List of longest-living state leaders

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.

List

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
8th-oldest ever and still alive:
Babiker Awadalla
served 1969

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	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Japan	Prime Minister (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
5	Ek Yi Oun	Cambodia	Prime Minister (1958)	1910	2013	102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days^{[lower-greek 1]}
6	Willem Drees	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
7	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
8	Babiker Awadalla	Sudan	Prime Minister (1969)	1917	Alive	7004371220000000000♠101 years, 232 days
9	Zhang Qun	China	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	2016	101 years, 115 days
11	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
12	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 27 days
13	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Head of State (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
14	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	Alive	7004366710000000000♠100 years, 146 days
15	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 45 days
16	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	100 years, 32 days
17	Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	100 years, 0 to 163 days^{[lower-greek 2]}
18	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) President (1966–1994)	1898	1997	99 years, 283 days
19	Hyun Soong-jong	South Korea	Prime Minister (1992–1993)	1919	Alive	7004364270000000000♠99 years, 267 days
20	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
21	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
22	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	2018	99 years, 142 days
23	Sir Anthony Mamo	Malta	Governor-General (1971–1974) President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
24	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
25	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	Alive	7004362590000000000♠99 years, 99 days
26	Sir Clifford Campbell	Jamaica	Governor-General (1962–1973)	1892	1991	99 years, 92 days
27	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 41 days
28	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
29	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
30	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
31	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	Alive	7004360690000000000♠98 years, 274 days
32	Carlos Enrique Díaz de León	Guatemala	Provisional President (1954)	1915	2014	98 years, 261 days to 99 years, 260 days^{[lower-greek 3]}
33	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
34	Sir Howard Cooke	Jamaica	Governor-General (1991–2006)	1915	2014	98 years, 240 days
35	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
36	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	2017	98 years, 223 days
37	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 203 days
38	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 196 days
39	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
40	Aden Abdullah Osman Daar	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	98 years, 181 days
41	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
42	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	2016	98 years, 127 days
43	Borys Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 122 days
44	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 112 days
45	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 102 days
46	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 78 days
47	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
48	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016)	1920	Alive	7004358490000000000♠98 years, 55 days
49	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
50	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
51	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	Alive	7004358120000000000♠98 years, 18 days
52	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	Alive	7004357520000000000♠97 years, 323 days
53	Kenan Evren	Turkey	National Security Council President (1980–1982) President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
54	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
55	Jean	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	Alive	7004357170000000000♠97 years, 288 days
56	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minister-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
57	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Irish Free State	Governor-General (1932–1936)	1866	1963	97 years, 267 days
58	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	Alive	7004356930000000000♠97 years, 264 days
59	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	Interim president (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years, 208 days
60	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
61	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	2017	97 years, 174 days
62	Abdelmalek Benhabyles	Algeria	Chair of Constitutional Council (1992)	1921	Alive	7004356050000000000♠97 years, 176 days
63	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
64	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
65	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
66	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	Assembly Presidium Chairman (1958–1961) Acting State Council President (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
67	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
68	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	Communist Party General Secretary (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
69	Walter Scheel	West Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	2016	97 years, 47 days
70	Francisco Morales-Bermúdez	Peru	Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980)	1921	Alive	7004354450000000000♠97 years, 16 days
71	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
72	Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
73	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Chair of Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
74	Nguyễn Văn Xuân	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1947–1949)	1892	1989	96 years, 286 days
75	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 275 days
76	Luis Echeverría	Mexico	President (1970–1976)	1922	Alive	7004353400000000000♠96 years, 276 days
77	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
78	Federico Páez	Ecuador	Acting President (1935–1937)	1877	1974	96 years, 250 days
79	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 247 days
80	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
81	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	96 years, 194 days to 97 years, 193 days^{[lower-greek 4]}
82	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	2017	96 years, 191 days
83	Cesáreo Octavio Deustua Escarza	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
84	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	Acting President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
85	Federico Chávez	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
86	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 67 days
87	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 43 days
88	Michael I	Romania	King (1927–1930; 1940–1947)	1921	2017	96 years, 41 days
89	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
90	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
91	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1961–1969) President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
92	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
93	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Provisional President (1954)	1886	1982	95 years, 312 days
94	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	2016	95 years, 282 days
95	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	2008	95 years, 274 days
96	Lee Teng-hui	Taiwan	President (1988–2000)	1923	Alive	7004349770000000000♠95 years, 278 days
97	Belisario Betancur	Colombia	President (1982–1986)	1923	Alive	7004349570000000000♠95 years, 258 days
98	Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	President (1910–1911)	1872	1967	95 years, 191 days
99	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
100	Antonio Imbert Barrera	Dominican Republic	President (1965)	1920	2016	95 years, 180 days

Addendum

The following individual may be older than #100–84, 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-greek 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 date of death for Díaz is unknown.
↑ The exact date of birth for Kollias is unknown.
↑ The exact date of birth for al-Hakim is unknown.

External links

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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.

[3] The date of death for Díaz is unknown.

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

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

List of longest-living state leaders

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