Rüdiger Postier obituary: died at age 82
Rüdiger Postier, a German judge who served as president of the Constitutional Court of Brandenburg from 2009 to 2012, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 82. Born…
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Niels Ersbøll dies at age 100
Niels Ersbøll died on June 11, 2026. He was a Danish politician and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union from 1980 to 1994. Tags…
Niels Ersbøll dies at age 100
Niels Ersbøll, a Danish politician and diplomat who served as secretary-general of the Council of the European Union, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 100. Born Niels…
Bajrakitiyabha dies at age 47
Bajrakitiyabha, a Thai royal and diplomat, died on June 11, 2026, at age 47. Known formally as Princess Rajasarini Siribajra, she was born on December 7, 1978, at Amphorn Sathan…
Death of Chope Paljor Tsering at age 77
Chope Paljor Tsering, a Tibetan politician and member of parliament from 1986 to 2007, died on June 11, 2026. He was 78. A former cabinet member of the Central Tibetan…
Merle Boucher passed away at age 79
Merle Boucher, an American politician and former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died June 11, 2026, at age 79. Born July 19, 1946, in Rolette, North Dakota,…
Lhasang Tsering has died at age 74
Lhasang Tsering, a Tibetan writer and political activist, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in 1952 in Tradün, in western Tibet, he became known as…
Eduardo Portela passed away at age 91
Eduardo Portela, the Spanish basketball coach and executive who led the ACB from 1990 to 2013, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Barcelona on…
Christian Laurissergues dies at 86
Christian Laurissergues, a French politician who served as a deputy from 1973 to 1988, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Bordeaux on August 7,…
Obituary: Christa Schmidt, dead at age 85
Christa Schmidt, the German politician and former member of the Bundestag, died on June 10, 2026, at age 85. Born Christa Weigel in Leipzig on April 3, 1941, she trained…
Ren Yanshen dies at age 80
Ren Yanshen, a Chinese politician and academic, died on June 10, 2026. He was 80. Ren served as deputy party secretary of Jiangsu Province and as vice chairman of the…
Vladas Garastas obituary: died at age 94
Vladas Garastas, a Lithuanian basketball coach who led Žalgiris, the Soviet Union national team and Lithuania’s national team, died on June 10, 2026. He was 94. Born in Linkuva on…
Jean Ziegler dies at 92
Jean Ziegler, the Swiss politician, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Hans Ziegler on April 19, 1934, in Thun, he built a public career that…
Yōhei Kōno dies at age 89
Yōhei Kōno, a Japanese politician who served as deputy prime minister from 1994 to 1995 and as speaker of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009, died on June…
Alexander Licht obituary: died at age 73
Alexander Licht, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1991 to 2020, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on September 13,…
Viacheslav Bielskyi died at age 72
Viacheslav Bielskyi, a Ukrainian politician who served as a deputy from 1994 to 1998, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 72. Born Viacheslav Ivanovych Bielskyi on May…
Pascal Corminboeuf dies at 82
Pascal Corminboeuf, a Swiss politician, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 8, 1944, in Domdidier, in the canton of Fribourg, where he was…
Thomas Alan Harris dead at age 92
Thomas Alan Harris died on June 10, 2026. He was an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1962 to 1966 and in the Tennessee Senate…
Susan Sullivan dies at 79
Susan Sullivan, an American politician who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1975 to 1977, died on June 9, 2026. She was 79. Born in Mountain View, Alaska,…
Anderson Dilworth passed away at age 96
Anderson Dilworth died on June 9, 2026. Tags Politicians, 09 June 2026, America, Anderson, Dilworth, June 2026, June 9
John Pappageorge death at age 94
John Pappageorge, an American politician and former Michigan state senator, died June 9, 2026. He was 94. Born in Detroit on July 19, 1931, to a Greek family, he graduated…
F. John Monahan dead at age 82
F. John Monahan, an American politician and former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, died on June 9, 2026. He was 82. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, on July 3,…
Barney Schoby, died aged 87
Barney Schoby, an American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1980 to 1997, died on June 9, 2026. He was 87. Schoby also served as an…
Alexander Yanchuliev died at age 87
Alexander Yanchuliev died on June 9, 2026. He was a Bulgarian politician and civil engineer. Further details about his life and career were not immediately available. Tags Politicians, 09 June…
Alexander Yanchulev passes away at age 87
Alexander Yanchulev, a Bulgarian politician and civil engineer, died on June 9, 2026. Born in Sofia on October 7, 1938, Alexander Stefanov Yanchulev studied hydraulic engineering at the Civil Engineering…
Death of Beatriz Pardi at age 84
Beatriz Pardi, a Brazilian politician and member of the São Paulo Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1999, died on June 9, 2026. She was 84. Born on June 6, 1942,…
Wolfgang Gust has died at age 91
Wolfgang Gust, a German journalist and author, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Hanover on January 1, 1935, he worked for Spiegel-Verlag and spent…
Larry Walker died at age 84
Larry Walker, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1973 to 2005, died on June 9, 2026. He was 84. Born Lawrence Cohen Walker Jr.…
Heinz-Jürgen Koloczek death at age 82
Heinz-Jürgen Koloczek died on June 9, 2026. He was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 09 June 2026, Germany, Koloczek, Heinz-Jürgen, June 2026, June 9
Bruno Turner dies at 95
Bruno Turner, a British musicologist, died on June 9, 2026, aged 95. Born in London on February 17, 1931, he devoted much of his career to early music, with a…
Obituary: Kwon Heon-seong, dead at age 67
Kwon Heon-seong, a South Korean politician, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 67. Born on October 11, 1958, he was a member of the Reunification Democratic Party…
Turgun Mashrapova dies at age 98
Turgun Mashrapova, a Kyrgyz politician and former member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 98. Born on May 16,…
Masahiro Futahashi passed away at age 84
Masahiro Futahashi, a Japanese politician and former bureaucrat, died June 8, 2026, at age 84. He served twice as deputy chief cabinet secretary, from 2003 to 2006 and again from…
Monika Silva Koniuszek dead
Monika Silva Koniuszek, a Polish activist focused on anticorruption, environmental issues and human rights, died on June 8, 2026. Based in Ecuador for many years, she founded and directed Fundación…
Julian Garrett passes away at age 85
Julian Garrett, an American politician and Iowa state senator, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Garrett represented the 11th district in the Iowa Senate after winning…
Guy Liebmann has died at age 90
Guy Liebmann, the American politician who served as mayor of Oklahoma City from 2003 to 2004, died on June 8, 2026. He was 90. Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1936,…
Myktybek Abdyldayev obituary: died at age 72
Myktybek Abdyldayev, a Kyrgyz politician, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 72. Also known as Myktybek Yusupovich Abdyldayev, he was born on August 17, 1953, in Kara-Jygach…
Bo Brown obituary: died at age 81
Bo Brown, an American politician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives since 2020, died on June 8, 2026. He was 81. Known also as William R. Brown and…
Hans Kaufmann died at age 77
Hans Kaufmann, a Swiss politician and business consultant who served in the Swiss National Council from 1999 to 2014, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 77. Born…
Roberto Soffritti obituary: died at age 84
Roberto Soffritti died on June 8, 2026. He was an Italian politician. Born in Ferrara on October 11, 1941, he studied at the University of Bologna. Tags Politicians, 08 June…
Oto Neubauer dead at age 95
Oto Neubauer died on June 8, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as a senator from 1996 to 1998 and as mayor of Trmice from 1998 to 2006.…
Hans Maier dead at age 94
Hans Maier died on June 8, 2026. He was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 08 June 2026, Germany, Hans, Maier, June 2026, June 8, München
Lehbib Mohamed Abdelaziz passed away at age 37
Lehbib Mohamed Abdelaziz, a Sahrawi military commander and member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, died on June 7, 2026, after a Moroccan drone strike in Mijek, Western…
Mangal Prasad Gupta passes away at age 80
Mangal Prasad Gupta, a Nepali politician and member of parliament from 2022 to 2025, died on June 7, 2026. He was 80. Born on August 8, 1945, Gupta represented Kapilvastu…
Ernie Caffrey passes away at age 89
Ernie Caffrey, an Irish politician, died on June 7, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in County Mayo in 1936 and also known as Ernest Caffrey, he was a…
Robert Louis Wilken passes away at age 89
Robert Louis Wilken, an American historian and former Lutheran minister, died on June 7, 2026, at age 89. Born in New Orleans in 1936, he became William R. Kenan Jr.…
Vsevolod Sevastyanov died at age 88
Vsevolod Sevastyanov, a Russian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai from 1994 to 2016, died on June 7, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in…
Gordon S. Wood death at age 92
Gordon S. Wood, an American historian whose books included The Radicalism of the American Revolution and Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815, died on June 7,…
Dennis Parrett dies at age 66
Dennis Parrett, an American politician who served as a member of the Kentucky Senate from 2011 to 2023, died on June 7, 2026, at age 66. Born October 30, 1959,…
Alfio Brina dies at age 84
Alfio Brina died on June 7, 2026. He was an Italian politician. Tags Politicians, 07 June 2026, Alfio, Brina, Italy, June 2026, June 7
Death of Louis Donnadieu at age 96
Louis Donnadieu died on June 7, 2026. He was a French politician. Tags Politicians, 07 June 2026, Donnadieu, France, Louis, June 2026, June 7
Ibrohim Gʻafurov obituary: died at age 88
Ibrohim Gʻafurov, the Uzbek writer, translator and politician who served in the Oliy Majlis from 1999 to 2004, died on June 6, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in…
Bob Packwood passes away at age 93
Bob Packwood, the American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1995, died on June 6, 2026, at age 93. Born Robert William Packwood in Portland, Oregon,…
Lee Raymond passed away at age 87
Lee Raymond, the American oil executive who led ExxonMobil as chairman and chief executive from 1987 to 2005, died on June 6, 2026. He was 87. Born in Watertown, South…
Agaath Witteman dead
Agaath Witteman, the Dutch theatre director and politician who served as a senator from 2003 to 2007, died on June 5, 2026. She was 84. Born in Oegstgeest on April…
Death of Manoa Rasigatale at age 78
Manoa Rasigatale, a Fijian politician and historian, died on June 5, 2026, at age 78. Born on July 11, 1947, he also worked as a journalist, musician and television personality.…
Yoshihisa Uchida died at age 101
Yoshihisa Uchida died on June 5, 2026. Tags Politicians, 05 June 2026, Japan, Uchida, Yoshihisa, June 2026, June 5
Death of Gerry Meehan at age 79
Gerry Meehan, a Canadian ice hockey left winger and executive, died on June 5, 2026, at age 79. Born Gerard Marcus Meehan on September 3, 1946, in Toronto, he was…
Nathan Irby death at age 94
Nathan Irby died on June 5, 2026. He was an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1982 to 1995. His death was announced on…
Yoshihisa Uchida died at age 101
Yoshihisa Uchida died on June 5, 2026. He was a Japanese politician and journalist. Born on January 5, 1925, Uchida studied at Meiji University. Tags Journalists, Politicians, 05 June 2026,…
Michael Tate dies at 80
Michael Tate, the Australian politician, senator and Catholic priest who served in the Senate from 1978 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 80. Born Michael…
Waldemar Bohdanowicz passes away at age 85
Waldemar Bohdanowicz, a Polish politician who served as mayor of Łódź from 1989 to 1990 and as a senator from 1991 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026. He was…
Georgios Souflias dies at 84
Georgios Souflias, a Greek politician and former minister, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 84. Born on July 7, 1941, in Ayia Triada, Larissa, he studied civil…
Obituary: Manuel Domingos Augusto, dead at age 68
Manuel Domingos Augusto died on June 5, 2026. He was an Angolan politician and diplomat. Born in Luanda on September 2, 1957, he served in public life as a minister…
Sadıq Sadıqov death at age 60
Sadıq Sadıqov, the Azerbaijani football executive who served as president of Neftçi from 2009 to 2015, died on June 5, 2026, at age 60. Born in Nakhchivan on November 9,…
Yrondu Musavu-King, died aged 34
Yrondu Musavu-King, the Gabonese footballer who played for Boulogne, Le Mans and the national team, died on June 5, 2026. He was 34. Born in Libreville on January 8, 1992,…
Bernadette Chirac dead at age 93
Bernadette Chirac, the French politician and widow of former president Jacques Chirac, died on June 5, 2026, at age 93. Born Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel in Paris on…
Pahlaj Nihalani, died aged 76
Pahlaj Nihalani, an Indian film producer known for Aankhen and Shola Aur Shabnam, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 76. He built a long career in Hindi…
John D. Ong has died at age 92
John D. Ong, the American manufacturing industry executive and diplomat who led Goodrich Corporation and later served as ambassador to Norway, died on June 4, 2026, at age 92. Born…
Anantrao Thopate passed away at age 93
Anantrao Thopate died on June 4, 2026. He was an Indian politician who served as a six-term MLA and later as former education minister. His death was noted by local…
John Swan, died aged 90
John Swan, the Bermudian politician who served as Bermuda’s fourth premier, died on June 4, 2026, at age 90. Also known as Sir John William David Swan, he was born…
Edward Ntshingila dead
Edward Mzikayise Ntshingila, a South African politician and Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, died on June 4, 2026. Known in Parliament as Edward…
Amin Tojiyev has died at age 79
Amin Tojiyev, an Uzbek politician who chaired the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan from 1998 to 2002, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on April…
Blenda Wilson dies at age 85
Blenda Wilson, an American academic administrator who became the first African-American woman to lead a large U.S. university, died on June 4, 2026. She was 85. Born Blenda Jacqueline Wilson…
Antonius Agus Sriyono death at age 69
Antonius Agus Sriyono, an Indonesian diplomat who served as ambassador to New Zealand from 2010 to 2013 and to the Holy See from 2016 to 2020, died on June 4,…
Theo Fischer has died at age 88
Theo Fischer, a Swiss politician and notary public, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Hägglingen on December 25, 1937, he served the Swiss People's…
A. K. M. Rahmatullah dead at age 75
A. K. M. Rahmatullah, a Bangladeshi politician and member of parliament, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 75. He represented the Dhaka-11 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad…
Herbert Möller death at age 103
Herbert Möller, a German politician and former member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 103. Born on April 7, 1923, in Vratislavice…
Herbert Möller death at age 103
Herbert Möller, a German politician and member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1985 to 1987, died on June 3, 2026. He was 103. Born on April 7, 1923, in…
Rutsel Martha died at age 70
Rutsel Martha, a Dutch politician and legal scholar, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, in 1955, he was also known as Rutsel…
A.K.M. Rahmatullah has died at age 75
A.K.M. Rahmatullah, a Bangladeshi politician, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on January 1, 1950, he was an Awami League figure who served in the…
Obituary: Margriet Hermans, dead at age 72
Margriet Hermans, the Belgian singer, presenter and politician who served as a senator from 2007 to 2011, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 72. Born Margareta Maria…
Obituary: Virginia Held, dead at age 96
Virginia Held, an American philosopher and feminist theorist whose work helped shape the ethics of care, died on June 3, 2026. She was 96. Born Virginia Potter Held on October…
Obituary: Price Wallace, dead at age 64
Price Wallace, an American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2018, died on June 3, 2026. He was 64. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 24,…
Agnes Herzberg, died aged 87
Agnes Herzberg, a Canadian statistician and professor of mathematics and statistics at Queen’s University, died on June 2, 2026. She was 87. Born Agnes Margaret Herzberg in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in…
George H. Vaughn Jr. has died at age 87
George H. Vaughn Jr. died on June 2, 2026. Tags Politicians, 02 June 2026, America, George, Vaughn, June 2, June 2026
Agnes M. Herzberg death at age 87
Agnes M. Herzberg, a Canadian statistician and professor of mathematics and statistics at Queen’s University, died on June 2, 2026, at age 87. Born Agnes Margaret Herzberg in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,…
Kenneth Legan death at age 79
Kenneth Legan died on June 2, 2026. Tags Politicians, 02 June 2026, America, Kenneth, Legan, Leo, June 2, June 2026
Obituary: Ken Legan, dead at age 79
Ken Legan, an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1981 to 2002, died on June 2, 2026, at age 79. Born Kenneth Dale Legan on…
Lyuben Dilov Jr. dead at age 61
Lyuben Dilov Jr., the Bulgarian writer, journalist and lawmaker, died on June 2, 2026, from complications of a heart attack. He was 61. Born in Sofia on November 19, 1964,…
Yogesh Patel dead at age 79
Yogesh Patel, an Indian politician and Gujarat MLA since 2012, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 79. Known in the assembly as Yogeshbhai Narayandas Patel, he represented…
Sir Neville Cenac, died aged 86
Sir Neville Cenac, a Saint Lucian politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 1987 to 1992 and as governor-general from 2018 to 2021, died on June 2, 2026,…
Alan Haselhurst dies at 88
Alan Haselhurst, the British Conservative politician who served as an MP and later sat in the House of Lords, died on June 2, 2026, aged 88. Born at South Elmsall…
Nasos Athanasiou dies at age 75
Nasos Athanasiou died on June 2, 2026. He was a Greek politician. Tags Politicians, 02 June 2026, Athanasiou, Greece, Nasos, Pisces, June 2, June 2026
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos dies at 63
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, a Spanish veterinarian and politician who served as minister of universities of Andalusia from 2022, died on June 2, 2026. He was 63. Born in Córdoba…
David J. Halberstam dies at age 74
David J. Halberstam, an American sports broadcaster and producer, died on June 2, 2026, at age 74. Born October 7, 1951, he served as executive vice president and general manager…
Alexey Panteleev dead at age 67
Alexey Panteleev, a Russian politician and senator from 2009 to 2012, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Born Alexey Borisovich Panteleev on February 2, 1959, in…
Cláudio Magrão death at age 72
Cláudio Magrão, a Brazilian politician who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2007 to 2009, died on June 2, 2026.…
Robert Parizeau death at age 90
Robert Parizeau, a Canadian businessman who led the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, died on June 2, 2026, in Montreal. He was 90. Born in Montreal on November 7, 1935, he…