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List of oldest living state leaders

List of oldest living state leaders

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This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leaders[lower-greek 1] of sovereign states with significant international recognition. Leaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years. The oldest living former state leader is Guillermo Rodríguez of Ecuador at the age of 100 years, 174 days. Leaders currently in office are in bold in green, with Paul Biya of Cameroon being the oldest currently serving head of state.[2]

For a list of the oldest currently serving state leaders, see Lists of state leaders by age.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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Notes

  1. Including but not limited to Prime Ministers of Peru, recognized as heads of government by the United Nations[1] and party leaders of single-party states.
  2. Aoun was the disputed Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1988–1990, and simultaneously also the disputed acting President.
  3. They were either members of collective presidencies without a clear leader, interim leaders, de facto leaders, widely recognised leaders whose true power was limited or leaders of political entities whose status as sovereign states was unclear or disputed.
  4. The Bolivian Juntas of Commanders of the Armed Forces were interim collective presidencies without a clear leader.
  5. Mouzabakani, as Co-Commander of the Army, was a member of the collective interim government that took control of the Republic of the Congo during 3 days in August 1963.

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