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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
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum CambodiaCAM Acting Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Celâl Bayar TurkeyTUR Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)
1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay FranceFRA Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 343 days
4 André Prunet-Foch AndorraAND French Viguier (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni JapanJPN Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Babiker Awadalla SudanSUD Prime Minister (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Willem Drees NetherlandsNED Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1889 1990 101 years, 314 days
8 Mười Đỗ Mười VietnamVIE 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 TaiwanTWN Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days
10 Yasuhiro Nakasone JapanJPN Prime Minister (1982–1987) 1918 2019 101 years, 186 days
11 Piet de Jong NetherlandsNED Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 2016 101 years, 115 days
12 Hyun Soong-jong South KoreaKOR Prime Minister (1992–1993) 1919 2020 101 years, 89 days
13 Bernardino González Ruiz PanamaPAN Acting President (1963) 1911 2012 101 years, 64 days
14 Guillermo Rodrígue EcuadorECU Acting President (1972–1976) 1923 Alive 101 years, 34 days
15 Christopher Hornsrud NorwayNOR Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 27 days
16 Mustafa Ben Halim LibyaLBY (KINGD) Prime Minister (1954–1957) 1921 2021 100 years, 312 days
17 Telmo Vargas EcuadorECU Acting Leader (1966) 1912 2013 100 years, 304 days
19 Khamtai Siphandone LaosLAO 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 PeruPER Prime Minister (1975)
President (1975–1980)
1921 2022 100 years, 283 days
20 Tomiichi Murayama JapanJPN Prime Minister (1994–1996) 1924 Alive 100 years, 280 days
21 Hau Pei-tsun TaiwanTWN Premier (1990–1993) 1919 2020 100 years, 235 days
22 Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein SomaliaSOM Interim president (1969) 1912 2012 100 years, 186 daysTemplate:Efn-lr
23 Luis Echeverría MexicoMEX President (1970–1976) 1922 2022 100 years, 172 days
24 Jimmy Carter United StatesUSA President (1977–1981) 1924 Alive 100 years, 68 days
25 Xenophon Zolotas GreeceGRE Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 45 days
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar PeruPER Prime Minister (2000–2001) 1920 2020
27 Abdul Salam Sabrah YemenYEM Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) 1912 2012 100 years, 32 days
28 Johan Ferrier SurinameSUR President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
29 Tun Tin MyanmarMMR Prime Minister (1988) 1920 2020 99 years, 211 days
30 Gulzarilal Nanda IndiaIND Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
31 Mahathir Mohamad MalaysiaMYS Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) 1925 Alive 99 years, 151 days
32 Mohammed Karim Lamrani MoroccoMAR Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1919 2018 99 years, 142 days
33 Mohammad Hasan Sharq AfghanistanAFG Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) 1925 Alive 99 years, 144 days
34 Anthony Mamo MaltaMLT Prime Minister (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)
1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
29 Morarji Desai IndiaIND Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
35 Michail Stasinopoulos GreeceGRE President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
36 Clifford Campbell JamaicaJAM Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 92 days
37 Morarji Desai IndiaIND Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 41 days
38 Võ Chí Công VietnamVIE Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
39 Abdel Halim Muhammad SudanSUD Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965) 1910 2009 99 years, 6 days
27-40 Banda Hastings Banda MalawiMWI 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 MaltaMLT President (1989–1994) 1913 2012 98 years, 350 days
42 Ali Hassan Mwinyi TanzaniaTZA President (1985–1995) 1925 2024 98 years, 297 days
43 Prem Tinsulanonda ThailandTHA Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)
1920 2019 98 years, 273 days
44 Pierre Harmel BelgiumBEL Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
45 Howard Cooke JamaicaJAM Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 2014 98 years, 240 days
46 Joseph Paul-Boncour FranceFRA Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
47 Konstantinos Mitsotakis GreeceGRE Prime Minister (1990–1993) 1918 2017 98 years, 223 days
48 Isidro Ayora EcuadorECU President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 203 days
49 Émile Reuter LuxembourgLUX Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 196 days
50 Mamadou Dia SenegalSEN Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
51 Aden Adde SomaliaSOM President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 98 years, 181 days
52 Abdoulaye Wade SenegalSEN President (2000–2012) 1926 Alive 98 years, 193 days
53 Nouhak Phoumsavanh LaosLAO President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 154 days
54 Lê Đức Anh VietnamVIE President (1992–1997) 1920 2019 98 years, 143 days
55 Émile Derlin Zinsou BeninBEN President (1968–1969) 1918 2016 98 years, 127 days
56
Borys Martos
UkraineUKR Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 123 days
57 Artúr Görgei HungaryHUN Acting Governor-President (1849) 1818 1916 98 years, 112 days
58 Lubomír Štrougal Czech RepublicCZE Prime Minister (1970–1988) 1924 2022 98 years, 110 days
59 Jean LuxembourgLUX Grand Duke (1964–2000) 1921 2019 98 years, 108 days
60 Gough Whitlam AustraliaAUS Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 2014 98 years, 102 days
61 Giorgio Napolitano Italy ITA President (2006–2015) 1925 2023 98 years, 85 days
62 Venceslau Brás BrazilBRA President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 78 days
63 Rostain Claude Rostain AndorraAND French Viguier (1972–1977) 1916 2015 98 years, 56 days
64 Ramaswamy Venkataraman IndiaIND President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
65 Valdas Adamkus LithuaniaLTU President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 1926 Alive 98 years, 35 days
66 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám HungaryHUN Prime Minister (1919) 1875 1973 98 years, 15 days
67 Gabriel París Gordillo ColombiaCOL President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
68 Raif Dizdarević YugoslaviaYUG President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 1926 Alive 97 years, 365 days
69 Miloš Jakeš Czech RepublicCZE General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 1922 2020 97 years, 332 days
70 Abdelsalam al-Majali JordanJOR Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 1925 2023 97 years, 319 days
71 Kenan Evren TurkeyTUR President of the National Security Council (1980–1982)
State President (1982–1989)
1917 2015 97 years, 296 days
72 Wellington Koo ChinaCHN Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)
1888 1985 97 years, 289 days
73 Baron Ignaz von Plener AustriaAUT Minister-President (1870) 1810 1908 97 years, 272 days
74 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland IRL Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
75 Abdelmalek Benhabyles AlgeriaALG Chair of the Constitutional Council (Acting President) (1992) 1921 2018 97 years, 245 days
76 Thanin Kraivichien ThailandTHA Prime Minister (1976–1977) 1927 Alive 97 years, 247 days
77 Francesc Badia Batalla AndorraAND Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) 1923 2020 97 years, 217 days
78 Arnaldo Forlani Italy ITA Prime Minister (1980–1981) 1925 2023 97 years, 210 days
79 Ramón José Velásquez VenezuelaVEN President (1993-1994) 1916 2014 97 years, 208 days
80 Yingqin TaiwanTWN Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
81 Lee Teng-hui TaiwanTWN President (1988-2000) 1923 2020 97 years, 197 days
82 Liam Cosgrave Ireland IRL Taoiseach (1973–1977) 1920 2017 97 years, 174 days
83 Alfredo Solf y Muro PeruPER Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
84 Patricio Aylwin ChileCHL President (1990–1994) 1918 2016 97 years, 145 days
85 Armando Villanueva PeruPER Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 2013 97 years, 140 days
86 Ion Gheorghe Maurer RomaniaROU 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 HaitiHAI Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
88 Gheorghe Apostol RomaniaROU First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
89 Kenneth Kaunda ZambiaZAM State President (1964–1991) 1924 2021 97 years, 50 days
90 Walter Scheel GermanyGER (Acting) Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)
1919 2016 97 years, 47 days
91 Helmut Schmidt GermanyGER Chancellor (1974–1982) 1918 2015 96 years, 322 days
92 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Vatican City State / Holy SeeVAT Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
93 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka TuvaTUV Chair of the Presidium (1940-1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
94 Kim Yong-nam North KoreaPRK Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) 1928 Alive 96 years, 308 days
95 Camille Huysmans BelgiumBEL Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 275 days
96 Yitzhak Shamir Israel ISR Prime Minister (1981-1984; 1986-1992) 1915 2012 96 years, 252 days
97 Federico Páez EcuadorECU President (1935-1937) 1877 1974 96 years, 250 days
98 Habib Bourguiba TunisiaTUN Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)
1903 2000 96 years, 247 days
99 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet UnionSUN Premier (1930–1941) 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
100 Yang Hyong-sop North KoreaPRK Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) 1925 2022 96 years, 224 days

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No. Name State Position Birth Death Current age Aged by If He lives by After
1 Arnold Rüütel EstoniaEST 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 BahamasBAH 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 HungaryHUN 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 ChinaCHN 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 FranceFRA 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 NamibiaNAM 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 BahamasBAH 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 TanzaniaTZA 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 NicaraguaNIC 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 MongoliaMNG 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

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