Caroline Jones, a Welsh politician and Member of the Senedd for South Wales West from 2016 to 2021, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 71 from sepsis. Born in Llwynypia, Wales, on April 1, 1955, she was… · Australia · 19 May 2022 · Journalists · May 2022 · May 19
Sudhangshu Seal, an Indian politician and former MP and West Bengal MLA, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. He represented the Kolkata North West constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 and served…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician, died on May 14, 2026, at age 80. Born in Warsaw on October 25, 1945, he studied law at Warsaw University and began practicing in 1973. He served in the Polish Senate…
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, a Cameroonian athletics official and president of the Confederation of African Athletics, died on May 13, 2026. He led the Confederation of African Athletics from 2003 until his death, succeeding Lamine Diack. Born on 11 November 1950…
M. P. Jayasinghe, a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and former governor of Uva and North Central provinces, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Hambantota in 1945, he served as governor of Uva Province from…
Mosharraf Hossain, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 13, 2026, at age 83. He served as minister of civil aviation and tourism from 1997 to 2001 and as minister of housing and public works from… · 18 April 2022 · April 2022 · April 18 · Athletes
Vladimir Molchanov, the Russian television host and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Moscow on October 7, 1950, he was a Soviet and Russian TV and radio host, speaker and journalist. Molchanov was…
Swapan Sadhan Bose, an Indian politician and sports administrator who was president of Mohun Bagan AC, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Also known as Tutu Bose, he was a member of the All India Trinamool…
Zenonas Juknevičius, a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on June 10, 1949, in Valdeikiai, Pasvalys district, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University in 1977 and qualified…
Pedro Feist, a Portuguese politician and businessman, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Pedro José del Negro Feist on March 11, 1936, he was a member of the CDS – People's Party and served in…
Bassek Ba Kobhio, a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker, died on May 12, 2026, at age 69. Born in Nindjé, French Cameroon, in 1957, he worked as a film director, producer, writer and diplomat. He was known for The Great White…
José Adriano Gago Vitorino, a Portuguese politician and engineer, died on May 11, 2026, in Faro, Portugal. He was 80 or 81. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to…
Bagi Kumar Verma, an Indian politician and Bihar legislator, died on May 11, 2026, at age 77. He served in the Bihar Legislative Assembly for three terms, representing Makhdumpur twice and Kurtha once. Verma was a former minister in the…
Hélène Mignon, a French politician and former member of parliament, died on May 11, 2026. She represented Haute-Garonne's 6th constituency in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2007 as a member of the Socialist…
Legh Davis, Australian politician and former South Australian Legislative Council member, died on May 11, 2026, aged 85. He served in the council from 1979 to 2002 as a member of the Liberal Party and was past president of the…
D. Sudhakar, an Indian politician and Karnataka MLA, died on May 10, 2026, from complications following knee surgery. He was 66. Sudhakar served as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2018 and again from 2023. He…
José Ballesta, the Spanish politician who served as mayor of Murcia, died on May 10, 2026, of cancer. He was 67. Born in Murcia in 1958, he was a medical professor and a full professor at the University of Murcia…
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A native of Philadelphia, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania…
Ali Fassi-Fihri, a Moroccan civil servant and business executive who served as president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation from 2009 to 2013, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Kenitra on February 22, 1955,…
Joyce Woodhouse, an American politician and former member of the Nevada Senate, died on May 9, 2026. She was 82. Woodhouse served in the Nevada Senate representing the 5th district from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2019.…
Bill Posey, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2025, died on May 9, 2026, at age 78. A Republican, he represented Florida's 8th congressional district after previously serving in the Florida Senate…
Gerald Talbot, an American politician and civil rights leader, died on May 9, 2026, at age 94. A native of Bangor, Maine, he was born on October 28, 1931, and later became the first Black legislator to serve in the…
Antonio Becerra Gaytán, a Mexican politician and activist, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 93. He served as a deputy from 1979 to 1982 and was a member of the Congress of Chihuahua from 1989 to 1992.…
Thomas G. Darling, a retired major general in the United States Air Force, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Abilene, Texas, on April 30, 1932, he graduated from Texas A&M University in 1954. Darling…
Punch McLean, the Canadian ice hockey coach best known for his work with the New Westminster Bruins, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Ernest V. McLean on November 3, 1932, in Estevan, Saskatchewan, he coached…
Robert D. Garton, an American politician and member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2006, died on May 9, 2026, at age 92. A Republican, he served in the Indiana Senate from 1970 to 2006 and was…
Ravi Pandit, Indian technology executive and co-founder of KPIT Technologies, died on May 8, 2026. He was 75. Pandit was the co-founder and chairman of KPIT Technologies and served as chairman and group CEO. Born in Pune, Maharashtra, he earned…
Festus Mogae, the Motswana president from 1998 to 2008 and an economist, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 86. He was Botswana’s third president, succeeding Quett Masire in 1998 and serving until 2008, when he was succeeded…
Haerul Saleh, Indonesian politician and member of parliament, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 44 in a fire in Jakarta. He was a member of the Gerindra Party and served in the House of Representatives from 2014…
Melo Freire, a Brazilian politician and deputy from 1975 to 1991, died on May 8, 2026, at age 99. Born Joaquim de Melo Freire on January 11, 1927, in Passos, Brazil, he was an economist who served in the Chamber…
Germán Vargas Lleras, Colombian politician and vice-president of Colombia from 2014 to 2017, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 64. He served under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón and was a member of the Radical Change political…
Zhang Anjian died on May 7, 2026. He was a Chinese politician and served as deputy mayor of Chongqing. No further details about his life or career were provided.
Carlos Brito, a Portuguese politician, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Portuguese Mozambique on February 9, 1933, he moved with his family to Alcoutim, in the Algarve, when he was 3. He joined the…
Joni Lamb, the American Christian broadcaster who co-founded and led Daystar Television Network, died on May 7, 2026, of complications from a spinal injury. She was 65. Born Joni Trammell on July 19, 1960, in Greenville, South Carolina, she was…
Giovanni Cervetti, an Italian politician, died on May 7, 2026.
Harold Theriault, a Canadian politician and Nova Scotia MLA from 2003 to 2013, died on May 7, 2026. He represented the riding of Digby-Annapolis for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 2003 to 2013. Born in East Ferry, Nova Scotia,…
Valery Denisov, a Russian diplomat, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as Russian ambassador to North Korea from 1996 to 2001. Born in Moscow on November 1, 1941, Denisov graduated from the Korean Department…
Ryszard Zembaczyński, a Polish politician and former mayor of Opole, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 77. He served as mayor of Opole from 2002 to 2014. Zembaczyński was also voivode of Opole Voivodeship from 1990 to…
Claude Griscelli, a French doctor and immunologist who served as president of Inserm from 1996 to 2001, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Rabat on March 2, 1936, he attended the Lycée Descartes and…
Jana Dubovcová, a Slovak lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice in 2023, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born Jana Verčíková in Žilina on June 22, 1952, she studied law at Comenius University,…
Liviu Volconovici, a Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment in 2018, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 69. He held the post in the Filip Cabinet and was…
Lawrence J. Smith, an American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on May 6, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida, at the age of 85. A Florida Democrat, he served in the House from 1983 to 1993…
Rajko Kasagić, a Bosnian Serb politician, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Serb Democratic Party, he served as prime minister of Republika Srpska from 1995 to 1996. Kasagić was born on October…
Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, Cameroonian politician and president of the National Assembly, died on May 6, 2026, aged 86. He held the post from 1992 to 2026, making him the longest-serving person to do so. Born in Mada on February 1,…
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Clichy on March 16, 1954, he was the…
Vladimir Cvetković, a Serbian basketball player and sports administrator, died on May 6, 2026, at age 84. He was the honorary president of Crvena zvezda and spent his entire playing career with KK Crvena zvezda, where he played for 13…
Marc Plantegenest, a Saint Pierrais politician and civil servant, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Saint-Pierre on June 11, 1943, he served as a deputy in the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981 and…
Servet Pëllumbi, Albanian politician and speaker of parliament, died on May 5, 2026, following a brief illness. He was 89. Born in Korçë on December 12, 1936, he served as Chairman of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania from…
Claude Morin, a Canadian politician and former Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly for Louis-Hébert, died on May 5, 2026. He was 96. Born in Montmorency, Quebec, Morin earned a bachelor's degree from Université Laval and a master's degree…
Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst, an Antiguan and Barbudan politician and senator, died on May 5, 2026, at age 63. She served in the Upper House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda from 2014 to 2026 and was appointed senator by…
Donald Ross, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003, died on May 5, 2026, at age 85. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he attended grade school in Vinita, later returned to Tulsa for… · South Africa · Britain · 07 July 2014 · July 2014 · Doctors · July 7
Geoff Ablett, the Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn, Richmond and St Kilda, died on May 5, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 71. Ablett played in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s,…
Pierre Pascallon, a French politician and former deputy and mayor of Issoire, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as a deputy in the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988 and again from 1993 to…
Shaikh Idrees, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was born in 1961 in Turangzai, in…
Dante Arevalo Ang Sr., Filipino journalist and chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times, died on May 5, 2026. Born on June 27, 1942, Ang bought The Manila Times in 2001 from Mark Jimenez and was later appointed chairman…
Konstantin Tolkachyov, a Russian politician, died on May 4, 2026.
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, Cameroonian magistrate and president of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, died on May 4, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bonaléa on March 25, 1942, he earned a licentiate in law from the Federal University…
Derek Conway, an English politician and television presenter, died on May 4, 2026, aged 73. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1983 to 1997 and for Old Bexley and…
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as lord mayor of Westminster from 1991 to 1992. Born Shirley…
Carlos Garaikoetxea, the Spanish politician who served as lehendakari from 1979 to 1985, died on May 4, 2026, of a heart attack. He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on June 2, 1938. Garaikoetxea was a leading figure in the Basque…
George Trahern, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988, died on May 4, 2026. He was 89. Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on June 29, 1936, Trahern was also a real estate…
Henk Beckers, Dutch politician and senator from 2011 to 2015, died on May 4, 2026. Born Henricus Gerardus Josephus Maria Beckers on May 30, 1944, in Mheer, in the German-occupied Netherlands, he was a member of the People's Party for…
Lee Hong-koo, the South Korean politician who served as prime minister from 1994 to 1995, died on May 4, 2026. He was 92. Lee also served as South Korean ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States, and was…
Olivier Dupuis, a Belgian politician, died on May 4, 2026.
Leslie Campbell, a Jamaican politician, died on May 3, 2026. He was a member of the Labour Party and served in the Senate of Jamaica. Campbell also held the post of Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Józef Michalik, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop of Przemyśl, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 85. He served as bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów from 1986 to 1993 and as archbishop of Przemyśl from 1993 to 2016.…
Boris Volodin, a Russian politician and member of the Soviet of the Union from 1984 to 1989, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Boris Mikhailovich Volodin on August 21, 1931, in Svetlograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet…
Krzysztof Pawłowski, a Polish politician and senator from 1989 to 1993, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Nowy Sącz on June 26, 1946, he was a physicist by occupation. He served in the Senate…
Régis Barroso, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as a deputy from 1967 to 1971, died on May 3, 2026, in Fortaleza, Brazil, at the age of 84. Born Francisco Régis Monte Barroso in Fortaleza on August 4, 1941,…
Jean Raquin, a French politician and farmer who served as a member of the General Council of Jura from 1994 to 2015 and as its president from 2008 to 2011, died on May 3, 2026. He represented the Canton of…
Paul Schwartz, a Romanian Jewish community leader, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as president of the Jewish community of Bucharest until his death and was vice-president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of…
William Daniel Mayer, an American politician and member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2005 to 2007, died on May 3, 2026. He was 84. Mayer served as the delegate for District 28, which covers Charles County, after being…
Babulal Bairwa, an Indian politician and former Rajasthan MLA, died on May 3, 2026, from complications of diabetes. He was 72. Bairwa served in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kathumar and held office during 1980–1990, 2008–2013 and 2018–2023. A member…
Yaya Ceesay, Gambian politician and member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026, in Kanifing, The Gambia, aged 88–89. A member of the People's Progressive Party, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1969 and…
Castell V. Bryant, an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida A&M from January 2005 to May 2007 and was the…
Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who represented the Mymensingh-6…
Chet Dobis died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana House for more than four decades, according to the provided…
Ubaldo Biordi, a Sammarinese politician and captain regent, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 87. He served two terms as one of San Marino’s joint heads of state, in 1981–1982 and again in 1985–1986. Biordi entered the…
Karl-Heinz Mühe, a German politician and former member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 77. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Landtag from 1986 to 2003.…
Panayot Butchvarov, a Bulgarian philosopher, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 2, 1933, he was a Bulgarian-born American philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.…
Vladimir Bayunov, a Russian politician and engineer who served as a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 1999, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 73. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation,…
Philippe Lazar, French statistician and epidemiologist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president of Inserm from 1982 to 1996 and as president of the Research Institute for Development from 1997 to 2001. Lazar…
Hans-Wilhelm Pesch, a German politician and member of the Bundestag from 1983 to 1998, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on June 19, 1937, in Rheydt, Germany, he was a member of the Christian Democratic…
Man Phatnothai, Thai politician and civil servant who served as minister of information and communication technology in 2008 and as deputy prime minister later that year, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Bangkok on…
Csaba Takács, a Hungarian-Romanian politician and deputy from 1990 to 1994, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Aiud, Romania, on March 30, 1955, he was an engineer and a member of the Democratic Union… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Eddy Pratomo, an Indonesian diplomat and law scholar, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Semarang, Central Java, on October 5, 1953, he was a career diplomat whose service in the foreign ministry spanned three…
Vladimir Voevodin, a Russian computer scientist, died on April 29, 2026. He was 63. Born in Moscow on May 25, 1962, Voevodin studied at Moscow State University, where he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics…
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026, at age 81. A Democrat, he represented a portion of the Upper Peninsula during his tenure…
Bill Grayden, an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 and as a Western Australian Legislative Assembly member from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1956 to 1993, died on…
Helge Mortensen died on April 28, 2026. He was a Danish politician who served as minister of transport from 1993 to 1994 and as a member of the Folketing from 1984 to 2005. His career in the Folketing and his…
Ange Édouard Poungui, a Congolese politician, died on April 28, 2026, at age 84. He served as Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from August 7, 1984, to August 7, 1989, under President Denis Sassou Nguesso. In December 1969, he was included…
Daniele Roscia died on April 27, 2026. He was an Italian politician and served as a deputy from 1994 to 2001.
Luciana Novaes, a Brazilian social worker, politician and Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 42. Novaes, who was affiliated with the Workers’ Party, was elected three times as a city councilor in…
Abu Kasenally, a Mauritian politician and physician who served as an MP from 2005 to 2014, died on April 27, 2026. Born on August 10, 1941, in Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius, he practised surgery from 1974 and later served as…
Golam Sarwar Milon, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on April 26, 2026. Born in Dhaka on November 6, 1957, he was elected to parliament from Manikganj-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988, served…
Samuel Michael Hunt, an American politician and educator, died on April 26, 2026. He was 83. Born in Billings, Montana, on December 9, 1942, Hunt served in the Washington State legislature from 2001 to 2025. He represented the 22nd District…
Peter Morris, the Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998 and as minister of transport from 1983 to 1987, died on April 26, 2026, aged 93. Born in Sydney on July…
Vladimir Grachev, a Russian scientist and politician, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 84. He was also an ecologist, a professor, and a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Grachev held a doctorate in engineering…
Raghu Rai, an Indian photographer and photojournalist, died on April 26, 2026, in Delhi, India, at the age of 83, from cancer. He became a photographer in the mid-1960s and later joined the staff of The Statesman in New Delhi.…