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. Typically this list includes presidents, prime ministers or monarchs. There are approximately 360 current leaders.

10 oldest currently serving state leaders

Main article: List of the oldest living state leaders

People currently serving as head of state, representative of a Head of State, and/or head of government. There are approximately 360 current leaders.

Leaders for life

Rank	Name	Born	Age	Position	Assumed office
1	Elizabeth II	(1926-04-21)21 April 1926		Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other countries	1952
2	Bhumibol Adulyadej	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927		King of Thailand	1946
3	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	(1929-06-16)16 June 1929		Emir of Kuwait	2006
4	Sir Elliott Belgrave	(1931-03-16)16 March 1931		Governor-General of Barbados	2012
5	Dame Marguerite Pindling	(1932-06-26)26 June 1932		Governor-General of the Bahamas	2014
6	Sir Colville Young	(1932-11-20)20 November 1932		Governor-General of Belize	1993
7	Akihito	(1933-12-23)23 December 1933		Emperor of Japan	1989
8	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	(1935-12-31)31 December 1935		King of Saudi Arabia	2015
9	Sir Frederick Ballantyne	(1936-07-05)5 July 1936		Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2002
10	Pope Francis	(1936-12-17)17 December 1936		Sovereign of the Vatican City	2013

Term-bounded leaders

Rank	Name	Born	Age	Position	Assumed office
1	Robert Mugabe	(1924-02-21)21 February 1924		President of Zimbabwe	1987
2	Beji Caid Essebsi	(1926-11-29)29 November 1926		President of Tunisia	2014
3	Abdul Halim	(1927-11-28)28 November 1927		King of Malaysia	2011
4	Kim Yong-nam	(1928-02-04)4 February 1928		Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea	1998
5	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	(1930-03-29)29 March 1930		Prime Minister of Mauritius	2014
6	Raúl Castro	(1931-06-03)3 June 1931		President of Cuba	2008
7	Paul Biya	(1933-02-13)13 February 1933		President of Cameroon	1982
8	Artur Rasizade	(1935-02-26)26 February 1935		Prime Minister of Azerbaijan	2003
9	Mahmoud Abbas	(1935-03-26)26 March 1935		President of Palestine	2005
10	Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa	(1935-11-24)24 November 1935		Prime Minister of Bahrain	1970

10 oldest ever serving state leaders

Leaders still serving are highlighted in italicized bold.

Leaders for life

Rank	Name	Position	Last year in office (reason term ended)	Age at end
1	Abdul Momin	Sultan of Brunei	1885 (death)	99 years, 5 months (?)
2	Enrico Dandolo	Doge of Venice	1205 (death)	97 years, 4 months (?)
3	Giovanni Paolo Lascaris	Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller	1657 (death)	97 years, 47 days
4	Nicolò da Ponte	Doge of Venice	1585 (death)	94 years, 196 days
5	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Malietoa of Samoa	2007 (death)	94 years, 127 days
6	Leo XIII	Pope of the Holy See	1903 (death)	93 years, 140 days
7	Gustaf V	King of Sweden	1950 (death)	92 years, 135 days
8	Manuel Pinto de Fonseca	Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller	1773 (death)	91 years, 244 days
9	Sir Cuthbert Sebastian	Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis	2013 (retirement)	91 years, 72 days
10	Ludovico I	Capitano del popolo of Mantua	1360 (death)	91 years (?)

Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) died in office at 91 years 276 days of age.

Term-bonded leaders

Rank	Name	Position	Last year in office (reason term ended)	Age at end
1	Hastings Banda	President of Malawi	1994 (lost election)	96 years, 3 months (? age disputed)
2	Robert Mugabe	President of Zimbabwe	Incumbent
3	Tôn Đức Thắng	President of Vietnam	1980 (death)	91 years, 223 days
4	Shimon Peres	President of Israel	2014 (term ended)	90 years, 356 days
5	Eamon De Valera	President of Ireland	1973 (term ended)	90 years, 253 days
6	Joaquin Balaguer	President of the Dominican Republic	1996 (term ended)	89 years, 350 days
7	Giorgio Napolitano	President of Italy	2015 (resignation)	89 years, 199 days
8	Beji Caid Essebsi	President of Tunisia	Incumbent
9	Luis Alberto Sánchez	Prime Minister of Peru	1989 (resignation)	88 years, 353 days
10	Girma Wolde-Giorgis	President of Ethiopia	2013 (term ended)	88 years, 303 days

Longest lived state leaders

The following lists are the top ten all-time state leaders and the top ten living. For Top 100 lists see List of longest-living state leaders and List of the oldest living state leaders.

Top ten ever

Rank	Name	Position	Birth	Death	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 135 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939) President (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	Prime Minister of France (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
4	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee	Chief Minister of Sikkim (1974–1975)	1904	2007	102 years, 290 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Prime Minister of Japan (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Willem Drees	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
7	Zhang Qun	Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 209 days
8	Bernardino González Ruíz	President of Panama (1963)	1911	2012	101 years, 64 days
9	Piet de Jong	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)	1912	Living
10	Christopher Hornsrud	Prime Minister of Norway (1928)	1859	1960	101 years, 28 days

Top ten living

Rank	Name	Position	Birth	Age
1	Piet de Jong	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)	(1915-04-03)3 April 1915
2	Đỗ Mười	Prime Minister of Vietnam (1988–1991), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991–1997)	(1917-02-02)2 February 1917
3	Émile Derlin Zinsou	President of Dahomey (1968–1969)	(1918-03-23)23 March 1918
4	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987)	(1918-05-27)27 May 1918
5	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)	(1918-10-18)18 October 1918
6	Hyun Soong-jong	Prime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993)	(1919-01-26)26 January 1919
7	Mohammed Karim Lamrani	Prime Minister of Morocco (1971–1972, 1983–1986, 1992–1994)	(1919-05-01)1 May 1919
8	Walter Scheel	President of West Germany (1974–1979)	(1919-07-08)8 July 1919
9	Hau Pei-tsun	Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993)	(1919-07-13)13 July 1919
10	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Prime Minister of Peru (2000–2003)	(1920-01-20)20 January 1920

10 youngest serving state leaders

Main article: List of youngest state leaders since 1900

1. Kim Jong-un (Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011), born (1983-01-08) 8 January 1983
2. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Emir of Qatar since 2013), born (1980-06-03) 3 June 1980
3. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (King of Bhutan since 2006), born (1980-02-21) 21 February 1980
4. Taavi Rõivas (Prime Minister of Estonia since 2014), born (1979-09-26) 26 September 1979
5. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (President of the Revolutionary Committee of Yemen since 2015), born (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979
6. Emil Dimitriev (Interim Prime Minister of Macedonia since 2016), born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979
7. Massimo Andrea Ugolini (Captain Regent of San Marino since 2016), born (1978-07-26) 26 July 1978
8. Volodymyr Groysman (Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2016), born (1978-01-20) 20 January 1978
9. Charles Michel (Prime Minister of Belgium since 2014), born (1975-12-21) 21 December 1975
10. Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister of Italy since 2014), born (1975-01-11) 11 January 1975

10 youngest state leaders (since 1945)

Age at the time they took office ordered youngest first. For a longer list, see List of youngest state leaders in modern times.

1. Faisal II, King of Iraq, 4
2. Hussein, King of Jordan, 16
3. Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 16
4. Mswati III, King of Swaziland, 18 (began personal reign after a 3-year regency)
5. Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 18
6. Ntare V, King of Burundi, 18
7. Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti, 19
8. Baudouin, King of Belgium, 20
9. Constantine II, King of Greece, 23
10. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 24

See also

• Lists of state leaders