List of longest-living state leaders

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This article lists 100 oldest known current or former heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister; excluding representatives), born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold italics on gold.

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962), the oldest state leader on this list

Celâl Bayar, Prime Minister (1937–39) and President of Turkey (1950–60), the second-oldest state leader

Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prime Minister of Japan (1945), the fifth-oldest state leader

Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–58), the sixth-oldest state leader

Zhang Qun, Premier of the Republic of China (1947–48), the seventh-oldest state leader

Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (1928), the ninth-oldest state leader

Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–71), the eleventh-oldest and oldest known living former state leader

№	Name	State	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, 290 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	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	Zhang Qun	China	Premier (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
8	Bernardino González Ruiz	Panama	President (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
9	Piet de Jong	Netherlands	Prime Minister (1967–1971)	1915	Alive	101 years, 31 days
10	Christopher Hornsrud	Norway	Prime Minister (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 28 days
11	Hassan al-Hakim	Syria	Prime Minister (1941–1942; 1951)	1886	1988	101 years, 1 day to 102 years, 364 days[lower-roman 1]
12	Telmo Vargas	Ecuador	Head of State (1966)	1912	2013	100 years, 304 days
13	Xenophon Zolotas	Greece	Prime Minister (1989–1990)	1904	2004	100 years, 76 days
14	Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	Interim president (1969)	1912	2012	100 years, 0 to 163 days[lower-roman 2]
15	Hastings Banda	Malawi	Prime Minister (1964–1966) President (1966–1994)	1898	1997	99 years, 270 to 297 days[lower-roman 3]
16	Johan Ferrier	Suriname	President (1975–1980)	1910	2010	99 years, 237 days
17	Gulzarilal Nanda	India	Prime Minister (1964; 1966)	1898	1998	99 years, 195 days
18	Anthony Mamo	Malta	President (1974–1976)	1909	2008	99 years, 113 days
19	Michail Stasinopoulos	Greece	President (1974–1975)	1903	2002	99 years, 96 days
20	Đỗ Mười	Vietnam	Prime Minister (1988–1991) Communist General Secretary (1991–1997)	1917	Alive	99 years, 92 days
21	Morarji Desai	India	Prime Minister (1977–1979)	1896	1995	99 years, 40 days
22	Abdul Salam Sabrah	North Yemen	Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971)	1912	2012	99 years, 33 days to 100 years, 32 days[lower-roman 4]
23	Võ Chí Công	Vietnam	Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)	1912	2011	99 years, 32 days
24	Aden Abdullah Osman Daar	Somalia	President (1960–1967)	1908	2007	99 years, 17 to 158 days[lower-roman 5]
25	Abdel Halim Muhammad	Sudan	Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964–1965)	1910	2009	99 years, 6 days
26	Ċensu Tabone	Malta	President (1989–1994)	1913	2012	98 years, 350 days
27	Émile Reuter	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1918–1925)	1874	1973	98 years, 257 days
28	Pierre Harmel	Belgium	Prime Minister (1965–1966)	1911	2009	98 years, 244 days
29	Joseph Paul-Boncour	France	Prime Minister (1932–1933)	1873	1972	98 years, 237 days
30	Isidro Ayora	Ecuador	President (1926–1931)	1879	1978	98 years, 201 days
31	Mamadou Dia	Senegal	Prime Minister (1960–1962)	1910	2009	98 years, 191 days
32	Nouhak Phoumsavanh	Laos	President (1992–1998)	1910	2008	98 years, 153 days
33	Borys Mykolaiovych Martos	Ukraine	Chairman of Council of Ministers (1919)	1879	1977	98 years, 152 days
34	Artúr Görgei	Hungary	Acting Governor-President (1849)	1818	1916	98 years, 107 days
35	Gough Whitlam	Australia	Prime Minister (1972–1975)	1916	2014	98 years, 101 days
36	Venceslau Brás	Brazil	President (1914–1918)	1868	1966	98 years, 79 days
37	R. Venkataraman	India	President (1987–1992)	1910	2009	98 years, 54 days
38	Émile Derlin Zinsou	Dahomey	President (1968–1969)	1918	Alive	98 years, 42 days
39	Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám	Hungary	Prime Minister (1919)	1875	1973	98 years, 15 days
40	Gabriel París Gordillo	Colombia	President (1957–1958)	1910	2008	98 years, 13 days
41	Émile Flach	Monaco	Minister of State (1911–1917)	1860	1959	98 years, 1 day to 99 years, 364 days[lower-roman 6]
42	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Japan	Prime Minister (1982–1987)	1918	Alive	97 years, 343 days
43	Kenan Evren	Turkey	National Security Council President (1980–1982) President (1982–1989)	1917	2015	97 years, 296 days
44	Wellington Koo	China	Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927)	1888	1985	97 years, 289 days
45	Baron Ignaz von Plener	Cisleithania ( Austria-Hungary)	Minster-President (1870)	1810	1908	97 years, 272 days
46	Federico Páez	Ecuador	Acting President (1935–1937)	1876	1974	97 years, 209 days to 98 years, 208 days[lower-roman 7]
47	Ramón José Velásquez	Venezuela	Interim president (1993–1994)	1916	2014	97 years 208 days
48	He Yingqin	China	Premier (1949)	1890	1987	97 years, 202 days
49	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Greece	Prime Minister (1990–1993)	1918	Alive	97 years, 199 days
50	Alfredo Solf y Muro	Peru	Prime Minister (1939–1944)	1872	1969	97 years, 152 days
51	Patricio Aylwin	Chile	President (1990–1994)	1918	2016	97 years, 145 days
52	Armando Villanueva	Peru	Prime Minister (1988–1989)	1915	2013	97 years, 140 days
53	Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Romania	Assembly Presidium Chairman (1958–1961) Acting State Council President (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974)	1902	2000	97 years, 138 days
54	Martial Célestin	Haiti	Prime Minister (1988)	1913	2011	97 years, 123 days
55	Gheorghe Apostol	Romania	Communist General Secretary (1954–1955)	1913	2010	97 years, 97 days
56	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Morocco	Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)	1919	Alive	97 years, 3 days
57	Nguyễn Văn Tâm	South Vietnam	Prime Minister (1952–1953)	1893	1990	97 years, 0 to 325 days[lower-roman 8]
58	Konstantinos Kollias	Greece	Prime Minister (1967)	1901	1998	97 years, 0 to 193 days[lower-roman 9]
59	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	Chancellor (1974–1982)	1918	2015	96 years, 322 days
60	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Vatican City	Acting Sovereign (1939)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
61	Khertek Anchimaa-Toka	Tuva	Chair of Presidium (1940–1944)	1912	2008	96 years, 308 days
62	Walter Scheel	West Germany	Acting Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979)	1919	Alive	96 years, 301 days
63	Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwan	Premier (1990–1993)	1919	Alive	96 years, 296 days
64	Camille Huysmans	Belgium	Prime Minister (1946–1947)	1871	1968	96 years, 273 days
65	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)	1915	2012	96 years, 252 days
66	Habib Bourguiba	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)	1903	2000	96 years, 246 days
67	Vyacheslav Molotov	Soviet Union	Premier (1930–1941)	1890	1986	96 years, 244 days
68	Cesáreo Octavio Deustua Escarza	Peru	Prime Minister (1902)	1849	1945	96 years, 137 days
69	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	1920	Alive	96 years, 106 days
70	Pedro Lascuráin	Mexico	Acting President (1913)	1856	1952	96 years, 74 days
71	Federico Chávez	Paraguay	President (1949–1954)	1882	1978	96 years, 68 days
72	Ebrahim Hakimi	Iran	Prime Minister (1945; 1945–1946; 1947–1948)	1863	1959	96 years, 65 days
73	Fumio Gotō	Japan	Acting Prime Minister (1936)	1884	1980	96 years, 55 days
74	Josip Manolić	Croatia	Prime Minister (1990–1991)	1920	Alive	96 years, 43 days
75	Mario Echandi Jiménez	Costa Rica	President (1958–1962)	1915	2011	96 years, 42 days
76	João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of Sinimbu	Brazil	Prime Minister (1878–1880)	1810	1906	96 years, 37 days
77	Liam Cosgrave	Ireland	Taoiseach (1973–1977)	1920	Alive	96 years, 21 days
78	Dom Mintoff	Malta	Prime Minister (1955–1958; 1971–1984)	1916	2012	96 years, 14 days
79	Hans Schaffner	Switzerland	Federal Council Member (1961–1969) President (1966)	1908	2004	95 years, 346 days
80	Joaquín Balaguer	Dominican Republic	President (1960–1962; 1966–1978; 1986–1996)	1906	2002	95 years, 316 days
81	Tomás Romero Pereira	Paraguay	Provisional President (1954)	1886	1982	95 years, 312 days
82	Mohsen Sadr	Iran	Prime Minister (1945)	1866	1962	95 years, 292 days to 96 years, 291 days[lower-roman 10]
83	Fred Degazon	Dominica	President (1979–1980)	1913	2008	95 years, 274 days
84	Prem Tinsulanonda	Thailand	Prime Minister (1980–1988)	1920	Alive	95 years, 252 days
85	Tun Tin	Burma	Prime Minister (1988)	1920	Alive	95 years, 215 days
86	Juan José Estrada	Nicaragua	President (1910–1911)	1872	1967	95 years, 191 days
87	Pote Sarasin	Thailand	Prime Minister (1957)	1905	2000	95 years, 187 days
88	Tahar Ben Ammar	Tunisia	Prime Minister (1956)	1889	1985	95 years, 166 days
89	Lê Đức Anh	Vietnam	President (1992–1997)	1920	Alive	95 years, 155 days
90	Antonio Imbert Barrera	Dominican Republic	President (1965)	1920	Alive	95 years, 153 days
91	Roberto M. Levingston	Argentina	President (1970–1971)	1920	2015	95 years, 149 days
92	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Italy	Prime Minister (1993–1994) President (1999–2006)	1920	Alive	95 years, 147 days
93	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	President (1994–1999)	1918	2013	95 years, 140 days
94	Paal Berg	Norway	Acting Head of State (1945)	1873	1968	95 years, 126 days
95	Pedro Richter Prada	Peru	Prime Minister (1979–1980)	1921	Alive	95 years, 121 days
96	Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Grand Duke (1964–2000)	1921	Alive	95 years, 120 days
97	Ahmed Ben Bella	Algeria	President (1963–1965)	1916	2012	95 years, 108 days
98	Mustafa Ben Halim	Libya	Prime Minister (1954–1957)	1921	Alive	95 years, 96 days
99	Philippe Pétain	France	Prime Minister (1940) Chief of the State (1940–1944)[lower-roman 11]	1856	1951	95 years, 90 days
100	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegal	President (1960–1980)	1906	2001	95 years, 72 days

See also

• List of longest-reigning monarchs
• List of the oldest living state leaders
• Lists of state leaders

Notes

1. The dates of birth and death for al-Hakim are unknown.
2. The exact date of birth for Hussein remains unknown, but he was at least aged 100—at the time of his death.
3. The date of birth for Banda is unknown.
4. The date of birth for Sabrah is unknown.
5. The date of birth for Daar is unknown.
6. The dates of birth and death for Flach are unknown.
7. The exact date of death for Páez is 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 birth for Sadr is unknown.
11. By virtue of his position as Chief of the State of Vichy France, Pétain was also concurrently Co-Prince of the Principality of Andorra.

External links

• United Nations—a list of heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers
• Rulers—a list of world statesman throughout time and places
• WorldStatesmen—a list of world statesman throughout time and places