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Revision as of 02:03, 23 October 2023
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
- Guillermo Rodríguez Lara.jpg
Oldest living:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976 2nd-Oldest:
Laos
Khamtai Siphandone
served: 1991–20063rd-oldest:
Japan
Tomiichi Murayama
served 1994–1996Oldest living of a now-defunct state and 10th-oldest living:
Raif Dizdarević
Yugoslavia
1988–1989Oldest living incumbent and 69th-oldest living:
Paul Biya
Cameroon
1975–present
List
- Key
Currently in Office |
Rank | Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
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1 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Ecuador | Acting President (1972–1976) | 4 November 1923 | 100 years, 210 days |
2 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
8 February 1924 | 100 years, 114 days |
3 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 3 March 1924 | 100 years, 90 days |
4 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President (1977–1981) | 1 October 1924 | 99 years, 244 days |
5 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Tanzania | President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) |
8 May 1925 | 98 years, 24 days |
6 | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 10 July 1925 | 97 years, 327 days |
7 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Afghanistan | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) | 17 July 1925 | 97 years, 320 days |
8 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal | President (2000–2012) | 29 May 1926 | 98 years, 3 days |
9 | Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 3 November 1926 | 97 years, 211 days |
10 | Raif Dizdarević | Yugoslavia | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 9 December 1926 | 97 years, 175 days |
11 | Thanin Kraivichien | Thailand | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 5 April 1927 | 97 years, 57 days |
12 | Kim Yong-nam | North Korea | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 4 February 1928 | 96 years, 94 days |
13 | Arnold Rüütel | Estonia | Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
10 May 1928 | 96 years, 22 days |
14 | Arthur Foulkes | Bahamas | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 11 May 1928 | 96 years, 21 days |
15 | Péter Boross | Hungary | Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 27 August 1928 | 95 years, 279 days |
16 | Zhu Rongji | China | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 23 October 1928 | 95 years, 222 days |
17 | Édouard Balladur | France | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 2 May 1929 | 95 years, 30 days |
18 | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | President (1990–2005) | 12 May 1929 | 95 years, 20 days |
19 | Orville Turnquest | Bahamas | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 19 July 1929 | 94 years, 318 days |
20 | Jamshid bin Abdullah | Zanzibar | Sultan (1963–1964) | 16 September 1929 | 94 years, 259 days |
21 | Nikolai Ryzhkov | Soviet Union | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991) | 28 September 1929 | 94 years, 247 days |
23 | Violeta Chamorro | Nicaragua | Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980) President (1990–1997) |
18 October 1929 | 94 years, 227 days |
23 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | Mongolian People's Republic | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 15 November 1929 | 94 years, 199 days |
24 | Alfred Moisiu | Albania | President (2002–2007) | 1 December 1929 | 94 years, 183 days |
25 | Selim Hoss | Lebanon | Prime Minister (1976–1980; 1987–1990; 1998–2000) Acting President (1988–1989; 1989) |
20 December 1929 | 94 years, 164 days |
Lee Hyun-jae | South Korea | Prime Minister (1988) | |||
Milan Panić | Serbia and Montenegro | Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993) | |||
28 | Efraín Goldenberg | Peru | Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 28 December 1929 | 94 years, 156 days |
29 | Ahmed Osman | Morocco | Prime Minister (1972–1979) | 3 January 1930 | 94 years, 150 days |
30 | 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, 90 days |
31 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Iceland | President (1980–1996) | 15 April 1930 | 94 years, 47 days |
32 | José Sarney | Brazil | President (1985–1990) | 24 April 1930 | 94 years, 58 days |
33 | Kesang Choden | Bhutan | Regent (1972) | 21 May 1930 | 94 years, 11 days |
34 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | Bolivia | President (1993–1997; 2002–2003) | 1 July 1930 | 93 years, 336 days |
35 | Ivy Dumont | Bahamas | Acting Governor-General (2001–2002) Governor-General (2002–2005) |
2 October 1930 | 93 years, 243 days |
36 | Mabandla Dlamini | Swaziland | Prime Minister (1979–1983) | 11 November 1930 | 93 years, 203 days |
37 | Choe Yong-rim | North Korea | Premier (2010–2013) | 20 November 1930 | 93 years, 194 days |
38 | Cesar Virata | Philippines | Prime Minister (1981–1986) | 12 December 1930 | 93 years, 172 days |
39 | William Deane | Australia | Governor-General (1996–2001) | 4 January 1931 | 93 years, 149 days |
Cleopa Msuya | Tanzania | Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995) | |||
41 | Philip Greaves | Barbados | Acting Governor-General (2017–2018) | 19 January 1931 | 93 years, 134 days |
42 | Dries van Agt | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1977–1982) | 2 February 1931 | 93 years, 120 days |
43 | Isabel Perón | Argentina | President (1974–1976) | 4 February 1931 | 93 years, 118 days |
44 | Lamberto Dini | Italy | Prime Minister (1995–1996) | 1 March 1931 | 93 years, 92 days |
45 | Elliott Belgrave | Barbados | Acting Governor-General (2011–2012) Governor-General (2012–2017) |
16 March 1931 | 93 years, 77 days |
46 | Gioegios Vassilliou | Cyprus | President (1988–1993) | 20 May 1931 | 93 years, 12 days |
47 | 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, 364 days |
48 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Brazil | President (1995–2002) | 18 June 1931 | 92 years, 349 days |
49 | Khieu Samphan | Damocratic Kampuchea | Acting Prime Minister (1976) Chairman of the State Presidium (1976–1979) |
28 July 1931 | 92 years, 309 days |
50 | Pié Masumbuko | Burundi | Acting Prime Minister (1965) | 29 September 1931 | 92 years, 246 days |
51 | Michael Hardie Boys | New Zealand | Governor-General (1996–2001) | 6 October 1931 | 92 years, 239 days |
52 | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar | Bangladesh | Acting President (2002) | 1 December 1931 | 92 years, 183 days |
53 | Javier Valle Riestra | Peru | Prime Minister (1998) | 5 January 1932 | 92 years, 148 days |
54 | Edmund Wickham Lawrence | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Governor-General (2013–2015) | 14 February 1932 | 92 years, 108 days |
55 | Tang Fei | Taiwan | President of the Executive Yuan (2000) | 15 March 1932 | 92 years, 78 days |
56 | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | Thailand | Prime Minister (1996–1997) | 15 May 1932 | 92 years, 17 days |
57 | Marguerite Pindling | Bahamas | Governor-General (2014–2019) | 26 June 1932 | 91 years, 341 days |
58 | Anand Panyarachun | Thailand | Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992) | 9 August 1932 | 91 years, 297 days |
59 | Sirikit | Regent (1956) | 12 August 1932 | 91 years, 294 days | |
60 | Gavril Dejeu | Romania | Acting Prime Minister (1998) | 11 September 1932 | 91 years, 264 days |
61 | Manmohan Singh | India | Prime Minister (2004–2014) | 26 September 1932 | 91 years, 249 days |
62 | Vytautas Landsbergis | Lithuania | Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) | 18 October 1932 | 91 years, 227 days |
63 | Vitold Fokin | Ukraine | Prime Minister (1991–1992) | 25 October 1932 | 91 years, 220 days |
64 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury | Bangladesh | President (2001–2002) | 1 November 1932 | 91 years, 213 days |
65 | Ugo Mifsud Bonnici | Malta | President (1994–1999) | 8 November 1932 | 91 years, 206 days |
66 | Colville Young | Belize | Governor-General (1993–2021) | 20 November 1932 | 91 years, 194 days |
Kim Suk-soo | South Korea | Prime Minister (2002–2003) | |||
68 | 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, 120 days |
69 | Paul Biya | Cameroon | Prime Minister (1975–1982) President (1982–present) |
13 February 1933 | 91 years, 109 days |
70 | The Baron Eyskens | Belgium | Prime Minister (1981) | 29 April 1933 | 91 years, 33 days |
71 | H. D. Deve Gowda | India | Prime Minister (1996–1997) | 18 May 1933 | 91 years, 14 days |
72 | Basdeo Panday | Trinidad and Tobago | Prime Minister (1995–2001) | 25 May 1933 | 91 years, 7 days |
73 | Hüsamettin Cindoruk | Turkey | Acting President (1993) | 8 June 1933 | 90 years, 359 days |
74 | Fouad Mebazaa | Tunisia | Acting President (2011) | 15 June 1933 | 90 years, 352 days |
75 | Dumaagiin Sodnom | Mongolian People's Republic | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990) | 14 July 1933 | 90 years, 323 days |
76 | Suchinda Kraprayoon | Thailand | Prime Minister (1992) | 6 August 1933 | 90 years, 300 days |
77 | Rubén Darío Paredes | Panama | Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983) | 11 August 1933 | 90 years, 161 days |
78 | Arnold Koller | Switzerland | Federal Council Member (1986–1999) President (1990; 1997) |
29 August 1933 | 90 years, 277 days |
79 | Mátyás Szűrös | Hungary | Provisional President (1989–1990) | 11 September 1933 | 90 years, 264 days |
80 | Michel Aoun | Lebanon | President (2016–2022) | 30 September 1933 | 90 years, 255 days |
81 | Abel Pacheco | Costa Rica | President (2002–2006) | 22 December 1933 | 90 years, 162 days |
82 | Akihito | Japan | Emperor (1989–2019) | 23 December 1933 | 90 years, 161 days |
83 | Rudolf Schuster | Slovakia | President (1999–2004) | 4 January 1934 | 90 years, 149 days |
84 | Jean Chrétien | Canada | Prime Minister (1993–2003) | 11 January 1934 | 90 years, 142 days |
85 | Édith Cresson | France | Prime Minister (1991–1992) | 27 January 1934 | 90 years, 126 days |
86 | Eddie Fenech Adami | Malta | Prime Minister (1987–1996; 1998–2004) President (2004–2009) |
7 February 1934 | 90 years, 115 days |
87 | Mohamed Ennaceur | Tunisia | Acting President (2019) | 21 March 1934 | 90 years, 62 days |
88 | J. Y. Pillay | Singapore | Acting President (2017) | 30 March 1934 | 90 years, 63 days |
89 | Édouard Frank | Central African Republic | Prime Minister (1991–1992) | 5 April 1934 | 90 years, 57 days |
90 | John Malecela | Tanzania | Prime Minister (1990–1994) | 19 April 1934 | 90 years, 43 days |
91 | Pedro Pires | Cape Verde | Prime Minister (1975–1991) President (2001–2011) |
29 April 1934 | 90 years, 33 days |
92 | Lee Hong-koo | South Korea | Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 9 May 1934 | 90 years, 23 days |
93 | 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 | 90 years, 7 days |
94 | Monica Dacon | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Acting Governor-General (2002) | 4 June 1934 | 89 years, 363 days |
95 | Albert II | Belgium | King (1993–2013) | 6 June 1934 | 89 years, 361 days |
96 | Désiré Rakotoarijaona | Madagascar | Prime Minister (1977–1988) | 19 June 1934 | 89 years, 348 days |
97 | Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem | Angola | Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1996–1999) | 24 August 1934 | 89 years, 282 days |
98 | Ricardo de la Espriella | Panama | President (1982–1984) | 5 September 1934 | 89 years, 270 days |
99 | Apas Jumagulov | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister (1993–1998) | 19 September 1934 | 89 years, 256 days |
100 | Eugene Koffi Adoboli | Togo | Prime Minister (1999–2000) | 3 October 1934 | 89 years, 242 days |
Addendum
Uncertain date of birth
Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm | Syria | Prime Minister (1980–1987) | 1932 | 91 years, 153 days to 92 years, 152 days |
Severino Tura | San Marino | Captain Regent (1985) | 1934 | 89 years, 153 days to 90 years, 152 days |
Unclear status as state leaders
Name | State | Position | Birth | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|
Josip Manolić | Croatia | Prime Minister (1990–1991) | 22 March 1920 | 104 years, 71 days |
César Yanes Urías | El Salvador | Member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961) | 24 April 1920 | 104 years, 38 days |
Ali Haroun | Algeria | Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994) | 8 February 1927 | 97 years, 114 days |
Michael J. Williams | Trinidad and Tobago | Acting President during absence (1987) | 16 October 1929 | 94 years, 227 days |
Karan Singh | Janmu and Kashmir | Prince Regent (1952–1965) | 9 March 1931 | 93 years, 84 days |
Nicola Mancino | Italy | President of the Senate acting as head of state (1999) | 15 October 1931 | 92 years, 230 days |
Dimitru Mazilu | Romania | Member of the National Salvation Front Council (1989) | 24 June 1934 | 89 years, 343 days |
Unclear status as state leader with an uncertain date of birth
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, 153 days to 93 years, 152 days; or 89 years, 153 days to 90 years, 152 days |
Félix Rouzabakani | Congo-Braxzaville | Member of the Provisional Government (1963) | 1934 | 89 years, 153 days to 90 years, 152 days |
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