This is a list of the 100 longest lived state leaders, all born after 1800. Those alive are in bold italics. The list on wikipedia is here.
No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muhammad al-Muqri | Morocco | Grand Vizier (1912-1956) | February 1851 | 9 September 1957 | 106 years, 201 days to 106 years, 228 days | |
1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Cambodia | Prime Minister (1962) | 9 September 1905 | 22 January 2009 | 103 years, 135 days |
2 | Celal Bayar | Turkey | Prime Minister (1937 - 1939)
President (1950 - 1960) |
16 May 1883 | 22 August 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
3 | Antoine Pinay | France | Prime Minister (1952 - 1953) | 30 December 1891 | 13 December 1994 | 102 years, 348 days |
4 | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee | Sikkim | Chief Minister (1974 - 1975) | 11 October 1904 | 28 July 2007 | 102 years, 290 days |
5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan | Prime Minister (1945) | 3 December 1887 | 20 January 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
6 | Willem Drees | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1948 - 1958) | 5 July 1886 | 14 May 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
7 | Zhang Qun | China | Premier (1947 - 1948) | 9 May 1889 | 14 December 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
8 | Anton Vratusa | Slovenia | UN Commissioner to S.W. Africa (1966 - 1967) Yugoslavian Ambassador to the U.N. (1967 - 1969) President of Executive Council (1978 - 1980) |
21 February 1915 | 30 July 2017 | 102 years, 159 days |
9 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands | Prime Minister (1967 - 1971) | 3 April 1915 | 27 July 2016 | 101 years, 115 days |
10 | Bernardino Gonzalez Ruiz | Panama | President (1963) | 11 January 1911 | 15 March 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
11 | Christopher Hornsrud | Norway | Prime Minister (1928) | 15 November 1859 | 12 December 1960 | 101 years, 28 days |
12 | Hassan al-Hakim | Syria | Prime Minister (1941 - 1942; 1951) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 1 day to 102 years, 364 days |
13 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador | Head of State (1966) | 9 October 1912 | 9 August 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
14 | Xenophon Zolotas | Greece | Prime Minister (1989 - 1990) | 26 March 1904 | 10 June 2004 | 100 years, 76 days |
15 | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | Interim President (1969) | 1912 | 12 June 2012 | 100 years, 0 days to 100 years, 163 days |
16 | Hastings Banda | Malawi | Prime Minister (1964 - 1966)
President (1966 - 1994) |
March/April 1898 | 25 November 1997 | 99 years, 270 days to 99 years, 297 days |
17 | Do Muoi | Vietnam | Prime Minister (1988 - 1991)
Communist General Secretary (1991 - 1997) |
2 February 1917 | Alive | 0 days |
18 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan | Prime Minister (1969) | 2 March 1917 | Alive | 0 days |
19 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | President (1975 - 1980) | 12 May 1910 | 4 January 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
20 | Gulzarilal Nanda | India | Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 4 July 1898 | 15 January 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
21 | Anthony Mamo | Malta | President (1974 - 1976) | 9 January 1909 | 1 May 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
22 | Michail Stasionpoulos | Greece | President (1974 - 1975) | 27 July 1903 | 31 October 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
23 | Morarji Desai | India | Prime Minister (1977 - 1979) | 29 February 1896 | 10 April 1995 | 99 years, 40 days |
24 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | North Yemen | Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 99 years, 33 days to 100 years, 32 days |
25 | Vo Chi Cong | Vietnam | Chairman of the Council of State (1987 - 1992) | 7 August 1912 | 8 September 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
26 | Aden Abdullah Osman Daar | Somalia | President (1960 - 1967) | 1908 | 8 June 2007 | 99 years, 17 days to 99 years, 158 days |
27 | Abdel Halim Muhammad | Sudan | Committee of Sovereignty Member (1964 - 1965) | 10 April 1910 | 16 April 2009 | 99 years, 6 days |
28 | Censu Tabone | Malta | President (1989 - 1994) | 30 March 1913 | 14 March 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
29 | Emlie Reuter | Luxembourg | Prime Minister (1918 - 1925) | 2 August 1874 | 14 February 1973 | 98 years, 257 days |
30 | Pierre Harmel | Belgium | Prime Minister (1965 - 1966) | 16 March 1911 | 15 November 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
31 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France | Prime Minister (1932 - 1933) | 4 August 1873 | 28 March 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
32 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador | President (1926 - 1931) | 2 September 1879 | 22 March 1978 | 98 years, 201 days |
33 | Mamadou Dia | Senegal | Prime Minister (1960 - 1962) | 18 July 1910 | 25 January 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
34 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan | Prime Minister (1982 - 1987) | 27 May 1918 | Alive | 0 days |
35 | Nouhak Phoumsavanth | Laos | President (1992 - 1998) | 9 April 1910 | 9 September 2008 | 98 years, 153 days |
36 | Borys Mykolaivych Martos | Ukraine | Chairman of Council of Ministers (1919) | 20 May 1879 | 19 October 1977 | 98 years, 152 days |
37 | Emile Derlin Zinsou | Dahomey | President (1968 - 1969) | 23 March 1918 | 28 July 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
38 | Artur Gorgei | Hungary | Acting Governor- President (1849) | 30 January 1818 | 21 May 1916 | 98 years, 107 days |
39 | Gough Whitlam | Australia | Prime Minister (1972 - 1975) | 11 July 1916 | 21 October 2014 | 98 years, 101 days |
40 | Venceslau Bras | Brazil | President (1914 - 1918) | 26 February 1868 | 15 May 1966 | 98 years, 79 days |
41 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | India | President (1987 - 1992) | 4 December 1910 | 27 January 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
42 | Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham | Hungary | Prime Minister (1919) | 10 July 1875 | 25 July 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
43 | Gabriel Paris Gordillo | Colombia | President (1957 - 1958) | 8 March 1910 | 21 March 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
44 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister (1990 - 1993) | 18 October 1918 | Alive | 0 days |
45 | Emile Flach | Monaco | Minister of State (1911 - 1917) | 1860 | 1959 | 98 years, 1 day to 98 years, 364 days |
46 | Kenan Evren | Turkey | National Security Council President (1980 - 1982)
President (1982 - 1989) |
17 July 1917 | 9 May 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
47 | Wellington Koo | China | Acting Premier (1924)
Acting President (1926 - 1927) |
29 January 1888 | 14 November 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
48 | Baron Ignaz von Plener | Cisleithania (Austria-Hungary) | Minister-President (1870) | 21 May 1810 | 17 February 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
49 | Federico Paez | Ecuador | Acting President (1935 - 1937) | 6 June 1876 | 1974 | 97 years, 209 days to 98 years, 208 days |
50 | Ramon Jose Velasquez | Venezuela | Interim President (1993 - 1994) | 28 November 1916 | 24 June 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
51 | He Yingqin | China | Premier (1949) | 2 April 1890 | 21 October 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
52 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani | Morocco | Prime Minister (1971 - 1972; 1983 - 1986; 1992 - 1994) | 1 May 1919 | Alive | 0 days |
53 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru | Prime Minister (1939 - 1944) | 15 March 1872 | 14 August 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
54 | Patricio Aylwin | Chile | President (1990 - 1994) | 26 November 1918 | 19 April 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
55 | Armando Villanueva | Peru | Prime Minister (1988 - 1989) | 25 November 1915 | 14 April 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
56 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania | Assembly Presidium Chairman (1958 - 1961)
Acting State Council President (1965) Prime Minister (1961 - 1974) |
23 September 1902 | 8 February 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
57 | Martial Celestin | Haiti | Prime Minister (1988) | 4 October 1913 | 4 February 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
58 | Walter Scheel | West Germany | Acting Chancellor (1974)
President (1974 - 1979) |
8 July 1919 | Alive | 0 days |
59 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan | Premier (1990 - 1993) | 13 July 1919 | Alive | 0 days |
60 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania | Communist General Secretary (1954 - 1955) | 16 May 1913 | 21 August 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
61 | Nguyen Van Tam | South Vietnam | Prime Minister (1952 - 1953) | 1893 | 23 November 1990 | 97 years, 0 days to 97 years, 325 days |
62 | Konstantinos Kollias | Greece | Prime Minister (1967) | 1901 | 13 July 1998 | 97 years, 0 days to 97 years, 193 days |
63 | Helmut Schmidt | West Germany | Chancellor (1974 - 1982) | 23 December 1918 | 10 November 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
64 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Vatican City | Acting Sovereign (1939) | 10 April 1851 | 16 February 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
65 | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | Tuva | Chair of Presidium (1940 - 1944) | 1 January 1912 | 4 November 2008 | 96 years, 308 days |
66 | Javier Perez de Cuellar | Peru | Prime Minister (2000 - 2001) | 19 January 1920 | Alive | 0 days |
67 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium | Prime Minister (1946 - 1947) | 26 May 1871 | 23 February 1968 | 96 years, 273 days |
68 | Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Prime Minister (1983 - 1984; 1986 - 1992) | 22 October 1915 | 30 June 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
69 | Habib Bourguiba | Tunisia | Prime Minister (1956 - 1957)
President (1957 - 1987) |
3 August 1903 | 6 April 2000 | 96 years, 246 days |
70 | Vyacheslav Molotov | Soviet Union | Premier (1930 - 1941) | 9 March 1890 | 8 November 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
71 | Josip Manolic | Croatia | Prime Minister (1990 - 1991) | 22 March 1920 | Alive | 0 days |
72 | Liam
Cosgrave |
Ireland | Taoiseach (1973 - 1977) | 13 April
1920 |
4 October
2017 |
97
years 174 days |
73 | Cesareo Octavio Deustua Escarza | Peru | Prime Minister (1902) | 22 March 1849 | 6 August 1945 | 96 years, 137 days |
74 | Pedro Lascurain | Mexico | Acting President (1913) | 8 May 1856 | 21 July 1952 | 96 years, 74 days |
75 | Federico Chavez | Paraguay | President (1949 - 1954) | 15 February 1882 | 24 April 1978 | 96 years, 68 days |
76 | Ebrahim Hakimi | Iran | Prime Minister (1945; 1945 - 1946; 1947 - 1948) | 15 August 1863 | 19 October 1959 | 96 years, 65 days |
77 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Thailand | Prime Minister (1980 - 1988)
Regent (2016 - Present) |
26 August 1920 | Alive | 0 days |
78 | Fumio Goto | Japan | Acting Prime Minister (1936) | 7 March 1884 | 1 May 1980 | 96 years, 55 days |
79 | Mario Echandi Jimenez | Costa Rica | President (1958 - 1962) | 17 June 1915 | 30 July 2011 | 96 years, 42 days |
80 | Joao Lins Cansancao, Viscount of Sinimbu | Brazil | Prime Minister (1878 - 1880) | 20 November 1810 | 27 December 1906 | 96 years, 37 days |
81 | Tun Tin | Burma | Prime Minister (1988) | 2 October 1920 | Alive | 0 days |
82 | Dom Mintoff | Malta | Prime Minister (1955 - 1958; 1971 - 1984) | 6 August 1916 | 20 August 2012 | 96 years, 14 days |
83 | Hans Schaffner | Switzerland | Federal Council Member (1961 - 1969)
President (1966) |
16 December 1908 | 26 November 2004 | 95 years, 346 days |
84 | Le Duc Anh | Vietnam | President (1992 - 1997) | 1 December 1920 | Alive | 0 days |
85 | Joaquin Balaguer | Dominican Republic | President (1960 - 1962; 1966 - 1978; 1986 - 1996) | 1 September 1906 | 14 July 2002 | 95 years, 316 days |
86 | Tomas Romero Pereira | Paraguay | Provisional President (1954) | 4 October 1886 | 12 August 1982 | 95 years, 312 days |
87 | Pedro Richter Prada | Peru | Prime Minister (1979 - 1980) | 4 January 1921 | Alive | 0 days |
88 | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Grand Duke (1964 - 2000) | 5 January 1921 | Alive | 0 days |
89 | Mohsen Sadr | Iran | Prime Minister (1945) | 1866 | 19 October 1962 | 95 years, 292 days to 96 years 291 days |
90 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Italy | Prime Minister (1993 - 1994)
President (1999 - 2006) |
9 December 1920 | 16 September 2016 | 95 years, 282 days |
91 | Fred Degazon | Dominica | President (1979 - 1980) | 4 January 1913 | 4 October 2008 | 95 years, 274 days |
92 | Juan Jose Estrada | Nicaragua | President (1910 - 1911) | 1 January 1872 | 11 July 1967 | 95 years, 191 days |
93 | Pote Sarasin | Thailand | Prime Minister (1957) | 25 March 1905 | 28 September 2000 | 95 years, 187 days |
94 | Antonio Imbert Barrera | Dominican Republic | President (1965) | 3 December 1920 | 31 May 2016 | 95 years, 182 days |
95 | Tahar Ben Anmar | Tunisia | Prime Minister (1956) | 25 November 1889 | 10 May 1985 | 95 years, 166 days |
96 | Roberto M. Levingston | Argentina | President (1970 - 1971/ | 19 January 1920 | 17 June 2015 | 95 years, 149 days |
97 | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | President (1994 - 1999) | 18 July 1918 | 5 December 2013 | 95 years, 140 days |
98 | Paal Berg | Norway | Acting Head of State (1945) | 18 January 1873 | 24 May 1968 | 95 years, 126 days |
99 | Ahmed Ben Bella | Algeria | President (1963 - 1965) | 25 December 1916 | 11 April 2012 | 95 years, 108 days |
100 | Philippe Petain | France | Prime Minister (1940)
Chief of State (1940 - 1944) |
24 April 1856 | 23 July 1951 | 95 years, 90 days |
101 | Leopold Sedar Senghor | Senegal | President (1960 - 1980) | 9 October 1906 | 20 December 2001 | 95 years, 72 days |
102 | Petar Stambolic | Yugoslavia | Prime Minister (1963 - 1967)
President (1982 - 1983) |
12 July 1912 | 21 September 2007 | 95 years, 71 days |
103 | Anibal Portillo | El Salvador | Civic-Military Directory Member (1961 - 1962) | 20 December 1914 | 15 February 2010 | 95 years, 57 days |
104 | Pak Song-chol | North Korea | Premier (1976 - 1977) | 2 September 1913 | 28 October 2008 | 95 years, 56 days |