Alexander Sizov passed away at age 78
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,…
Famous Dead Politicians: Recent Politician Deaths and Obituaries
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Alex Sanders died at age 88
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 obituary: died at age 92
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.…
Noah Musingku, died aged 61
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 has died at age 77
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…
Death of Andy King at age 78
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 obituary: died at age 87
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,…
Geoff Thompson has died at age 86
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…
Emmanuel Uduaghan passes away at age 71
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 dead at age 87
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, died aged 87
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 passed away at age 85
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 dead at age 81
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 obituary: died at age 66
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…
Ana Rita Sithole dead, Ana Rita Sithole, Mozambican politician
Ana Rita Sithole, a Mozambican politician and member of FRELIMO, died October 18, 2026. She had served in the Assembly of the Republic since 2000, spending more than a quarter-century…
Gregory Ibe death at age 63
Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe, a Nigerian industrialist, politician and academic who founded Gregory University, Uturu, died on October 18, 2026, aged 63. Born in Kaduna on December 10, 1963, he grew…
Napoleon Bonaparte passes away at age 60
Napoleon Bonaparte, an Indonesian police officer, died on October 18, 2026, aged 60. Born in South Sumatra on October 26, 1965, he graduated from the Indonesian Police Academy in 1988…
Syukron Ma’mun passed away at age 84
Syukron Ma'mun, an Indonesian educator and politician, died on October 18, 2026, aged 84. Born on December 21, 1941, he was also a religious scholar and led the Daarul Rahman…
Ng Hong-mun dies at age 100
Ng Hong-mun, a Chinese politician who served as a deputy to China’s National People’s Congress, died October 18, 2026, aged 100. Born in Shantou in 1926, he studied at National…
Death of Rinze Visser at age 87
Rinze Visser, a Dutch communist politician, died on October 17, 2026, aged 87, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born in Lemmer, he encountered communist ideas early through his father and…
Leonel Nunes has died at age 76
Leonel Martinho Gomes Nunes, a Brazilian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, died in Funchal on October 17, 2026, aged 76. A member of the Portuguese Communist…
Louis-André Dacoury-Tabley, died aged 81
Louis-André Dacoury-Tabley, an Ivorian politician, died on October 17, 2026, aged 81. Born in Gagnoa on September 14, 1945, he later served in government in two ministerial roles. In December…
Obituary: Pierre-Yves Collombat, dead at age 81
Pierre-Yves Collombat, a French politician who represented the Var department in France’s Senate as a member of the Socialist Party, died October 17, 2026, aged 81. Born in Voiron on…
Patrick Dele-Cole dies at 86
Patrick Dele-Cole, a Nigerian politician, journalist and historian who became managing director of the Daily Times, died October 17, 2026, aged 86. His career brought together newspaper leadership, party politics,…
Penehupifo Pohamba has died at age 78
Penehupifo Pohamba, a Namibian nurse, politician and former first lady, died on October 17, 2026, aged 78. She was the second First Lady of Namibia during the presidency of her…
Joaquim Letria has died at age 82
Joaquim Letria, a Portuguese journalist, died on October 16, 2026, aged 82. Born in Lisbon as Joaquim José da Conceição Letria, he began his journalism career in 1961, joining Diário…
Jack Berry, died aged 95
John Thomas Berry, the American sports journalist known as Jack Berry, died October 16, 2026, aged 95, from complications of a fall. A Detroit native, he studied journalism at Michigan…
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis passes away at age 90
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis, a Greek shipping magnate and football club owner who served as president of Panathinaikos, died October 16, 2026, aged 90. Born on April 7, 1936, in Episkopi, in…
Wiktor Legowicz dies at 77
Wiktor Józef Legowicz, a Polish radio journalist, died October 15, 2026, aged 77. Born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki on April 2, 1949, he studied education at the University of Warsaw, completing…
Basil Ince dead at age 93
Basil Ince, a Trinidadian sprinter and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 1981 to 1985, died October 15, 2026, aged 93. Born May 1, 1933, Ince was…
Tommy R. Smith passes away at age 75
Tommy R. Smith, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died October 15, 2026, aged 75. Born in Bacon County, Georgia, on December 15, 1950, Smith…
Pierre-André Kombila death at age 85
Pierre-André Kombila, a Gabonese politician, professor and physician who served as a member of parliament, died on October 15, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lac Anengué, near Port-Gentil, he studied…
Md. Abdul Hai passes away at age 77
Md. Abdul Hai, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on October 15, 2026, aged 77. Born on January 5, 1949, in Munshiganj District, he entered parliament after…
Death of Myron Augsburger at age 97
Myron Augsburger, a Mennonite pastor, theologian, academic and author who served as president of Eastern Mennonite College, died October 15, 2026, aged 97. Born in Elida, Ohio, on August 20,…
Death of Jack Kirksey at age 97
Jack Edwin Kirksey, a school principal, probation officer and Michigan politician who served as mayor of Livonia, died October 14, 2026, aged 97. Born in Atlanta on November 21, 1928,…
Gamal Nkrumah death at age 68
Gamal Nkrumah, a Ghanaian journalist and editor at Al-Ahram Weekly, died October 14, 2026, aged 68. Also known as Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, he was born in Accra on January 1,…
Obituary: María Asunción Milá, dead at age 107
María Asunción Milá, a Spanish human rights activist known for opposing the death penalty, died on October 13, 2026, aged 107. Born María Asunción Sagnier in Barcelona in 1919, she…
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo has died at age 94
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo, an Ecuadorian poet, died on October 13, 2026, aged 94. Born in Loja, Ecuador, on April 14, 1932, he studied at the Central University of Ecuador.…
Salah Uddin Ahmed dies at 80
Salah Uddin Ahmed, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died October 13, 2026, aged 80. A Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, he represented Dhaka-4 in the Jatiya Sangsad,…
Ken Friar has died at age 92
Ken Friar, the English football executive and life president of Arsenal F.C., died on October 13, 2026, aged 92. Born Kenneth John Friar in Islington on August 13, 1934, he…
Pat Karney dead at age 78
Pat Karney, an Irish-born British Labour politician and Manchester councillor, died on October 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin and raised in Harpurhey, he represented the Manchester ward on…
John Angus dies at 83
John Angus, a Canadian politician and businessman who served on Winnipeg city council and in the Manitoba legislature, died October 13, 2026, aged 83. Born March 3, 1943, he studied…
Irene Mathyssen passes away at age 75
Irene Mathyssen, a community activist, high school teacher and Canadian politician, died October 13, 2026, aged 75. Born in London, Ontario, on August 16, 1951, she studied at the University…
Wayne Steeves died at age 81
Wayne Steeves, a Canadian politician who served as a New Brunswick MLA from 1999 to 2014, died October 12, 2026, aged 81. Born December 12, 1944, in Lower Coverdale, New…
Obituary: Vladimir Vuletić, dead at age 47
Vladimir Vuletić, a Serbian lawyer, associate professor and former vice president of FK Partizan, died in Belgrade on October 12, 2026, aged 47; his body was found that day. Born…
James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay dead at age 70
James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, a Scottish hereditary peer, businessman and politician who served in the House of Lords from 1989 to 2026, died on October 12, 2026, aged…
René-Pierre Signé passed away at age 96
René-Pierre Signé, the French politician who served as mayor of Château-Chinon and as a senator, died October 12, 2026, aged 96. Born on September 16, 1930, he was a member…
Raul Daza obituary: died at age 91
Raul Daza, a Filipino lawyer, certified public accountant and politician who held elected office in Northern Samar, died October 12, 2026, aged 91. Born in Manila on May 2, 1935,…
Senji Kuroi dies at age 94
Senji Kuroi, a Japanese writer of fiction and essays, died on October 12, 2026, aged 94. Born Osabe Shunjirō, he published under the pen name Kuroi Senji. He belonged to…
Death of Nasima Khan at age 82
Nasima Khan, a Bangladeshi film actress, died October 11, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 6, 1944, in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka, she entered Bengali cinema in 1959 with Jago Hua…
Michael W. Rice passed away at age 82
Michael W. Rice, an American food company executive and chairman of Utz Brands, died October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born December 9, 1943, he was the son of Francis Xavier…
Pierre Joliot, died aged 94
Pierre Joliot, a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died October 10, 2026, aged 94. Born in Paris on March 12, 1932, he pursued research focused…
Death of Bud Zipfel at age 87
Marion Sylvester “Bud” Zipfel, an American baseball player who appeared with the Washington Senators, died October 10, 2026, aged 87. Born in Belleville, Illinois, on November 18, 1938, he graduated…
Eusi Kwayana dies at 101
Eusi Kwayana, the Guyanese politician and former member of Parliament, died October 10, 2026, aged 101. Born Sydney Evanson King in Lusignan, he moved with his family to Buxton at…
Obituary: Telma de Souza, dead at age 82
Telma Sandra Augusto de Souza, the Brazilian professor, teacher and politician known as Telma de Souza, died of a stroke on October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Santos on…
Jacques Proulx, died aged 87
Jacques Proulx, a Canadian trade unionist and president of the Union des producteurs agricoles from 1981 to 1993, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Saint-Camille, Quebec, on April…
Bakir Bayakhunov died at age 93
Bakir Bayakhunov, a Kazakh composer and People’s Artist of Kazakhstan, died October 9, 2026, aged 93. Born in Almaty on September 15, 1933, he studied at the Almaty Conservatory, now…
Jean Geney, died aged 87
Jean Geney, a French politician and automotive technician who served as mayor of Étupes and as a deputy in the National Assembly, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in…
Salah Bachir has died at age 71
Salah Bachir, a Canadian business executive and entrepreneur, died October 9, 2026, aged 71. Born in Lebanon on October 3, 1955, Bachir built a career spanning media, publishing, business and…
Burudi Nabwera death at age 99
Burudi Nabwera, a Kenyan politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States in 1964, died October 9, 2026, aged 99. His public career spanned diplomatic representation, ministerial…
Obituary: Sven Hirdman, dead at age 87
Sven Hirdman, a Swedish diplomat and ambassador, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born Henrik Sven Hirdman on September 28, 1939, in Stavanger, Norway, he worked in diplomacy from 1963…
Hamid Lounaouci dies at 71
Hamid Lounaouci, an Algerian civil servant and politician who served as a deputy and transport minister, died on October 8, 2026, aged 71. Born in Tizi-Ouzou on April 3, 1955,…
Hamid Lounaouci dies at 71
Hamid Lounaouci, an Algerian politician and former transport minister, died on October 8, 2026, aged 71. Born on April 3, 1955, in Tizi Ouzou, he entered politics with the Front…
Michael Canavan passed away at age 102
Michael Canavan, an Irish nationalist businessman and politician, died October 8, 2026, aged 102. Born in Derry in October 1924, he attended St Columb’s College before entering business. By the…
L. Ian MacDonald dies at 78
L. Ian MacDonald, a Canadian writer, broadcaster and diplomat, died October 8, 2026, aged 78. A journalist and political scientist educated at Loyola College, he built a career spanning political…
Xosé Manuel Beiras passed away at age 90
Xosé Manuel Beiras, a Spanish politician, economist and Galician nationalist, died in Santiago de Compostela on October 8, 2026, aged 90. Born Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado in Santiago on…
Sir John Hannam death at age 97
Sir John Hannam, the British Conservative politician who represented Exeter in Parliament from 1970 until his retirement in 1997, died October 8, 2026, aged 97. Born Sir John Gordon Hannam…
Patricia Blevins passes away at age 72
Patricia Blevins, an American politician and former member of the Delaware Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 72. A Democrat, she represented the Senate’s 7th District from 1990 until 2016,…
Maricarmen Abascal obituary: died at age 87
Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman who had been evicted, died October 7, 2026. Known as María del Carmen “Maricarmen” Abascal, she was evicted on September 23, an event that…
Death of Sandra Bolden Cunningham at age 76
Sandra Bolden Cunningham, an American politician and former member of the New Jersey Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 76. A Democrat, she represented the 31st Legislative District from 2007…
Barbara Spinelli passes away at age 80
Barbara Spinelli, an Italian journalist, writer and politician, died in Rome on October 7, 2026, aged 80. Born in Rome on May 31, 1946, she was the daughter of Altiero…
Virjibhai Thummar died at age 64
Virjibhai Thummar, an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament and a Gujarat MLA, died on October 7, 2026, aged 64. Born in Amreli, Gujarat, on May 31,…
Patrick Anthony Conmy dead at age 92
Patrick Anthony Conmy, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Fargo, North Dakota,…
Elmer A. Bietz died at age 92
Elmer A. Bietz, an American politician and Republican member of the South Dakota Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born May 4, 1934, in Tripp, South Dakota, he served…
Obituary: Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, dead at age 77
Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, a Haitian judge and justice of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021, died October 6, 2026, aged 77. Born in Dessalines, Haiti, he served on the…
James Nelligan has died at age 97
James Leo Nelligan, an American politician who represented Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House, died October 6, 2026, aged 97. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he graduated from James…
Neil Andrew dies at age 82
Neil Andrew, an Australian politician and horticulturalist who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, died October 6, 2026, aged 82. Known formally as John Neil Andrew, he was…
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare died at age 86
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, the British politician and author, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born in London on April 15, 1940, he was educated at Wellington School…
Boualem Boualem death at age 73
Boualem Boualem, an Algerian jurist and politician, died on October 5, 2026, aged 73. Born in Aïn Sefra, then part of French Algeria, on October 16, 1952, he was affiliated…
Death of Hans Egloff at age 66
Hans Egloff, a Swiss People’s Party (SVP) politician who served in Zurich’s Cantonal Council and the National Council, died October 5, 2026, aged 66. Born in Zurich on November 27,…
Michel de Guillenchmidt dies at 85
Michel de Guillenchmidt, a French civil servant and politician, died in Paris on October 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Paris on August 19, 1941, he studied at Sciences Po…
Samuel Odoi-Sykes passes away at age 98
Samuel Odoi-Sykes, a Ghanaian politician, diplomat, information officer and teacher, died October 5, 2026, aged 98. Born in Accra, he was also known as Samuel Arthur Odoi-Sykes. He attended Accra…
Kalev Mutond obituary: died at age 69
Kalev Mutond, a Congolese civil servant and politician who served as general manager of the Agence nationale de renseignements from 2011 to 2019, died in Paris on October 5, 2026,…
Dennis Hastert died at age 84
Dennis Hastert, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007 and as speaker from 1999 to 2007, died October 5, 2026, aged 84.…
Obituary: Fred Claire, dead at age 91
Fred Claire, the American baseball executive who served as vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, died October 5, 2026, aged 91. He worked in several capacities…
Benon Sevan dead at age 88
Benon Sevan, a Cypriot international diplomat and assistant secretary-general in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs from 1992 to 2005, died October 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Nicosia…
Tom J. Dugger, died aged 78
Tom J. Dugger, an accountant and former Oklahoma state senator, died October 5, 2026, aged 78. A Republican, he represented the state Senate’s 21st District after winning election in November…
Gordon Davis obituary: died at age 85
Gordon Jamison Davis, an American lawyer and civic leader who served as New York City parks commissioner from 1978 to 1983, died October 4, 2026, from complications of emphysema. He…
Obituary: Robert Corbin, dead at age 78
Robert Corbin, a Guyanese politician who led the opposition People's National Congress from 2002 to 2012, died on October 4, 2026, aged 78. Born Robert Herman Orlando Corbin in Linden,…
Neem Chandra Bhowmik dead, Neem Chandra Bhowmik, Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat
Neem Chandra Bhowmik, a Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat, died on October 4, 2026. He was a professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Dhaka and a…
Obituary: Toshitsugu Saito, dead at age 81
Toshitsugu Saito, a Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician and member of the House of Representatives, died of acute myeloid leukemia on October 3, 2026, aged 81. He represented a seat…
Palle Rama Rao passes away at age 89
Palle Rama Rao, an Indian scientist and metallurgist, died on October 3, 2026, aged 89. He was known for his work in physical and mechanical metallurgy and held academic and…
Henri Maler died at age 79
Henri Maler, a French political activist and academic, died on October 3, 2026, aged 79. Born in Toulouse on November 26, 1946, he graduated from the University of Paris, where…
Vincent M. Battle death at age 85
Vincent M. Battle, an American diplomat who served as ambassador to Lebanon, died on October 3, 2026, aged 85. Also known as Vincent Martin Battle, he represented the United States…
Anatoly Kashpirovsky passes away at age 87
Anatoly Kashpirovsky, the Ukrainian-born Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and politician who became one of the Soviet Union’s best-known alternative healers, died on October 3, 2026, aged 87. Born Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky…
Sidney Offit dies at 97
Sidney Offit, an American author and writer, died on October 3, 2026, aged 97. Born in Baltimore on October 13, 1928, he became known for his children's books and for…
Malcolm Edwards died at age 76
Malcolm Edwards, the British publisher, editor and critic in the science-fiction field, died on October 3, 2026, aged 76, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Born Malcolm John Edwards in London,…
Steve Zaiser passed away at age 75
Steve Zaiser, a manager and former North Dakota legislator, died October 2, 2026, aged 75, in Fargo. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented the 21st District…