Song Du-ho dies at age 97
Song Du-ho, a South Korean politician and doctor who served in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1996, died on August 10, 2026, aged 97. Born on December 12, 1928,…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
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Obituary: Seo Dong-wook, dead at age 63
Seo Dong-wook, a South Korean politician and former mayor of Nam District in Ulsan, died on August 10, 2026, at age 63. He served as the 5th, 7th and 8th…
Thongchai Yenprasert died at age 71
Thongchai Yenprasert, a Thai politician who served as president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born on February 20, 1955, in Tha It,…
Jean Paton obituary: died at age 97
Jean Paton, the British botanist and bryologist, died on August 10, 2026, aged 97. Also known as Jean Annette Paton and Jean A. Paton, she worked as a botanist, bryologist…
Mzikayifane Khumalo death at age 54
Mzikayifane Khumalo, a South African politician and Gauteng MPL, died on August 10, 2026, aged 54. Also known as Mzikayifane Elias Khumalo, he represented the African National Congress and served…
Timothy M. Carney died at age 82
Timothy M. Carney, a career U.S. diplomat and consultant, died on August 10, 2026, aged 82. A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, he spent 32 years as a Foreign Service…
Zhu Senlin passes away at age 95
Zhu Senlin, the Chinese politician who served as governor of Guangdong and mayor of Guangzhou, died on August 10, 2026, aged 95. Born in October 1930 in Chuansha County, Shanghai,…
Death of Ben Jones at age 84
Ben Jones, the American politician and actor best known for playing Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard and serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993,…
Obituary: Diab Al-Louh, dead at age 67
Diab Al-Louh, a Palestinian diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to Egypt, died on August 9, 2026, aged 67. Born in Gaza City on December 28, 1958, he was…
Lynn Council died at age 92
Lynn Council, an American victim of an aborted or mock lynching, died on August 9, 2026, aged 92. He was the African American man at the center of a 1952…
Lee Yong-taek died at age 95
Lee Yong-taek, a South Korean politician and activist who served as an independent member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1988, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95. Born…
Death of Martin Fofié Kouakou at age 57
Martin Fofié Kouakou, an Ivorian military officer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 57. Born in Bondoukou in 1968, he served in the armed forces of Ivory Coast and rose…
Brian Dyson obituary: died at age 90
Brian Dyson, the former chief executive of The Coca-Cola Company, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. An American businessman, Dyson was chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. from…
Erkki Pystynen has died at age 96
Erkki Pystynen, the Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 1986, died on August 9, 2026, aged 96. Born Erkki Topias Pystynen in…
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel obituary: died at age 89
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, an American diplomat and ambassador to Slovakia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 89. She served as the United States ambassador to Slovenia from 1998 to 2001.…
Obituary: Diab Al-Louh, dead at age 67
Diab Al-Louh, a Palestinian diplomat and politician, died on August 9, 2026, at age 67. He was a member of Fatah and had previously been held prisoner by Israel, according…
Dipak Bahadur K.C. dead at age 85
Dipak Bahadur K.C., a Nepali politician and former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, died on August 9, 2026, aged 85. He belonged to the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary…
Obituary: Garreth Lynch, dead at age 83
Garreth Lynch, an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978, died on August 9, 2026, aged 83. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Death of Eduardo Parraguez at age 90
Eduardo Parraguez, a Chilean politician and former mayor of Pichilemu, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. Born Víctor Eduardo Parraguez Galarce on October 21, 1935, in Paredones, Chile, he…
William G. Anderson dies at 98
William G. Anderson, an American surgeon and osteopathic physician who played a leading role in the Albany Movement, died on August 8, 2026, aged 98. Anderson was the first African-American…
Obituary: Ivo Šlaus, dead at age 94
Ivo Šlaus, the Croatian physicist and politician, died on August 8, 2026, aged 94. Born in Split in 1931, he studied physics at the University of Zagreb, earning a B.Sc.…
Adolf Niggemeier died at age 95
Adolf Niggemeier, a German civil servant and politician who served as a member of the Volkskammer, died on August 8, 2026, aged 95. Born on May 21, 1931, in Riesa,…
Joaquim Sarmento dies at age 74
Joaquim Sarmento, a Portuguese lawyer, politician and former deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, died on August 8, 2026, aged 74. Born Joaquim Sebastião Sarmento da Fonseca Almeida on…
Hiroshi Okuda, died aged 93
Hiroshi Okuda, the Japanese automotive executive who led Toyota as president and chairman, died on August 8, 2026, aged 93. Okuda, born in Tsu on December 29, 1932, graduated from…
Roberto Costanzo, died aged 96
Roberto Costanzo, the Italian civil servant and politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989, died on August 8, 2026, aged 96. Born on…
Obituary: Xaysomphone Phomvihane, dead at age 69
Xaysomphone Phomvihane, a Laotian politician and former minister of finance who served as president of the National Assembly from 2021, died on August 8, 2026, aged 69. A member of…
Dominique Libault dies at 64
Dominique Libault, a French civil servant and councillor of state since 2012, died on August 8, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in 1961 or 1962, he studied at…
Matsushige Ono has died at age 90
Matsushige Ono, a Japanese politician who served as deputy chief cabinet secretary, died on August 8, 2026, at age 90. A native of Sayama, Saitama, and a graduate of Kawagoe…
Death of Bah Oumarou Sanda at age 86
Bah Oumarou Sanda, a Cameroonian diplomat and magistrate, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Garoua in 1940, he trained at the National School of Administration and Magistracy…
Death of Balendu Prakash at age 67
Balendu Prakash, an Indian Ayurveda practitioner and former physician to the President of India, died on August 7, 2026, aged 67. Known as Vaidya Balendu Prakash, he was born on…
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, died aged 75
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, a Polish academic and historian, died on August 7, 2026, aged 75. He worked as a research scientist at the Stutthof concentration camp Museum in Sztutowo and as…
Chikara Sakaguchi passes away at age 92
Chikara Sakaguchi, a Japanese politician who served as minister of health, labour and welfare and as a member of the House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026, aged 92.…
Austin Liato died at age 60
Austin Liato, a Zambian politician and former accountant, died on August 7, 2026, at age 60. Known also as Austin Chisangu Liato, he served in the National Assembly for Kaoma…
Death of Keiko Kishi at age 93
Keiko Kishi, the Japanese actress known for films including The Makioka Sisters, Snow Country and The Rendezvous, died on August 7, 2026, aged 93. Born in Yokohama on August 11,…
Carola von Braun passed away at age 78
Carola von Braun, a German politician and women's rights activist who served in the Bundestag, the Senate of Berlin and the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026,…
Zuca Sardan died at age 92
Zuca Sardan, the literary name of Carlos Felipe Alves Saldanha, died on August 6, 2026, aged 92, in Hamburg, Germany, of complications from a fall. A Brazilian poet, writer, draughtsman…
Jerney Kaagman died at age 79
Jerney Kaagman, the Dutch singer best known as the lead vocalist of Earth and Fire, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Born Christina Henriette…
Zdzisław Czarnobilski passes away at age 91
Zdzisław Czarnobilski, a Polish doctor and politician, died on August 6, 2026, aged 91. Born in Lwów, Poland, on November 11, 1934, he studied at the Medical University of Lublin…
Rashid al-Rajih death at age 81
Rashid al-Rajih, a Saudi academic and politician, died on August 6, 2026, aged 81. Born in Turubah, Saudi Arabia, in 1944, he was a Saudi national who studied at the…
Kapeliele Faupala died at age 86
Kapeliele Faupala, the French Wallisian traditional ruler who served as the 51st Lavelua of Wallis (Uvea) from 2008 to 2014, died on August 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Ahoa…
Ben Clarke passes away at age 98
Ben Clarke, an American politician and member of the Colorado House of Representatives, died on August 6, 2026, aged 98. A Democrat, he served in the Colorado House from 1995…
Death of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. at age 96
John Langeloth Loeb Jr., the American diplomat and former ambassador to Denmark, died on August 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Manhattan on May 2, 1930, he also served as…
Uma Shankar Singh dead at age 55
Uma Shankar Singh, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA, died on August 5, 2026, aged 55. Known also as Thakur Umashankar Singh, he represented the Rasara constituency in Ballia…
Maria-Luise Egerer obituary: died at age 80
Maria-Luise Egerer, an Austrian farmer and politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Austria from 1993 to 2003, died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Maria-Luise Fuchs, she…
Alejandro Royo-Villanova death at age 85
Alejandro Royo-Villanova, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Madrid on April 7, 1941, he was a member of both the People’s Party…
Didier Decoin death at age 81
Didier Decoin, the French writer and screenwriter who won the Prix Goncourt in 1977, died on August 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt on March 13, 1945, he began…
Obituary: Bernt H. Lund, dead at age 101
Bernt H. Lund, the Norwegian civil servant, politician and diplomat who served as Norway’s first ambassador to Namibia, died on August 5, 2026, aged 101. Lund, also known as Bernt…
Michael Conaghan dead at age 81
Michael Conaghan, the Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála and as Lord Mayor of Dublin, died on August 4, 2026, aged 81. Born in County Donegal,…
Jutta Hertlein, died aged 86
Jutta Hertlein, a German politician and former member of the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Berlin on December 25, 1939, she was…
Klaus Hänsch death at age 87
Klaus Hänsch, the German politician who served as a member and president of the European Parliament, died on August 4, 2026, aged 87. Born on December 15, 1938, in Szprotawa,…
Liam O’Neill dies at 70
Liam O'Neill, the Irish sports administrator who served as president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2012 to 2015, died on August 4, 2026, aged 70. From County Laois, he…
D. Y. Patil dies at 90
D. Y. Patil, the Indian politician who served as governor of Tripura, Bihar and West Bengal, died on August 4, 2026, aged 90. Born Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil on October 22,…
Alfonso Lizarazo has died at age 85
Alfonso Lizarazo, the Colombian television host and politician who later served in the Senate, died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. Born Alfonso Lizarazo Sánchez in Bucaramanga, he began his…
James G. Roche passes away at age 86
James G. Roche, the American politician who served as secretary of the Air Force, died on August 4, 2026, at age 86. Born James Gerard Roche in Brooklyn, New York,…
Herb Snyder, died aged 72
Herb Snyder, an American politician and member of the West Virginia Senate, died on August 3, 2026, aged 72. A Democrat, he represented District 16 in the state Senate from…
Mickey Guillory death at age 86
Mickey Guillory, an American politician and former Louisiana state representative, died on August 3, 2026, aged 86. Known also as Mickey James Guillory and Mickey J. Guillory, he served as…
Uladzimir Shymau dead at age 77
Uladzimir Shymau, a Belarusian politician and minister of economy, died on August 3, 2026, aged 77. He was born on November 29, 1948, and was known in Belarus as an…
Uladzimir Shymau dead at age 77
Uladzimir Shymau, a Belarusian economist and politician who served as minister of economy from 1996 to 2002, died on August 3, 2026, aged 77. Born in Radolivka on November 29,…
André Vallerand, died aged 86
André Vallerand, a Canadian politician and Quebec MNA, died on August 3, 2026, at age 86. Vallerand represented a riding in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994…
Death of Ryszard Bartosz at age 72
Ryszard Bartosz, a Polish politician and farmer who served in the Sejm from 1989 to 1993, died on August 3, 2026, aged 72. Born Ryszard Władysław Bartosz on August 23,…
John Wannenburgh dead, John Wannenburgh, Manx politician
John Wannenburgh, a Manx politician, died on August 3, 2026. He represented Douglas North in the House of Keys from 2021 until his death, having been elected at the 2021…
Sir Anthony Kenny dies at age 95
Sir Anthony Kenny, the British philosopher known for work in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of religion and Wittgenstein studies, died on August 3, 2026,…
Paras Chandra Jain dies at age 77
Paras Chandra Jain, an Indian politician and former Madhya Pradesh legislator, died on August 3, 2026, aged 77. A Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Ujjain, he represented the Ujjain North…
Joseph Katema dies at age 64
Joseph Katema, a Zambian politician and general medical practitioner, died on August 2, 2026, aged 64. Born on 20 November 1961 in Northern Rhodesia, he served as a member of…
Janet Howell dies at age 82
Janet Howell, the American politician who served in the Virginia Senate for more than three decades, died on August 2, 2026, aged 82. A Democrat, Howell was elected to the…
Alberto Tedesco passes away at age 77
Alberto Tedesco, an Italian politician and business executive who served as a senator from 2009 to 2013, died on August 2, 2026, aged 77. Born in Bari on April 8,…
Ioannis Varvitsiotis has died at age 93
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the Greek politician who served as minister of defence and a member of parliament, died on August 2, 2026, aged 93. Born in Athens on August 2, 1933,…
Fernando d’Alessio has died at age 82
Fernando d'Alessio, a Peruvian politician and university administrator, died on August 2, 2026, aged 82. Born Fernando Antonio d'Alessio Ipinza in Lima on March 25, 1944, he was an independent…
Romeo Jalosjos Sr. dies at age 85
Romeo Jalosjos Sr., a Filipino politician and businessman who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002, died on August 2, 2026, aged 85. Known also as Romeo…
Bill Goichberg died at age 83
Bill Goichberg, an American chess player, died on August 2, 2026, at age 83. Widely known in chess circles as both a master and a tournament organizer, he founded the…
Franz Hasiba dead at age 93
Franz Hasiba, the Austrian politician who served as mayor of Graz, deputy governor of Styria and a member of the Landtag of Styria, died on August 2, 2026, aged 93.…
Kay Granger has died at age 83
Kay Granger, the American politician who represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2025, died on August 2, 2026, at age 83. A Republican, she chaired…
Obituary: Bagre Fagundes, dead at age 86
Bagre Fagundes, the Brazilian gaucho musician known as Euclides Fagundes Filho, died on August 2, 2026, aged 86. Born in Uruguaiana on October 3, 1939, he was described as a…
Nariman Hasanzade passed away at age 95
Nariman Hasanzade, the Azerbaijani poet and playwright, died on August 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Nariman Alimammad oglu Hasanzade on February 18, 1931, in Poylu, he was educated at Baku…
Grzegorz Lipowski, died aged 90
Grzegorz Lipowski, a Polish engineer and politician, died on August 1, 2026, aged 90. A member of the Democratic Left Alliance, he served as voivode of Częstochowa from 1980 to…
Rom Kostřica, died aged 77
Rom Kostřica, a Czech professor of otorhinolaryngology and former member of the Czech parliament, died on August 1, 2026, aged 77. Born in Brno on March 13, 1949, he studied…
Nariman Hasanzade passed away at age 95
Nariman Hasanzade, the Azerbaijani poet, died on August 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Nəriman Əliməmməd oğlu Həsənzadə on February 18, 1931, in Poylu in Qazakh district, he was also known…
Lou Sekora dies at 94
Lou Sekora, a Canadian politician, died on August 1, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hafford, Saskatchewan, Sekora entered civic politics in Coquitlam, British Columbia, winning election to city council in…
Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar, died aged 76
Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar, a Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly, died on August 1, 2026, aged 76, from complications from a brain hemorrhage. He represented Bahawalpur-born political…
Obituary: Philip Ruppe, dead at age 99
Philip Ruppe, an American politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979, died on August 1, 2026, aged 99. Born Philip Edward Ruppe in…
Death of Pon Paladraksa at age 102
Pon Paladraksa, a Thai police lieutenant general, died on July 31, 2026, aged 102. Known in the Thai police service as a former commander of Provincial Police Region 3, he…
Luis Uruñuela, died aged 89
Luis Uruñuela, a Spanish politician who was a leading figure in the Andalusian Party, died on July 31, 2026, aged 89. Born in Seville on April 2, 1937, he won…
Phon Paradraksa, died aged 103
Phon Paradraksa, a Thai police lieutenant general with the Royal Thai Police, died on July 31, 2026, aged 103. He was a former Royal Thai Police officer and the father…
Vishwa Nath Sharma, died aged 96
Vishwa Nath Sharma, the Indian military officer who served as chief of the army staff from 1988 to 1990, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Known as General V…
Ben Hanuschak has died at age 96
Ben Hanuschak, a Canadian politician and teacher, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Earl Grey, Saskatchewan, he was educated at the University of Manitoba and later worked…
Todd Lewis death at age 65
Todd Lewis, a Canadian politician and farmer, died on July 31, 2026, aged 65. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on February 7, 2025, after serving as president…
Kazimira Prunskienė obituary: died at age 83
Kazimira Prunskienė, the Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister and later as minister of agriculture, died on July 30, 2026, aged 83. Born in Vasiuliškė on February 26, 1943,…
Donatille Mukabalisa passed away at age 66
Donatille Mukabalisa, a Rwandan politician and former MP and senator, died on July 30, 2026, aged 66. Born in Nyamata on July 30, 1960, she was elected Speaker of the…
Abubakar Alhaji, died aged 89
Abubakar Alhaji, the Nigerian diplomat and politician who served as minister of finance, died on July 30, 2026, aged 89. A long-serving administrator, he held senior posts in the Nigerian…
Thea Dückert passes away at age 76
Thea Dückert, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Saxony and later in the Bundestag, died on July 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Thea Wischer in Berlin…
Cairns Craig dies at 77
Cairns Craig, the Scottish literary scholar who specialised in Scottish and modernist literature, died on July 29, 2026, aged 77. Born Robert Cairns Craig in Kilmarnock in 1949, he built…
Raymond J. Smit death at age 97
Raymond J. Smit, an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives, died on July 29, 2026, aged 97. A Republican, he represented his district in the state…
Fred Doucette has died at age 61
Fred Doucette, an American politician and member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2014 to 2025, died on July 29, 2026, aged 61. A Republican from Salem, New…
Obituary: Turid Iversen, dead at age 91
Turid Iversen, the Norwegian politician who served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in the 1993–1997 term, died on July 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in…
Death of Ferdousi Shahriar at age 54
Ferdousi Shahriar, a Bangladeshi diplomat, died on July 29, 2026, aged 54. She served as director general of the Myanmar wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and previously was…
Jochen Bohl, died aged 76
Jochen Bohl, a German theologian and Lutheran bishop, died on July 29, 2026, aged 76. Born in Lüdenscheid on April 19, 1950, he served as bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church…
Harry Mitchell died at age 86
Harry Mitchell, an American politician and educator who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, died July 29, 2026, aged 86. A Democrat, he represented Arizona’s…
David Trewavas has died at age 63
David Trewavas, the New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Taupō from 2013 to 2025, died on July 28, 2026, aged 63. He led the Taupō District Council as…
Gopal Man Shrestha, died aged 83
Gopal Man Shrestha, a Nepali politician and former minister of education, died on July 28, 2026, aged 83. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in 1999 as a Nepali…