Obituary: Mark Mobius, dead at age 89
Mark Mobius, the American-born German businessman and emerging markets fund manager, died on April 15, 2026, at age 89. Born Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius in Hempstead, New York, he founded…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
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Ernest A. Larsen death at age 93
Ernest A. Larsen, an American politician and educator, died on April 14, 2026, at age 93. Born in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, he earned a bachelor's degree in vocational education…
James F. Howell dies at age 91
James F. Howell, an American politician, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, in 1934, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma College…
Sophie Flamand death at age 61
Sophie Flamand, a Belgian writer and journalist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Liège on November 6, 1964, she studied at the Université libre…
Robert Cluck, died aged 87
Robert Cluck, an American politician and mayor of Arlington, Texas, from 2003 to 2015, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born Robert Nance Cluck Jr. in…
Shlomo Breznitz dies at 89
Shlomo Breznitz, a Czechoslovak-born Israeli author, psychologist and former lawmaker, died on April 14, 2026. He was 89. Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1936, Breznitz served as a member of…
Jean-Pierre Escalettes dies at age 90
Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the French football administrator who served as president of the French Football Federation from 2005 to 2010, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born…
Arturo Lizón Giner, died aged 87
Arturo Lizón Giner, a Spanish politician and senator from 1979 to 1993, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 24, 1938, in Sella, Spain,…
Obituary: Bernardin Mfumbusa, dead at age 64
Bernardin Mfumbusa, a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kondoa since 2011, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 64. Born on April 1, 1962, in Arusha,…
Death of Stephen Crotts at age 75
Stephen Crotts, an American Presbyterian minister and author, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 75. He served as a Presbyterian reverend for more than 50 years and…
Juan José Cruz Martínez has died at age 73
Juan José Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agronomic engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Death of Takao Fujii at age 83
Takao Fujii, a Japanese politician, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 83. Fujii was a former member of Japan’s House of Councillors in the Diet,…
Anita Martinez passes away at age 100
Anita Martinez, the American politician who served as a Dallas city councillor from 1969 to 1973, died on April 13, 2026. She was 100. Martinez was the first Mexican-American member…
Arthur Louis Schechter passes away at age 86
Arthur Louis Schechter, an American politician, diplomat and attorney, died on April 13, 2026, at age 86. He was born on December 6, 1939, in Rosenberg, Texas, and attended public…
Trish Crossin death at age 70
Trish Crossin, Australian politician and senator for the Northern Territory from 1998 to 2013, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. Born Patricia Margaret Crossin in Melbourne on…
Juan Cruz Martínez has died at age 73
Juan Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agricultural engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in…
Death of Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi at age 78
Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi died on April 12, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Politicians, 12 April 2026, Hossein, Iran, Tabrizi, April 12, April 2026
Death of Janusz Kamiński at age 92
Janusz Kamiński, a Polish politician and engineer who served as minister of transport, navigation and communications from 1987 to 1989, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 92.…
Death of Bill Patmon at age 80
Bill Patmon, an American politician who served on the Cleveland City Council from 1990 to 2001 and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018, died on April…
Salifu Adam Braimah passed away at age 60
Salifu Adam Braimah, a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament from 2017 to 2021, died on April 12, 2026, aged 60. He represented the Salaga South Constituency in the Northern…
Shafique Ahmed passed away at age 88
Shafique Ahmed, a Bangladeshi lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as Bangladesh’s minister for…
Cho Sang-rae passes away at age 89
Cho Sang-rae, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on September 6, 1936, in Gimje,…
Michael Baroody dies at age 79
Michael Baroody, an American lobbyist, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 1946, he graduated from the University of Notre…
Hüsamettin Cindoruk death at age 92
Hüsamettin Cindoruk, Turkish politician and acting president in 1993, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 92. He was twice a member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly and…
Romano Luperini has died at age 85
Romano Luperini died on April 11, 2026. He was an Italian film literary critic, writer and politician. No further details about his death were provided. Romano Luperini [it], 85, Italian…
Obituary: Marcel Niat Njifenji, dead at age 91
Marcel Niat Njifenji, a Cameroonian politician and president of the Senate from 2013 to 2026, died on April 11, 2026. He was 91. Born in Bangangté on 26 October 1934,…
Lionel Rosenblatt dies at 82
Lionel Rosenblatt, an American diplomat and president of Refugees International from 1990 to 2001, died on April 11, 2026, of cancer. He was 82. Born in New Rochelle, New York,…
Death of Clifford Otte at age 93
Clifford Otte, an American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, died on April 11, 2026. He was 93. Born Jan. 15, 1933, in Wilson,…
Obituary: Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, dead at age 94
Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 94. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies, was a senator from…
Colette Khoury dies at 95
Colette Khoury, a Syrian novelist and poet, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in 1931 in Bab Tuma, Damascus, she was also a writer, academic…
Magaly Achach Solís has died at age 71
Magaly Achach Solís, a Mexican politician and former mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 71. She served as mayor from 1999 to…
Eliot Engel dies at age 79
Eliot Engel, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2021, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 79. A Democrat, he…
Sir Hayden Phillips dies at 83
Sir Hayden Phillips, the British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office from 1998 to 2003, died on April 10, 2026, aged 83. Sir Gerald…
Vootele Hansen passed away at age 64
Vootele Hansen died on April 10, 2026. He was an Estonian politician who served as minister of the environment from 1994 to 1995 and as a member of parliament from…
Maria Agostina Pellegatta dies at age 87
Maria Agostina Pellegatta, an Italian politician and teacher, died on April 10, 2026, in Cassano Magnago at the age of 87. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1972…
Vojtěch Adam death at age 75
Vojtěch Adam, Czech politician and surgeon who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2017, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 75.…
Barney Fisher died at age 78
Barney Fisher died on April 10, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013. Barney Fisher, 78, American politician,…
Rudi Schmitt passed away at age 98
Rudi Schmitt, a German politician and former teacher, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Frankfurt on January 8, 1928, he was a member of…
Obituary: Arkady Yanenko, dead at age 85
Arkady Yanenko died on April 9, 2026. He was a Russian physicist and politician who served as a people's deputy of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Arkady Yanenko…
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa dead at age 90
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, a Pakistani politician who served as governor of Punjab in 1999 and as a senator from 2012 to 2018, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90.…
Kamal Kharazi died at age 82
Kamal Kharazi, an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Tehran in 1944, he served as Iran’s foreign minister from…
Miroj Abdulloyev obituary: died at age 77
Miroj Abdulloyev, a Tajik politician and chairman of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Langar-kalon in Mu'minobod District, Khatlon…
Valery Rukhledev, died aged 78
Valery Rukhledev, a Russian sports activist and six-time Deaflympics wrestling gold medalist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on January 18, 1948, in Rybinsky District,…
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman dies at 95
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, a British businessman and politician and member of the House of Lords since 1983, died on April 9, 2026, aged 95. Born Robin John Orlando…
Angelo Pavan dead at age 95
Angelo Pavan, an Italian politician and senator, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Postioma, Italy, on November 17, 1930, he was a member of…
Sammy Forcillo, died aged 75
Sammy Forcillo, a Canadian politician, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 75. A retired politician, he was a former mayor of Ville-Marie borough in Montreal, Quebec. Forcillo,…
Stephen M. Schwebel dies at age 97
Stephen M. Schwebel, an American jurist and judge who served on the International Court of Justice from 1981 to 2000, died on April 9, 2026. He was vice president of…
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham has died at age 81
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, a British politician and member of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2021, died on April 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was…
Héctor Vargas Haya, died aged 98
Héctor Vargas Haya, Peruvian politician and former deputy, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Rioja, Peru, on March 29, 1928, he served in the…
Billy Bryan, died aged 87
Billy Bryan, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, died on April 9, 2026, at age 87. William Ronald Bryan…
Mohsina Kidwai dies at age 94
Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died…
Obituary: Sherig-ool Oorzhak, dead at age 83
Sherig-ool Oorzhak, a Russian politician, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on July 24, 1942, in Shekpeer, in the Tuvan People's Republic, he was a…
Ali Hussain Khan public figure dies
Ali Hussain Khan, a Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 2024, died on April 8, 2026. He was elected to the assembly as a…
Vaughn Solomon Schofield passes away at age 82
Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2018, died on April 8, 2026, at age 82. Born in Regina on October 25, 1943, she…
Jimmy Sullivan death at age 44
Jimmy Sullivan, an Australian politician and Queensland MLA, died on April 8, 2026, aged 44. James Anthony Sullivan served as the member for Stafford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from…
Ahmet Altay Cengizer death at age 71
Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political…
Obituary: Harald Ofner, dead at age 93
Harald Ofner, an Austrian lawyer and politician, died on April 8, 2026. He was 93. Born in Vienna on October 25, 1932, he studied law and received a doctorate in…
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury passes away at age 88
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, an Indian politician who served as an MP from 2006 to 2024 and as minister of health and family welfare from 2012 to 2014, died on…
Obituary: Mark Weissman, dead at age 77
Mark Weissman, a funeral home director and Democratic politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of…
Eldrid Nordbø dies at 83
Eldrid Nordbø, Norwegian politician and minister of trade and shipping from 1990 to 1991, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Labour Party,…
David Kabua obituary: died at age 74
David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho…
Terry Gabinski passes away at age 87
Terry Gabinski, an American politician who served on the Chicago City Council, died on April 8, 2026. He was 87. Gabinski represented the 32nd Ward on the Chicago City Council…
Abass Kaboua death at age 63
Abass Kaboua, a Togolese politician and senator since 2025, died on April 8, 2026. He was 63. Kaboua was a member of the Movement of Centrist Republicans (MRC), which he…
Muguette Dini passes away at age 86
Muguette Dini, a French politician, died on April 7, 2026. Muguette Dini, 86, French politician. Tags Politicians, 07 April 2026, Dini, France, Muguette, 2026-04-07, April 2026, April 7
Seán Ó Laoire died at age 79
Seán Ó Laoire, an Irish architect and urban designer, died on April 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Dublin on July 13, 1946, he studied architecture at University College Dublin,…
Obituary: Rodney Pyles, dead at age 80
Rodney Pyles, an American politician and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, died on April 7, 2026. He was 80. Pyles served in the House from the 51st…
Matlab Mutallimli dies at 76
Matlab Mutallimli, an Azerbaijani politician and member of parliament from 1991 to 2000, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on May 20, 1949, in Horavar,…
Vyacheslav Golishev died at age 75
Vyacheslav Golishev, an Uzbek politician and economist who served as minister of economy from 2005 to 2006, died on April 7, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 75.…
Valentina Savostyanova passes away at age 77
Valentina Savostyanova, a Russian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2007, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 77.…
Anatoly Dolmatov has died at age 75
Anatoly Dolmatov, a Russian politician and farmer, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a member of the Soviet of the Union from 1987 to…
Ihor Mityukov passed away at age 73
Ihor Mityukov, a Ukrainian diplomat and Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 1997 to 2001, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Kyiv on September…
Louis Tapardjuk dead at age 73
Louis Tapardjuk, a Canadian politician and former Nunavut MLA, died on April 7, 2026, at age 73. He represented Amittuq from 2004 to 2013 after winning the seat in the…
Albert N. Martin died at age 91
Albert N. Martin, an American Reformed Baptist minister, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Albert Newton Martin in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 11, 1934, he…
Obituary: Yataro Tsuda, dead at age 73
Yataro Tsuda, a Japanese politician and former member of the House of Councillors, died on April 6, 2026. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and served…
Seán Barrett dies at 81
Seán Barrett died on April 6, 2026. He was an Irish politician and TD, serving in the Dáil from 1981 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2020. Barrett was…
Sir Craig Reedie passed away at age 84
Sir Craig Reedie, the Scottish sports administrator who served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency from 2014 to 2019, died on April 6, 2026, aged 84. He was vice-president…
Christian Schwarz-Schilling dies at age 95
Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Austrian-born German politician and former minister of post and telecommunications and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on April 6, 2026. He was 95. Schwarz-Schilling served as…
Yangling Dorje obituary: died at age 95
Yangling Dorje died on April 6, 2026. He was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPCC from 1984 to 1986. Yangling…
Bae Myeong-in, died aged 93
Bae Myeong-in, a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as minister of justice from 1982 to 1985, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 93. He was…
Konrad Carl dies at 96
Konrad Carl, a German trade unionist and former president of the Building and Construction Union, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Fürth on January…
Death of Pietro Calogero at age 86
Pietro Calogero, an Italian magistrate, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Pace del Mela, Italy, on December 28, 1939, he graduated from the University…
Miguel Ángel De Marco passed away at age 86
Miguel Ángel De Marco, Argentine military officer, academic and historian, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Rosario on December 1, 1939, he served in…
A. B. M. Anowarul Haque has died at age 76
A. B. M. Anowarul Haque died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bangladeshi politician and served as a member of parliament from 2008 to 2014. His death was announced…
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, died aged 77
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bosnian writer and politician. Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, 77, Bosnian writer and politician. Tags Politicians, Writers, 05 April 2026, Bosnia, Rusmir, 2026-04-05,…
Paul Knapman dies at 81
Paul Knapman, the British coroner, died on April 5, 2026, aged 81. Dr. Knapman served as Her Majesty’s coroner for Westminster and Inner West London from 1980 to 2011, having…
Thitinan Saengnak has died at age 65
Thitinan Saengnak died on April 5, 2026, by suicide. He was a Thai politician who served as a member of parliament from 2019 to 2023. His death was reported with…
Judith Trotter obituary: died at age 90
Judith Trotter, a New Zealand diplomat and ambassador to France from 1988 to 1992 and to Italy from 1994 to 1998, died on April 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in…
Chana Rungsaeng death at age 94
Chana Rungsaeng, a Thai politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 94. A member of the Democrat Party, he…
Viola Claesson passes away at age 86
Viola Claesson, a Swedish politician and member of parliament from 1985 to 1991, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Viola Anita Claesson on August 22,…
Anton Bebler, died aged 89
Anton Bebler, a Slovenian politician and diplomat, died on April 5, 2026. Anton Bebler [de], 89, Slovenian politician and diplomat. Tags Politicians, 05 April 2026, Anton, Bebler, Slovenia, 2026-04-05, April…
Marian Van Landingham death at age 88
Marian Van Landingham died on April 4, 2026. She was an American politician and served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 2006. Her career…
Cyrille Schott death at age 75
Cyrille Schott, a French civil servant who served as prefect of Hérault from 2007 to 2008 and as a puisne judge of the Cour des Comptes from 2009 to 2013,…
Ling Liong Sik died at age 82
Ling Liong Sik, a Malaysian politician who served as acting prime minister in 1988, died on April 4, 2026. He was a member of parliament from 1974 to 2004 and…
Konstantas Ramelis dies at 88
Konstantas Ramelis, a Lithuanian politician, died on April 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on March 12, 1938, in Užupis, Vilnius, Lithuania, he was a member of the…
Rod Diridon Sr. has died at age 87
Rod Diridon Sr., an American politician and longtime leader in mass transportation, died on April 3, 2026, at age 87. He served as chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority…
Prashant Bose obituary: died at age 80
Prashant Bose, an Indian politician and senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), died on April 3, 2026. Known by the nom de guerre Kishan, or Kishan…
Augustine Nshimye dead at age 79
Augustine Nshimye, a Ugandan judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, died on April 3, 2026. He served as a member of the Supreme Court from 2015, after…
Carol Greitzer passes away at age 101
Carol Greitzer, an American politician and abortion activist, died on April 3, 2026, at age 101. She served on the New York City Council from 1969 to 1991 and was…