Lists of state leaders by age

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Template:Short description Template:Multiple image This article contains various lists of state leaders organized by age, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government.

Oldest serving state leaders

Top ten currently serving

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Paul Biya, 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 Template:Sortname President of Cameroon 1982[1] Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
2 Template:Sortname President of the Palestinian National Authority,
President of the State of Palestine		 2005[2] Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
3 Template:Sortname King of Saudi Arabia 2015[3] Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
4 Template:Sortname King of Norway[4] 1991 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
5 Template:Sortname Supreme Leader of Iran 1989[5] Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
6 Template:Sortname President of Togo 2025 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
7 Template:Sortname Chief Adviser of Bangladesh 2024 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
8 Template:Sortname Emir of Kuwait 2023 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
9 Template:Sortname President of Ireland 2011 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
10 Template:Sortname President of Italy 2015 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd

Top ten of all time

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Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, the oldest serving state leader of all time whose age is fully verifiable

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  Currently living
Rank Name Position Last year in office
(reason term ended) 		Age at end
1 Template:Sortname Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1657 (death) Template:Ayd
Ruler of Malta
2 Template:Sortname Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms[6] 2022 (death) Template:Ayd
3 Template:Sortname Regent of Thailand 2016 (tenure ended) Template:Ayd
4 Template:Sortname King of Tonga 1893 (death) Template:Ayd
5 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Malaysia 2020 (resigned) Template:Ayd
6 Template:Sortname Doge of Venice 1585 (death) Template:Ayd
7 Template:Sortname O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa 2007 (death) Template:Ayd
8 Template:Sortname President of Zimbabwe 2017 (resigned) Template:Ayd
9 Template:Sortname Pope of the Holy See[7] 1903 (death) Template:Ayd
10 Template:Sortname President of Tunisia 2019 (death) Template:Ayd

Youngest serving state leaders

Top ten currently serving

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Kristrún Frostadóttir, the youngest serving state leader
Rank Name Position Assumed office Born Age
1 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Iceland 2024 12 May 1988 Template:Ayd
2 Template:Sortname President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration of Burkina Faso 2022 14 March 1988 Template:Ayd
Interim President of Burkina Faso 2022
3 Template:Sortname President of Ecuador 2023 30 November 1987 Template:Ayd
4 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Montenegro 2023 24 September 1987 Template:Ayd
5 Template:Sortname President of Montenegro 2023 7 December 1986 Template:Ayd
6 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Thailand 2024 21 August 1986 Template:Ayd
7 Template:Sortname President of Chile 2022 11 February 1986 Template:Ayd
8 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia 2022 31 August 1985 Template:Ayd
9 Template:Sortname President of Chad[8] 2024 4 April 1984 Template:Ayd
10 Template:Sortname Interim President of Mali[9] 2021 9 November 1983 Template:Ayd

Top ten since 1800

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  Currently living
Rank Name Position Assumed office Age when assuming office
1 Template:Sortname King of Spain 1886 Template:Ayd[10]
2 Template:Sortname King of Swaziland 1899 Template:Ayd
3 Template:Sortname King of Egypt 1952 Template:Ayd
4 Template:Sortname Emperor of China 1908 Template:Ayd
5 Template:Sortname King of Nepal 1816 Template:Ayd
6 Template:Sortname Queen of Spain 1833 Template:Ayd
7 Template:Sortname King of Nepal 1950[11] Template:Ayd
8 Template:Sortname Emperor of China 1875 Template:Ayd
9 Template:Sortname King of Iraq 1939 Template:Ayd
10 Template:Sortname Emperor of Brazil 1831 Template:Ayd

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

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Guillermo Rodríguez, the oldest-living state leader

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Rank Name Position In office Born Age
1 Template:Sortname Acting President of Ecuador 1972–1976 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
2 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Japan 1994–1996 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
3 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Malaysia 1981–2003; 2018–2020 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
4 Template:Sortname Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Afghanistan 1988–1989 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
5 Template:Sortname President of Senegal 2000–2012 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
6 Template:Sortname President of Lithuania 1998–2003; 2004–2009 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
7 Template:Sortname President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia 1988–1989 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
8 Template:Sortname Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea 1998–2019 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
9 Template:Sortname Governor-General of the Bahamas 2010–2014 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd
10 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Hungary 1993–1994 Template:Birth date Template:Ayd

Top ten since 1800

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Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest-lived state leader

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  Currently living
Rank Name Position Born Died Age
1 Template:Sortname Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962) 1905 2009 103 years, 143 days
2 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939) 1883 1986 103 years, 98 days
President of Turkey (1950–1960)
3 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of France (1952–1953) 1891 1994 102 years, 348 days
4 Template:Sortname French Viguier in Andorra (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days
5 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Japan (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days
6 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of Sudan (1969) 1917 2019 101 years, 321 days
7 Template:Sortname Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) 1886 1988 101 years, 314 days
8 Template:Sortname 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 Template:Sortname Acting President of Ecuador (1972–1976) 1923 Living Template:Ayd
10 Template:Sortname Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948) 1889 1990 101 years, 219 days

See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ Previously served as Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1975–1982.
  2. ↑ Previously served as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in 2003.
  3. ↑ Served concurrently as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015–2022.
  4. ↑ The Kingdom of Norway includes the dependent territory of Svalbard.
  5. ↑ Previously served as President of Iran from 1981–1989.
  6. ↑ In 1952, Princess Elizabeth acceded as the monarch of seven Commonwealth realms. At the time of her death, she reigned 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.
  7. ↑ The Vatican was in a territorial dispute with the Kingdom of Italy from 1870–1929.
  8. ↑ Previously President of the Transitional Military Council of Chad from 2021–2022, and Transitional President of Chad from 2022–2024.
  9. ↑ Previously Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People of Mali in 2020 and 2021.
  10. ↑ Became a monarch at birth as his father, Alfonso XII, had died the previous year.
  11. ↑ Gyanendra's first occupation of the throne was in 1950; he was deposed in the 1951 Nepalese revolution.
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