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…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead politicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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…
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,…
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…