List of oldest living state leaders

This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leadersTemplate:Efn-lg of sovereign states with significant international recognition. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years.

Gallery

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  Oldest-living:
  Laos
  Khamtai Siphandone
  served: 1991–2006

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  2nd-oldest:
  Japan
  Tomiichi Murayama
  served 1994–1996;

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  3rd-oldest:
  United States
  Jimmy Carter
  served 1977–1981

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  Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 11th-oldest living:
  Raif Dizdarević
  Yugoslavia
  1988–1989

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  Oldest living incumbent and 72nd-oldest living:
  Paul Biya
  Cameroon
  1975–present

List

Rank	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
1	Khamtai Siphandone	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	8 February 1924	100 years, 102 days
2	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	3 March 1924	100 years, 78 days
3	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1 October 1924	99 years, 232 days
4	Guillermo Rodríguez	Ecuador	Acting President (1972–1976)	4 November 1924	99 years, 198 days
5	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	8 May 1925	98 years, 12 days
6	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	29 June 1925	97 years, 326 days
7	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	10 July 1925	97 years, 315 days
8	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Afghanistan	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)	17 July 1925	97 years, 308 days
9	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	President (2000–2012)	29 May 1926	97 years, 357 days
10	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)	3 November 1926	97 years, 199 days
11	Raif Dizdarević	Yugoslavia	President of the Presidency (1988–1989)	9 December 1926	97 years, 163 days
12	Thanin Kraivichien	Thailand	Prime Minister (1976–1977)	5 April 1927	97 years, 45 days
13	Kim Yong-nam	North Korea	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019)	4 February 1928	96 years, 82 days
14	Arnold Rüütel	Estonia	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006)	10 May 1928	96 years, 10 days
15	Arthur Foulkes	Bahamas	Governor-General (2010–2014)	11 May 1928	96 years, 9 days
16	Péter Boross	Hungary	Prime Minister (1993–1994)	27 August 1928	95 years, 267 days
17	Zhu Rongji	China	Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)	23 October 1928	95 years, 210 days
18	Balladur	France	Prime Minister (1993–1995)	2 May 1929	95 years, 18 days
19	Sam Nujoma	Namibia	President (1990–2005)	12 May 1929	95 years, 8 days
20	Orville Turnquest	Bahamas	Governor-General (1995–2001)	19 July 1929	94 years, 306 days
21	Jamshid bin Abdullah	Zanzibar	Sultan (1963–1964)	16 September 1929	94 years, 247 days
22	Nikolai Ryzhkov	Soviet Union	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991)	28 September 1929	94 years, 235 days
23	Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997)	18 October 1929	94 years, 215 days
24	Gombojavyn Ochirbat	Mongolian People's Republic	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)	15 November 1929	94 years, 187 days
25	Alfred Moisiu	Albania	President (2002–2007)	1 December 1929	94 years, 171 days
26	Selim Hoss	Lebanon	Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989)	20 December 1929	94 years, 152 days
	Lee Hyun-jae	South Korea	Prime Minister (1988)
	Milan Panić	Serbia and Montenegro	Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)
29	Efraín Goldenberg	Peru	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	28 December 1929	94 years, 144 days
30	Ahmed Osman	Morocco	Prime Minister (1972–1979)	3 January 1930	94 years, 138 days
31	Ion Iliescu	Romania	Chairman of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990) President of the Provisional National Unity Council (1990) President (1990–1996; 2000–2004)	3 March 1930	94 years, 78 days
32	Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President (1980–1996)	15 April 1930	94 years, 35 days
33	José Sarney	Brazil	President (1985–1990)	24 April 1930	94 years, 46 days
34	Kesang Choden	Bhutan	Regent (1972)	21 May 1930	93 years, 365 days
35	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Bolivia	President (1993–1997; 2002–2003)	1 July 1930	93 years, 324 days
36	Ivy Dumont	Bahamas	Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005)	2 October 1930	93 years, 231 days
37	Mabandla Dlamini	Swaziland	Prime Minister (1979–1983)	11 November 1930	93 years, 191 days
38	Choe Yong-rim	North Korea	Premier (2010–2013)	20 November 1930	93 years, 182 days
39	Cesar Virata	Philippines	Prime Minister (1981–1986)	12 December 1930	93 years, 160 days
40	William Deane	Australia	Governor-General (1996–2001)	4 January 1931	93 years, 137 days
	Cleopa Msuya	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995)
42	Philip Greaves	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2017–2018)	19 January 1931	93 years, 122 days
43	Dries van Agt	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1977–1982)	2 February 1931	93 years, 108 days
44	Isabel Perón	Argentina	President (1974–1976)	4 February 1931	93 years, 106 days
45	Lamberto Dini	Italy	Prime Minister (1995–1996)	1 March 1931	93 years, 80 days
46	Elliott Belgrave	Barbados	Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017) ||16 March 1931||93 years, 65 days
47	Jean-Jacques Honorat	Haiti	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	1 April 1931	93 years, 49 days
48	Gioegios Vassilliou	Cyprus	President (1988–1993)	20 May 1931	93 years, 0 days
49	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)	3 June 1931	92 years, 352 days
50	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	President (1995–2002)	18 June 1931	92 years, 337 days
51	Khieu Samphan	Damocratic Kampuchea	Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979)	28 July 1931	92 years, 297 days
52	Pié Masumbuko	Burundi	Acting Prime Minister (1965)	29 September 1931	92 years, 234 days
53	Michael Hardie Boys	New Zealand	Governor-General (1996–2001)	6 October 1931	92 years, 227 days
54	Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar	Bangladesh	Acting President (2002)	1 December 1931	92 years, 171 days
55	Javier Valle Riestra	Peru	Prime Minister (1998)	5 January 1932	92 years, 136 days
56	Edmund Wickham Lawrence	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General (2013–2015)	14 February 1932	92 years, 96 days
57	Tang Fei	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (2000)	15 March 1932	92 years, 66 days
58	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Thailand	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	15 May 1932	92 years, 5 days
59	Marguerite Pindling	Bahamas	Governor-General (2014–2019)	26 June 1932	91 years, 329 days
60	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand	Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)	9 August 1932	91 years, 285 days
61	Sirikit		Regent (1956)	12 August 1932	91 years, 282 days
62	Gavril Dejeu	Romania	Acting Prime Minister (1998)	11 September 1932	91 years, 252 days
63	Manmohan Singh	India	Prime Minister (2004–2014)	26 September 1932	91 years, 237 days
64	Vytautas Landsbergis	Lithuania	Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)	18 October 1932	91 years, 215 days
65	Vitold Fokin	Ukraine	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	25 October 1932	91 years, 208 days
66	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	Bangladesh	President (2001–2002)	1 November 1932	91 years, 201 days
67	Ugo Mifsud Bonnici	Malta	President (1994–1999)	8 November 1932	91 years, 194 days
68	Colville Young	Belize	Governor-General (1993–2021)	20 November 1932	91 years, 182 days
	Kim Suk-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2002–2003)
70	Bill Hayden	Australia	Governor-General (1989–1996)	23 January 1933	91 years, 118 days
71	Than Shwe	Myanmar	Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (1992–2011) Prime Minister (1992–2003) Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (1993–2011)	2 February 1933	91 years, 108 days
72	Paul Biya	Cameroon	Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present)	13 February 1933	91 years, 97 days
73	The Baron Eyskens	Belgium	Prime Minister (1981)	29 April 1933	91 years, 21 days
74	H. D. Deve Gowda	India	Prime Minister (1996–1997)	18 May 1933	91 years, 2 days
75	Basdeo Panday	Trinidad and Tobago	Prime Minister (1995–2001)	25 May 1933	90 years, 361 days
76	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Turkey	Acting President (1993)	8 June 1933	90 years, 347 days
77	Fouad Mebazaa	Tunisia	Acting President (2011)	15 June 1933	90 years, 340 days
78	Dumaagiin Sodnom	Mongolian People's Republic	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)	14 July 1933	90 years, 311 days
79	Suchinda Kraprayoon	Thailand	Prime Minister (1992)	6 August 1933	90 years, 288 days
80	Rubén Darío Paredes	Panama	Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983)	11 August 1933	90 years, 149 days
81	Arnold Koller	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997)	29 August 1933	90 years, 265 days
82	Mátyás Szűrös	Hungary	Provisional President (1989–1990)	11 September 1933	90 years, 252 days
	Rachid Sfar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1986–1987)
84	Michel Aoun	Lebanon	President (2016–2022)	30 September 1933	90 years, 243 days
85	Abel Pacheco	Costa Rica	President (2002–2006)	22 December 1933	90 years, 150 days
86	Akihito	Japan	Emperor (1989–2019)	23 December 1933	90 years, 149 days
87	Rudolf Schuster	Slovakia	President (1999–2004)	4 January 1934	90 years, 137 days
88	Jean Chrétien	Canada	Prime Minister (1993–2003)	11 January 1934	90 years, 130 days
89	Édith Cresson	France	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	27 January 1934	90 years, 114 days
90	Eddie Fenech Adami	Malta	Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009)||7 February 1934||90 years, 103 days
91	Mohamed Ennaceur	Tunisia	Acting President (2019)	21 March 1934	90 years, 50 days
92	J. Y. Pillay	Singapore	Acting President (2017)	30 March 1934	90 years, 51 days
93	Édouard Frank	Central African Republic	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	5 April 1934	90 years, 45 days
94	John Malecela	Tanzania	Prime Minister (1990–1994)	19 April 1934	90 years, 31 days
95	Pedro Pires	Cape Verde	Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011)||29 April 1934||90 years, 21 days
96	Henri Konan Bédié	Côte d'Ivoire	Acting President (1993–1995) President (1995–1999)||5 May 1934||90 years, 15 days
97	Lee Hong-koo	South Korea	Prime Minister (1994–1995)	9 May 1934	90 years, 11 days
98	Heng Samrin	Deocratic Kampuchea	President of the Council of State (1979–1992) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1981–1991)	25 May 1934	89 years, 361 days
99	Monica Dacon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General (2002)	4 June 1934	89 years, 351 days
100	Albert II	Belgium	King (1993–2013)	6 June 1934	89 years, 349 days

Unclear status as state leaders

The following individuals are older than #55–1 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.Template:Efn-lg

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	22 March 1920	104 years, 61 days
César Yanes Urías	El Salvador	Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)	24 April 1920	104 years, 26 days
Ali Haroun	Algeria	Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)	8 February 1927	97 years, 102 days
Michael J. Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	Acting President during absence (1987)	16 October 1929	94 years, 215 days
Nicola Mancino	Italy	President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999)	15 October 1931	92 years, 218 days

Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth

The following individuals might be older than #100–41 on this list, however their exact dates of birth are uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Age
Waldo Bernal Pereira	Bolivia	Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1980) Member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)	1931 or 1934	92 years, 141 days to 93 years, 140 days; or 89 years, 141 days to 90 years, 140 days
Félix Rouzabakani	Congo-Braxzaville	Member of the Provisional Government (1963)	1934	89 years, 141 days to 90 years, 140 days

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