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Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam died on April 23, 2026. He was a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to Israel from 2018 to 2025. Jean Pierre Biyiti…
Tajang Laing died on April 23, 2026. He was a Malaysian Orang Ulu politician and served as a member of the Cobbold Commission. Laing also served in the Sarawak State…
David Scott, an American politician and member of the House of Representatives since 2003, died on April 22, 2026, at age 80. He served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's…
Allan Hosie, the Scottish rugby referee and former Scottish Rugby Union president, died on April 22, 2026, aged 80. He was the 116th president of the Scottish Rugby Union and…
Biagio De Giovanni, an Italian philosopher and politician, died on April 22, 2026. Biagio De Giovanni [it], 94, Italian philosopher and politician. Tags Politicians, Scientists, 22 April 2026, Biagio, Giovanni,…
Mike Ohnstad, an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974, died on April 22, 2026. Born Michas Monroe Ohnstad in Hinckley, Minnesota, on…
N. Bhaskara Rao, Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as the 11th chief minister of…
Gopalrao Patil, an Indian politician and former Rajya Sabha member, died on April 21, 2026. He was 94. Patil was a Bharatiya Janata Party member and served as a member…
Nikolai Romanov died on April 21, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was a Russian politician and served as mayor of Saratov from 2006 to 2007. The death was reported…
Carlos Mella, a Spanish writer and politician, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Xosé Carlos Mella Villar on August 13, 1930, in A Estrada, Spain,…
Mariano Baptista Gumucio, a Bolivian politician and writer, died on April 21, 2026, in La Paz at the age of 92. Born in Cochabamba on December 11, 1933, he was…
Monica Azuba Ntege, a Ugandan politician and engineer who served as minister of works and transport from 2016 to 2019, died on April 21, 2026. Born in about 1954 in…
Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr, an Iraqi politician, died on April 21, 2026. Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr [ar], 81, Iraqi politician. Tags Politicians, 21 April 2026, Hussein, Iraq, 2026-04-21, Al-Sadr, April…
José Honório, an East Timorese politician and minister of higher education, science and culture, died on April 21, 2026. Also known as José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo, he was…
Viktor Liashko died on April 21, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician and served as a member of parliament from 1990 to 1994. Viktor Liashko [uk], 90, Ukrainian politician, MP…
Robin Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 5th Baron Derwent, a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords from 1986 to 1999, died on April 21, 2026. Born on October 30, 1930,…
Lukas Mbadi Kaborang died on April 20, 2026. Tags Politicians, 20 April 2026, Cancer, Indonesia, Kaborang, Lukas, April 20, April 2026
Tony Worthington died on April 20, 2026. No cause of death was given. Tags Politicians, 20 April 2026, Britain, Cancer, Tony, Worthington, April 20, April 2026
Li Daoyu, a Chinese diplomat and former ambassador to the United States from 1993 to 1998, died on April 20, 2026. He was 93. Born in Hefei, Anhui province, China,…
Elisabeth Kirkby, the Australian actress, politician and radio broadcaster known for Number 96, died on April 20, 2026, aged 105. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1921, she began her…
Luis Brandoni, the Argentine actor and politician who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2001, died on April 20, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of complications from a fall.…
Rim Giniyatullin, an Uzbek politician and former minister of land reclamation and water management, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 82. Born Rim Abdulovich Giniyatullin on September…
George E. Nowotny died on April 19, 2026. Tags Politicians, 19 April 2026, America, George, Nowotny, April 19, April 2026
Phunchok Stobdan, an Indian diplomat and former ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, died on April 19, 2026. He was 67. Stobdan served as India’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 2010 to 2012. He…
Chems-Eddine Chitour, Algerian academic and politician who served as minister of higher education and scientific research in 2020, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 81. He was…
Dean Cooley, an American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 92. He served in…
Helen Nakimuli, a Ugandan politician and legislator who served as the member of parliament for Kalangala District since 2021, died on April 19, 2026, from complications following surgery. She was…
Driss Guiga, a Tunisian politician, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 101. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Education and later as Minister of the…
Mukhtar Shakhanov, a Kazakh poet and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2004 to 2007, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on…
Adrienne Staples, a New Zealand politician and former mayor of South Wairarapa, died on April 19, 2026, aged 69–70. Born in Featherston in 1956 or 1957, she served as mayor…
George Ariyoshi, the American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 1970 to 1974 and governor from 1974 to 1986, died on April 19, 2026, at the age…
Gerardo Renault, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais from 1968 to 1978 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1986,…
David Mena, an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Franz Stocker, Austrian politician and former federal councillor, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 92. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the Federal…
Kenji Gokenya, a Japanese politician, died on April 18, 2026. Kenji Gokenya [ja], 87, Japanese politician. Tags Politicians, 18 April 2026, Gokenya, Japan, Kenji, 2026-04-18, April 18, April 2026
Karel Korytář, a Czech politician and engineer, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 76. A member of the Czech Social Democratic Party, he served in the Senate…
Sergio Cappelli, Italian politician and senator from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Savona, Italy, on 12 September 1950, he was…
John Seymour, an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1991 to 1992, died on April 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Chicago and…
Wanlop Thaineua, a Thai politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 81. He served in the House from 2005…
Oscar Andrade, a Brazilian politician and deputy from 1996 to 2003, died on April 18, 2026, in Brasília following a motorcycle accident. Born Oscar Ilton de Andrade on September 26,…
Stefanos Linaios, Greek actor and politician who served as an MP from 1989 to 1990, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 97. He was known for his…
Balbir Punj, an Indian journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 2000 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2014, died on April 18, 2026, aged…
Jan Krámek died on April 18, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as an MP from 1993 to 1996, a senator from 1996 to 2000, and mayor of…
Ian Pinard, a Dominican politician and former member of parliament, died on April 17, 2026. He was 54. Pinard was first elected to the House of Assembly in 2005, representing…
David McKinley, the American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023, died on April 17, 2026, at age 79. Born in…
Pierre Lefebvre, the French politician and senator from 1997 to 2001, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Escaudain on September 11, 1938, he worked…
Terry L. Bruce, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois,…
David Smith, an Australian politician and Western Australia MLA from 1983 to 1996, died on April 16, 2026, aged 82. He was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly…
Narayana Ramachandran, an Indian sports administrator and president of the Indian Olympic Association from 2014 to 2017, died on April 16, 2026, aged 77. He was also an Indian squash…
Masayoshi Tsuchida, a Japanese politician, died on April 16, 2026. Masayoshi Tsuchida [ja], 82, Japanese politician. Tags Politicians, 16 April 2026, Japan, Masayoshi, Tsuchida, 2026-04-16, April 16, April 2026
Patrick Ground, a British politician and barrister, died on April 16, 2026, aged 93. Known as Reginald Patrick Ground QC, he served as a Conservative councillor on the London Borough…
Laura Balbo, an Italian politician and sociologist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Padua on November 30, 1933, she graduated from the University of…
Paris Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died on April 16, 2026. Harvey was known for work in both ministry and…
Barbara Flynn Currie, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 85. A Democrat,…
Raza Kazim, a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a…
Pharis Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died April 16, 2026. His work was linked to religious ministry and human rights…
Mamadou Sylla, a Guinean arms dealer and politician, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Boké on January 25, 1960, he became wealthy after being…
Justin Fairfax, an American politician and former lieutenant governor of Virginia, died on April 16, 2026, in Wakefield, Virginia, at age 47. A Democrat, he served as Virginia’s 41st lieutenant…
Seigō Tsuchida, Japanese politician and mayor of Higashine since 1998, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 82. He served as mayor of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, for seven…
Ivan Rebernik, a Slovenian diplomat and librarian, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as Slovenia’s ambassador to the Vatican and as Chancellor of the…
Phil Rockefeller, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Washington Senate from 2005 to 2011, died on April 15, 2026. He represented the 23rd legislative district as a…
Osvaldas Balakauskas, Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat, died on April 15, 2026. He was 88. Balakauskas was born on December 19, 1937, in Miliūnai and graduated from Vilnius…
Kevin Klose, the American broadcast executive who served as president of National Public Radio from 1998 to 2008, died on April 15, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was…
Mark Mobius, the American-born German businessman and emerging markets fund manager, died on April 15, 2026, at age 89. Born Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius in Hempstead, New York, he founded…
Ernest A. Larsen, an American politician and educator, died on April 14, 2026, at age 93. Born in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, he earned a bachelor’s degree in vocational education…
Bernardin Mfumbusa, a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kondoa since 2011, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 64. Born on April 1, 1962, in Arusha,…
James F. Howell, an American politician, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, in 1934, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma College…
Sophie Flamand, a Belgian writer and journalist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Liège on November 6, 1964, she studied at the Université libre…
Robert Cluck, an American politician and mayor of Arlington, Texas, from 2003 to 2015, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born Robert Nance Cluck Jr. in…
Shlomo Breznitz, a Czechoslovak-born Israeli author, psychologist and former lawmaker, died on April 14, 2026. He was 89. Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1936, Breznitz served as a member of…
Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the French football administrator who served as president of the French Football Federation from 2005 to 2010, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born…
Arturo Lizón Giner, a Spanish politician and senator from 1979 to 1993, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 24, 1938, in Sella, Spain,…
Stephen Crotts, an American Presbyterian minister and author, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 75. He served as a Presbyterian reverend for more than 50 years and…
Juan José Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agronomic engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Takao Fujii, a Japanese politician, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 83. Fujii was a former member of Japan’s House of Councillors in the Diet,…
Anita Martinez, the American politician who served as a Dallas city councillor from 1969 to 1973, died on April 13, 2026. She was 100. Martinez was the first Mexican-American member…
Arthur Louis Schechter, an American politician, diplomat and attorney, died on April 13, 2026, at age 86. He was born on December 6, 1939, in Rosenberg, Texas, and attended public…
Trish Crossin, Australian politician and senator for the Northern Territory from 1998 to 2013, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. Born Patricia Margaret Crossin in Melbourne on…
Juan Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agricultural engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in…
Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi died on April 12, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Politicians, 12 April 2026, Hossein, Iran, Tabrizi, April 12, April 2026
Janusz Kamiński, a Polish politician and engineer who served as minister of transport, navigation and communications from 1987 to 1989, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 92.…
Bill Patmon, an American politician who served on the Cleveland City Council from 1990 to 2001 and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018, died on April…
Salifu Adam Braimah, a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament from 2017 to 2021, died on April 12, 2026, aged 60. He represented the Salaga South Constituency in the Northern…
Shafique Ahmed, a Bangladeshi lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as Bangladesh’s minister for…
Cho Sang-rae, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on September 6, 1936, in Gimje,…
Michael Baroody, an American lobbyist, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 1946, he graduated from the University of Notre…
Hüsamettin Cindoruk, Turkish politician and acting president in 1993, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 92. He was twice a member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly and…
Romano Luperini died on April 11, 2026. He was an Italian film literary critic, writer and politician. No further details about his death were provided. Romano Luperini [it], 85, Italian…
Marcel Niat Njifenji, a Cameroonian politician and president of the Senate from 2013 to 2026, died on April 11, 2026. He was 91. Born in Bangangté on 26 October 1934,…
Clifford Otte, an American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, died on April 11, 2026. He was 93. Born Jan. 15, 1933, in Wilson,…
Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 94. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies, was a senator from…
Magaly Achach Solís, a Mexican politician and former mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 71. She served as mayor from 1999 to…
Eliot Engel, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2021, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 79. A Democrat, he…
Sir Hayden Phillips, the British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office from 1998 to 2003, died on April 10, 2026, aged 83. Sir Gerald…
Vootele Hansen died on April 10, 2026. He was an Estonian politician who served as minister of the environment from 1994 to 1995 and as a member of parliament from…
Maria Agostina Pellegatta, an Italian politician and teacher, died on April 10, 2026, in Cassano Magnago at the age of 87. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1972…