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.

Since 1800, the youngest serving state leader has been 0-day-old Alfonso XIII, King of Spain,^[1] while the oldest has been 96-year-old Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

Rank	Name	Position	Assumed office	Born	Age
1	Paul Biya	President of Cameroon	1982^[2]	(1933-02-13)13 February 1933	92 years, 100 days
2	Mahmoud Abbas	President of the Palestinian National Authority, President of the State of Palestine	2005	(1935-11-15)15 November 1935	89 years, 190 days
3	Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud	King of Saudi Arabia	2015^[3]	(1935-12-31)31 December 1935	89 years, 144 days
4	Harald V	King of Norway^[4]	1991	(1937-02-21)21 February 1937	88 years, 92 days
5	Ali Khamenei	Supreme Leader of Iran	1989^[5]	(1939-04-19)19 April 1939	86 years, 35 days
6	Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové	President of Togo	2025	(1939-05-07)7 May 1939	86 years, 17 days
7	Muhammad Yunus	Chief Adviser of Bangladesh	2024	(1940-06-28)28 June 1940	84 years, 330 days
8	Mishal I	Emir of Kuwait	2023	(1940-09-27)27 September 1940	84 years, 239 days
9	Michael D. Higgins	President of Ireland	2011	(1941-04-18)18 April 1941	84 years, 36 days
10	Sergio Mattarella	President of Italy	2015	(1941-07-23)23 July 1941	83 years, 305 days

Rank	Name	Position	Last year in office (reason term ended)	Age at end
1	Giovanni Paolo Lascaris	Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller	1657 (death)	97 years, 47 days
1	Giovanni Paolo Lascaris	Ruler of Malta	1657 (death)	97 years, 47 days
2	Elizabeth II	Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms^[6]	2022 (death)	96 years, 140 days
3	Prem Tinsulanonda	Regent of Thailand	2016 (tenure ended)	96 years, 97 days
4	George Tupou I	King of Tonga	1893 (death)	95 years, 76 days
5	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister of Malaysia	2020 (resigned)	94 years, 235 days
6	Nicolò da Ponte	Doge of Venice	1585 (death)	94 years, 196 days
7	Malietoa Tanumafili II	O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa	2007 (death)	94 years, 127 days
8	Robert Mugabe	President of Zimbabwe	2017 (resigned)	93 years, 273 days
9	Leo XIII	Pope of the Holy See^[7]	1903 (death)	93 years, 140 days
10	Beji Caid Essebsi	President of Tunisia	2019 (death)	92 years, 238 days

Rank	Name	Position	Assumed office	Born	Age
1	Kristrún Frostadóttir	Prime Minister of Iceland	2024	12 May 1988	37 years, 12 days
2	Ibrahim Traoré	President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration of Burkina Faso	2022	14 March 1988	37 years, 71 days
2	Ibrahim Traoré	Interim President of Burkina Faso	2022	14 March 1988	37 years, 71 days
3	Daniel Noboa	President of Ecuador	2023	30 November 1987	37 years, 175 days
4	Milojko Spajić	Prime Minister of Montenegro	2023	24 September 1987	37 years, 242 days
5	Jakov Milatović	President of Montenegro	2023	7 December 1986	38 years, 168 days
6	Paetongtarn Shinawatra	Prime Minister of Thailand	2024	21 August 1986	38 years, 276 days
7	Gabriel Boric	President of Chile	2022	11 February 1986	39 years, 102 days
8	Mohammed bin Salman	Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia	2022	31 August 1985	39 years, 266 days
9	Mahamat Déby	President of Chad^[8]	2024	4 April 1984	41 years, 51 days
10	Assimi Goïta	Interim President of Mali^[9]	2021	9 November 1983	41 years, 196 days

Rank	Name	Position	Assumed office	Age when assuming office
1	Alfonso XIII	King of Spain	1886	0 days^[1]
2	Sobhuza II	King of Swaziland	1899	141 days
3	Fuad II	King of Egypt	1952	192 days
4	Puyi	Emperor of China	1908	2 years, 299 days
5	Rajendra	King of Nepal	1816	2 years, 353 days
6	Isabella II	Queen of Spain	1833	2 years, 354 days
7	Gyanendra	King of Nepal	1950^[10]	3 years, 123 days
8	Guangxu	Emperor of China	1875	3 years, 195 days
9	Faisal II	King of Iraq	1939	3 years, 337 days
10	Pedro II	Emperor of Brazil	1831	5 years, 126 days

Rank	Name	Position	In office	Born	Age
1	Guillermo Rodríguez	Acting President of Ecuador	1972–1976	(1923-11-04)4 November 1923	101 years, 201 days
2	Tomiichi Murayama	Prime Minister of Japan	1994–1996	(1924-03-03)3 March 1924	101 years, 82 days
3	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister of Malaysia	1981–2003; 2018–2020	(1925-07-10)10 July 1925	99 years, 318 days
4	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Afghanistan	1988–1989	(1925-07-17)17 July 1925	99 years, 311 days
5	Abdoulaye Wade	President of Senegal	2000–2012	(1926-05-29)29 May 1926	98 years, 360 days
6	Valdas Adamkus	President of Lithuania	1998–2003; 2004–2009	(1926-11-03)3 November 1926	98 years, 202 days
7	Raif Dizdarević	President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia	1988–1989	(1926-12-09)9 December 1926	98 years, 166 days
8	Kim Yong-nam	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea	1998–2019	(1928-02-04)4 February 1928	97 years, 109 days
9	Arthur Foulkes	Governor-General of the Bahamas	2010–2014	(1928-05-11)11 May 1928	97 years, 13 days
10	Péter Boross	Prime Minister of Hungary	1993–1994	(1928-08-27)27 August 1928	96 years, 270 days

Oldest serving state leaders

Rank	Name	Position	Born	Died	Age
1	Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum	Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962)	1905	2009	103 years, 143 days
2	Celâl Bayar	Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
2	Celâl Bayar	President of Turkey (1950–1960)	1883	1986	103 years, 98 days
3	Antoine Pinay	Prime Minister of France (1952–1953)	1891	1994	102 years, 348 days
4	André Prunet-Foch	French Viguier in Andorra (1977–1980)	1914	2017	102 years, 211 days
5	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Prime Minister of Japan (1945)	1887	1990	102 years, 48 days
6	Babiker Awadalla	Prime Minister of Sudan (1969)	1917	2019	101 years, 321 days
7	Willem Drees	Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)	1886	1988	101 years, 314 days
8	Đỗ Mười	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam (1988–1991)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
8	Đỗ Mười	General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991–1997)	1917	2018	101 years, 241 days
9	Zhang Qun	Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948)	1889	1990	101 years, 219 days
10	Guillermo Rodríguez	Acting President of Ecuador (1972–1976)	1923	Living	101 years, 201 days