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

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
1Elizabeth II21 April 192690 years, 230 daysQueen of the United Kingdom and 15 other countries1952
2Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah16 June 192987 years, 174 daysEmir of Kuwait2006
3Sir Elliott Belgrave16 March 193185 years, 266 daysGovernor-General of Barbados2012
4Dame Marguerite Pindling26 June 193284 years, 164 daysGovernor-General of the Bahamas2014
5Sir Colville Young20 November 193284 years, 17 daysGovernor-General of Belize1993
6Akihito23 December 193382 years, 350 daysEmperor of Japan1989
7Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud31 December 193580 years, 342 daysKing of Saudi Arabia2015
8Sir Frederick Ballantyne5 July 193680 years, 155 daysGovernor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2002
9Pope Francis17 December 193679 years, 356 daysSovereign of the Vatican City2013
10Harald V21 February 193779 years, 290 daysKing of Norway1991

Term-bounded leaders

Rank Name Born Age Position Assumed office
1Robert Mugabe21 February 192492 years, 290 daysPresident of Zimbabwe1987
2Beji Caid Essebsi29 November 192690 years, 8 daysPresident of Tunisia2014
3Abdul Halim28 November 192789 years, 9 daysKing of Malaysia2011
4Kim Yong-nam4 February 192888 years, 307 daysChairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea1998
5Sir Anerood Jugnauth29 March 193086 years, 253 daysPrime Minister of Mauritius2014
6Raúl Castro3 June 193185 years, 187 daysPresident of Cuba2008
7Paul Biya13 February 193383 years, 298 daysPresident of Cameroon1982
8Michel Aoun30 September 193383 years, 68 daysPresident of Lebanon2016
9Artur Rasizade26 February 193581 years, 285 daysPrime Minister of Azerbaijan2003
10Mahmoud Abbas26 March 193581 years, 256 daysPresident of Palestine2005

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
1Abdul MominSultan of Brunei1885 (death)99 years, 5 months (?)[1]
2Enrico DandoloDoge of Venice1205 (death)97 years, 4 months (?)[2]
3Giovanni Paolo LascarisGrand Master of the Knights Hospitaller1657 (death)97 years, 47 days
4Prem TinsulanondaRegent of Thailand2016 (term ended)96 years, 97 days
5Nicolò da PonteDoge of Venice1585 (death)94 years, 196 days
6Malietoa Tanumafili IIMalietoa of Samoa2007 (death)94 years, 127 days
7Leo XIIIPope of the Holy See1903 (death)93 years, 140 days
8Gustaf VKing of Sweden1950 (death)92 years, 135 days
9Manuel Pinto de FonsecaGrand Master of the Knights Hospitaller1773 (death)91 years, 244 days
10Sir Cuthbert SebastianGovernor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis2013 (retirement)91 years, 72 days

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
1Hastings BandaPresident of Malawi1994 (lost election)96 years, 10 days
2Robert MugabePresident of ZimbabweIncumbent 92 years, 290 days
3Tôn Đức ThắngPresident of Vietnam1980 (death)91 years, 223 days
4Shimon PeresPresident of Israel2014 (term ended)90 years, 356 days
5Eamon De ValeraPresident of Ireland1973 (term ended)90 years, 253 days
6Beji Caid EssebsiPresident of TunisiaIncumbent 90 years, 8 days
7Joaquin BalaguerPresident of the Dominican Republic1996 (term ended)89 years, 350 days
8Giorgio NapolitanoPresident of Italy2015 (resignation)89 years, 199 days
9Abdul Halim of KedahKing of MalaysiaIncumbent89 years, 9 days
10Luis Alberto SánchezPrime Minister of Peru1989 (resignation)88 years, 353 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 since 1800

Rank Name Position Birth Death Age
1Chau Sen Cocsal ChhumPrime Minister of Cambodia (1962)19052009103 years, 135 days
2Celâl BayarPrime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939)
President (1950–1960)		18831986103 years, 98 days
3Antoine PinayPrime Minister of France (1952–1953)18911994102 years, 348 days
4Kazi Lhendup DorjeeChief Minister of Sikkim (1974–1975)19042007102 years, 290 days
5Prince Naruhiko HigashikuniPrime Minister of Japan (1945)18871990102 years, 48 days
6Ek Yi OunPrime Minister of Cambodia (1958)19102013102 years, 1 day to 103 years, 364 days
7Willem DreesPrime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)18861988101 years, 314 days
8Zhang QunPremier of the Republic of China (1947–1948)18891990101 years, 219 days
9Piet de JongPrime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)19152016101 years, 115 days
10Bernardino González RuízPresident of Panama (1963)19112012101 years, 64 days

Top ten living

Rank Name Position Birth Age
1Đỗ MườiPrime Minister of Vietnam (1988–1991), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991–1997)2 February 191799 years, 309 days
2Babiker AwadallaPrime Minister of Sudan (1969)2 March 191799 years, 280 days
3Yasuhiro NakasonePrime Minister of Japan (1982–1987)27 May 191898 years, 194 days
4Konstantinos MitsotakisPrime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)18 October 191898 years, 50 days
5Hyun Soong-jongPrime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993)26 January 191997 years, 316 days
6Mohammed Karim LamraniPrime Minister of Morocco (1971–1972, 1983–1986, 1992–1994)1 May 191997 years, 220 days
7Hau Pei-tsunPremier of the Republic of China (1990–1993)13 July 191997 years, 147 days
8Javier Pérez de CuéllarPrime Minister of Peru (2000–2003)19 January 192096 years, 323 days
9Josip ManolićPrime Minister of Croatia (1990–1991)22 March 192096 years, 260 days
10Liam CosgraveTaoiseach of Ireland (1973–1977)13 April 192096 years, 238 days

10 youngest serving state leaders

  1. Kim Jong-un (Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011), born 8 January 1984
  2. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Emir of Qatar since 2013), born 3 June 1980
  3. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (King of Bhutan since 2006), born 21 February 1980
  4. Emil Dimitriev (Interim Prime Minister of Macedonia since 2016), born 19 March 1979
  5. Saleh Ali al-Sammad (President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen since 2016), born 1 January 1979
  6. Jüri Ratas (Prime Minister of Estonia since 2016), born 2 July 1978
  7. Volodymyr Groysman (Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2016), born 20 January 1978
  8. Charles Michel (Prime Minister of Belgium since 2014), born 21 December 1975
  9. Youssef Chahed (Head of Government of Tunisia since 2016), born 18 September 1975
  10. Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister of Italy since 2014), born 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. Fuad II, King of Egypt, 6 months
  2. Gyanendra, King of Nepal, 3
  3. Faisal II, King of Iraq, 4
  4. Hussein, King of Jordan, 16
  5. Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 16
  6. Mswati III, King of Swaziland, 18 (began personal reign after a 3-year regency)
  7. Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 18
  8. Ntare V, King of Burundi, 18
  9. Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti, 19
  10. Baudouin, King of Belgium, 20

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Born in 1785, date unknown; died on May 30, 1885
  2. ↑ Born in 1107, date unknown; died in May 1205.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.