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 Celål Bayar, who lived to 103 years, 98 days.
Note: Ages as of 12/8/2024
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Living
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
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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, 343 days |
4 | André Prunet-Foch | AND | French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | JPN | 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 | Mười Đỗ Mười | VIE | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 243 days |
9 | Zhang Qun | TWN | Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | JPN | Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
11 | Piet de Jong | NED | Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
12 | Hyun Soong-jong | KOR | Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days |
13 | Bernardino González Ruiz | PAN | Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
14 | Guillermo Rodrígue | ECU | Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 101 years, 34 days |
15 | Christopher Hornsrud | NOR | Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
16 | Mustafa Ben Halim | LBY (KINGD) | Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
17 | Telmo Vargas | ECU | Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
19 | Khamtai Siphandone | LAO | Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 100 years, 304 days |
20 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | PER | Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
20 | Tomiichi Murayama | JPN | Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 280 days |
21 | Hau Pei-tsun | TWN | Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
22 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | SOM | Interim president (1969) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 186 daysTemplate:Efn-lr |
23 | Luis Echeverría | MEX | President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
24 | Jimmy Carter | USA | President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 68 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 | ||
27 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | YEM | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
28 | Johan Ferrier | SUR | President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
29 | Tun Tin | MMR | 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 | Mahathir Mohamad | MYS | Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 151 days |
32 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | MAR | Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
33 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | AFG | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 144 days |
34 | Anthony Mamo | MLT | Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
29 | Morarji Desai | IND | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
35 | Michail Stasinopoulos | GRE | President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
36 | Clifford Campbell | JAM | Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
37 | Morarji Desai | IND | Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
38 | Võ Chí Công | VIE | Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
39 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | SUD | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) | 1910 | 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
27-40 | Banda Hastings Banda | MWI | Prime Minister (1964–1966) State President (1966–1994) President of the Congress Party (1966–1993) |
ca. 1898 | 1997 | 99 years, 0 to 324 days |
41 | Ċensu Tabone | MLT | President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
42 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | TZA | President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
43 | Prem Tinsulanonda | THA | Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 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 | LUX | 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 | Abdoulaye Wade | SEN | President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 193 days |
53 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | LAO | President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 154 days |
54 | Lê Đức Anh | VIE | President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 143 days |
55 | Émile Derlin Zinsou | BEN | President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
56 |
Borys Martos |
UKR | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 123 days |
57 | Artúr Görgei | HUN | Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
58 | Lubomír Štrougal | CZE | Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years, 110 days |
59 | Jean | LUX | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
60 | Gough Whitlam | AUS | Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
61 | Giorgio Napolitano | ITA | President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
62 | Venceslau Brás | BRA | President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
63 | Rostain Claude Rostain | AND | French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
64 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | IND | President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
65 | Valdas Adamkus | LTU | President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 35 days |
66 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | HUN | Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
67 | Gabriel París Gordillo | COL | President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
68 | Raif Dizdarević | YUG | President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 365 days |
69 | Miloš Jakeš | CZE | General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
70 | Abdelsalam al-Majali | JOR | Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
71 | Kenan Evren | TUR | President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
72 | Wellington Koo | CHN | Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
73 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | AUT | Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
74 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | IRL | Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
75 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles | ALG | Chair of the Constitutional Council (Acting President) (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
76 | Thanin Kraivichien | THA | Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 247 days |
77 | Francesc Badia Batalla | AND | Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
78 | Arnaldo Forlani | ITA | Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
79 | Ramón José Velásquez | VEN | President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
80 | Yingqin | TWN | Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
81 | Lee Teng-hui | TWN | President (1988-2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
82 | Liam Cosgrave | IRL | Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
83 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | PER | Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
84 | Patricio Aylwin | CHL | President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
85 | Armando Villanueva | PER | Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
86 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | ROU | President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1903 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
87 | Martial Célestin | HAI | Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
88 | Gheorghe Apostol | ROU | First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
89 | Kenneth Kaunda | ZAM | State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
90 | Walter Scheel | GER | (Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
91 | Helmut Schmidt | GER | Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
92 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | VAT | Acting Sovereign (1939) | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
93 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | TUV | Chair of the Presidium (1940-1944) | 1912 | 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
94 | Kim Yong-nam | PRK | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 308 days |
95 | Camille Huysmans | BEL | Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
96 | Yitzhak Shamir | ISR | Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
97 | Federico Páez | ECU | President (1935-1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
98 | Habib Bourguiba | TUN | Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
99 | Vyacheslav Molotov | SUN | Premier (1930–1941) | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
100 | Yang Hyong-sop | PRK | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
Future[]
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Current age | Aged by | If He lives by | After |
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1 | Arnold Rüütel | EST | Chairman of the Supreme Council(1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928 | Alive | 96 years, 212 days | 96 years, 224 days | 2024-12-20 | Yang Hyong-sop aged: 96 years, 224 days |
2 | Arthur Foulkes | BAH | Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 211 days | 96 years, 244 days | 2025-01-10 | Vyacheslav Molotov aged: 96 years, 244 days |
3 | Péter Boross | HUN | Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 103 days | 96 years, 247 days | 2025-05-01 | Habib Bourguiba aged 96 years, 247 days |
4 | Zhu Rongji | CHN | Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 46 days | 96 years, 250 days | 2025-06-30 | Federico Paéz aged 96 years, 250 days |
5 | Édouard Balladur | FRA | Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 220 days | 96 years, 252 days | 2026-01-09 | Yitzhak Shamir aged 96 years, 252 days |
6 | Sam Nujoma | NAM | President (1990–2005) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 210 days | 96 years, 275 days | 2026-02-11 | Camille Huysmans aged 96 years, 275 days |
7 | Orville Turnquest | BAH | Governor-General (1995–2001) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 142 days | 96 years, 308 days | 2026-05-23 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka aged 96 years, 308 days |
8' | Jamshid bin Abdullah | TZA | Sultan (1963–1964) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 83 days | 96 years, 314 days | 2026-07-27 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte aged: 96 years, 312 days |
9 | Violeta Chamorro | NIC | Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980)
President (1990–1997) |
1929 | Alive | 95 years, 51 days | 96 years, 322 days | 2026-09-05 | Walter Scheel aged 96 years, 322 days |
10 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | MNG | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 23 days | 97 years, 47 days | 2027-01-01 | Helmut Schmidt aged 97 years, 47 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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