Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
George Vassiliou
Cypriot politician · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13
Razmik Zohrabyan
Armenian politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Toshio Fujii
Japanese politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Lê Văn Dũng
Vietnamese military officer and politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Dũng
Jerry Wilburn Businessman, farmer dead at age 85
Edwin J. "Jerry" Wilburn, an American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1964 to 1980, died on January 13, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on September 18, 1940, in Mantachie, Mississippi, he was also… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Oba C. D. Akran
Nigerian politician and traditional ruler · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Akran
Marco Proaño Maya
Ecuadorian politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Maya
Alain Orsoni
French politician and Corsican independence activist · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · French
Laumatiamanu Ringo Purcell
Samoan politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Purcell
Lu Kejian Chinese politician, deputy dead at age 93
Lu Kejian, a Chinese politician and deputy, died on January 12, 2026. An ethnic Tibetan, he was born in Jonê County, Gansu province, China, in 1932. He began his political career as leader of Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County in his… · 12 January 2026 · January 2026
Luigi Nicolais
Italian engineer and politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Miquel Naudí
Andorran politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Aniceto Sobrepeña
Filipino banker and public servant · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Filipino · Other
Kōtarō Kodama
Japanese politician and mayor of Akitakata (1980–2008) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Herman Wouters
Belgian politician and mayor of Grobbendonk (1989–1997) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Yao Chiang-lin
Taiwanese politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
Gambian economist and politician · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Gaye
Kamlesh Shukla Indian politician, MLA dead at age 73
Kamlesh Shukla, an Indian politician and former MLA, died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and represented the Rampur Karkhana Assembly constituency in Deoria district… · 10 January 2026 · January 2026
Yao Jianglin
Taiwanese politician · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Seydou Madani Sy
Senegalese jurist and politician · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8
Ted Nichols Composer dead at age 97
Ted Nichols, an American composer, conductor and arranger best known for his work on Hanna-Barbera productions including The Flintstones and Jonny Quest, died on January 9, 2026, at age 97. Born Theodore Nicholas Sflotsos on October 2, 1928, in Missoula,… · 09 January 2026 · January 2026
Madalitso Kazombo
Malawian politician · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8
Jack McGregor
American politician and sports team owner · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8
Hiroya Ebina
Japanese politician · 07 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 7
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