Future oldest Living State Leaders

1936 births

A table compiled from the 1936#Births list article, not comprehensive.

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age	Note/sources
1	Maldonado, AlejandroAlejandro Maldonado	Guatemala	President (2015–2016)	6 Jan 1936	90 years 7 days	29 May 2025
	Sanguinetti, Julio MaríaJulio María Sanguinetti	Uruguay	President (1985–1990; 1995–2000)			19 May 2025
3	Lahoud, ÉmileÉmile Lahoud	Lebanon	President (1998–2007)	12 Jan 1936	90 years 1 days	8 Aug 2025
4	Maïdou, HenriHenri Maïdou	Central African Empire	Prime Minister (1978–1979)	14 Feb 1936	89 years 333 days	13 Aug 2020
5	Sayasone, ChoummalyChoummaly Sayasone	Laos	General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (2006–2016) President (2006–2016)	6 Mar 1936	89 years 313 days	25 Apr 2025
	Aziz Umar, AbdulAbdul Aziz Umar	Brunei	Menteri Besar (1981–1983)	20 Mar 1936	89 years 299 days	13 Apr 2021 Unclear status
6	Simmonds, KennedyKennedy Simmonds	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Prime Minister (1983–1995)	12 Apr 1936	89 years 276 days	19 Sep 2024
	Lakatani, SaniSani Lakatani	Niue	Premier (1999–2002)	4 Jun 1936	89 years 223 days	Unclear status & DOB. Italian Wikipedia and some birthdate as being 4 June 1936.
7	Charnvirakul, ChavaratChavarat Charnvirakul	Thailand	Acting Prime Minister (2008)	7 Jun 1936	89 years 220 days	7 Sep 2025
8	Fukuda, YasuoYasuo Fukuda	Japan	Prime Minister (2007–2008)	16 Jul 1936	89 years 181 days	13 Aug 2025
9	Manuella, TulagaTulaga Manuella	Tuvalu	Governor-General (1994–1998)	26 Aug 1936	89 years 140 days	Citation needed
10	Lien Chan, Lien Chan	Taiwan	President of the Executive Yuan (1993–1997)	27 Aug 1936	89 years 139 days	9 Feb 2023 Unclear status list
11	Latasi, KamutaKamuta Latasi	Tuvalu	Prime Minister (1993–1996) Acting Governor-General (2010)	4 Sep 1936	89 years 131 days	18 Aug 2017
12	El Beblawi, HazemHazem El Beblawi	Egypt	Acting Prime Minister (2013–2014)	17 Oct 1936	89 years 88 days	5 Apr 2021
13	Trovoada, MiguelMiguel Trovoada	São Tomé and Príncipe	Prime Minister (1975–1979) President (1991–1995; 1995–2001)	27 Dec 1936	89 years 17 days	13 Oct 2018
14	Han Seung-soo, Han Seung-soo	South Korea	Prime Minister (2008–2009)	28 Dec 1936	89 years 16 days	10 Nov 2025

1937 Births

Since we've come down to the last two in 1935, its now justifiable to post this list. And all sources can be replaced if needed.

No.	Name	State	Position	Birth	Age	Note/sources
1	Westendorp y Cabeza, CarlosCarlos Westendorp y Cabeza	Bosnia and Herzegovina	High Representative (1997–1999)	7 Jan 1937	89 years 6 days	Unclear status
2	Sokomanu, Ati GeorgeAti George Sokomanu	Vanuatu	President (1980–1984; 1984–1989)	13 Jan 1937	89 years 0 days	[1]
3	Bundhun, RaoufRaouf Bundhun	Mauritius	Acting President (2003)	14 Jan 1937	88 years 365 days	[2] }
4	Harald V, Harald V	Norway	King (1991–present)	21 Feb 1937	88 years 327 days	[3]
5	Obasanjo, OlusegunOlusegun Obasanjo	Nigeria	Head of the Federal Military Government (1976–1979) President (1999–2007)	5 Mar 1937	88 years 314 days	[4]
6	Krenz, EgonEgon Krenz	East Germany	General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1989)	19 Mar 1937	88 years 300 days	[5]
7	Vildoso, GuidoGuido Vildoso	Bolivia	President (1982)	5 Apr 1937	88 years 283 days	[6]
8	Smith, Cornelius A.Cornelius A. Smith	Bahamas	Governor-General (2019–2023)	7 Apr 1937	88 years 281 days	[7]
9	Estrada, JosephJoseph Estrada	Philippines	President (1998–2001)	19 Apr 1937	88 years 269 days	[8]
10	Ling, SergeySergey Ling	Belarus	Prime Minister (1996–2000)	7 May 1937	88 years 251 days	[9]
11	Santer, JacquesJacques Santer	Luxembourg	Prime Minister (1984–1995)	16 May 1937	88 years 242 days	[10]
12	Mengistu Haile Mariam, Mengistu Haile Mariam	Ethiopia	Leader of Derg (1974, 1977–1987) General Secretary of the Workers' Party (1984–1991) President (1987–1991)	21 May 1937	88 years 257.666666667 days	[11]
13	Kontić, RadojeRadoje Kontić	Yugoslavia	Federal Prime Minister (1993–1998)	31 May 1937	88 years 227 days	[12]
14	Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, SimeonSimeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Bulgaria	Tsar (1943–1946) Prime Minister (2001–2005)	16 Jun 1937	88 years 211 days	[13]
15	Jospin, LionelLionel Jospin	France	Prime Minister (1997–2002)	12 Jul 1937	88 years 185 days	[14]
16	Mori, YoshirōYoshirō Mori	Japan	Prime Minister (2000–2001)	14 Jul 1937	88 years 183 days	[15]
17	Carlisle, JamesJames Carlisle	Antigua and Barbuda	Governor-General (1993–2007)	5 Aug 1937	88 years 161 days	[16]
	Pinto da Costa, ManuelManuel Pinto da Costa	São Tomé and Príncipe	President (1975–1991; 2011–2016)		[17]
19	Vorachith, BounnhangBounnhang Vorachith	Laos	Prime Minister (2001–2006) General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party (2016–2021) President (2016–2021)	15 Aug 1937	88 years 151 days	[18]
20	Bawoyeu, Jean AlinguéJean Alingué Bawoyeu	Chad	Prime Minister (1991–1992)	18 Aug 1937	88 years 148 days	[19]
21	Durdynets, VasylVasyl Durdynets	Ukraine	Acting Prime Minister (1997)	27 Sep 1937	88 years 108 days	[20]
22	Matsinhe, Mariano de AraújoMariano de Araújo Matsinhe	Mozambique	Member of the Politburo of FRELIMO (1986)	29 Sep 1937	88 years 106 days	Unclear status
23	Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky	Austria	Chancellor (1986–1997)	4 Oct 1937	88 years 101 days	[21]
24	Shankar, RamsewakRamsewak Shankar	Suriname	President (1988–1990)	6 Nov 1937	88 years 68 days	[22]
25	Vīķe-Freiberga, VairaVaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Latvia	President (1999–2007)	1 Dec 1937	88 years 43 days	[23]
26	Avril, ProsperProsper Avril	Haiti	President (1988–1990)	12 Dec 1937	88 years 32 days	[24]
27	Gayoom, Maumoon AbdulMaumoon Abdul Gayoom	Maldives	President (1978–2008)	29 Dec 1937	88 years 15 days	[25]
28	Hamid, Mohsen AbdelMohsen Abdel Hamid	Iraq	Prime Minister (2004)	1937	88 years 13 days to 89 years 12 days	Unclear status with unclear DoB. Simultaneously President of the Iraqi Governing Council.
29	Della Balda, EmilioEmilio Della Balda	San Marino	Captain Regent (1966)	1937	88 years 13 days to 89 years 12 days	Unclear DoB
30	Veloso, JacintoJacinto Veloso	Mozambique	Member of the Politburo of FRELIMO (1986)	1937	88 years 13 days to 89 years 12 days	Unclear status with unclear DoB
31	Reffi, AdrianoAdriano Reffi	San Marino	Captain Regent (1978)	1937?	88 years 13 days to 89 years 12 days	Unclear DoB
32	Fisher, Yan YefimovichYan Yefimovich Fisher	Kyrgyzstan	Acting General Secretary of Kyrgyzstan? (1991) (also see Leadership of Communist Kyrgyzstan)	1937	88 years 13 days to 89 years 12 days	(Very unclear, although one person is said to have signed any bills in that time)
33	ibn Yahya, Abdur RahmanAbdur Rahman ibn Yahya	Yemen	Prime Minister in exile (1967–1969)	1937?	88 years 13 days to 89 years 12 days?	Unclear status (see discussion here with unclear DoB

See Also

• List of oldest living state leaders