List of longest-living state leaders

For a list of the oldest currently serving state leaders, see Lists of 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 gold italics.

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962), the oldest state leader.
Celâl Bayar, Prime Minister (1937–1939) and President of Turkey (1950–1960), the 2nd oldest state leader.
Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prime Minister of Japan (1945), the 6th oldest state leader.
Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958), the 7th oldest state leader.
Zhang Qun, Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948), the 8th oldest state leader.
Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (1928), the 10th oldest state leader.
Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971), the second oldest living former state leader.
Rank Name Country Position Birth Death Age
1Chau Sen Cocsal ChhumCambodiaPrime Minister (1962)19052009103 years, 135 days
2Celâl BayarTurkeyPrime Minister (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		18831986103 years, 98 days
3Antoine PinayFrancePrime Minister (1952–1953)18911994102 years, 348 days
4Kazi Lhendup DorjeeSikkimChief Minister (1974–1975)19042007102 years, 290 days
5Telmo VargasEcuadorHead of state (1966)1912Alive102 years, 203 days
6Prince Naruhiko HigashikuniJapanPrime Minister (1945)18871990102 years, 48 days
7Willem DreesNetherlandsPrime Minister (1948–1958)18861988101 years, 314 days
8Zhang QunRepublic of ChinaPremier (1947–1948)18891990101 years, 219 days
9Bernardino González RuízPanamaPresident (1963)19112012101 years, 64 days
10Christopher HornsrudNorwayPrime Minister (1928)18591960101 years, 28 days
11Hassan al-HakimSyriaPrime Minister (1941–1942, 1951)18861988101 years, 1 day to
102 years, 364 days[1]
12Xenophon ZolotasGreecePrime Minister (1989–1990)19042004100 years, 76 days
13Piet de JongNetherlandsPrime Minister (1967–1971)1915Alive100 years, 27 days
14Mukhtar Mohamed HusseinSomaliaInterim President (1969)19122012100 years, 0 to 163 days[2]
15Hastings BandaMalawiPrime Minister (1964–1966)
President (1966–1994)		1898199799 years, 270 to 297 days[3]
16Johan FerrierSurinamePresident (1975–1980)1910201099 years, 237 days
17Gulzarilal NandaIndiaPrime Minister (1964, 1966)1898199899 years, 195 days
18Abdul MominBruneiSultan (1852–1885)1785188599 years, 150 days to
100 years, 149 days[4]
19Anthony MamoMaltaGovernor-General (1971–1974)
President (1974–1976)		1909200899 years, 113 days
20Michail StasinopoulosGreecePresident (1974–1975)1903200299 years, 96 days
21Sir Clifford CampbellJamaicaGovernor-General (1962–1973)1892199199 years, 65 to 94 days[5]
22Morarji DesaiIndiaPrime Minister (1977–1979)1896199599 years, 40 days
23Abdul Salam SabrahNorth YemenActing Prime Minister (1969, 1971)1912201299 years, 33 days to
100 years, 32 days[6]
24Võ Chí CôngVietnamChairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)1912201199 years, 32 days
25Aden Abdullah Osman DaarSomaliaPresident (1960–1967)1908200799 years, 17 to 158 days[7]
26Abdel Halim MuhammadSudanCommittee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)1910200999 years, 6 days
27Ċensu TaboneMaltaPresident (1989–1994)1913201298 years, 349 days
28V. K. Wellington KooRepublic of ChinaActing Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926–1927) 		1887198598 years, 289 days
29Émile ReuterLuxembourgPrime Minister (1918–1925)1874197398 years, 257 days
30Pierre HarmelBelgiumPrime Minister (1965–1966)1911200998 years, 244 days
31Sir Howard CookeJamaicaGovernor-General (1991–2006)1915201498 years, 241 days
32Joseph Paul-BoncourFrancePrime Minister (1932–1933)1873197298 years, 237 days
33Isidro AyoraEcuadorPresident (1926–1931)1879197898 years, 201 days
34Mamadou DiaSenegalPrime Minister (1960–1962)1910200998 years, 191 days
35Nouhak PhoumsavanhLaosPresident (1992–1998)1910200898 years, 153 days
36Borys Mykolaiovych MartosUkraineChairman of Council of Ministers (1919)1879197798 years, 152 days
37Artúr GörgeyHungaryActing Governor-President (1849)1818191698 years, 107 days
38Gough WhitlamAustraliaPrime Minister (1972–1975)1916201498 years, 101 days
39Đỗ MườiVietnamPrime Minister (1988–1991)
Communist General Secretary (1991–1997)		1917Alive98 years, 87 days
40Venceslau BrásBrazilPresident (1914–1918)1868196698 years, 79 days
41Babiker AwadallaSudanPrime Minister (1969)1917Alive98 years, 59 days
42R. VenkataramanIndiaPresident (1987–1992)19102009 98 years, 54 days
43Dezső Pattantyús-ÁbrahámHungaryPrime Minister (1919)1875197398 years, 15 days
44Gabriel París GordilloColombiaPresident (1957–1958)1910200898 years, 13 days
45Émile FlachMonacoMinister of State (1911–1917)1860195998 years, 1 day to
99 years, 364 days[8]
46Óscar Mendoza AzurdiaGuatemalaPresident (1957)1917Alive97 years, 330 days
47Kenan EvrenTurkeyNational Security Council President (1980–1982)
President (1982–1989)		1917Alive97 years, 287 days
48Baron Ignaz von PlenerCisleithaniaMinster-President (1870)1810190897 years, 272 days
49Domhnall Ua BuachallaIrelandGovernor-General (1932–1936)1866196397 years, 267 days
50Federico PáezEcuadorActing President (1935–1937)1876197497 years, 209 days to
98 years, 208 days[9]
51Ramón José VelásquezVenezuelaInterim President (1993–1994)1916201497 years 208 days
52He YingqinRepublic of ChinaPremier (1949)1890198797 years, 202 days
53Alfredo Solf y MuroPeruPrime Minister (1939–1944)1872196997 years, 152 days
54Armando VillanuevaPeruPrime Minister (1988–1989)1915201397 years, 140 days
55Ion Gheorghe MaurerRomaniaAssembly Presidium Chairman (1958–1961)
Acting State Council President (1965)
Prime Minister (1961–1974)		1902200097 years, 138 days
56Martial CélestinHaitiPrime Minister (1988)1913201197 years, 123 days
57Enrico DandoloVeniceDoge (1192–1205)1107120597 years, 121 days to
98 years, 150 days[10]
58Gheorghe ApostolRomaniaCommunist General Secretary (1954–1955)1913201097 years, 97 days
59Pierre Antoine LaloyFranceNational Convention President (1793)1749184697 years, 59 days
60Giovanni Paolo LascarisKnights HospitallerGrand Master (1636–1657)1560165797 years, 47 days
61Émile Derlin ZinsouDahomeyPresident (1968–1969)1918Alive97 years, 38 days
62Nguyễn Văn TâmSouth VietnamPrime Minister (1952–1953)1893199097 years, 0 to 325 days[11]
63Konstantinos KolliasGreecePrime Minister (1967)1901199897 years, 0 to 193 days[12]
64Yasuhiro NakasoneJapanPrime Minister (1982–1987)1918Alive96 years, 338 days
65Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di BelmonteHoly SeeActing Sovereign (1939)1851194896 years, 312 days
66Khertek Anchimaa-TokaTuvaChair of Presidium (1940–1944)1912200896 years, 308 days
67Camille HuysmansBelgiumPrime Minister (1946–1947)1871196896 years, 273 days
68Yitzhak ShamirIsraelPrime Minister (1983–1984, 1986–1992)1915201296 years, 252 days
69Habib BourguibaTunisiaPrime Minister (1956–1957)
President (1957–1987)		1903200096 years, 246 days
70Vyacheslav MolotovSoviet UnionPremier (1930–1941)1890198696 years, 244 days
71Konstantinos MitsotakisGreecePrime Minister (1990–1993)1918Alive96 years, 194 days
72Patricio AylwinChilePresident (1990–1994)1918Alive96 years, 155 days
73Cesáreo Octavio Deustua EscarzaPeruPrime Minister (1902)1849194596 years, 137 days
74Helmut SchmidtWest GermanyChancellor (1974–1982)1918Alive96 years, 128 days
75Hyun Soong-jongSouth KoreaPrime Minister (1992–1993)1919Alive96 years, 94 days
76Pedro LascuráinMexicoActing President (1913)1856195296 years, 74 days
77Federico ChávezParaguayPresident (1949–1954)1882197896 years, 68 days
78Ebrahim HakimiIranPrime Minister (1945, 1945–1946, 1947–1948)1863195996 years, 65 days
79Fumio GotōJapanActing Prime Minister (1936)1884198096 years, 55 days
80Mario Echandi JiménezCosta RicaPresident (1958–1962)1915201196 years, 42 days
81João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of SinimbuBrazilPrime Minister (1878–1880)1810190696 years, 37 days
82Dom MintoffMaltaPrime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984)1916201296 years, 14 days
83Mohammed Karim LamraniMoroccoPrime Minister (1971–1972, 1983–1986, 1992–1994)1919Alive95 years, 364 days
84Hans SchaffnerSwitzerlandFederal Council Member (1961–1969)
President (1966)		1908200495 years, 346 days
85Joaquín BalaguerDominican RepublicPresident (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)1906200295 years, 316 days
86Tomás Romero PereiraParaguayProvisional President (1954)1886198295 years, 312 days
87Walter ScheelWest GermanyActing Chancellor (1974)
President (1974–1979)		1919Alive95 years, 296 days
88Mohsen SadrIranPrime Minister (1945)1866196295 years, 292 days to
96 years, 291 days[13]
89Hau Pei-tsunRepublic of ChinaPremier (1990–1993)1919Alive95 years, 291 days
90Juan José EstradaNicaraguaPresident (1910–1911)1872196795 years, 191 days
91Pote SarasinThailandPrime Minister (1957)1905200095 years, 187 days
92Tahar Ben AmmarTunisiaPrime Minister (1956)1889198595 years, 166 days
93Nelson MandelaSouth AfricaPresident (1994–1999)1918201395 years, 140 days
94Paal BergNorwayActing Head of State (1945)1873196895 years, 126 days
95Ahmed Ben BellaAlgeriaPresident (1963–1965)1916201295 years, 108 days
96Roberto M. LevingstonArgentinaPresident (1970–1971)1920Alive95 years, 101 days
Javier Pérez de CuéllarPeruPrime Minister (2000–2001)1920Alive95 years, 101 days
98Philippe PétainFrancePrime Minister (1940)
Chief of the State (1940–1944)		1856195195 years, 90 days
99Léopold Sédar SenghorSenegalPresident (1960–1980)1906200195 years, 72 days
100Petar StambolićYugoslaviaPrime Minister (1963–1967)
President (1982–1983)		1912200795 years, 71 days

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The dates of birth and death for al-Hakim are unknown.
  2. ↑ The exact date of birth for Hussein is unknown, but he was at least 100 years old at the time of his death.
  3. ↑ The date of birth for Banda is unknown.
  4. ↑ The exact date of birth for Momin is unknown.
  5. ↑ The exact date of death for Campbell is unknown.
  6. ↑ The date of birth for Sabrah is unknown.
  7. ↑ The date of birth for Daar is unknown.
  8. ↑ The dates of birth and death for Flach are unknown.
  9. ↑ The exact date of death for Páez is unknown.
  10. ↑ Exact date of birth unknown, died in May 1205.
  11. ↑ The exact date of birth for Nguyen is unknown.
  12. ↑ The exact date of birth for Kollias is unknown.
  13. ↑ The exact date of birth for Sadr is unknown.

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