Lists of state leaders by age
This article contains various lists of state leaders organized by age, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government.
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).
Oldest serving state leaders
Top ten currently serving
Elizabeth II, currently the oldest serving state leader
People currently serving as head of state and/or head of government, a party leader of a one-party state, or a representative of a head of state.
| Rank | Name | Position | Assumed office | Born | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms[1] | 1952 | 21 April 1926 | 96 years, 8 days |
| 2 | Paul Biya | President of Cameroon | 1982[2] | 13 February 1933 | 89 years, 75 days |
| 3 | Michel Aoun | President of Lebanon | 2016[3] | 30 September 1933 | 88 years, 211 days |
| 4 | Mahmoud Abbas | President of the Palestinian National Authority, President of the State of Palestine | 2005 | 15 November 1935 | 86 years, 165 days |
| 5 | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | King of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia[4] | 2015 | 31 December 1935 | 86 years, 119 days |
| 6 | Francis | Pope of the Holy See, Sovereign of the Vatican City State | 2013 | 17 December 1936 | 85 years, 133 days |
| 7 | Harald V | King of Norway | 1991 | 21 February 1937 | 85 years, 67 days |
| 8 | Cornelius A. Smith | Governor-General of the Bahamas | 2019 | 7 April 1937 | 85 years, 22 days |
| 9 | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Emir of Kuwait | 2020 | 25 June 1937 | 84 years, 308 days |
| 10 | Ali Khamenei | Supreme Leader of Iran | 1989[5] | 19 April 1939 | 83 years, 10 days |
Top ten of all time
Currently in office
| Rank | Name | Position | Last year in office (reason term ended) |
Age at end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Giovanni Paolo Lascaris | Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller | 1657 (death) | 97 years, 47 days |
| Enrico Dandolo | Doge of Venice | 1205 (death) | c. 97–98 years[6] | |
| 3 | Abdul Momin | Sultan of Brunei | 1885 (death) | 96 years, 148 days or 97 years, 8 days[7] |
| 4 | Hastings Banda | President of Malawi | 1994 (presidency for life revoked, defeated in re-election) | 96 years, 98 days |
| 5 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Regent of Thailand | 2016 (term ended) | 96 years, 97 days |
| 6 | Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms[1] | Incumbent | 96 years, 8 days |
| 7 | George Tupou I | King of Tonga | 1893 (death) | 95 years, 76 days |
| 8 | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister of Malaysia | 2020 (resigned) | 94 years, 235 days |
| 9 | Nicolò da Ponte | Doge of Venice | 1585 (death) | 94 years, 196 days |
| 10 | Malietoa Tanumafili II | O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa | 2007 (death) | 94 years, 127 days |
Youngest serving state leaders
Top ten currently serving
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Gabriel Boric, the youngest serving state leader
Top ten since 1942
Jean-Claude Duvalier (seated), the youngest non-royal state leader since 1900
Leaders still serving are highlighted in italicized bold.
| Rank | Name | Position | Assumed office | Age when assuming office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuad II | King of Egypt | 1952 | 192 days |
| 2 | Gyanendra | King of Nepal | 1950 | 3 years, 123 days |
| 3 | Faisal II | King of Iraq | 1939 | 3 years, 337 days |
| 4 | Simeon II | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1943 | 6 years, 73 days |
| 5 | Jigme Singye Wangchuck | King of Bhutan | 1972 | 16 years, 256 days |
| 6 | Hussein | King of Jordan | 1952 | 16 years, 271 days |
| 7 | Mswati III | King of Eswatini [12] | 1986 | 18 years, 6 days [13] |
| 8 | Bhumibol Adulyadej | King of Thailand | 1946 | 18 years, 186 days |
| 9 | Ntare V | King of Burundi | 1947 | 18 years, 218 days |
| 10 | Jean-Claude Duvalier | President of Haiti | 1971 | 19 years, 293 days |
Longest-lived state leaders
The following lists are the top ten all-time state leaders and the top ten living.
Top ten living
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez, the oldest-living state leader
| Rank | Name | Position | Born | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | Prime Minister of Peru (1975) | 4 October 1921 | 100 years, 207 days |
| President of Peru (1975–1980) | ||||
| 2 | Luis Echeverría | President of Mexico (1970–1976) | 17 January 1922 | 100 years, 102 days |
| 3 | Khamtai Siphandone | Prime Minister of Laos (1991–1998) | 8 February 1924 | 98 years, 80 days |
| Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) | ||||
| President of Laos (1998–2006) | ||||
| 4 | Tomiichi Murayama | Prime Minister of Japan (1994–1996) | 3 March 1924 | 98 years, 57 days |
| 5 | Jimmy Carter | President of the United States (1977–1981) | 1 October 1924 | 97 years, 210 days |
| 6 | Lubomír Štrougal | Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1970–1988) | 19 October 1924 | 97 years, 192 days |
| 7 | Guillermo Rodríguez | President of Ecuador (1972–1976) | 4 November 1924 | 97 years, 176 days |
| 8 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | President of Tanzania (1985–1995) | 8 May 1925 | 96 years, 356 days |
| National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) | ||||
| 9 | Giorgio Napolitano | President of Italy (2006–2015) | 29 June 1925 | 96 years, 304 days |
| 10 | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020) | 10 July 1925 | 96 years, 293 days |
Top ten since 1800
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest-lived state leader
| Rank | Name | Position | Born | 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 | André Prunet-Foch | French Viguier in Andorra (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
| 5 | Naruhiko Higashikuni | Prime Minister of Japan (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
| 1–6 | Ek Yi Oun | Prime Minister of Cambodia (1958) | 1910 | 2013 | 102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days[14] |
| 7 | Babiker Awadalla | Prime Minister of Sudan (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
| 8 | Willem Drees | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
| 9 | Đỗ Mười | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam (1988–1991) | 1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 241 days |
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991–1997) | |||||
| 10 | Zhang Qun | Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
See also
Notes
- In 1952, Princess Elizabeth acceded as the monarch of seven Commonwealth realms. She currently reigns as Queen of 15 sovereign states including the United Kingdom. From 1957–1983, most of her British colonies attained independence, and some joined the other realms in different years; most states ceased to be a realm upon becoming republics.
- Previously served as Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1975–1982.
- Previously served as Prime Minister 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.
- Previously served as President of Iran from 1981–1989.
- 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.) As Dandalo died on June 1, 1205, he was 97 or 98 at death if indeed born in 1107.
- Born "before 21 May 1788", exact date unknown; died on May 30, 1885, his age should be between 96 years, 148 days or 97 years, 8 days.
- The term Supreme Leader is used as a description, for the sake of brevity, rather than being an official title of a single office. The actual offices held by Kim Jong-un are: General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the DPRK.
- Kim's year of birth has been the subject of dispute. North Korean authorities and state-run media have stated Kim's birth date is 8 January 1982, but South Korean intelligence officials believe the actual date is a year later. Until 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department had claimed that his year of birth is 1984.
- Previously Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People of Mali in 2020 and 2021.
- Previously Prime Minister of Georgia from 2013–2015.
- The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
- Began personal reign after a 3-year regency
- The dates of birth and death for Ek are unknown.
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