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||[[Kim Yong-ju]]||{{flag|North Korea}}||[[Eternal President of the Republic|Vice president during vacancy]] (1994–1998)||21 September 1920||{{age in years and days|1920|9|21}}||[http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11408984 2017-01-26]
||[[Kim Yong-ju]]||{{flag|North Korea}}||[[Eternal President of the Republic|Vice president during vacancy]] (1994–1998)||21 September 1920||{{age in years and days|1920|9|21}}||[http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11408984 2017-01-26]
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||[[Adnan Pachachi]]||{{flag+link|Coalition Provisional Authority of|Iraq|variant=1991}}||[[President of the Governing Council of Iraq|President of Governing Council]] (2004)||14 May 1923||{{age in years and days|1923|5|14}}||[http://m.thenational.ae/uae/government/sheikh-zayed-shaped-the-rise-of-modern-abu-dhabi-says-former-minister-of-state 2016-10-24]
||[[Seán Treacy (politician)|Seán Treacy]]||{{flag|Ireland}}||[[President of Ireland|Member of the Presidential Commission]] (1974; 1976)||23 September 1923||{{age in years and days|1923|9|23}}||[http://www.finance.gov.ie/sites/default/files/Finance%20Accounts%20Statement%2014%20-%20Payments%20to%20former%20Constitutional%20Ministerial%20an.pdf 2015]
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||[[Seán Treacy (politician)|Seán Treacy]]||{{flag|Ireland}}||[[President of Ireland|Member of the Presidential Commission]] (1974; 1976)||23 September 1923||{{age in years and days|1923|9|23}}||[http://www.inance.gov.ie/sites/default/files/Finance%20Accounts%20Statement%2014%20-%20Payments%20to%20former%20Constitutional%20Ministerial%20an.pdf 2015]
||[[Adnan Pachachi]]||{{flag+link|Coalition Provisional Authority of|Iraq|variant=1991}}||[[President of the Governing Council of Iraq|President of Governing Council]] (2004)||14 May 1923||{{age in years and days|1923|5|14}}||[http://m.thenational.ae/uae/government/sheikh-zayed-shaped-the-rise-of-modern-abu-dhabi-says-former-minister-of-state 2016-10-24]
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||[[Walter Buser]]||{{flag|Switzerland}}||[[Federal Chancellor of Switzerland|Federal Chancellor]] (1981–1991)||14 April 1926||{{age in years and days|1926|4|14}}||[https://ius.unibas.ch/lehre/emeriti/ 2017-01-24]
||[[Walter Buser]]||{{flag|Switzerland}}||[[Federal Chancellor of Switzerland|Federal Chancellor]] (1981–1991)||14 April 1926||{{age in years and days|1926|4|14}}||[https://ius.unibas.ch/lehre/emeriti/ 2017-01-24]

Revision as of 03:01, 15 April 2017

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

This article lists 100 long-lived and still-living current or former heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president, prime minister, or monarch) whose age can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last ten years. Leaders currently in office are in bold italics, with Robert Mugabe being the oldest currently serving head of state and government.

Đỗ Mười, Prime Minister (1988–1991),
General Secretary (1991–1997), the oldest living state leader
Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987), the second-oldest living state leader
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993), the third-oldest living state leader
Hau Pei-tsun, Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993), the sixth-oldest living state leader
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Prime Minister of Peru (2000–2001), the seventh-oldest living state leader
Liam Cosgrave, Taoiseach (1973–1977), the eighth-oldest living state leader
Prem Tinsulanonda, Prime Minister of Thailand (1980–1988),
Regent of Thailand (2016), the ninth-oldest living state leader
Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980–1987),
President of Zimbabwe (1987–present), the twenty-sixth-oldest living state leader and currently the oldest active head of state and government
# Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
1 Đỗ Mười  Vietnam Prime Minister (1988–1991)
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997)		 2 February 1917 107 years, 219 days 2017-02-02
2 Yasuhiro Nakasone  Japan Prime Minister (1982–1987) 27 May 1918 106 years, 104 days 2017-01-12
3 Konstantinos Mitsotakis  Greece Prime Minister (1990–1993) 18 October 1918 105 years, 326 days 2017-03-29
4 Hyun Soong-jong  South Korea Prime Minister (1992–1993) 26 January 1919 105 years, 226 days 2016-03-13
5 Mohammed Karim Lamrani  Morocco Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) 1 May 1919 105 years, 130 days 2017-01-17
6 Hau Pei-tsun  Taiwan Premier (1990–1993) 13 July 1919 105 years, 57 days 2017-04-13
7 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar  Peru Prime Minister (2000–2001) 19 January 1920 104 years, 233 days 2017-01-19
8 Liam Cosgrave  Ireland Taoiseach (1973–1977) 13 April 1920 104 years, 148 days 2016-11-23
9 Prem Tinsulanonda  Thailand Prime Minister (1980–1988)
Regent (2016)		 26 August 1920 104 years, 13 days 2017-04-10
10 Tun Tin  Burma Prime Minister (1988) 2 October 1920 103 years, 342 days 2010-01-24
11 Lê Đức Anh  Vietnam President (1992–1997) 1 December 1920 103 years, 282 days 2017-02-26
12 Pedro Richter Prada  Peru Prime Minister (1979–1980) 4 January 1921 103 years, 248 days 2017-01-17
13 Jean  Luxembourg Grand Duke (1964–2000) 5 January 1921 103 years, 247 days 2017-01-05
14 Mustafa Ben Halim  Libya Prime Minister (1954–1957) 29 January 1921 103 years, 223 days 2013-06-10
15 Abdelmalek Benhabyles  Algeria Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) 27 April 1921 103 years, 134 days 2014-06-11
16 Francisco Morales Bermúdez  Peru President (1975–1980) 4 October 1921 102 years, 340 days 2017-02-17
17 Michael I  Romania King (1927–1930; 1940–1947) 25 October 1921 102 years, 319 days 2017-02-02
18 Luis Echeverría  Mexico President (1970–1976) 17 January 1922 102 years, 235 days 2017-01-31
19 Miloš Jakeš Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) 12 August 1922 102 years, 27 days 2017-03-29
20 Lee Teng-hui  Taiwan President (1988–2000) 15 January 1923 101 years, 237 days 2017-04-13
21 Belisario Betancur  Colombia President (1982–1986) 4 February 1923 101 years, 217 days 2017-02-01
22 Rezső Nyers Hungary Chairman of the Presidency of the
Socialist Workers' Party (1989)		 21 March 1923 101 years, 171 days 2016-03-17
23 Sir Ninian Stephen  Australia Governor-General (1982–1989) 15 June 1923 101 years, 85 days 2016-11-22
24 Mauno Koivisto  Finland Prime Minister (1968–1970; 1979–1982)
President (1982–1994)		 25 November 1923 100 years, 288 days 2017-03-23
25 Khamtai Siphandon  Laos Prime Minister (1991–1998)
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006)
President (1998–2006)		 8 February 1924 100 years, 213 days 2017-02-22
26 Robert Mugabe  Zimbabwe Prime Minister (1980–1987)
President (1987–present)		 21 February 1924 100 years, 200 days 2017-04-12
27 Tomiichi Murayama  Japan Prime Minister (1994–1996) 3 March 1924 100 years, 189 days 2017-01-24
28 Abderrahmane Youssoufi  Morocco Prime Minister (1998–2002) 8 March 1924 100 years, 184 days 2017-01-11
29 Kenneth Kaunda  Zambia President (1964–1991) 28 April 1924 100 years, 133 days 2017-04-06
30 Dawda Jawara  The Gambia Prime Minister (1962–1970)
President (1970–1994)		 16 May 1924 100 years, 115 days 2017-02-17
31 George H. W. Bush  United States President (1989–1993) 12 June 1924 100 years, 88 days 2017-04-10
32 Daniel arap Moi  Kenya President (1978–2002) 2 September 1924 100 years, 6 days 2017-04-12
33 Jimmy Carter  United States President (1977–1981) 1 October 1924 99 years, 343 days 2017-04-11
34 Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakia Prime Minister (1970–1988) 19 October 1924 99 years, 325 days 2017-03-28
35 Guillermo Rodriguez  Ecuador President (1972–1976) 4 November 1924 99 years, 309 days 2017-01-14
36 Girma Wolde-Giorgis  Ethiopia President (2001–2013) 8 December 1924 99 years, 275 days 2016-12-23
37 Atal Bihari Vajpayee  India Prime Minister (1996; 1998–2004) 25 December 1924 99 years, 258 days 2017-04-11
38 Abdelsalam al-Majali  Jordan Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) 18 February 1925 99 years, 203 days 2017-02-21
39 Shehu Shagari  Nigeria President (1979–1983) 25 February 1925 99 years, 196 days 2017-04-10
40 Ali Hassan Mwinyi  Tanzania President (1985–1995) 8 May 1925 99 years, 123 days 2017-02-24
41 Giorgio Napolitano  Italy President (2006–2015) 29 June 1925 99 years, 71 days 2017-04-08
42 Mahathir Mohamad  Malaysia Prime Minister (1981–2003) 10 July 1925 99 years, 60 days 2017-04-13
43 Quett Masire  Botswana President (1980–1998) 23 July 1925 99 years, 47 days 2017-02-03
44 Ali Bozer  Turkey Acting Prime Minister (1989) 28 July 1925 99 years, 42 days 2016-09-09
45 Yang Hyong-sop  North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the
Supreme People's Assembly (1994–1998)		 1 October 1925 98 years, 343 days 2017-01-24
46 Antoine Gizenga  Congo-Kinshasa Prime Minister (2006–2008) 5 October 1925 98 years, 339 days 2017-02-04
47 Arnaldo Forlani  Italy Prime Minister (1980–1981) 8 December 1925 98 years, 275 days 2016-09-20
48 Trần Thiện Khiêm  South Vietnam Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964)
Prime Minister (1969–1975)		 15 December 1925 98 years, 268 days 2017-02-26
49 Kim Jong-pil  South Korea Prime Minister (1971–1975; 1998–2000) 7 January 1926 98 years, 245 days 2017-04-03
50 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing  France President (1974–1981)[i] 2 February 1926 98 years, 219 days 2017-04-07
51 Elizabeth II  United Kingdom Queen (1952–present)[ii] 21 April 1926 98 years, 140 days 2017-04-11
52 Abdoulaye Wade  Senegal President (2000–2012) 29 May 1926 98 years, 102 days 2017-04-13
53 Efraín Ríos Montt  Guatemala President (1982–1983) 16 June 1926 98 years, 84 days 2017-04-04
54 Nuon Chea Kampuchea Prime Minister (1976) 7 July 1926 98 years, 63 days 2017-02-28
55 Sir Clifford Husbands  Barbados Governor-General (1996–2011) 5 August 1926 98 years, 34 days 2015-11-09
56 Jiang Zemin  China General Secretary of the Communist Party (1989–2002)
President (1993–2003)		 17 August 1926 98 years, 22 days 2017-01-05
57 Abdur Rahman Biswas  Bangladesh President (1991–1996) 1 September 1926 98 years, 7 days 2015-06-14
58 Tulsi Giri  Nepal Prime Minister (1960–1963; 1964–1965; 1975–1977) 26 September 1926 97 years, 348 days 2016-09-10
59 Valdas Adamkus  Lithuania President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) 3 November 1926 97 years, 310 days 2017-03-30
60 Beji Caid Essebsi  Tunisia Prime Minister (2011)
President (2014–present)		 29 November 1926 97 years, 284 days 2017-04-13
61 Raif Dizdarević  Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1988–1989) 9 December 1926 97 years, 274 days 2017-04-01
62 Kirti Nidhi Bista  Nepal Prime Minister (1969–1970; 1971–1973; 1977–1979) 15 January 1927 97 years, 237 days 2017-01-23
63 Stanisław Kania Poland First Secretary of the United Workers' Party (1980–1981) 8 March 1927 97 years, 184 days 2014-08-27
64 Roberto Suazo Córdova  Honduras President (1982–1986) 17 March 1927 97 years, 175 days 2017-03-17
65 Thanin Kraivichien  Thailand Prime Minister (1976–1977) 5 April 1927 97 years, 156 days 2017-04-11
66 Pope Benedict XVI  Vatican City Sovereign (2005–2013) 16 April 1927 97 years, 145 days 2017-04-13
67 Albert Zafy  Madagascar President (1993–1996) 1 May 1927 97 years, 130 days 2017-01-26
68 Arturo Armando Molina  El Salvador President (1972–1977) 6 August 1927 97 years, 33 days 2008-02-11
69 Odvar Nordli  Norway Prime Minister (1976–1981) 3 November 1927 96 years, 310 days 2016-10-08
70 Tuanku Abdul Halim  Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970–1975; 2011–2016) 28 November 1927 96 years, 285 days 2017-03-23
71 Edward Babiuch Poland Prime Minister (1980) 28 December 1927 96 years, 255 days 2014-01-31
72 Hamed Karoui  Tunisia Prime Minister (1989–1999) 30 December 1927 96 years, 253 days 2017-01-21
73 Reynaldo Bignone  Argentina President (1982–1983) 21 January 1928 96 years, 231 days 2017-03-18
74 Hans Modrow  East Germany Prime Minister (1989–1990) 27 January 1928 96 years, 225 days 2017-01-12
75 Ciriaco De Mita  Italy Prime Minister (1988–1989) 2 February 1928 96 years, 219 days 2017-04-11
76 Kim Yong-nam  North Korea Chairman of the Presidium of the
Supreme People's Assembly (1998–present)		 4 February 1928 96 years, 217 days 2017-03-20
77 Arthur Dion Hanna  Bahamas Governor-General (2006–2010) 7 March 1928 96 years, 185 days 2015-04-20
78 Fidel Ramos  Philippines President (1992–1998) 18 March 1928 96 years, 174 days 2017-04-11
79 Sisavath Keobounphanh  Laos Prime Minister (1998–2001) 1 May 1928 96 years, 130 days 2016-11-26
80 Hosni Mubarak  Egypt President (1981–2011)
Prime Minister (1981–1982)		 4 May 1928 96 years, 127 days 2017-03-24
81 Arnold Rüütel  Estonia Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)
President (2001–2006)		 10 May 1928 96 years, 121 days 2017-03-14
82 Sir Arthur Foulkes  Bahamas Governor-General (2010–2014) 11 May 1928 96 years, 120 days 2016-12-15
83 Enrique Bolaños  Nicaragua President (2002–2007) 13 May 1928 96 years, 118 days 2017-01-15
84 Balakh Sher Mazari  Pakistan Acting Prime Minister (1993) 8 July 1928 96 years, 62 days 2016-12-18
85 Belaid Abdessalam  Algeria Prime Minister (1992–1993) 20 July 1928 96 years, 50 days 2017-02-22
86 Chung Won-shik  South Korea Prime Minister (1991–1992) 5 August 1928 96 years, 34 days 2017-01-14
87 Péter Boross  Hungary Prime Minister (1993–1994) 27 August 1928 96 years, 12 days 2017-03-13
88 Zhu Rongji  China Premier (1998–2003) 1 October 1928 95 years, 343 days 2017-01-24
89 Kåre Willoch  Norway Prime Minister (1981–1986) 3 October 1928 95 years, 341 days 2017-03-10
90 Borisav Jović  Yugoslavia President of the Presidency (1990–1991) 19 October 1928 95 years, 325 days 2017-03-16
91 Li Peng  China Premier (1988–1998) 20 October 1928 95 years, 324 days 2017-01-13
92 Vitaliy Masol  Ukraine Prime Minister (1994–1995) 14 November 1928 95 years, 299 days 2016-08-31
93 Miloš Radulović  Yugoslavia Acting President (1993) 22 February 1929 95 years, 199 days 2016-09-12
94 Poul Schlüter  Denmark Prime Minister (1982–1993) 3 April 1929 95 years, 158 days 2016-05-15
95 Christos Sartzetakis  Greece President (1985–1990) 6 April 1929 95 years, 155 days 2017-01-21
96 Édouard Balladur  France Prime Minister (1993–1995) 2 May 1929 95 years, 129 days 2017-03-23
97 Sam Nujoma  Namibia President (1990–2005) 12 May 1929 95 years, 119 days 2017-03-20
98 Otar Patsatsia  Georgia Prime Minister (1993–1995) 15 May 1929 95 years, 116 days 2016-09-10
99 Karolos Papoulias  Greece President (2005–2015) 4 June 1929 95 years, 96 days 2017-01-27
100 John Turner  Canada Prime Minister (1984) 7 June 1929 95 years, 93 days 2017-02-20
Addenda

The following individuals might be older than #62–38 or #100–93 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.

Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
Mohammad Hasan Sharq  Afghanistan Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989) 1925 98 years, 252 days to
99 years, 251 days		 2013-07-25
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi  Afghanistan Acting President (1992) 1926 97 years, 252 days to
98 years, 251 days		 2017-01-14
Gombojavyn Ochirbat Mongolia General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Peoples' Party (1990) 1929 94 years, 252 days to
95 years, 251 days		 2016-02-10

The following individuals are older than #10–99 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear. They were/are either members of collective presidencies, interim leaders or widely recognised leaders whose true power was/is limited.

Name State Position Birth Age Living as of
Kim Yong-ju  North Korea Vice president during vacancy (1994–1998) 21 September 1920 103 years, 353 days 2017-01-26
Seán Treacy  Ireland Member of the Presidential Commission (1974; 1976) 23 September 1923 100 years, 351 days 2015
Adnan Pachachi  Iraq President of Governing Council (2004) 14 May 1923 101 years, 117 days 2016-10-24
Walter Buser   Switzerland Federal Chancellor (1981–1991) 14 April 1926 98 years, 147 days 2017-01-24
Ali Haroun  Algeria Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994) 8 February 1927 97 years, 213 days 2017-02-05
Ahmad Jannati  Iran Chairman of the Assembly of Experts (2016–present) 23 February 1927 97 years, 198 days 2017-02-21
Eduardo Martínez Somalo  Vatican City Acting sovereign (2005) 31 March 1927 97 years, 161 days 2016-11-19
Angelo Sodano  Vatican City Cardinal Secretary of State (1991–2006)
Dean of the College of Cardinals during vacancy (2013)		 23 November 1927 96 years, 290 days 2017-03-16
Marcelino dos Santos  Mozambique Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO (1986) 20 May 1929 95 years, 111 days 2017-02-06
Doina Cornea  Romania Member of the National Salvation Front Council (1989) 30 May 1929 95 years, 101 days 2017-01-01

See also

Notes

  1. ^ By virtue of his position as President of France, Giscard was also concurrently Co-Prince of the Principality of Andorra.
  2. ^ In 1952, Princess Elizabeth acceded as the monarch of seven Commonwealth realms. She currently reigns as Queen of 16 sovereign states—including the United Kingdom. From 1957 to 1992, some of her British colonies attained independence and joined the other realms in different years, most states ceased to be a realm upon becoming republics.
  • United Nations—a list of heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers
  • WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories
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