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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as politicians and government servants – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Giuseppe Alessi 1905–2009 103 Italian politician[1]
Randi Anda 1898–1999 100 Norwegian politician[2]
Jesse Bankston 1907–2010 103 American Democratic party activist and president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting[3]
Celâl Bayar 1883–1986 103 President of Turkey
Earl Hanley Beshlin 1870–1971 101 American congressman
Saul Bonnell 1871–1973 101 Canadian politician[4]
Robert R. Bowie 1909 – 115 American deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency[5]
Sir Harry Brittain 1873–1974 100 British politician, journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne 1901–2002 100 Longest serving British peer
Morley Byron Bursey 1912 – 112 Canadian diplomat[6]
Zhang Qun 1889–1990 101 Chinese politician
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum 1905–2009 103 Cambodian Prime Minister[7]
Binod Bihari Chowdhury 1911–2013 102 Bangladeshi activist for Indian independence[8]
Keir Clark 1910–2010 100 Canadian politician[9]
Roswell K. Colcord 1839–1939 100 American governor of Nevada
Cornelius Cole 1822–1924 102 Longest-lived American senator
Elizabeth Couchman 1876–1982 106 Australian Liberal Party politician
Sir Walter Crocker 1902–2002 100 Australian diplomat, politician and writer
Birgit Dalland 1907–2007 100 Norwegian politician[10]
Jimmie Davis 1899–2000 101 American governor of Louisiana and singer
Peter J. De Muth 1892–1993 101 American Congressman
Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres 1721–1824 102 Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman
Leon Despres 1908–2009 101 American Chicago City Council member and attorney[11]
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles 1827–1930 102 Canadian senator
Charles S. Dewey 1880–1980 100 American congressman[12]
Frank DiPaolo 1906–2013 106 American politician and mentor to Patrick J. Kennedy[13]
Floyd Dominy 1909–2010 100 American commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation[14]
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee 1904–2007 102 Indian politician and first Chief Minister of Sikkim
Willem Drees 1886–1988 101 Dutch politician. Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Eleanor Lansing Dulles 1895–1996 101 American diplomat
Fanny Edelman 1911–2011 100 Argentine politician[15]
Jules Ellenberger 1871–1973 102 British colonial administrator
Josef Felder 1900–2000 100 German politician
Edward Fenlon 1903–2010 106 American member of the Michigan House of Representatives
Hamilton Fish III 1888–1991 102 American Congressman
Thelma Forbes 1910–2012 101 Canadian politician[16]
Dorothy Geeben 1908–2010 101 American mayor of Ocean Breeze Park, Florida[17]
Henry R. Gibson 1837–1938 100 American Congressman
Marinus van der Goes van Naters 1900–2005 104 Dutch politician. Member of the House of Representatives, Member of the European Parliament
Bernardino González Ruíz 1911–2012 101 Panamanian President[18]
Edgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye 1898–1998 100 British politician and life peer
Hassan al-Hakim 1886–1988 101–102 Syrian Prime Minister
Ruth Hamilton 1898–2008 109 American politician in the New Hampshire legislature[19]
Augustus F. Hawkins 1907–2007 100 American Congressman
Bert Hazell 1907–2009 101 British Member of Parliament[20]
John N. Heiskell 1872–1972 100 American Senator from Arkansas and newspaper publisher[21]
Gerard Helders 1905–2013 107 Dutch politician. Minister of Colonial Affairs, Member of the Council of State[22]
Fritz Hellwig 1912 – 112 German politician and European Commissioner[23]
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 1887–1990 102 Japanese Prime Minister
Christopher Hornsrud 1859–1960 101 Norwegian Prime Minister
Johan van Hulst 1911 – 113 Dutch politician. Member of the Senate, Member of the European Parliament[24]
Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein 1912–2012 100 Somali President[25]
Brajamohan Jamatia 1905–2012 106 Indian politician[26]
Denny Jones 1910–2012 101 American politician[27]
Russell Jump 1895–2000 105 American mayor of Wichita, Kansas[28]
Konstantinos Kallias 1901–2004 102 Greek politician
Toshikazu Kase 1903–2004 101 Japanese diplomat
George F. Kennan 1904–2005 101 American Cold War policy architect
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak 1908–2008 100 Pakistani politician[29]
William V. Knott 1863–1965 101 American treasurer of Florida[30]
Alf Landon 1887–1987 100 American governor of Kansas and presidential nominee
Haakon Lie 1905–2009 103 Norwegian secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party[31]
Sigurd Marcussen 1905–2006 101 Norwegian politician[32]
Richard McHeffy 1773–1874 100 Canadian politician[33]
Cameron Ross McIntosh 1871–1971 100 Canadian politician and newspaper publisher
Enolia McMillan 1904–2006 102 American former president of NAACP
Sir Moses Montefiore 1784–1885 100 British Sheriff of London
Cecil Morgan 1898–1999 100 American politician in Louisiana
Sir William Mulock 1843–1944 101 Canadian politician and cabinet member
Muhammad al-Muqri 1844/1854–1957 102–112 Moroccan Grand Vizier
George Alexander Parks 1883–1984 100 American territorial governor of Alaska
Norman McLeod Paterson 1883–1983 100 Canadian senator and businessman
Antoine Pinay 1891–1994 102 French prime minister
Edward Bernard Raczyński 1891–1993 102 Polish diplomat and President in exile
Richard Gavin Reid 1879–1980 101 Canadian premier of Alberta
Ernie Renzel 1907–2007 100 American mayor of San Jose, California
Elmer Ernest Roper 1893–1994 101 Canadian mayor of Edmonton
Albert Rosellini 1910–2011 101 American governor of Washington[34]
Nellie Tayloe Ross 1876–1977 100 American governor, first female governor in the United States
Susanna M. Salter 1860–1961 101 American mayor of Argonia, Kansas, first female mayor in the United States
Murray Seasongood 1878–1983 104 American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Keshavram Kashiram Shastri 1905–2006 101 Indian politician
Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell 1884–1986 101 British politician
R. Smith Simpson 1906–2010 103 American Foreign Service Officer[35]
Clark S. Smith 1912– 112 American politician[36]
William Alex Stolt 1900–2001 100 American mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
Ramón Serrano Súñer 1901–2003 101 Spanish politician
Soong May-ling 1897/8–2003 105–106 Chinese politician and wife of Chiang Kai-shek
John Ward Studebaker 1887–1989 102 American Commissioner of Education
Henrik Svensen 1904–2007 103 Norwegian Member of Parliament[37]
M. Harvey Taylor 1876–1982 105 American politician[38]
Theodore Cooke Taylor 1850–1952 102 Longest-lived member of the British Parliament[39]
Terentia 98 BC–4 AD 103 Ancient Roman wife of Cicero[40]
Maurice Thatcher 1870–1973 102 American congressman and Military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow 1912–2013 101 British diplomat, Governor of the Bahamas[41]
Strom Thurmond 1902–2003 100 American Senator
Per Tønder 1911 – 113 Norwegian Labour politician[42]
Arna Vågen 1905–2005 100 Norwegian politician[43]
David Wark 1804–1905 101 Canadian Senator
Cornelius Wiebe 1893–1999 106 Canadian MLA from Manitoba
John Wingblade 1883–1984 101 Canadian politician[44]
Jim Wiwa 1904–2005 100–101 Nigerian chief of the Ogoni people
Zhang Xueliang 1901–2001 100 Chinese General and instigator of the Xi'an Incident
John C. Zimmerman, Sr. 1835–1935 100 American politician and mayor of Flint, Michigan[45]
Xenophon Zolotas 1904–2004 100 Prime Minister of Greece

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