Manoa Rasigatale dead at age 78, Fijian politician and historian
Manoa Rasigatale, a Fijian politician and historian, died on June 5, 2026, at age 78. Born on July 11, 1947, he also worked as a journalist, musician and television personality.…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
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Georgios Souflias dead at age 84, Greek politician
Georgios Souflias, a Greek politician and former minister, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 84. Born on July 7, 1941, in Ayia Triada, Larissa, he studied civil…
Manuel Domingos Augusto dead at age 68, Angolan politician and diplomat
Manuel Domingos Augusto died on June 5, 2026. He was an Angolan politician and diplomat. Born in Luanda on September 2, 1957, he served in public life as a minister…
Sadıq Sadıqov dead at age 60, president of Neftçi
Sadıq Sadıqov, the Azerbaijani football executive who served as president of Neftçi from 2009 to 2015, died on June 5, 2026, at age 60. Born in Nakhchivan on November 9,…
Bernadette Chirac dead at age 93, French spouse of the president
Bernadette Chirac, the French politician and widow of former president Jacques Chirac, died on June 5, 2026, at age 93. Born Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel in Paris on…
Nathan Irby dead at age 94, member of the Maryland Senate
Nathan Irby died on June 5, 2026. He was an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1982 to 1995. His death was announced on…
Gerry Meehan dead at age 79, Canadian ice hockey left winger and executive
Gerry Meehan, a Canadian ice hockey left winger and executive, died on June 5, 2026, at age 79. Born Gerard Marcus Meehan on September 3, 1946, in Toronto, he was…
Yoshihisa Uchida dead at age 101, Japanese politician
Yoshihisa Uchida died on June 5, 2026. He was a Japanese politician and journalist. Born on January 5, 1925, Uchida studied at Meiji University. Tags Journalists, Politicians, 05 June 2026,…
Michael Tate dead at age 80, senator, and Catholic priest
Michael Tate, the Australian politician, senator and Catholic priest who served in the Senate from 1978 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 80. Born Michael…
Waldemar Bohdanowicz dead at age 85, mayor of Łódź, senator
Waldemar Bohdanowicz, a Polish politician who served as mayor of Łódź from 1989 to 1990 and as a senator from 1991 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026. He was…
John D. Ong dead at age 92, CEO of Goodrich Corporation and ambassador to Norway, kidney failure
John D. Ong, the American manufacturing industry executive and diplomat who led Goodrich Corporation and later served as ambassador to Norway, died on June 4, 2026, at age 92. Born…
Pahlaj Nihalani dead at age 76, Shola Aur Shabnam
Pahlaj Nihalani, an Indian film producer known for Aankhen and Shola Aur Shabnam, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 76. He built a long career in Hindi…
Anantrao Thopate dead at age 93, three-time Maharashtra MLA
Anantrao Thopate, an Indian politician and three-time Maharashtra MLA, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 93. Born on January 11, 1933, in Bhor, then in British India,…
John Swan dead at age 90, 4th Premier of Bermuda
John Swan, the Bermudian politician who served as Bermuda’s fourth premier, died on June 4, 2026, at age 90. Also known as Sir John William David Swan, he was born…
Edward Ntshingila dead, Politician
Edward Mzikayise Ntshingila, a South African politician and Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, died on June 4, 2026. Known in Parliament as Edward…
Blenda Wilson dead at age 85, American academic administrator
Blenda Wilson, an American academic administrator who became the first African-American woman to lead a large U.S. university, died on June 4, 2026. She was 85. Born Blenda Jacqueline Wilson…
Amin Tojiyev dead at age 79, chairman of the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan
Amin Tojiyev, an Uzbek politician who chaired the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan from 1998 to 2002, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on April…
Antonius Agus Sriyono dead at age 69, Indonesian diplomat
Antonius Agus Sriyono, an Indonesian diplomat who served as ambassador to New Zealand from 2010 to 2013 and to the Holy See from 2016 to 2020, died on June 4,…
Theo Fischer dead at age 88, Swiss politician
Theo Fischer, a Swiss politician and notary public, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Hägglingen on December 25, 1937, he served the Swiss People's…
Margriet Hermans dead at age 72, presenter, and politician, senator, euthanasia
Margriet Hermans, the Belgian singer, presenter and politician who served as a senator from 2007 to 2011, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 72. Born Margareta Maria…
Virginia Held dead at age 96, American philosopher
Virginia Held, an American philosopher and feminist theorist whose work helped shape the ethics of care, died on June 3, 2026. She was 96. Born Virginia Potter Held on October…
Price Wallace dead at age 64, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Price Wallace, an American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2018, died on June 3, 2026. He was 64. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 24,…
Herbert Möller dead at age 103, German politician
Herbert Möller, a German politician and former member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 103. Born on April 7, 1923, in Vratislavice…
Herbert Möller dead at age 103, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Herbert Möller, a German politician and member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1985 to 1987, died on June 3, 2026. He was 103. Born on April 7, 1923, in…
A. K. M. Rahmatullah dead at age 75, MP
A. K. M. Rahmatullah, a Bangladeshi politician and member of parliament, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 75. He represented the Dhaka-11 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad…
Rutsel Martha dead at age 70, Dutch politician
Rutsel Martha, a Dutch politician and legal scholar, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, in 1955, he was also known as Rutsel…
A.K.M. Rahmatullah dead at age 75, Bangladeshi politician
A.K.M. Rahmatullah, a Bangladeshi politician, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on January 1, 1950, he was an Awami League figure who served in the…
Cláudio Magrão dead at age 72, deputy
Cláudio Magrão, a Brazilian politician who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2007 to 2009, died on June 2, 2026.…
Robert Parizeau dead at age 90, Canadian businessman
Robert Parizeau, a Canadian businessman who led the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, died on June 2, 2026, in Montreal. He was 90. Born in Montreal on November 7, 1935, he…
Casey Luna dead at age 95, lieutenant governor of New Mexico
Casey Luna, an American racing team owner and politician who served as lieutenant governor of New Mexico from 1991 to 1995, died on June 2, 2026. He was 95. Luna…
Lyuben Dilov Jr. dead at age 61, MP, complications from a heart attack
Lyuben Dilov Jr., the Bulgarian writer, journalist and lawmaker, died on June 2, 2026, from complications of a heart attack. He was 61. Born in Sofia on November 19, 1964,…
Yogesh Patel dead at age 79, Gujarat MLA
Yogesh Patel, an Indian politician and Gujarat MLA since 2012, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 79. Known in the assembly as Yogeshbhai Narayandas Patel, he represented…
Sir Neville Cenac dead at age 86, minister of foreign affairs and governor-general
Sir Neville Cenac, a Saint Lucian politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 1987 to 1992 and as governor-general from 2018 to 2021, died on June 2, 2026,…
Alan Haselhurst dead at age 88, MP and member of the House of Lords
Alan Haselhurst, the British Conservative politician who served as an MP and later sat in the House of Lords, died on June 2, 2026, aged 88. Born at South Elmsall…
Nasos Athanasiou dead at age 75, Greek politician
Nasos Athanasiou, a Greek journalist and politician, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Athens on March 2, 1951, he grew up in Aigaleo and…
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos dead at age 62, minister of universities of Andalusia and rector of t…
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, the Spanish veterinarian and politician who served as Andalusia’s minister of universities, died on June 2, 2026, of cancer. Born in Córdoba in 1963, he built…
David J. Halberstam dead at age 74, American sports broadcaster and producer
David J. Halberstam, an American sports broadcaster and producer, died on June 2, 2026, at age 74. Born October 7, 1951, he served as executive vice president and general manager…
Alexey Panteleev dead at age 67, senator
Alexey Panteleev, a Russian politician and senator from 2009 to 2012, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Born Alexey Borisovich Panteleev on February 2, 1959, in…
Margaret Commodore dead at age 93, Yukon MLA
Margaret Commodore, a Canadian politician and Yukon MLA from 1982 to 1996, died on June 1, 2026. She was born in 1932 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and served in the…
André Santini dead at age 85, deputy and mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux
André Santini, the French politician who served as a deputy from 2009 to 2017 and as mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux from 1980, died on June 1, 2026. He was 85. Born…
Gianni Francesco Mattioli dead at age 86, deputy and minister of community policies
Gianni Francesco Mattioli, the Italian politician and physicist who served as a deputy from 1987 to 2001 and as minister of community policies from 1998 to 1999, died on June…
Michael Meadowcroft dead at age 84, MP
Michael Meadowcroft, the English politician who served as MP for Leeds West from 1983 to 1987, died on June 1, 2026, aged 84. Born in Southport on March 6, 1942,…
Tofail Ahmed dead at age 82, MP, minister of industries and commerce
Tofail Ahmed, a Bangladeshi politician who served in parliament for more than five decades and held ministerial posts in the industries and commerce portfolios, died on June 1, 2026. He…
Stéphane-Albert Boulais dead at age 76, Canadian writer and film critic
Stéphane-Albert Boulais, a Canadian writer and film critic, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Maniwaki, Quebec, on June 17, 1949, he studied at Laval…
Pierre Izard dead at age 90, member and president of the general council of Haute-Garonne, mayor of…
Pierre Izard, the French politician who served as a member and later president of the general council of Haute-Garonne and as mayor of Villefranche-de-Lauragais, died on June 1, 2026. He…
BS Dhaliwal dead, heart attack
BS Dhaliwal, an Indian Army general, died on May 31, 2026, following a heart attack. He served as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters from 2006 to 2007 and had a military…
B. S. Dhaliwal dead, heart attack
B. S. Dhaliwal, an Indian Army general, died on May 31, 2026, after a heart attack was announced as the cause. Lieutenant General Dhaliwal served as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters…
Probal Dasgupta dead at age 72, Substantivism; Bangla syntax; Esperanto studies
Probal Dasgupta, an Indian linguist, Esperantist and former president of the Universal Esperanto Association, died on May 31, 2026. He was 72. Born in Kolkata on September 19, 1953, Dasgupta…
Ryamizard Ryacudu dead at age 76, minister of defence and chief of staff
Ryamizard Ryacudu, the Indonesian military officer and politician who served as minister of defence from 2014 to 2019 and as chief of staff from 2002 to 2005, died on May…
K. P. Dhanapalan dead at age 76, MP
K. P. Dhanapalan, an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2014, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on April 4, 1950, in…
París Galán dead at age 58, Bolivian drag queen and politician
París Galán, a Bolivian drag queen and politician, died on May 30, 2026, at age 58. Born Carlos Felipe Parra Heredia in Oruro on February 5, 1968, he became widely…
Jutta Zilliacus dead at age 100, journalist and author
Jutta Zilliacus, a Finnish-Estonian politician, journalist and author, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 100. Born Jutta Armelle Zilliacus in Helsinki on July 25, 1925, she worked…
Mariella Mularoni dead at age 63, captain regent
Mariella Mularoni, a Sammarinese politician and former captain regent, died on May 29, 2026, at age 63. Born in the City of San Marino on October 15, 1962, she served…
Gade Venkata Reddy dead at age 89, Andhra Pradesh MLA
Gade Venkata Reddy, an Indian politician and former Andhra Pradesh MLA, died on May 29, 2026. Born on July 10, 1945, in Bapatla, he was elected to the state assembly…
T. U. Kuruvilla dead at age 89, Kerala MLA
T. U. Kuruvilla, an Indian politician who served as a Kerala MLA from 2006 to 2016, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on September 13,…
Jorge Alonso Treviño dead at age 90, governor of Nuevo León
Jorge Alonso Treviño, the Mexican politician who served as governor of Nuevo León from 1985 to 1991, died on May 29, 2026. He was 90. Born in Monterrey on November…
Jang Jae-sik dead at age 91, South Korean politician and economist
Jang Jae-sik died on May 28, 2026. He was a South Korean politician and economist. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the available record. Jang…
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi dead at age 80, president, vice president, and minister of defense, heart at…
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Yemeni politician who served as president from 2012 to 2022, died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 80. He had earlier been vice president…
Dabirul Islam dead at age 77, MP
Dabirul Islam, a Bangladeshi politician and longtime member of parliament, died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 77. Born on September 29, 1948, he represented Thakurgaon-2 in the…
Jevgenij Shuklin dead at age 40, MP
Jevgenij Shuklin, a Lithuanian sprint canoeist and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2024, died on May 28, 2026, at age 40. Born on November 23, 1985,…
Randhir Singh
Indian political scientistDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Carlos Oliva dead at age 61, director of the Central Reserve Bank and minister of economy and finan…
Carlos Oliva, a Peruvian economist who served as director of the Central Reserve Bank from 2015 to 2016 and again from 2021, died on May 27, 2026, at the age…
Giuseppe Gargani dead at age 91, deputy and MEP
Giuseppe Gargani, the Italian politician who served as a deputy from 1972 to 1994 and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009, died on May 27,…
Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah dead at age 73, deputy prime minister
Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, the Qatari politician who served as deputy prime minister from 2003 to 2011, died on May 27, 2026. He was 73. Born in Doha in 1952,…
Joe Schwarz dead at age 88, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Michigan Senate
Joe Schwarz, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and in the Michigan Senate from 1987 to 2002, died on May 27,…
Samuel Yin dead at age 75, Taiwanese conglomerate industry executive
Samuel Yin, a Taiwanese conglomerate industry executive, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a businessman best known as the founder of the Tang Prize…
Dragoljub Mićunović dead at age 95, president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of…
Dragoljub Mićunović, a Serbian politician and former president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and of the Assembly of Serbia and…
Donald Newhouse dead at age 96, lymphoma
Donald Newhouse, the American businessman and publisher who led Advance Publications, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 96, according to the family company. Born in New York…
Robert Daley dead at age 96, journalist, and New York City Police Department officer
Robert Daley, the American writer, journalist and New York City Police Department officer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 96. Daley, born in New York City on May 10,…
Abdillah Toha dead at age 84, Academic
Abdillah Toha, an Indonesian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2009, died on May 26, 2026. He was 84. A member of…
Kathryn Sessions dead at age 84, member of the Wyoming Senate and House of Representatives
Kathryn Sessions, an American politician who served in the Wyoming Senate from 1999 to 2011 and in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998, died on May 25,…
Béatrice Bellamy dead at age 59, French politician, MP, cancer
Béatrice Bellamy, a French politician and member of parliament since 2022, died on May 24, 2026, of cancer. She was 59. Bellamy served in the National Assembly for Vendée’s 2nd…
Benjamin Swan dead at age 92, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Benjamin Swan, the American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2017, died on May 25, 2026. He was 92. Swan represented the 11th Hampden…
Flick Rea dead at age 88, English politician
Flick Rea, an English politician, died on May 25, 2026, aged 88. Known as a Liberal Democrat politician, she represented the Fortune Green ward on Camden Council for 35 years…
Antônio Salim Curiati dead at age 98, mayor of São Paulo and deputy, and twice São Paulo MLA
Antônio Salim Curiati, Brazilian politician and physician who served as mayor of São Paulo and later as a deputy, died on May 25, 2026. He was 98. Curiati was born…
Taymuraz Akhokhov dead at age 54, юрист, социолог
Taymuraz Akhokhov died on May 24, 2026. He was a Russian politician and served as mayor of Nalchik from 2018. He was 54. Tags Politicians, 24 May 2026, Akhokhov, Cancer,…
Khizri Shikhsaidov dead at age 78, speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Dagest…
Khizri Shikhsaidov died on May 24, 2026. He was a Russian politician who served as speaker of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan from 2013 to 2021. His…
Arturo Herviz Reyes dead at age 71, senator, heart attack
Arturo Herviz Reyes, a Mexican politician and senator from 2006 to 2012, died on May 24, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 71. Born on July 12, 1954, in…
Linda Masarira dead at age 43, Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist
Linda Masarira, a Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 43. She was known for her work in human rights activism and…
Mats Hellström dead at age 84, minister for foreign trade, minister of agriculture
Mats Hellström, the Swedish politician who served as minister for foreign trade from 1983 to 1986 and minister of agriculture from 1986 to 1991, died on May 24, 2026. He…
Norbert Kartmann dead at age 77, member and president of the Landtag of Hesse
Norbert Kartmann, a German politician and longtime member and president of the Landtag of Hesse, died on May 23, 2026. He was 77. A member of the Christian Democratic Union,…
Richard A. Tapia dead at age 88, public figure
Richard A. Tapia, an American mathematician, died on May 23, 2026. He was known for his work in mathematical optimization and iterative methods for nonlinear problems, with more recent research…
Yusuf Hossain Humayun dead at age 90, Bangladeshi politician, MP
Yusuf Hossain Humayun, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament from 1973 to 1979, died on May 23, 2026. He was elected to parliament from Barisal-4 in 1973 as…
Howard Moscoe dead at age 86, public figure
Howard Moscoe, a Canadian politician and former Toronto city councillor, died on May 23, 2026. He was 86. Moscoe served on Toronto City Council from 1978 to 2010 and represented…
Jens Kampmann dead at age 89, MP, minister of public works and pollution control
Jens Kampmann, the Danish politician and former minister, died on May 23, 2026. He was 89. Kampmann served as a member of the Folketing from 1966 to 1978 and held…
Tadateru Konoe dead at age 87, Japanese humanitarian, president of the International Federation of…
Tadateru Konoe, the Japanese humanitarian who served as president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 2009 to 2017, died on May 23, 2026. He…
William W. Parmley dead at age 90, American cardiologist
William W. Parmley, an American cardiologist, died on May 23, 2026, at age 90. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 22, 1936, and was also known…
Piotr Pyzik dead at age 67, Civil servant
Piotr Pyzik, a Polish politician and member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2019, died on May 23, 2026. He was 67. Born Piotr Mieczysław Pyzik on January 1, 1959,…
Ruth Shack dead at age 94, American politician
Ruth Shack, an American politician, died on May 23, 2026, at age 94. She served as the sponsor of the 1977 Human Rights Ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and was…
Luís Freire Neto dead at age 69, Architect
Luís Freire Neto, a Brazilian politician and architect who served in the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco from 1983 to 1987 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1987 to 1989,…
Sir Jeremy Hanley dead at age 80, British politician, MP
Sir Jeremy Hanley, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 1997, died on May 22, 2026, aged 80. Born Jeremy James Hanley on 17…
Lucille Berrien dead at age 98, American politician and civil rights activist
Lucille Berrien, an American politician and civil rights activist, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 98. She was an activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a member of…
María Elena Carrera dead at age 97, Chilean politician, senator
María Elena Carrera, Chilean politician and senator, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Santiago on January 2, 1929, she served in the Senate of…
Dan Newman dead at age 63, Canadian politician
Dan Newman, a Canadian politician, died on May 21, 2026. He was 63. Newman was born in Toronto and served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of…
Ole Wøhlers Olsen dead at age 84, Danish diplomat
Ole Wøhlers Olsen, a Danish diplomat, died on May 21, 2026. Born on January 1, 1942, he was Denmark’s ambassador to Algeria. Olsen worked for Denmark’s Foreign Ministry from 1969…
Gerald M. Pomper dead at age 91, American political scientist
Gerald M. Pomper, an American political scientist, died on May 21, 2026. He was 91. Pomper specialized in American elections and politics and was the Board of Governors Professor Emeritus…