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 Reason for NotabilityNermin Abadan Unat 1921–2025 104 Turkish politician and senator (1978–1980)Hocaların hocası' Prof. Dr. Nermin Abadan Unat, 104 yaşında hayatını kaybettiybetti Ali Yahia Abdennour 1921–2021 100 Algerian politician, lawyer and human rights activistIbrahim Abi-Ackel 1926– Brazilian politicianV. S. Achuthanandan 1923–2025 101 Indian politician and Chief Minister of Kerala (2006–2011)Amīr Aṣlān Afshār 1919–2021 101 Iranian politician and diplomatMaria Sole Agnelli 1925–2025 100 Italian politician and businesswomanGiuseppe Alessi 1905–2009 103 Italian politician, president of Sicily (1947–1949; 1955–1956)Syed Babar Ali 1926– Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and politicianPierre Aliker 1907–2013 106 Martinican politician, physician and independence activistVicente Almeida d'Eça 1918–2018 100 Portuguese colonial administrator and Colonial Governor of Cape Verde (1974)World Statesmen: Cape Verde profileMagdalena Álvarez de Seminario 1920– Argentine politicianGiuseppe Amadei 1919–2020 101 Italian politician 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 (1967–1976)Randi Anda 1898–1999 100 Norwegian politician and deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway; accessed 2 January 2010Doris Margaret Anderson 1922–2022 100 Canadian senatorGerald Smedley Andrews 1903–2005 102 Canadian civil servant, frontier teacher, land surveyor and soldierNotice of death of Gerald Smedley Andrews, cmea-agmc.ca. Accessed April 16, 2022.Caroline Anthonypillai 1908–2009 100 Ceylonese/Sri Lankan political activist and trade unionist; wife of S. C. C. Anthony Pillai."Leading light of leftist movement in Sri Lanka dead", The Hindu, 7 July 2009.Frank Pierpoint Appleby 1913–2015 101 Canadian soldier and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986)George Ariyoshi 1926–2026 100 American politician, lawyer and third Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)Mario Arnello Romo 1925– Chilean politicianRonald Atkins 1916–2020 104 British politician, MP for Preston North (1966–1970, 1974–1979)Babiker Awadalla 1917–2019 101 Sudanese politician and prime minister (1969)رئاسة الجمهورية تحتسب عند الله تعالى مولانا بابكر عوض اللهRostyslav Babiychuk 1911–2013 101 Ukrainian Soviet politician, Minister of Culture of Ukrainian SSR (1956–1971)Міністри культури України привітають міністра культури УРСР із 100-річчям. Istorychna Pravda (Ukrayinska Pravda). 14 February 2011.Robert L. Backman 1922–2022 100 American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1971–1975)Albertine Baclet 1922– Guadeloupean politicianWilliam Bains-Jordan 1916–2021 104 American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1962)Henri Bangou 1922–2023 101 Guadeloupean politicianHaven J. Barlow 1922–2022 100 American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1952–1955) and senate (1955–1994)Francis Lodowic Bartels 1910–2010 100 Ghanaian diplomat, educationist and ambassador of West Germany (1970–1972)Roscoe Bartlett 1926– American politicianJames O. Bass 1910–2019 108 American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1936–1939) and senate (1940–1942)Celâl Bayar 1883–1986 103 Turkish politician, prime minister (1937–1939) and third president (1950–1960)Évelyne Baylet 1913–2014 101 French politicianLuis Bedoya Reyes 1919–2021 102 Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima (1964–1969) and founder and first president of Christian People's Party (1966–1999)Armando León Bejarano 1916–2016 100 Mexican politician, governor of Morelos (1976–1982)Francis Bellotti 1923–2024 101 American politician, attorney general (1975–1987) and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1963–1965)Mustafa Ben Halim 1921–2021 100 Libyan politician, prime minister (1954–1957)Helena Benitez 1914–2016 102 Filipino politician, senator (1967–1972) and member of Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)Carol Berman 1923–2023 100 American politician, member of the New York Senate (1979–1984)Carol BermanYitzhak Berman 1913–2013 100 Israeli politician, Speaker of the Knesset (1980–1981) and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure (1981–1982)Richard N. Berry 1915–2018 102 American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1960–1966) and senate (1966–1976)Giovanni Bersani 1914–2014 100 Italian politician and MEP (1960–1989)Earl Hanley Beshlin 1870–1971 101 American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1917–1919)Mordechai Bibi 1922–2023 100 Iraqi-born Israeli politicianMordechai Bibi obituary, knesset.gov.il. Accessed 12 November 2023.Howard Bier 1919–2025 105 American politician, member (1959–1972) and speaker (1971–1972) of the North Dakota House of RepresentativesLouis Bisdee 1910–2010 100 Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian Legislative CouncilNaftali Blumenthal 1922–2022 100 Israeli politicianObituary, Naftali Blumenthal. Accessed 6 May 2022.W. Michael Blumenthal 1926– German-born American businessman, politician and 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1977–1979)Stéphane Bonduel 1919–2021 102 French politicianSaul Bonnell 1871–1973 101 Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons for the Unionist PartyMeredith Bordeaux 1912–2014 101 American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1979–1982)Robert R. Bowie 1909–2013 104 American deputy director of the CIAG. Holmes Braddock 1925–2025 100 American politician, member of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (1963–2000)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)Sir Harry Brittain Dead at 100, Encouraged Anglo‐U.S. Amity, The New York Times, 10 July 1974Theodore R. Britton Jr. 1925– American government officialEmily Sophie Brown 1881–1985 103 American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1921–1923)Sir Mervyn Brown 1923–2023 100 British diplomat, ambassador to Madagascar (1967–1970), high commissioner to Tanzania (1975–1978) and Nigeria (1979–1983)Brown Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne 1901–2002 100 British politician and peerJames L. Buckley 1923–2023 100 American politician, U.S. Senator from New York (1971–1977)Daniel Burke 1827–1927 100 Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1893–1903)Morley Byron Bursey 1912–2013 101 Canadian diplomatMortimer Caplin 1916–2019 103 American political appointee, Commissioner of Internal RevenueReinhold O. Carlson 1905–2006 100 American politician, mayor of Des Moines, IowaJimmy 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 humanitarianMohan Lal Chakma 1911/1912–2013 101 Indian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pencharthal, Tripura (1978–1983)Albin Chalandon 1920–2020 100 French politician"L'ancien garde des Sceaux Albin Chalandon est mort à l'âge de 100 ans", Europe 1, 30 July 2020 Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont 1919–2020 100 British politician, junior minister and life peerAndré Chandernagor 1921–2025 104 French politicianhttps://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/11/19/andre-chandernagor-ancien-ministre-et-premier-president-de-la-cour-des-comptes-est-mort-a-l-age-de-104-ans_6654002_823448.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=defaultSaul Cherniack 1917–2018 101 Canadian politician and lawyerSelahattin Çetiner 1922–2023 100 Turkish politicianChau Sen Cocsal Chhum 1905–2009 103 Cambodian politician and civil servant, acting prime minister (1962) and President of the National Assembly (1962–1963, 1966–1968)Gaositwe Chiepe 1922–2025 102 Botswanan politician and diplomatSmyly Chinery 1923–2024 101 Ghanaian civil servantBinod Bihari Chowdhury 1911–2013 102 Bangladeshi anti-colonial revolutionary and social workerTony Christopher, Baron Christopher 1925–2026 101 British politician and peerWiddecombe case in the CommonsSir Chung Sze-yuen 1917–2018 101 Hong Kong politician'Godfather of Hong Kong politics' Chung Sze-yuen dies at 101Alfred Chupin 1916–2021 104 French politicianL'ancien maire de Brest Alfred Chupin s'est éteint Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano 1921–2023 102 Italian politician, last living member of Legislature I of ItalyKeir Clark 1910–2010 100 Canadian politicianGeorge W. Clarke 1906–2006 100 American politician, Washington state legislatorMerwin Coad1924–2025 100 American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1957–1963)Roswell K. Colcord 1839–1939 100 American politician, Governor of Nevada (1891–1895)Roswell K. Colcord, at The Political GraveyardCornelius Cole 1822–1924 102 American politician, U.S. Senator from California (1867–1873), longest-lived U.S. senatorTom Copeland 1924–2025 101 American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1957–1973)Benedetto Cottone 1917–2018 100 Italian politicianElizabeth Couchman 1876–1982 106 Australian politician from Liberal PartyCouchman, Elizabeth May Ramsay profile, The Australian Women's Register; accessed 14 March 2018Emogene Creque 1919–2025 106 British Virgin Islands politicianWalter Crocker 1902–2002 100 Australian politician, diplomat and writerLouis Crump 1916–2019 102 American politicianJohn Crutcher 1916–2017 100 American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1965–1969)Birgit Dalland 1907–2007 100 Norwegian politicianEmilio D'Amore 1915–2017 101 Italian politician and journalistJimmie Davis 1899–2000 101 American politician, Governor of Louisiana (1944–1948; 1960–1964)Sir Alan Dawtry 1915–2018 102 British local government official, chief executive of Westminster City Council (1956–1977)Obituary: Solace's co-founder who helped redraw London boundaries, lgcplus.com; accessed 11 February 2018Clifford DeBaptiste 1924– American politician and funeral directorJavier Pérez de Cuéllar 1920–2020 100 Peruvian politician and diplomat, prime minister (2000–2001) and Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991)Philippe de Gaulle 1921–2024 102 French politician, admiral and only son Charles de GaulleThe New York Times, "Philippe de Gaulle, Admiral and Son of Charles de Gaulle, Dies at 102", 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.Peter J. De Muth 1892–1993 101 American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-PA)Peter J. De Muth profile, ourcampaigns.com; accessed 14 March 2018Gene Derfler 1924–2026 101 American politicianJoseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres 1721–1824 102 Swiss-born Canadian cartographer and statesmanJoseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres profile, biographi.ca; accessed 14 March 2018Leon Despres 1908–2009 101 American attorney and politician, member of the Chicago City CouncilGeorges-Casimir Dessaulles 1827–1930 102 Canadian senatorGeorges-Casimir Dessaulles profile, assnat.qc.ca; accessed 14 March 2018 Charles S. Dewey 1880–1980 100 American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-IL)Boubacar Biro Diallo 1922–2025 103 Guinean politician, president of National AssemblyFrank DiPaolo 1906–2013 106 American politician and activistĐỗ Mười 1917–2018 101 Vietnamese politician, prime minister (1988–1991)DeLoris Doederlein 1925– American politician and educatorFloyd Dominy 1909–2010 100 American bureaucrat, Commissioner of the United States Bureau of ReclamationHaddon Donald 1917–2018 101 New Zealander politicianWilliam I. Donnermeyer Sr. 1924–2025 100 American politician, member of the Kentucky House of RepresentativesFred J. Doocy 1913–2017 104 American banker and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1966–1967) and senator (1958–1967)Kazi Lhendup Dorjee 1904–2007 102 Indian politician, first Chief Mini