List of longest lived state leaders
This article lists the 100 oldest current or former heads of state and heads of government (usually a President, Prime Minister, or Monarch) from relatively modern times, and whose ages can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. Leaders currently living are in bold italics.
Rank |
Name |
Country |
Position |
Birth |
Death |
Age |
1 |
Celal Bayar |
Turkey |
Prime Minister (1937–1939) |
1883 |
1986 |
103 years, 98 days |
2 |
Antoine Pinay |
France |
Prime Minister (1952–1953) |
1891 |
1994 |
102 years, 348 days |
3 |
Higashikuni Naruhiko |
Japan |
Prime Minister (1945) |
1887 |
1990 |
102 years, 48 days |
4 |
Willem Drees |
Netherlands |
Prime Minister (1948–1958) |
1886 |
1988 |
101 years, 314 days |
5 |
Hassan al-Hakim |
Syria |
Prime Minister (1941–1942, 1951) |
1886 |
1988 |
101 years, 1 day to |
6 |
Xenophon Zolotas |
Greece |
Prime Minister (1989–1990) |
1904 |
2004 |
100 years, 77 days |
7 |
Hastings Banda |
Malawi |
Prime Minister (1964–1966) |
1898 |
1997 |
99 years, 270 to 297 days |
8 |
Gulzarilal Nanda |
India |
Prime Minister (1964, 1966) |
1898 |
1998 |
99 years, 195 days |
9 |
Anthony Mamo |
Malta |
Governor-General (1971–1974) |
1909 |
2008 |
99 years, 113 days |
10 |
Michail Stasinopoulos |
Greece |
President (1974–1975) |
1903 |
2002 |
99 years, 96 days |
11 |
Clifford Campbell |
Jamaica |
Governor-General (1962–1973) |
1892 |
1991 |
99 years, 65 to 94 days |
12 |
Morarji Desai |
India |
Prime Minister (1977–1979) |
1896 |
1995 |
99 years, 40 days |
13 |
Johan Ferrier |
Suriname |
President (1975–1980) |
1910 |
''''' |
|
14 |
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar |
Somalia |
President (1960–1967) |
1908 |
2007 |
99 years, 17 to 158 days |
15 |
Émile Reuter |
Luxembourg |
Prime Minister (1918–1925) |
1874 |
1973 |
98 years, 257 days |
16 |
Joseph Paul-Boncour |
France |
Prime Minister (1932–1933) |
1873 |
1972 |
98 years, 237 days |
17 |
Mamadou Dia |
Senegal |
Prime Minister (1960–1962) |
1910 |
2009 |
98 years, 191 days |
18 |
Nouhak Phoumsavanh |
Laos |
President (1992–1998) |
1910 |
2008 |
98 years, 153 days |
19 |
Pierre Harmel |
Belgium |
Prime Minister (1965–1966) |
1911 |
''''' |
|
20 |
Venceslau Brás |
Brazil |
President (1914–1918) |
1868 |
1966 |
98 years, 79 days |
21 |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
India |
President (1987–1992) |
1910 |
2009 |
98 years, 54 days |
22 |
Gabriel París Gordillo |
Colombia |
President (1957–1958) |
1910 |
2008 |
98 years, 13 days |
23 |
Amin al-Hafiz |
Syria |
President (1963–1966) |
1911 |
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24 |
Ion Gheorghe Maurer |
Romania |
Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 |
2000 |
97 years, 138 days |
25 |
Vo Chi Cong |
Vietnam |
State Council Chair (1987–1992) |
1912 |
''''' |
|
26 |
Camille Huysmans |
Belgium |
Prime Minister (1946–1947) |
1871 |
1968 |
96 years, 273 days |
27 |
Habib Bourguiba |
Tunisia |
Prime Minister (1956–1957) |
1903 |
2000 |
96 years, 246 days |
28 |
Ċensu Tabone |
Malta |
President (1989–1994) |
1913 |
''''' |
|
29 |
Gheorghe Apostol |
Romania |
Communist General Secretary (1954–1955) |
1913 |
''''' |
|
30 |
Hans Schaffner |
Switzerland |
Federal Council Member (1961–1969) |
1908 |
2004 |
95 years, 346 days |
31 |
Joaquín Balaguer |
Dominican Republic |
President (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996) |
1906 |
2002 |
95 years, 316 days |
32 |
Martial Célestin |
Haiti |
Prime-minister (1988) |
1913 |
''''' |
|
33 |
Pote Sarasin |
Thailand |
Prime Minister (1957) |
1905 |
2000 |
95 years, 187 days |
34 |
Philippe Pétain |
France |
Prime Minister (1940) |
1856 |
1951 |
95 years, 90 days |
35 |
Léopold Sédar Senghor |
Senegal |
President (1960–1980) |
1906 |
2001 |
95 years, 72 days |
36 |
Pak Song-chol |
North Korea |
Premier (1976–1977) |
1913 |
2008 |
95 years, 56 days |
37 |
Max Petitpierre |
Switzerland |
Federal Council Member (1944–1961) |
1899 |
1994 |
95 years, 27 days |
38 |
José Bustamante y Rivero |
Peru |
President (1945–1948) |
1894 |
1989 |
94 years, 361 days |
39 |
Juliana |
Netherlands |
Queen (1948–1980) |
1909 |
2004 |
94 years, 325 days |
40 |
Emilio Aguinaldo |
Philippines |
President (1899–1901) |
1869 |
1964 |
94 years, 321 days |
41 |
Constantin Ion Parhon |
Romania |
Presidium Chairman (1947–1948) |
1874 |
1969 |
94 years, 298 days |
42 |
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas |
Nicaragua |
President (1917–1921, 1926) |
1871 |
1966 |
94 years, 291 days |
43 |
Martti Miettunen |
Finland |
Prime Minister (1961–1962, 1975–1977) |
1907 |
2002 |
94 years, 277 days |
44 |
Sanya Dharmasakti |
Thailand |
Prime Minister (1973–1975) |
1907 |
2002 |
94 years, 276 days |
45 |
Pierre Graber |
Switzerland |
Federal Council Member (1970–1978) |
1908 |
2003 |
94 years, 225 days |
46 |
Héctor Trujillo |
Dominican Republic |
President (1952–1960) |
1908 |
2002 |
94 years, 196 days |
47 |
Wijeyananda Dahanayake |
Ceylon |
Prime Minister (1959–1960) |
1902 |
1997 |
94 years, 194 days |
48 |
Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas |
Greece |
Prime Minister (1965) |
1893 |
1987 |
94 years, 182 days |
49 |
Charles de Freycinet |
France |
Prime Minister (1879–1880, 1882, 1886, 1890–1892) |
1828 |
1923 |
94 years, 181 days |
50 |
Malietoa Tanumafili II |
Samoa |
O le Ao o le Malo (1962–2007) |
1913 |
2007 |
94 years, 127 days |
51 |
Charles Tupper |
Canada |
Prime Minister (1896) |
1821 |
1915 |
94 years, 120 days |
52 |
Piet de Jong |
Netherlands |
Prime Minister (1967–1971) |
1915 |
''''' |
|
53 |
Idris I |
Libya |
King (1951–1969) |
1889 |
1983 |
94 years, 74 days |
54 |
Alfonso López Michelsen |
Colombia |
President (1974–1978) |
1913 |
2007 |
94 years, 11 days |
55 |
Mario Echandi Jiménez |
Costa Rica |
President (1958–1962) |
1915 |
''''' |
|
56 |
Paul Magloire |
Haiti |
President (1950–1956) |
1907 |
2001 |
93 years, 359 days |
57 |
Alfredo Stroessner |
Paraguay |
President (1954–1989) |
1912 |
2006 |
93 years, 286 days |
58 |
Paolo Boselli |
Italy |
Prime Minister (1916–1917) |
1838 |
1932 |
93 years, 276 days |
59 |
Edelmiro Julián Farrell |
Argentina |
President (1944–1946) |
1887 |
1980 |
93 years, 252 days |
60 |
Víctor Paz Estenssoro |
Bolivia |
President (1952–1956, 1960–1964, 1985–1989) |
1907 |
2001 |
93 years, 248 days |
61 |
Yitzhak Shamir |
Israel |
Prime Minister (1983–1984, 1986–1992) |
1915 |
''''' |
|
62 |
Howard Cooke |
Jamaica |
Governor-General (1991–2006) |
1915 |
''''' |
|
63 |
Armando Villanueva |
Peru |
Prime Minister (1988–1989) |
1915 |
''''' |
|
64 |
Zenko Suzuki |
Japan |
Prime Minister (1980–1982) |
1911 |
2004 |
93 years, 189 days |
65 |
Gerald Ford |
United States |
President (1974–1977) |
1913 |
2006 |
93 years, 165 days |
66 |
Alexander Bustamante |
Jamaica |
Chief Minister (1953–1955) |
1884 |
1977 |
93 years, 163 days |
67 |
Heo Jeong |
South Korea |
Prime Minister (1960) |
1896 |
1989 |
93 years, 162 days |
68 |
Alessandro Pertini |
Italy |
President (1978–1985) |
1896 |
1990 |
93 years, 152 days |
69 |
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt |
New Zealand |
Governor-General (1967–1972) |
1900 |
1994 |
93 years, 145 days |
Rafael Caldera |
Venezuela |
President (1969–1974, 1994–1999) |
1916 |
''''' |
||
71 |
Pierre Pflimlin |
France |
Prime Minister (1958) |
1907 |
2000 |
93 years, 143 days |
72 |
Pope Leo XIII |
Vatican City |
Pope (1878–1903) |
1810 |
1903 |
93 years, 140 days |
73 |
Ronald Reagan |
United States |
President (1981–1989) |
1911 |
2004 |
93 years, 120 days |
74 |
José Trejos Fernández |
Costa Rica |
President (1966–1970) |
1916 |
''''' |
|
75 |
Bernardino Machado |
Portugal |
President (1915–1917, 1925–1926) |
1851 |
1944 |
93 years, 55 days |
76 |
Félix Gouin |
France |
Provisional Government Chairman (1946) |
1884 |
1977 |
93 years, 21 days |
77 |
Ephraim Katzir |
Israel |
President (1973–1978) |
1916 |
2009 |
93 years, 14 days |
78 |
Giovanni Leone |
Italy |
Prime Minister (1963, 1968) |
1908 |
2001 |
93 years, 6 days |
79 |
James Callaghan |
United Kingdom |
Prime Minister (1976–1979) |
1912 |
2005 |
92 years, 364 days |
80 |
Mackenzie Bowell |
Canada |
Prime Minister (1894–1896) |
1824 |
1917 |
92 years, 348 days |
81 |
Gough Whitlam |
Australia |
Prime Minister (1972–1975) |
1916 |
''''' |
|
82 |
Maurice Couve de Murville |
France |
Prime Minister (1968–1969) |
1907 |
1999 |
92 years, 334 days |
83 |
Américo Thomaz |
Portugal |
President (1958–1974) |
1894 |
1987 |
92 years, 325 days |
84 |
Harold Macmillan |
United Kingdom |
Prime Minister (1957–1963) |
1894 |
1986 |
92 years, 322 days |
85 |
Éamon de Valera |
Ireland |
Executive Council President (1932–1937) |
1882 |
1975 |
92 years, 319 days |
86 |
Dom Mintoff |
Malta |
Prime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984) |
1916 |
''''' |
|
87 |
Georges Theunis |
Belgium |
Prime Minister (1921–1925, 1934–1935) |
1873 |
1966 |
92 years, 310 days |
Thanom Kittikachorn |
Thailand |
Prime Minister (1958, 1963–1973) |
1911 |
2004 |
92 years, 310 days |
|
89 |
Antoine Béthouart |
Austria |
High Commissioner of the French Zone (1945–1950) |
1889 |
1982 |
92 years, 304 days |
90 |
Allan Louisy |
Saint Lucia |
Prime Minister (1979–1981) |
1916 |
''''' |
|
91 |
Andrés Rivero Agüero |
Cuba |
Prime Minister (1957–1958) |
1905 |
1997 |
92 years, 280 days |
Mohammed Zahir Shah |
Afghanistan |
King (1933–1973) |
1914 |
2007 |
92 years, 280 days |
|
93 |
Kiyoura Keigo |
Japan |
Prime Minister (1924) |
1850 |
1942 |
92 years, 264 days |
94 |
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
Sri Lanka |
Prime Minister (1989–1994) |
1916 |
2008 |
92 years, 219 days |
95 |
Manea Mănescu |
Romania |
Prime Minister (1974–1979) |
1916 |
2009 |
92 years, 202 days |
Ramón José Velásquez |
Venezuela |
President (1993–1994) |
1916 |
''''' |
||
97 |
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando |
Italy |
Prime Minister (1917–1919) |
1860 |
1952 |
92 years, 196 days |
98 |
Frank Forde |
Australia |
Prime Minister (1945) |
1890 |
1983 |
92 years, 194 days |
99 |
Cesare Merzagora |
Italy |
Interim President (1964) |
1898 |
1991 |
92 years, 173 days |
100 |
Đỗ Mười |
Vietnam |
Prime Minister (1988–1991) |
1917 |
''''' |
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See also
- Lists of state leaders
- List of state leaders
- List of state leaders by date
- Lists of office-holders
- List of women heads of state
- List of longest reigning monarchs of all time
- Oldest people
External links
- Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places
- WorldStatesmen.org List of rulers throughout time and places