This article lists the 100 oldest heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states, often presidents or prime ministers, since the early modern period onwards. This list includes those who were or are leaders over a sovereign and internationally recognized state. States with limited recognition are not included (exceptions being for states considered independent in their own right, including members of the Warsaw Pact). Leaders who do not have any reliable source about their death currently or have been alive according to a source more than 10 years old are not included in the list. The longest-lived verifiable state leader is Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum of Cambodia at the age of . Muhammad al-Muqri of Morocco is the only state leader who could have lived longer, possibly to the age of , while the status of state leader of César Yanes Urías of El Salvador and Josip Manolić of Croatia, who have lived to the ages of and respectively, is unclear. Leaders who are currently living are in bold and green, with Guillermo Rodríguez of Ecuador being the longest-living of those at the age of .
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NameStatePositionBirthDeathAge1Acting Prime Minister (1962)23Prime Minister (1952–1953) 4Acting President (1972–1976)Alive5Prime Minister (1945)6Acting Prime Minister (1969)7Prime Minister (1948–1958)89Prime Minister (1994–1996)10Premier (1947–1948)11Prime Minister (1982–1987)12Prime Minister (1967–1971)13Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020)Alive14Prime Minister (1992–1993)15Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1989)Alive16Acting President (1963)1718Prime Minister (1928)19Acting President (1989; 2002)20Prime Minister (1954–1957)21Acting President (1966)22Prime Minister (1975)President (1975–1980)23President (1970–1976)24President (2000–2012)Alive25President (1977–1981)26Interim Prime Minister (1989–1990)27Prime Minister (2000–2001)Former UN chief Javier Pérez de Cuéllar dies aged 10028Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971; 1971)29President (1998–2003; 2004–2009)Alive30President of the Presidency (1988–1989)31President (1975–1980)32Prime Minister (1988)R I P ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးသူရ (ဦး)ထွန်းတင် . . .33Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966)34Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)3536President (1974–1975)37Governor-General (1962–1973)38Prime Minister (1977–1979)39Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992)40President (1989–1994)414243Prime Minister (1965–1966)44Governor-General (1991–2006)45Prime Minister (1932–1933)46Prime Minister (1990–1993)47President (1926–1931)48Prime Minister (1918–1925)49Prime Minister (1957–1962)50President (1960–1967)51Governor-General (2010–2014)Alive52President (1992–1997)Nguyên Chủ tịch nước Lê Đức Anh từ trần 53President (1968–1969)54Prime Minister (1970–1988)55Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies at the age of 9856Prime Minister (1972–1975)Gough Whitlam dies at age 9857President (2006–2015)58President (1914–1918)59President (1987–1992)60Prime Minister (1993–1994)Alive61Acting President (1957–1958)62First Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989)63Prime Minister (1976–1977)64Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998)Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passes away65President (1982–1989)66Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)6768Minister-President (1870)President of the Presidium (1998–2019)70Governor-General (1932–1936)71Acting President (1992)72Prime Minister (1980–1981)73President (1993–1994)74Premier (1949)75Taoiseach (1973–1977)Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 9776Prime Minister (1939–1944)77President (1990–1994)Patricio Aylwin, president who guided Chile to democracy, dies aged 9778Prime Minister (1988–1989)79President of the Council of Ministers (1961–1974)80Prime Minister (1988)81Prime Minister (1993–1995) 82General Secretary (1954–1955)83Governor-General (1995–2001)Alive84President of the National Convention (1792)Biography of Pierre Antoine Laloy85President (1964–1991)86Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1636–1657)Walter Scheel, Ex-President of West Germany, Is Dead at 9788Acting President (1987)Alive89General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (1990)Alive90Chancellor (1974–1982)91Dean of the College of Cardinals during vacancy (1939)92President (2002–2007)Alive93Chairwoman of the Presidium (1940–1944)94Prime Minister (1988)Alive||95Chief of Provisional Central government (1948–1949)96Federal Prime Minister (1992–1993)Prime Minister (1972–1979)Alive98Prime Minister (1946–1947)99Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992)"Yitzhak Shamir, former prime minister, dies at 96", Times of Israel, 30 June 2012.100Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987)
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Uncertain date of birth/death
The following individuals might have been older than #1–100 on this list, but their exact date of birth/death is uncertain.NameStatePositionBirthDeathAgeGrand vizier (1911–1913; 1917–1955) or Prime Minister (1958)Imam (1954–1959) or Prime Minister (1964–1966)President (1966–1994) –Acting President (1969)before Sultan (1852–1885)before to President (1935–1937) or or Prime Minister (1967)
Unclear status as state leaders
The following individuals lived longer than #1–75 on this list, but their status as a state leader is unclear.NameStatePositionBirthDeathAgeMember of the Junta of Government (1960–1961)Prime Minister (1991)Prime Minister (1974–1975)French Viguier (1977–1980)Vice president during vacancy (1994–1998)President of the Executive Yuan (1990–1993)Member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)AliveMember of Sovereignty Council (1964–1965)Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers in-exile (1976–1978)Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1951–1952)Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1919)Governor-President (1849)French Viguier (1972–1977)Prime Minister of the Counter-Revolutionary Government (1919) AlwarRaja during Independence from British Raj (1947–1948)Chairman of the National Assembly (1797)Acting Queen's Representative (2000–2001)AlivePrime Minister (1947)Episcopal Viguier (1972–1993)President (1988–2000)
Unclear status as state leaders with uncertain date of birth/death
The following individuals might have been older than #82 on this list, but his exact date of birth/death is uncertain and his status as a state leader is unclear.NameStatePositionBirthDeathAgeChairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1967–1969) to
See also
List of oldest living state leaders List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants) List of current heads of state and government List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office List of longest-reigning monarchs List of youngest state leaders since 1900 List of state leaders by age Lists of state leaders Records of heads of state Gerontocracy
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