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, 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. Ek Yi Oun, fellow Cambodian prime minister, lived between 102 years, 1 day, and 103 years, 364 days.

List

NameStatePositionBirthDeathAge
1Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum CambodiaPrime Minister 19052009103 years, 143 days
2Celâl BayarPrime Minister
President
18831986103 years, 98 days
3Antoine PinayPrime Minister 18911994102 years, 348 days
4André Prunet-FochFrench Viguier 19142017102 years, 211 days
5Prince Naruhiko HigashikuniPrime Minister 18871990102 years, 48 days
Ek Yi Oun CambodiaPrime Minister 19102013102 years, 1 day to
103 years, 364 days
7Babiker Awadalla SudanPrime Minister 19172019101 years, 321 days
8Willem DreesPrime Minister 18861988101 years, 314 days
9Đỗ MườiChairman of the Council of Ministers
General Secretary of the Communist Party
19172018101 years, 241 days
10Zhang QunPremier 18891990101 years, 219 days
11Yasuhiro NakasonePrime Minister 19182019101 years, 186 days
12Piet de JongPrime Minister 19152016101 years, 115 days
13Hyun Soong-jongPrime Minister 19192020
14Bernardino González RuizPresident 19112012101 years, 64 days
15Christopher HornsrudPrime Minister 18591960101 years, 27 days
16Telmo VargasHead of State 19122013100 years, 304 days
17Hau Pei-tsunPremier 19192020100 years, 235 days
18Xenophon ZolotasPrime Minister 19042004100 years, 45 days
18Javier Pérez de CuéllarPrime Minister 19202020100 years, 45 days
20Abdul Salam SabrahActing Prime Minister 19122012100 years, 32 days
Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein SomaliaInterim president 19122012100 years, 0 to 163 days
22Hastings BandaPrime Minister
President
1898199799 years, 283 days
23Johan FerrierPresident 1910201099 years, 237 days
24Tun TinPrime Minister 1920202099 years, 212 days
25Gulzarilal NandaActing Prime Minister 1898199899 years, 195 days
26Mustafa Ben Halim'Prime Minister 1921Alive'
27Mohammed Karim LamraniPrime Minister 1919201899 years, 142 days
28Sir Anthony MamoGovernor-General
President
1909200899 years, 113 days
29Michail StasinopoulosPresident 1903200299 years, 96 days
30Sir Clifford CampbellGovernor-General 1892199199 years, 92 days
31Morarji DesaiPrime Minister 1896199599 years, 41 days
32Võ Chí CôngChairman of the Council of State 1912201199 years, 32 days
33Abdel Halim Muhammad SudanCommittee of Sovereignty Member 1910200999 years, 6 days
34Ċensu TabonePresident 1913201298 years, 350 days
35Francisco Morales Bermúdez'Prime Minister
President
1921Alive'
36Prem TinsulanondaPrime Minister
Regent
1920201998 years, 273 days
37Pierre HarmelPrime Minister 1911200998 years, 244 days
38Sir Howard CookeGovernor-General 1915201498 years, 240 days
39Joseph Paul-BoncourPrime Minister 1873197298 years, 237 days
40Konstantinos MitsotakisPrime Minister 1918201798 years, 223 days
41Isidro AyoraPresident 1879197898 years, 203 days
42Luis Echeverría'President 1922Alive'
43Émile ReuterPrime Minister 1874197398 years, 196 days
44Mamadou DiaPrime Minister 1910200998 years, 191 days
45Aden Abdullah Osman Daar SomaliaPresident 1908200798 years, 181 days
46Nouhak PhoumsavanhPresident 1910200898 years, 153 days
47Lê Đức AnhPresident 1920201998 years, 142 days
48Émile Derlin ZinsouPresident 1918201698 years, 127 days
49Borys MartosChairman of the Council of Ministers 1879197798 years, 122 days
50Artúr Görgei HungaryActing Governor-President 1818191698 years, 112 days
51JeanGrand Duke 1921201998 years, 108 days
52Gough WhitlamPrime Minister 1916201498 years, 102 days
53Venceslau Brás BrazilPresident 1868196698 years, 78 days
54French Viguier 1916201598 years, 56 days
55Ramaswamy VenkataramanPresident 1910200998 years, 54 days
56Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám HungaryPrime Minister 1875197398 years, 15 days
57Gabriel París GordilloPresident 1910200898 years, 13 days
58Miloš JakešCzechoslovak Socialist RepublicGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party 1922202097 years, 332 days
59Kenan EvrenNational Security Council President
President
1917201597 years, 296 days
60Wellington KooActing Premier
Acting President
1888198597 years, 289 days
61Baron Ignaz von PlenerCisleithania Minister-President 1810190897 years, 272 days
62Domhnall Ua BuachallaGovernor-General 1866196397 years, 267 days
63Abdelmalek BenhabylesChair of the Constitutional Council 1921201897 years, 245 days
64Ramón José VelásquezInterim president 1916201497 years, 208 days
65Francesc Badia Batalla'Episcopal Veguer 1923Alive'
66He YingqinPremier 1890198797 years, 202 days
67Lee Teng-huiPresident 1923202097 years, 197 days
68Liam CosgraveTaoiseach 1920201797 years, 174 days
69Alfredo Solf y MuroPrime Minister 1872196997 years, 152 days
70Patricio AylwinPresident 1918201697 years, 145 days
71Armando VillanuevaPrime Minister 1915201397 years, 140 days
72Ion Gheorghe MaurerPresident of the Presidium
Acting President of the State Council
Prime Minister
1902200097 years, 138 days
73Martial CélestinPrime Minister 1913201197 years, 123 days
74Gheorghe ApostolFirst Secretary of the Workers' Party 1913201097 years, 97 days
75Walter ScheelActing Chancellor
President
1919201697 years, 47 days
76Helmut SchmidtChancellor 1918201596 years, 322 days
77Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di BelmonteActing Sovereign 1851194896 years, 312 days
78Khertek Anchimaa-TokaChair of the Presidium 1912200896 years, 308 days
79Camille HuysmansPrime Minister 1871196896 years, 275 days
80Yitzhak ShamirPrime Minister 1915201296 years, 252 days
81Federico PáezActing President 1877197496 years, 250 days
82Habib BourguibaPrime Minister
President
1903200096 years, 247 days
83Vyacheslav MolotovPremier 1890198696 years, 244 days
Konstantinos KolliasPrime Minister 1901199896 years, 194 days to
97 years, 193 days
85Pedro Richter PradaPrime Minister 1921201796 years, 191 days
86Khamtai Siphandon'Prime Minister
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party
President
1924Alive'
87Tomiichi Murayama'Prime Minister 1924Alive'
88Cesáreo Octavio Deustua EscarzaPrime Minister 1849194596 years, 137 days
89Kenneth Kaunda'President 1924Alive'
90Abderrahmane YoussoufiPrime Minister 1924202096 years, 82 days
91Pedro LascuráinActing President 1856195296 years, 74 days
92Federico ChávezPresident 1882197896 years, 68 days
93Fumio GotōActing Prime Minister 1884198096 years, 67 days
94Mario Echandi JiménezPresident 1915201196 years, 43 days
95Michael IKing 1921201796 years, 41 days
96João Lins Cansanção, Viscount of SinimbuPrime Minister 1810190696 years, 37 days
97Dom MintoffPrime Minister 1916201296 years, 14 days
98Hans SchaffnerFederal Council Member
President
1908200495 years, 346 days
99Joaquín BalaguerPresident 1906200295 years, 316 days
100Tomás Romero PereiraProvisional President 1886198295 years, 312 days

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