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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[α] 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 100 years, 318 days.[2] Leaders currently in office are in bold in green, with Paul Biya of Cameroon being the oldest currently serving head of state.[3]
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Currently in office
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Age | Living as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo Rodríguez |  Ecuador |
Acting President (1972–1976) | 4 Nov 1923 | 100 years, 318 days | 4 Nov 2023[2] |
| 2 | Khamtai Siphandone |  Laos |
|
8 Feb 1924 | 100 years, 222 days | 8 Feb 2024[4] |
| 3 | Tomiichi Murayama |  Japan |
Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 3 Mar 1924 | 100 years, 198 days | 3 Mar 2024[5] |
| 4 | Jimmy Carter |  United States |
President (1977–1981) | 1 Oct 1924 | 99 years, 352 days | 3 Aug 2024[6] |
| 5 | Mahathir Mohamad |  Malaysia |
Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 10 Jul 1925 | 99 years, 69 days | 18 Jul 2024[7] |
| 6 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq |  Afghanistan |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) | 17 Jul 1925 | 99 years, 62 days | 30 Aug 2016[8] |
| 7 | Abdoulaye Wade |  Senegal |
President (2000–2012) | 29 May 1926 | 98 years, 111 days | 29 May 2024[9] |
| 8 | Valdas Adamkus |  Lithuania |
President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 3 Nov 1926 | 97 years, 319 days | 25 Jun 2024[10] |
| 9 | Raif Dizdarević |  Yugoslavia |
President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 9 Dec 1926 | 97 years, 283 days | 23 May 2024[11] |
| 10 | Thanin Kraivichien |  Thailand |
Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 5 Apr 1927 | 97 years, 165 days | 11 Jan 2023[12] |
| 11 | Kim Yong-nam |  North Korea |
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 4 Feb 1928 | 96 years, 226 days | 12 Jul 2024[13] |
| 12 | Arnold Rüütel |  Estonia |
|
10 May 1928 | 96 years, 130 days | 10 May 2024[14] |
| 13 | Arthur Foulkes |  Bahamas |
Governor-General (2010–2014) | 11 May 1928 | 96 years, 129 days | 11 May 2024[15] |
| 14 | Péter Boross |  Hungary |
Prime Minister (1993–1994) | 27 Aug 1928 | 96 years, 21 days | 27 Aug 2023[16] |
| 15 | Zhu Rongji |  China |
Premier of the State Council (1998–2003) | 23 Oct 1928 | 95 years, 330 days | 7 Feb 2024[17] |
| 16 | Édouard Balladur |  France |
Prime Minister (1993–1995) | 2 May 1929 | 95 years, 138 days | 5 May 2024[18] |
| 17 | Sam Nujoma |  Namibia |
President (1990–2005) | 12 May 1929 | 95 years, 128 days | 19 Jul 2024[19] |
| 18 | Orville Turnquest | Bahamas |
Governor-General (1995–2001) | 19 Jul 1929 | 95 years, 60 days | 20 Feb 2023[20] |
| 19 | Jamshid bin Abdullah |  Zanzibar |
Sultan (1963–1964) | 16 Sep 1929 | 95 years, 1 day | 16 Sep 2020[21] |
| 20 | Violeta Chamorro |  Nicaragua |
|
18 Oct 1929 | 94 years, 335 days | 24 May 2024[22] |
| 21 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat |  Mongolia |
General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990) | 15 Nov 1929 | 94 years, 307 days | 6 Dec 2021[23] |
| 22 | Alfred Moisiu |  Albania |
President (2002–2007) | 1 Dec 1929 | 94 years, 291 days | 8 Apr 2024[24] |
| 23 | Lee Hyun-jae |  South Korea |
|
20 Dec 1929 | 94 years, 272 days | 27 Apr 2024[25] |
| Milan Panić |  Yugoslavia |
Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 30 May 2023[26] | |||
| 25 | Efraín Goldenberg |  Peru |
Prime Minister (1994–1995) | 28 Dec 1929 | 94 years, 264 days | 1 Jul 2024[27] |
| 26 | Ahmed Osman |  Morocco |
Prime Minister (1972–1979) | 3 Jan 1930 | 94 years, 258 days | 2 Jun 2020[28] |
| 27 | Ion Iliescu |  Romania |
|
3 Mar 1930 | 94 years, 198 days | 3 Mar 2024[29] |
| 28 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |  Iceland |
President (1980–1996) | 15 Apr 1930 | 94 years, 155 days | 24 Jun 2024[30] |
| 29 | José Sarney |  Brazil |
President (1985–1990) | 24 Apr 1930 | 94 years, 146 days | 24 Apr 2024[31] |
| 30 | Kesang Choden |  Bhutan |
Regent (1972) | 21 May 1930 | 94 years, 119 days | 9 Oct 2023[32] |
| 31 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada |  Bolivia |
President (1993–1997; 2002–2003) | 1 Jul 1930 | 94 years, 78 days | 18 Aug 2024[33] |
| 32 | Ivy Dumont | Bahamas |
|
2 Oct 1930 | 93 years, 351 days | 8 Aug 2024[34] |
| 33 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury |  Bangladesh |
President (2001–2002) | 11 Oct 1930 | 93 years, 342 days | 13 Mar 2024[35] |
| 34 | Mabandla Dlamini |  Swaziland |
Prime Minister (1979–1983) | 11 Nov 1930 | 93 years, 311 days | 14 Jan 2024[36] |
| 35 | Choe Yong-rim | North Korea |
Premier (2010–2013) | 20 Nov 1930 | 93 years, 302 days | 27 Jul 2023[37] |
| 36 | Cesar Virata |  Philippines |
Prime Minister (1981–1986) | 12 Dec 1930 | 93 years, 280 days | 24 Jan 2024[38] |
| 37 | William Deane |  Australia |
Governor-General (1996–2001) | 4 Jan 1931 | 93 years, 257 days | 7 Mar 2024[39] |
| Cleopa Msuya |  Tanzania |
Prime Minister (1980–1983; 1994–1995) | 8 Apr 2024[40] | |||
| 39 | Philip Greaves |  Barbados |
Acting Governor-General (2017–2018) | 19 Jan 1931 | 93 years, 242 days | 2 Jan 2022[41] |
| 40 | Isabel Perón |  Argentina |
President (1974–1976) | 4 Feb 1931 | 93 years, 226 days | 23 Mar 2024[42] |
| 41 | Lamberto Dini |  Italy |
Prime Minister (1995–1996) | 1 Mar 1931 | 93 years, 200 days | 10 May 2024[43] |
| 42 | Elliott Belgrave | Barbados |
|
16 Mar 1931 | 93 years, 185 days | 16 Mar 2018[44] |
| 43 | George Vassiliou |  Cyprus |
President (1988–1993) | 20 May 1931 | 93 years, 120 days | 15 Mar 2024[45] |
| 44 | Raúl Castro |  Cuba |
|
3 Jun 1931 | 93 years, 106 days | 3 Jun 2024[46] |
| 45 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |  Brazil |
President (1995–2003) | 18 Jun 1931 | 93 years, 91 days | 19 Jun 2024[47] |
| 46 | Khieu Samphan |  Democratic Kampuchea |
|
28 Jul 1931 | 93 years, 51 days | 10 Jan 2024[48] |
| 47 | Pié Masumbuko |  Burundi |
Acting Prime Minister (1965) | 29 Sep 1931 | 92 years, 354 days | 10 Apr 2023[49] |
| 48 | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar | Bangladesh |
Acting President (2002) | 1 Dec 1931 | 92 years, 291 days | 10 May 2024[50] |
| 49 | Edmund Lawrence |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Governor-General (2013–2015) | 14 Feb 1932 | 92 years, 216 days | 4 Nov 2022[51] |
| 50 | Tang Fei |  Taiwan |
President of the Executive Yuan (2000) | 15 Mar 1932 | 92 years, 186 days | 17 Jan 2021[52] |
| 51 | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | Thailand |
Prime Minister (1996–1997) | 15 May 1932 | 92 years, 125 days | 4 May 2024[53] |
| 52 | Marguerite Pindling | Bahamas |
Governor-General (2014–2019) | 26 Jun 1932 | 92 years, 83 days | 14 Feb 2024[54] |
| 53 | Anand Panyarachun | Thailand |
Prime Minister (1991–1992; 1992) | 9 Aug 1932 | 92 years, 39 days | 5 Aug 2024[55] |
| 54 | Sirikit | Regent (1956) | 12 Aug 1932 | 92 years, 36 days | 12 Aug 2024[56] | |
| 55 | Gavril Dejeu | Romania |
Acting Prime Minister (1998) | 11 Sep 1932 | 92 years, 6 days | 4 Mar 2024[57] |
| 56 | Manmohan Singh |  India |
Prime Minister (2004–2014) | 26 Sep 1932 | 91 years, 357 days | 8 Feb 2024[58] |
| 57 | Vytautas Landsbergis |  Lithuania |
Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) | 18 Oct 1932 | 91 years, 335 days | 11 Mar 2024[59] |
| 58 | Vitold Fokin |  Ukraine |
Prime Minister (1991–1992) | 25 Oct 1932 | 91 years, 328 days | 9 Oct 2023[60] |
| 59 | Ugo Mifsud Bonnici |  Malta |
President (1994–1999) | 8 Nov 1932 | 91 years, 314 days | 12 Apr 2024[61] |
| 60 | Kim Suk-soo |  South Korea |
Prime Minister (2002–2003) | 20 Nov 1932 | 91 years, 302 days | 27 Jan 2024[62] |
| Colville Young |  Belize |
Governor-General (1993–2021) | 28 Dec 2023[63] | |||
| 62 | Than Shwe |  Myanmar |
|
2 Feb 1933 | 91 years, 228 days | 15 Aug 2024[64] |
| 63 | Paul Biya |  Cameroon |
|
13 Feb 1933 | 91 years, 217 days | 23 Aug 2024[3] |
| 64 | Mark Eyskens |  Belgium |
Prime Minister (1981) | 29 Apr 1933 | 91 years, 141 days | 1 May 2024[65] |
| 65 | H. D. Deve Gowda | India |
Prime Minister (1996–1997) | 18 May 1933 | 91 years, 122 days | 26 Jul 2024[66] |
| 66 | Hüsamettin Cindoruk |  Turkey |
Acting President (1993) | 8 Jun 1933 | 91 years, 101 days | 22 Apr 2024[67] |
| 67 | Fouad Mebazaa |  Tunisia |
Acting President (2011) | 15 Jun 1933 | 91 years, 94 days | 1 Mar 2024[68] |
| 68 | Dumaagiin Sodnom | Mongolia |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990) | 14 Jul 1933 | 91 years, 65 days | 9 May 2024[69] |
| 69 | Suchinda Kraprayoon | Thailand |
Prime Minister (1992) | 6 Aug 1933 | 91 years, 42 days | 24 Mar 2019[70] |
| 70 | Rubén Darío Paredes |  Panama |
Commander of the National Guard (1982–1983) | 11 Aug 1933 | 91 years, 37 days | 16 Mar 2023[71] |
| 71 | Arnold Koller |  Switzerland |
|
29 Aug 1933 | 91 years, 19 days | 29 Aug 2023[72] |
| 72 | Mátyás Szűrös | Hungary |
Provisional President (1989–1990) | 11 Sep 1933 | 91 years, 6 days | 11 May 2024[73] |
| 73 | Michel Aoun |  Lebanon |
President (2016–2022)[β] | 30 Sep 1933 | 90 years, 353 days | 19 Feb 2024[74] |
| 74 | Abel Pacheco |  Costa Rica |
President (2002–2006) | 22 Dec 1933 | 90 years, 270 days | 21 Jun 2024[75] |
| 75 | Akihito | Japan |
Emperor (1989–2019) | 23 Dec 1933 | 90 years, 269 days | 23 Aug 2024[76] |
| 76 | Rudolf Schuster |  Slovakia |
President (1999–2004) | 4 Jan 1934 | 90 years, 257 days | 4 Jan 2024[77] |
| 77 | Jean Chrétien |  Canada |
Prime Minister (1993–2003) | 11 Jan 1934 | 90 years, 250 days | 24 Mar 2024[78] |