Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
Robert Goebbels
Luxembourgish politician · 05 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 5
Suresh Kalmadi
Indian politician and sports administrator · 05 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 5
Manuel Fernández Ilarraza
85. Spanish gynecologist and politician · 05 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 5 · Ilarraza
Mary White
Irish businesswoman and politician · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 4
David Branch
Canadian ice hockey administrator. Commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League (1979-2024) · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 4 · Other
Hushang Ansary
Iranian-American diplomat and politician · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 4
Ali Abu al-Ragheb
Jordanian politician · 03 January 2026 · January 2026 · al-Ragheb · January 3
Saleh Rusheidat
Jordanian politician · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Marat Amankulov
Kyrgyz politician · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Ivanne Trebbi
Italian partisan and politician · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Patrick Duffy (British politician) British politician, MP and president of the NATO Assembly dead a…
Patrick Duffy, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and president of the NATO Assembly, died on January 2, 2026, aged 105. A Labour Party politician and economist, he represented Colne Valley from a 1963 by-election until… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026
Nexhat Daci
Kosovan politician · 31 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 31
Mahmudul Hasan
Bangladeshi major general and politician · 30 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 30
Dick Zimmer American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 81
Dick Zimmer, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997, died on December 31, 2025, at age 81. A Republican from New Jersey, he also served in both houses of the New Jersey… · 31 December 2025 · December 2025
Godiya Akwashiki Only Eggon Representative In House of Rep dead at age 52
Godiya Akwashiki, Nigerian politician and senator representing Nasarawa North since 2019, died on December 31, 2025. He was elected to the Senate in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections and re-elected in 2023. Before entering the upper chamber, Akwashiki served as Deputy… · 31 December 2025 · December 2025
Mary Bradley
Northern Irish politician · 30 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 30
Joe Byrne (Northern Ireland politician) Northern Irish politician, MLA dead at age 72
Joe Byrne, the Northern Irish SDLP politician who served as an MLA for West Tyrone from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2015, died on December 30, 2025, aged 72. Born on 29 November 1953 in Aghyaran, Castlederg,… · 30 December 2025 · December 2025
Thomas W. Bradshaw American politician, mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina dead at age 87
Thomas W. Bradshaw, an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, died on December 30, 2025, at age 87. A member of the Raleigh city council, he became the city’s youngest mayor and served one… · 30 December 2025 · December 2025
Mate Meštrović Journalist, academic, lobbyist, politician, ambassador dead at age 95
Mate Meštrović, a Croatian-American journalist, died on December 30, 2025, in Zagreb at the age of 95. Also known as Matthew Mestrovic and Matthew Meštrović, he was born in Zagreb on September 13, 1930. The son of Croatian-American sculptor Ivan… · 30 December 2025 · December 2025
Tetsuzo Fuwa
Japanese politician · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Amelia del Castillo
Spanish football club president · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26 · Castillo
Shamshad Akhtar
Pakistani politician · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26
Colin Pickthall Teacher dead at age 81
Colin Pickthall, British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament for West Lancashire, died on December 27, 2025, aged 81. Born in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, in 1944, he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1992 and retired… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Kathleen Dalyell Stewardship of The Binns dead at age 88
Kathleen Dalyell, a Scottish conservationist and supporter of the Labour Party, died on December 27, 2025, aged 88. Born Kathleen Mary Agnes Wheatley on November 17, 1937, she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Aberdeen and… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Bernard Serrou
French specialist and politician · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25 · French
Bill Clarke (politician) Canadian politician dead at age 92
William Hillary Clarke, a Canadian chartered accountant, businessman and politician, died on December 26, 2025, at age 92. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Toronto on July 5, 1933, he… · 26 December 2025 · December 2025
Maria Sole Agnelli
Italian businesswoman and politician · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25 · Agnelli
Kim Chang-son
North Korean politician · 24 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 24
Andrew Arbuckle (politician) Scottish journalist and politician, MSP dead at age 81
Andrew Arbuckle, Scottish journalist and politician who served as an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region, died on December 25, 2025, aged 81. Andrew David Arbuckle MBE was first elected as a Fife councillor in 1986 and represented… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Geeske Krol-Benedictus Dutch politician and Frisian cultural advocate, member of the Provincial Cou…
Geeske Krol-Benedictus, a Dutch politician and Frisian cultural advocate who served on the Provincial Council of Friesland from 1978 to 1995, died on December 25, 2025. She was a member of the leadership of the Frisian National Party and worked… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Steve Baer (political activist) American political activist dead at age 66
Steven Paul Baer, an American conservative political activist and investor, died on December 25, 2025. He was known for his role in Republican politics and for challenging Illinois Secretary of State Jim Edgar in the 1990 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary.… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Sylva Akrita
Greek politician and political activist · 23 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 23 · Greek
Uichiro Niwa Japanese businessman and diplomat, ambassador to China dead at age 86
Uichiro Niwa, a Japanese businessman and diplomat who served as ambassador to China from 2010 to 2012, died on December 24, 2025, at the age of 86. Born in Nagoya, Japan, on January 29, 1939, he joined Itochu Corporation in… · 24 December 2025 · December 2025
Carmen A. Kasperbauer Nurse, politician dead at age 90
Carmen A. Kasperbauer, a Guamanian nurse and politician who served as a Republican senator in the Guam Legislature from 1979 to 1983, died on December 24, 2025. Born in Guam in 1935, she was a Chamorro and later a retired… · 24 December 2025 · December 2025
Irfan Shafi Khokhar
Pakistani politician · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Khokhar
Dorothée Aimée Malenzapa Central African politician, activist, and professor dead at age 73
Dorothée Aimée Malenzapa, a Central African politician, women's activist, and professor, died on December 23, 2025. Born in 1951, she served during Bozize's administration as Minister of International Cooperation, Regional Integration and Francophonie from 2011 to 2013 and as Minister… · 23 December 2025 · December 2025