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This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister) from Africa, born no earlier than 1800, and '''whose ages are documented in reliable sources'''. Tho|se currently living are in '''bold on gold'''. The longest lived state leader from Africa is the Former {{flag|Sudan|1956|name=Sudanese}} [[Prime Minister of Sudan|Prime Minister]] [[Babiker Awadalla]] (1917-2019) who lived to 101 years and 321 days, and among the living the oldest is Former {{flag|Senegal|name=Senegalese}} [[President of Senegal|President]] [[Abdoulaye Wade]] (b. 1926) who is currently {{age in years and days|1926|5|29}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="100" style="line-height:normal">
File:Babiker Awadalla 1960s.jpg|Oldest:<br />{{flag|Sudan|1956}}<br />[[Babiker Awadalla]]<br/>served 1969
File:Mustafa Ben Halim.jpg|2nd Oldest:<br />{{flag|Turkey}}<br />[[Mustafa Ben Halim]]<br />served 1954–1957
File:Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg|3rd-Oldest:<br />{{flag|Senegal}}<br />[[Abdoulaye Wade]]<br />served: 2000&ndash;2012
File:Sheikh Mukhtar.jpg|4th-oldest:<br />{{flag|Somalia}}<br />[[Sheikh Mukhtar Mohammed Hussein]]<br />served: 1969
</gallery>

== List ==
{{legend2|#99ff99|'''State leaders currently living'''|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
!style="text-align:left"|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}.!!Name!!Stat!!Position!!Birth!!Death!!Age
|-
|1||{{sortname|Babiker|Awadalla}}||{{flag|Sudan|1956}}||[[Prime Minister of Sudan|Prime Minister]] (1969)||1917||2019||101 years, 321 days
|-
|2|||{{sortname|Mustafa|Ben Halim}}||{{flag|Libya}}||[[Prime Minister of Libya|Prime Minister]] (1954–1957)||1921||2021||100 years, 312 days
|- bgcolor=#99ff99
|'''3''' ||'''{{sortname|Abdoulaye|Wade}}'''||'''{{flag|Senegal}}''' ||[[President of Senegal|President]] (2000–2012)||1926||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|5|29}}'''
|-
|{{sort|4|3&ndash;4}}||{{sortname|Mukhtar Mohamed|Husein|Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein}}||{{flag|Somalia}}||[[President of Somalia|Interim president]] (1969)||1912||2012||99 years, 164 days<br />to<br />100 years, 163 days
|-
|5||{{sortname|Mohammed Karim|Lamrani}}||{{flag|Morocco}}||[[Prime Minister of Morocco|Prime Minister]] (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994)||1919||2018||99 years, 142 days
|-
|6||{{sortname|Abdel Halim|Muhammad}}||{{flag|Sudan|1956}}||[[Sudanese Sovereignty Council (1965-1966)|Member of the Sovereignty Council]] (1964-1965)||1910||2009||99 years, 6 days
|-
|{{sort|7|3-7}}||{{sortname|Hastings|Banda}}||{{flag|Malawi}}||[[Prime Minister of Malawi|Prime Minister]] (1964–1966)<br>[[President of Malawi|State President]] (1966–1994)<br>[[President of the Congress Party]] (1966–1993)||1898||1997||98 years, 329 days<br />to<br />99 years, 328 days
|- 
|8||{{sortname|Ali Hassan|Mwinyi}}||{{flag|Tanzania}}||[[President of Tanzania|President]] (1985–1995)||1925||2024||98 years, 297 days
|-
|9||{{sortname|Mamadou|Dia}} ||{{flag|Senegal}} ||[[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime Minister]] (1960–1962)||1910 ||2009||98 years, 191 days
|-
|10||{{sortname|Aden|Adde}}||{{flag|Somalia}}||[[President of Somalia|President]] (1960-1967)||1908||2007||98 years, 181 days
|- 
|11||{{sortname|Émile Derlin|Zinsou}}||{{flag|Benin|name=Dahomey}} ||[[President of Benin|President]] (1968–1969)||1918 ||2016||98 years, 127 days
|- 
|12||{{sortname|Abdelmalek|Benhabylès}}||{{flag|Algeria}}||[[President of Algeria|Acting President]] (1992)||1921||2018||97 years, 245 days
|- 
|13||{{sortname|Kenneth|Kaunda}}||{{flag|Zambia}}||[[President of Zambia|State President]] (1964–1991)||1924||2021||97 years, 50 days
|-
|14||{{sortname|Habib|Bourguiba}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1956-1957)<br />[[President of Tunisia|President]] (1957-1987)||1903||2000||96 years, 247 days
|-
|15||{{sortname|Ferhat|Abbas}}||{{flag|Algeria}}||[[Prime Minister of Algeria|Head of Government]] (1958-1961)<br />[[List of heads of State of Algeria|Head of State]] (1962)||1889||1985||96 years, 122 days
|-
|16||{{sortname|Abderrahmane|Youssoufi}}||{{flag|Morocco}}||[[Prime Minister of Morocco|Prime Minister]] (1998-2002)||1924||2020||96 years, 82 days
|- bgcolor=#99ff99
|'''17''' ||'''{{sortname|Ahmed|Osman}}''' ||'''{{flag|Morocco}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Morocco|Prime Minister]] (1972–1979)||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|1|3}}'''
|-
|18||{{sortname|Sam|Nujoma}}||{{flag|Namibia}}||[[President of Namibia|President]] (1990-2005)||1929||2025||95 years, 272 days
|-
|19||{{sortname|Robert|Mugabe}}||{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||[[Prime Minister of Zimbabwe|Prime Minister]] (1980-1987)<br />[[President of Zimbabwe|President]] (1987-2017)||1924||2019||95 years, 197 days
|-
|20||{{sortname|Tahar|Ben Ammar}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1956)||1889||1985||95 years, 166 days
|-
|21||{{sortname|Daniel|Arap Moi}}||{{flag|Kenya}}||[[President of Kenya|President]] (1978-2002)||1924||2019||95 years, 155 days
|-
|22||{{wp|Nelson Mandela}}||{{flag|South Africa}}||[[President of South Africa|President]] (1994&ndash;1999)||1918||2013||95 years, 140 days
|-
|23||{{sortname|Ahmed|Ben Bella}}||{{flag|Algeria}}||[[Prime Minister of Algeria|Prime Minister]] (1962-1963)<br />[President of Algeria|President of the Provisional Government]] (1962-19ela<br />[[President of Algeria|President]] (1962-1965)||1916||2012||95 years, 108 days
|-
|24||{{sortname||Jamshed bin Abdullah|Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar|Jamshid bin Abdullah}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963).svg}}&nbsp;[[Zanzibar]] ||[[Sultan of Zanzibar|Sultan]] (1963-1964)||1929||2024||95 years, 105 days
|-
|25||{{sortname|Dawda|Jawara}}||{{flag|Gambia}}||[[President of the Gambia|President]] (1970-1994)||1924||2019||95 years, 103 days
|- 
|26||{{sortname|Léopold|Sédar Senghor}}||{{flag|Senegal}}||[[President of Senegal|President]] (1960–1980)||1906||2001||95 years, 72 days
|-
|27||{{sortname|Mabandla|Dlamini}}||{{flag|Swaziland}}||[[Prime Minister of Swaziland|Prime Minister]] (1979-1983)||1930||2025||94 years, 229 days
|-
|28||{{sortname|Cleopa|Msuya}}||{{flag|Tanzania}}||[[Prime Minister of Tanzania|Prime Minister]] (1980-1983; 1994-1995)||1931||2025||94 years, 123 days
|- 
|29||{{sortname|Garfield|Todd}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964).svg}}&nbsp;[[Southern Rhodesia]]||[[Prime Minister of SoRhodesia|Prime Minister]] (1953-1958)||1908||2002||94 years, 92 days
|- bgcolor=#99ff99
|'''30'''||'''{{sortname|Pié Masumbuko}}'''||{{flagicon image|Flag of Burundi (1962–1966).svg}}&nbsp;[[Burundi]]||[[Prime Minister of Burundi|Acting Prime Minister]] (1965)||1931||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1931|9|29}}'''
|-
|31||{{sortname|Girma|Wolde-Giorgis}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2004).svg}}]&nbsp;[[Ethiopia]]||[[President of Ethiopia|President]] (2001-2013)||1924||2018||93 years, 352 days
|-
|32||{{sortname|Zakaria|Mohieddin}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria 1980–2024).svg}}&nbsp;Egypt||[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]] (1965-1966)||1918||2012||93 years, 315 days
|-
|33||{{sortname|Shehu|Shagari}}||{{flag|Nigeria}}||[[President of Nigeria|President]] (1979-1983)||1925||2018||93 years, 308 days
|-
|34||{{sortname|Antoine|Gizenga}}||{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa}} ||[[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Prime Minister]] (2006-2008)||1925||2020||93 years, 142 days
|-
|35||{{sortname|Idris I||Idris of Libya}}||{{flag|Libya}}||[[Monarchy in Libya|King]] (1951-1969)||1890||1983||93 years, 73 days
|- bgcolor=#99ff99
|'''36'''||'''{{sortname|Paul|Biya}}''' ||'''{{flag|Cameroon}}''' ||[[Prime Minister of Cameroon|Prime Minister]] (1975–1982)<br/>[[Prime Minister|President]] (1982-present)||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|2|13}}'''
|-
|37||{{sortname|Beji|Caid Essebsi}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Acting Prime Minister]] (1978-1984)<br />[[President of Tunisia|President]] (2014-2019)||1926||2019||92 years, 239 days
|- 
|38||{{sortname|Albert|Ndele}}||{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=Congo-Léopoldville}}||[[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General]] (1991-1960)||1930||2023||92 years, 229 days
|- 
|39||{{sortname|Hamed|Karoui}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1989-1999)||1927||2020||92 years, 85 days
|- 
|40||{{sortname|Abdulaziz Muhammad|Hrgazi}}||{{flag|Comoros}}||[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]] (1975-1975)||1923||2014||91 years, 353 days
|-
|41||{{sortname|Belaid|Abdessalam}}||{{flag|Algeria}}||[[Prime Minister of Algeria|Prime Minister]] (1992-1993)||1928||2020||91 years, 343 days
|-
|42||{{sortname|Fouad|Mebazaa}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[President of Tunisia|Acting President]] (2011)||1933||2025||91 years, 313 days
|-
|43||Sir {{sortname|Quett|Masire}} [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George|GCMG]]||{{flag|Botswana}}||[[President of Botswana|President]] (1980-1998)||1925||2017||91 years, 334 days
|- 
|44||{{sortname|Hosni|Mubarak}}||{{flag|Egypt}}||[[President of Egypt|President]] (1981-2011)||1928||2020||91 years, 297 days
|- 
|45||{{sortname|Henry|Garrioch}}||{{flag|Mauritius}}||[[Governor-General of Mauritius|Governor-General]] (1977-1978)||1916||2008||91 years, 290 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''46'''||'''{{sortname|Mohammed|Ennaceur}}'''||'''{{flag|Tunisia}}'''||[[President of Tunisia|Acting President]] (2012)||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1934|3|21}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''47'''||'''{{sortname|John|Malecela}}'''||'''{{flag|Tanzania}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Tanzania|Prime Minister]] (1990-1994)||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1934|4|19}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''48'''||'''{{sortname|Pedro|Pires}}'''||'''{{flag|Cape Verde}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Cape Verde|Prime Minister]] (1975-1991)<br />[[President of Cape Verde|President]] (2001-2011)||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1934|4|29}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''49'''||'''{{sortname|Désiré|Rakoatorijaona}}'''||'''{{flag|Madagascar}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Madagascar|Prime Minister]] (1977-1988)||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1934|6|19}}'''
|- 
|50||{{sortname|Nmandi|Azikiwe}}||{{flag|Nigeria}}||[[Governor-General of Nigeria|Governor-General]] (1960-1963)<br />[[President of Nigeria|President]] (1963-1966)||1904||1996||91 years, 177 days 
|-
|51||{{sortname|Marais|Viljoen}}||{{flag|South Africa|1910}}||[[President of South Africa|State President]] (1978; 1979-1984)||1915||2007||91 years, 158 days
|-
|52||{{sortname|Moustapha|Kaak}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1947-1950)||1893||1984||91 years, 80 days
|- 
|53||{{sortname|Anerood|Jugnauth}}||{{flag|Mauritius}}||[[Prime Minister of Mauritius|Prime Minister]] (1982-1995; 2000-2003; 2014-2017)<br />[[President of Mauritius|President]] (2003-2012)||1930||2021||91 years, 66 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''54'''||'''{{sortname|Yakibu|Gowon}}'''||'''{{flag|Nigeria}}'''||[[President of Nigeria|President of the Federal Federal Military Government]] (1966-1975)||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1934|11|2}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''55'''||'''{{sortname|Nicéphore|Soglo}}'''||'''{{flag|Benin}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Benin|Prime Minister]] (1990-1991)<br />[[President of Benin|Benin]] (1991-1996)||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1934|10|19}}'''
|-
|56||{{sortname|P. W.|Botha}}||{{flag|South Africa|1910}}||[[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] (1978-1984)<br />[[President of South Africa|State President]] (1984-1989)||1916||2006||90 years, 292 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''57'''||'''{{sortname|Léon|Kengo|Léon Kengo wa Dondo}}'''||'''{{flagicon image|Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg}}&nbsp;[[Republic of Zaire|Zaire]]'''||[[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|First State Commissioner]] (1982-1986; 1998-1990)<br />[[Prime Minister of the  Democratic Republic of the Congo|Prime Minister]] (1994-1997)||1935||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1935|5|22}}'''
|-
|58||{{sortname|Eugène|Koffi Adoboli}}||{{flag|Togo}}||[[Prime Minister of Togo|Prime Minister]] (1999-2000)||1934||2025||90 years, 202 days
|-
|rowspan=2|59||{{sortname|William|Hare|William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowil}}||{{flag|Ghana}} ||[[Governor-General of Ghana|Governor-General]] (1957-1960)||1906||1997||rowspan=2|90 years, 165 days
|-
|{{sortname|Albert|Zafy}}||{{flag|Madagascar}}||[[President of Madagascar|President]] (1993-1996)||1927||2017
|- 
|61||{{sortname|Mwai|Kibaki}}||{{flag|Kenya}}||[[President of Kenya|Acting President]] (2002-2013)||1931||2021||90 years, 157 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''62'''||'''{{sortname|Hefikepunye|Pohamba}}'''||'''{{flag|Namibia}}'''||[[President of Namibia|President]] (2005-2015)||1935||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1935|8|18}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''63'''||'''{{sortname|Abdou|Diouf}}'''||'''{{flag|Senegal}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime Minister]] (1970-1980)<br />[[President of Senegal|President]] (1981-2000)||1935||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1935|9|7}}'''
|- 
|64||{{sortname|Raman|Osman}}||{{flag|Mauritius}}||[[Governor-General of Mauritius|Acting Governor-General]] (1982-1973)<br />[[Governor-General of Mauritius|Governor-General]] (1972-1979)||1902||1992||90 years, 79 days
|- 
|65||{{sortname|Godfrey|Banaisa}}||{{flag|Uganda}}||[[President of Uganda|President]] (1979-1980)||1920||2010||90 years, 67 days
|- 
|66||{{sortname|Hassan Ghouled|Aptidon}}||{{flag|Djibouti}}||[[Prime Minister of Djibouti|Prime Minister]] (1977)<br />[[President of Djibouti|President]] (1977-1991)||1916||2006||90 years, 37 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''67'''||'''{{sortname|Henri|Maidou}}'''||'''{{flag|Central African Republic|name=Central African Empire}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Central African Republic|Prime Minister]] (1978-1979)||1935||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1936|2|14}}'''
|-
|{{sort|68|56-68}}||{{sortname|Umar Arteh|Ghalib}}||{{flag|Somalia}}||[[Prime Minister of Somalia|Prime Minister]] (1991-1993)||1933||2023||89 years, 353 days to 90 years, 352 days
|-
|69||{{sortname|Rachid|Sfar}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1986-1987)||1933||2023||89 years, 312 days
|- 
|70||{{sortname|Solomon|Tandemg Muma}}||{{flag|Cameroon}}||[[Prime Minister of Cameroon|Prime Minister]] (1991-1992; 1996-2000)||1912||2002||89 years, 301 days
|- 
|71||{{sortname|Fernando José de França|Dias Van-Dúnem}}||{{flag|Angola}}||[[Prime Minister of Angola|Prime Minister]] (1991-1992; 1996-2000)||1934||2024||89 years, 243 days
|- 
|72||{{sortname|Ben|Nsibandze}}||{{flag|Swaziland}}||[[Prime Minister of Swaziland|Acting Prime Minister]] (1979)||1931||2021||89 years, 210 days
|- 
|73||{{sortname|Richard|Turnbull}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of Tanganyika (1961–1964).svg}}&nbsp;[[Tangyanika]]||[[Governor-General of Tangyanika|Governor-General]] (1993-1999)||1909||1998||89 years, 167 days
|- 
|74||{{sortname|Henri|Konan Bédié}}||{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}||[[Prime Minister of Swaziland|Acting Prime Minister]] (1993-1999)||1934||2023||89 years, 88 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''75'''||'''{{sortname|Hezem|El Beblawi}}'''||'''{{flag|Egypt}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]] (2013-2014)||1936||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1936|10|17}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''76'''||'''{{sortname|Miguel|Trovoada}}'''||'''{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]] (2013-2014)||1936||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1936|12|27}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''77'''||'''{{sortname|Raouf|Bundhun}}'''||'''{{flag|Mauritius}}'''||[[President of Mauritius|Acting President]] (2003)||1937||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1937|1|14}}'''
|- 
|78||{{sortname|Paulin|Obame-Nguema}}||{{flag|Gabon}}||[[Prime Minister of Gabon|Prime Minister]] (1994-1999)||1934||2023||88 years, 348 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''79'''||'''{{sortname|Olsegun|Obasonjo}}'''||'''{{flag|Nigeria}}'''||[[President of Nigeria|Head of the Federal Military Government]] (1976-1979)<br />[[President of Nigeria|President]] (1999-2007)||1937||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1937|3|5}}'''
|- 
|80||{{sortname|Ian|Smith}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964).svg}}&nbsp;[[Southern Rhodesia]]||[[Prime Minister of Rhodesia|Prime Minister]] (1964-1979)||1919||2007||88 years, 226 days
|- 
|81||{{sortname|Ahmed|Laraki}}||{{flag|Morocco}}||[[Prime Minister of Morocco|Prime Minister]] (1969-1971)||1931||2020||89 years, 18 days
|-
|82||{{sortname|Mohamed|Salah Mzali}}||{{flag|South Africa|1910}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1954)||1896||1984||88 years, 285 days
|- 
|83||{{sortname|Pascal|Lissouba}}||{{flag|Republic of the Congo|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}||[[Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo|Prime Minister]] (1963-1966)<br />[[President of the Republic of the Congo|President]] (1992-1997)||1931||2020||88 years, 283 days
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''84'''||'''{{sortname|Megistu Haile|Mariam}}'''||'''{{flag|Ethiopia}}'''||[[Worker's Party of Ethiopia|General Secretary of the Worker's Party]] (1984-1991)<br />[[President of Ethiopia|President]] (1987-1991)||1937||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1937|5|21}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''85'''||'''{{sortname|Manuel|Pinto da Costa}}'''||'''{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}'''||[[Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe|Prime Minister]] (1975-1991; 2011-2016)||1937||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1937|8|5}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''86'''||'''{{sortname|Jean Alingué|Bawoyeu}}'''||'''{{flag|Chad}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Chad|Prime Minister]] (1991-1992)<br />[[President of Chad|Acting President (1990)]]||1937||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1937|8|18}}'''
|- 
|87||{{sortname|Kamal|Ganzouri}}||{{flag|Egypt}}||[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]] (1996-1999, 2011-2012)||1933||2021||88 years, 78 days
|- 
|88||{{sortname|Félix|Houphouët-Boigny}}||{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}||[[Prime Minister of Ivory Coast|Prime Minister]] (1959-1960)<br />[[President of Ivory Coast|President]] (1960-1993)||1905||1993||88 years, 50 days
|-
|89||{{sortname|John|Paul}}||{{flag|Gambia}}||[[Governor-General of the Gambia|Governor-General]] (1962-1965)||1916||2004||88 years, 2 days
|-
|90||{{sortname|Humphrey|Gibbs}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963).svg}}&nbsp;[[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaaland|Rhodesia and Nyasaaland]]||[[Governor-General of Rhodesia and Nyasaaland|Acting Governor-General]] (1963)||1902||1990||87 years, 345 days
|-
|91||{{sortname|Hussein|Mazik}}||{{flag|Libya}}||[[Prime Minister of Libya|Prime Minister]] (1965-1967)||1918||2006||87 years, 318 days
|-
|92||{{sortname|C. R.|Swart}}||{{flag|South Africa|1928}}||[[Prime minister of South Africa|Acting Prime Minister]] (1958)<br />[[Governor-General of South Africa|Governor-General]] (1959-1961)<br />[[President of South Africa|State President]] (1961-1967)||1894||1982||87 years, 314 days
|-
|93||{{sortname|Sid Ahmed|Ghozali}}||{{flag|Algeria}}||[[Prime Minister of Algeria|Prime Minister]] (1991-1992)||1937||2025||87 years, 310 days
|- 
|94||{{sortname|Aristides|Pereira}}||{{flag|Cape Verde}}||[[President of Cape Verde|Prime Minister]] (1975-1991)||1923||2021||87 years, 309 days
|- 
|rowspan="2"|95||rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Godfrey|Huggins}}||{{flagicon image|Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964).svg}}&nbsp;[[Southern Rhodesia]]||[[Prime Minister of Rhodesia|Prime Minister]] (1933-1953)||rowspan="2"|1883||rowspan="2"|1971||rowspan="2"|87 years, 307 days
|-
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963).svg}}&nbsp;[[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaaland|Rhodesia and Nyasaaland]]||[[Prime Minister of Rhodesia and Nyasaaland|Prime Minister]] (1952-1956)
|- style="background-color:#99ff99"
|'''96'''||'''{{sortname|Alpha|Condé}}'''||'''{{flag|Guinea}}'''||[[President of Guinea|President]] (2010-2021)||1938||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1938|3|4}}'''
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|97||{{sortname|Imru|Haile Selassie}}||{{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Prime Minister of Ethiopia|Acting Prime Minister]] (1960)||1982||1980||87 years, 266 days
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|98||{{sortname|Aziz|Sedki}}||{{flag|Egypt}}||[[Prime Minister of  Egypt|Prime Minister]] (1972-1973)||1920||2008||87 years, 211 days
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|99||{{sortname|Mohamed|Chenik}}||{{flag|Tunisia}}||[[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] (1953; 1950-1952)||1916||2006||87 years, 203 days
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|100||{{sortname|Mustafa|Khalil}}||{{flag|Egypt}}||[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]] (1978-1980)||1920||2008||87 years, 202 days
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|1xx||{{sortname|Saïd Mohamed|Djohar}}||{{flag|Comoros}}||[[President of the Comoros|President]] (1989-1995; 1996)||1918||2006||87 years, 184 days-->
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!style="text-align:left"|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}.!!Name!!Stat!!Position!!Birth!!Death!!Age!!Age by<br />{{date table sorting|31 December 2025|abbr=on}}
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''1'''||'''{{sortname|Norbert|Raisirahonana}}'''||'''{{flag|Madagascar}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Madagascar|Prime Minister]] (1996-1997)<br />[[President of Madagascar|Acting President]] (1996-1997)||1938||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1938|11|18}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1938|11|18|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''2'''||'''{{sortname|John Kofi|Kofuor}}'''||'''{{flag|Ghana}}'''||[[President of Ghana|President]] (2001-2009)||1938||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1938|12|8}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1938|12|8|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''3'''||'''{{sortname|Thomas|Thabane}}'''||'''{{flag|Lesotho}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Lesotho|Prime Minister]] (2017-2020)||1939||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|5|28}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|5|28|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''4'''||'''{{sortname|Festus|Mogae}}'''||'''{{flag|Botswana}}'''||[[President of Botswana|President]] (1998-2008)||1939||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|8|1}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|8|1|2025|12|31}}'''
|-bgcolor=#99ff99
|'''5'''||'''{{sortname|Jean-François|Emane}}||{{flag|Gabon}}||[[Prime Minister of Gabon|Prime Minister]] (199)||1939||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1939|10|6}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|10|6|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''6'''||'''{{sortname|Joachim|Chissano}}'''||'''{{flag|Mozambique}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Mozambique|Prime Minister]] (1974-1975)<br />[[President of Mozambique|President]] (1986-2005)||1939||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|10|22}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|10|22|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''7'''||'''{{sortname|Moustapha|Niasse}}'''||'''{{flag|Senegal}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime Minister]] (2000-2001)||1939||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|11|4}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1939|11|4|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''8'''||'''{{sortname|Muhammad az-Zuruq|Rajab}}'''||'''{{flagicon image|Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg}}&nbsp;[[Libya]]'''||[[Prime Minister of Libya|Prime Minister]] (1984-1986)||1940||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|3|7}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|3|7|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''9'''||'''{{sortname|Mokdad|Sifi}}'''||'''{{flag|Algeria}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Algeria|Prime Minister]] (1994-1995)||1940||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|4|21}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|4|21|2025|12|31}}'''
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|'''10'''||'''{{sortname|Peter|Mutharika}}'''||'''{{flag|Libya}}'''||''''[[President of Libya|President]] (1994-1995)'''||1940||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|7|18}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|7|18|2025|12|31}}'''
<!--|- style="background-color:#99ff99" 
|'''10'''||'''{{sortname|Abbas|el-Fassi}}'''||'''{{flag|Morocco}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Morocco|Prime Minister]] (2007-2011)||1940||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|9|18}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|9|18|2025|12|31}}'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" 
|'''10'''||'''{{sortname|Mame|Madior Boye}}'''||'''{{flag|Senegal}}'''||[[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime Minister]] (2001-2002)||1940||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|12|7}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1940|12|7|2025|12|31}}'''-->
|}

== See Also ==
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*[[Hypothetical List of longest living state lottery from Africa]]
*[[List of oldest living state leaders]]
*[[List of longest-living state leaders]]
*[[Lists of State Leaders by age]]
*[[Top Ten oldest and longest-living cardinals and state leaders]]
*[[List of longest-living state leaders from Asia and Oceania]]
*[[List of longest-living state leaders from Europe]]
*[[List of longest-living state leaders from the Americas]]
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