Lists of state leaders by age facts for kids
This article contains various lists of state leaders organized by age, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government.
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Oldest serving state leaders
Top ten currently serving
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 |
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1 | Paul Biya | President of Cameroon | 1982 | 13 February 1933 | 91 years, 44 days |
2 | Mahmoud Abbas | President of the Palestinian National Authority, President of the State of Palestine |
2005 | 15 November 1935 | 88 years, 134 days |
3 | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | King of Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 31 December 1935 | 88 years, 88 days |
4 | Francis | Pope of the Holy See, Sovereign of the Vatican City State |
2013 | 17 December 1936 | 87 years, 102 days |
5 | Harald V | King of Norway | 1991 | 21 February 1937 | 87 years, 36 days |
6 | Cornelius A. Smith | Governor-General of the Bahamas | 2019 | 7 April 1937 | 86 years, 356 days |
7 | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Emir of Kuwait | 2020 | 25 June 1937 | 86 years, 277 days |
8 | Ali Khamenei | Supreme Leader of Iran | 1989 | 19 April 1939 | 84 years, 344 days |
9 | Margrethe II | Queen of Denmark | 1972 | 16 April 1940 | 83 years, 347 days |
10 | Michael D. Higgins | President of Ireland | 2011 | 18 April 1941 | 82 years, 345 days |
Top ten of all time
Rank | Name | Position | Last year in office (reason term ended) |
Age at end |
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1 | Giovanni Paolo Lascaris | Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller | 1657 (death) | 97 years, 47 days |
1–2 | Enrico Dandolo | Doge of Venice | 1205 (death) | 97–98 years |
3 | Abdul Momin | Sultan of Brunei | 1885 (death) | 97 years, 8 days |
4 | Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms | 2022 (death) | 96 years, 140 days |
5 | Hastings Banda | President of Malawi | 1994 (presidency for life revoked, defeated in re-election) | 96 years, 98 days |
6 | Prem Tinsulanonda | Regent of Thailand | 2016 (term ended) | 96 years, 97 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
Rank | Name | Position | Assumed office | Born | Age |
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1 | Ibrahim Traoré | President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration of Burkina Faso | 2022 | 1988 | 35 years, 88 days to 36 years, 87 days |
Interim President of Burkina Faso | 2022 | ||||
2 | Jakov Milatović | President of Montenegro | 2023 | 7 December 1986 | 37 years, 112 days |
3 | Gabriel Boric | President of Chile | 2022 | 11 February 1986 | 38 years, 46 days |
4 | Dritan Abazović | Prime Minister of Montenegro | 2022 | 25 December 1985 | 38 years, 94 days |
5 | Sanna Marin | Prime Minister of Finland | 2019 | 16 November 1985 | 38 years, 133 days |
6 | Mohammed bin Salman | Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | 2022 | 31 August 1985 | 38 years, 210 days |
7 | Mahamat Déby | Transitional President of Chad | 2022 | 1 January 1984 | 40 years, 87 days |
8 | Alessandro Scarano | Captain Regent of San Marino | 2023 | 3 September 1983 | 40 years, 207 days |
9 | Kim Jong Un | Supreme Leader of North Korea | 2011 | 8 January 1983 | 41 years, 80 days |
8–10 | Assimi Goïta | Interim President of Mali | 2021 | 1983 | 40 years, 88 days to 41 years, 87 days |
Top ten since 1905
Currently in office
Rank | Name | Position | Assumed office | Age when assuming office |
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1 | Fuad II | King of Egypt | 1952 | 192 days |
2 | Puyi | Emperor of China | 1908 | 2 years, 299 days |
3 | Gyanendra | King of Nepal | 1950 | 3 years, 123 days |
4 | Faisal II | King of Iraq | 1939 | 3 years, 337 days |
5 | Simeon II | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1943 | 6 years, 73 days |
6 | Jigme Singye Wangchuck | King of Bhutan | 1972 | 16 years, 256 days |
7 | Hussein | King of Jordan | 1952 | 16 years, 271 days |
8 | Mswati III | King of Eswatini | 1986 | 18 years, 6 days |
9 | Bhumibol Adulyadej | King of Thailand | 1946 | 18 years, 186 days |
10 | Ntare V | King of Burundi | 1966 | 18 years, 218 days |
Oldest state leaders
The following lists show the oldest people who have served office as state leader (not limited to their age while in office).
Top ten living
Main page: List of oldest living state leaders
Rank | Name | Position | Born | Age |
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1 | Khamtai Siphandone | Prime Minister of Laos (1991–1998) | 8 February 1924 | 100 years, 49 days |
Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) | ||||
President of Laos (1998–2006) | ||||
2 | Tomiichi Murayama | Prime Minister of Japan (1994–1996) | 3 March 1924 | 100 years, 25 days |
3 | Jimmy Carter | President of the United States (1977–1981) | 1 October 1924 | 99 years, 179 days |
4 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Acting President of Ecuador (1972–1976) | 4 November 1924 | 99 years, 145 days |
5 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | President of Tanzania (1985–1995) | 8 May 1925 | 98 years, 325 days |
National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–1992) | ||||
6 | Giorgio Napolitano | President of Italy (2006–2015) | 29 June 1925 | 98 years, 273 days |
7 | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 10 July 1925 | 98 years, 262 days |
8 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Afghanistan (1988–1989) | 17 July 1925 | 98 years, 255 days |
9 | Arnaldo Forlani | Prime Minister of Italy (1980–1981) | 8 December 1925 | 98 years, 111 days |
10 | Abdoulaye Wade | President of Senegal (2000–2012) | 29 May 1926 | 97 years, 304 days |
Top ten since 1800
Rank | Name | Position | Born | Death | Age |
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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 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Prime Minister of Japan (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
6 | Babiker Awadalla | Prime Minister of Sudan (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
7 | Willem Drees | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) | 1886 | 1988 | 101 years, 314 days |
8 | 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) | |||||
9 | Zhang Qun | Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
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