List of longest-living state leaders
This article lists 100 oldest known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister), born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived state leader with known exact date of birth and death was Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 days.
The most recent longest living state leader to die was thw former Genera Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovkia Miloš Jakeš of Czechoslovakia at the age of 97 years, 322 days on 10 July 2020 and since his death last 10 July, no state leader has died in the last 9 months and 11 days (285 days).
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Oldest ever:
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
served 19622nd-oldest ever:
Celâl Bayar
served 1937–1939 & 1950–19603rd-oldest ever:
Antoine Pinay
served 1952–1953Oldest currently living and 20th-oldest ever:
Mustafa Ben Halim
served 1954–1957
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Living
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
2 | Celâl Bayar | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
3 | Antoine Pinay | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 348 days |
4 | André Prunet-Foch | ![]() |
French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
5 | Naruhiko Higashikuni[lower-roman 1] | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
1–6 | Ek Yi Oun | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1958) | 1910 | 2013 | 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days[lower-roman 2] |
7 | Babiker Awadalla | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
8 | Willem Drees | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
9 | Đỗ Mười | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 241 days |
10 | Zhang Qun | ![]() |
Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
11 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
12 | Piet de Jong | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
13 | Hyun Soong-jong | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days |
14 | Bernardino González Ruizq | ![]() |
President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
15 | Christopher Hornsrud | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
16 | Telmo Vargas | ![]() |
Head of State (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
17 | Hau Pei-tsun | ![]() |
Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
18 | Mustafa Ben Halim | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | Alive | 100 years, 82 days |
19 | Xenophon Zolotas | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | ![]() |
Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
21 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
18–22 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | ![]() |
Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 0 to 163 days[lower-roman 3] |
23 | Johan Ferrier | ![]() |
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
24 | Tun Tin | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 212 days |
25 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | Alive | 99 years, 199 days |
26 | Gulzarilal Nanda | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
27 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
28 | Anthony Mamo[lower-roman 4] | ![]() |
Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
29 | Michail Stasinopoulos | ![]() |
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
30 | Luis Echeverría | ![]() |
President (1970–1976) | 1922 | Alive | 99 years, 94 days |
31 | Clifford Campbell[lower-roman 5][lower-roman 6] | ![]() |
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
32 | Morarji Desai | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
33 | Võ Chí Công | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
34 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | ![]() |
Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
35 | Ċensu Tabone | ![]() |
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
23–36 | Hastings Banda | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993) |
1898 | 1997 | 98 years, 329 days to 99 years, 328 days[lower-roman 7] |
37 | Prem Tinsulanonda | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
38 | The Count Harmel[lower-roman 8][lower-roman 5] | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
39 | Howard Cooke[lower-roman 5][lower-roman 6] | ![]() |
Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
40 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
41 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
42 | Isidro Ayora | ![]() |
President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
43 | Émile Reuter | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
44 | Mamadou Dia | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
45 | Aden Adde | ![]() |
President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
46 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | ![]() |
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
47 | Lê Đức Anh | ![]() |
President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days |
48 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | ![]() |
President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
49 | Borys Martos | ![]() |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 122 days |
50 | Artúr Görgei | ![]() |
Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
51 | Jean | ![]() |
Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
52 | Gough Whitlam | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
53 | Venceslau Brás | ![]() |
President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
54 | Claude Rostain | ![]() |
French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
55 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | ![]() |
President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
56 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
57 | Gabriel París Gordillo | ![]() |
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
58 | Miloš Jakeš | ![]() |
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
59 | Kenan Evren | ![]() |
National Security Council President (1980–1982) President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
60 | Wellington Koo | ![]() |
Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
61 | Ignaz von Plener | Cisleithania (![]() |
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
62 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | ![]() |
Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
63 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | ![]() |
Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
64 | Francesc Badia Batalla | ![]() |
Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
65 | Ramón José Velásquez | ![]() |
Interim president (1993–1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
66 | He Yingqin | ![]() |
Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
67 | Lee Teng-hui | ![]() |
President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000) |
1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
68 | Liam Cosgrave | ![]() |
Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
69 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
70 | Patricio Aylwin | ![]() |
President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
71 | Armando Villanueva | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
72 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | ![]() |
President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
73 | Martial Célestin | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
74 | Gheorghe Apostol | ![]() |
First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
75 | Khamtai Siphandon | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 97 years, 72 days |
76 | Tomiichi Murayama | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 97 years, 49 days |
77 | Walter Scheel | ![]() |
Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
79 | Kenneth Kaunda | ![]() |
State President (1964–1991) President of the United National Independence Party (1973–1990) |
1924 | Alive | 96 years, 358 days |
78 | Helmut Schmidt | ![]() |
Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
80 | Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte[lower-roman 9] | ![]() |
Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
81 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | ![]() |
Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
82 | Camille Huysmans | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
83 | Yitzhak Shamir | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
84 | Federico Páez | ![]() |
Acting President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
85 | Habib Bourguiba | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
86 | Vyacheslav Molotov | ![]() |
Premier (1930–1941) | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
87 | Jimmy Carter | ![]() |
President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 96 years, 202 days |
68–88 | Constantine Kollias | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days[lower-roman 7] |
89 | Pedro Richter Prada | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days |
90 | Lubomír Štrougal | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | Alive | 96 years, 184 days |
91 | Guillermo Rodríguez | ![]() |
President (1972–1976) | 1924 | Alive | 96 years, 168 days |
92 | Alejandro Deustua | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1902) | 1849 | 1945 | 96 years, 137 days |
93 | Abderrahmane Youssoufi | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1998–2002) | 1924 | 2020 | 96 years, 82 days |
94 | Pedro Lascuráin | ![]() |
Acting President (1913) | 1856 | 1952 | 96 years, 74 days |
95 | Federico Chávez | ![]() |
President (1949–1954) | 1882 | 1978 | 96 years, 68 days |
96 | Fumio Gotō | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister (1936) | 1884 | 1980 | 96 years, 67 days |
97 | Mario Echandi Jiménez | ![]() |
President (1958–1962) | 1915 | 2011 | 96 years, 43 days |
98 | Michael I | ![]() |
King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 41 days |
99 | The Viscount of Sinimbu | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1878–1880) | 1810 | 1906 | 96 years, 37 days |
100 | Dom Mintoff | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984) | 1916 | 2012 | 96 years, 14 days |
1xx | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | ![]() |
President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992l |
1925 | Alive | 95 years, 348 days |
1xx | Hans Schaffner | ![]() |
Federal Council Member (1961–1969) President (1966) |
1908 | 2004 | 95 years, 346 days |
1xx | Joaquín Balaguer | ![]() |
President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996) | 1906 | 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
1xx | Tomás Pereira | ![]() |
Provisional President (1954) | 1886 | 1982 | 95 years, 312 days |
1xx | Belisario Betancur | ![]() |
President (1982–1986) | 1923 | 2018 | 95 years, 306 days |
1xx | Giorgio Napolitano | ![]() |
President (2006–2015) | 1925 | Alive | 95 years, 296 days |
1xx | Mahatir Bin Mohamad | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 95 years, 285 days |
1xx | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006) |
1920 | 2016 | 95 years, 282 days |
1xx | Frederick Degazon | ![]() |
President (1979–1980) | 1913 | 2008 | 95 years, 274 days |
1xx | Yang Hyong-sop | ![]() |
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1994–1998) | 1925 | Living | 95 years, 202 days |
1xx | Juan José Estrada | ![]() |
President (1910–1911) | 1872 | 1967 | 95 years, 191 days |
1xx | Pote Sarasin | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1957) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 187 days |
1xx | Antonio Barrera | ![]() |
President (1965) | 1920 | 2016 | 95 years, 180 days |
1xx | Tahar Ben Anwar | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1956) | 1889 | 1985 | 95 years, 166 days |
1xx | Roberto M. Levingston | ![]() |
President (1970–1971) | 1920 | 2015 | 95 years, 158
days |
1xx | Cuthbert Sebastian | ![]() |
Governor General (1996–2013) | 1921 | 2017 | 95 years, 154 days |
1xx | Arnaldo Forlani | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | Living | 95 years, 134 days |
1xx | Trần Thiện Khiêm | ![]() |
Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964) Prime Minister (1969–1975) |
1925 | Living | 95 years, 127 days |
1xx | Paal Berg | ![]() |
Acting Head of State(1945) | 1873 | 1968 | 95 years, 126 days |
1xx | Ahmed Ben Bella | ![]() |
President (1963 - 1965) | 1916 | 2012 | 95 years, 108 days |
1xx | Philippe Pétain | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1940) Chief of State (1940 - 1944) |
1856 | 1951 | 95 years, 90 days |
1xx-92 | Hassan al-Hakim | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1941–1942; 1951) | 1886 | 1982 | 95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days[1] |
1xx | Léopold Senghor | ![]() |
President (1960 - 1980) | 1906 | 2001 | 95 years, 72 days |
1xx | Petar Stambolić | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1963 - 1967) President (1982 - 1983) |
1912 | 2007 | 95 years, 71 days |
1xx | Ali Bozer | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister"(1989) | 1925 | 2020 | 95 years, 64 days |
1xx | Abdelsalam al-Majali | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1993–1995, 1997–1998) | 1926 | 95 years, 62 days | |
1xx | Anibal Portillo | ![]() |
Member of the Civic Military Directory (1961 - 1962) | 1914 | 2010 | 95 years, 57 days |
1xx | Pak Song-chol | ![]() |
Premier (1976 - 1977) | 1913 | 2008 | 95 years, 56 days |
1xx | Nguyễn Văn Tâm | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1952–1954) | 1893 | 1990 | 95 years, 48 days |
1xx | Max Petitpierre | ![]() |
Federal Council Minister (1944-1961) President (1950, 1955, 1960) |
1899 | 1994 | 95 years, 27 days |
1xx | Dušan Dragosavac | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1981–1982) | 1919 | 2014 | 95 years, 20 days |
1xx | Saeb Salam | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1952–1953, 1960-1961, 1970-1973) | 1905 | 2000 | 95 years, 4 days |
1xx | Hassan ibn Yahya | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1948–1955) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 0 days |
1xx | Elizabeth II | ![]() |
Queen (1952–"present") | 1926 | 95 years, 0 days | |
1xx | Abdoulaye Wade | ![]() |
President (2000–2012) | 1926 | 94 years, 327 days | |
1xx | Jiang Zemin | ![]() |
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1989–2002) President (1993–2003) |
1926 | 94 years, 247 days | |
1xx | Valdas Adamkus | ![]() |
President (1998–2003) | 1926 | 94 years, 169 days | |
1xx | Raif Dizdarević | ![]() |
President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | 94 years, 136 days |
Addendum[change | change source]
Longest Living State Leaders with Unclear status and Uncertain Lifespan[change | change source]
The following individual may be older than #100–4, but their leadership status are uncertain.
Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazi Dorjee | ![]() |
Chief Minister (1975–1979) | 1904 | 2007 | 102 years, 290 days |
Edward Raczyński | ![]() |
President (1979–1986) | 1891 | 1993 | 102 years, 223 days |
Anton Vratuša | ![]() |
President of Executive Council (1978-1980) | 1915 | 2017 | 102 years, 159 days |
Josip Manolić | ![]() |
Prime Minister (1990–1991) | 1920 | Alive | 101 years, 30 days |
Kim Yong-ju | ![]() |
Vice president during vacancy (1994–1998) | 1920 | Alive | 100 years, 212 days |
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ The exact date of birth for al-Hakim is unknown.
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Higashikuni is a Japanese Prince who served as Japanese Prime Minister in 1945.
- ↑ The dates of birth and death for Ek are unknown.
- ↑ The exact date of birth for Hussein remains unknown, but he was at aged at least 100 at the time of his death.
- ↑ Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Date of birth is unclear
- ↑ Dutch nobleman from 1991.
- ↑ Pignatelli di Belmonte is a Catholic Cardinal who served as the Bishop of Albano (1915–1948), and as Dean of the College of Cardinals and Bishop of Ostia (simultaneously from 1930–1948).
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