Lists of state leaders by age

This article contains various lists of state leaders organized by age, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government. Typically this list includes presidents, prime ministers or monarchs. There are approximately 360 current leaders.

10 oldest currently serving state leaders

People currently serving as head of state, representative of a Head of State, and/or head of government. There are approximately 360 current leaders.

Leaders for life

Rank	Name	Born	Age	Position	Assumed office
1	Elizabeth II	21 April 1926	90 years, 16 days	Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other countries	1952
2	Bhumibol Adulyadej	5 December 1927	88 years, 154 days	King of Thailand	1946
3	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	16 June 1929	86 years, 326 days	Emir of Kuwait	2006
4	Sir Elliott Belgrave	16 March 1931	85 years, 52 days	Governor-General of Barbados	2012
5	Dame Marguerite Pindling	26 June 1932	83 years, 316 days	Governor-General of the Bahamas	2014
6	Sir Colville Young	20 November 1932	83 years, 169 days	Governor-General of Belize	1993
7	Akihito	23 December 1933	82 years, 136 days	Emperor of Japan	1989
8	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	31 December 1935	80 years, 128 days	King of Saudi Arabia	2015
9	Sir Frederick Ballantyne	5 July 1936	79 years, 307 days	Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2002
10	Pope Francis	17 December 1936	79 years, 142 days	Sovereign of the Vatican City	2013

Term-bounded leaders

Rank	Name	Born	Age	Position	Assumed office
1	Robert Mugabe	21 February 1924	92 years, 76 days	President of Zimbabwe	1987
2	Beji Caid Essebsi	29 November 1926	89 years, 160 days	President of Tunisia	2014
3	Abdul Halim	28 November 1927	88 years, 161 days	King of Malaysia	2011
4	Kim Yong-nam	4 February 1928	88 years, 93 days	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea	1998
5	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	29 March 1930	86 years, 39 days	Prime Minister of Mauritius	2014
6	Raúl Castro	3 June 1931	84 years, 339 days	President of Cuba	2008
7	Paul Biya	13 February 1933	83 years, 84 days	President of Cameroon	1982
8	Carlos Correia	6 November 1933	82 years, 183 days	Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau	2015
9	Artur Rasizade	26 February 1935	81 years, 71 days	Prime Minister of Azerbaijan	2003
10	Mahmoud Abbas	26 March 1935	81 years, 42 days	President of Palestine	2005

10 oldest ever serving state leaders

Leaders still serving are highlighted in italicized bold.

Leaders for life

Rank	Name	Position	Last year in office (reason term ended)	Age at end
1	Abdul Momin	Sultan of Brunei	1885 (death)	99 years, 5 months (?)[1]
2	Enrico Dandolo	Doge of Venice	1205 (death)	97 years, 4 months (?)[2]
3	Giovanni Paolo Lascaris	Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller	1657 (death)	97 years, 47 days
4	Nicolò da Ponte	Doge of Venice	1585 (death)	94 years, 196 days
5	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Malietoa of Samoa	2007 (death)	94 years, 127 days
6	Leo XIII	Pope of the Holy See	1903 (death)	93 years, 140 days
7	Gustaf V	King of Sweden	1950 (death)	92 years, 135 days
8	Manuel Pinto de Fonseca	Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller	1773 (death)	91 years, 244 days
9	Sir Cuthbert Sebastian	Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis	2013 (retirement)	91 years, 72 days
10	Ludovico I	Capitano del popolo of Mantua	1360 (death)	91 years (?)[3]

Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) died in office at 91 years 276 days of age.

Term-bonded leaders

Rank	Name	Position	Last year in office (reason term ended)	Age at end
1	Hastings Banda	President of Malawi	1994 (lost election)	96 years, 3 months (? age disputed)
2	Robert Mugabe	President of Zimbabwe	Incumbent	92 years, 76 days
3	Tôn Đức Thắng	President of Vietnam	1980 (death)	91 years, 223 days
4	Shimon Peres	President of Israel	2014 (term ended)	90 years, 356 days
5	Eamon De Valera	President of Ireland	1973 (term ended)	90 years, 253 days
6	Joaquin Balaguer	President of the Dominican Republic	1996 (term ended)	89 years, 350 days
7	Giorgio Napolitano	President of Italy	2015 (resignation)	89 years, 199 days
8	Beji Caid Essebsi	President of Tunisia	Incumbent	89 years, 160 days
9	Luis Alberto Sánchez	Prime Minister of Peru	1989 (resignation)	88 years, 353 days
10	Girma Wolde-Giorgis	President of Ethiopia	2013 (term ended)	88 years, 303 days

Longest lived state leaders

The following lists are the top ten all-time state leaders and the top ten living. For Top 100 lists see List of longest-living state leaders and List of the oldest living state leaders.

Top ten ever

Rank	Name	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 135 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	Prime Minister of France (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
4	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee	Chief Minister of Sikkim (1974–1975)	1904	2007	102 years, 290 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Prime Minister of Japan (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Willem Drees	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
7	Zhang Qun	Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 209 days
8	Bernardino González Ruíz	President of Panama (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
9	Piet de Jong	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)	1912	Living	101 years, 34 days
10	Christopher Hornsrud	Prime Minister of Norway (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 28 days

Top ten living

Rank	Name	Position	Birth	Age
1	Piet de Jong	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)	3 April 1915	101 years, 34 days
2	Đỗ Mười	Prime Minister of Vietnam (1988–1991), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991–1997)	2 February 1917	99 years, 95 days
3	Émile Derlin Zinsou	President of Dahomey (1968–1969)	23 March 1918	98 years, 45 days
4	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987)	27 May 1918	97 years, 346 days
5	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)	18 October 1918	97 years, 202 days
6	Hyun Soong-jong	Prime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993)	26 January 1919	97 years, 102 days
7	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Prime Minister of Morocco (1971–1972, 1983–1986, 1992–1994)	1 May 1919	97 years, 6 days
8	Walter Scheel	President of West Germany (1974–1979)	8 July 1919	96 years, 304 days
9	Hau Pei-tsun	Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993)	13 July 1919	96 years, 299 days
10	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Prime Minister of Peru (2000–2003)	20 January 1920	96 years, 108 days

10 youngest serving state leaders

1. Kim Jong-un (Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011), born 8 January 1983
2. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Emir of Qatar since 2013), born 3 June 1980
3. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (King of Bhutan since 2006), born 21 February 1980
4. Taavi Rõivas (Prime Minister of Estonia since 2014), born 26 September 1979
5. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (President of the Revolutionary Committee of Yemen since 2015), born 14 July 1979
6. Emil Dimitriev (Interim Prime Minister of Macedonia since 2016), born 19 March 1979
7. Massimo Andrea Ugolini (Captain Regent of San Marino since 2016), born 26 July 1978^[4]
8. Volodymyr Groysman (Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2016), born 20 January 1978
9. Charles Michel (Prime Minister of Belgium since 2014), born 21 December 1975
10. Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister of Italy since 2014), born 11 January 1975

10 youngest state leaders (since 1945)

Age at the time they took office ordered youngest first. For a longer list, see List of youngest state leaders in modern times.

1. Faisal II, King of Iraq, 4
2. Hussein, King of Jordan, 16
3. Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 16
4. Mswati III, King of Swaziland, 18 (began personal reign after a 3-year regency)
5. Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 18
6. Ntare V, King of Burundi, 18
7. Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti, 19
8. Baudouin, King of Belgium, 20
9. Constantine II, King of Greece, 23
10. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 24

See also

• Lists of state leaders

Notes

1. Born in 1785, date unknown; died on May 30, 1885
2. Born in 1107, date unknown; died in May 1205.
3. Born in 1268, date unknown; died on 18 January 1360
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