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On 10/05/2020 at 19:41, drol said:

Manmohan Singh hospitalised. Seems not too serious, but has a long history of diabetes and heart disease.

Manmohan Singh hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19, which is deeply ravaging India. A man in his general health condition would likely be fucked, but... 

he has got two doses of Indian vaccine Covaxin. That did not prevent him from getting infected, but is much more likely to prevent him getting serious symptoms. 

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20 minutes ago, drol said:

Manmohan Singh hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19, which is deeply ravaging India. A man in his general health condition would likely be fucked, but... 

he has got two doses of Indian vaccine Covaxin. That did not prevent him from getting infected, but is much more likely to prevent him getting serious symptoms. 


Hmmm... doesn't sound good to me, unless he has just been hospitalised as a precaution. The Mukherjee of 2021?

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I'm almost willing to bet some money that H. D. Deve Gowda will outlive Manmohan Singh and Pratibha Patil.

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Covid got to Vanuatu. The country has a lot of old and unhealthy political figures and they don't tend to live very long:

 

Presidents:

Ati George Sokomanu (b. 1937) First President of Vanuatu in the 80s. Lost his wife last year.

John Bani (b. 1941) Fourth President of Vanuatu. The other presidents between Sokomanu and Bani are all dead. Looks worse than Sokomanu.

Kalkot Mataskelekele (b. 1949) Sixth President of Vanuatu.

Iolu Abil (b. 1942) Seventh President.

Philip Boedoro (b. 1958) and Esmon Saimon (b. 1955) former acting presidents, both look like sumo wrestlers.

 

 

Prime Ministers:

Maxime Carlot Korman (b. 1941) 2nd Prime Minister of Vanuatu 1991-1995 and in 1996. Overweight and old-looking. Also an (acting) president once.

Serge Vohor (b. 1955)  Third Prime Minister. Has been Prime Minister for five times, only once over a year. Bribery scandals, no known health issues

Barak Sope (b. 1951 or 1955) Fifth Prime Minister. Overweight and seen using a walking stick in many photos.

Ham Lini (b. 1951) Seventh Prime Minister. Brother of Walter Lini, first prime minister, who died in his 50s.

 

 

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Former US representative of Oregon, Elizabeth Furse dead of a fall at 84:

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/04/former-oregon-congresswoman-elizabeth-furse-has-died.html

 

She was born in the British colony of Kenya, grew up in South Africa, and married a US citizen. Then she became the first naturalized American to win a seat in Congress. Interesting.

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Luis Echeverria makes rare public appearance to get COVID vaccine. 

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On 12/04/2021 at 22:55, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Yep. Has 10 years on Rogers and is looking reasonably well in this pic from 2019  

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Tribute interview to Shirley Williams from Lord David Owen here https://mobile.twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1385157679153225732

 

He looks and sounds pretty good for an 83 year old (he could easily pass for ten years younger) and clearly is still mentally all there. Will be surprising if Rodgers survives him. 

 

A more interesting question may be which of the two Davids (Owen and Steel) lasts longer? 

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As the oldest living state leaders seem to be a pretty strong group, here's a list of the top 5 (plus the two "unclear status" ones) a picture of the person is above his name.

 

 

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(101th birthday, March 2021)

(Unclear status) - Josip Manolić (b. 22th of March 1920)

Second Prime Minister of Croatia 1990-1991. Croatia was still a part of SFR Yugoslavia until 1991. A meme in his country for how youthful he is. Seems to still be very healthy.

 

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(100th birthday, January 2021)

1 - Mustafa Ben Halim (b. 29th January 1921)

Libyan Prime Minister 1954-1957. Only Kingdom of Libya leader who lived long enough to see Gaddafi fall.

 

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(Unclear status) - Kim Yong-ju (b. September 1921?)

Vice President during Vacancy 1994-1998. Not much information on how he's doing nowadays or if he is even alive.

 

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(2016)

2 - Francisco Morales-Bermúdez (b. 4th October 1921)

Military dictator/President of Peru 1975-1980. Sentenced to life imprisonment in Italy in 2017.

 

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(16th of April 2021, vaccinated for COVID)

3 - Luis Echeverría (b. 17th January 1922)

Mexican President 1970-1976. Banned rock music recorded my Mexican bands in 1971. He was hospitalized in 2018, is now in a wheelchair.

 

 

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(2016)

4 - Khamtai Siphandon (b. 8th February 1924)

First the Laotian Prime Minister 1991-1998, then the President 1998-2006. Stepped down in 2006, his predecessor as President (Nouhak Phoumsavanh) lived to 98. One of the more quiet people on this list.

 

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(Late 2020)

5 - Tomiichi Murayama (b. 3rd March 1924)

Japanese Prime Minister 1994-1996 known for releasing the Murayama Statement. Still in good health.

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Old Kim was actually born in September 1922, despite Western media having the tendency to exaggerate North Korean politicians age. I think he is definitely still alive and will get a wreath from his nephew when he dies. It just seems the North Koreans hierarchs from the 20s are unsinkable. 

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On 19/04/2021 at 17:37, Ulitzer95 said:


Hmmm... doesn't sound good to me, unless he has just been hospitalised as a precaution. The Mukherjee of 2021?

As predicted, Manmohan shows no further symptoms.

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On 03/04/2021 at 23:28, arghton said:

https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/jyrkikasvi/kaksipiippuista-hoitoa/

Says that he'll buy this new somewhat experimental medicine after easter that could make it spread slower.

It's mutating and apparently is now also in the lungs and in adipose tissue.

Jyrki Kasvi update:

Got access to two experimental medicines. He has two mutations that cause the cancer to spread unstoppably despite treatment and medicines but still hopes that these will work.

As I've mentioned before his bladder, both kidneys, prostate and spleen have been removed. 60% of his liver still works.

He has planned his funeral, done all the paperwork but hopes he'll have more time. 

(https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/f5b51676-f561-46a0-a746-d06b8bf6522d)

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^ In terms of bringing useful information that might have skipped most of us by, contender for one of the best new posters on the forum in quite some time imo.

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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrille_Ndayirukiye

https://taarifa.rw/burundis-major-general-ndayirukiye-dies-in-prison/

Cyrille Ndayirukiye, former Burundian Minister of National Defence 2000-2002 has died aged 66 in prison.

He was known for participating in a coup against Pierre Nkurunziza (1964-2020) in 2015.

The coup was led by Godefroid Niyombare, former Burundi ambassador to Kenya. The four generals (Ndayirukiye, Niyombare and two others) who organized the coup were given a life sentence.

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Baroness Detta O'Cathain (wiki), Irish-born British businesswoman and a Conservative member of the Lords (since 1991), has died aged 83 following a short illness.

Controversial lady. Didn't like the gays. Took up the anti-LGBT rights mantle in the Lords after Janet Young died in 2002.

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4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Baroness Detta O'Cathain (wiki), Irish-born British businesswoman and a Conservative member of the Lords (since 1991), has died aged 83 following a short illness.

Controversial lady. Didn't like the gays. Took up the anti-LGBT rights mantle in the Lords after Janet Young died in 2002.

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I understand why she didn't like the gays. She looks like a massive lesbian so probably got alot of unwanted attention from women...

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6 minutes ago, Windsor said:

 

I understand why she didn't like the gays. She looks like a massive lesbian so probably got alot of unwanted attention from women...

As my Grandfather would have said "I wouldn`t touch her with Ken Livingstone`s"

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On 18/10/2020 at 15:31, arghton said:

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11600817

Marjatta Väänänen, a politician in Finland during dictator/president Kekkonen's presidency...

 

This means there are only two members of the Black dozen (Musta tusina) alive,

Taisto Tähkämaa (b. 1924, former defence minister and minister of agriculture and forestry)

Heimo Linna (b. 1925, another former minister of agriculture and forestry)

 

The opposing K-line has more living members:

Seppo Sarlund (b. 1942, lobbyist)

Paavo Väyrynen (b. 1946, perennial candidate for president and veteran politician)

Mauri Pekkarinen (b. 1947, has held multiple positions in governments during the 2000s, now a MEP)

Seppo Kääriäinen (b. 1948, former defence minister)

Matti Vanhanen (b. 1955, current minister of finance. Has had some heart problems.)

Has been absent from political talks recently. Vanhanen had kidney cancer a few years ago and had an open-heart surgery in 2019.

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Lord Smith of Clifton (wiki), Lib Dem life peer and member of the House of Lords (1997–2019), dead from septicaemia, aged 83.

Also the former spokesperson for the Lib Dems on Northern Ireland, and Vice Chancellor of the University of Ulster from 1991 to 1999.

Times obituary.

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24 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Lord Smith of Clifton (wiki), Lib Dem life peer and member of the House of Lords (1997–2019), dead from septicaemia, aged 83.

Also the former spokesperson for the Lib Dems on Northern Ireland, and Vice Chancellor of the University of Ulster from 1991 to 1999.

Times obituary.

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Got to love these comments on LibDem leaders from Lord Smith who couldn't even get elected to the House of Commons - what a prick he sounds: 

 

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Speaking of ill Lords... worth taking note of these names for deadpooling purposes (though granted, a bit of a shot in the dark):

Parliament is prorogued today, early afternoon to be precise, marking the end of this parliamentary session. Two peers are set to be expelled for not attending a single sitting in the last quarter: 

Lord Rogers of Riverside – Labour life peer, better known as Richard Rogers, a very prominent Italian-British architect. 88 in July.
Lord Selsdon – Tory hereditary, member of the House since 1963(!), 84 in October

Additionally, another two were set to be expelled today for the same reasons, but they got a special "leave of absence" granted last night enabling them to stay on in absentia. They are:

Lord Lawson of Blaby – Tory life peer and former Chancellor, better known as Nigel Lawson. Turned 89 last month.
Lord Hanningfield – Non-affiilated peer, former leader of Essex Council and all round crook. Turns 81 in September.

Good chance several of them are poorly. I'll see if I can get any more info.

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I see you noted Lord Christopher's absence too. Lord Clarke (Labour, 89, not Ken) went on one last week too.

 

Also Derry Irvine was a regular voter in the Lords until the pandemic started and has just gone on a leave of absence last month?

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There's a lot of talk about the oldest state leaders alive...but what about the earliest ones alive?

 

By continent for the ones before the 1970s:

North America

South America

Asia

Africa

Europe

Oceania

 

1940s

1943 - Simeon II (b. 1937) Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-1946) and later Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001-2005). Earliest living former state leader.

 

1950s

1950 - Gyanendra (b. 1947) King of Nepal 1950-1951 and later 2001-2008

1952 - Elizabeth II (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present) Currently longest ruling state leader and monarch.

Fuad II (b. 1952) King of Egypt and Sudan (1952-1953)

1954 - Mustafa Ben Halim (1921-2021) Prime Minister of Libya (1954-1957) Oldest living state leader, earliest non-royal head of a country.

1956 - Sirikit (b. 1932) Queen Regent of Thailand (1956)

 

1960s

1960 - César Yanes Urías (b. 1920 or 1931) and Rene Fortín Magaña (1931-2020) El Salvador junta members 1960-1961

Albert Ndele (1930-2023) Head of Government of Congo Leopoldville 1960

1963 - Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (b. 1929) Sultan of Zanzibar (1963-1964)

1964 - Constantine II (1940-2023) King of the Hellenes (1964-1973)

Trần Thiện Khiêm (1925-2021) South Vietnam Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964) and Prime Minister (1969–1975)

Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021) President of Zambia (1964-1991)

1965 - Pié Masumbuko (b. 1931) Acting Prime Minister of Burundi (1965)

1966 - Yakubu Gowon (b. 1934) and Emmanuel E Ikwue (b. 1940) of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria (1966-1979), Gowon later the Head of State of Nigeria 1966-1975

1967 - Hassanal Bolkiah (b. 1946) Sultan of Brunei (1967-present)

Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini (1932-2021) Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic (1967, 1969, 1970-1971, 1971-1972 and 1974-1975)

Ali Aref Bourhan (b. 1934) President of the Government Council of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (1967-1976)

 

1970 - Abdou Diouf (b. 1935) Prime Minister of Senegal (1970-1980), President (1981-2000)

Lubomír Štrougal (1924-2023) Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1970-1988)

Luis Echeverría (1922-2022) President of Mexico (1970-1976)

 

1971-1980:

Spoiler

1971 - Ali Nasir Muhammad (b. 1939) Prime Minister of South Yemen 1971-1985

Luigi Lonfernini (b. 1938) Captain Regent of San Marino 1971

Marino Vagnetti (b. 1924) Captain Regent of San Marino 1971-1972 and 1989

Percival Austin Bramble (b. 1931) Chief Minister of Montserrat 1970-1978

1972 - Abdessalam Jalloud (b. 1944) Prime Minister of Libya 1972-1977

Ahmed Osman (b. 1930) Prime Minister of Morocco 1972-1979

Queen Kesang Choden (b. 1930) Regent 1972

Jigme Singye Wangchuck (b. 1955) King of Bhutan 1972-2006

Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai (1928-2020) Political Officer in Sikkim 1972-1974

Margrethe II (b. 1940) Queen of Denmark 1972-

Arturo Armando Molina (1927-2021) President of El Salvador 1972-1977

James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (b. 1931) Premier of Saint Vincent 1972-1974, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1984-2000

Guillermo Rodríguez (b. 1924) Acting President of Ecuador 1972-1976

1973 - Henri Lopes (b. 1937) Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville 1973-1975

Zaid Rifai (b. 1936) Prime Minister of Jordan 1973-1976, 1984-1989

Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946) King of Sweden 1973-

John Hilary Smith (b. 1928) Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1973-1978

1974 - Mengistu Haile Mariam (b. 1937) Head of State of Ethiopia as the Chairman of the Derg 1974, 1977-1987, President 1987-1991

Joaquim Chissano (b. 1939) Prime Minister of the Portuguese Mozambique 1974-1975, President of Mozambique 1986-2005

Leonel Mário d'Alva (b. 1935) Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister 1974-1975

José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro (b. 1940) Governor of Macau 1974-1979

Nuno Fisher Lopes Pires (b. 1930) and Narciso Mendes Dias (b. 1935) National Salvation Junta of Portugal members, 1974

Juan Carlos I (b. 1938) Acting Head of Spain 1974, King of Spain 1975-2014

Patrick John (1938-2021) Premier of Dominica 1974-1978, Prime Minister of Dominica 1978-1979

Isabel Peron (b. 1931) President of Argentina 1974-1976

1975 - Lopo do Nascimento (b. 1942) Prime Minister of the People's Republic Angola 1975-1978

José Ndele (b. 1940) Prime Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola 1975-1976

Paul Biya (b. 1933) Prime Minister of Cameroon 1975-1982, President 1982-

Pedro Pires (b. 1934) Prime Minister of Cape Verde 1975-1991, President 2001-2011

Louis Sylvain Goma (b. 1941) Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville 1975-1984

Manuel Pinto da Costa (b. 1937) President of São Tomé and Príncipe 1975-1991, 2011-2016

Miguel Trovoada (b. 1937) Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 1975-1979, President 1991-2001

Francisco Morales-Bermúdez (b. 1921) Prime Minister of Peru 1975, Head of State 1975-1980

1976 - Abdallah Mohamed Kamil (b. 1936) President of the Government Council of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas 1976-1977, Prime Minister of Djibouti 1978

Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (b. 1947) Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Prime Minister 1976-1982, 1985-1988

Olusegun Obasanjo (b. 1937) President of Nigeria 1976-1979 and 1999-2007

Mudar Badran (b. 1934) Prime Minister of Jordan 1976-1979, 1980-1984 and 1989-1991

Khieu Samphan (b. 1931) Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia 1976, Chairman of the State Presidium 1976-1979

Selim Hoss (b. 1929) Prime Minister of Lebanon 1976-1980, 1987-1990 and 1998-2000, President of Lebanon 1988-1989 and 1989

Thanin Kraivichien (b. 1927) Prime Minister of Thailand 1976-1977

António Ramalho Eanes (b. 1935) President of Portugal 1976-1986

Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi (b. 1938) Prime Minister of Western Samoa 1976-1982 and 1982, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa 2007-2017

1977 - Florent Ntsiba (b. 1947) and Denis Sassou Nguesso (b. 1943) as members of the Military Committee of the Congolese Party of Labour, Nguesso later the President of the Republic of Congo 1979-1992 and since 1997

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (b. 1939) Prime Minister of Libya 1977-1979, head of state as Secretary-General 1979-1981

Désiré Rakotoarijaona (b. 1934) Prime Minister of Madagascar 1977-1988

Dries Van Agt (b. 1931) Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1977-1982

Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) President of the United States 1977-1981

1978 - Henri Maïdou (b. 1936) Prime Minister of the Central African Empire 1978-1979

Hissène Habré (b. 1942) Prime Minister of Chad 1978-1979 and President 1982-1990

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (b. 1937) President of the Maldives 1978-2008

Hans Brunhart (b. 1945) Prime Minister of Liechenstein 1978-1993

Aristides Royo (b. 1940) President of Panama 1978-1982

Ieremia Tabai (b. 1949) Chief Minister of the Gilbert Islands 1978-1979, President of Kiribati 1979-1982 and 1983-1991

Carlos S. Camacho (b. 1937) Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands 1978-1982

1979 - José Eduardo dos Santos (b. 1942) President of Angola 1979-2017

Goukouni Oueddei (b. 1944) President of Chad 1979 and 1979-1982

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (b. 1942) President of Equatorial Guinea 1979-

Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (b. 1939) Prime Minister of Libya 1979-1984, 1986-1987

Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (b. 1940) Prime Minister of Mauritania 1979-1980, 1980-1984 and 1984

Mabandla Dlamini (b. 1930) Prime Minister of Swaziland 1979-1983

Abolhassan Banisadr (b. 1933, later President of Iran 1980-1981), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (b. 1942, later Prime Minister of Iran 1981-1989), Ali Khamenei (b. 1939, later President of Iran 1981-1989 and Supreme Leader of Iran 1989-), Abbas Sheibani (b. 1931), Reza Sadr (b. 1933), Ahmad Jalali (b. 1949) and Habibollah Peyman (b. 1935) as Members of the Council of the Islamic Revolution

Heng Samrin (b. 1934) Head of State of Cambodia 1979-1992

Edward Schreyer (b. 1935) Governor-General of Canada 1979-1984

Joe Clark (b. 1939) Prime Minister of Canada 1979-1980

Oliver Seraphin (b. 1943) Prime Minister of Dominica 1979-1980

Adolfo Arnoldo Majano (b. 1938) Member and Chairman of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador 1979-1980

Don Martina (b. 1935) Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles 1979-1984 and 1986-1988

Daniel Ortega (b. 1945, later President 1979-1990 and 2007-), Violeta Chamorro (b. 1929, later President 1990-1997), Sergio Ramirez (b. 1942), Moises Hassan (b. 1942) and Alfonso Robelo (b. 1939) as Members of the Junta of National Reconstruction

David Buffett (b. 1942) Chief Minister of Norfolk Islands 1979-1986, 2006-2007 and 2010-2013

Paul McDonald Calvo (b. 1934) Governor of Guam 1979-1983

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1980 - Jean-Pierre Lebouder (b. 1944) Prime Minister of the Central African Republic 1980-1981

Cleopa Msuya (b. 1931) Prime Minister of Tanzania 1980-1983 and 1994-1995

Yoweri Museveni (b. 1944) Member of the Presidential Commission of Uganda 1980, later President of Uganda 1986-

Chun Doo-hwan (b. 1931) President of South Korea 1980-1988

Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (b. 1932) Prime Minister of Syria 1980-1987

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (b. 1930) President of Iceland 1980-1997

Arnaldo Forlani (b. 1925) Prime Minister of Italy 1980-1981

Beatrix (b. 1938) Queen of the Netherlands 1980-2013

James Hennessy (b. 1923) Governor of Belize 1980-1981

Kennedy Simmonds (b. 1936) Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis 1980-1983, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis 1983-1995

Oswald Skippings (b. 1953) Chief Minister of Turks and Caicos Islands 1980

Norman Saunders (b. 1943) Chief Minister of Turks and Caicos Islands 1980-1985

Julius Chan (b. 1939) Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea 1980-1982, 1994-1997 and 1997

Ati George Sokomanu (b. 1937) President of Vanuatu 1980-1984 and 1984-1989

José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete (b. 1935), Héctor Dada Hirezi (b. 1938) and José Antonio Morales Ehrlich (b. 1935) as Members of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador

Dési Bouterse (b. 1945) De Facto Head of State of Suriname as the Chairman of the National Military Council 1980-1987 and later President of Suriname 2010-2020.

List ends here

 

Youngest ones on the list/ones born in the 1950s: Jigme Singye Wangchuck (b. 1955), Oswald Skippings (b. 1953) and Fuad II (b. 1952)

Earliest non-royal head of state: Trần Thiện Khiêm (1925-2021) or Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021), 1964

Earliest non-royal head of government: Mustafa Ben Halim (1921-2021) 1954

 

People born after 1945 who lead a country before 1980 under the age of 30 but have already died:

Ntare V (1947-1972) King of Burundi 1966

Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951-2014) President of Haiti 1971-1986

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946-2016) Burundi Military Dictator/President 1976-1987

Bernard Dowiyogo (1946-2003) Seven-time President of Nauru, first 1976-1978

Samuel Doe (1951-1990) Head of State of Liberia 1980-1986

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1 hour ago, arghton said:

There's a lot of talk about the oldest state leaders alive...but what about the earliest ones alive?

 

1940s

1940 - Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935) Dalai Lama (1940-present)

1943 - Simeon II (b. 1937) Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-1946) and later Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001-2005)

 

1950s

1950 - Gyanendra (b. 1947) King of Nepal 1950-1951 and later 2001-2008

1952 - Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)

Fuad II (b. 1952) King of Egypt and Sudan (1952-1953)

1954 - Mustafa Ben Halim (b. 1921) Prime Minister of Libya (1954-1957)

1956 - Queen Sirikit (b. 1932) Queen Regent of Thailand (1956)

 

1960s

1963 - Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (b. 1929) Sultan of Zanzibar (1963-1964)

1964 - Constantine II (b. 1940) King of the Hellenes (1964-1973)

Trần Thiện Khiêm (b. 1925) South Vietnam Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964) and Prime Minister (1969–1975)

Kenneth Kaunda (b. 1924) President of Zambia (1964-1991)

1965 - Pié Masumbuko (b. 1931) Acting Prime Minister of Burundi (1965)

1967 - Hassanal Bolkiah (b. 1946) Sultan of Brunei (1967-present)

 

60s category are not finished yet


The Dalai Lama shouldn't be included, because Tibet is not a nation state in the eyes of the U.N., or just in general tbh.

If you're going to wander that far down the path, then best check the other current and historical unrecognised states e.g. United Arab Republic, Abkhazia, Somaliland etc. etc. for living leaders of the past.

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