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This article contains various lists of notable state leaders. For inclusion, a person is or was a heads of state, and heads of government where different, typically a President, Prime Minister or Monarch.

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 77 in 2007. The list includes approximately 25 people, from about 350 current leaders.

  1. Josefa Iloilo (President of Fiji since 2007), born December 29, 1920
  2. Cuthbert Sebastian (Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis since 1996), born October 22, 1921
  3. Shimon Peres (President of Israel since 2007), born August 2, 1923
  4. Robert Mugabe (President of Zimbabwe since 1987), born February 21, 1924
  5. Sellapan Ramanathan (President of Singapore since 1999), born July 3, 1924
  6. Abdullah (King of Saudi Arabia since 2005), born August 1924
  7. Girma Wolde-Giorgis (President of Ethiopia since 2001), born December 1924
  8. Giorgio Napolitano (President of Italy since 2006), born June 25, 1925
  9. Antoine Gizenga (Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2006), born October 5, 1925
  10. Girija Prasad Koirala (Prime Minister of Nepal since 2006), born 1925
  11. Elizabeth II (Queen of the United Kingdom since 1952), born April 21, 1926
  12. Abdoulaye Wade (President of Senegal since 2000), born May 29, 1926
  13. Clifford Husbands (Governor-General of Barbados since 1996), born August 5, 1926
  14. Fidel Castro (President of Cuba since 1976), born August 13, 1926
  15. Valdas Adamkus (President of Lithuania since 2004), born November 3, 1926
  16. Pope Benedict XVI (Pope of Vatican City since 2005), born April 16, 1927
  17. Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand since 1946), born December 5, 1927
  18. Kim Yong-nam (President of North Korea since 1998), born February 4, 1928
  19. Arthur Dion Hanna (Governor-General of the Bahamas since 2006), born March 7, 1928
  20. Hosni Mubarak (President of Egypt since 1981), born May 4, 1928
  21. Karolos Papoulias (President of Greece since 2006), born June 4, 1929
  22. 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 September 2007 are highlighted in italicized bold

  1. Hastings Banda (President of Malawi), retired in 1994 aged 98 (?)
  2. Malietoa Tanumafili II (Malietoa of Samoa), died in 2007 aged 94
  3. Joaquín Balaguer (President of Dominican Republic), retired in 1996 aged 90
  4. Éamon de Valera (President of Ireland), retired in 1973 aged 90
  5. Howard Cooke (Governor-General of Jamaica), retired in 2006 aged 90
  6. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (King of Tonga), died in 2006 aged 88
  7. Manuel Antonio Sanclemente (President of Colombia), retired in 1900 aged 87
  8. Josefa Iloilo (President of Fiji), born 1920, aged 86
  9. 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 115 years, 360 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 114 years, 301 days
12 Johan Ferrier President of Suriname (1975-1980) 1910 114 years, 236 days
13 Mamadou Dia Prime Minister of Senegal (1960-1962) 1910 114 years, 169 days
14 Ramaswamy Venkataraman President of India (1987-1992) 1910 114 years, 30 days
15 Pierre Harmel Prime Minister of Belgium (1965-1966) 1911 113 years, 293 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 111 years, 279 days
20 Gheorghe Apostol General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1954-1955) 1913 111 years, 242 days
21 Charles de Freycinet Prime Minister of France (1879-1880) & (1882) & (1886) 1828 1923 94 years, 181 days
22 Võ Chí Công President of Vietnam (1987-1992) 1913 111 years, 149 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 Alfredo Stroessner President of Paraguay (1954-1986) 1912 2006 93 years, 286 days
27 Nouhak Phoumsavanh President of Laos (1992-1998) 1914 110 years, 269 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 109 years, 273 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 109 years, 200 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 Alec Douglas-Home Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1963-1964) 1903 1995 92 years, 99 days
49 Yitzhak Shamir Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1984, 1986-1992) 1915 109 years, 80 days
50 Howard Cooke Governor-General of Jamaica (1991-2006) 1915 109 years, 51 days
51 Armando Villanueva Prime Minister of Peru (1988-1989) 1915 109 years, 40 days
52 Rafael Caldera President of Venezuela (1969-1974, 1994-1999) 1916 108 years, 345 days
53 Ferruccio Parri Prime Minister of Italy (1945) 1890 1981 91 years, 323 days
54 René Pleven Prime Minister of France (1950-1951) & (1951-1952) 1901 1993 91 years, 287 days[1]
54 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
56 José Joaquín Trejos Fernández President of Costa Rica (1966-1970) 1916 108 years, 260 days
57 Ephraim Katzir President of Israel (1973-1978) 1916 108 years, 232 days
58 Ne Win Prime Minister of Burma (1958-1960, 1962-1974), President of Burma (1974-1981) 1911 2002 91 years, 195 days
59 Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975) 1916 108 years, 176 days
60 Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957) 1882 1973 91 years, 174 days
61 Pierre Messmer Prime Minister of France (1972-1974) 1916 2007 91 years 162 days
62 Dom Mintoff Prime Minister of Malta (1955-1958, 1971-1984) 1916 108 years, 150 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 Émile Loubet Prime Minister of France (1892), President of France (1899-1906) 1838 1929 90 years, 355 days
70 Đỗ Mười Prime Minister of Vietnam (1988-1991) 1917 107 years, 336 days
71 Joseph Conombo Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (1978-1980) 1917 107 years, 321 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 107 years, 245 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 Billy Hughes Prime Minister of Australia (1917-1923) 1862 1952 90 years, 33 days
81 Ellis Clarke President of Trinidad and Tobago 1917 107 years, 6 days

Longest serving state leaders

Main article: List of longest reigning monarchs of all time

Youngest serving state leaders

People currently serving who were born after 1964, ordered youngest first. A person born in 1965 would be aged 42 during 2007. The list includes approximately 14 people, from about 350 current leaders.

  1. Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck (King of Bhutan), born (1980-02-21) February 21, 1980 (age 44)
  2. Roosevelt Skerrit (Prime Minister of Dominica), born (1972-06-08) June 8, 1972 (age 52)
  3. Guillaume Soro (Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire), born (1972-05-08) May 8, 1972 (age 52)
  4. Joseph Kabila (President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo), born (1971-06-04) June 4, 1971 (age 53)
  5. Nikola Gruevski (Prime Minister of Macedonia), born (1970-08-31) August 31, 1970 (age 54)
  6. Marcus Stephen (President of Nauru), born (1969-10-01) October 1, 1969 (age 55)
  7. Mirko Tomassoni (Captain Regent of San Marino), born (1969-04-24) April 24, 1969 (age 55)
  8. Mswati III (King of Swaziland), born (1968-04-19) April 19, 1968 (age 56)
  9. Faure Gnassingbé (President of Togo), born (1966-06-06) June 6, 1966 (age 58)
  10. Aigars Kalvītis (Prime Minister of Latvia), born (1966-05-27) May 27, 1966 (age 58)
  11. Sergey Stanishev (Prime Minister of Bulgaria), born (1966-05-05) May 5, 1966 (age 58)
  12. Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria), born (1965-09-11) September 11, 1965 (age 59)
  13. Fredrik Reinfeldt (Prime Minister of Sweden), born (1965-08-04) August 4, 1965 (age 59)
  14. Yahya Jammeh (President of The Gambia), born (1965-05-25) May 25, 1965 (age 59)
  15. Antonio Saca (President of El Salvador), born (1965-03-09) March 9, 1965 (age 59)

Youngest state leaders

People aged 31 or younger at the time they took office after 1945, ordered youngest first.

  1. Hussein I, King of Jordan, 16 (succeeded to the throne following his father's abdication)
  2. Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 16
  3. Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 18 (succeeded to the throne following the death of his brother)
  4. Mswati III, King of Swaziland, 18 (succeeded to the throne after a 4-year regency)
  5. Baudouin I, King of Belgium, 21 (succeeded to the throne following his father's abdication)
  6. Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho, 21 (succeeded to the throne after 18 year regency by Queen Mother)
  7. Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, 21 (succeeded to the throne following his father's abdication)
  8. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 25
  9. Valentine Strasser, President of Sierra Leone, 25 (became president following a coup)
  10. Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 26 (succeeded to the throne following his father's abdication)
  11. Muammar al-Gaddafi, Leader of Libya, 27 (became head of state following a coup)
  12. Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, 27
  13. Letsie III, King of Lesotho, 27 (succeeded to the throne following his father's exile)
  14. Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Emir of Bahrain, 28
  15. Samuel Doe, President of Liberia, 28 (became president following a coup)
  16. Qaboos of Oman, Sultan of Oman, 29 (became sultan following a coup against his father)
  17. Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, 29
  18. Yahya Jammeh, President of the Gambia, 29 (became president following a coup)
  19. Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 29 (became president following his father's death, was later democratically elected)
  20. Omar Bongo, President of Gabon, 31 (became president following the death of his predecessor)
  21. Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 31
  22. Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, 31

See also

References

  1. ^ Birth date in April unknown, 1 used
  • Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places
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