Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
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
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
Vũ Ngọc Hải
Vietnamese politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Hải
Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh
Iranian cleric and politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Alan Scanlan Australian politician dead at age 94
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
Kazuhiro Sugita
Japanese police officer deputy chief cabinet secretary (2012–2021) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Joel Gougeon American politician, member of the Michigan Senate dead at age 82
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
A. K. Khandker
Bangladeshi air force officer and politician · 19 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 19 · Khandker
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
Ecuadorian politician · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18 · Cevallos
Octave Houdégbé
Beninese politician · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Osman Hadi
Bangladeshi politician and activist · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Lewis Entz
American politician and farmer · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Ali Aref Bourhan
Djiboutian politician · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15 · Bourhan
Peter Ryan (police officer) British-born Australian police officer, commissioner of New South Wales…
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
Kowit Wattana
Thai police officer and politician · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Amod Prasad Upadhyay
Nepali politician · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Upadhyay
Yves Fréville
French politician. UMP (2002–2008) · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · French
Vladimír Matejička
Slovak politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Vladimir
Arthur Konrad
Liechtensteiner politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Sir Gerald Watt
Antiguan politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Watt