List of centenarians (politicians and government servants)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as politicians and government servants – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
AlessiGiuseppe Alessi	1905–2009	103	Italian politician[1]
AlikerPierre Aliker	1907–2013	106	French Martinican politician, physician and independence activist[2]
AndaRandi Anda	1898–1999	100	Norwegian politician[3]
ApplebyFrank Pierpoint Appleby	1913–2015	101	Canadian politician[4]
BankstonJesse Bankston	1907–2010	103	American Democratic party activist and president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting[5]
BayarCelâl Bayar	1883–1986	103	President of Turkey
BenitezHelena Benitez	1914–	101	Filipino senator[6]
BermanYitzhak Berman	1913–2013	100	Israeli politician[7]
BersaniGiovanni Bersani	1914–2014	100	Italian politician[8]
BeshlinEarl Hanley Beshlin	1870–1971	101	American congressman
BisdeeLouis Bisdee	1910–2010	100	Australian politician
BonnellSaul Bonnell	1871–1973	101	Canadian politician[9]
BordeauxMeredith Bordeaux	1912–2014	101-102	American politician[10]
BowieRobert R. Bowie	1909–2013	104	American deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency[11]
BrittainSir Harry Brittain	1873–1974	100	British politician, journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union
BurseyMorley Byron Bursey	1912–2013	101	Canadian diplomat[12]
CarlsonReinhold O. Carlson	1905–2006	100	American politician[13]
ChakmaMohan Lal Chakma	1911/2–2013	101	Indian politician[14]
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	1905–2009	103	Cambodian Prime Minister[15]
Binod Bihari Chowdhury	1911–2013	102	Bangladeshi activist for Indian independence[16]
ClarkKeir Clark	1910–2010	100	Canadian politician[17]
ClarkeGeorge W. Clarke	1906–2006	100	American politician[18]
ColcordRoswell K. Colcord	1839–1939	100	American governor of Nevada
ColeCornelius Cole	1822–1924	102	Longest-lived American senator
CouchmanElizabeth Couchman	1876–1982	106	Australian Liberal Party politician
CrockerSir Walter Crocker	1902–2002	100	Australian diplomat, politician and writer
DallandBirgit Dalland	1907–2007	100	Norwegian politician[19]
DavisJimmie Davis	1899–2000	101	American governor of Louisiana and singer
De MuthPeter J. De Muth	1892–1993	101	American Congressman
DesBarresJoseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres	1721–1824	102	Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman
DespresLeon Despres	1908–2009	101	American Chicago City Council member and attorney[20]
DessaullesGeorges-Casimir Dessaulles	1827–1930	102	Canadian senator
DeweyCharles S. Dewey	1880–1980	100	American congressman[21]
DiPaoloFrank DiPaolo	1906–2013	106	American politician and mentor to Patrick J. Kennedy[22]
DominyFloyd Dominy	1909–2010	100	American commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation[23]
DoocyFred J. Doocy	1913–	103	American politician[24]
DorjeeKazi Lhendup Dorjee	1904–2007	102	Indian politician and first Chief Minister of Sikkim
DreesWillem Drees	1886–1988	101	Dutch Prime Minister
DullesEleanor Lansing Dulles	1895–1996	101	American diplomat
EdelmanFanny Edelman	1911–2011	100	Argentine politician[25]
EdwardsDon Edwards	1915–2015	100	American congressman[26]
EllenbergerJules Ellenberger	1871–1973	102	British colonial administrator
ElowssonNils Elowsson	1890–1999	109	Swedish politician[27]
FaissWilbur Faiss	1911–2013	102	American politician[28]
FelderJosef Felder	1900–2000	100	German politician
FenlonEdward Fenlon	1903–2010	106	American member of the Michigan House of Representatives
FilgateEddie Filgate	1915–	100	Irish politician[29]
FishHamilton Fish III	1888–1991	102	American Congressman
ForbesThelma Forbes	1910–2012	101	Canadian politician[30]
GeebenDorothy Geeben	1908–2010	101	American mayor of Ocean Breeze Park, Florida[31]
GibsonHenry R. Gibson	1837–1938	100	American Congressman
GoesMarinus van der Goes van Naters	1900–2005	104	Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament
Gonzalez RuizBernardino González Ruíz	1911–2012	101	Panamanian President[32]
GranvilleEdgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye	1898–1998	100	British politician and life peer
HakimHassan al-Hakim	1886–1988	101–102	Syrian Prime Minister
HamiltonRuth Hamilton	1898–2008	109	American politician in the New Hampshire legislature[33]
HawkinsAugustus F. Hawkins	1907–2007	100	American Congressman
HazellBert Hazell	1907–2009	101	British Member of Parliament[34]
HechlerKen Hechler	1914–	101	American Congressman[35]
HeiskellJohn N. Heiskell	1872–1972	100	American Senator from Arkansas and newspaper publisher[36]
HeldersGerard Helders	1905–2013	107	Dutch politician[37]
HellwigFritz Hellwig	1912–	103	German politician and European Commissioner[38]
HoltHelen F. Holt	1913–2015	101	American politician[39]
HornsrudChristopher Hornsrud	1859–1960	101	Norwegian Prime Minister
HoytMary F. Hoyt	1858–1958	100	American civil servant[40]
HubbardArthur J. Hubbard, Sr.	1912–2014	102	American politician[41]
HulstJohan van Hulst	1911–	105	Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament[42]
HurleyMargaret Hurley	1909–2015	105	American politician[43]
HusseinMukhtar Mohamed Hussein	1912–2012	100	Somali President[44]
HutchinsonJeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington	1915–	101	British peer[45]
IngraoPietro Ingrao	1915–2015	100	Italian politician[46]
JamatiaBrajamohan Jamatia	1905–2012	106	Indian politician[47]
JonesDenny Jones	1910–2012	101	American politician[48]
JongPiet de Jong	1915–	101	Dutch Prime Minister[49]
JumpRussell Jump	1895–2000	105	American mayor of Wichita, Kansas[50]
KalliasKonstantinos Kallias	1901–2004	102	Greek politician
KarasawaToshiko Karasawa	1911–2013	102	Japanese politician[51]
KaseToshikazu Kase	1903–2004	101	Japanese diplomat
KaulSheila Kaul	1915–2015	100	Indian politician[52]
KennanGeorge F. Kennan	1904–2005	101	American Cold War policy architect
KeyserF. Ray Keyser, Sr.	1898–2001	102	American politician[53]
KhattakMuhammad Aslam Khan Khattak	1908–2008	100	Pakistani politician[54]
KhomanThanat Khoman	1914–2016	101	Thai Foreign Minister[55]
KimbrellFuller Kimbrell	1909–2013	103	American politician[56]
KnottWilliam V. Knott	1863–1965	101	American treasurer of Florida[57]
KorchinskiBernard Leo Korchinski	1905–2006	100	Canadian politician[58]
LandonAlf Landon	1887–1987	100	American governor of Kansas and presidential nominee
LeeHoward B. Lee	1879–1985	105	American politician[59]
LieHaakon Lie	1905–2009	103	Norwegian secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party[60]
MarcussenSigurd Marcussen	1905–2006	101	Norwegian politician[61]
MacheffyRichard McHeffy	1773–1874	100	Canadian politician[62]
MacintoshCameron Ross McIntosh	1871–1971	100	Canadian politician and newspaper publisher
MacmillanEnolia McMillan	1904–2006	102	American former president of NAACP
MontefioreSir Moses Montefiore	1784–1885	100	British Sheriff of London
MorganCecil Morgan	1898–1999	100	American politician in Louisiana
MulockSir William Mulock	1843–1944	101	Canadian politician and cabinet member
MurrayThomas Patrick Murray	1880–1981	101	Canadian politician[63]
NavarroCharles Navarro	1904–1905	101	American politician[64]
NewhookHazel Newhook	1914–	101	Canadian politician[65]
ParksGeorge Alexander Parks	1883–1984	100	American territorial governor of Alaska
PatersonNorman McLeod Paterson	1883–1983	100	Canadian senator and businessman
PaulWilliam Paul	1846–1947	100	Australian politician[66]
PinayAntoine Pinay	1891–1994	102	French prime minister
RaczynskiEdward Bernard Raczyński	1891–1993	102	Polish diplomat and President in exile
ReidRichard Gavin Reid	1879–1980	101	Canadian premier of Alberta
RenzelErnie Renzel	1907–2007	100	American mayor of San Jose, California
RonanWilliam J. Ronan	1912–2014	101	American chairman of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority[67]
RoperElmer Ernest Roper	1893–1994	101	Canadian mayor of Edmonton
RoselliniAlbert Rosellini	1910–2011	101	American governor of Washington[68]
RossNellie Tayloe Ross	1876–1977	100	American governor, first female governor in the United States
SalterSusanna M. Salter	1860–1961	101	American mayor of Argonia, Kansas, first female mayor in the United States
SeasongoodMurray Seasongood	1878–1983	104	American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
ShastriKeshavram Kashiram Shastri	1905–2006	101	Indian politician
ShinwellManny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell	1884–1986	101	British politician
SimpsonR. Smith Simpson	1906–2010	103	American Foreign Service Officer[69]
SmithClark S. Smith	1912–2014	102	American politician[70]
SpoorLeslie Spoor	1910–2011	100	Founder of the Scottish Green Party[71]
StoltWilliam Alex Stolt	1900–2001	100	American mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
SunerRamón Serrano Súñer	1901–2003	101	Spanish politician
Soong Mei-ling	1897/8–2003	105–106	Chinese politician and wife of Chiang Kai-shek
StudebakerJohn Ward Studebaker	1887–1989	102	American U.S. Commissioner of Education
SvensenHenrik Svensen	1904–2007	103	Norwegian Member of Parliament[72]
TaxellLars Erik Taxell	1913–2013	100	Finnish politician and legal scholar[73]
Taylor, Maris HarveyM. Harvey Taylor	1876–1982	105	American politician[74]
Taylor, TheodoreTheodore Cooke Taylor	1850–1952	102	Longest-lived member of the British Parliament[75]
Terentia	-9898 BC–4 AD	103	Ancient Roman wife of Cicero[76]
ThatcherMaurice Thatcher	1870–1973	102	American congressman and Military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
ThurmondStrom Thurmond	1902–2003	100	American Senator
TonderPer Tønder	1911–2015	104	Norwegian politician[77]
VagenArna Vågen	1905–2005	100	Norwegian politician[78]
VaneZachary A. Vane	1892–1993	100	American politician[79]
VratusaAnton Vratuša	1915–	101	Slovenian Prime Minister[80]
WalkerJohn A. Walker	1912–2012	100	American politician[81]
WarkDavid Wark	1804–1905	101	Canadian Senator
WiebeCornelius Wiebe	1893–1999	106	Canadian MLA from Manitoba
WingbladeJohn Wingblade	1883–1984	101	Canadian politician[82]
WiwaJim Wiwa	1904–2005	100–101	Nigerian chief of the Ogoni people
WolfeBernard B. Wolfe	1914–2016	101	American politician[83]
Zhang Jingfu	1914–2015	101	Chinese politician[84]
Zhang Qun	1889–1990	101	Chinese politician
Zhang Xueliang	1901–2001	100	Chinese General and instigator of the Xi'an Incident
ZimmermanJohn C. Zimmerman, Sr.	1835–1935	100	American politician and mayor of Flint, Michigan[85]
ZolotasXenophon Zolotas	1904–2004	100	Prime Minister of Greece

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