İoanna Kuçuradi dies at age 89
İoanna Kuçuradi, the Turkish philosopher and academic, died on October 2, 2026, aged 89. Born in Istanbul on October 4, 1936, she studied philosophy at Istanbul University after attending Zappeion…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead politicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Hubert Colin de Verdière death at age 84
Hubert Colin de Verdière, a French diplomat who served as ambassador to Russia and Algeria, died on October 2, 2026, aged 84. Born in Roubaix on October 31, 1941, during…
Denys Tremblay dies at age 75
Denys Tremblay, a Canadian artist and micronational leader who served as king of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, died October 2, 2026, aged 75. Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, on February 5, 1951, Tremblay was…
Death of Sir William Heseltine at age 96
Sir William Heseltine, the Australian civil servant who served as private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 1986 to 1990, died on October 2, 2026, aged 96. Born William Frederick…
John James Sweeney passed away at age 99
John James Sweeney, an American politician and former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, died October 2, 2026, aged 99. Born in Philadelphia on June 1, 1927, he served in…
Death of Sir William Heseltine at age 96
Sir William Heseltine, the Australian civil servant who served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1986 to 1990, died on October 2, 2026, aged 96. Born Sir William Frederick…
Death of Bruce Baird at age 84
Bruce Baird, the Australian politician and trade commissioner, died on October 2, 2026, aged 84. Born Bruce George Baird in Sydney on February 28, 1942, he served in the New…
J. C. Duncan, died aged 97
Jason Charlie (J. C.) Duncan, a South Carolina politician and teacher, died October 2, 2026, aged 97. Born June 27, 1929, in Lyman, South Carolina, he served in the state…
Dottie Martin died at age 89
Dottie Martin, an American educator and real estate broker who served as First Lady of North Carolina, died on October 2, 2026, aged 89. Born Dorothy Ann McAulay in Charlotte,…
Cesar Virata passes away at age 95
Cesar Virata, the Filipino politician who served as prime minister of the Philippines, died on October 2, 2026, aged 95. Born Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata in Kawit, he became the…
George Waft passes away at age 26
George Waft, British politician, died on October 1, 2026, aged 26. A Manx politician, he served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. Waft was…
Death of Ken Krawetz at age 75
Ken Krawetz, a Canadian politician and Saskatchewan MLA from 1995 to 2016, died on October 1, 2026, aged 75. Known formally as Kenneth Patrick Krawetz, he was born in Saskatchewan…
Toshio Kamo passes away at age 81
Toshio Kamo, a Japanese political scientist and professor emeritus of Osaka City University, died of acute respiratory failure on October 1, 2026, aged 81. His scholarship focused on local government…
Carl Berger, died aged 87
Carl Berger, a Canadian historian and academic, died October 1, 2026, aged 87. Born in The Pas, Manitoba, Berger studied at the University of Manitoba, earning a bachelor’s degree in…
Alisa Aksyonova dies at age 95
Alisa Aksyonova, a Russian museum director, died on October 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Alisa Ivanovna Kurnaeva on March 13, 1931, in Savino in what is now Ivanovo Oblast, she…
Obituary: Biljana Plavšić, dead at age 96
Biljana Plavšić, the Bosnian Serb politician who served as president of Republika Srpska, died on October 1, 2026, aged 96. Born in Tuzla in 1930, she worked as a university…
Nobutaka Tsutsui dies at age 81
Nobutaka Tsutsui, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in Japan’s Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, died on October 1, 2026, aged…
Don Wing dies at age 88
Don Wing, the Australian politician who served in the Tasmanian Legislative Council and as mayor of Launceston, died on October 1, 2026, aged 88. Born in Ulverstone on April 27,…
Milton Windler, died aged 94
Milton Windler, the American NASA flight director who helped guide some of the space agency’s most significant missions, died on October 1, 2026, aged 94. Known as Milt Windler, he…
Caupolicán Peña passes away at age 96
Caupolicán Peña, the Chilean football player and manager who was a key figure for Colo-Colo and later coached Palestino, died on October 1, 2026, aged 96. Born in Carahue on…
Obituary: Jérôme Bignon, dead at age 77
Jérôme Bignon, a French politician and senator, died on September 30, 2026, aged 77. A member of the Union for a Popular Movement, he represented the Somme department in French…
Wicknell Chivayo obituary: died at age 43
Wicknell Chivayo, a Zimbabwean businessman, died on September 30, 2026, aged 43. Known also as Sir Wicknell, he was the founder and managing director of Intratrek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited. Chivayo…
Andrea Kdolsky dies at age 63
Andrea Kdolsky, the Austrian politician and former health minister, died on September 30, 2026, aged 63. Born Andrea Pelucha on November 2, 1962, in Vienna, she grew up in the…
Obituary: Gabriel Serville, dead at age 67
Gabriel Serville, the French Guianan politician who served as president of the Assembly of French Guiana, died on September 30, 2026, aged 67. Born in Cayenne on September 27, 1959,…
Obituary: Josef Buchner, dead at age 84
Josef Buchner, the Austrian politician who served as mayor of Steyregg, died on September 30, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hagenberg im Mühlkreis on March 2, 1942, he was associated…
Adrian Rurawhe dies at age 64
Adrian Rurawhe, a New Zealand politician and Labour Party MP from 2014 to 2026, died on September 30, 2026, aged 64. Also known as Adrian Paki Rurawhe, he served as…
Keith B. McMullin died at age 85
Keith B. McMullin, an American Latter-Day Saint operating executive who served as chief executive of Deseret Management Corporation from 2012 to 2023, died on September 30, 2026, aged 85. Born…
Ramón Luis Rivera passed away at age 97
Ramón Luis Rivera, the Puerto Rican politician who served as mayor of Bayamón from 1977 to 2001, died on September 30, 2026, at age 97. A native of Aguas Buenas,…
Obituary: Janice Laking, dead at age 96
Janice Laking, the Canadian politician who served as mayor of Barrie, died on September 30, 2026, aged 96. Known also by her married name and born Janice McCuaig, she was…
Jorge Kahwagi passes away at age 58
Jorge Kahwagi, a Mexican businessman, politician and boxer, died on September 30, 2026, aged 58. Born Jorge Antonio Kahwagi Macari in Mexico City on May 28, 1968, he became known…
Pat Saiki death at age 96
Pat Saiki, an American politician and educator who represented Hawaii in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on September 30, 2026, at age 96. Born Patricia Hatsue Fukuda in Hilo,…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Pagotto, dead at age 74
Juan Carlos Pagotto, an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as a senator since 2023 and as a member of the Legislature of La Rioja from 1993 to 1997, died…
Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo death at age 77
Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo, a Burundian politician, died on September 29, 2026, at age 77. He served as Burundi’s minister of youth, culture and sports after being appointed in 2010 by President…
Veaceslav Madan obituary: died at age 77
Veaceslav Madan, a Moldovan actor, film director, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Culture in the Vasile Tarlev Cabinet, died on September 29, 2026, aged 77. Born on…
Joe Callanan obituary: died at age 77
Joe Callanan, the Irish former Fianna Fáil politician and TD for Galway East from 2002 to 2007, died on September 29, 2026, aged 77. Born in Kilconnell, County Galway, he…
Rafil Garifullin passed away at age 82
Rafil Khatmullovich Garifullin, a Russian politician who served in the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan, died in Ufa on September 29, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 17,…
Ionel Haiduc death at age 89
Ionel Haiduc, the Romanian chemist who led the Romanian Academy from 2006 to 2014, died on September 29, 2026, aged 89. Born in Cluj-Napoca on May 9, 1937, he studied…
Kongsak Vantana obituary: died at age 81
Kongsak Vantana, a Thai politician and air force officer who served as minister of interior and commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, died on September 29, 2026, aged 81.…
Julián García Vargas dies at 81
Julián García Vargas, the Spanish politician who served as minister of health from 1986 to 1991 and minister of defence from 1991 to 1995, died on September 29, 2026, aged…
Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto death at age 87
Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto, the Beninese educator, feminist poet and politician, died on September 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Porto-Novo, she studied at the University of Strasbourg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität…
Vijai Singh Mankotia passes away at age 87
Vijai Singh Mankotia, an Indian politician and former Himachal MLA, died on September 29, 2026, aged 87. A member of the Indian National Congress, he represented the Shahpur constituency in…
Pietro Veglio passes away at age 81
Pietro Veglio, a Swiss economist and Executive Director of the World Bank, died on September 28, 2026, aged 81. Born in Bellinzona in 1944, he began his career in 1969…
Juraj Hraško died at age 95
Juraj Hraško, a Slovak politician and diplomat, died on September 28, 2026, aged 95. Born in Točnica on May 14, 1931, he was widely regarded as a founder of modern…
Anne Claire Poirier has died at age 94
Anne Claire Poirier, the Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter behind works including Before the Time Comes, A Scream from Silence and Beyond Forty, died on September 28, 2026, aged…
Siti Hasmah, died aged 100
Siti Hasmah, a Malaysian civil servant, physician and public-health advocate who served as the prime minister’s spouse, died of heart failure on September 28, 2026, aged 100. Born Hasmah binti…
Michael Wynn-Jones dies at 85
Michael Wynn-Jones, the Welsh writer, editor and publisher, died on September 28, 2026, aged 85. Born on January 1, 1941, he studied at Lancing College and the University of Oxford…
Andrea Zlatar-Violić obituary: died at age 65
Andrea Zlatar-Violić, a Croatian politician and former minister of culture, died on September 28, 2026, aged 65. Born in Zagreb in 1961, she studied humanities at the University of Zagreb,…
Obituary: Johan Buttedahl, dead at age 90
Johan Buttedahl, a Norwegian politician and dentist who served in the Parliament of Norway, died on September 28, 2026, aged 90. Born in Drammen on October 5, 1935, he represented…
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali has died at age 100
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, a Malaysian physician and civil servant who served as the spouse of Malaysia’s prime minister, died on September 28, 2026, aged 100. Widely known as Siti…
Steven T. Walther has died at age 83
Steven T. Walther, an American attorney and former Federal Election Commission commissioner, died September 27, 2026, aged 83. Born in Reno, Nevada, on July 18, 1943, he earned a Bachelor…
Bob Agee death at age 88
Bob Agee, the American academic administrator who served as president of Oklahoma Baptist University, died on September 26, 2026, at age 88. He led the university as its 13th president…
Obituary: David Ring, dead at age 72
David Ring, an American evangelist and motivational speaker, died September 26, 2026, aged 72. Known for speaking openly about living with cerebral palsy, he began challenging audiences in 1973 with…
Ahmed El-Zend passed away at age 80
Ahmed El-Zend, an Egyptian judge and former minister of justice, died on September 26, 2026, aged 80. Born in Tanta in 1946, he graduated from Al-Azhar University with a degree…
Tokushin Yamauchi dies at age 91
Tokushin Yamauchi, a Japanese politician and former Japan–North Korea friendship activist, died on September 26, 2026, aged 91. A native of Yomitan in Okinawa, he graduated from the University of…
Connie Osterman dies at 90
Connie Osterman, a Canadian politician who served in Alberta’s legislature, died on September 26, 2026, aged 90. Born Constantine Elaine Oel in Acme, Alberta, on June 23, 1936, she was…
David Millage, died aged 73
David Millage, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003, died on September 26, 2026, aged 73. Born in Portland, Oregon,…
Guruh Sukarnoputra obituary: died at age 73
Guruh Sukarnoputra, the Indonesian politician and artist who served as a member of the People's Representative Council, died on September 26, 2026, aged 73. Born Muhammad Guruh Irianto Sukarnoputra in…
Norm Kimball dead at age 96
Norm Kimball, the Canadian football executive who served as general manager of the Edmonton Eskimos and later president and chief operating officer of the Montreal Alouettes, died on September 25,…
Death of Ram Govind Chaudhary at age 74
Ram Govind Chaudhary, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA across multiple terms from 1977 to 1992, 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2022, died on September 25, 2026, aged…
Javier Delgado Barrio passes away at age 93
Javier Delgado Barrio, a Spanish judge who served as president of the Supreme Court of Spain from 1996 to 2001, died on September 25, 2026, aged 93. Born in Barbastro…
Ahmad Nategh-Nouri dies at 89
Ahmad Nategh-Nouri, an Iranian politician, died on September 25, 2026, aged 89. He represented the Noor and Mahmoudabad constituency in the Iranian parliament across seven terms, serving in the first,…
Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf dies at 90
Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf, a Pakistani politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on September 25, 2026, aged 90. He served in Pakistan’s lower house from June 2013 to…
Nikolay Velikdan obituary: died at age 70
Nikolay Velikdan, a Russian politician and chairman of the Duma of Stavropol Krai, died September 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Nikolay Timofeyevich Velikdan on March 6, 1956, he came from…
Sidya Touré has died at age 81
Sidya Touré, a Guinean politician who served as prime minister of Guinea, died on September 25, 2026, aged 81. Born in Conakry on January 1, 1945, he held the country's…
Obituary: Ahmad Nategh Nouri, dead at age 89
Ahmad Nategh Nouri, an Iranian politician and sport administrator, died on September 25, 2026, aged 89. He led the Iran Boxing Federation from 1989 until his resignation in 2017, a…
Reg Knezacek dead at age 80
Reg Knezacek, a Canadian politician, died in Esterhazy on September 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Reginald Mark Knezacek in Esterhazy on December 27, 1945, he represented the Saskatchewan constituency of…
Death of Georges Taï Benson at age 80
Georges Taï Benson, an Ivorian television presenter and journalist, died on September 25, 2026, at age 80. Born in Treichville, Abidjan, on January 25, 1946, he became one of the…
Bill Giles passes away at age 92
Bill Giles, the American baseball executive who was chairman and part-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, died on September 25, 2026, aged 92. Born William Yale Giles in Rochester, New York,…
Richard Mulcahey dies at 91
Richard Mulcahey, an American politician and educator who served in the Illinois House of Representatives, died on September 24, 2026, aged 91. A Democrat, he represented the chamber from 1975…
Chotelal Verma dies at age 73
Chotelal Verma, an Indian politician and businessman who served as a three-time Uttar Pradesh MLA, died on September 24, 2026, aged 73. He represented the Fatehabad constituency and was a…
Isao Takeuchi has died at age 74
Isao Takeuchi, a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Councillors and mayor of Tottori, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 24, 2026, aged 74.…
Bachtiar Chamsyah passed away at age 80
Bachtiar Chamsyah, an Indonesian politician who served as Indonesia’s minister of social affairs, died on September 24, 2026, aged 80. Born on December 31, 1945, in Kota Sigli, he was…
Milan Panić died at age 96
Milan Panić, the Serbian businessman, humanitarian and politician who served as prime minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, died on September 24, 2026, aged 96. Born in Belgrade in…
Death of Yehuda Atlas at age 89
Yehuda Atlas, the Israeli writer, poet and translator, died on September 24, 2026, aged 89. Born on February 12, 1937, in Ein Iron, he built a career that began in…
Obituary: Ricardo Centellas, dead at age 63
Ricardo Centellas, a Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop and bishop of Potosí and as archbishop of Sucre, died on September 24, 2026, aged 63. Born Ricardo…
Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán dead at age 63
Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, a Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Sucre, died on September 24, 2026, aged 63. He led the archdiocese from 2020 until his…
Isao Takeuchi has died at age 74
Isao Takeuchi, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors and as mayor of Tottori, died on September 24, 2026, aged 74. He was born in Tottori in…
Reinaldo Sánchez has died at age 82
Reinaldo Sánchez, a Chilean entrepreneur and football administrator, died on September 24, 2026, at age 82. Known in Chilean media as Don Choco and born Reinaldo del Carmen Sánchez Olivares…
Paul Butler dies at age 68
Paul Butler, a Northern Irish politician and former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, died on September 23, 2026, aged 68. Born in Lisburn, Butler was an Irish republican politician…
Sapa’u Lolesio dead at age 99
Sapa'u Lilomaiava Lolesio Vitale, a Samoan politician, died September 23, 2026, aged 99. Born in Samoa on June 8, 1927, he came from the village of Levī Saleimoa and died…
Philippe Huet death at age 84
Philippe Huet, the French journalist and writer who served as deputy editor-in-chief of Paris-Normandie, died on September 23, 2026, aged 84. Born in Le Havre on April 24, 1942, he…
David Hollister dies at age 84
David Hollister, the American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives and later as mayor of Lansing, died on September 23, 2026, aged 84. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan,…
Garnet Coleman has died at age 65
Garnet Coleman, an American politician and member of the Texas House of Representatives, died on September 23, 2026, at age 65. Coleman served in the Texas House from 1991 to…
Vyacheslav Dolgov died at age 89
Vyacheslav Dolgov, a Russian diplomat and professor, died on September 23, 2026, aged 89. Born Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dolgov in Moscow on July 31, 1937, he graduated from the Moscow State…
Obituary: Soorya Krishnamoorthy, dead at age 78
Soorya Krishnamoorthy, the Indian artist and philanthropist who founded the Soorya Festival, died on September 23, 2026, aged 78. Also known as Nataraja Krishnamoorthy, he was associated with the Soorya…
Maurice de Germiny passed away at age 86
Maurice de Germiny, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Blois from 1997 to 2014, died on September 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Saint-Maurice-du-Désert on November…
Edward Rogalski obituary: died at age 84
Edward Rogalski, the American academic administrator who served as president of St. Ambrose University from 1987 to 2007, died on September 23, 2026, aged 84. He was the 12th president…
Death of Barry Luokkala at age 72
Barry Luokkala, an American physicist and longtime Carnegie Mellon University faculty member, died on September 23, 2026, aged 72. He spent his entire career at Carnegie Mellon, joining the university…
Zeke Moore dies at 82
Zeke Moore, the American football player who spent his professional career with the Houston Oilers, died on September 22, 2026, at age 82. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Moore played college…
Alojzy Lysko, died aged 84
Alojzy Lysko, the Silesian writer and politician, died on September 22, 2026, aged 84. Born on February 15, 1942, in Bojszowy, Poland, he was a Polish politician, writer, teacher and…
Konstantin Polezhayev dead at age 54
Konstantin Polezhayev, a Russian politician who served as mayor of Belgorod from 2015 to 2019 and later as deputy governor of Belgorod Oblast, died on September 22, 2026, aged 54.…
Donald Weder dead at age 79
Donald Weder, an American inventor and businessman, died on September 22, 2026, aged 79. Based in Highland, Illinois, he built a career centered on product development and patents, and by…
Burhan Ozfatura died at age 83
Burhan Ozfatura, the Turkish mayor, politician and columnist, died on September 21, 2026, at the age of 83 after cardiac arrest. A native of Mustafakemalpaşa, he was born on June…
Jun Gato dies at age 66
Jun Gato, a Filipino politician and representative for Batanes's at-large congressional district in the Philippine House of Representatives since 2019, died on September 21, 2026, at age 66 after a…
Josef Kalbáč died at age 86
Josef Kalbáč, a Czech agronomist and politician who served as a senator, died on September 21, 2026, aged 86. Born in Třebohostice on February 17, 1940, he spent much of…
Yahya Lampong passed away at age 86
Yahya Lampong, a Malaysian politician, died on September 21, 2026, aged 86. Known in full as Mohammad Yahya bin Lampong, he served as the Member of Parliament for Kota Belud…
Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has died at age 76
Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emirati public official and lieutenant general who served as Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security, died on September 21, 2026, aged 76.…
Obituary: Wes MacAleer, dead at age 82
Wes MacAleer, a Canadian politician and Prince Edward Island MLA from 1996 to 2007, died on September 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on February 12,…
Ibrahim Idris died at age 77
Ibrahim Idris, the Nigerian politician and businessman who served as governor of Kogi State, died on September 20, 2026, aged 77. Born in Idah in 1949, he was a member…