List of longest-living state leaders

Last updated October 12, 2021

This article lists the 100 oldest 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 gold. 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. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 days.

Gallery

Oldest ever:
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
served 1962
2nd-oldest ever:
Celâl Bayar
served 1937–1939 & 1950–1960
3rd-oldest ever:
Antoine Pinay
served 1952–1953
Oldest currently living and 17th-oldest ever:
Mustafa Ben Halim
served 1954–1957

List

Living

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 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	André Prunet-Foch	Andorra	French Viguier (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
1–6	Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1958)	1910	2013	102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days^{[lower-roman 1]}
7	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
8	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
9	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
10	Zhang Qun	China	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
11	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	2019	101 years, 186 days
12	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
13	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	2020	101 years, 89 days
14	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
15	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
16	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Head of State (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
17	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	Alive	100 years, 256 days
18	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	2020	100 years, 235 days
19	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
19	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	2020	100 years, 45 days
21	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
22	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	Alive	100 years, 8 days
19–23	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	100 years, 0 to 163 days^{[lower-roman 2]}
24	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	Alive	99 years, 268 days
25	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
26	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	2020	99 years, 212 days
27	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
28	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
29	Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
30	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
31	Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
32	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
33	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
34	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
35	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
24–36	Hastings Banda	Malawi	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^{[lower-roman 3]}
37	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	2019	98 years, 273 days
38	The Count Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
39	Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
40	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
41	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
42	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
43	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
44	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
45	Aden Adde	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
46	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
47	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	2019	98 years, 142 days
48	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
49	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 122 days
50	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
51	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	2019	98 years, 108 days
52	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
53	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
54	Claude Rostain	Andorra	French Viguier (1972–1977)	1916	2015	98 years, 56 days
55	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
56	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
57	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
58	Miloš Jakeš	Czechoslovakia	General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)	1922	2020	97 years, 332 days
59	Kenan Evren	Turkey	President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
60	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
61	Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
62	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
63	Khamtai Siphandon	Laos	Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006)	1924	Alive	97 years, 246 days
64	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	2018	97 years, 245 days
65	Tomiichi Murayama	Japan	Prime Minister (1994–1996)	1924	Alive	97 years, 223 days
66	Francesc Badia Batalla	Andorra	Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993)	1923	2020	97 years, 217 days
67	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	Interim president (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
68	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
69	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000) Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–2000)	1923	2020	97 years, 197 days
70	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
71	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
72	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
73	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
74	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	President of the Presidium (1958–1961) Acting President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
75	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
76	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	First Secretary of the Workers' Party (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
77	Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia	State President (1964–1991) President of the United National Independence Party (1973–1990)	1924	2021	97 years, 50 days
78	Walter Scheel	West Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
79	Jimmy Carter	United States	President (1977–1981)	1924	Alive	97 years, 11 days
80	Lubomír Štrougal	Czechoslovakia	Prime Minister (1970–1988)	1924	Alive	96 years, 358 days
81	Guillermo Rodriguez	Ecuador	President (1972–1976)	1924	Alive	96 years, 342 days
82	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
83	Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
84	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Chair of the Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
85	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
86	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
87	Federico Páez	Ecuador	Acting President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
88	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
89	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
70–90	Constantine Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days^{[lower-roman 4]}
91	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
92	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Tanzania	President (1985–1995) National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992)	1925	Alive	96 years, 157 days
93	Alejandro Deustua	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
94	Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President (2006–2015)	1925	Alive	96 years, 105 days
95	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)	1925	Alive	96 years, 94 days
96	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	Morocco	Prime Minister (1998–2002)	1924	2020	96 years, 82 days
97	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	Acting President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
98	Federico Chávez	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
99	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
100	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days

Addendum

The following individual may have been older than #100–96, but his exact lifespan is unknown.

Name	State	Position	Birth	Death	Age
Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941–1942; 1951)	1886	1982	95 years, 89 days to 96 years, 88 days^{[lower-roman 5]}

Notes

↑ The dates of birth and death for Ek are unknown.
↑ The exact date of birth for Hussein remains unknown, but he was at aged at least 100 at the time of his death.
↑ The exact date of birth for Banda remains unknown
↑ The exact date of birth of Kollias is unknown
↑ The exact date of birth for al-Hakim is unknown.

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[1] The dates of birth and death for Ek are unknown.

[2] The exact date of birth for Hussein remains unknown, but he was at aged at least 100 at the time of his death.

[unclear-3] The exact date of birth for Banda remains unknown

[4] The exact date of birth of Kollias is unknown

[5] The exact date of birth for al-Hakim is unknown.

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