days | |
| 20 | Khaled Chehab | Prime Minister (1938; 1952-1953) | 1886 | 1978 | 92 years, 62 days | |
| 21 | Michel Aoun | President (2016-2022) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 68 days | |
| 22 | Nazim al-Qudsi | Prime Minister (1949; 1950-1951) President (1961-1963) |
1906 | 1998 | 91 years, 357 days | |
| 23 | Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy | Prime Minister (1974-1975) | 1923 | 2014 | 91 years, 353 days | |
| 24 | Hosni Mubarak | Prime Minister (1981-1982) President (1981-2011) |
1928 | 2020 | 91 years, 297 days | |
| 25 | Abdul Rahman Arif | Prime Minister (1967) President (1966-1968) |
1916 | 2007 | 91 years, 132 days | |
| 26 | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Prime Minister (2003-2006) Emir (2006-2020) |
1929 | 2020 | 91 years, 105 days | |
| 27 | Muzahim al-Pachachi | Prime Minister (1948-1949) | 1891 | 1982 | 91 years, 1 day | |
| 28 | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili | Member of the Presidential Council (1981) | 1926 | 2016 | 90 years, 300 days | |
| 29 | Süleyman Demirel | Prime Minister (1965-1971; 1975-1977; 1977-1978; 1979-1980; 1991-1993) President (1993-2000) |
1924 | 2015 | 90 years, 228 days | |
| 30 | Mohammed Basindawa | Prime Minister (2011-2014) | 1935 | Alive | 90 years, 247 days | |
| 31 | Abdullah | King (2005-2015) | 1924 | 2015 | 90 years, 175 days | |
| 32 | Alfred Naqqache | President (1941-1943) Prime Minister (1941) |
1888 | 1978 | 90 years, 146 days | |
| 33 | Arshad al-Umari | Prime Minister (1946; 1954) | 1888 | 1978 | 90 years, 119 days | |
| 34 | Mahmoud Abbas | Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2003) President of the Palestinian National Authority (2005–present) President of Palestine (2005–present) |
1935 | Alive | 90 years, 22 days | |
| 35 | Adnan Badran | Prime Minister (2005) | 1935 | Alive | 89 years, 357 days | |
| 36 | Salman | King (2015-present) Prime Minister (2015-2022) |
1935 | Alive | 89 years, 341 days | |
| 37 | Émile Lahoud | President (1998-2007) | 1936 | Alive | 89 years, 329 days | |
| 38 | Gholam Reza Azhari | Prime Minister (1978) | 1912 | 2001 | 89 years, 260 days | |
| 39 | Mudar Badran | Prime Minister (1976-1979; 1980-1984; 1989-1991) | 1934 | 2023 | 89 years, 94 days | |
| 40 | İsmet İnönü | Prime Minister (1923-1924; 1925-1937; 1961-1965) President (1938-1950) |
1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 92 days | |
| 41 | Ruhollah Khomeini | Supreme Leader (1979-1989) Head of State (1979) |
1900 | 1989 | 89 years, 17 days | |
| 42 | Hazem El Beblawi | Acting Prime Minister (2013-2014) | 1936 | Alive | 89 years, 51 days | |
| 43 | Naji Shawkat | Prime Minister (1932-1933) | 1891 | 1980 | 88 years, 350 days | |
| 44 | Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini | Prime Minister (1967; 1969; 1970-1971; 1971-1972; 1974-1975) | 1932 | 2021 | 88 years, 310 days | |
| 45 | Abolhassan Banisadr | President (1980-1981) | 1933 | 2021 | 88 years, 201 days | |
| 46 | Kamal Ganzouri | Prime Minister (1996-1999; 2011-2012) | 1933 | 2021 | 88 years, 79 days | |
| 47 | Abdul Rahman al-Eryani | President (1967-1974) Prime Minister (1963-1964) |
1910 | 1998 | 87 years, 277 days | |
| 48 | Fuad Masum | President (2014-2018) | 1938 | Alive | 87 years, 340 days | |
| 49 | Zaid Rifai | Prime Minister (1973-1976; 1984-1989) | 1936 | 2024 | 87 years, 259 days | |
| 50 | Abdul Halim Khaddam | Acting President (2000) | 1932 | 2020 | 87 years, 198 days | |
| 51 | Mehdi Bazargan | Prime Minister (1979) | 1907 | 1995 | 87 years, 141 days | |
| 52 | Camille Chamoun | President (1952-1958) | 1900 | 1987 | 87 years, 126 days | |
| 53 | Charles Helou | President (1964-1970) | 1913 | 2001 | 87 years, 104 days | |
| 54 | Nabil Shaath | Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2005) | 1938 | Alive | 87 years, 120 days | |
| 55 | David Ben-Gurion | Prime Minister (1948-1953; 1955-1963) Chairman of the Provisional State Council (1948) |
1886 | 1973 | 87 years, 46 days |