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, 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
French specialist and politician · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25 · French
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
Italian businesswoman and politician · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25 · Agnelli
North Korean politician · 24 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 24
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
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
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
Greek politician and political activist · 23 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 23 · Greek
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
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
Pakistani politician · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Khokhar
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
Japanese politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Vietnamese politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Hải
Iranian cleric and politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Alan Scanlan, an Australian politician, died on December 22, 2025. Alan Henry Scanlan was born in Caulfield on 23 June 1931, attended Melbourne High School and Melbourne Teachers' College, and worked as a teacher in London from 1958 to 1959.… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Japanese police officer deputy chief cabinet secretary (2012–2021) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Joel Gougeon, an American politician and Republican member of the Michigan Senate from 1993 to 2002, died on December 21, 2025, at the age of 82. He represented the 34th district, covering Ogemaw, Arenac, Bay, Tuscola and Huron counties, after… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Bangladeshi air force officer and politician · 19 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 19 · Khandker
Ecuadorian politician · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18 · Cevallos
Beninese politician · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Bangladeshi politician and activist · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Sri Lankan politician · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · Muthukumarana · December 17
Japanese politician · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Japanese politician · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Japanese politician · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
American politician and farmer · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Iranian politician · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Djiboutian politician · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15 · Bourhan
Pakistani politician · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15
Peter Ryan, the British-born Australian police officer who served as commissioner of New South Wales police from 1996 to 2002, died on December 15, 2025. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, on 18 May 1944, Ryan joined Lancashire Constabulary as a police… · 15 December 2025 · December 2025
Thai police officer and politician · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Taiwanese politician · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14