List of oldest living state leaders

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 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 . Leaders currently in office are in bold in green, with Paul Biya of Cameroon being the oldest currently serving head of state.

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List

PotraitNameStatePositionBirthAge150pxActing President (1972–1976)250pxPrime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)350px AfghanistanChairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)450pxPresident (2000–2012)550pxPresident (1998–2003; 2004–2009)650pxPresident of the Presidency (1988–1989)750pxGovernor-General (2010–2014)850pxPrime Minister (1993–1994)950pxPremier of the State Council (1998–2003)1050pxPrime Minister (1993–1995)1150pxGovernor-General (1995–2001)1250pxGeneral Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)1350pxPresident (2002–2007)1450px50pxFederal Prime Minister (1992–1993)1650pxPrime Minister (1994–1995)1750pxPrime Minister (1972–1979)1850pxPresident (1980–1996)1950pxPresident (1985–1990)2050pxRegent (1972)2150pxPresident (1993–1997; 2002–2003)2250px2350pxPremier (2010–2013)2450pxPrime Minister (1981–1986)2550pxGovernor-General (1996–2001)2650pxActing Governor-General (2017–2018)2750pxPresident (1974–1976)2850pxPrime Minister (1995–1996)2950px3050pxPresident (1988–1993)3150px3250pxPresident (1995–2003)3350px3450pxActing Prime Minister (1965)3550pxActing President (2002)3650pxPresident of the Executive Yuan (2000)3750pxPrime Minister (1996–1997)3850pxGovernor-General (2014–2019)3950pxPrime Minister (1991–1992; 1992)4050pxActing Prime Minister (1998)4150pxChairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992)4250pxPresident (1994–1999)4350pxPrime Minister (2002–2003)50pxGovernor-General (1993–2021)4550px4650px4750pxPrime Minister (1981)4850pxPrime Minister (1996–1997)4950pxActing President (1993)5050pxChairman of the Council of Ministers (1984–1990)5150pxCommander of the National Guard (1982–1983)5250px5350pxProvisional President (1989–1990)5450pxPresident (2016–2022)5550pxPresident (2002–2006)5650pxEmperor (1989–2019)5750pxPresident (1999–2004)5850pxPrime Minister (1993–2003)5950pxPrime Minister (1991–1992)6050px6150pxActing President (2019)6250pxActing President (2017)6350pxPrime Minister (1990–1994)6450px6550pxPrime Minister (1994–1995)6650px Kampuchea6750pxActing Governor-General (2002)6850pxKing (1993–2013)6950pxPrime Minister (1977–1988)7050pxPresident (1982–1984)7150pxPrime Minister (1993–1998)7250pxHead of the Federal Military Government (1966–1975)7350pxPrime Minister (1986–1991; 1994–1996)50pxPrime Minister (1985–1992)7550px7650pxPresident (2007–2012)7750pxPresident of the Presidency (1991)President (2000–2010)7850px7950pxPrime Minister (1996–2003; 2003–2018)8050pxPrime Minister (2011–2014)8150pxGovernor-General (2001–2003)50pxPrime Minister (1992–2006)8350pxChairman of the Council of Ministers (1990)8450pxRepresentative of the Episcopal Co-Prince (1993–2012)8550px50pxChairman of the Council of Ministers (1981–1988; 1989–1990)8750pxPrime Minister (1993–1994)8850pxPresident (1988–1992)8950pxActing President (1991)9050pxPresident (2005–2015)9150px9250pxFrench Viguier (1982–1984)9350px9450pxPrime Minister (2005)9550pxGovernor General (1979–1984)9650px9750pxPresident (2015–2016)50pxPresident (1985–1990; 1995–2000)9950pxPresident (1998–2007)10050pxPrime Minister (1978–1979)

Addendum
Uncertain date of birth
NameStatePositionBirthAgeThe following individuals might be older than #100–39 on this list, but their exact date of birth is uncertain.50pxCaptain Regent (1985)193450pxPrime Minister (1985–1986)

Unclear status as state leaders
NameStatePositionBirthAgeThe following individuals are older than #99–8 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.50pxMember of the High Council of State (1992–1994)50pxActing Queen's Representative (2000–2001)50pxActing President during absence (1987)50pxSerb Member of the Presidency (1992)50pxHigh Representative (2006–2007)50pxPrince Regent (1949–1952)50pxPresident of the Senate acting as head of state (1999)50px KhairpurMir during Independence from British Raj (1947–1948)50pxDean of the College of Cardinals during papal vacancy (2025)50pxMember of the Provisional Government (1963)50pxMember of the National Salvation Front Council (1989–1990)50px50pxCamerlengo during papal vacancy (2013)50pxMember of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981)50pxPresident of the Governorate (2006–2011)50pxMember of the Presidential Commission during vacancy (1997)50px50pxPrime Minister (1994–1996)50pxPremier (1992–1993; 2002–2008)

Related pages
 List of current heads of state and government
 Lists of state leaders by age
 Gerontocracy

Notes

References

Other websites
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

State leaders
Oldest living