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Oldest currently serving state leaders People currently serving as head of state and/or head of government, born before 1930, ordered oldest first. A person born in 1930 is aged 78 in 2008. The list includes approximately 25 people, from about 350 current leaders.
Josefa Iloilo (President of Fiji since 2007), born December 29, 1920 Cuthbert Sebastian (Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis since 1996), born October 22, 1921 Shimon Peres (President of Israel since 2007), born August 2, 1923 Robert Mugabe (President of Zimbabwe since 1987), born February 21, 1924 Sellapan Ramanathan (President of Singapore since 1999), born July 3, 1924 Abdullah (King of Saudi Arabia since 2005), born August 1924 Girma Wolde-Giorgis (President of Ethiopia since 2001), born December 1924 Giorgio Napolitano (President of Italy since 2006), born June 25, 1925 Antoine Gizenga (Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2006), born October 5, 1925 Girija Prasad Koirala (Prime Minister of Nepal since 2006), born 1925 Elizabeth II (Queen of the United Kingdom since 1952), born April 21, 1926 Abdoulaye Wade (President of Senegal since 2000), born May 29, 1926 Clifford Husbands (Governor-General of Barbados since 1996), born August 5, 1926 Fidel Castro (President of Cuba since 1976), born August 13, 1926 Valdas Adamkus (President of Lithuania since 2004), born November 3, 1926 Pope Benedict XVI (Pope of Vatican City since 2005), born April 16, 1927 Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand since 1946), born December 5, 1927 Kim Yong-nam (de facto head of state of North Korea since 1998), born February 4, 1928 Arthur Dion Hanna (Governor-General of the Bahamas since 2006), born March 7, 1928 Hosni Mubarak (President of Egypt since 1981), born May 4, 1928 Karolos Papoulias (President of Greece since 2006), born June 4, 1929 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Emir of Kuwait since 2006), born 1929
Oldest ever serving state leaders People aged at least 85 while in office, ordered oldest first. Leaders serving as-of January 2008 are highlighted in italicized bold
Hastings Banda (President of Malawi), retired in 1994 aged 98 (?) Malietoa Tanumafili II (Malietoa of Samoa), died in 2007 aged 94 Joaquín Balaguer (President of Dominican Republic), retired in 1996 aged 90 Éamon de Valera (President of Ireland), retired in 1973 aged 90 Howard Cooke (Governor-General of Jamaica), retired in 2006 aged 90 Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (King of Tonga), died in 2006 aged 88 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente (President of Colombia), retired in 1900 aged 87 Josefa Iloilo (President of Fiji), born 1920, aged 87 Cuthbert Sebastian (Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis), born 1921, aged 86
Longest lived state leaders All leaders or former leaders who have lived to at least 90 years, ordered oldest first. Leaders currently living are in bold italics
Rank Name Position Birth Death Age 1 Celal Bayar President of Turkey (1950-1960) 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days 2 Antoine Pinay Prime Minister of France (1952-1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 348 days 3 Willem Drees Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958) 1886 1988 101 years, 314 days 4 Hastings Banda Prime Minister of Malawi (1964-1966), President of Malawi (1966-1994) 1896? 1997 101 years, ? days 5 Gulzarilal Nanda Prime Minister of India (1964, 1966) 1898 1998 99 years, 195 days 6 Aden Abdullah Osman Daar President of Somalia (1960-1967) 1908 2007 99 years, ? days 7 Morarji Desai Prime Minister of India (1977-1979) 1896 1995 99 years, 40 days 8 Anthony Mamo Governor-General of Malta (1971-1974), President of Malta (1974-1976) 1909 99 years, 40 days 9 Joseph Paul-Boncour Prime Minister of France (1932-1933) 1873 1972 98 years, 237 days 10 Venceslau Brás President of Brazil (1914-1918) 1868 1966 98 years, 79 days 11 Gabriel París Gordillo President of Colombia (1957-1958) 1910 97 years, 347 days 12 Johan Ferrier President of Suriname (1975-1980) 1910 97 years, 282 days 13 Mamadou Dia Prime Minister of Senegal (1960-1962) 1910 97 years, 215 days 14 Ramaswamy Venkataraman President of India (1987-1992) 1910 97 years, 76 days 15 Pierre Harmel Prime Minister of Belgium (1965-1966) 1911 96 years, 339 days 16 Philippe Pétain Prime Minister of France (1940) & French Head of State (1940-1944) 1856 1951 95 years, 90 days 17 Léopold Sédar Senghor President of Senegal (1960-1980) 1906 2001 95 years, 72 days 18 Juliana of the Netherlands Monarch of the Netherlands (1948-1980) 1909 2004 94 years, 325 days 19 Ċensu Tabone President of Malta (1989-1994) 1913 94 years, 325 days 20 Gheorghe Apostol General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1954-1955) 1913 94 years, 288 days 21 Võ Chí Công President of Vietnam (1987-1992) 1913 94 years, 195 days 22 Charles de Freycinet Prime Minister of France (1879-1880) & (1882) & (1886) 1828 1923 94 years, 181 days 23 Malietoa Tanumafili II Malietoa (1939-2007), O le Ao o le Malo (1962-2007) 1913 2007 94 years, 127 days 24 Charles Tupper Prime Minister of Canada (1896) 1821 1915 94 years, 120 days 25 Alfonso Lopez Michelsen President of Colombia (1974-1978) 1913 2007 94 years, 11 days 26 Nouhak Phoumsavanh President of Laos (1992-1998) 1914 93 years, 315 days 27 Alfredo Stroessner President of Paraguay (1954-1986) 1912 2006 93 years, 286 days 28 Paolo Boselli Prime Minister of Italy (1916-1917) 1838 1932 93 years, 276 days 29 Gerald Ford President of the USA (1974-1977) 1913 2006 93 years, 165 days 30 Sandro Pertini President of Italy (1978-1985) 1896 1990 93 years, 152 days 31 Pierre Pflimlin Prime Minister of France (1958) 1907 2000 93 years, 143 days 32 Leo XIII Pope (1878-1903) 1810 1903 93 years, 140 days 33 Ronald Reagan President of the USA (1981-1989) 1911 2004 93 years, 120 days 34 Félix Gouin Prime Minister of France (1946) 1884 1977 93 years, 21 days 35 Giovanni Leone Prime Minister of Italy (1963) & (1968) President of Italy (1971-1978) 1908 2001 93 years, 6 days 36 Hector Trujillo President of the Dominican Republic (1952-1960) 1909 2002 93 years, ? days 37 James Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1976-1979) 1912 2005 92 years, 364 days 38 Mackenzie Bowell Prime Minister of Canada (1894-1896) 1824 1917 92 years, 348 days 39 Maurice Couve de Murville Prime Minister of France (1968-1969) 1907 1999 92 years, 334 days 40 Harold Macmillan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963) 1894 1986 92 years, 322 days 41 Éamon de Valera President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (1932-1937) Taoiseach (1937-1948, 1951-1954, 1957-1959), President of Ireland (1959-1973) 1882 1975 92 years, 319 days 42 Piet de Jong Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967-1971) 1915 92 years, 319 days 43 Mohammed Zahir Shah King of Afghanistan (1933-1973) 1914 2007 92 years, 280 days 44 Mario Echandi Jiménez President of Costa Rica (1958-1962) 1915 92 years, 246 days 45 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Prime Minister of Italy (1917-1919) 1860 1952 92 years, 196 days 46 Frank Forde Prime Minister of Australia (1945) 1890 1983 92 years, 194 days 47 Cesare Merzagora President of Italy, (Interim) (1964) 1898 1991 92 years, 173 days 48 Yitzhak Shamir Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1984, 1986-1992) 1915 92 years, 126 days 49 Alec Douglas-Home Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1963-1964) 1903 1995 92 years, 99 days 50 Howard Cooke Governor-General of Jamaica (1991-2006) 1915 92 years, 97 days 51 Armando Villanueva Prime Minister of Peru (1988-1989) 1915 92 years, 86 days 52 Rafael Caldera President of Venezuela (1969-1974, 1994-1999) 1916 92 years, 25 days 53 Ferruccio Parri Prime Minister of Italy (1945) 1890 1981 91 years, 323 days 54 José Joaquín Trejos Fernández President of Costa Rica (1966-1970) 1916 91 years, 306 days 55 René Pleven Prime Minister of France (1950-1951) & (1951-1952) 1901 1993 91 years, 287 days<1> 55 Amintore Fanfani Prime Minister of Italy(1954,1958-1959,1960-1963, 1982-1983,1987) President of Italy (Interim) (1978) 1908 1999 91 years, 287 days 57 Ephraim Katzir President of Israel (1973-1978) 1916 91 years, 278 days 58 Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975) 1916 91 years, 222 days 59 Ne Win Prime Minister of Burma (1958-1960, 1962-1974), President of Burma (1974-1981) 1911 2002 91 years, 195 days 60 Dom Mintoff Prime Minister of Malta (1955-1958, 1971-1984) 1916 91 years, 196 days 61 Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957) 1882 1973 91 years, 174 days 62 Pierre Messmer Prime Minister of France (1972-1974) 1916 2007 91 years 162 days 63 Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany (1949-1963) 1876 1967 91 years, 104 days 64 Giovanni Gronchi President of Italy (1955-1962) 1887 1978 91 years, 37 days 65 Marais Viljoen State President of South Africa (1978, 1979-1984) 1915 2007 91 years, 33 days 66 Eurico Gaspar Dutra President of Brazil (1946-1951) 1883 1974 91 years, 24 days 67 Augusto Pinochet President of Chile (1973-1990) 1915 2006 91 years, 15 days 68 Abdul Rahman Arif President of Iraq (1966-1968) 1916 2007 91 years, ? days 69 Đỗ Mười Prime Minister of Vietnam (1988-1991) 1917 91 years, 16 days 70 Joseph Conombo Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (1978-1980) 1917 91 years, 1 day 71 Émile Loubet Prime Minister of France (1892), President of France (1899-1906) 1838 1929 90 years, 355 days 72 Pieter Willem Botha Prime Minister of South Africa (1978-1984), State President of South Africa (1984-1989) 1916 2006 90 years, 292 days 73 Kiro Gligorov President of the Republic of Macedonia (1991-1999) 1917 90 years, 291 days 74 John Gorton Prime Minister of Australia (1968-1971) 1911 2002 90 years, 252 days 75 John Adams President of the USA (1797-1801) 1735 1826 90 years, 247 days 76 Albert Sarraut Prime Minister of France (1933) 1872 1962 90 years, 121 days 77 Herbert Hoover President of the USA (1929-1933) 1874 1964 90 years, 71 days 78 Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945) & (1951-1955) 1874 1965 90 years, 55 days 79 Mario Scelba Prime Minister of Italy (1954-1955) 1901 1991 90 years, 54 days 80 Ellis Clarke President of Trinidad and Tobago 1917 90 years, 52 days 81 Billy Hughes Prime Minister of Australia (1917-1923) 1862 1952 90 years, 33 days
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