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Hubert Aiwanger, the German politician serving as Bavaria’s deputy minister-president and leader of the Free Voters, died November 4, 2026, aged 55. Born in Ergoldsbach, he studied at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University…
Jack Mapanje, the Malawian poet and writer known for his 1987–91 imprisonment, died November 4, 2026, aged 82. Born John Alfred Clement Mapanje in Kadango Village, in Mangochi District, he…
FC Metz, a French businessman and president of FC Metz, died on November 4, 2026, aged 93. Tags Politicians, 04 November 2026, France, Metz, FC, November 2026, November 4
Carlo Molinari, the French businessman and president of FC Metz, died November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Charles Molinari in Villerupt on February 28, 1933, he was of Italian origin…
Marta Gastón, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53. Born Marta…
Marta Gastón Menal, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53. Born…
Paul Kihara Kariuki, a Kenyan lawyer and politician who served as attorney general, died November 3, 2026, aged 72. His career also included service as a judge and president of…
Nand Lal, an Indian politician and Himachal Pradesh MLA, died in Shimla on November 3, 2026, aged 72. Born on April 16, 1954, in Deothi, in the Rampur Bushahr area…
Patrik Eichler, a Czech journalist and political commentator, died November 2, 2026, aged 42. He was director of the Masaryk Democratic Academy, a social-democratic think tank, and held editorial posts…
Tobias Joaquim Dai, a Mozambican politician and minister of defence, died on November 2, 2026, aged 75. Born on November 25, 1950, Dai served as Mozambique’s minister of national defence…
John Killacky, an American politician and former arts administrator who served in the Vermont House of Representatives, died of prostate cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 74. Elected to the…
Jagdish Raj Sapolia, an Indian politician and former member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, died November 2, 2026, aged 80. A member of the Indian National Congress, he…
M. Ramachandran, an Indian politician and former Tamil Nadu MLA, died of cardiac arrest on November 2, 2026, aged 80. His legislative career included three assembly terms, following election victories…
Gerry Collins, the Irish politician who served twice as minister for foreign affairs and as a member of the European Parliament, died November 1, 2026, aged 88. Born in Abbeyfeale,…
Antonio Navarro Wolff, a Colombian engineer and politician who served as a senator from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2014 to 2018, died November 1, 2026, aged 78. Born…
Jorge Carrión Pavlich, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Puno, died on October 31, 2026, aged 76. Born on May 25, 1950, in Tarma, in Peru’s…
Jonathan O. Ndagi, a Nigerian scholar, statesman and educator, died October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Katcha on November 12, 1929, he began his education at Christ Church School…
Frank Lenti, the Canadian outlaw biker known as Francesco “Cisco” Lenti and founder of the Loners Motorcycle Club, died October 31, 2026, aged 79. He was born June 21, 1947,…
Philip Ella Juico, a Filipino sports executive and government official who led national sports and government bodies, died October 31, 2026, aged 78. Born on December 14, 1947, he served…
Jeong Jae-ho, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born on December 18, 1930, he entered public life after…
Saiyud Kerdphol, a Thai general, died October 30, 2026, aged 103. An army officer who also entered public life, he served as a member of Thailand’s Senate and as the…
Domanlal Korsewada, an Indian politician and Chhattisgarh MLA, died on October 30, 2026, aged 78, while receiving treatment for a prolonged lung infection at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad. He represented…
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, an Indian security-firm executive and politician who founded Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) and served in the Rajya Sabha, died October 30, 2026, aged 75. Born in…
Milton Coleman, an American journalist, died October 30, 2026, aged 79. Tags Journalists, Politicians, Scientists, 30 October 2026, America, Cancer, Coleman, Milton, October 2026, October 30
Robert W. Curran, an American politician and member of the Baltimore City Council, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. He represented the council’s Third District from 1995 to 2016. Born…
Dan Goddard, an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives, died October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born November 3, 1947, he represented the 15th district…
Andrés Mendoza, a Mexican convicted serial killer and butcher, died on October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis in Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, he was captured in…
Werner Broll, a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hanover on May 22,…
Ünal Erkan, a Turkish politician, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Erzurum in 1942, he held senior roles in policing, regional administration and party politics. He headed police…
Shirish Hiremath, an Indian interventional cardiologist, died of brain cancer on October 29, 2026, aged 75. Born on July 17, 1951, he studied at B.J. Medical College in Pune and…
Eudaldo Báez Galib, a Puerto Rican politician and senator, died October 29, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mayagüez in 1939, he served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1992…
Jean-Baptiste Motroni, a French politician who served as senator for Haute-Corse from 1997 to 1998, died October 28, 2026, aged 91. Born on November 10, 1934, Motroni served in the…
Alvin Hellerstein, an American judge, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in New York City on December 28, 1933, he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in…
Fátima Báñez, a Spanish politician, economist and jurist, died in a train crash on October 28, 2026, aged 59. Born María Fátima Báñez García in San Juan del Puerto, she…
Liu Yandong, a Chinese politician and former vice premier, died in Beijing on October 28, 2026, aged 80. She was born on November 22, 1945, and studied at Tsinghua University,…
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a civil engineer and politician, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in Mexico City on May 1, 1934, he was the son of Lázaro Cárdenas, who served…
Marisa Manchado, the Spanish composer, pianist and professor, died aged 60 on October 28, 2026, in the Toledo train collision. Born María Luisa Manchado Torres in Madrid on July 7,…
Joseph Lagu, the South Sudanese politician who served as president of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region, died October 27, 2026, aged 96. Born in Momokwe in Moli, he trained at…
Mieke Sterk, a Dutch Olympic pentathlete and politician, died on October 27, 2026, aged 80. Born in Haarlem on January 5, 1946, she competed for the Netherlands as a sprinter,…
Norbert Haupert, a Luxembourgish Olympic athlete and politician, died October 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Schifflange on April 2, 1940, he became a leading figure in Luxembourgish middle-distance running…
Gandung Pardiman, an Indonesian politician and member of the House of Representatives, died on October 27, 2026, aged 73. His parliamentary service began in 2009 and extended across four terms,…
Gotaro Yoshimura, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors, died of aspiration pneumonia on October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born on January 3, 1939, in Harbin, then…
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, a British Labour politician who served in the House of Commons and House of Lords, died on October 27, 2026, aged 86. He represented…
Frank Portelli, a Maltese politician and former member of Parliament, died on October 26, 2026, aged 82. Born on June 8, 1944, he served in the Maltese Parliament during the…
Sir David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, a New Zealand lawyer and former judicial conduct commissioner who served as viceregal consort from 2016 to 2021, died October 26, 2026, aged 86. Born…
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, a Spanish politician and former mayor of Seville, died October 26, 2026, aged 69. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), he led the city…
Leo Denis Barry, a Canadian jurist and politician who served as a Newfoundland and Labrador member of the House of Assembly, died October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born in Red…
Abdul Waheed Kakar, the Pakistani military officer who served as chief of the army staff, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born in Peshawar on March 23, 1937, he studied…
Gerald Fischbach, an American neuroscientist, died October 25, 2026, aged 87. Born in New Rochelle on November 15, 1938, he attended Colgate University on a New York State Regents Scholarship,…
Kevin Bleyer, an American television writer and speechwriter, died at 54 on October 25, 2026, in a traffic collision. His television credits included The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and…
Walter Koenig, the American actor and screenwriter known for Pavel Chekov in Star Trek, died October 25, 2026, aged 90. Born Walter Marvin Koenig in Chicago, he began acting professionally…
Sandra Yanira Martínez Tobar, a Salvadoran meteorologist and politician who served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly, died October 25, 2026, aged 66. Born in San Salvador, she became…
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi, a Nigerian civil servant and former director general of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, died on October 24, 2026, aged 55. Born in Ile Oluji, Ondo State,…
Jovan Despotović, a Serbian art historian and art critic, died October 24, 2026, aged 74. Born in Belgrade on April 16, 1952, he lived in the city and studied at…
Choi Hyung-woo, a South Korean politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 1993 to 1994, died October 24, 2026, aged 91. Tags Politicians, 24 October 2026, Choi, Hyung-woo,…
Ali Haroun, an Algerian politician and member of the High Council of State, died October 24, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Mohamed Ali Haroun, he was born on February…
Choi Hyung-woo, a South Korean politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 1993 to 1994, died on October 24, 2026, aged 91. Tags Politicians, 24 October 2026, Choi,…
Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, a Bangladeshi journalist and Awami League politician who represented Chandpur-4 in parliament, died of a stroke on October 24, 2026, aged 77. Born on September 25, 1949,…
Oleg Viktorovich Breyev, a Russian politician and member of the Kursk Oblast Duma, died on October 24, 2026, aged 54. Born on March 12, 1972, in Lachinovo, in Kursk Oblast,…
Slavcho Binev, a Bulgarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament, died aged 60 in Sofia on October 24, 2026, after being shot. Born in Sofia as Slavcho Penchev…
Widodo Adi Sutjipto, an Indonesian naval officer and politician who served as chief of staff of the Navy, commander of the National Armed Forces and coordinating minister for political and…
Daniel Dicks Guice Jr., a Mississippi businessman and politician who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1984 to 2008 and was Gulf Coast Director for the Associated General…
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player and jurist who served as a senator of the College of Justice, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born William Lorn…
Jiro Ono, a Japanese politician, died of aspiration pneumonia at a hospital in Kodaira, Tokyo, on October 23, 2026, aged 73. Born in Itabashi, Tokyo, and a native of Hokuto…
Josef Duchač, a German politician and chemical engineer who served as Thuringia’s minister-president from 1990 to 1992, died October 23, 2026, aged 88. He was also an engineering manager. Born…
William Lorn Kerr Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player who played for West of Scotland and represented Scotland internationally, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born in Glasgow…
Miroslav Rodić, a Serbian politician who served in the municipal government of Bačka Palanka and the Assembly of Vojvodina, died October 23, 2026, aged 58. He lived in Bačka Palanka,…
Mathew J. Burrows, an American intelligence and strategic foresight expert and author, died October 23, 2026, aged 73. He was director of the Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative at the…
Asim Kurjak, a Croatian scientist and gynecologist, died October 23, 2026, aged 84. He served as president of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine and director of the Ian Donald…
Wm. Roger Louis, an American historian and professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, died October 23, 2026, aged 90. Born in Detroit on May 8, 1936, he…
Jean-Paul Huchon, a French politician and retired civil servant who led the Regional Council of Île-de-France, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris’s 1st arrondissement…
Francis Duru, Nigerian actor known for Blood Money, Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons and Blood Vessel, died on October 23, 2026, aged 57. Born in Cameroon on July 27,…
Harry Shorstein, an American lawyer and former Florida state attorney, died in Jacksonville on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Jacksonville on August 3, 1940, he grew up in…
Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou, an Ivorian politician and magistrate who served as minister of justice from 2012 to 2017, died in Abidjan on October 22, 2026, aged 64. Born in Korhogo…
Kwame Dzokoto, a Ghanaian television personality, comedian, actor and politician, died on October 22, 2026, aged 51. Also known as Seth Kwame Dzokoto, he was associated with the TV3 programme…
Krishnaraj, an Indian playback singer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 75. Born in Tamil Nadu on December 25, 1951, he was the son of Varadammal and A. Ramasamy, whose…
Yasuo Fukuda, a Japanese politician who served as prime minister, chief cabinet secretary and member of parliament, died on October 22, 2026, aged 90. Born in Takasaki on July 16,…
Arlene Lesewski, an American politician who served in the Minnesota Senate and worked as an insurance agent, died October 22, 2026, aged 90. Born Arlene Julia Dau on April 12,…
Marilyn Slaby, an American politician and teacher who represented Ohio’s 41st District in the state House, died October 22, 2026, aged 86. A Republican, she served the district in 2004…
Nikolay Koshman, a Russian politician who served as deputy prime minister from 1999 to 2000, died on October 21, 2026, aged 82. Born on April 5, 1944, in Myronivka, in…
Clint Hackney, an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives, died October 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Lufkin, Texas, on March 5, 1952, he served in…
Ronald Tétrault, a Canadian politician and Quebec member of the National Assembly, died October 21, 2026, aged 90. Born in Val-d'Or, in Quebec’s Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, on June 16, 1936, he…
Alexander Alexandrovich Sizov, a Russian politician who served as a State Duma deputy from 2000 to 2007, died in Yaroslavl on October 21, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 12,…
John M. Geddes, an American journalist and editor at The New York Times, died of lung disease on October 20, 2026, aged 74. Born in Providence, Geddes graduated from the…
Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr., an American jurist, politician and academic administrator, died October 20, 2026, aged 88. Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he served in the U.S. Army…
Mehdi Khanbaba Tehrani, an Iranian politician, died on October 20, 2026, aged 92. A political and media activist who lived in Europe, Tehrani became involved in politics during his youth.…
Sandy Frank, an American television producer and founder of Sandy Frank Entertainment, died October 20, 2026, aged 97. Born Sundel Frank on July 11, 1929, in Mount Kisco, New York,…
Noah Musingku, a Papuan con artist and fugitive, died October 20, 2026, aged 61. Born in 1964 in Tonu on Bougainville Island, he became known for U-Vistract, a Ponzi scheme…
William Reaves, an American convicted murderer, was executed by lethal injection on October 20, 2026, at age 77. His conviction was connected to the 1986 killing of Richard Raczkoski, a…
Andy King, the British Labour politician who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament from 1997 to 2005, died on October 19, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 14, 1948, he…
Coos Huijsen, a Dutch historian, writer and politician who served in the House of Representatives, died October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born Jacobus Huijsen in The Hague on March 20,…
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson, known as Geoff Thompson, a barrister and solicitor and former New Zealand National Party politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in Wellington on…
Sir Michael Frederick Hobbs, a British Army officer who rose to major-general and later became a charity director and Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, died on October 19,…
Emmanuel Uduaghan, a Nigerian politician and former governor of Delta State, died October 19, 2026, aged 71. A physician by training, he led the state from 2007 to 2015 as…
Vladlen Dozortsev, a Russian-Latvian politician who served in Latvia’s legislature, died in Latvia on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, in the…
Vladlens Dozorcevs, a Russian-Latvian politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, he was educated at the…
Ibrahima Sory Sow, a Guinean politician and member of Ghana’s Parliament from 1995 to 2002, died in Dakar on October 18, 2026, aged 85. Born in Conakry on March 13,…
Larry Hibbard, a rancher and Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, died October 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Larry Paul Hibbard on September 14, 1945, in Toronto, Kansas,…
Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post’s chief film critic, died October 18, 2026, aged 66. She was an American film critic and journalist whose career included work at national publications and…