Sean Grayson, died aged 32
Sean Grayson, an American convicted murderer, died on August 23, 2026, at age 32. He had been convicted in connection with the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead politicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Death of Philippe Puaud at age 89
Philippe Puaud, a French politician and former deputy in the National Assembly, died on August 22, 2026, aged 89. Born on August 26, 1936, in Sainte-Hermine, France, he was a…
Sefou Fagbohoun death at age 80
Sefou Fagbohoun, a Beninese businessman and former member of Benin’s National Assembly, died on August 22, 2026, aged 80. He was also president of the African Movement for Development and…
Hans Maurer death at age 93
Hans Maurer, a German politician and teacher who served in the Landtag of Bavaria from 1970 to 1998, died on August 22, 2026, aged 93. A member of the Christian…
Kiattichai Chaichaowarat obituary: died at age 87
Kiattichai Chaichaowarat, a Thai politician who served as president of the Office of the Prime Minister, died on August 22, 2026, aged 87. He represented Udon Thani Province in the…
Kiattichai Chaichaowarat obituary: died at age 87
Kiattichai Chaichaowarat, a Thai politician and former Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister, died on August 22, 2026, aged 87. He served in senior government posts including minister…
Manoel Dias passed away at age 88
Manoel Dias, a Brazilian politician and minister of labour, died on August 22, 2026, aged 88. Born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, on August 13, 1938, he trained as a lawyer…
Obituary: Sir Andrew Nicol, dead at age 75
Sir Andrew Nicol, the British judge who served as a justice of the High Court from 2009 to 2021, died on August 22, 2026, aged 75. Born Sir Andrew George…
Max Trenorden, died aged 78
Max Trenorden, an Australian politician who served in both houses of the Western Australian Parliament, died on August 22, 2026, aged 78. Born Maxwell Wayne Trenorden on August 1, 1948,…
Siim Kallas passed away at age 77
Siim Kallas, the Estonian politician who served as prime minister from 2002 to 2003 and as a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2014, died on August 22, 2026, aged 77.…
Charlie St. Clair passed away at age 74
Charlie St. Clair, an American politician and Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died on August 22, 2026, aged 74. He represented the Belknap 5th district until…
Matteo Fiorini, died aged 48
Matteo Fiorini, a Sammarinese politician and former Captain Regent of San Marino, died on August 21, 2026, aged 48. Born in the City of San Marino on February 10, 1978,…
Jean Giard death at age 99
Jean Giard, a French politician, died on August 21, 2026, aged 99. Born in Paris on September 30, 1926, he served as a Communist member of the National Assembly from…
V. C. Manning passes away at age 78
V. C. Manning, an American politician and educator, died on August 21, 2026, at age 78. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Mississippi State Senate from…
Syarhei Kastsyan passed away at age 85
Syarhei Kastsyan, a Belarusian politician and academic who served as a member of the Supreme Council from 1996 to 2001, died on August 21, 2026, aged 85. Born in Usochi…
Pranab Patnaik death at age 88
Pranab Patnaik, an Indian playback singer and one of the pioneering voices of Odia cinema, died on August 21, 2026, aged 88. Born on January 20, 1938, in Buxi Bazaar,…
Jacques Van Gompel passes away at age 79
Jacques Van Gompel, the Belgian politician who served as mayor of Charleroi from 2000 to 2006, died on August 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in Gilly on June 12, 1947,…
Jesús Martínez Álvarez obituary: died at age 81
Jesús Martínez Álvarez, a Mexican politician, died on August 21, 2026, aged 81. Born in Oaxaca de Juárez on September 18, 1944, he was affiliated with the Citizens' Movement after…
Yao Eng-chi death at age 91
Yao Eng-chi, a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 2005 and as vice president from 1999 to 2002, died on August 21,…
Nancy Kassebaum dies at age 94
Nancy Kassebaum, the American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1978 to 1997, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. A Kansas Republican, she was born Nancy Josephine…
Fikile Mokgohloa dead at age 65
Fikile Mokgohloa, a South African jurist and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, died on August 20, 2026, aged 65. Born in Pretoria on June 1, 1961, she began…
Carlos Reyes López dies at 69
Carlos Reyes López, a Mexican politician and former deputy, died on August 20, 2026, aged 69. Born on 24 February 1957 in José Mariano Jiménez, he was known as Carlos…
Tomislav Simović death at age 91
Tomislav Simović, the Serbian general and retired Yugoslav People’s Army lieutenant colonel general, died on August 20, 2026, aged 91. Born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1935, he spent…
Elisabeth Kiausch dies at 93
Elisabeth Kiausch, a German politician and retailer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on January 19, 1933, in Hamburg, she was a member of the Social Democratic Party…
Death of Sajjan Kumar at age 79
Sajjan Kumar, an Indian politician convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in inciting and abetting mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide, died on August 20, 2026, aged…
Bob Ives died at age 87
Bob Ives, an American politician, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Robert Stuart Ives, he was born on December 16, 1938, and was educated at the…
Nancy Kissinger dead at age 92
Nancy Kissinger, an American philanthropist and longtime Rockefeller aide, died on August 20, 2026, at age 92. Born Nancy Sharon Maginnes in Manhattan, she was educated at The Masters School,…
Obituary: Michele Sensi-Contugi, dead at age 44
Michele Sensi-Contugi, an Italian-born Ecuadorian politician and businessman, died on August 19, 2026, aged 44, in a helicopter crash in Kenya. Known also as Michele Sensi-Contugi Ycaza, he was born…
Michele Pinto passed away at age 95
Michele Pinto, the Italian politician who served as minister of agriculture in the Prodi I Cabinet, died on August 19, 2026, aged 95. Born in Teggiano on January 2, 1931,…
José Suárez dies at age 55
José Suárez, an American broadcaster who led several Telemundo stations, died on August 19, 2026, at age 55 in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya. Suárez served as president…
François Patriat obituary: died at age 83
François Patriat, the French politician who represented Côte-d'Or in the Senate and led the Senate group of Renaissance, died on August 19, 2026, aged 83. Born in Semur-en-Auxois on March…
Stephany Hollihan passes away at age 41
Stephany Hollihan, an Ecuadorian fashion designer and founder and chief executive of the label Sensi Studio, died on August 19, 2026, in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya, aged…
Charles Walker passed away at age 78
Charles Walker, an American politician and former state senator in Georgia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 78. A Democrat from Augusta, he was first elected to the Georgia Senate…
Roland Hahn dies at age 80
Roland Hahn, a German teacher and Social Democratic politician who served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1972 to 1984, died on August 18, 2026, aged 80. Born on January…
Death of G. Wallace Caulk Jr. at age 85
G. Wallace Caulk Jr., an American politician and member of the Delaware House of Representatives, died on August 18, 2026, at age 85. Known as Wally Caulk, he was born…
Tawfique Nawaz dead, Tawfique Nawaz, Bangladeshi political activist, complications from a stroke
Tawfique Nawaz, a Bangladeshi lawyer and senior advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, died on August 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He served as director of Transparency International…
B. C. Nagesh dies at 67
B. C. Nagesh, an Indian politician and Karnataka MLA, died on August 18, 2026, aged 67. Also known as Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh and B C Nagesh, he represented Tiptur in…
Mieczysław Szyszka passes away at age 64
Mieczysław Szyszka, a Polish teacher and politician who served in the Senate from 2005 to 2007, died on August 18, 2026, aged 64. Born on December 8, 1961, in Nowa…
Bill Rasmussen death at age 93
Bill Rasmussen, the American television executive and co-founder and president of ESPN and ESPN Inc., died on August 18, 2026, at age 93. Born William F. Rasmussen in Chicago on…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Death of Igor Akhba at age 77
Igor Akhba, an Abkhaz diplomat and politician who served as the first ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to Russia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Sukhumi…
Norman A. Bailey passes away at age 95
Norman A. Bailey, the American economist and former U.S. government official, died on August 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Chicago in 1931, he served as senior director of international…
Samir Radwan, died aged 83
Samir Radwan, the Egyptian economist and politician who served as minister of finance in 2011, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born in Koum Hamada in Beheira Governorate, he…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Yvette Roudy has died at age 97
Yvette Roudy, the French politician who served as Minister of Women's Rights, died on August 18, 2026, aged 97. Born in Pessac in 1929, she went on to build a…
Satish Chandra Roy death at age 84
Satish Chandra Roy, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on August 18, 2026, aged 84. A member of the Bangladesh Awami League, he served as state minister…
Tamisuke Watanuki died at age 99
Tamisuke Watanuki, the Japanese politician who served as speaker of the House of Representatives from 2000 to 2003, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Born in Inami, Toyama Prefecture,…
Cindy Denby died at age 70
Cindy Denby, an American politician and member of the Michigan House of Representatives, died August 18, 2026, aged 70. A Republican from Michigan, she served in the state House from…
Itziar Alba Orbegozo passed away at age 83
Itziar Alba Orbegozo, a Spanish politician and member of the Basque Parliament, died on August 17, 2026, aged 83. Born in Goizueta in 1947, she was a member of the…
Klaus Törnudd obituary: died at age 94
Klaus Törnudd, the Finnish diplomat and researcher, died on August 17, 2026, aged 94. Born in Helsinki on December 26, 1931, he studied at the University of Helsinki and later…
Javier Lasagabaster dies at age 93
Javier Lasagabaster, a Spanish politician and lawyer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 93. Born Javier José Luis Lasagabaster Echarri in Pasaia on January 5, 1933, he served as Minister…
Andrey Sobolyev death at age 71
Andrey Sobolyev, a Russian political figure, died on August 17, 2026, aged 71. Born Andrey Nikolayevich Sobolev on December 1, 1954, in Ostrovnoy, he served as a member of the…
Fritz Schramma passes away at age 78
Fritz Schramma, the German politician who served as mayor of Cologne, died on August 17, 2026, aged 78. Born in Cologne on August 27, 1947, he built his career in…
Liu Jiyuan dead at age 93
Liu Jiyuan, a Chinese space engineer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 93. Born Chen Jiyuan on August 1, 1933, he was from Xing County in Shanxi Province and became…
Kenneth Chen died at age 86
Kenneth Chen, a Singaporean architect and politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2001, died on August 17, 2026, aged 86. Born Kenneth Chen Koon Lap…
Franklin Kury died at age 89
Franklin Kury, an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, died on August 16, 2026, aged 89. Kury served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1966 to…
Obituary: Marcelle Benoit, dead at age 104
Marcelle Benoit, the French musicologist and music historian, died on August 16, 2026, aged 104. Born Marcelle Andrée Madeleine Benoit in Lille on 17 December 1921, she graduated from the…
Asish Banerjee passes away at age 74
Asish Banerjee, an Indian politician and former associate professor at Rampurhat College, died on August 16, 2026, aged 74. He represented the Trinamool Congress and served as the 13th deputy…
Richard Herman dies at 88
Richard Herman, an American politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died on August 16, 2026, aged 88. A Democrat, he represented his district in the state…
Takeshi Fukuda dies at age 105
Takeshi Fukuda, a Japanese politician and former mayor of Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, died on August 16, 2026, aged 105. Born in Tochigi, he studied at Utsunomiya Middle School, Keio…
Marcel Neven obituary: died at age 82
Marcel Neven, a Belgian politician and sports executive, died on August 15, 2026, aged 82. Born in Visé on August 27, 1943, he was a member of the Reformist Movement…
Neville Callam obituary: died at age 125
Neville Callam, a Jamaican Baptist minister and theologian who served as general secretary emeritus of the Baptist World Alliance, died on August 15, 2026, aged 125. Born in Jamaica into…
Death of Elisabeth Schnell at age 93
Elisabeth Schnell, a German politician and catechist who served in the Landtag of Bavaria, died on August 15, 2026, aged 93. Born on October 27, 1932, in Sontheim, she was…
Manuel Gaspar Soares da Silva death at age 66
Manuel Gaspar Soares da Silva, an East Timorese teacher and politician, died on August 15, 2026, aged 66. A member of Fretilin, he served in the National Parliament from 2012…
Heinz-Peter Gasse death at age 73
Heinz-Peter Gasse, a German politician and electrician, died on August 15, 2026, aged 73. Born in Duisburg on October 17, 1952, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party…
Death of Stefanos Manos at age 86
Stefanos Manos, the Greek politician who served as minister of finance, died on August 15, 2026, aged 86. Born in Athens in 1939, he entered politics with New Democracy and…
Jacques Grandon died at age 99
Jacques Grandon, a French lawyer and politician, died on August 14, 2026, aged 99. Born in Saint-Benoît on May 9, 1927, he studied at the Collège Stanislas de Paris and…
Stanisław Adamiak death at age 93
Stanisław Adamiak, a Polish politician and farmer who served in the Sejm from 1976 to 1985, died on August 14, 2026, aged 93. Born on November 12, 1932, in Karwacz,…
Werner Breitwieser passes away at age 89
Werner Breitwieser, a German politician and school administrator who served in the Landtag of Hesse from 1989 to 1999, died on August 14, 2026, aged 89. A member of the…
Yevhen Shaho death at age 84
Yevhen Shaho, a Ukrainian politician and engineer who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2012, died on August 14, 2026, aged 84. Born Yevhen Petrovych…
George W. Cave dies at age 97
George W. Cave, an American author and CIA agent, died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Cave was a retired CIA operations officer and an authority on Iran who later…
Death of Samai Charoenchang at age 71
Samai Charoenchang, a Thai politician and former senator, died on August 14, 2026, aged 71. A member of the Democrat Party, he served in Thailand’s House of Representatives from 1995…
Rosalina Jalosjos obituary: died at age 79
Rosalina Jalosjos, a Filipino politician who served as governor of Zamboanga del Norte from 2022 to 2025, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79. Known locally as Nene Jalosjos, she…
Peter Snape passed away at age 84
Peter Snape, the British politician who served as Labour MP for West Bromwich East from 1974 to 2001 and later sat in the House of Lords as Baron Snape, died…
Stan Adelstein dies at 94
Stan Adelstein, an American politician who served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and Senate, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Adelstein, a Republican, represented the House from…
James T. Laney, died aged 98
James T. Laney, an American minister, professor and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to South Korea from 1993 to 1996 and as president of Emory University from 1977 to…
Wolfgang Haber dead at age 100
Wolfgang Haber, the German biologist who helped establish landscape ecology, died on August 13, 2026, aged 100. Born in Datteln in 1925, he studied botany, zoology, chemistry and geography at…
Jacques Wallage died at age 79
Jacques Wallage, the Dutch politician who served as a Labour Party (PvdA) member of the House of Representatives and later as mayor of Groningen, died on August 13, 2026, aged…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician and judge who served as minister of justice from 2001 to 2005, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. Born Anton Iliev Stankov on February…
Vito Gruosso, died aged 78
Vito Gruosso, an Italian trade unionist and politician, died on August 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in San Fele, Italy, on April 23, 1948, he was a member of the…
Elżbieta Barys obituary: died at age 79
Elżbieta Barys, a Polish lawyer and politician who served in the Sejm from 1997 to 2001, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Elżbieta Krystyna Barys, she was a…
Horst Jaunich has died at age 96
Horst Jaunich, a German politician and trade unionist who served in the Bundestag from 1972 to 1994, died on August 13, 2026, aged 96. Born on June 7, 1930, in…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician who served as minister of justice, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. He held the justice portfolio in Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005 and…
Reidun Andreassen has died at age 90
Reidun Andreassen, a Norwegian politician and former member of Parliament, died on August 12, 2026, aged 90. Born in Oslo on 15 June 1936, she represented the Labour Party in…
Juan Manuel Escobar death at age 76
Juan Manuel Escobar, an American politician and judge, died on August 12, 2026, aged 76. A former member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 43rd district, he served…
Pramuan Rujanaseri passes away at age 87
Pramuan Rujanaseri, a Thai politician and civil servant who served as director-general of the Department of Provincial Administration from 1997 to 1999 and later represented the House of Representatives from…
Nancy Wyman dies at age 80
Nancy Wyman, an American politician who served as Connecticut’s lieutenant governor and state comptroller, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. A Democrat, she was the 108th lieutenant governor of…
Josef Deimer, died aged 90
Josef Deimer, the German politician who served in the Landtag of Bavaria and the Bavarian Senate, died on August 12, 2026, aged 90. Born in Landshut on January 1, 1936,…
Zhu Rongji dies at age 97
Zhu Rongji, the Chinese politician and electrical engineer who served as premier of China from 1998 to 2003, died on August 12, 2026, aged 97. Born in Changsha in 1928,…
Giles Chichester has died at age 80
Giles Chichester, the British politician and Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. Born Giles Bryan Chichester in…
Faisal Saleh Hayat died at age 74
Faisal Saleh Hayat, a Pakistani politician who served as minister of commerce from 1988 to 1990 and minister of interior from 2002 to 2004, died on August 11, 2026, at…
Kosti Manibe Ngai dies at age 78
Kosti Manibe Ngai, a South Sudanese politician who served as Minister for Cabinet Affairs in the Cabinet of South Sudan, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78. He was appointed…
Ingeborg Friebe dead at age 95
Ingeborg Friebe, the German politician and trade unionist who served as president of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, died on August 11, 2026, aged 95. Born Ingeborg Röh in Brunswick…
Kriang Kalptinan dies at age 73
Kriang Kalptinan, a Thai military officer and politician, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born on November 27, 1952, in Mueang Ubon Ratchathani district, Thailand, he was elected to…
Alexander Romanovich dead at age 73
Alexander Romanovich, a Russian politician and military officer, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born in Moscow on October 15, 1952, he was a member of A Just Russia…
Lúcia Viveiros passed away at age 91
Lúcia Viveiros, a Brazilian politician and civil engineer, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Born in Belém on April 13, 1935, she was known for her work in public…
Alaksandar Milinkievič has died at age 79
Alaksandar Milinkievič, a Belarusian politician and opposition figure, died on August 11, 2026, aged 79. Born in Hrodna on July 25, 1947, he was a physicist, ethnologist, university teacher, historian,…
Barton Myers has died at age 91
Barton Myers, an American architect who led Barton Myers Associates Inc. in Santa Barbara, California, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Over a career that spanned more than four…
Prince Mongo passed away at age 89
Prince Mongo, the American novelty politician and Memphis local political personality who repeatedly ran for mayor, died on August 10, 2026, aged 89. Born Robert Hodges, he became known in…