| Oldest members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | State | Date | Age |
| Louise Weiss (1893-1983) | EPP | France | 1979 | 86 |
| 1982 | 89 | |||
| Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre[1] (1906-1995) | EDA | France | 1984 | 78 |
| Nikolaos Gazis (1903-1996) | SOC | Greece | 1987 | 83 |
| Claude Autant-Lara (1901-2000) | DR | France | 1989 | 88 |
| Bruno Visentini (1914-1995) | LDR | Italy | 1992 | 77 |
| Vasilis Efraimidis (1915-2000) | GUE/NGL | Greece | 1994 | 79 |
| Otto von Habsburg (1912-2011) | EPP | Germany | 1997 | 85 |
| Giorgio Napolitano (1925-2023) | PES | Italy | 1999 | 74 |
| 2002 | 77 | |||
| Giovanni Berlinguer[2] (1924-2015) | PES | Italy | 2004 | 80 |
| 2007 | 83 | |||
| Ciriaco De Mita (1928-2022) | EPP | Italy | 2009 | 81 |
| 2012 | 83 | |||
| Manolis Glezos (1922-2020) | GUE/NGL | Greece | 2014 | 91 |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen (born 1928) | NI | France | 2015 | 87 |
| Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023) | EPP | Italy | 2019 | 83 |
| Mercedes Bresso (born 1944) | PES | Italy | 2024 | 79 |
The Oldest Member is the eldest Member of European Parliament at the beginning of a new legislature and at the mid-term election of a new President of the European Parliament. Until 2009 the Oldest Member presided over the chamber during the election of the President, similar to the Father of the House. This privilege was abolished in 2009.