Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza passed away at age 95
Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, the Colombian journalist and writer who also worked as a diplomat, died on July 28, 2026, aged 95. Born in Tunja in 1932, he was identified in…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead politicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Golam Sarwar Hiru dead at age 76
Golam Sarwar Hiru, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament for Barguna-2, died on July 28, 2026, aged 76. He was associated with Islami Oikya Jote and won election…
Godfrey Graham obituary: died at age 89
Godfrey Graham, the Irish cricketer, died on July 28, 2026, aged 89. Known also as Godfrey Richard Graham, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who made one…
Anna Knysok has died at age 75
Anna Knysok, a Polish politician and former member of parliament, died on July 27, 2026, aged 75. Born in Chorzów on July 19, 1951, she was also known as Anna…
Jim Hopkins dead at age 79
Jim Hopkins, the New Zealand broadcaster and politician who served on the Waitaki District Council, died on July 27, 2026, aged 80. Born on January 1, 1946, Hopkins was known…
Obituary: Susanta Singh, dead at age 53
Susanta Singh, an Indian politician and Odisha MLA since 2014, died on July 27, 2026, at the age of 53. Born on March 17, 1973, he was a politician from…
Takeaki Matsumoto, died aged 67
Takeaki Matsumoto, a Japanese politician who served as foreign minister in 2011 and internal affairs minister from 2022 to 2024, died on July 27, 2026, at age 67 from complications…
Obituary: Abdul Ballout, dead at age 21
Abdul Ballout, a Lebanese-German murder suspect in the 2026 Berlin Pride attack, died on July 26, 2026, at age 21 after being shot by police during an attempted arrest. On…
Octavio Gallotti dead at age 95
Octavio Gallotti, the Brazilian judge who served on the Supreme Federal Court, died on July 26, 2026, aged 95. Born Luiz Octavio Pires e Albuquerque Gallotti in Rio de Janeiro…
Zdzisław Maszkiewicz dies at age 75
Zdzisław Maszkiewicz, a Polish politician and electronics technician who served in the Senate from 1997 to 2001, died on July 26, 2026, aged 75. Born on November 28, 1950, in…
Adolf Bauer, died aged 86
Adolf Bauer, the German politician and longtime president of the SoVD, died on July 26, 2026, aged 86. Born in Friesoythe on March 6, 1940, he was a member of…
Bachtiar Aly passes away at age 76
Bachtiar Aly, an Indonesian professor, politician and diplomat, died on July 26, 2026, aged 76. Born in Banda Aceh on December 21, 1949, he built a career that combined academic…
Hira Singh Bisht death at age 85
Hira Singh Bisht, an Indian politician and former Uttarakhand MLA, died on July 26, 2026, after a heart attack. Born on November 4, 1940, in Pauri Garhwal district, he served…
Obituary: Ravan A. G. Farhâdi, dead at age 96
Ravan A. G. Farhâdi, the Afghan academic and diplomat who served as Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 2006, died on July 26, 2026. He was 96.…
Pié Masumbuko dead at age 94
Pié Masumbuko, the Burundian politician who served as acting prime minister, died on July 26, 2026, aged 94. A member of the Union for National Progress, he briefly held Burundi’s…
Alfonso Sánchez Anaya passed away at age 85
Alfonso Sánchez Anaya, the Mexican politician who served as deputy, senator and governor of Tlaxcala, died on July 26, 2026. He was 85. Born in Apizaco on January 23, 1941,…
Obituary: Shi Baoyuan, dead at age 89
Shi Baoyuan, a Chinese soldier and lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, died on July 25, 2026, aged 89. He was a native of Huoxian village in Hebei’s…
Richard Lerblance, died aged 80
Richard Lerblance, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate, died on July 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Richard Charles Lerblance on March 9, 1946,…
Jérémie Gustave Nzamba has died at age 66
Jérémie Gustave Nzamba, a Gabonese journalist, died on July 25, 2026, aged 66. Known as Djidjen, he worked at Africa Radio for more than 40 years, presenting news programs and…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Lomeña, dead at age 72
Juan Carlos Lomeña, a Spanish politician and former deputy and mayor of Coín, died on July 25, 2026, aged 72. Born in Coín, Málaga, on November 24, 1953, he served…
Hirokazu Mizuta obituary: died at age 88
Hirokazu Mizuta, a Japanese business executive who served as president and later chairman of Tokyu Department Store, died on July 25, 2026, aged 88. Known in Japanese as Mizuta Hirokazu,…
John Horam death at age 87
John Horam, the British politician who served as an MP and later as a member of the House of Lords, died on July 25, 2026, following complications from a fall.…
Horacio Muratore passed away at age 74
Horacio Muratore, the Argentine basketball executive who served as president of the International Basketball Federation from 2014 to 2019, died on July 25, 2026. He was 74. Born in San…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Lomeña Villalobos, dead at age 72
Juan Carlos Lomeña Villalobos, a Spanish Socialist Party politician, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Coín, Málaga, on November 24, 1953, he studied through…
Albert Sorensen died at age 94
Albert Sorensen, an American politician and member of the Iowa Senate, died on July 25, 2026, aged 94. A Democrat, he served in the Iowa State Senate from 1991 to…
George Israel dies at 78
George Israel, the American politician who served as mayor of Macon, Georgia, died July 25, 2026, at age 78. Born in Bibb County, Georgia, he later became mayor of Macon,…
Odile Sicard dies at 95
Odile Sicard, a French politician and social worker who served as a deputy from 1981 to 1988, died on July 24, 2026, aged 95. Born in Broc on August 25,…
Chun Yong-taek dies at 88
Chun Yong-taek, a South Korean politician and military officer who served as minister of national defense, died on July 24, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on August 28,…
Elmer MacKay passed away at age 89
Elmer MacKay, a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as a member of Parliament for Central Nova, died on July 24, 2026. Born Elmer MacIntosh MacKay on August 5, 1936,…
Sumarjati Arjoso has died at age 80
Sumarjati Arjoso, an Indonesian politician and member of the House of Representatives, died on July 24, 2026, aged 80. She served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014…
Chun Yong-taek dies at 88
Chun Yong-taek, a South Korean politician and former military officer, died on July 24, 2026, at the age of 88. He served in the 15th and 16th National Assemblies and…
Death of Carmelo Scoma at age 95
Carmelo Scoma, the Italian politician and trade unionist who served as mayor of Palermo, died on July 24, 2026. Born in Prizzi on February 22, 1931, he began his career…
Dame Helene Quilter dead
Dame Helene Quilter, a retired New Zealand public servant, died on July 24, 2026. She served as deputy commissioner at the State Services Commission from 2007 to 2012, where she…
Zhang Yutai passed away at age 80
Zhang Yutai, a Chinese politician, died on July 24, 2026. Born in January 1945, he was a politician of the People’s Republic of China and served in senior roles within…
Allan Warrack death at age 89
Allan Warrack, a professor and politician, died on July 24, 2026, at age 89. A Canadian politician born in Calgary on May 24, 1937, he served in the Legislative Assembly…
Menase Robert Kambu has died at age 76
Menase Robert Kambu, an Indonesian politician and former mayor of Jayapura, died on July 24, 2026, aged 76. He served two terms as mayor, from 2000 to 2005 and again…
K. Ali Kutty Musliyar passed away at age 81
K. Ali Kutty Musliyar, an Indian Islamic scholar, died on July 23, 2026. Born on February 23, 1945, in Thirurkad in what is now Kerala’s Malappuram district, he became a…
Thembeni Nxangisa dead
Thembeni Nxangisa, a South African politician who served in the Free State Executive Council, died on July 23, 2026. A member of the African National Congress, he entered the provincial…
Annie Courtney, died aged 26
Annie Courtney, the Northern Irish politician and former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle, died on July 23, 2026, aged 26. Born in Derry in 2000, she built…
Death of Osvaldo Tozzi at age 95
Osvaldo Tozzi, an Italian politician, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Radicondoli on September 1, 1930, he was a native of the province of…
Keigo Higashino dead at age 68
Keigo Higashino, the Japanese author best known for The Devotion of Suspect X and Journey Under the Midnight Sun, died on July 23, 2026. He was 68. Born in Ikuno-ku,…
Nicholas Platt dies at age 90
Nicholas Platt, an American diplomat and ambassador who represented the United States in Pakistan, the Philippines and Zambia, died on July 23, 2026, aged 90. Born in New York City…
Oleg Bolotin, died aged 87
Oleg Bolotin, a Russian politician and member of the Volgograd Oblast Duma from 1998 to 2009, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 87. Oleg Georgievich Bolotin was…
Émile Constant Bombet passes away at age 85
Émile Constant Bombet, an Ivorian politician and military officer, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on March 16, 1941, in Rubino in what was then…
Obituary: Greg Sewell, dead at age 93
Greg Sewell, the Australian rules footballer who served Essendon as an assistant coach and president, died on July 22, 2026, aged 93. Gregory George Sewell was born on June 30,…
Obituary: Chris Murphy, dead at age 58
Chris Murphy, an American politician and attorney who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, died on July 22, 2026. He represented the 98th District, covering parts of Dorchester…
Huang Zhiquan dies at 84
Huang Zhiquan, a Chinese politician who served as governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government from 2001 to 2006, died on July 22, 2026. Born in February 1942 in Tongxiang,…
Kim Jong-im passes away at age 91
Kim Jong-im, a North Korean politician and one of the few women to hold senior positions in the country's government apparatus, died on July 22, 2026. She was 91. Kim…
Barbara L. Nichols passed away at age 87
Barbara L. Nichols, an American nurse executive and leader, died on July 22, 2026, at age 87. Born in Waterville, Maine, on July 19, 1939, she became the first Black…
Omololu Meroyi passed away at age 76
Omololu Meroyi, a Nigerian politician and senator who represented Ondo South in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2003, died on July 22, 2026. Born in Ondo State, he entered…
Semere Russom, died aged 82
Semere Russom, an Eritrean politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States, died on July 22, 2026. He was 82. Russom began his career as a teacher…
Alambadi obituary: died at age 90
Alambadi, an Indian politician and Samajwadi Party leader who served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Also…
Oliver Jones died at age 91
Oliver Jones, the Canadian jazz pianist, died on July 22, 2026. Born Oliver Theophilus Jones in Montreal on September 11, 1934, he built a long career as a pianist, organist,…
Edward Wiley Ray obituary: died at age 99
Edward Wiley Ray, an American songwriter and record producer known professionally as Eddie Ray, died on July 21, 2026. Born on December 21, 1926, he built a career as a…
Kim Hyeong-gwang has died at age 91
Kim Hyeong-gwang, a South Korean politician and lecturer, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 91. Born on May 12, 1935, he served in the National Assembly as…
Edgar C. Otálvora died at age 66
Edgar C. Otálvora, the Venezuelan journalist, writer and historian, died on July 21, 2026. Born Edgar Omar Contreras Otálvora on September 6, 1959, in Tovar, he built a career as…
Tofig Mirzoyev, died aged 94
Tofig Mirzoyev, an Azerbaijani actor known for roles in films including The Last Night of Childhood, Tahmina and Nesimi, died on July 21, 2026. He was 94. Mirzoyev was born…
Philippe Chaulet has died at age 84
Philippe Chaulet, a French politician associated with the RPR, died on July 21, 2026. Born on July 28, 1942, in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, he built a political career in France while…
David R. Cooke has died at age 88
David R. Cooke, a Canadian politician and lawyer, died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Oshawa on August 4, 1937, he studied at Queen’s University,…
David Lucas passes away at age 58
David Lucas, the Spanish politician who served as secretary of state for transport in 2023, died on July 20, 2026, aged 58. Born Francisco David Lucas Parrón in Madrid on…
Günther Czichon died at age 96
Günther Czichon, a German politician and engineer, died on July 20, 2026, aged 96. Born in Bremen on May 19, 1930, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party…
Rang Thurapon has died at age 69
Rang Thurapon, a Thai politician and businessman, died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 69. Born on April 1, 1957, in Phen district, Thailand, he was a member…
Ahn Dong-seon dies at age 90
Ahn Dong-seon, a South Korean politician and civil servant who served in the National Assembly in two stretches from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1992 to 2004, died on…
John C. Dvorak dies at 80
John C. Dvorak, an American tech writer and broadcaster, died on July 20, 2026, at age 80. He wrote about technology and personal computing for decades, serving as a columnist…
Terry Lewis passes away at age 90
Terry Lewis, the British politician who served as Labour MP for Worsley from 1983 to 2005, died on July 20, 2026. Born Terence Lewis on December 29, 1935, he was…
John Jansen death at age 78
John Jansen, a Canadian politician and British Columbia MLA, died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Chilliwack on October 27, 1947, he represented the Social…
Amor Deloso died at age 87
Amor Deloso, a Filipino politician who served as governor of Zambales, died on July 20, 2026. He was born on September 3, 1938, in Botolan, Zambales, and his public career…
Carl Kunasek dead at age 94
Carl Kunasek, an American politician who served in the Arizona Senate and Arizona House of Representatives, died July 20, 2026. He was 94. Kunasek, also known as Carl James Kunasek,…
Obituary: Clint Reilly, dead at age 79
Clint Reilly, an American real estate investor and owner of the San Francisco Examiner, died on July 20, 2026. He was 79. Born Clinton Thomas Reilly in Oakland in 1947,…
Tim Murphy, died aged 73
Tim Murphy, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania Senate, died on July 19, 2026. He was 73. Murphy represented Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional…
Winfried Schittges died at age 79
Winfried Schittges, the German politician and business consultant who served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1990 to 2017, died on July 19, 2026, aged 79. Born on September…
Obituary: Philippe Josse, dead at age 65
Philippe Josse, a French civil servant and member of the Conseil d'État since 2011, died on July 19, 2026. Born on September 23, 1960, in Saintes, he studied at Sciences…
Antonio Martínez Aneiros dies at 93
Antonio Martínez Aneiros, a Spanish politician and Catholic priest, died on July 19, 2026. Born on June 3, 1933, in O Val, Narón, he served in the Parliament of Galicia…
Nikolay Ryabushenko passed away at age 64
Nikolay Ryabushenko, a Russian politician who served in the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2008, died on July 19, 2026, at the age of 64. Born Nikolay Alexandrovich…
Jaroslav Zvěřina dies at 83
Jaroslav Zvěřina, a Czech politician and former member of the European Parliament, died on July 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Třebíč on December 18, 1942, he…
Jennifer Monserrate has died at age 56
Jennifer Monserrate, an Indian politician and former Goa MLA, died on July 19, 2026. Born on March 24, 1970, she served as a three-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,…
John Droney death at age 79
John Droney, an American politician and lawyer, died on July 19, 2026. A Connecticut Democrat, he chaired the state party from 1986 to 1992, helping guide Joe Lieberman’s upset Senate…
Chennamma Deve Gowda has died at age 89
Chennamma Deve Gowda, an Indian political figure and the spouse of former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, died on July 18, 2026. She was 89. Widely known as the…
Kim Joong-wi obituary: died at age 86
Kim Joong-wi, a South Korean journalist and politician, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, in Bonghwa County, he was educated at…
Obituary: Kenneth Jeyaretnam, dead at age 67
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, a Singaporean politician and hedge fund manager, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 67. Also known as Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam, he served as secretary-general of…
Johan Baumann death at age 91
Johan Baumann, the Norwegian dogsledder, politician and sports administrator who served as president of the Norwegian Ski Federation from 1987 to 1995, died on July 18, 2026, at the age…
Death of Alexandria Holloway at age 79
Alexandria Holloway, the founding dean of the Honors College at Miami Dade College and a longtime music educator and academic administrator, died on July 18, 2026, aged 79. Holloway spent…
Kim Joong-wi obituary: died at age 86
Kim Joong-wi, a South Korean politician who served in the National Assembly, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, Kim was elected…
Vladimir Ukhalkin died at age 75
Vladimir Ukhalkin, a Russian politician and mayor of Fryazino from 2001 to 2015, died on July 17, 2026. He was born on February 22, 1951, in Moscow, and was also…
Obituary: Clément Schertzinger, dead at age 89
Clément Schertzinger, the French sporting director who served as president of the Fédération internationale catholique d’éducation physique et sportive from 2003 to 2009, died on July 17, 2026, aged 89.…
Moses Ali dead at age 87
Moses Ali, the Ugandan lawyer, politician and retired military officer who served as Second Deputy Prime Minister, died on July 17, 2026. Born on April 5, 1939, in Adjumani District,…
Obituary: Oh Jang-seop, dead at age 79
Oh Jang-seop, a South Korean politician and businessman who served in the National Assembly and as minister of construction and transport, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of…
Primrose Bogatsu dead
Primrose Bogatsu, a South African politician and member of the North West Provincial Legislature since February 2023, died on July 17, 2026. She represented the Economic Freedom Fighters in the…
Graeme Gilbert death at age 76
Graeme Gilbert, the Australian radio presenter and politician, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on April 15, 1950, he became known for presenting the nightly…
Melvin R. Brown dies at 88
Melvin R. Brown, an American politician and Republican member of the Utah State House of Representatives, died on July 17, 2026. He was 88. Known also as Melvin Richins Brown,…
Bill Birch has died at age 92
Bill Birch, the New Zealand politician who served as minister of finance from 1993 to 1999, died on July 17, 2026. Born in Hastings on April 9, 1934, he was…
Obituary: Tersia Marshall, dead at age 45
Tersia Marshall, a South African politician and attorney who served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, died on July 16, 2026, in Rustenburg after injuries sustained in a car accident. Born…
Roland J. Thornhill, died aged 90
Roland J. Thornhill, a Canadian politician and former Nova Scotia MLA, died on July 16, 2026. Born Roland John Thornhill on September 3, 1935, in Grand Bank, Newfoundland, he represented…
Lattie F. Coor, died aged 89
Lattie F. Coor, an American university administrator and professor of public policy who led the University of Vermont and Arizona State University, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Phoenix…
Guy Scott obituary: died at age 82
Guy Scott, the Zambian politician who served as vice president from 2011 to 2014 and as acting president from 2014 to 2015, died on July 15, 2026. Born Guy Lindsay…
Death of Maro Kontou at age 92
Maro Kontou, a Greek actress and politician, died on July 15, 2026, at the age of 92, of lung cancer. Born in Athens on June 21, 1934, she began her…
Mudragada Padmanabham dead at age 73
Mudragada Padmanabham, an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament and Andhra Pradesh MLA, died on July 14, 2026, aged 73. He was known for representing Kakinada in Parliament and…
Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy dies at 73
Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy, an Indian politician, died on July 14, 2026. He was known as Mudragada Padmanabham and was a former Member of Parliament from Kakinada as well as a…
Sheikh Mustafa Kamal obituary: died at age 83
Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, an Indian politician and former Jammu and Kashmir MLA, died on July 14, 2026. He was a leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party and…