Lists of state leaders by age
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) |
Since 1900, the youngest serving state leader has been 192-day-old Fuad II, King of Egypt (left), while the oldest has been 96-year-old Hastings Banda, President of Malawi (right).
This article contains various lists of state leaders organized by age, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government.
Contents
10 oldest currently serving state leaders[edit]
People currently serving as head of state and/or head of government, or a representative of a head of state.
10 oldest ever serving state leaders[edit]
| Rank | Name | Position | Last year in office (reason term ended) |
Age at end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | Giovanni Paolo Lascaris | Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller | 1657 (death) | 97 years, 47 days |
| Abdul Momin | Sultan of Brunei | 1885 (death) | ≥97 years[5] | |
| Enrico Dandolo | Doge of Venice | 1205 (death) | c. 97-98 years[6] | |
| 4 | Hastings Banda | President of Malawi | 1994 (presidency for life revoked, lost reelection) | 96 years, 98 days |
| 5 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Regent of Thailand | 2016 (term ended) | 96 years, 97 days |
| 6 | George Tupou I | King of Tonga | 1893 (death) | 95 years, 76 days |
| 7 | Nicolò da Ponte | Doge of Venice | 1585 (death) | 94 years, 196 days |
| 8 | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Incumbent | 94 years, 135 days |
| 9 | Malietoa Tanumafili II | O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa | 2007 (death) | 94 years, 127 days |
| 10 | Robert Mugabe | President of Zimbabwe | 2017 (resignation) | 93 years, 273 days |
Longest-lived state leaders[edit]
The following lists are the top ten all-time state leaders and the top ten living.
Top ten since 1800[edit]
| Rank | Name | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
| 2 | Celâl Bayar | Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939) | 1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
| President of Turkey (1950–1960) | |||||
| 3 | Antoine Pinay | Prime Minister of France (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 348 days |
| 4 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Prime Minister of Japan (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
| 5 | Ek Yi Oun | Prime Minister of Cambodia (1958) | 1910 | 2013 | 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days[7] |
| 6 | Babiker Awadalla | Prime Minister of Sudan (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
| 7 | Willem Drees | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
| 8 | Đỗ Mười | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1991–1997) | 1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 241 days |
| General Secretary of the Communist Party (1988–1991) | |||||
| 9 | Zhang Qun | Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
| 10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987) | 1918 | Alive | 101 years, 179 days |
Top ten living[edit]
| Rank | Name | Position | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987) | 27 May 1918 | 101 years, 179 days |
| 2 | Hyun Soong-jong | Prime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993) | 26 January 1919 | 100 years, 300 days |
| 3 | Hau Pei-tsun | Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993) | 8 August 1919 | 100 years, 106 days |
| 4 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Prime Minister of Peru (2000–2001) | 19 January 1920 | 99 years, 307 days |
| 5 | Tun Tin | Prime Minister of Burma (1988) | 2 October 1920 | 99 years, 51 days |
| 6 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Prime Minister of Libya (1954–1957) | 29 January 1921 | 98 years, 297 days |
| 7 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Prime Minister of Peru (1975) | 4 October 1921 | 98 years, 49 days |
| President of Peru (1975–1980) | ||||
| 8 | Luis Echeverría | President of Mexico (1970–1976) | 17 January 1922 | 97 years, 309 days |
| 9 | Lee Teng-hui | President of the Republic of China (1988–2000) | 15 January 1923 | 96 years, 311 days |
| 10 | Khamtai Siphandon | Prime Minister of Laos (1991–1998) | 8 February 1924 | 95 years, 287 days |
| Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) | ||||
| President of Laos (1998–2006) |
10 youngest serving state leaders[edit]
| Rank | Name | Position | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksiy Honcharuk | Prime Minister of Ukraine (since 2019) | 7 July 1984 | 35 years, 138 days |
| 2 | Kim Jong-un | Supreme Leader of North Korea (since 2011) | 8 January 1983 | 36 years, 318 days |
| 3 | Nayib Bukele | President of El Salvador (since 2019) | 24 July 1981 | 38 years, 121 days |
| 4 | Jacinda Ardern | Prime Minister of New Zealand (since 2017) | 26 July 1980 | 39 years, 119 days |
| 5 | Fritz-William Michel | Prime Minister of Haiti (since 2019) | 23 July 1980 | 39 years, 122 days |
| 6 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir of Qatar (since 2013) | 3 June 1980 | 39 years, 172 days |
| 7 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | King of Bhutan (since 2006) | 21 February 1980 | 39 years, 274 days |
| 8 | Carlos Alvarado Quesada | President of Costa Rica (since 2018) | 14 January 1980 | 39 years, 312 days |
| 9 | Xavier Espot Zamora | Head of Government of Andorra (since 2019) | 30 October 1979 | 40 years, 23 days |
| 10 | Leo Varadkar | Taoiseach of Ireland (since 2017) | 18 January 1979 | 40 years, 308 days |
10 youngest state leaders (since 1945)[edit]
Leaders still serving are highlighted in italicized bold.
| Rank | Name | Position | Age (when they took office) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuad II | King of Egypt | 192 days |
| 2 | Gyanendra | King of Nepal | 3 years, 123 days |
| 3 | Faisal II | King of Iraq | 3 years, 337 days |
| 4 | Hussein | King of Jordan | 16 years, 271 days |
| 5 | Jigme Singye Wangchuck | King of Bhutan | 16 years, 256 days |
| 6 | Mswati III [8] | King of Eswatini | 18 years, 6 days |
| 7 | Bhumibol Adulyadej | King of Thailand | 18 years, 186 days |
| 8 | Ntare V | King of Burundi | 18 years, 218 days |
| 9 | Jean-Claude Duvalier | President of Haiti | 19 years, 293 days |
| 10 | Baudouin | King of Belgium | 20 years, 313 days |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Previously served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981–2003.
- ^ Previously served as Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1975–1982.
- ^ Previously served as President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon from 1988–1990.
- ^ Since the reign of Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1964–1975), the office of prime minister has been held by the king simultaneously.
- ^ Born "before 21 May 1788", exact date unknown; died on May 30, 1885
- ^ None of the earlier chronicles and contemporary witnesses give his exact age, only mentioning that he was very old. The commonly given birth year of c. 1107 is based on the account of Marino Sanuto the Younger (1466 – 1536) three centuries later, who stated that Dandolo was eighty-five when he assumed the throne in 1192. (See Madden. Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice. p. 92.) Dandalo died on June 1, 1205, so he was 97 or 98 at death if indeed born in 1107.
- ^ The dates of birth and death for Ek are unknown.
- ^ Began personal reign after a 3-year regency
| |
This article includes a politicians-related list of lists. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |