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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.

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[edit] 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.

  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. Valdas Adamkus (President of Lithuania since 2004), born November 3, 1926
  15. Pope Benedict XVI (Pope of Vatican City since 2005), born April 16, 1927
  16. Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand since 1946), born December 5, 1927
  17. Kim Yong-nam (de facto head of state of North Korea since 1998), born February 4, 1928
  18. Arthur Dion Hanna (Governor-General of the Bahamas since 2006), born March 7, 1928
  19. Hosni Mubarak (President of Egypt since 1981), born May 4, 1928
  20. Karolos Papoulias (President of Greece since 2006), born June 4, 1929
  21. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Emir of Kuwait since 2006), born 1929

[edit] 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

  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 87
  9. Cuthbert Sebastian (Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis), born 1921, aged 86

[edit] 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 Anthony Mamo Governor-General of Malta (1971-1974), President of Malta (1974-1976) 1909 2008 99 years, 113 days
8 Morarji Desai Prime Minister of India (1977-1979) 1896 1995 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 Johan Ferrier President of Suriname (1975-1980) 1910 &0000000000000098.00000098 years, &0000000000000030.00000030 days
12 Gabriel París Gordillo President of Colombia (1957-1958) 1910 2008 98 years, 13 days
13 Mamadou Dia Prime Minister of Senegal (1960-1962) 1910 &0000000000000097.00000097 years, &0000000000000329.000000329 days
14 Ramaswamy Venkataraman President of India (1987-1992) 1910 &0000000000000097.00000097 years, &0000000000000190.000000190 days
15 Pierre Harmel Prime Minister of Belgium (1965-1966) 1911 &0000000000000097.00000097 years, &0000000000000087.00000087 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 Ċensu Tabone President of Malta (1989-1994) 1913 &0000000000000095.00000095 years, &0000000000000073.00000073 days
19 Gheorghe Apostol General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1954-1955) 1913 &0000000000000095.00000095 years, &0000000000000036.00000036 days
20 Juliana of the Netherlands Monarch of the Netherlands (1948-1980) 1909 2004 94 years, 325 days
21 Võ Chí Công President of Vietnam (1987-1992) 1913 &0000000000000094.00000094 years, &0000000000000309.000000309 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 Nouhak Phoumsavanh President of Laos (1992-1998) 1914 &0000000000000094.00000094 years, &0000000000000063.00000063 days
26 Alfonso Lopez Michelsen President of Colombia (1974-1978) 1913 2007 94 years, 11 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 Piet de Jong Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967-1971) 1915 &0000000000000093.00000093 years, &0000000000000067.00000067 days
35 Félix Gouin Prime Minister of France (1946) 1884 1977 93 years, 21 days
36 Giovanni Leone Prime Minister of Italy (1963) & (1968) President of Italy (1971-1978) 1908 2001 93 years, 6 days
37 Hector Trujillo President of the Dominican Republic (1952-1960) 1909 2002 93 years, ? days
38 James Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1976-1979) 1912 2005 92 years, 364 days
39 Mario Echandi Jiménez President of Costa Rica (1958-1962) 1915 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000360.000000360 days
40 Mackenzie Bowell Prime Minister of Canada (1894-1896) 1824 1917 92 years, 348 days
41 Maurice Couve de Murville Prime Minister of France (1968-1969) 1907 1999 92 years, 334 days
42 Harold Macmillan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963) 1894 1986 92 years, 322 days
43 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
44 Mohammed Zahir Shah King of Afghanistan (1933-1973) 1914 2007 92 years, 280 days
45 Yitzhak Shamir Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1984, 1986-1992) 1915 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000240.000000240 days
46 Howard Cooke Governor-General of Jamaica (1991-2006) 1915 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000211.000000211 days
47 Armando Villanueva Prime Minister of Peru (1988-1989) 1915 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000200.000000200 days
48 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Prime Minister of Italy (1917-1919) 1860 1952 92 years, 196 days
49 Frank Forde Prime Minister of Australia (1945) 1890 1983 92 years, 194 days
50 Cesare Merzagora President of Italy, (Interim) (1964) 1898 1991 92 years, 173 days
51 Hassan al-Amri Prime Minister of North Yemen (1964-1971) 1916 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000162.000000162 days[1]
51 Lee Huan Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (1989-1990) 1916 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000162.000000162 days[1]
53 Rafael Caldera President of Venezuela (1969-1974, 1994-1999) 1916 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000139.000000139 days
54 Alec Douglas-Home Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1963-1964) 1903 1995 92 years, 99 days
55 José Joaquín Trejos Fernández President of Costa Rica (1966-1970) 1916 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000054.00000054 days
56 Henry Garrioch Governor-General of Mauritius (1977-1979) 1916 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000038.00000038 days
57 Ephraim Katzir President of Israel (1973-1978) 1916 &0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000026.00000026 days
58 Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975) 1916 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000336.000000336 days
59 Ferruccio Parri Prime Minister of Italy (1945) 1890 1981 91 years, 323 days
60 Dom Mintoff Prime Minister of Malta (1955-1958, 1971-1984) 1916 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000310.000000310 days
61 Manea Mănescu Prime Minister of Romania (1974-1979) 1916 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000307.000000307 days
62 René Pleven Prime Minister of France (1950-1951) & (1951-1952) 1901 1993 91 years, 287 days[2]
62 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
64 Allan Louisy Prime Minister of St. Lucia (1979-1981) 1916 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000280.000000280 days
65 Ne Win Prime Minister of Burma (1958-1960, 1962-1974), President of Burma (1974-1981) 1911 2002 91 years, 195 days
66 Ramón José Velásquez President of Venezuela (1993-1994) 1916 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000196.000000196 days
67 Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957) 1882 1973 91 years, 174 days
68 Pierre Messmer Prime Minister of France (1972-1974) 1916 2007 91 years 162 days
69 Đỗ Mười Prime Minister of Vietnam (1988-1991) 1917 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000130.000000130 days
70 Joseph Conombo Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (1978-1980) 1917 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000115.000000115 days
71 Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany (1949-1963) 1876 1967 91 years, 104 days
72 Giovanni Gronchi President of Italy (1955-1962) 1887 1978 91 years, 37 days
73 Kiro Gligorov President of the Republic of Macedonia (1991-1999) 1917 &0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000039.00000039 days
74 Marais Viljoen State President of South Africa (1978, 1979-1984) 1915 2007 91 years, 33 days
75 Eurico Gaspar Dutra President of Brazil (1946-1951) 1883 1974 91 years, 24 days
76 Augusto Pinochet President of Chile (1973-1990) 1915 2006 91 years, 15 days
77 Abdul Rahman Arif President of Iraq (1966-1968) 1916 2007 91 years, ? days
78 Émile Loubet Prime Minister of France (1892), President of France (1899-1906) 1838 1929 90 years, 355 days
79 Pieter Willem Botha Prime Minister of South Africa (1978-1984), State President of South Africa (1984-1989) 1916 2006 90 years, 292 days
80 John Gorton Prime Minister of Australia (1968-1971) 1911 2002 90 years, 252 days
81 John Adams President of the USA (1797-1801) 1735 1826 90 years, 247 days
82 Manuel Solís Palma President of Panama (1988-1989) 1917 &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000191.000000191 days
83 Ellis Clarke President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-1987) 1917 &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000166.000000166 days
84 Arthur Chung President of Guyana (1970-1980) 1918 &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000153.000000153 days
85 Albert Sarraut Prime Minister of France (1933) 1872 1962 90 years, 121 days
86 Sydney Gun-Munro Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1976-1985) 1916 2007 90 years, 92 days
87 Émile Derlin Zinsou President of Benin (Dahomey) (1968-1969) 1918 &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000080.00000080 days
88 Herbert Hoover President of the USA (1929-1933) 1874 1964 90 years, 71 days
89 Lars Korvald Prime Minister of Norway (1972-1973) 1916 2006 90 years, 66 days
90 Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945) & (1951-1955) 1874 1965 90 years, 55 days
91 Mario Scelba Prime Minister of Italy (1954-1955) 1901 1991 90 years, 54 days
92 Hassan Gouled Aptidon President of Djibouti (1977-1999) 1916 2006 90 years 37 days
93 Billy Hughes Prime Minister of Australia (1917-1923) 1862 1952 90 years, 33 days
94 Yasuhiro Nakasone Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987) 1918 &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000015.00000015 days

[edit] Longest serving state leaders

Main article: List of longest reigning monarchs of all time

All of the 63 state leaders who served more than 50 years are or were monarchs. The longest-serving non-monarchial leader has been Fidel Castro who was effectively, though not officially, leader of Cuba for 48 years and 47 days.

[edit] Youngest serving state leaders

People currently serving who were born after 1964, ordered youngest first. A person born in 1965 would be aged 43 during 2008. The list includes approximately 15 people, from about 350 current leaders.

  1. Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck (King of Bhutan), born February 21, 1980 (1980-02-21) (age 28)
  2. Federico Pedini Amati (Captain Regent of San Marino), born August 11, 1976 (1976-08-11) (age 31)
  3. Roosevelt Skerrit (Prime Minister of Dominica), born June 8, 1972 (1972-06-08) (age 36)
  4. Guillaume Soro (Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire), born May 8, 1972 (1972-05-08) (age 36)
  5. Joseph Kabila (President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo), born June 4, 1971 (1971-06-04) (age 37)
  6. Lado Gurgenidze (Prime Minister of Georgia), born December 17, 1970 (1970-12-17) (age 37)
  7. Nikola Gruevski (Prime Minister of Macedonia), born August 31, 1970 (1970-08-31) (age 37)
  8. Marcus Stephen (President of Nauru), born October 1, 1969 (1969-10-01) (age 38)
  9. Hashim Thaçi (Prime Minister of Kosovo), born April 24, 1968 (1968-04-24) (age 40)
  10. Mswati III (King of Swaziland), born April 19, 1968 (1968-04-19) (age 40)
  11. Mikheil Saakashvili (President of Georgia), born December 21, 1967 (1967-12-21) (age 40)
  12. Faure Gnassingbé (President of Togo), born June 6, 1966 (1966-06-06) (age 42)
  13. Sergey Stanishev (Prime Minister of Bulgaria), born May 5, 1966 (1966-05-05) (age 42)
  14. Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria), born September 11, 1965 (1965-09-11) (age 42)
  15. Fredrik Reinfeldt (Prime Minister of Sweden), born August 4, 1965 (1965-08-04) (age 42)
  16. Yahya Jammeh (President of The Gambia), born May 25, 1965 (1965-05-25) (age 43)
  17. Antonio Saca (President of El Salvador), born March 9, 1965 (1965-03-09) (age 43)

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b There is no known date of birth for either Hassan al-Amri or Lee Huan. 1 January 1916 has been used.
  2. ^ Birth date in April unknown, 1 used

[edit] External links

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