This article lists the longest 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 rose. The longest-lived state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days.
Note: Ages as of 12/3/2025
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Living
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum |  CAM
|
Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
| 2 | Celâl Bayar |  TUR
|
Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
| 3 | Antoine Pinay |  FRA
|
Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 348 days |
| 4 | André Prunet-Foch |  AND
|
French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
| 5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni |  JAP
|
Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
| 6 | Babiker Awadalla |  SUD
|
Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
| 7 | Willem Drees |  NED
|
Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days |
| 8 | Guillermo Rodríguez (politician) |  ECU
|
Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 101 years, 300 days |
| 9 | Đỗ Mười |  VIE
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 241 days |
| 10 | Zhang Qun |  TWN
|
Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
| 11 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | JAP
|
Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
| 12 | Tomiichi Murayama | JAP
|
Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 101 years, 181 days |
| 13 | Piet de Jong | NED
|
Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
| 14 | Hyun Soong-jong |  KOR
|
Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days |
| 15 | Bernardino González Ruiz |  PAN
|
Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
| 16 | Khamtai Siphandone |  LAO
|
Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | 2025 | 101 years, 53 days |
| 17 | Christopher Hornsrud |  NOR
|
Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
| 18 | Mustafa Ben Halim |  LBY
|
Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
| 19 | Telmo Vargas | ECU
|
Acting President (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
| 20 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez |  PER
|
Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
| 21 | Hau Pei-tsun | TWN
|
Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
| 22 | Luis Echeverría |  MEX
|
President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
| 23 | Jimmy Carter |  USA
|
President (1977–1981) | 1924 | 2024 | 100 years, 89 days |
| 24 | Mahathir Mohamad |  MYS
|
Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 51 days |
| 25 | Xenophon Zolotas |  GRE
|
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | PER
|
Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
| 25 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq |  AFG
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 44 days |
| 28 | Johan Ferrier |  SUR
|
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
| 29 | Tun Tin |  BUR
|
Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days |
| 30 | Gulzarilal Nanda |  IND
|
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
| 31 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani |  MAR
|
Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
| 32 | Anthony Mamo |  MLT
|
Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
| 33 | Michail Stasinopoulos | GRE
|
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
| 34 | Abdoulaye Wade |  SEN
|
President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 94 days |
| 35 | Clifford Campbell |  JAM
|
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
| 36 | Morarji Desai | IND
|
Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
| 37 | Võ Chí Công | VIE
|
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
| 38 | Abdel Halim Muhammad |  SUD
|
Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
| 39 | Ċensu Tabone | MLT
|
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
| 40 | Valdas Adamkus |  LTU
|
President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 301 days |
| 41 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |  TZA
|
President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
| 42 | Prem Tinsulanonda |  THA
|
Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
| 43 | Raif Dizdarević |  YUG
|
President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 265 days |
| 44 | Pierre Harmel |  BEL
|
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
| 45 | Howard Cooke | JAM
|
Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
| 46 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | FRA
|
Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
| 47 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | GRE
|
Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
| 48 | Isidro Ayora | ECU
|
President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
| 49 | Émile Reuter | SEN
|
Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
| 50 | Mamadou Dia | SEN
|
Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
| 51 | Aden Adde |  SOM
|
President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
| 52 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | LAO
|
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
| 53 | Lê Đức Anh | VIE
|
President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 142 days |
| 54 | Émile Derlin Zinsou |  BEN
|
President of the Provisional Government (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
| 55 | Borys Martos |  UKR
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 123 days |
| 56 | Artúr Görgei |  HUN
|
Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
| 57 | Lubomír Štrougal |  CZE
|
Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days |
| 58 | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |  LUX
|
Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
| 59 | Gough Whitlam |  AUS
|
Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
| 60 | Giorgio Napolitano |  ITA
|
President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
| 61 | Venceslau Brás |  BRA
|
President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
| 62 | Claude Rostain | AND
|
French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
| 63 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | IND
|
President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
| 64 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám |  HSR}} HUN
|
Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
| 65 | Gabriel París Gordillo |  COL
|
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
| 66 | Miloš Jakeš | CZE
|
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
| 67 | Thanin Kraivichien | THA
|
Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | 2025 | 97 years, 324 days |
| 68 | Abdelsalam Majali |  JOR
|
Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
| 69 | Kenan Evren | TUR
|
President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
| 70 | Wellington Koo |  CHN
|
Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
| 71 | Baron Ignaz von Plener |  CIS
|
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
| 72 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla |  IRL
|
Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
| 73 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles |  ALG
|
Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
| 74 | Francesc Badia Batalla | AND
|
Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
| 75 | Arnaldo Forlani | ITA
|
Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
| 76 | Ramón José Velásquez |  VEN
|
President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
| 76 | Kim Yong-nam |  PRK
|
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 208 days |
| 78 | He Yingqin | TWN
|
Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
| 79 | Lee Teng-hui | TWN
|
President (1988 2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
| 80 | Liam Cosgrave | IRL
|
Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
| 81 | Alfredo Solf y Muro |  PER
|
Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
| 82 | Patricio Aylwin |  CHL
|
President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
| 83 | Armando Villanueva | PER
|
Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
| 84 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer |  ROU
|
President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
| 85 | Martial Célestin |  HAI
|
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
| 86 | Arthur Foulkes |  BAH
|
Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 112 days |
| 87 | Gheorghe Apostol |  ROU
|
First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
| 88 | Kenneth Kaunda |  ZAM
|
State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
| 89 | Walter Scheel |  GER
|
Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
| 90 | Péter Boross | HUN
|
Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 4 days |
| 91 | Helmut Schmidt | GER
|
Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
| 92 | Zhu Rongji |  CHN
|
Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 94 years, 312 days |
| 93 | Camille Huysmans | BEL
|
Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
| 94 | Yitzhak Shamir |  ISR
|
Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
| 95 | Federico Páez | ECU
|
President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
| 96 | Habib Bourguiba |  TUN
|
Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
| 97 | Vyacheslav Molotov |  SUN
|
Premier (1930–1941) | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
| 98 | Arnold Rüütel |  EST
|
Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 235 days |
| 99 | Vyache | PRK
|
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1998) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
| 100 | Pedro Richter Prada | PER
|
Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days |
Addendum[]
Uncertain Date of Birth[]
| Name | State | Position | Born | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | SOM
|
Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 164 days to 100 years, 163 days |
| Hastings Banda |  MWI
|
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 |
| Constantine Kollias |  GRE
|
Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 1998 | 96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days |
See also[]
- List of Former longest-living state leaders
- Hypothetical list of longest-living state leaders
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
- List of oldest living state leaders
- Lists of state leaders by age
- List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)
- Records of heads of state
- List of longest-living cardinals
- Future Longest-living state leaders
- Longest-living state leaders by death date
- Longest-living spouses of National Leaders
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