Politics
Presidents, prime ministers, ministers and campaigners who shaped the countries they served. 394 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Fritz Schramma1947 – 2026 · German politicianA Latin teacher who became Cologne's mayor and was always out among the people of his city.
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Yevhen Shaho1941 – 2026 · Politician and engineerAn engineer from Dniprodzerzhynsk who served his country in government and in two parliaments.
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Guy Scott1944 – 2026 · Zambian politicianFarmer, scientist and statesman who steered Zambia through a delicate transition as acting president.
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Jiro Ono1953 – 2026 · Police officialPolice official, secretary to Prime Minister Koizumi and reform-minded legislator who said he was against war.
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Nancy Stevens1961 – 2026 · PoliticianMarlborough's first woman mayor, who went from school volunteer to three terms at City Hall.
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Hasan Gülay1946 – 2026 · Chemical engineer and politicianEngineer and Manisa deputy who chaired Turkey's National Defence Committee.
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Penehupifo Pohamba1948 – 2026 · NurseMidwife, freedom fighter and First Lady who gave her life to the mothers, children and women of Namibia.
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An Truong† 2026 · Mayor of Haltom CityFighter pilot, refugee, investigator and Haltom City's trailblazing mayor.
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Jack Kirksey1928 – 2026 · PoliticianLivonia's mayor for 16 years, who never needed a written speech to say how much he loved his city.
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Eusi Kwayana1925 – 2026 · TeacherTeacher, writer and Sage of Buxton who helped shape three of Guyana's political movements and gave 101 years to its people.
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Sven Hirdman1939 – 2026 · DiplomatSweden's man in Moscow for a decade, a diplomat of the old school who believed in dialogue.
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Patricia "Patti" Blevins1954 – 2026 · PoliticianShe stood up for those whose voices too often go unheard.
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George Waft† 2026 · PoliticianFormer Onchan MHK and MLC, remembered for decades of Manx public service.
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Kuai Dafu1945 – 2026 · Red Guard student leaderTsinghua Red Guard commander who later rebuilt a quiet life in Shenzhen business
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Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto1939 – 2026 · EducatorBeninese educator, feminist poet, and brief education minister who linked women's learning to public life.
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Pietro Veglio1944 – 2026 · economistBellinzona economist who led Swiss World Bank work and FOSIT after decades in Latin American cooperation.
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Peter Johns† 2026 · Tararua District councillorWoodville's councillor who brought energy, humour and steel to Tararua's table.
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Keith Wakefield1948 – 2026 · Labour politicianLabour leader of Leeds who steered the city through austerity with humour and care.
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Josep María Trías de Bes1944 – 2026 · LawyerCatalan lawyer and deputy who moved from CiU to the PP and later UPyD.
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Manuel Gaspar Soares da Silva1959 – 2026 · Politician and teacherTeacher, FRETILIN MP and witness to Balibo who spoke up for the truth decades later.
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Joseph Lagu1931 – 2026 · Military officerThe general who united the south's struggle and lived to see South Sudan born.
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Dudley Coetzee† 2026 · PoliticianOverstrand's careful keeper of the public purse, who served his coastal towns as mayor and councillor to the very end.
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Vladislovas Jonaitis1935 – 2026 · DiplomatLithuanian born diplomat who served Moscow for four decades, from Ho Chi Minh City to Kinshasa to Sydney.
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Emmanuel Uduaghan1954 – 2026 · PoliticianPhysician and two-term Governor of Delta State who championed Delta Beyond Oil.
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Pierre-Yves Collombat1945 – 2026 · Philosophy teacherPhilosopher, mayor and senator who spent his life defending France's rural communes.
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Tommy R. Smith1950 – 2026 · Politician and farmerBacon County farmer who served the people of south east Georgia for 34 years.
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Basil Ince1933 – 2026 · SprinterPan American champion, foreign minister and the historian of his nation's Olympic glory.
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John James Sweeney1927 – 2026 · PoliticianFirst Democrat elected to Pennsylvania's 26th Senate district, later a federal administrator.
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Clyde Kimball1942 – 2026 · PoliticianPointe Coupee's fun loving four term state representative who never knew a stranger.
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Mathew Burrows1953 – 2026 · CIA analystHe looked far ahead so the rest of us could see what was coming.
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Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham1939 – 2026 · PoliticianLabour MP, Lords whip and lifelong educator who served Enfield and Oldham.
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Dennis Hastert1942 – 2026 · PoliticianLongest serving Republican speaker of the House, later imprisoned in a hush money case tied to his abuse of boys he coached.
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Jorge Kahwagi1968 – 2026 · Mexican businessmanMexican politician, boxer, and TV figure whose career spanned Congress, the ring, and celebrity.
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Joe Callanan1949 – 2026 · Politician and farmerGalway farmer-TD remembered as one of life's gentlemen for quiet, diligent service.
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Veaceslav Madan1948 – 2026 · ActorMoldovan actor, director and Culture Minister who took theatre craft into cabinet and diplomacy.
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Barry Clairmont1963 – 2026 · accountant and city councilorPittsfield accountant, at-large city councilor, and campaign numbers man remembered for civic service and loyalty to family.
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Ram Govind Chaudhary1953 – 2026 · PoliticianVeteran socialist leader and voice of Ballia in the Uttar Pradesh assembly for eight terms.
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Saburo Yamashita1930 – 2026 · PoliticianHatsukaichi hibakusha mayor who carried A-bomb testimony to the world and led the city for 16 years.
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Fatma Karume1929 – 2026 · First Lady of ZanzibarZanzibar's first First Lady, independence activist and Mother of the Isles.
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Obbie Riley1962 – 2026 · Neshoba County District 5 supervisorCoast Guard veteran and Neshoba supervisor who kept Freedom Summer memory alive.
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Mykola Karpyuk1964 – 2026 · Political activistLifelong Ukrainian patriot, UNA-UNSO co-founder, and former Kremlin prisoner who fell in combat.
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Albert Horsfall1941 – 2026 · Intelligence chiefNigeria's first foreign intelligence chief, a son of Buguma who served his country quietly and well.
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Stanislas Hutin1930 – 2026 · Anti-torture witnessFrench conscript whose Algeria diary helped expose torture.
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Peter Snape1942 – 2026 · Labour politician and former railwaymanThe railwayman who served West Bromwich East for 27 years and never lost his wit.
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James Woolsey1941 – 2026 · LawyerRhodes Scholar, arms negotiator and CIA director who served presidents of both parties.
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Virginia Judge1956 – 2026 · PoliticianTeacher, Milk Crate Mayor and the first woman to serve as Arts Minister in New South Wales.
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Sandra Yanira Martinez Tobar† 2026 · Meteorologist and politicianEl Salvador's first woman meteorologist, reading the skies for four decades and serving her country.
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María José Verdú† 2026 · PoliticianMallorcan deputy who defended public health and the families of the Balearic Islands.
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