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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, 327 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, 226 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, 327 days24 Apr 2026[2]
2 Mahathir Mohamad MalaysiaPrime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)10 Jul 1925101 years, 79 days10 Jul 2026[4]
3Mohammad Hasan Sharq AfghanistanChairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)17 Jul 1925101 years, 72 days6 Oct 2024[5]
4Abdoulaye Wade SenegalPresident (2000–2012)29 May 1926100 years, 121 days29 May 2026[6]
5Valdas Adamkus LithuaniaPresident (1998–2003; 2004–2009)3 Nov 192699 years, 328 days20 Sep 2026[7]
6Arthur Foulkes BahamasGovernor-General (2010–2014)11 May 192898 years, 139 days8 Jul 2026[8]
7Péter Boross HungaryPrime Minister (1993–1994)27 Aug 192898 years, 31 days27 Aug 2025[9]
8Orville Turnquest BahamasGovernor-General (1995–2001)19 Jul 192997 years, 70 days18 Sep 2025[10]
9Michael J. Williams Trinidad and TobagoActing President (1987)16 Oct 192996 years, 346 days10 Sep 2025[11]
10 Gombojavyn Ochirbat MongoliaGeneral Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)15 Nov 192996 years, 316 days15 Nov 2025[12]
11Alfred Moisiu AlbaniaPresident (2002–2007)1 Dec 192996 years, 300 days10 Feb 2026[13]
12 Lee Hyun-jae South KoreaPrime Minister (1988)20 Dec 192996 years, 281 days14 Sep 2025[14]
13Ahmed Osman MoroccoPrime Minister (1972–1979)3 Jan 193096 years, 267 days2 May 2025[15]
14Vigdís Finnbogadóttir IcelandPresident (1980–1996)15 Apr 193096 years, 165 days26 Mar 2026[16]
15José Sarney BrazilPresident (1985–1990)24 Apr 193096 years, 156 days1 Aug 2026[17]
16 Chung Jae-suk South KoreaActing Prime Minister (1994)5 May 193096 years, 145 days27 Jun 2017[18]
17 Kesang Choden BhutanRegent (1972)21 May 193096 years, 129 days16 May 2025[19]
18Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada BoliviaPresident (1993–1997; 2002–2003)1 Jul 193096 years, 88 days2 Jul 2026[20]
19Ivy Dumont BahamasGovernor-General (2001–2005)[II]2 Oct 193095 years, 360 days20 Nov 2025[21]
20 Choe Yong-rim North KoreaPremier (2010–2013)20 Nov 193095 years, 311 days29 Jul 2026[22]
21Cesar Virata PhilippinesPrime Minister (1981–1986)12 Dec 193095 years, 289 days2 Apr 2026[23]
22William Deane AustraliaGovernor-General (1996–2001)4 Jan 193195 years, 266 days24 Jun 2026[24]
23 Takao Fujimoto JapanActing Prime Minister (1997)17 Jan 193195 years, 253 days4 Apr 2023[25]
24Philip Greaves BarbadosActing Governor-General (2017–2018)19 Jan 193195 years, 251 days12 May 2026[26]
Yasushi Akashi CambodiaSpecial Representative of the Secretary General (1992–1993)18 Jun 2026[27]
26Isabel Perón ArgentinaPresident (1974–1976)4 Feb 193195 years, 235 days23 Mar 2026[28]
27Lamberto Dini ItalyPrime Minister (1995–1996)1 Mar 193195 years, 210 days20 Mar 2026[29]
28Elliott Belgrave BarbadosGovernor-General (2011–2017)[III]16 Mar 193195 years, 195 days22 Jan 2026[30]
29Raúl Castro Cuba
3 Jun 193195 years, 116 days5 Sep 2026[31]
30Fernando Henrique Cardoso BrazilPresident (1995–2003)18 Jun 193195 years, 101 days18 Jun 2026[32]
31 Khieu Samphan Democratic Kampuchea
27 Jul 193195 years, 62 days7 Aug 2025[33]
32Nicola Mancino ItalyActing President (1999)15 Oct 193194 years, 347 days29 Apr 2026[34]
33Chavalit Yongchaiyudh ThailandPrime Minister (1996–1997)15 May 193294 years, 135 days14 May 2026[35]
34Marguerite Pindling BahamasGovernor-General (2014–2019)26 Jun 193294 years, 93 days26 Jun 2025[36]
35Anand Panyarachun ThailandPrime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)9 Aug 193294 years, 49 days9 Jun 2026[37]
36Gavril Dejeu RomaniaActing Prime Minister (1998)11 Sep 193294 years, 16 days24 Feb 2026[38]
37Vytautas Landsbergis LithuaniaChairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)18 Oct 193293 years, 344 days26 Feb 2026[39]
38Ugo Mifsud Bonnici MaltaPresident (1994–1999)8 Nov 193293 years, 323 days12 Sep 2026[40]
39 Kim Suk-soo South KoreaPrime Minister (2002–2003)20 Nov 193293 years, 311 days17 Aug 2025[41]
Colville Young BelizeGovernor-General (1993–2021)6 Sep 2026[42]
41 Than Shwe Myanmar
2 Feb 193393 years, 237 days18 Nov 2025[43]
42Paul Biya Cameroon
13 Feb 193393 years, 226 days25 Jun 2026[3]
43Mark Eyskens BelgiumPrime Minister (1981)29 Apr 193393 years, 151 days15 May 2026[44]
44H. D. Deve Gowda IndiaPrime Minister (1996–1997)18 May 193393 years, 132 days18 Jul 2026[45]
45 Dumaagiin Sodnom MongoliaChairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)14 Jul 193393 years, 75 days21 Aug 2025[46]
46Rubén Darío Paredes PanamaCommander of the National Guard (1982–1983)11 Aug 193393 years, 47 days22 Jun 2026[47]
47Arnold Koller  Switzerland
29 Aug 193393 years, 29 days1 Jan 2026[48]
48Mátyás Szűrös HungaryProvisional President (1989–1990)11 Sep 193393 years, 16 days27 Oct 2025[49]
49Abel Pacheco Costa RicaPresident (2002–2006)22 Dec 193392 years, 279 days16 Jun 2026[50]
50 Akihito JapanEmperor (1989–2019)23 Dec 193392 years, 278 days3 Sep 2026[51]
51Rudolf Schuster SlovakiaPresident (1999–2004)4 Jan 193492 years, 266 days4 Jan 2026[52]
52Jean Chrétien CanadaPrime Minister (1993–2003)11 Jan 193492 years, 259 days11 Sep 2026[53]
53Édith Cresson FrancePrime Minister (1991–1992)27 Jan 193492 years, 243 days26 Mar 2026[54]
54Giovanni Battista Re Vatican CityActing Sovereign (2025)30 Jan 193492 years, 240 days5 Apr 2026[55]
55Eddie Fenech Adami Malta
7 Feb 193492 years, 232 days2 Apr 2026[56]
56Mohamed Ennaceur TunisiaActing President (2019)21 Mar 193492 years, 190 days15 Oct 2025[57]
57J. Y. Pillay SingaporeActing President (2017)30 Mar 193492 years, 181 days14 Nov 2025[58]
58John Malecela TanzaniaPrime Minister (1990–1994)19 Apr 193492 years, 161 days13 Apr 2026[59]
59Pedro Pires Cape Verde
29 Apr 193492 years, 151 days25 Jun 2025[60]
60Monica Dacon Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesActing Governor-General (2002)4 Jun 193492 years, 115 days22 Sep 2023[61]
61Albert II BelgiumKing (1993–2013)6 Jun 193492 years, 113 days21 May 2026[62]
62Désiré Rakotoarijaona MadagascarPrime Minister (1977–1988)19 Jun 193492 years, 100 days13 Feb 2026[63]
63Ricardo de la Espriella PanamaPresident (1982–1984)5 Sep 193492 years, 22 days11 Oct 2025[64]
64Apas Jumagulov KyrgyzstanPrime Minister (1993–1998)19 Sep 193492 years, 8 days3 May 2025[65]
65Yakubu Gowon NigeriaHead of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)19 Oct 193491 years, 343 days4 Sep 2026[66]
66Ingvar Carlsson SwedenPrime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)9 Nov 193491 years, 322 days23 Aug 2026[67]
Hamilton Green GuyanaPrime Minister (1985–1992)23 May 2026[68]
68Nicéphore Soglo Benin
29 Nov 193491 years, 302 days30 Jul 2026[69]
69Tarcisio Bertone Vatican CityActing Sovereign (2013)[IV]2 Dec 193491 years, 299 days18 Jun 2026[70]
70Pratibha Patil IndiaPresident (2007–2012)19 Dec 193491 years, 282 days16 Apr 2026[71]
71Stjepan Mesić YugoslaviaPresident of the Presidency (1991)24 Dec 193491 years, 277 days27 Mar 2026[72]
CroatiaPresident (2000–2010)[V]
72Giovanni Lajolo Vatican CityPresident of the Governorate (2006–2011)3 Jan 193591 years, 267 days24 Apr 2026[73]
73António Ramalho Eanes Portugal
25 Jan 193591 years, 245 days17 Apr 2026[74]
74Michel Aoun LebanonPresident (2016–2022)[VI]18 Feb 193591 years, 221 days6 Jan 2026[75]
75Artur Rasizade AzerbaijanPrime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)[VII]26 Feb 193591 years, 213 days26 Feb 2026[76]
76Mohammed Basindawa YemenPrime Minister (2011–2014)4 Apr 193591 years, 176 days26 Jan 2026[77]
77P. J. Patterson JamaicaPrime Minister (1992–2006)10 Apr 193591 years, 170 days24 Jul 2026[78]
78 Sharavyn Gungaadorj MongoliaChairman of the Council of Ministers (1990)2 May 193591 years, 148 days18 Feb 2026[79]
79Nemesi Marquès i Oste AndorraRepresentative of the Episcopal Co-Prince (1993–2012)[VIII]17 May 193591 years, 133 days12 Jun 2025[80]
80Léon Kengo Zaire
22 May 193591 years, 128 days1 Apr 2026[81]
81 Lee Hoi-chang South KoreaPrime Minister (1993–1994)2 Jun 193591 years, 117 days24 May 2026[82]
82Leonel Mário d'Alva São Tomé and PríncipeActing President (1991)22 Jul 193591 years, 67 days10 Jul 2025[83]
83Hifikepunye Pohamba NamibiaPresident (2005–2015)18 Aug 193591 years, 40 days18 Aug 2026[84]
84Abdou Diouf Senegal
7 Sep 193591 years, 20 days7 Sep 2026[85]
85Mahmoud Abbas Palestine
15 Nov 193590 years, 316 days24 Sep 2026[86]
86Adnan Badran JordanPrime Minister (2005)15 Dec 193590 years, 286 days8 Apr 2026[87]
87Edward Schreyer CanadaGovernor General (1979–1984)21 Dec 193590 years, 280 days30 Apr 2025[88]
88Salman Saudi Arabia
31 Dec 193590 years, 270 days12 Jul 2026[89]
89Alejandro Maldonado GuatemalaPresident (2015–2016)6 Jan 193690 years, 264 days29 May 2025[90]
Julio María Sanguinetti UruguayPresident (1985–1990; 1995–2000)19 May 2026[91]
91Émile Lahoud LebanonPresident (1998–2007)12 Jan 193690 years, 258 days26 Jun 2026[92]
92Ati George Sokomanu VanuatuPresident (1980–1984; 1984–1989)13 Jan 193690 years, 257 days15 Jan 2026[93]
93Henri Maïdou Central African EmpirePrime Minister (1978–1979)14 Feb 193690 years, 225 days13 Aug 2020[94]
94Choummaly Sayasone Laos
6 Mar 193690 years, 205 days22 Feb 2026[95]
95Kennedy Simmonds Saint Kitts and NevisPrime Minister (1983–1995)12 Apr 193690 years, 168 days12 Apr 2026[96]
96 Chavarat Charnvirakul ThailandActing Prime Minister (2008)7 Jun 193690 years, 112 days7 Jun 2026[97]
97 Yasuo Fukuda JapanPrime Minister (2007–2008)16 Jul 193690 years, 73 days30 May 2026[98]
98Milan Uhde CzechiaActing President (1993)28 Jul 193690 years, 61 days28 Jul 2026[99]
99Kamuta Latasi TuvaluPrime Minister (1993–1996)
Acting Governor-General (2010)		4 Sep 193690 years, 23 days23 Feb 2023[100]
100Hazem El Beblawi EgyptActing Prime Minister (2013–2014)17 Oct 193689 years, 345 days30 May 2026[101]
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     Currently in office

Uncertain date of birth

More information Name, State ...
The following individuals might be older than #84–100 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.
Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah SudanPrime Minister (1985–1986)Dec 1935
  • 90 years, 270 days to
  • 90 years, 300 days
29 Aug 2023[102]
Abdallah Mohamed Kamil DjiboutiPrime Minister (1978)1936
  • 89 years, 270 days to
  • 90 years, 269 days
1 Jun 2026[103]
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Unclear status as state leaders

More information Name, State ...
The following individuals are older than #6–96 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.[IX]
Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
Ali Haroun AlgeriaMember of the High Council of State (1992–1994)8 Feb 192799 years, 231 days4 Mar 2024[104]
Laurie Greig Cook IslandsActing Queen's Representative (2000–2001)24 Feb 192997 years, 215 days23 Jun 2026[105]
Biljana Plavšić Bosnia and HerzegovinaSerb Member of the Presidency (1992)7 Jul 193096 years, 82 days7 Jul 2025[106]
Karan Singh Jammu and KashmirPrince Regent (1949–1952)9 Mar 193195 years, 202 days30 Jun 2026[107]
Tang Fei TaiwanPresident of the Executive Yuan (2000)15 Mar 193294 years, 196 days20 Jul 2025[108]
Lyudvig Chibirov South Ossetia
19 Nov 193293 years, 312 days19 Sep 2025[109]
George Ali Murad Khan KhairpurMir (1947–1955)[X]29 Jun 193393 years, 90 days5 Oct 2025[110]
Félix Mouzabakani Congo-BrazzavilleMember of the Provisional Government (1963)[XI]11 Mar 1934[111]92 years, 200 days15 Aug 2025[112]
Heng Samrin Kampuchea
25 May 193492 years, 125 days6 Feb 2026[113]
Dumitru Mazilu RomaniaMember of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)24 Jun 193492 years, 95 days24 Dec 2021[114]
Waldo Bernal Pereira [es] Bolivia
5 Aug 193492 years, 53 days30 Apr 2018[115]
Óscar Pammo Rodríguez [es]
14 Dec 193491 years, 287 days10 Oct 2023[116]
Brian Mullooly IrelandMember of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)21 Feb 193591 years, 218 days1 Jan 2019[117]
Tenzin Gyatso Tibet
6 Jul 193591 years, 83 days6 Jul 2026[118]
Henri de Coignac AndorraFrench Viguier (1982–1984)3 Oct 193590 years, 359 days19 Mar 2026[119]
Hakkı Atun Northern Cyprus
7 Oct 193590 years, 355 days18 Oct 2025[120]
Young Vivian NiuePremier (1992–1993; 2002–2008)12 Nov 193590 years, 319 days11 Jan 2023[121]
Abdul Aziz Umar BruneiMenteri Besar (1981–1983)20 Mar 193690 years, 191 days13 Apr 2021[122]
Ivonka Survilla Belarusian Democratic RepublicPresident-in-exile of the Rada (1997–present)11 Apr 193690 years, 169 days11 Apr 2026[123]
Lien Chan TaiwanPresident of the Executive Yuan (1993–1997)27 Aug 193690 years, 31 days15 Jan 2026[124]
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Unclear status as state leaders with an uncertain date of birth

More information Name, State ...
The following individual might be older than #49–69 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain and their status as a state leader is unclear.[XII]
Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
Severino Tura [fr] San MarinoCaptain Regent (1985)1934
  • 91 years, 270 days to
  • 92 years, 269 days
27 Jun 2026[125]
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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, widely recognised leaders whose true power was limited or leaders of political entities whose status as sovereign states was unclear or disputed.
  10. [X]
    Acceded as Mir following his father's abdication on 24 July 1947 within the British Raj, seeking independence on 14 August that year. Acceded to the sovereign Dominion of Pakistan on 3 October 1947, however maintained de facto sovereignty and autonomy over his state until 20 November 1954, with effects from 14 October 1955, when his state was fully amalgamated into the province of West Pakistan, which officially ended the reigning monarch's sovereign status.
  11. [XI]
    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.
  12. [XII]
    San Marino did not join the UN until 2 March 1992.

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