List of longest lived state leaders

This article lists the 100 oldest current or former heads of state, representatives of the head of state, or heads of government (usually a President, Prime Minister, or Monarch) from relatively modern times, and whose ages can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. Leaders currently living are in bold italics.

Rank Name Country Position Birth Death Age
1 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Cambodia Prime Minister (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 135 days
2 Celâl Bayar Turkey Prime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
3 Antoine Pinay France Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 348 days
4 Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Sikkim Chief Minister (1974–1975) 1904 2007 102 years, 272 to 302 days[1]
5 Higashikuni Naruhiko Japan Prime Minister (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Willem Drees Netherlands Prime Minister (1948–1958) 1886 1988 101 years, 314 days
7 Chang Ch'ün Republic of China Premier (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 209 days
8 Christopher Hornsrud Norway Prime Minister (1928) 1859 1960 101 years, 28 days
9 Hassan al-Hakim Syria Prime Minister (1941–1942, 1951) 1886 1988 101 years, 1 day to
102 years, 364 days[2]
10 Abdul Momin Brunei Sultan (1852–1885) 1785 1885 100 years, 121 to
101 years, 120 days[3]
11 Xenophon Zolotas Greece Prime Minister (1989–1990) 1904 2004 100 years, 76 days
12 Hastings Banda Malawi Prime Minister (1964–1966)
President (1966–1994)		 1898 1997 99 years, 270 to 297 days[4]
13 Johan Ferrier Suriname President (1975–1980) 1910 2010 99 years, 237 days
14 Gulzarilal Nanda India Prime Minister (1964, 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days
15 Anthony Mamo Malta Governor-General (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)		 1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
16 Michail Stasinopoulos Greece President (1974–1975) 1903 2002 99 years, 96 days
17 Clifford Campbell Jamaica Governor-General (1962–1973) 1892 1991 99 years, 65 to 94 days[5]
18 Morarji Desai India Prime Minister (1977–1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 40 days
19 Vo Chi Cong Vietnam State Council Chair (1987–1992) 1912 2011 99 years, 32 days
20 Aden Abdullah Osman Daar Somalia President (1960–1967) 1908 2007 99 years, 17 to 158 days[6]
21 Fred Degazon Dominica President (1978–1979) 1913 &1000000000000009900000099 years, &1000000000000006500000065 days
22 V.K. Wellington Koo Republic of China Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927)		 1887 1985 98 years, 289 days
23 Ċensu Tabone Malta President (1989–1994) 1913 &1000000000000009800000098 years, &10000000000000345000000345 days
24 Émile Reuter Luxembourg Prime Minister (1918–1925) 1874 1973 98 years, 257 days
25 Pierre Harmel Belgium Prime Minister (1965–1966) 1911 2009 98 years, 244 days
26 Joseph Paul-Boncour France Prime Minister (1932–1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days
27 Isidro Ayora Ecuador President (1926–1931) 1879 1978 98 years, 201 days
28 Mamadou Dia Senegal Prime Minister (1960–1962) 1910 2009 98 years, 191 days
29 Nouhak Phoumsavanh Laos President (1992–1998) 1910 2008 98 years, 153 days
30 Borys Mykolaiovych Martos Ukraine Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) 1879 1977 98 years, 152 days
31 Venceslau Brás Brazil President (1914–1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 79 days
32 Ramaswamy Venkataraman India President (1987–1992) 1910 2009 98 years, 54 days
33 Gabriel París Gordillo Colombia President (1957–1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
34 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Ireland Governor-General (1932–1936) 1866 1963 97 years, 267 days
35 He Yingqin Republic of China Premier (1949) 1890 1987 97 years, 202 days
36 Alfredo Solf y Muro Peru Prime Minister (1939–1944) 1872 1969 97 years, 152 days
37 Ion Gheorghe Maurer Romania Assembly Presidium Chairman (1958–1961)
Acting State Council President (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)		 1902 2000 97 years, 138 days
38 Martial Célestin Haiti Prime Minister (1988) 1913 2011 97 years, 123 days
39 Gheorghe Apostol Romania Communist General Secretary (1954–1955) 1913 2010 97 years, 97 days
40 Federico Páez Ecuador Acting President (1935–1937) 1876 1974 97 years, 1 day to
98 years, 364 days[7]
41 Nguyen Van Tam South Vietnam Prime Minister (1952–1953) 1893 1990 97 years, 0 days to 325 days[8]
42 Konstantinos Kollias Greece Prime Minister (1967) 1901 1998 97 years, 0 days to 193 days[9]
43 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Holy See Acting Sovereign (1939) 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
44 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuva Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944) 1912 2008 96 years, 308 days
45 Piet de Jong Netherlands Prime Minister (1967–1971) 1915 &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000341000000341 days
46 Camille Huysmans Belgium Prime Minister (1946–1947) 1871 1968 96 years, 273 days
47 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Prime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)		 1903 2000 96 years, 246 days
48 Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet Union Premier (1930–1941) 1890 1986 96 years, 244 days
49 Yitzhak Shamir Israel Prime Minister (1983–1984, 1986–1992) 1915 &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000146000000146 days
50 Federico Chávez Paraguay President (1949–1954) 1882 1978 96 years, 68 days
51 Howard Cooke Jamaica Governor-General (1991–2006) 1915 &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000117000000117 days
52 Mario Echandi Jiménez Costa Rica President (1958–1962) 1915 2011 96 years, 42 days
53 Armando Villanueva Peru Prime Minister (1988–1989) 1915 &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000105000000105 days
54 João Lins Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu Brazil Prime Minister (1878–1880) 1810 1906 96 years, 37 days
55 Hans Schaffner Switzerland Federal Council Member (1961–1969)
President (1966)		 1908 2004 95 years, 346 days
56 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Republic President (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996) 1906 2002 95 years, 316 days
57 Tomás Romero Pereira Paraguay Provisional President (1954) 1886 1982 95 years, 312 days
58 Cesáreo Octavio Deustua Escarza Peru Prime Minister (1902) 1849 1945 95 years, 285 days to
96 years, 284 days[10]
59 Juan José Estrada Nicaragua President (1910–1911) 1872 1967 95 years, 191 days
60 Pote Sarasin Thailand Prime Minister (1957) 1905 2000 95 years, 187 days
61 Gough Whitlam Australia Prime Minister (1972–1975) 1916 &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000242000000242 days
62 Tahar Ben Ammar Tunisia Prime Minister (1956) 1889 1985 95 years, 166 days
63 Dom Mintoff Malta Prime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984) 1916 &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000216000000216 days
64 Philippe Pétain France Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of the State (1940–1944)		 1856 1951 95 years, 90 days
65 Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal President (1960–1980) 1906 2001 95 years, 72 days
66 Petar Stambolić Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1963–1967)
President (1982–1983)		 1912 2007 95 years, 71 days
67 Pak Song-chol North Korea Premier (1976–1977) 1913 2008 95 years, 56 days
68 Ramón José Velásquez Venezuela President (1993–1994) 1916 &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000102000000102 days
69 Max Petitpierre Switzerland Federal Council Member (1944–1961)
President (1950, 1955, 1960)		 1899 1994 95 years, 27 days
70 Saeb Salam Lebanon Prime Minister (1952, 1953, 1960–1961, 1970–1973) 1905 2000 95 years, 4 days
71 Hassan ibn Yahya North Yemen Prime Minister (1948–1955) 1908 2003 95 years, 0 days
72 Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido Venezuela Provisional President (1892) 1854 1949 94 years, 362 days
73 José Bustamante y Rivero Peru President (1945–1948) 1894 1989 94 years, 361 days
74 Đỗ Mười Vietnam Prime Minister (1988–1991)
Communist General Secretary (1991–1997)		 1917 &1000000000000009500000095 years, &1000000000000003600000036 days
75 Juliana Netherlands Queen (1948–1980) 1909 2004 94 years, 325 days
76 Emilio Aguinaldo Philippines President (1899–1901) 1869 1964 94 years, 321 days
77 Constantin Ion Parhon Romania Presidium Chairman (1947–1948)
Assembly Presidium Chairman (1948–1952)		 1874 1969 94 years, 298 days
78 Maarouf al-Dawalibi Syria Prime Minister (1951, 1961–1962) 1909 2004 94 years, 292 days
79 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas Nicaragua President (1917–1921, 1926) 1871 1966 94 years, 291 days
80 Martti Miettunen Finland Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977) 1907 2002 94 years, 277 days
81 Sanya Dharmasakti Thailand Prime Minister (1973–1975) 1907 2002 94 years, 276 days
82 Kiro Gligorov Macedonia President (1991–1999) 1917 2012 94 years, 245 days
83 Pierre Graber Switzerland Federal Council Member (1970–1978) 1908 2003 94 years, 225 days
84 Héctor Trujillo Dominican Republic President (1952–1960) 1908 2002 94 years, 196 days
85 Wijeyananda Dahanayake Ceylon Prime Minister (1959–1960) 1902 1997 94 years, 194 days
86 Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas Greece Prime Minister (1965) 1893 1987 94 years, 182 days
87 Charles de Freycinet France Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892) 1828 1923 94 years, 181 days
88 Allan Louisy Saint Lucia Prime Minister (1979–1981) 1916 2011 94 years, 178 days
89 Kenan Evren Turkey National Security Council President (1980–1982)
President (1982–1989)		 1917 &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000236000000236 days
90 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Guatemala Acting President (1865) 1802 1897 94 years, 146 days
91 Malietoa Tanumafili II Samoa O le Ao o le Malo (1962–2007) 1913 2007 94 years, 127 days
92 Charles Tupper Canada Prime Minister (1896) 1821 1915 94 years, 120 days
93 Naji Talib Iraq Prime Minister (1966–1967) 1917 &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000145000000145 days to
&1000000000000009500000095 years, &1000000000000006800000068 days[11]
94 Herbert Duffus Jamaica Acting Governor-General (1973) 1908 2002 94 years, 61 days
95 Phạm Văn Đồng North Vietnam
Vietnam		 Prime Minister (1955–1976)
Prime Minister (1976–1987)		 1906 2000 94 years, 59 days
96 Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali Iraq Prime Minister (1953–1954) 1903 1997 94 years, 34 days
97 Alfonso López Michelsen Colombia President (1974–1978) 1913 2007 94 years, 11 days
98 Carlos Mancheno Cajas Ecuador Acting President (1947) 1902 1996 94 years, 2 days
99 Paul Magloire Haiti President (1950–1956) 1907 2001 93 years, 359 days
100 Mackenzie Bowell Canada Prime Minister (1894–1896) 1823 1917 93 years, 348 days

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Notes

  1. ^ The exact date of birth for Dorjee is unknown.
  2. ^ The dates of birth and death for al-Hakim are unknown.
  3. ^ The exact date of birth for Momin is unknown.
  4. ^ The date of birth for Banda is unknown.
  5. ^ The exact date of death for Campbell is unknown.
  6. ^ The date of birth for Daar is unknown.
  7. ^ The exact dates of birth and death for Páez are unknown.
  8. ^ The exact date of birth for Nguyen is unknown.
  9. ^ The exact date of birth for Kollias is unknown.
  10. ^ The exact date of death for Destua is unknown.
  11. ^ The date of birth for Talib is unknown, though he was born in the Islamic year of 1335.

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