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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as politicians and government servants – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Yahia Abdennour | 1921–2021 | 100 | Algerian politician, lawyer and human rights activist[1] |
| V. S. Achuthanandan | 1923–2025 | 101 | Indian politician, Chief Minister of Kerala (2006–2011)[2] |
| Amīr Aṣlān Afshār | 1919–2021 | 101 | Iranian politician and diplomat[3] |
| Giuseppe Alessi | 1905–2009 | 103 | Italian political leader, president of Sicily[4] |
| Pierre Aliker | 1907–2013 | 106 | French Martinican politician, physician and independence activist[5] |
| Vicente Almeida d'Eça | 1918–2018 | 100 | Portuguese colonial administrator, Colonial Governor of Cape Verde (1974)[6] |
| Giuseppe Amadei | 1919–2020 | 101 | Italian politician[7] |
| K. R. Gouri Amma | 1919–2021 | 101 | Indian politician, leader of the All India Kisan Sabha or peasants front of the Communist Party of India (CPIM) (1967–1976)[8][9] |
| Randi Anda | 1898–1999 | 100 | Norwegian politician, deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway[10] |
| Doris Margaret Anderson | 1922–2022 | 100 | Canadian senator[11] |
| Gerald Smedley Andrews | 1903–2005 | 102 | Canadian civil servant, frontier teacher, land surveyor, and soldier[12] |
| Caroline Anthonypillai | 1908–2009 | 100 | Ceylonese/Sri Lankan political activist and trade unionist; wife of S. C. C. Anthony Pillai.[13] |
| Frank Pierpoint Appleby | 1913–2015 | 101 | Canadian soldier and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986)[14] |
| Ronald Atkins | 1916–2020 | 104 | British politician, MP for Preston North (1966–1970, 1974–1979)[15] |
| Babiker Awadalla | 1917–2019 | 101 | Sudanese politician, prime minister (1969)[16] |
| Rostyslav Babiychuk | 1911–2013 | 101 | Ukrainian Soviet politician, Minister of Culture of Ukrainian SSR (1956–1971)[17] |
| Robert L. Backman | 1922–2022 | 100 | American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1971–1975)[18] |
| William Bains-Jordan | 1916–2021 | 104 | American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1962)[19] |
| Haven J. Barlow | 1922–2022 | 100 | American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1952–1955) and senate (1955–1994)[20] |
| Francis Lodowic Bartels | 1910–2010 | 100 | Ghanaian diplomat and educationist, Ambassador of Ghana to West Germany (1970–1972)[21][22][23] |
| James O. Bass | 1910–2019 | 108 | American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1936–1939) and senate (1940–1942)[24] |
| Celâl Bayar | 1883–1986 | 103 | Turkish politician, prime minister (1937–1939) and third president (1950–1960)[25] |
| Luis Bedoya Reyes | 1919–2021 | 102 | Peruvian politician, founder and first President of the Christian People's Party (PPC) (1966–1999) and mayor of Lima (1964–1969)[26][27][28] |
| Armando León Bejarano | 1916–2016 | 100 | Mexican politician, governor of Morelos (1976–1982)[29] |
| Francis Bellotti | 1923–2024 | 101 | American politician, attorney general (1975–87) and lieutenant governor (1963–65) of Massachusetts[30] |
| Mustafa Ben Halim | 1921–2021 | 100 | Libyan politician, prime minister (1954–1957)[31][32] |
| Helena Benitez | 1914–2016 | 102 | Filipino politician, senator (1967–1972) and Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)[33] |
| Carol Berman | 1923–2023 | 100 | American politician, member of the New York Senate (1979–1984)[34] |
| Yitzhak Berman | 1913–2013 | 100 | Israeli politician, Speaker of the Knesset (1980–1981) and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure (1981–1982)[35][36] |
| Richard N. Berry | 1915–2018 | 102 | American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1960–1966) and Maine Senate (1966–1976)[37] |
| Giovanni Bersani | 1914–2014 | 100 | Italian politician, MEP (1960–1989)[38] |
| Earl Hanley Beshlin | 1870–1971 | 101 | American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives[citation needed] |
| Mordechai Bibi | 1922–2023 | 100 | Iraqi-born Israeli politician[39] |
| Howard Bier | 1919–2025 | 105 | American politician, member (1959–1972) and speaker (1971–1972) of the North Dakota House of Representatives[40][41] |
| Louis Bisdee | 1910–2010 | 100 | Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council[42] |
| Naftali Blumenthal | 1922–2022 | 100 | Israeli politician[43] |
| Stéphane Bonduel | 1919–2021 | 102 | French politician[44][45] |
| Saul Bonnell | 1871–1973 | 101 | Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons for the Unionist Party[46] |
| Meredith Bordeaux | 1912–2014 | 101 | American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1979–1982)[47] |
| Robert R. Bowie | 1909–2013 | 104 | American deputy director of the CIA[48] |
| Sir Harry Brittain | 1873–1974 | 100 | British journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union; served in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Acton (1918–1929)[49] |
| Emily Sophie Brown | 1881–1985 | 103 | American politician, served in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1921–1923)[50] |
| Sir Mervyn Brown | 1923–2023 | 100 | British diplomat, ambassador to Madagascar (1967–1970), high commissioner to Tanzania (1975–1978) and Nigeria (1979–1983)[51] |
| James L. Buckley | 1923–2023 | 100 | American politician, U.S. Senator from New York (1971-1977)[52] |
| Daniel Burke | 1827–1927 | 100 | Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1893–1903)[53] |
| Morley Byron Bursey | 1912–2013 | 101 | Canadian diplomat[54] |
| Mortimer Caplin | 1916–2019 | 103 | American political appointee, Commissioner of Internal Revenue[55] |
| Reinhold O. Carlson | 1905–2006 | 100 | American politician, mayor of Des Moines, Iowa[56] |
| Jimmy Carter | 1924–2024 | 100 | American politician, 39th president of the United States (1977–1981), 76th governor of Georgia (1971–1975), 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and humanitarian[57] |
| Mohan Lal Chakma | 1911/1912–2013[a] | 101 | Indian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pencharthal, Tripura (1978–1983)[58] |
| Albin Chalandon | 1920–2020 | 100 | French politician[59] |
| Alun Gwynne Jones | 1919–2020 | 100 | British politician, junior minister and life peer[60] |
| Saul Cherniack | 1917–2018 | 101 | Canadian lawyer and politician[61] |
| Selahattin Çetiner | 1922–2023 | 100 | Turkish politician[62][63] |
| Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | 1905–2009 | 103 | Cambodian civil servant and politician, interim prime minister (1962) and President of the National Assembly (1962–1963, 1966–1968)[64] |
| Gaositwe Chiepe | 1922–2025 | 102 | Botswanan politician, diplomat, Foreign Minister (1984–1994)[65] |
| Smyly Chinery | 1923–2024 | 101 | Ghanaian civil servant[66] |
| Binod Bihari Chowdhury | 1911–2013 | 102 | Bangladeshi anti-colonial revolutionary and social worker[67] |
| Sir Chung Sze-yuen | 1917–2018 | 101 | Hong Kong politician[68] |
| Alfred Chupin | 1916–2021 | 104 | French politician, deputy (1951–1955), mayor of Brest (1947–1953)[69] |
| Keir Clark | 1910–2010 | 100 | Canadian politician[70] |
| George W. Clarke | 1906–2006 | 100 | American politician, Washington state legislator[71] |
| Merwin Coad | 1924– | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1963)[72] |
| Roswell K. Colcord | 1839–1939 | 100 | American politician, Governor of Nevada[73] |
| Cornelius Cole | 1822–1924 | 102 | American politician, U.S. Senator from California (1867–1873), longest-lived U.S. senator[74] |
| Tom Copeland | 1924– | 101 | American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1957–1973)[75] |
| Benedetto Cottone | 1917–2018 | 100 | Italian politician[76] |
| Dame Elizabeth Couchman | 1876–1982 | 106 | Australian Liberal Party politician[77] |
| Walter Crocker | 1902–2002 | 100 | Australian diplomat, politician and writer[78] |
| Louis Crump | 1916–2019 | 102 | American politician[79] |
| John Crutcher | 1916–2017 | 100 | American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas[80] |
| Birgit Dalland | 1907–2007 | 100 | Norwegian politician[81] |
| Emilio D'Amore | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian politician and journalist[82] |
| Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American politician, Governor of Louisiana[83] |
| Sir Alan Dawtry | 1915–2018 | 102 | British local government official, chief executive of Westminster City Council (1956–1977)[84] |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | 1920–2020 | 100 | Peruvian politician and diplomat, prime minister (2000–2001) and Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991)[85] |
| Peter J. De Muth | 1892–1993 | 101 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-PA)[86] |
| Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres | 1721–1824 | 102 | Swiss-born Canadian cartographer and statesman[87] |
| Leon Despres | 1908–2009 | 101 | American attorney and politician, member of the Chicago City Council[88] |
| Georges-Casimir Dessaulles | 1827–1930 | 102 | Canadian senator[89] |
| Charles S. Dewey | 1880–1980 | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-IL)[90] |
| Boubacar Biro Diallo | 1922–2025 | 103 | Guinean politician, president of National Assembly[91] |
| Frank DiPaolo | 1906–2013 | 106 | American politician and activist[92] |
| Đỗ Mười | 1917–2018 | 101 | Vietnamese politician, prime minister (1988–1991)[93] |
| Floyd Dominy | 1909–2010 | 100 | American bureaucrat, Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation[94] |
| Haddon Donald | 1917–2018 | 101 | New Zealand politician[95] |
| William I. Donnermeyer Sr. | 1924– | 100 | American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives[96] |
| Fred J. Doocy | 1913–2017 | 104 | American banker and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and senator[97] |
| Kazi Lhendup Dorjee | 1904–2007 | 102 | Indian politician, first Chief Minister of Sikkim[98] |
| Willem Drees | 1886–1988 | 101 | Dutch prime minister (1948–1958)[99] |
| Andreana Družina | 1920–2021 | 101 | Slovenian political commissar and partisan People's Hero of Yugoslavia[100] |
| Du Runsheng | 1913–2015 | 102 | Chinese military officer, revolutionary leader, politician and economist[101] |
| Sir Patrick Duffy | 1920– | 105 | British politician, Member of Parliament[102] |
| Eleanor Lansing Dulles | 1895–1996 | 101 | American diplomat[103] |
| Roland Dumas | 1922–2024 | 101 | French politician[104] |
| James R. Dumpson | 1909–2012 | 103 | American civil servant[105] |
| Luis Echeverría | 1922–2022 | 100 | Mexican politician, president (1970–1976)[106] |
| Fanny Edelman | 1911–2011 | 100 | Argentine politician[107] |
| Don Edwards | 1915–2015 | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D–CA)[108] |
| Ek Yi Oun | 1910–2013 | 101–103 | Cambodian politician[109] |
| Şükrü Elekdağ | 1924– | 100 | Turkish diplomat, academician and politician[110] |
| Jules Ellenberger | 1871–1973 | 102 | British civil servant, Colonial Administrator of Botswana[111] |
| John Banks Elliott | 1917–2018 | 101 | Ghanaian diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1960–1966)[112] |
| Nils Elowsson | 1890–1999 | 109 | Swedish politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party[113] |
| Dale Engstrom | 1917–2018 | 100 | American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1971–1972)[114] |
| Juan Ponce Enrile | 1924– | 101 | Filipino politician, President and Minority Leader of the Senate of the Philippines[115] |
| Emmanuel Evans-Anfom | 1919–2021 | 101 | Ghanaian physician, scholar, university administrator, and public servant[116] |
| Wilbur Faiss | 1911–2013 | 102 | American politician, Nevada legislature[117] |
| Josef Felder | 1900–2000 | 100 | German politician[118] |
| Dino Felisetti | 1919–2021 | 102 | Italian lawyer and politician[119] |
| Edward Fenlon | 1903–2010 | 106 | American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives[120] |
| Xerardo Fernández Albor | 1917–2018 | 100 | Spanish politician, president of Galicia (1982–1987)[121] |
| Xenia Field | 1894–1998 | 103 | British politician, member of the London County Council[122] |
| Eddie Filgate | 1915–2017 | 101 | Irish politician for Louth TD[123] |
| Hamilton Fish III | 1888–1991 | 102 | American soldier and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-NY)[124] |
| James Folks | 1897–2001 | 103 | American politician, Michigan state legislator[125] |
| Victor Fontana | 1916–2017 | 101 | Brazilian politician[126] |
| Thelma Forbes | 1910–2012 | 101 | Canadian politician, MLA from Manitoba[127] |
| Renzo Franzo | 1914–2018 | 103 | Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1948–1968)[128] |
| Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | 1886–1989 | 103 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D–SC) |
| Dorothy Geeben | 1908–2010 | 101 | American politician, mayor of Ocean Breeze Park, Florida[129] |
| Robert Gerhart | 1920–2021 | 100 | American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968) and Senate (1969–1972)[130] |
| Hubert Germain | 1920–2021 | 101 | French politician, National Assembly deputy (1962–1973) and mayor of Saint-Chéron, Essonne (1953–1965)[131][132] |
| Henry R. Gibson | 1837–1938 | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-TN)[citation needed] |
| Jim L. Gillis Jr. | 1916–2018 | 101 | American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1938, 1945–1946)[133] |
| Marinus van der Goes van Naters | 1900–2005 | 104 | Dutch politician, MEP and MP[134] |
| Bernardino González Ruiz | 1911–2012 | 101 | Panamanian acting president (1963)[135] |
| Edgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye | 1898–1998 | 100 | British politician and life peer[136] |
| Joseph P. Graw | 1915–2018 | 103 | American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1974)[137] |
| Bill Grayden | 1920– | 104 | Australian politician, MP for Swan (1949–1954)[138] |
| Carol Greitzer | 1925– | 100 | American politician[139] |
| Frank Joseph Guarini | 1924– | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1993)[140] |
| Hamida Habibullah | 1916–2018 | 101 | Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Haidergarh[141] |
| DeWitt Hale | 1917–2018 | 100 | American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1939–1940, 1953–1978)[142] |
| Ruth Hamilton | 1898–2008 | 109 | American politician, New Hampshire state legislator[143] |
| Karl-Günther von Hase | 1917–2021 | 103 | German diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1970–1977)[144][145] |
| Sir Cosmo Haskard | 1916–2017 | 100 | British Governor of the Falkland Islands[146] |
| Malik Dohan al-Hassan | 1919–2021 | 101 | Iraqi politician, minister of justice (2004–2005)[147][148] |
| Hau Pei-tsun | 1919–2020 | 100 | Taiwanese politician, premier (1990–1993)[149] |
| Augustus F. Hawkins | 1907–2007 | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)[150] |
| Bert Hazell | 1907–2009 | 101 | British politician and MP[151] |
| Ken Hechler | 1914–2016 | 102 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-West Virginia, 1959–1977) and Secretary of State of West Virginia (1985–2001)[152] |
| John N. Heiskell | 1872–1972 | 100 | American newspaper publisher and politician, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1913)[153] |
| Gerard Helders | 1905–2013 | 107 | Dutch politician[154] |
| Fritz Hellwig | 1912–2017 | 104 | German politician and European Commissioner[155] |
| Andrés Henestrosa | 1906–2008 | 101 | Mexican politician[156] |
| Sir Lenox Hewitt | 1917–2020 | 102 | Australian public servant[157] |
| Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | 1887–1990 | 102 | Japanese politician and prince, prime minister (1945)[158] |
| Helen F. Holt | 1913–2015 | 101 | American politician, West Virginia state legislator[159] |
| Louise Horne | 1912–2021 | 108 | Trinidadian politician and nutritionist[160] |
| Christopher Hornsrud | 1859–1960 | 101 | Norwegian politician, prime minister and Minister of Finance (1928)[161] |
| Hsu Li-nung | 1919–2025 | 106 | Taiwanese politician, General and Minister of Veterans Affairs Commission of the Republic of China (1987–1993)[162] |
| Arthur J. Hubbard Sr. | 1912–2014 | 102 | American soldier, Navajo code talker and politician, senator from Arizona[163] |
| Oscar E. Huber | 1917–2017 | 100 | American politician[164] |
| Tom Hughes | 1923–2024 | 101 | Australian politician, Attorney-General of Australia (1969–1971)[165] |
| Johan van Hulst | 1911–2018 | 107 | Dutch chess player and politician, MEP and MP[166] |
| Les Hunkin | 1884–1984 | 100 | South Australian politician, member of the MHA for Labor[167] |
| Margaret Hurley | 1909–2015 | 105 | American politician, Washington state legislator (D–WA)[168] |
| Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | 1911/1912–2012[a] | 100 | Somali president[169] |
| Jeremy Hutchinson | 1915–2017 | 102 | British lawyer and life peer[170] |
| Hyun Soong-jong | 1919–2020 | 101 | South Korean politician, prime minister (1992–1993)[171] |
| Paul Ignatius | 1920– | 104 | American government official and former Secretary of the Navy[172] |
| Pietro Ingrao | 1915–2015 | 100 | Italian politician for the PCI[173] |
| Mircea Ionescu-Quintus | 1917–2017 | 100 | Ukrainian-born Romanian politician[174] |
| Guillermo Irizarry | 1916–2017 | 101 | Puerto Rican politician, Secretary of State of Puerto Rico (1966–1969)[175] |
| Brajamohan Jamatia | 1905–2012 | 106 | Indian politician[176] |
| Arthur Walter James | 1912–2015 | 103 | British politician and journalist[177] |
| Duberildo Jaque | 1921–2022 | 101 | Chilean politician and lawyer, deputy (1961–1973)[178] |
| Pedro Jiménez Galán | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish politician[179] |
| John B. Johnson | 1885–1985 | 100 | American politician, South Dakota legislature[180] |
| Grace Joncas | 1923–2024 | 100 | American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives[181] |
| Denny Jones | 1910–2012 | 101 | American politician, Oregon legislature[182] |
| Piet de Jong | 1915–2016 | 101 | Dutch prime minister (1967–1971) and MP[183] |
| Geri M. Joseph | 1923–2023 | 100 | American diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (1978–1981)[184] |
| Russell Jump | 1895–2000 | 105 | American politician, mayor of Wichita, Kansas[185] |
| Nestori Kaasalainen | 1915–2016 | 101 | Finnish politician, Minister of Agriculture (1966–1968, 1970–1971)[186] |
| T. M. Kaliannan | 1921–2021 | 100 | Indian politician[187][188] |
| Konstantinos Kallias | 1901–2004 | 102 | Greek politician[189] |
| Toshiko Karasawa | 1911–2013 | 102 | Japanese politician[190] |
| Toshikazu Kase | 1903–2004 | 101 | Japanese diplomat[191] |
| Sheila Kaul | 1915–2015 | 100 | Indian politician[192] |
| Ke Hua | 1915–2019 | 103 | Chinese diplomat[193] |
| Othman Kechrid | 1920–2021 | 100 | Tunisian politician[194] |
| George F. Kennan | 1904–2005 | 101 | American Cold War policy architect[195] |
| F. Ray Keyser Sr. | 1898–2001 | 102 | American politician[196] |
| Roedad Khan | 1923–2024 | 100 | Pakistani politician and civil servant[197] |
| Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak | 1908–2008 | 100 | Pakistani politician[198] |
| Thanat Khoman | 1914–2016 | 101 | Thai Foreign Minister[199] |
| Kim Yong-ju | 1920–2021 | 101 | North Korean politician, vice president (1993–1997), vice premier (1974–1975) and head of the OGD (1959–1974)[200] |
| Fuller Kimbrell | 1909–2013 | 103 | American politician[201] |
| Elisabeth Kirkby | 1921– | 104 | English-born Australian politician[202] |
| Henry Kissinger | 1923–2023 | 100 | German-American diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State, 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate[203] |
| William V. Knott | 1863–1965 | 101 | American treasurer of Florida[204] |
| Juliana Young Koo | 1905–2017 | 111 | Chinese-American diplomat[205] |
| Angeline Kopka | 1916–2016 | 100 | American politician[206] |
| Bernard Leo Korchinski | 1905–2006 | 100 | Canadian politician[207] |
| Vera Korsakova | 1920–2022 | 102 | Soviet-Russian politician; hero of socialist labor[208] |
| Kondapalli Koteswaramma | 1918–2018 | 100 | Indian communist politician and writer[209] |
| William Krehm | 1913–2019 | 105 | Canadian political activist and Spanish Civil War volunteer[210] |
| Tan Sri Devaki Ayathurai Krishnan | 1923–2024 | 100 | Malaysian politician[211][212] |
| Eusi Kwayana | 1925– | 100 | Guyanese politician[213] |
| Alf Landon | 1887–1987 | 100 | American politician, Governor of Kansas and unsuccessful United States presidential nominee (R-KS)[214] |
| Howard B. Lee | 1879–1985 | 105 | American politician[215] |
| James F. Leonard | 1920–2020 | 100 | American diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979)[216] |
| Axel Lewenhaupt | 1917–2018 | 101 | Swedish diplomat[217] |
| Li Rui | 1917–2019 | 101 | Chinese politician for the Communist Party[218] |
| José Manuel Liaño Flores | 1921–2022 | 100 | Spanish lawyer and mayor of A Coruña (1976–1979)[219] |
| Haakon Lie | 1905–2009 | 103 | Norwegian politician, Norwegian Labour Party secretary[220] |
| Yegor Ligachyov | 1920–2021 | 100 | Soviet-Russian politician, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1990)[221][222] |
| Lin Hujia | 1916–2018 | 101 | Chinese politician[223] |
| Ling Yun | 1917–2018 | 100 | Chinese politician[224] |
| Liu Jie | 1915–2018 | 103 | Chinese politician[225] |
| Budimir Lončar | 1924–2024 | 100 | Croatian politician, diplomat[226] |
| Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente | 1920–2022 | 101 | Spanish politician, senator (1977–1979)[227] |
| Florence Alice Lubega | 1917–2021 | 103 | Ugandan politician[228] |
| Vassos Lyssarides | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cypriot politician and physician, president of the House of Representatives (1985–1991) and founder of EDEK[229] |
| Ma Shitu | 1915–2024 | 109 | Chinese writer and politician, deputy (1983–1993)[230] |
| Ana Carmen Macri | 1916–2022 | 105 | Argentine politician[231] |
| József Madarász | 1814–1915 | 100 | Hungarian politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives[232] |
| Dayton S. Mak | 1917–2018 | 100 | American diplomat[233] |
| Branko Mamula | 1921–2021 | 100 | Yugoslav politician and army officer[234] |
| Mahathir Mohamad | 1925– | 100 | Malaysian politician, prime minister (1981–2003, 2018–2020)[235] |
| Josip Manolić | 1920–2024 | 104 | Croatian politician, prime minister (1990–1991)[236] |
| Jean Maran | 1920–2021 | 101 | French politician, deputy (1986–1988) and mayor of Sainte-Luce, Martinique (1965–1990)[237] |
| Sigurd Marcussen | 1905–2006 | 101 | Norwegian politician[238] |
| Petar Matić Dule | 1920–2024 | 104 | Yugoslav politician and army general[239] |
| J. William Middendorf | 1924– | 100 | American ambassador and former Secretary of the Navy[240] |
| Sir Moses Montefiore | 1784–1885 | 100 | British politician, Sheriff of London[241] |
| Francisco Morales-Bermúdez | 1921–2022 | 100 | Peruvian politician, prime minister (1975) and president (1975–1980)[242] |
| Adriano Moreira | 1922–2022 | 100 | Portuguese politician, MP (1980–1995) and member of the council of state (2016–2019)[243] |
| Cecil Morgan | 1898–1999 | 100 | American politician from Louisiana[244] |
| Victor Mukete | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cameroonian politician[245] |
| Sir William Mulock | 1843–1944 | 101 | Canadian politician and Cabinet member[246] |
| Tomiichi Murayama | 1924– | 101 | Japanese politician, prime minister and chairman of the Social Democratic Party[247] |
| Thomas Patrick Murray | 1880–1981 | 101 | Canadian politician[248] |
| Gordon Mydland | 1922–2022 | 100 | American politician, attorney general of South Dakota (1969–1973) and member of South Dakota Senate (1963–1968)[249] |
| Mary Jane McCaffree | 1911–2018 | 106 | American secretary, White House Social Secretary (1955–1961)[250] |
| Hazel McCallion | 1921–2023 | 101 | Canadian politician and businesswoman who served as the 5th mayor of Mississauga[251] |
| Lloyd McCuiston | 1918–2021 | 103 | American politician, member (1961–1994) and speaker (1981–1983) of the Arkansas House of Representatives[252] |
| Richard McHeffy | 1773–1874 | 100 | Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia[253] |
| Cameron Ross McIntosh | 1871–1971 | 100 | Canadian politician and newspaper publisher[254] |
| Brockway McMillan | 1915–2016 | 101 | American Director of the National Reconnaissance Office[255] |
| Donald Naddy | 1917–2017 | 100 | American politician[256][257] |
| V. M. M. Nair | 1919–2021 | 101 | Indian diplomat[258] |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone | 1918–2019 | 101 | Japanese prime minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (1982–1987)[259] |
| Charles Navarro | 1904–2005 | 101 | American politician[260] |
| Lucien Nedzi | 1925–2025 | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961-1981)[261] |
| Hazel Newhook | 1914–2016 | 101 | Canadian politician[262] |
| Charles Njonjo | 1920–2022 | 101 | Kenyan Attorney General and Minister for Justice[263] |
| Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead | 1920–2021 | 100 | National Liberal and British Conservative Party politician[264] |
| Nguyễn Côn | 1916–2022 | 105 | Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister (1967–1976)[265] |
| Nguyễn Văn Trân | 1917–2018 | 101 | Vietnamese politician, Minister of Transport (1955–1960)[266] |
| Adriana Olguín | 1911–2015 | 104 | Chilean politician, Minister of Justice (1952)[267][268] |
| Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw | 1912–2014 | 101 | British politician[269] |
| Arthur Olsen | 1914–2014 | 100 | American politician[270] |
| Frances Penrose Owen | 1900–2002 | 102 | American civil servant[271] |
| Mehrdad Pahlbod | 1917–2018 | 101 | Iranian politician[272] |
| George Alexander Parks | 1883–1984 | 100 | American politician, territorial governor of Alaska |
| Norman McLeod Paterson | 1883–1983 | 100 | Canadian grain merchant and politician, senator and 1st Chancellor of Lakehead University[273] |
| Borys Paton | 1918–2020 | 101 | Ukrainian politician and scientist, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1962–1989), member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (1992–1994, 1997–2005, 2008–2010)[274] |
| William Paul | 1846–1947 | 100 | Australian politician[275] |
| Nelia Penman | 1915–2017 | 101 | British politician for the Liberal Democrats and barrister[276] |
| Antoine Pinay | 1891–1994 | 102 | French prime minister (1952–1953)[277] |
| Alan Prince | 1915–2015 | 100 | Canadian civil servant[278] |
| André Prunet-Foch | 1914–2017 | 102 | French Veguer (1977–1980)[279] |
| Rosamma Punnoose | 1913–2013 | 100 | Indian politician[280] |
| Qian Min | 1915–2016 | 100 | Chinese politician[281] |
| Edward Bernard Raczyński | 1891–1993 | 101 | Polish diplomat and president in exile[282] |
| Balram Singh Rai | 1921–2022 | 100 | Guyanese politician[283] |
| V. K. Rao | 1914–2018 | 104 | Indian civil servant[284] |
| Irma Rapuzzi | 1910–2018 | 107 | French politician[285] |
| Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra | 1924– | 100 | Indian diplomat, foreign secretary (1982–1985)[286] |
| Marshall Rauch | 1923–2025 | 102 | American politician[287] |
| Richard Gavin Reid | 1879–1980 | 101 | Canadian politician for the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), sixth premier of Alberta (1934–1935) |
| Ernie Renzel | 1907–2007 | 100 | American politician, mayor of San Jose, California[288] |
| Fazlollah Reza | 1915–2019 | 104 | Iranian diplomat[289] |
| Ri Yong-suk | 1916–2021 | 105 | North Korean politician and revolutionary, deputy (1998–2009)[290][291] |
| Guillermo Rodríguez | 1923– | 101 | Ecuadorian politician, acting president (1972–1976) and military leader[292] |
| William Ronan | 1912–2014 | 101 | American chairman of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (1968–1974)[293] |
| Elmer Ernest Roper | 1893–1994 | 101 | Canadian politician, mayor of Edmonton[294] |
| Neville Roper | 1922–2023 | 101 | Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1967–1971)[295] |
| Albert Rosellini | 1910–2011 | 101 | American politician, governor of Washington (1957–1965)[296] |
| Nellie Tayloe Ross | 1876–1977 | 101 | American politician, governor of Wyoming (1925–1927) and first female governor in the United States[297] |
| Ruan Posheng | 1916–2017 | 100 | Chinese politician[298] |
| Marie M. Runyon | 1915–2018 | 103 | American activist and politician, New York state legislator[299] |
| P. Sabanayagam | 1922–2023 | 101 | Indian civil servant[300] |
| Abang Muhammad Salahuddin | 1921–2022 | 100 | Malaysian politician, governor of Sarawak (1977–1981, 2001–2014)[301][302] |
| Susanna M. Salter | 1860–1961 | 101 | American politician, mayor of Argonia, Kansas and first female mayor in the United States[303] |
| N. Sankaraiah | 1921–2023 | 102 | Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1967–1971, 1977–1984)[304] |
| Adelina Santos Rodriguez | 1920–2021 | 101 | Filipino politician[305] |
| Henry Sayler | 1921–2021 | 100 | American politician[306][307] |
| Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher | 1889–1992 | 102 | East German politician[308] |
| Sir George Ernest Schuster | 1881–1982 | 101 | British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician[309] |
| Emma Clara Schweer | 1896–2001 | 105 | American politician[310] |
| Murray Seasongood | 1878–1983 | 104 | American politician, mayor of Cincinnati[311] |
| Eleonore Schönborn | 1920–2022 | 101 | Austrian politician[312] |
| Ralph Seitsinger | 1916–2016 | 100 | American politician, mayor of El Paso, Texas[313] |
| Ramón Serrano Suñer | 1901–2003 | 101 | Spanish politician[314] |
| Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber | 1918–2018 | 100 | French politician and journalist[315] |
| Keshavram Kashiram Shastri | 1905–2006 | 101 | Indian politician[316] |
| Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead | 1920–2021 | 100 | British politician[317] |
| Shi Ping | 1911–2024 | 112 | Chinese politician and academic[318] |
| Manny Shinwell | 1884–1986 | 101 | British politician[319] |
| Maudelle Shirek | 1911–2013 | 101 | American politician and activist[320] |
| George Shultz | 1920–2021 | 100 | American politician, Secretary of State, Treasury and Labor and OMB director[321][322] |
| Khamtai Siphandone | 1924–2025 | 101 | Laotian politician, prime minister and president[323] |
| R. Smith Simpson | 1906–2010 | 103 | American Foreign Service Officer[324] |
| Clark S. Smith | 1912–2014 | 102 | American politician[325] |
| Neal Smith | 1920–2021 | 101 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1995) and longest serving congressman in Iowa[326][327][328] |
| Alejandra Soler | 1913–2017 | 103 | Spanish activist, diplomat, politician and schoolteacher[329] |
| Song Ping | 1917– | 108 | Chinese politician[330] |
| Soong Mei-ling | 1898–2003 | 105 | Chinese politician and activist; wife of Chiang Kai-shek[331] |
| Mihai Șora | 1916–2023 | 106 | Romanian politician[332] |
| Leslie Spoor | 1910–2011 | 100 | Scottish activist and politician, founder of the Scottish Green Party[333] |
| George B. Stallings Jr. | 1918–2018 | 100 | American politician[334] |
| William Alex Stolt | 1900–2001 | 100 | American politician, mayor of Anchorage, Alaska[335] |
| John Ward Studebaker | 1887–1989 | 102 | American politician, Commissioner of Education (1934–1948)[336] |
| M. Bala Subramanion | 1917–2021 | 103 | Singaporean civil servant[337] |
| Henrik Svensen | 1904–2007 | 103 | Norwegian politician, MP[338] |
| Ali Tanrıyar | 1914–2017 | 103 | Turkish politician[339] |
| Lars Erik Taxell | 1913–2013 | 100 | Finnish politician and legal scholar[340] |
| J. Paul Taylor | 1920–2023 | 102 | American politician[341] |
| Maris Harvey Taylor | 1876–1982 | 105 | American politician[342] |
| Theodore Cooke Taylor | 1850–1952 | 102 | British politician[343] |
| Maurice Thatcher | 1870–1973 | 102 | American politician, congressman from Kentucky and Military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone[344] |
| Dimosthenis Theocharidis | 1914–2019 | 104 | Greek politician and lawyer[345] |
| Strom Thurmond | 1902–2003 | 100 | American politician, U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1954–2003)[346] |
| Arthur L. Thurlow | 1913–2020 | 107 | Canadian politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1949–1953)[347] |
| Raymonde Tillon | 1915–2016 | 100 | French politician[348] |
| Per Tønder | 1911–2015 | 104 | Norwegian politician[349] |
| Sir Simon Towneley | 1921–2022 | 100 | British Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997)[350] |
| J. Randolph Tucker Jr. | 1914–2015 | 101 | American politician and attorney[351] |
| Jean Turco | 1917– | 107 | French politician[352] |
| Ralph Turlington | 1920–2021 | 100 | American politician, member (1950–1974) and speaker (1967–1969) of the Florida House of Representatives[353] |
| César Yanes Urías | 1920–2024 | 104 | Salvadoran naval officer and politician[354] |
| Jane Ellen Usher | 1917–2018 | 101 | Belizean politician[355] |
| Arna Vågen | 1905–2005 | 100 | Norwegian politician[356] |
| Zachary A. Vane | 1892–1993 | 100 | American politician[357] |
| Telmo Vargas | 1912–2013 | 100 | Ecuadorian politician, acting president (1966)[358][359][360][361] |
| Yadlapati Venkatarao | 1919–2022 | 102 | Indian politician[362] |
| Anne Vermeer | 1916–2018 | 101 | Dutch politician, MP and mayor[363][364] |
| George S. Vest | 1918–2021 | 102 | American diplomat and State Department official[365] |
| Anton Vratuša | 1915–2017 | 102 | Slovenian politician and diplomat, prime minister (1978–1980) and Yugoslavia's ambassador to the United Nations (1967–1969)[366] |
| John A. Walker | 1912–2012 | 100 | American politician from Iowa[367] |
| David Wark | 1804–1905 | 101 | Canadian senator[368] |
| William H. Webster | 1924– | 101 | American politician, CIA and FBI director[369] |
| T. K. Whitaker | 1916–2017 | 100 | Irish economist, politician, diplomat and civil servant[370] |
| G. William Whitehurst | 1925– | 100 | American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1987)[371] |
| Cornelius Wiebe | 1893–1999 | 106 | Canadian politician, MLA from Manitoba[372] |
| E. J. Williams | 1918–2021 | 103 | Canadian politician for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba[373] |
| Francis Drake Willmott | 1904–2004 | 100 | Australian politician[374] |
| John Wingblade | 1883–1984 | 101 | Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1935–1963)[375] |
| John S. Wold | 1916–2017 | 100 | American politician[376] |
| Bernard B. Wolfe | 1914–2016 | 101 | American politician[377] |
| Lester L. Wolff | 1919–2021 | 102 | American politician from Long Island, New York[378][379][380] |
| Xu Jiatun | 1916–2016 | 100 | Chinese politician and dissident[381] |
| Katsumi Yamauchi | 1911–2012 | 100 | Japanese politician[382] |
| Aleksandr Yezhevsky | 1915–2017 | 101 | Soviet politician[383] |
| William Young | 1912–2012 | 100 | Australian politician in the Parliament of Tasmania[384] |
| Joseph Zeller | 1918–2018 | 100 | American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1980)[385] |
| Zhang Jieqing | 1912–2015 | 102 | Chinese politician and writer[386] |
| Zhang Jingfu | 1914–2015 | 101 | Chinese politician and state councillor[387] |
| Zhang Lixiong | 1913–2024 | 110 | Chinese politician and military officer[388] |
| Zhang Qun | 1889–1990 | 101 | Chinese politician and Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1948)[389] |
| Jutta Zilliacus | 1925– | 100 | Finnish journalist, author and politician[390] |
| John C. Zimmerman Sr. | 1835–1935 | 100 | German-born American politician, mayor of Flint, Michigan[391] |
| Xenophon Zolotas | 1904–2004 | 100 | Greek economist and politician, interim non-party prime minister (1989–1990)[392] |
| Zou Yu | 1920– | 104 | Chinese jurist and politician[393] |