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List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)

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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.

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Name Lifespan Age Reason for Notability
Nermin Abadan Unat1921–2025104Turkish politician and senator (1978–1980)[1]
Ali Yahia Abdennour1921–2021100Algerian politician, lawyer and human rights activist[2]
Ibrahim Abi-Ackel1926–100Brazilian politician[3]
V. S. Achuthanandan1923–2025101Indian politician and Chief Minister of Kerala (2006–2011)[4]
Amīr Aṣlān Afshār1919–2021101Iranian politician and diplomat[5]
Maria Sole Agnelli1925–2025100Italian politician and businesswoman[6]
Giuseppe Alessi1905–2009103Italian politician, president of Sicily (1947–1949; 1955–1956)[7]
Syed Babar Ali1926–100Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and politician[8]
Pierre Aliker1907–2013106Martinican politician, physician and independence activist[9]
Vicente Almeida d'Eça1918–2018100Portuguese colonial administrator and Colonial Governor of Cape Verde (1974)[10]
Magdalena Álvarez de Seminario1920–106Argentine politician[11]
Giuseppe Amadei1919–2020101Italian politician[12]
K. R. Gouri Amma1919–2021101Indian politician, leader of the All India Kisan Sabha or peasants front of the Communist Party of India (1967–1976)[13]
Randi Anda1898–1999100Norwegian politician and deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway[14]
Doris Margaret Anderson1922–2022100Canadian senator[15]
Gerald Smedley Andrews1903–2005102Canadian civil servant, frontier teacher, land surveyor and soldier[16]
Caroline Anthonypillai1908–2009100Ceylonese/Sri Lankan political activist and trade unionist; wife of S. C. C. Anthony Pillai.[17]
Frank Pierpoint Appleby1913–2015101Canadian soldier and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986)[18]
George Ariyoshi1926–2026100American politician, lawyer and third Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)[19]
Mario Arnello Romo1925–100Chilean politician[20]
Ronald Atkins1916–2020104British politician, MP for Preston North (1966–1970, 1974–1979)[21]
Babiker Awadalla1917–2019101Sudanese politician and prime minister (1969)[22]
Rostyslav Babiychuk1911–2013101Ukrainian Soviet politician, Minister of Culture of Ukrainian SSR (1956–1971)[23]
Robert L. Backman1922–2022100American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1971–1975)[24]
Albertine Baclet1922–103Guadeloupean politician[25]
William Bains-Jordan1916–2021104American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1962)[26]
Henri Bangou1922–2023101Guadeloupean politician[27]
Haven J. Barlow1922–2022100American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1952–1955) and senate (1955–1994)[28]
Francis Lodowic Bartels1910–2010100Ghanaian diplomat, educationist and ambassador of West Germany (1970–1972)[29]
Roscoe Bartlett1926–100American politician[30]
James O. Bass1910–2019108American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1936–1939) and senate (1940–1942)[31]
Celâl Bayar1883–1986103Turkish politician, prime minister (1937–1939) and third president (1950–1960)[32]
Évelyne Baylet1913–2014101French politician[33]
Luis Bedoya Reyes1919–2021102Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima (1964–1969) and founder and first president of Christian People's Party (1966–1999)[34]
Armando León Bejarano1916–2016100Mexican politician, governor of Morelos (1976–1982)[35]
Francis Bellotti1923–2024101American politician, attorney general (1975–1987) and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1963–1965)[36]
Mustafa Ben Halim1921–2021100Libyan politician, prime minister (1954–1957)[37]
Helena Benitez1914–2016102Filipino politician, senator (1967–1972) and member of Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)[38]
Carol Berman1923–2023100American politician, member of the New York Senate (1979–1984)[39]
Yitzhak Berman1913–2013100Israeli politician, Speaker of the Knesset (1980–1981) and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure (1981–1982)[40]
Richard N. Berry1915–2018102American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1960–1966) and senate (1966–1976)[41]
Giovanni Bersani1914–2014100Italian politician and MEP (1960–1989)[42]
Earl Hanley Beshlin1870–1971101American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1917–1919)[43]
Mordechai Bibi1922–2023100Iraqi-born Israeli politician[44]
Howard Bier1919–2025105American politician, member (1959–1972) and speaker (1971–1972) of the North Dakota House of Representatives[45]
Louis Bisdee1910–2010100Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council[46]
Naftali Blumenthal1922–2022100Israeli politician[47]
W. Michael Blumenthal1926–100German-born American businessman, politician and 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1977–1979)[48]
Stéphane Bonduel1919–2021102French politician[49]
Saul Bonnell1871–1973101Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons for the Unionist Party[50]
Meredith Bordeaux1912–2014101American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1979–1982)[51]
Robert R. Bowie1909–2013104American deputy director of the CIA[52]
G. Holmes Braddock1925–2025100American politician, member of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (1963–2000)[53]
Sir Harry Brittain1873–1974100British journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union; served in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Acton (1918–1929)[54]
Theodore R. Britton Jr.1925–100American government official[55]
Emily Sophie Brown1881–1985103American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1921–1923)[56]
Sir Mervyn Brown1923–2023100British diplomat, ambassador to Madagascar (1967–1970), high commissioner to Tanzania (1975–1978) and Nigeria (1979–1983)[57]
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne1901–2002100British politician and peer[58]
James L. Buckley1923–2023100American politician, U.S. Senator from New York (1971–1977)[59]
Daniel Burke1827–1927100Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1893–1903)[60]
Morley Byron Bursey1912–2013101Canadian diplomat[61]
Mortimer Caplin1916–2019103American political appointee, Commissioner of Internal Revenue[62]
Reinhold O. Carlson1905–2006100American politician, mayor of Des Moines, Iowa[63]
Jimmy Carter1924–2024100American politician, 39th president of the United States (1977–1981), 76th governor of Georgia (1971–1975), 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and humanitarian[64]
Mohan Lal Chakma1911/1912–2013[a]101Indian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pencharthal, Tripura (1978–1983)[65]
Albin Chalandon1920–2020100French politician[66]
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont1919–2020100British politician, junior minister and life peer[67]
André Chandernagor1921–2025104French politician[68]
Saul Cherniack1917–2018101Canadian politician and lawyer[69]
Selahattin Çetiner1922–2023100Turkish politician[70][71]
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum1905–2009103Cambodian politician and civil servant, acting prime minister (1962) and President of the National Assembly (1962–1963, 1966–1968)[72]
Gaositwe Chiepe1922–2025102Botswanan politician and diplomat[73]
Smyly Chinery1923–2024101Ghanaian civil servant[74]
Binod Bihari Chowdhury1911–2013102Bangladeshi anti-colonial revolutionary and social worker[75]
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher1925–2026101British politician and peer[76]
Sir Chung Sze-yuen1917–2018101Hong Kong politician[77]
Alfred Chupin1916–2021104French politician[78]
Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano1921–2023102Italian politician, last living member of Legislature I of Italy[79]
Keir Clark1910–2010100Canadian politician[80]
George W. Clarke1906–2006100American politician, Washington state legislator[81]
Merwin Coad 1924–2025100American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1957–1963)[82]
Roswell K. Colcord1839–1939100American politician, Governor of Nevada (1891–1895)[83]
Cornelius Cole1822–1924102American politician, U.S. Senator from California (1867–1873), longest-lived U.S. senator[84]
Tom Copeland1924–2025101American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1957–1973)[85]
Benedetto Cottone1917–2018100Italian politician[86]
Elizabeth Couchman1876–1982106Australian politician from Liberal Party[87]
Emogene Creque1919–2025106British Virgin Islands politician[88]
Walter Crocker1902–2002100Australian politician, diplomat and writer[89]
Louis Crump1916–2019102American politician[90]
John Crutcher1916–2017100American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1965–1969)[91]
Birgit Dalland1907–2007100Norwegian politician[92]
Emilio D'Amore1915–2017101Italian politician and journalist[93]
Jimmie Davis1899–2000101American politician, Governor of Louisiana (1944–1948; 1960–1964)[94]
Sir Alan Dawtry1915–2018102British local government official, chief executive of Westminster City Council (1956–1977)[95]
Clifford DeBaptiste1924–102American politician and funeral director[96]
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar1920–2020100Peruvian politician and diplomat, prime minister (2000–2001) and Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991)[97]
Philippe de Gaulle1921–2024102French politician, admiral and only son Charles de Gaulle[98]
Peter J. De Muth1892–1993101American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-PA)[99]
Gene Derfler1924–2026101American politician[100]
Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres1721–1824102Swiss-born Canadian cartographer and statesman[101]
Leon Despres1908–2009101American attorney and politician, member of the Chicago City Council[102]
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles1827–1930102Canadian senator[103]
Charles S. Dewey1880–1980100American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-IL)[104]
Boubacar Biro Diallo1922–2025103Guinean politician, president of National Assembly[105]
Frank DiPaolo1906–2013106American politician and activist[106]
Đỗ Mười1917–2018101Vietnamese politician, prime minister (1988–1991)[107]
DeLoris Doederlein1925–100American politician and educator[108]
Floyd Dominy1909–2010100American bureaucrat, Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation[109]
Haddon Donald1917–2018101New Zealander politician[110]
William I. Donnermeyer Sr.1924–2025100American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives[111]
Fred J. Doocy1913–2017104American banker and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1966–1967) and senator (1958–1967)[112]
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee1904–2007102Indian politician, first Chief Minister of Sikkim[113]
Willem Drees1886–1988101Dutch politician and prime minister (1948–1958)[114]
Jeanne Driessen1892–1997105Belgian politician[115]
Andreana Družina1920–2021101Slovenian political commissar and partisan People's Hero of Yugoslavia[116]
Du Runsheng1913–2015102Chinese politician, military officer, revolutionary leader and economist[117]
Sir Patrick Duffy1920–2026105British politician, Member of Parliament[118]
Eleanor Lansing Dulles1895–1996101American diplomat[119]
Roland Dumas1922–2024101French politician[120]
James R. Dumpson1909–2012103American civil servant[121]
Luis Echeverría1922–2022100Mexican politician and president (1970–1976)[122]
Fanny Edelman1911–2011100Argentine politician[123]
Don Edwards1915–2015100American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D–CA)[124]
Ek Yi Oun1910–2013101–103Cambodian politician and prime minister (1958)[125]
Şükrü Elekdağ1924–101Turkish diplomat, academician and politician[126]
Jules Ellenberger1871–1973102British civil servant, Colonial Administrator of Botswana[127]
John Banks Elliott1917–2018101Ghanaian diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1960–1966)[128]
Nils Elowsson1890–1999109Swedish politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party[129]
Dale Engstrom1917–2018100American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1971–1972)[130]
Juan Ponce Enrile1924–2025101Filipino politician and president of the senate of the Philippines (2008–2013)[131]
Emmanuel Evans-Anfom1919–2021101Ghanaian physician, scholar, university administrator and public servant[132]
Wilbur Faiss1911–2013102American politician, Nevada legislature[133]
Josef Felder1900–2000100German politician[134]
Dino Felisetti1919–2021102Italian politician and lawyer[135]
Edward Fenlon1903–2010106American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives[136]
Gerardo Fernández Albor1917–2018100Spanish politician, president of Galicia (1982–1987)[137]
Xenia Field1894–1998103British politician, member of the London County Council[138]
Eddie Filgate1915–2017101Irish politician[139]
Hamilton Fish III1888–1991102American soldier and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-NY)[140]
Sergio Flamigni1925–2025100Italian politician, writer, deputy (1968–1979) and senator (1979–1987)[141]
James Folks1897–2001103American politician, Michigan state legislator[142]
Victor Fontana1916–2017101Brazilian politician[143]
Thelma Forbes1910–2012101Canadian politician[144]
Renzo Franzo1914–2018103Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1948–1968)[145]
Elizabeth Hawley Gasque1886–1989103American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D–SC)[146]
Dorothy Geeben1908–2010101American politician, mayor of Ocean Breeze Park, Florida[147]
Wang Genzhong1903–2013109Chinese politician and educator[148]
Robert Gerhart1920–2021100American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968) and senate (1969–1972)[149]
Hubert Germain1920–2021101French politician, deputy (1962–1973) and mayor of Saint-Chéron, Essonne (1953–1965)[150]
Wylie Gibbs1922–2026103Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (1963–1969)[151]
Henry R. Gibson1837–1938100American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-TN)[152]
Jim L. Gillis Jr.1916–2018101American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1938, 1945–1946)[153]
Mavis Gilmour1926–100Jamaican politician and medical practitioner[154]
Marinus van der Goes van Naters1900–2005104Dutch politician, MEP and MP[155]
Cécile Goldet1914–2019105French politician[156]
Bernardino González Ruiz1911–2012101Panamanian politician, acting president (1963)[157]
Edgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye1898–1998100British politician and life peer[158]
Joseph P. Graw1915–2018103American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1974)[159]
Bill Grayden1920–2026105Australian politician and MP for Swan (1949–1954)[160]
Alan Greenspan1926–2026100American economist and chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006)[161]
Carol Greitzer1925–2026101American politician[162]
Frank J. Guarini1924–2026101American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1993)[163]
Emídio Guerreiro1899–2005105Portuguese politician[164]
Driss Guiga1924–2026101Tunisian politician[165]
Nilüfer Gürsoy1921–2024103Turkish politician, philologist, memoirist and daughter of the third president Celâl Bayar[166][167]
Hamida Habibullah1916–2018101Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Haidergarh[168]
DeWitt Hale1917–2018100American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1939–1940, 1953–1978)[169]
Ruth Hamilton1898–2008109American politician, New Hampshire state legislator[170]
Reinhard Hardegen1913–2018105German politician and military officer[171]
G. Homer Harding1925–100American politician[172]
Emma Harman1912–2020108American politician, Washington State legislator[173]
Karl-Günther von Hase1917–2021103German diplomat and ambassador to the United Kingdom (1970–1977)[174]
Sir Cosmo Haskard1916–2017100British politician, governor of the Falkland Islands[175]
Malik Dohan al-Hassan1919–2021101Iraqi politician, minister of justice (2004–2005)[176]
Hau Pei-tsun1919–2020100Taiwanese politician, premier (1990–1993)[177]
Augustus F. Hawkins1907–2007100American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)[178]
Bert Hazell1907–2009101British politician and MP[179]
He Jingzhi1924–101Chinese politician and poet[180]
Ken Hechler1914–2016102American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-West Virginia, 1959–1977) and Secretary of State of West Virginia (1985–2001)[181]
John N. Heiskell1872–1972100American newspaper publisher and politician, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1913)[182]
Gerard Helders1905–2013107Dutch politician[183]
Fritz Hellwig1912–2017104German politician and European Commissioner[184]
Andrés Henestrosa1906–2008101Mexican politician[185]
Sir Lenox Hewitt1917–2020102Australian public servant[186]
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni1887–1990102Japanese politician and prince, prime minister (1945)[187]
Helen F. Holt1913–2015101American politician, West Virginia state legislator[188]
Louise Horne1912–2021108Trinidadian politician and nutritionist[189]
Christopher Hornsrud1859–1960101Norwegian politician, prime minister and minister of Finance (1928)[190]
Hsu Li-nung1919–2025106Taiwanese politician, general and minister of Veterans Affairs Commission of the Republic of China (1987–1993)[191]
Henry Hu1920–2025105Chinese politician[192]
Arthur J. Hubbard Sr.1912–2014102American soldier, Navajo code talker and politician, senator from Arizona[193]
Oscar E. Huber1917–2017100American politician[194]
Tom Hughes1923–2024101Australian politician, Attorney-General of Australia (1969–1971)[195]
Merlin Hulse1923–102American politician and farmer[196]
Johan van Hulst1911–2018107Dutch chess player, politician, MEP and MP[197]
Les Hunkin1884–1984100Australian politician, member of the MHA for Labor[198]
Francis Huré1916–2021105French diplomat[199]
Margaret Hurley1909–2015105American politician and Washington state legislator (D–WA)[200]
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein1911/1912–2012[a]100Somali politician, acting president (1969)[201]
Jeremy Hutchinson1915–2017102British lawyer and life peer[202]
Hwang Sun-hui1919–2020100North Korean politician[203]
Hyun Soong-jong1919–2020101South Korean politician and prime minister (1992–1993)[204]
Paul Ignatius1920–2025104American politician and former Secretary of the Navy (1967–1969)[205]
Pietro Ingrao1915–2015100Italian politician[206]
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus1917–2017100Ukrainian-born Romanian politician[207]
Guillermo Irizarry1916–2017101Puerto Rican politician and secretary of state (1966–1969)[208]
Brajamohan Jamatia1905–2012106Indian politician[209]
Arthur Walter James1912–2015103British politician and journalist[210]
Duberildo Jaque1921–2022101Chilean politician, lawyer and deputy (1961–1973)[211]
Jiao Ruoyu1915–2020104Chinese politician, ambassador to North Korea (1965–1970), Peru (1972–1977), Iran (1977–1979) and mayor of Beijing (1981–1983)[212]
Pedro Jiménez Galán1920–2021100Spanish politician[213]
John B. Johnson1885–1985100American politician, South Dakota legislature[214]
Grace Joncas1923–2024100American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives[215]
Denny Jones1910–2012101American politician, Oregon legislature[216]
Piet de Jong1915–2016101Dutch politician, prime minister (1967–1971) and MP[217]
Geri M. Joseph1923–2023100American diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (1978–1981)[218]
Russell Jump1895–2000105American politician, mayor of Wichita, Kansas[219]
Nestori Kaasalainen1915–2016101Finnish politician[220]
Bernard Kalb1922–2023100American politician, author and journalist[221]
T. M. Kaliannan Gounder1921–2021100Indian politician[222]
Konstantinos Kallias1901–2004102Greek politician[223]
Toshiko Karasawa1911–2013102Japanese politician[224]
Toshikazu Kase1903–2004101Japanese diplomat[225]
Sheila Kaul1915–2015100Indian politician[226]
Ke Hua1915–2019103Chinese diplomat[227]
Othman Kechrid1920–2021100Tunisian politician[228]
George F. Kennan1904–2005101American Cold War policy architect[229]
F. Ray Keyser Sr.1898–2001102American politician[230]
Roedad Khan1923–2024100Pakistani politician and civil servant[231]
Aslam Khattak1908–2008100Pakistani politician[232]
Thanat Khoman1914–2016101Thai politician[233]
Kim Yong-ju1920–2021101North Korean politician, vice president (1993–1997), vice premier (1974–1975) and head of the OGD (1959–1974)[234]
Fuller Kimbrell1909–2013103American politician[235]
Elisabeth Kirkby1921–2026105English-born Australian politician[236]
Henry Kissinger1923–2023100German-born American politician, secretary of state (1973–1977) and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate[237]
William V. Knott1863–1965101American treasurer of Florida[238]
Juliana Young Koo1905–2017111Chinese-American diplomat[239]
Angeline Kopka1916–2016100American politician[240]
Bernard Leo Korchinski1905–2006100Canadian politician[241]
Vera Korsakova1920–2022102Soviet-Russian politician, Hero of Socialist Labour[242]
Kondapalli Koteswaramma1918–2018100Indian communist politician and writer[243]
Boris Kravtsov1922–103Russian politician and jurist[244]
William Krehm1913–2019105Canadian political activist and Spanish Civil War volunteer[245]
Tan Sri Devaki Ayathurai Krishnan1923–2024100Malaysian politician[246]
Eusi Kwayana1925–101Guyanese politician[247]
Alf Landon1887–1987100American politician, governor of Kansas (1933–1937) and unsuccessful U.S. presidential nominee (1936)[248]
Howard B. Lee1879–1985105American politician[249]
Lei Jieqiong1905–2011105Chinese politician, activist and sociologist[250]
James F. Leonard1920–2020100American diplomat and ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979)[251]
Axel Lewenhaupt1917–2018101Swedish diplomat[252]
Li Rui1917–2019101Chinese politician[253]
José Manuel Liaño Flores1921–2022100Spanish politician, lawyer and mayor of A Coruña (1976–1979)[254]
Haakon Lie1905–2009103Norwegian politician, Norwegian Labour Party secretary[255]
Yegor Ligachyov1920–2021100Soviet-Russian politician and Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1990)[256]
Lin Hujia1916–2018101Chinese politician[257]
Ling Yun1917–2018100Chinese politician[258]
Liu Jie1915–2018103Chinese politician[259]
Budimir Lončar1924–2024100Croatian politician and diplomat[260]
Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente1920–2022101Spanish politician and senator (1977–1979)[261]
Florence Alice Lubega1917–2021103Ugandan politician[262]
Bernt H. Lund1924–2026101Norwegian politician, diplomat and civil servant[263]
Sonomyn Luvsangombo1924–101Mongolian politician[264]
Vassos Lyssarides1920–2021100Cypriot politician and physician, president of the House of Representatives (1985–1991) and founder of EDEK[265]
Ma Shitu1915–2024109Chinese politician, writer and deputy (1983–1993)[266]
Ana Carmen Macri1916–2022105Argentine politician[267]
József Madarász1814–1915100Hungarian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1898–1899)[268]
Mahathir Mohamad1925–101Malaysian prime minister (1981–2003, 2018–2020)[269]
Dayton S. Mak1917–2018100American diplomat[270]
Georg Malin1926–100Liechtensteiner sculptor, artist, historian and politician[271]
Branko Mamula1921–2021100Yugoslav politician and army officer[272]
Josip Manolić1920–2024104Croatian politician, prime minister (1990–1991)[273]
Jean Maran1920–2021101French politician, deputy (1986–1988) and mayor of Sainte-Luce, Martinique (1965–1990)[274]
Sigurd Marcussen1905–2006101Norwegian politician[275]
Anita Martinez1925–2026100American politician[276]
Petar Matić Dule1920–2024104Yugoslav politician and army general[277]
Catherine M'ba (née Moret)1918–2025107Inaugural first lady of Gabon (1961–1967) as the wife of Léon M'ba[278]
J. William Middendorf1924–2025101American politician, ambassador and former Secretary of the Navy (1974–1977)[279]
Sir Moses Montefiore1784–1885100British politician and Sheriff of London[280]
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez1921–2022100Peruvian politician, prime minister (1975) and president (1975–1980)[281]
Adriano Moreira1922–2022100Portuguese politician, MP (1980–1995) and member of the council of state (2016–2019)[282]
Cecil Morgan1898–1999100American politician[283]
Ziya Müezzinoğlu1919–2020101Turkish politician[284][285]
Victor Mukete1918–2021102Cameroonian politician[286]
William Mulock1843–1944101Canadian politician[287]
Tomiichi Murayama1924–2025101Japanese politician, prime minister (1994–1996) and chairman of the Social Democratic Party (1993–1996)[288]
Thomas Patrick Murray1880–1981101Canadian politician[289]
Gordon Mydland1922–2022100American politician, attorney general of South Dakota (1969–1973) and member of South Dakota Senate (1963–1968)[290]
Mary Jane McCaffree1911–2018106American White House Social Secretary (1955–1961)[291]
Hazel McCallion1921–2023101Canadian politician, businesswoman and mayor of Mississauga[292]
Doug McClelland1926–100Australian politician[293]
Lloyd McCuiston1918–2021103American politician and member (1961–1994) and speaker (1981–1983) of the Arkansas House of Representatives[294]
Richard McHeffy1773–1874100Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia[295]
Cameron Ross McIntosh1871–1971100Canadian politician and newspaper publisher[296]
Brockway McMillan1915–2016101American Director of the National Reconnaissance Office[297]
Donald Naddy1917–2017100American politician[298]
V. M. M. Nair1919–2021101Indian diplomat[299]
Yasuhiro Nakasone1918–2019101Japanese politician, prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (1982–1987)[300]
R. Nallakannu1924–2026101Indian politician[301]
Charles Navarro1904–2005101American politician[302]
Duncan Ndegwa1925–101Kenyan civil servant[303]
Eric Neal1924–2025101Australian banker, politician, academic administrator and commissioner of Sydney (1987–1988) and governor of South Australia (1996–2001)[304]
Lucien Nedzi1925–2025100American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1981)[305]
Hazel Newhook1914–2016101Canadian politician[306]
Ng Hong-mun1926–100Chinese politician[307]
Nguyễn Côn1916–2022105Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister (1967–1976)[308]
Nguyễn Văn Trân1917–2018101Vietnamese politician, minister of Transport (1955–1960)[309]
Charles Njonjo1920–2022101Kenyan politician[310]
Lois North1921–2025103American politician[311]
Adriana Olguín1911–2015104Chilean politician[312]
Kathleen Ollerenshaw1912–2014101British politician[313]
Arthur Olsen1914–2014100American politician[314]
Frances Penrose Owen1900–2002102American civil servant[315]
Mehrdad Pahlbod1917–2018101Iranian politician[316]
Yiannis Papadimitriou1912–2019107Greek politician and lawyer[317]
George Alexander Parks1883–1984100American politician, territorial governor of Alaska (1925–1933)[318]
Norman McLeod Paterson1883–1983100Canadian grain merchant and politician, senator and 1st Chancellor of Lakehead University (1965–1970)[319]
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