Valery Rukhledev Russian sports activist dead at age 78
Valery Rukhledev, a Russian sports activist and six-time Deaflympics wrestling gold medalist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on January 18, 1948, in Rybinsky District,…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 19,000 obituaries of famous dead politicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Billy Bryan American baseball player dead at age 87
Billy Bryan, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, died on April 9, 2026, at age 87. William Ronald Bryan…
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman British businessman and politician, member of the House of…
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, a British businessman and politician and member of the House of Lords since 1983, died on April 9, 2026, aged 95. Born Robin John Orlando…
Angelo Pavan Italian politician, senator dead at age 95
Angelo Pavan, an Italian politician and senator, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Postioma, Italy, on November 17, 1930, he was a member of…
Sammy Forcillo Canadian politician dead at age 75
Sammy Forcillo, a Canadian politician, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 75. A retired politician, he was a former mayor of Ville-Marie borough in Montreal, Quebec. Forcillo,…
Stephen M. Schwebel American jurist, judge, vice president and president of the ICJ dead at age 97
Stephen M. Schwebel, an American jurist and judge who served on the International Court of Justice from 1981 to 2000, died on April 9, 2026. He was vice president of…
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham British politician, member of the House of Lords dead at age 81
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, a British politician and member of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2021, died on April 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was…
Héctor Vargas Haya Peruvian politician, deputy, president of the Chamber of Deputies dead at age 98
Héctor Vargas Haya, Peruvian politician and former deputy, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Rioja, Peru, on March 29, 1928, he served in the…
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury Indian politician, MP and minister of health and family welfare dead at ag…
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, an Indian politician who served as an MP from 2006 to 2024 and as minister of health and family welfare from 2012 to 2014, died on…
Mohsina Kidwai Indian politician, twice MP, minister of health and urban development dead at age 94
Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died…
Sherig-ool Oorzhak Russian politician dead at age 83
Sherig-ool Oorzhak, a Russian politician, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on July 24, 1942, in Shekpeer, in the Tuvan People's Republic, he was a…
Ali Hussain Khan public figure dies
Ali Hussain Khan, a Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 2024, died on April 8, 2026. He was elected to the assembly as a…
Vaughn Solomon Schofield Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan dead at age 82
Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2018, died on April 8, 2026, at age 82. Born in Regina on October 25, 1943, she…
Jimmy Sullivan Australian politician, Queensland MLA dead at age 44
Jimmy Sullivan, an Australian politician and Queensland MLA, died on April 8, 2026, aged 44. James Anthony Sullivan served as the member for Stafford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from…
Ahmet Altay Cengizer Turkish diplomat dead at age 71
Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political…
Harald Ofner Austrian lawyer and politician dead at age 93
Harald Ofner, an Austrian lawyer and politician, died on April 8, 2026. He was 93. Born in Vienna on October 25, 1932, he studied law and received a doctorate in…
Abass Kaboua Togolese politician, senator dead at age 63
Abass Kaboua, a Togolese politician and senator since 2025, died on April 8, 2026. He was 63. Kaboua was a member of the Movement of Centrist Republicans (MRC), which he…
Mark Weissman public figure dead at age 77
Mark Weissman, a funeral home director and Democratic politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of…
Eldrid Nordbø Norwegian politician, minister of trade and shipping dead at age 83
Eldrid Nordbø, Norwegian politician and minister of trade and shipping from 1990 to 1991, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Labour Party,…
David Kabua Marshallese politician, president, cancer dead at age 74
David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho…
Terry Gabinski American politician, member of the Chicago City Council dead at age 87
Terry Gabinski, an American politician who served on the Chicago City Council, died on April 8, 2026. He was 87. Gabinski represented the 32nd Ward on the Chicago City Council…
Muguette Dini French politician dead at age 86
Muguette Dini, a French politician, died on April 7, 2026. Muguette Dini, 86, French politician. Tags Politicians, 07 April 2026, Dini, France, Muguette, 2026-04-07, April 2026, April 7
Seán Ó Laoire Irish architect and urban designer dead at age 79
Seán Ó Laoire, an Irish architect and urban designer, died on April 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Dublin on July 13, 1946, he studied architecture at University College Dublin,…
Rodney Pyles American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates dead at age 80
Rodney Pyles, an American politician and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, died on April 7, 2026. He was 80. Pyles served in the House from the 51st…
Matlab Mutallimli Azerbaijani politician, MP dead at age 76
Matlab Mutallimli, an Azerbaijani politician and member of parliament from 1991 to 2000, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on May 20, 1949, in Horavar,…
Vyacheslav Golishev Uzbek politician, minister of economy dead at age 75
Vyacheslav Golishev, an Uzbek politician and economist who served as minister of economy from 2005 to 2006, died on April 7, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 75.…
Valentina Savostyanova Russian politician, MP dead at age 77
Valentina Savostyanova, a Russian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2007, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 77.…
Anatoly Dolmatov Russian politician, member of the Soviet of the Union dead at age 75
Anatoly Dolmatov, a Russian politician and farmer, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a member of the Soviet of the Union from 1987 to…
Louis Tapardjuk Canadian politician, Nunavut MLA dead at age 73
Louis Tapardjuk, a Canadian politician and former Nunavut MLA, died on April 7, 2026, at age 73. He represented Amittuq from 2004 to 2013 after winning the seat in the…
Albert N. Martin American Reformed Baptist minister dead at age 91
Albert N. Martin, an American Reformed Baptist minister, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Albert Newton Martin in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 11, 1934, he…
Yataro Tsuda Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors dead at age 73
Yataro Tsuda, a Japanese politician and former member of the House of Councillors, died on April 6, 2026. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and served…
Seán Barrett Irish politician, TD, minister of education and twice of defence dead at age 81
Seán Barrett died on April 6, 2026. He was an Irish politician and TD, serving in the Dáil from 1981 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2020. Barrett was…
Sir Craig Reedie public figure dead at age 84
Sir Craig Reedie, the Scottish sports administrator who served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency from 2014 to 2019, died on April 6, 2026, aged 84. He was vice-president…
Christian Schwarz-Schilling Austrian-born German politician, minister of post and telecommunication…
Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Austrian-born German politician and former minister of post and telecommunications and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on April 6, 2026. He was 95. Schwarz-Schilling served as…
Yangling Dorje Chinese politician, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPCC…
Yangling Dorje died on April 6, 2026. He was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPCC from 1984 to 1986. Yangling…
Bae Myeong-in South Korean politician, minister of justice dead at age 93
Bae Myeong-in, a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as minister of justice from 1982 to 1985, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 93. He was…
Konrad Carl German trade unionist, president of the Building and Construction Union, president of t…
Konrad Carl, a German trade unionist and former president of the Building and Construction Union, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Fürth on January…
Pietro Calogero Italian magistrate dead at age 86
Pietro Calogero, an Italian magistrate, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Pace del Mela, Italy, on December 28, 1939, he graduated from the University…
Miguel Ángel De Marco Argentine military officer, academic and historian, member of the National Ac…
Miguel Ángel De Marco, Argentine military officer, academic and historian, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Rosario on December 1, 1939, he served in…
Judith Trotter New Zealand diplomat, ambassador to France and Italy dead at age 90
Judith Trotter, a New Zealand diplomat and ambassador to France from 1988 to 1992 and to Italy from 1994 to 1998, died on April 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in…
A. B. M. Anowarul Haque Bangladeshi politician, MP dead at age 76
A. B. M. Anowarul Haque died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bangladeshi politician and served as a member of parliament from 2008 to 2014. His death was announced…
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić Bosnian writer and politician dead at age 77
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bosnian writer and politician. Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, 77, Bosnian writer and politician. Tags Politicians, Writers, 05 April 2026, Bosnia, Rusmir, 2026-04-05,…
Paul Knapman British coroner dead at age 81
Paul Knapman, the British coroner, died on April 5, 2026, aged 81. Dr. Knapman served as Her Majesty’s coroner for Westminster and Inner West London from 1980 to 2011, having…
Thitinan Saengnak Thai politician, MP, suicide dead at age 65
Thitinan Saengnak died on April 5, 2026, by suicide. He was a Thai politician who served as a member of parliament from 2019 to 2023. His death was reported with…
Chana Rungsaeng Thai politician, MP dead at age 94
Chana Rungsaeng, a Thai politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 94. A member of the Democrat Party, he…
Viola Claesson Swedish politician, MP dead at age 86
Viola Claesson, a Swedish politician and member of parliament from 1985 to 1991, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Viola Anita Claesson on August 22,…
Anton Bebler Slovenian politician and diplomat dead at age 89
Anton Bebler, a Slovenian politician and diplomat, died on April 5, 2026. Anton Bebler [de], 89, Slovenian politician and diplomat. Tags Politicians, 05 April 2026, Anton, Bebler, Slovenia, 2026-04-05, April…
Marian Van Landingham American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates dead at age 88
Marian Van Landingham died on April 4, 2026. She was an American politician and served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 2006. Her career…
Cyrille Schott French civil servant, prefect of Hérault, puisne judge of the Cour des Comptes dead…
Cyrille Schott, a French civil servant who served as prefect of Hérault from 2007 to 2008 and as a puisne judge of the Cour des Comptes from 2009 to 2013,…
Ling Liong Sik Politician, physician dead at age 82
Ling Liong Sik, a Malaysian politician who served as acting prime minister in 1988, died on April 4, 2026. He was a member of parliament from 1974 to 2004 and…
Horst Schmid German-born Canadian politician dead at age 92
Horst Schmid, a German-born Canadian politician and international trade businessman, died on April 4, 2026. He was 92. Born in Munich, Germany, on April 29, 1933, Schmid emigrated to Canada…
Karen Muenster Politician, businesswoman dead at age 83
Karen Muenster, an American politician and businesswoman who served in the South Dakota Senate from 1985 to 1992, died on April 3, 2026, in Vermillion, South Dakota, from complications of…
James Uerikua Namibian politician dead at age 43
James Uerikua, a Namibian politician, died on April 3, 2026, in a car collision between Otjiwarongo and Okakarara. Born on 2 August 1982, he was a member of the South…
Konstantas Ramelis public figure dead at age 88
Konstantas Ramelis, a Lithuanian politician, died on April 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on March 12, 1938, in Užupis, Vilnius, Lithuania, he was a member of the…
Rod Diridon Sr. Chair, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Chair, California High-Speed Rail A…
Rod Diridon Sr., an American politician and longtime leader in mass transportation, died on April 3, 2026, at age 87. He served as chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority…
Prashant Bose Indian politician dead at age 80
Prashant Bose, an Indian politician and senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), died on April 3, 2026. Known by the nom de guerre Kishan, or Kishan…
Augustine Nshimye Law dead at age 79
Augustine Nshimye, a Ugandan judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, died on April 3, 2026. He served as a member of the Supreme Court from 2015, after…
Carol Greitzer American politician and abortion activist dead at age 101
Carol Greitzer, an American politician and abortion activist, died on April 3, 2026, at age 101. She served on the New York City Council from 1969 to 1991 and was…
Bettina Cirone American photographer dead at age 92
Bettina Cirone, an American photographer and former Ford model, died on April 3, 2026, at age 92. Cirone was known for photographing celebrities, including actors, musicians, artists and politicians, among…
Ronald Eddy Farmer, administrator dead at age 95
Ronald Eddy, a Canadian politician and former Ontario MPP and mayor of the County of Brant, died on April 2, 2026. Eddy was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly…
Mahinda Wijesekara Sri Lankan politician, minister of fisheries and MP dead at age 83
Mahinda Wijesekara, a Sri Lankan politician and former minister of fisheries and member of Parliament, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Devinuwara, British Ceylon,…
Louis Besson French politician dead at age 88
Louis Besson, the French politician and member of the Socialist Party, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 88. He was a leading figure in French housing policy…
Javier López Marcano Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Cantabria and three-time regio…
Javier López Marcano, a Spanish politician and member of the Parliament of Cantabria, died on April 2, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 71. A member of the Regionalist…
Mels Bekboev Kyrgyz military officer and politician, chief of the general staff of armed forces dea…
Mels Bekboev died on April 2, 2026. He was a Kyrgyz military officer and politician who served as chief of the general staff of the armed forces from 2004 to…
Machana Shamukuni Politician dies
Machana Shamukuni, a Motswana politician, died on April 2, 2026. He served as Minister of Justice from the department’s creation in 2022 until 2024 and was a Member of the…
Reda bin Mohammed Saeed Obeid Saudi academic and civil servant, member of the Consultative Assembly…
Reda bin Mohammed Saeed Obeid, a Saudi academic and civil servant and member of the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1998, died on April 2, 2026. Born…
Maribel Flores Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Andalusia and senator dead at age 75
Maribel Flores, a Spanish politician and former member of the Parliament of Andalusia and the Senate of Spain, died on April 1, 2026. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers'…
Birgit Collin-Langen German politician, MEP dead at age 69
Birgit Collin-Langen, a German politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2019, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, West…
Jean-Michel Tesu French politician, deputy dead at age 88
Jean-Michel Tesu died on April 1, 2026. He was a French politician who served as a deputy from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993. Jean-Michel Tesu, 88,…
Rosemary Kurtz American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives dead at age 95
Rosemary Kurtz died on April 1, 2026. She was an American politician and served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005. Rosemary Kurtz, 95,…
Jean-Michel Testu French politician, deputy dead at age 88
Jean-Michel Testu, a French politician and teacher who served as a deputy from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, died on April 1, 2026, at the age…
Stephen Lewis Politician, diplomat, author, writer, journalist, broadcaster, academic, public speak…
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician and diplomat who served as an Ontario MPP from 1963 to 1978, died on March 31, 2026, of cancer. He was elected to the Legislative…
Borislav Mihaylov Footballer, football administrator dead at age 63
Borislav Mihaylov, the Bulgarian football player and administrator who served twice as president of the Bulgarian Football Union, died on March 31, 2026, in Sofia, Bulgaria, from complications of a…
Rory O’Hanlon Irish politician, TD, minister of health and environment dead at age 92
Rory O'Hanlon, the Irish politician who served as a TD from 1977 to 2011, died on March 31, 2026, aged 92. A Fianna Fáil member, he was Minister for Health…
Donald V. DeRosa American academic administrator, president of the University of the Pacific dead a…
Donald V. DeRosa, an American academic administrator and president of the University of the Pacific from 1995 to 2009, died on March 31, 2026. He was the 23rd president of…
Lionel Fernando Sri Lankan-born Australian cricketer dead at age 86
Lionel Fernando, a Sri Lankan-born Australian cricketer, died on March 31, 2026, aged 86. Born in Negombo, British Ceylon, in 1939, he played for Ceylon from 1964 to 1971 as…
Barry Curtis public figure dead at age 87
Sir Barry John Curtis, a New Zealand politician and former mayor of Manukau City, died in Invalid Date, aged 87. He served as mayor from 1983 to 2007, and when…
Selemani Bungara Tanzanian politician, MP, kidney failure dead at age 64
Selemani Bungara, a Tanzanian politician and Member of Parliament, died on March 30, 2026, from kidney failure. Born on November 18, 1961, in Tanganyika Territory, he represented Kilwa South constituency…
Abu Taher Nadwi Bangladeshi Islamic scholar dead at age 65
Abu Taher Nadwi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator, died on March 30, 2026. He served as Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, also known as Patiya Madrasa, from…
Chan Santokhi Surinamese politician, president, minister of justice, and twice MNA dead at age 67
Chan Santokhi, the Surinamese politician who served as president of Suriname from 2020 to 2025, died on March 30, 2026. He was also minister of justice from 2005 to 2010…
Carlos Westendorp Spanish diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs, high representative…
Carlos Westendorp, the Spanish diplomat and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs and later as high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on March 30, 2026, in Madrid,…
Coral Springs, Florida American politician, vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, shot dead at age…
Coral Springs, Florida, an American politician and vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, died on March 30, 2026, after being shot. Coral Springs is a city in Broward County, Florida,…
Parliament of Andalusia Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Andalusia and senator dead…
Parliament of Andalusia, a Spanish politician and member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 1990 to 2004 and senator from 1996 to 2015, died on March 30, 2026. The Parliament…
Jean M. Doerge American politician, Louisiana House of Representatives dead at age 88
Jean M. Doerge, an American politician and educator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, died on March 30, 2026. She represented District 10, covering Webster Parish and Minden,…
Alberto Coutinho American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly, traffic collision…
Alberto Coutinho, an American politician and member of the New Jersey General Assembly, died on March 29, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, at age 56. A Democrat, he represented the…
Neil Cossons public figure dead at age 87
Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA, a British historian and museum administrator, died on March 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, on January 15, 1939, he studied at…
Chang Ung Sports administrator dead at age 87
Chang Ung North Korean basketball player (national team) and sports administrator, president of ITF (2002–2015) and member of the IOC (1996–2018) · Died March 28, 2026 Chang Ung, a North…
Lal Singh Indian politician, six-time Punjab MLA dead at age 83
Lal Singh, an Indian politician and six-time Punjab MLA, died on March 28, 2026. He was 83. Singh served as Punjab’s finance minister from 2002 to 2007 during the Amarinder…
Juwono Sudarsono Politician, Diplomat dead at age 84
Juwono Sudarsono, an Indonesian diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2003 to 2004 and as minister of education and twice as minister of defense,…
Liamine Zéroual Algerian politician, president and minister of defense dead at age 84
Liamine Zéroual, an Algerian politician who served as president from 1994 to 1999 and as minister of defense from 1993 to 1999, died on March 28, 2026, at the age…
Lin Yuan-lang Taiwanese politician, magistrate of Nantou County dead at age 85
Lin Yuan-lang, a Taiwanese politician and former magistrate of Nantou County, died on March 27, 2026. He served as magistrate from 1989 to 1997. Lin was born on December 28,…
Franco Tentorio Italian politician, mayor of Bergamo dead at age 81
Franco Tentorio, the Italian politician who served as mayor of Bergamo from 2009 to 2014, died on March 27, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Bergamo on January…
Gino Agnese Italian essayist and writer dead at age 90
Gino Agnese, the Italian journalist, biographer and essayist, died on March 27, 2026, in Rome, at the age of 90. Born in Naples on March 10, 1936, he served as…
Maria Badia i Cutchet Spanish politician, MEP dead at age 78
Maria Badia i Cutchet, a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014, died on March 27, 2026. She was from Catalonia and was a member…
Don C. Childers Contractor dead at age 94
Don C. Childers, an American politician and contractor who served in the Florida Senate from 1975 to 1990, died on March 27, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Donnell…
Richard C. Edgley American LDS Church general authority, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric…
Richard C. Edgley, an American general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and first counselor in the church's Presiding Bishopric from 1995 to 2012, died on…
Michael Sather Canadian politician, MLA dead at age 78
Michael Sather, a Canadian politician who served as MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in British Columbia, died on March 26, 2026. He was a member of the British Columbia New…
Bob Schmetterer Advertising executive dead at age 82
Bob Schmetterer, an American business executive and author, died in Invalid Date. He was chairman and CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide and president and COO of the communications group Havas.…