Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
Lu Hsin-min
Taiwanese politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Luísa Diogo
Mozambican politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Luisa
Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95
Arthur Tobin, an American politician and lawyer from Quincy, Massachusetts, died on January 16, 2026, at age 95. He served on the Quincy City Council and in the Massachusetts legislature before being elected the 29th mayor of Quincy. After his… · 16 January 2026 · January 2026
Yolande Viviane Compaoré
Burkinabe politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Compaoré
Gagik Yeganyan
Armenian politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Mochammad Djamhari
Indonesian military officer and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
James F. White Funeral director, politician dead at age 90
James F. White, an American funeral director and politician, died on January 15, 2026, in Farmington, Minnesota, at the age of 90. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978.… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Filip Stojanović (politician) Serbian politician dead at age 81
Filip Stojanović, a Serbian politician who served several terms in the parliaments of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia, died on January 15, 2026. He was a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party. Born on August 10, 1944, in… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · Stojanovic
Namirembe Bitamazire
Ugandan academic and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
George Vassiliou
Cypriot politician · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13
Razmik Zohrabyan
Armenian politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Toshio Fujii
Japanese politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Lê Văn Dũng
Vietnamese military officer and politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Dũng
Jerry Wilburn Businessman, farmer dead at age 85
Edwin J. "Jerry" Wilburn, an American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1964 to 1980, died on January 13, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on September 18, 1940, in Mantachie, Mississippi, he was also… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Oba C. D. Akran
Nigerian politician and traditional ruler · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Akran
Marco Proaño Maya
Ecuadorian politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Maya
Alain Orsoni
French politician and Corsican independence activist · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · French
Laumatiamanu Ringo Purcell
Samoan politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Purcell
Lu Kejian Chinese politician, deputy dead at age 93
Lu Kejian, a Chinese politician and deputy, died on January 12, 2026. An ethnic Tibetan, he was born in Jonê County, Gansu province, China, in 1932. He began his political career as leader of Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County in his… · 12 January 2026 · January 2026
Luigi Nicolais
Italian engineer and politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Miquel Naudí
Andorran politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Aniceto Sobrepeña
Filipino banker and public servant · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Filipino · Other
Kōtarō Kodama
Japanese politician and mayor of Akitakata (1980–2008) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Herman Wouters
Belgian politician and mayor of Grobbendonk (1989–1997) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Yao Chiang-lin
Taiwanese politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
Gambian economist and politician · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Gaye
Kamlesh Shukla Indian politician, MLA dead at age 73
Kamlesh Shukla, an Indian politician and former MLA, died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and represented the Rampur Karkhana Assembly constituency in Deoria district… · 10 January 2026 · January 2026
Yao Jianglin
Taiwanese politician · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Seydou Madani Sy
Senegalese jurist and politician · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8
Ted Nichols Composer dead at age 97
Ted Nichols, an American composer, conductor and arranger best known for his work on Hanna-Barbera productions including The Flintstones and Jonny Quest, died on January 9, 2026, at age 97. Born Theodore Nicholas Sflotsos on October 2, 1928, in Missoula,… · 09 January 2026 · January 2026
Madalitso Kazombo
Malawian politician · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8
Jack McGregor
American politician and sports team owner · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8
Hiroya Ebina
Japanese politician · 07 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 7