List of oldest living state leaders

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This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leaders[I] of sovereign states with significant international recognition. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years. The oldest living former state leader is Guillermo Rodríguez of Ecuador at the age of 102 years, 182 days.[2] Leaders currently in office are in bold in green, with Paul Biya of Cameroon being the oldest currently serving state leader at the age of 93 years, 81 days.[3]

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     Currently in office

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No. Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
1Guillermo Rodríguez EcuadorActing President (1972–1976)4 Nov 1923102 years, 182 days4 Nov 2025[2]
2 Mahathir Mohamad MalaysiaPrime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)10 Jul 1925100 years, 299 days15 Apr 2026[4]
3Mohammad Hasan Sharq AfghanistanChairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)17 Jul 1925100 years, 292 days12 Oct 2020[5]
4Abdoulaye Wade SenegalPresident (2000–2012)29 May 192699 years, 341 days15 Apr 2026[6]
5Valdas Adamkus LithuaniaPresident (1998–2003; 2004–2009)3 Nov 192699 years, 183 days13 Apr 2026[7]
6Raif Dizdarević YugoslaviaPresident of the Presidency (1988–1989)9 Dec 192699 years, 147 days9 Dec 2025[8]
7Arthur Foulkes BahamasGovernor-General (2010–2014)11 May 192897 years, 359 days11 May 2024[9]
8Péter Boross HungaryPrime Minister (1993–1994)27 Aug 192897 years, 251 days27 Aug 2025[10]
9 Zhu Rongji ChinaPremier of the State Council (1998–2003)23 Oct 192897 years, 194 days13 Feb 2026[11]
10Édouard Balladur FrancePrime Minister (1993–1995)2 May 192997 years, 3 days2 May 2026[12]
11Orville Turnquest BahamasGovernor-General (1995–2001)19 Jul 192996 years, 290 days18 Sep 2025[13]
12Michael J. Williams Trinidad and TobagoActing President (1987)16 Oct 192996 years, 201 days10 Sep 2025[14]
13 Gombojavyn Ochirbat MongoliaGeneral Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)15 Nov 192996 years, 171 days15 Nov 2025[15]
14Alfred Moisiu AlbaniaPresident (2002–2007)1 Dec 192996 years, 155 days10 Feb 2026[16]
15 Lee Hyun-jae South KoreaPrime Minister (1988)20 Dec 192996 years, 136 days10 Apr 2025[17]
Milan Panić YugoslaviaFederal Prime Minister (1992–1993)30 May 2023[18]
17Ahmed Osman MoroccoPrime Minister (1972–1979)3 Jan 193096 years, 122 days2 May 2025[19]
18Vigdís Finnbogadóttir IcelandPresident (1980–1996)15 Apr 193096 years, 20 days26 Mar 2026[20]
19José Sarney BrazilPresident (1985–1990)24 Apr 193096 years, 11 days24 Apr 2026[21]
20 Kesang Choden BhutanRegent (1972)21 May 193095 years, 349 days9 Oct 2023[22]
21Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada BoliviaPresident (1993–1997; 2002–2003)1 Jul 193095 years, 308 days1 Jul 2025[23]
22Ivy Dumont BahamasGovernor-General (2001–2005)[II]2 Oct 193095 years, 215 days20 Nov 2025[24]
23 Choe Yong-rim North KoreaPremier (2010–2013)20 Nov 193095 years, 166 days8 Dec 2025[25]
24Cesar Virata PhilippinesPrime Minister (1981–1986)12 Dec 193095 years, 144 days2 Apr 2026[26]
25William Deane AustraliaGovernor-General (1996–2001)4 Jan 193195 years, 121 days9 Oct 2025[27]
26Philip Greaves BarbadosActing Governor-General (2017–2018)19 Jan 193195 years, 106 days2 Jan 2022[28]
27Isabel Perón ArgentinaPresident (1974–1976)4 Feb 193195 years, 90 days23 Mar 2026[29]
28Lamberto Dini ItalyPrime Minister (1995–1996)1 Mar 193195 years, 65 days20 Mar 2026[30]
29Elliott Belgrave BarbadosGovernor-General (2011–2017)[III]16 Mar 193195 years, 50 days22 Jan 2026[31]
30Raúl Castro Cuba
3 Jun 193194 years, 336 days1 May 2026[32]
31Fernando Henrique Cardoso BrazilPresident (1995–2003)18 Jun 193194 years, 321 days18 Jun 2025[33]
32 Khieu Samphan Democratic Kampuchea
27 Jul 193194 years, 282 days10 Jan 2024[34]
33Pié Masumbuko BurundiActing Prime Minister (1965)29 Sep 193194 years, 218 days2 Dec 2025[35]
34Nicola Mancino ItalyActing President (1999)15 Oct 193194 years, 202 days7 Jul 2023[36]
35 Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar BangladeshActing President (2002)1 Dec 193194 years, 155 days28 Mar 2026[37]
36Chavalit Yongchaiyudh ThailandPrime Minister (1996–1997)15 May 193293 years, 355 days6 Oct 2025[38]
37Marguerite Pindling BahamasGovernor-General (2014–2019)26 Jun 193293 years, 313 days26 Jun 2025[39]
38Anand Panyarachun ThailandPrime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)9 Aug 193293 years, 269 days13 Aug 2025[40]
39Gavril Dejeu RomaniaActing Prime Minister (1998)11 Sep 193293 years, 236 days26 Feb 2026[41]
40Vytautas Landsbergis LithuaniaChairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)18 Oct 193293 years, 199 days18 Oct 2025[42]
41Ugo Mifsud Bonnici MaltaPresident (1994–1999)8 Nov 193293 years, 178 days8 Nov 2025[43]
42 Kim Suk-soo South KoreaPrime Minister (2002–2003)20 Nov 193293 years, 166 days17 Aug 2025[44]
Colville Young BelizeGovernor-General (1993–2021)11 Jan 2025[45]
44 Than Shwe Myanmar
2 Feb 193393 years, 92 days18 Nov 2025[46]
45Paul Biya Cameroon
13 Feb 193393 years, 81 days18 Apr 2026[3]
46Mark Eyskens BelgiumPrime Minister (1981)29 Apr 193393 years, 6 days13 Jan 2025[47]
47H. D. Deve Gowda IndiaPrime Minister (1996–1997)18 May 193392 years, 352 days24 Apr 2026[48]
48 Dumaagiin Sodnom MongoliaChairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)14 Jul 193392 years, 295 days21 Aug 2025[49]
49Rubén Darío Paredes PanamaCommander of the National Guard (1982–1983)11 Aug 193392 years, 267 days15 Nov 2025[50]
50Arnold Koller  Switzerland
29 Aug 193392 years, 249 days29 Mar 2025[51]
51Mátyás Szűrös HungaryProvisional President (1989–1990)11 Sep 193392 years, 236 days27 Oct 2025[52]
52Abel Pacheco Costa RicaPresident (2002–2006)22 Dec 193392 years, 134 days1 Feb 2026[53]
53 Akihito JapanEmperor (1989–2019)23 Dec 193392 years, 133 days23 Dec 2025[54]
54Rudolf Schuster SlovakiaPresident (1999–2004)4 Jan 193492 years, 121 days4 Jan 2026[55]
55Jean Chrétien CanadaPrime Minister (1993–2003)11 Jan 193492 years, 114 days2 Feb 2026[56]
56Édith Cresson FrancePrime Minister (1991–1992)27 Jan 193492 years, 98 days26 Mar 2026[57]
57Giovanni Battista Re Vatican CityActing Sovereign (2025)30 Jan 193492 years, 95 days5 Apr 2026[58]
58Eddie Fenech Adami Malta
7 Feb 193492 years, 87 days2 Apr 2026[59]
59Mohamed Ennaceur TunisiaActing President (2019)21 Mar 193492 years, 45 days15 Oct 2025[60]
60J.Y. Pillay SingaporeActing President (2017)30 Mar 193492 years, 36 days27 Nov 2024[61]
61John Malecela TanzaniaPrime Minister (1990–1994)19 Apr 193492 years, 16 days13 Apr 2026[62]
62Pedro Pires Cape Verde
29 Apr 193492 years, 6 days25 Jun 2025[63]
63Monica Dacon Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesActing Governor-General (2002)4 Jun 193491 years, 335 days26 Feb 2019[64]
64Albert II BelgiumKing (1993–2013)6 Jun 193491 years, 333 days8 Jul 2025[65]
65Désiré Rakotoarijaona MadagascarPrime Minister (1977–1988)19 Jun 193491 years, 320 days13 Feb 2026[66]
66Ricardo de la Espriella PanamaPresident (1982–1984)5 Sep 193491 years, 242 days11 Oct 2025[67]
67Apas Jumagulov KyrgyzstanPrime Minister (1993–1998)19 Sep 193491 years, 228 days3 May 2025[68]
68Yakubu Gowon NigeriaHead of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)19 Oct 193491 years, 198 days14 Mar 2026[69]
69Ingvar Carlsson SwedenPrime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)9 Nov 193491 years, 177 days28 Apr 2025[70]
Hamilton Green GuyanaPrime Minister (1985–1992)11 Mar 2025[71]
71Nicéphore Soglo Benin
29 Nov 193491 years, 157 days10 Apr 2026[72]
72Tarcisio Bertone Vatican CityActing Sovereign (2013)[IV]2 Dec 193491 years, 154 days11 May 2025[73]
73Pratibha Patil IndiaPresident (2007–2012)19 Dec 193491 years, 137 days16 Apr 2026[74]
74Anis Hassan Yahya South YemenGeneral Secretary of the People's Vanguard Party (1974–1975)20 Dec 193491 years, 136 days26 Jun 2025[75]
75Stjepan Mesić YugoslaviaPresident of the Presidency (1991)24 Dec 193491 years, 132 days27 Mar 2026[76]
CroatiaPresident (2000–2010)[V]
76Giovanni Lajolo Vatican CityPresident of the Governorate (2006–2011)3 Jan 193591 years, 122 days3 Jan 2025[77]
77António Ramalho Eanes Portugal
25 Jan 193591 years, 100 days17 Apr 2026[78]
78Michel Aoun LebanonPresident (2016–2022)[VI]18 Feb 193591 years, 76 days31 Aug 2025[79]
79Artur Rasizade AzerbaijanPrime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)[VII]26 Feb 193591 years, 68 days26 Feb 2026[80]
80Mohammed Basindawa YemenPrime Minister (2011–2014)4 Apr 193591 years, 31 days26 Jun 2025[81]
81Peter Hollingworth AustraliaGovernor-General (2001–2003)10 Apr 193591 years, 25 days6 Mar 2026[82]
P.J. Patterson JamaicaPrime Minister (1992–2006)1 Apr 2026[83]
83 Sharavyn Gungaadorj MongoliaChairman of the Council of Ministers (1990)2 May 193591 years, 3 days18 Feb 2026[84]
84Nemesi Marquès i Oste AndorraRepresentative of the Episcopal Co-Prince (1993–2012)[VIII]17 May 193590 years, 353 days2 Nov 2021[85]
85Léon Kengo Zaire
22 May 193590 years, 348 days17 Jan 2025[86]
86 Lee Hoi-chang South KoreaPrime Minister (1993–1994)2 Jun 193590 years, 337 days26 Dec 2024[87]
87Leonel Mário d'Alva São Tomé and PríncipeActing President (1991)22 Jul 193590 years, 287 days10 Jul 2025[88]
88Hifikepunye Pohamba NamibiaPresident (2005–2015)18 Aug 193590 years, 260 days7 Apr 2026[89]
89Abdou Diouf Senegal
7 Sep 193590 years, 240 days7 Sep 2025[90]
90Henri de Coignac AndorraFrench Viguier (1982–1984)3 Oct 193590 years, 214 days19 Mar 2026[91]
91Mahmoud Abbas Palestine
15 Nov 193590 years, 171 days11 Apr 2026[92]
92Adnan Badran JordanPrime Minister (2005)15 Dec 193590 years, 141 days8 Apr 2026[93]
93Edward Schreyer CanadaGovernor General (1979–1984)21 Dec 193590 years, 135 days30 Apr 2025[94]
94Salman Saudi Arabia
31 Dec 193590 years, 125 days21 Apr 2026[95]
95Alejandro Maldonado GuatemalaPresident (2015–2016)6 Jan 193690 years, 119 days29 May 2025[96]
Julio María Sanguinetti UruguayPresident (1985–1990; 1995–2000)7 Jan 2026[97]
97Émile Lahoud LebanonPresident (1998–2007)12 Jan 193690 years, 113 days2 Dec 2025[98]
98Henri Maïdou Central African EmpirePrime Minister (1978–1979)14 Feb 193690 years, 80 days13 Aug 2020[99]
99Choummaly Sayasone Laos
6 Mar 193690 years, 60 days25 Apr 2025[100]
100Kennedy Simmonds Saint Kitts and NevisPrime Minister (1983–1995)12 Apr 193690 years, 23 days12 Apr 2026[101]
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Addendum

Uncertain date of birth

More information Name, State ...
Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
The following individuals might be older than #54–95 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.
Severino Tura San MarinoCaptain Regent (1985)1934
  • 91 years, 125 days to
  • 92 years, 124 days
7 Aug 2018[102]
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah SudanPrime Minister (1985–1986)Dec 1935
  • 90 years, 125 days to
  • 90 years, 155 days
29 Aug 2023[103]
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Unclear status as state leaders

More information Name, State ...
Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
The following individuals are older than #7–100 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.[IX]
Ali Haroun AlgeriaMember of the High Council of State (1992–1994)8 Feb 192799 years, 86 days4 Mar 2024[104]
Laurie Greig Cook IslandsActing Queen's Representative (2000–2001)24 Feb 192997 years, 70 days10 Jul 2024[105]
Biljana Plavšić Bosnia and HerzegovinaSerb Member of the Presidency (1992)7 Jul 193095 years, 302 days1 Jan 2025[106]
Yasushi Akashi CambodiaSpecial Representative of the Secretary General (1992–1993)19 Jan 193195 years, 106 days19 Jan 2026[107]
Karan Singh Jammu and KashmirPrince Regent (1949–1952)9 Mar 193195 years, 57 days8 Mar 2026[108]
Tang Fei TaiwanPresident of the Executive Yuan (2000)15 Mar 193294 years, 51 days20 Jul 2025[109]
Lyudvig Chibirov South Ossetia
19 Nov 193293 years, 167 days19 Sep 2025[110]
George Ali Murad Khan KhairpurMir during Independence from British Raj (1947)29 Jun 193392 years, 310 days15 Apr 2018[111]
Félix Mouzabakani Congo-BrazzavilleMember of the Provisional Government (1963)[X]11 Mar 1934[112]92 years, 55 days15 Aug 2025[113]
Heng Samrin Kampuchea
25 May 193491 years, 345 days6 Feb 2026[114]
Dumitru Mazilu RomaniaMember of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)24 Jun 193491 years, 315 days24 Dec 2021[115]
Waldo Bernal Pereira [es] Bolivia
5 Aug 193491 years, 273 days30 Apr 2018[116]
Óscar Pammo Rodríguez [es]
14 Dec 193491 years, 142 days10 Oct 2023[117]
Brian Mullooly IrelandMember of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)21 Feb 193591 years, 73 days1 Jan 2019[118]
Tenzin Gyatso Tibet
6 Jul 193590 years, 303 days6 Jul 2025[119]
Hakkı Atun Northern Cyprus
7 Oct 193590 years, 210 days9 Jan 2025[120]
Young Vivian NiuePremier (1992–1993; 2002–2008)12 Nov 193590 years, 174 days11 Jan 2023[121]
Abdul Aziz Umar BruneiMenteri Besar (1981–1983)20 Mar 193690 years, 46 days13 Apr 2021[122]
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Notes

  1. [I]
    Including but not limited to Prime Ministers of South Korea, recognized as heads of government by the United Nations[1] and party leaders of single-party states.
  2. [II]
    Acting Governor-General until 2002.
  3. [III]
    Acting Governor-General until 2012.
  4. [IV]
    Served as Acting Sovereign together with Cardinal-Dean Angelo Sodano.
  5. [V]
    Mesić was also an unrecognized Prime Minister of Croatia in 1990.
  6. [VI]
    Aoun was the disputed Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1988–1990, and simultaneously also the disputed acting President.
  7. [VII]
    Rasizade was also Acting Prime Minister of Azerbaijan during 20 July 1996 – 26 November 1996; 18 October 1998 – 24 October 1998; and 6 August 2003 – 4 November 2003. He was acting as prime minister for the acting president, Ilham Aliyev, during 6 August 2003 – 31 October 2003.
  8. [VIII]
    Marquès was Acting Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince during 4 May 1993 – 24 February 1994.
  9. [IX]
    They were either members of collective presidencies without a clear leader, interim leaders, de facto leaders, widely recognised leaders whose true power was limited or leaders of political entities whose status as sovereign states was unclear or disputed.
  10. [X]
    Mouzabakani, as Co-Commander of the Army, was a member of the collective interim government that took control of the Republic of the Congo during 3 days in August 1963.

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