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…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 19,000 obituaries of famous dead politicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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…
Kenneth Gagnon dead at age 68, American politician
Kenneth Gagnon, an American politician and Maine State Senator, died on June 1, 2026. He served in the Maine Senate from 2000 to 2006, representing Maine’s 25th District, which covered…
Jim Tallas dead at age 89, American politician
Jim Tallas died on June 1, 2026. Tags Politicians, 01 June 2026, America, Cancer, Jim, Tallas, June 1, June 2026
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Liz Howard dead, public figure
Liz Howard, an Irish camogie player and former 27th president of the Camogie Association, died on May 21, 2026. Howard was from Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, and was the daughter…
Tamati Reedy dead at age 89, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player, and public servant
Sir Tamati Reedy, a New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player and public servant, died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ruatoria in 1936, he served as secretary of the…
Kyösti Virrankoski dead at age 82, Finnish politician, MP, MEP
Kyösti Virrankoski, the Finnish politician who served as an MP from 1991 to 1995 and as an MEP from 1996 to 2009, died on May 21, 2026, at the age…
Wendelgard von Staden dead at age 100, German diplomat and author
Wendelgard von Staden, a German diplomat and author, died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 100. Known as Wendi von Staden, she wrote the 1979 memoir "Darkness Over…
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…
Inge Wettig-Danielmeier dead at age 89, German politician, treasurer of the SPD, member of the Land…
Inge Wettig-Danielmeier died on May 20, 2026. She was a German politician who served as treasurer of the SPD from 1991 to 2007. She was a member of the Landtag…
Johannes Müller dead at age 57, member of the Landtag of Saxony
Johannes Müller, the German politician who served as a member of the Landtag of Saxony from 2004 to 2014, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 57. Born…
Taoufik Cheikhrouhou dead at age 81, public figure
Taoufik Cheikhrouhou, a Tunisian politician and civil servant, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a member of the Socialist Destourian Party and later the…
József Csapó dead at age 88, Romanian politician, deputy, senator
József Csapó, Romanian politician and engineer, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Târgu Secuiesc, Romania, on May 8, 1938, he was a member of…
Sivia Qoro dead at age 70, public figure
Sivia Qoro, a Fijian chief and politician, died on May 20, 2026. She served briefly in Fiji’s House of Representatives in 2006 as the member for Yasawa Nawaka, representing the…
Barney Frank dead at age 86, public figure
Barney Frank, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86 of congestive heart failure. A…
Robert Woodson dead at age 89, American political activist
Robert Woodson, an American political activist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Robert Leon Woodson on April 8, 1937, in Philadelphia, he was a civil…
B. C. Khanduri dead at age 91, Indian politician, chief minister of Uttarakhand, minister of road t…
B. C. Khanduri, an Indian politician and former chief minister of Uttarakhand, died on May 19, 2026. He served as chief minister from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2011…
Peter Hollingworth dead at age 91, Australian Anglican bishop, archbishop of Brisbane and governor-…
Peter Hollingworth, the Australian Anglican bishop who served as archbishop of Brisbane from 1989 to 2001 and as governor-general of Australia from 2001 to 2003, died on May 19, 2026,…
Heinz-Helmich van Schewick dead at age 85, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Heinz-Helmich van Schewick, a German politician and member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1985 to 2000, died on May 19, 2026. He was 85. Van Schewick was a…
B.C. Khanduri dead at age 91, Indian politician, chief minister of Uttarakhand, minister of road tr…
B.C. Khanduri, the Indian politician who served as chief minister of Uttarakhand and as minister of road transport and highways, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 91.…
Pierre Sotura dead at age 95, French politician, mayor of L’Île-Saint-Denis, member of the Ge…
Pierre Sotura, a French politician and cabinetmaker, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 95. He served as mayor of L'Île-Saint-Denis from 1965 to 1971 and as a…
Karl Pischl dead at age 85, MP, member of the Federal Council
Karl Pischl, an Austrian politician who served in the National Council from 1972 to 1990 and in the Federal Council from 1994 to 1997, died on May 19, 2026. He…
Barbara Lenk dead at age 75, public figure
Barbara Lenk, an American attorney and jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, died on May 21, 2026. She was 75. Born in Queens, New York, on December…
Robert Irving dead at age 71, Canadian industrial, co-CEO of J.D. Irving, and sport administrator,…
Robert Irving, the Canadian industrialist and co-CEO of J.D. Irving, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 71 after cancer. Based in Moncton, New Brunswick, he was responsible…
Mike Purzycki dead at age 80, public figure
Mike Purzycki, the former mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, died on May 19, 2026. He was 80–81. Purzycki served as Wilmington’s 56th mayor from 2017 to 2025. Born in Newark, New…
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez dead at age 89, Mexican judge, minister and president of the supreme court
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez, a Mexican judge and minister of the Supreme Court, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as a minister of the court…
Gregory D. Shorey Jr. dead at age 101, American politician, chairman of the South Carolina Republic…
Gregory D. Shorey Jr., an American politician who served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1958 to 1961, died on May 18, 2026. He was 101. Born…
José Ribamar Pereira dead at age 81, Piauí MLA
José Ribamar Pereira, a Brazilian politician who served as a Piauí state deputy from 1999 to 2003 and again in 2011, died on May 18, 2026. He was 81. Pereira…
Huguette Bouchardeau dead at age 90, French politician, minister of the environment
Huguette Bouchardeau, French politician and minister of the environment from 1984 to 1986, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, on June…
Stepan Kubiv dead at age 64, Ukrainian politician, first deputy prime minister and chairman of the…
Stepan Kubiv, a Ukrainian politician who served as first deputy prime minister from 2016 to 2019 and as chairman of the National Bank in 2014, died on May 18, 2026.…
Étienne Davignon dead at age 93, public figure
Étienne Davignon, Belgian diplomat and civil servant who served as European commissioner from 1977 to 1985, died on May 18, 2026, at age 93. Born in Budapest on October 4,…
Gianclaudio Bressa dead at age 70, Italian politician, mayor of Belluno, deputy, and senator
Gianclaudio Bressa, an Italian politician who served as mayor of Belluno from 1990 to 1993, deputy from 1996 to 2018, and senator from 2018 to 2022, died on May 18,…
Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor dead at age 78, Swiss politician, member of the Grand Council of Vaud, memb…
Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor, Swiss politician and civil servant, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 78. She served on the Grand Council of Vaud from 1978 to 1985 and…
Ofer Bronchtein dead at age 69, French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, complications from chro…
Ofer Bronchtein, a French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 69. Born in Beersheba, Israel,…