Political Frailty

[arghton 6,720]

On 01/05/2022 at 15:17, drol said:

Former Cuba foreign minister and Parliament president Ricardo Alarcon dead at 84. One of the old guard who fought in the revolution.

 

Still some of them around. Ramiro Valdés Menendéz (1932), former Minister of the Interior and VP, and VP José Ramón Machado Ventura (1930) have been only recently relieved of their duties, but are still going strong. Of course Raul Castro (1931) is still around. Any other, @arghton?

Osmany Cienfuegos (1931) Former politburo member and Minister of Tourism involved in the Congo Crisis of 1960-1965. Allegedly killed atleast nine of his political opponents.

Ramón Pez Ferro (1934) Minor name who was Cuba's ambassador to Jamaica in the 1970s and to Turkey in the 1980s and has as far as I know held only one very small position since 1983.

Orlando Borrego (1936) Economist, former minister who was Venezuela's Maduro's advisor in 2014.

Jorge Bolaños (1936)

Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (1939) Founding member of Fidel Castro's 26th of July movement, Minister of the Interior 1989-2015.

 

 

And here are some similar lists to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Includes some extra additions who were born after 1940, but are ill.

please do not quote the whole post if someone dies.

 

MYANMAR/BURMA
Tin Sein (1926-2020) Deputy Defence Minister of Myanmar before 1983. Not 100% sure he's still alive.
U Thura Tin Oo (1927-2024) NLD co-founder, activist and former defence minister who suffered a major stroke in 2017.
Ko Lay (1931-dead?) Mayor of Yangon 1988-2003.
Ohn Gyaw (1932-dead?) Former Foreign Affairs Minister.
Chit Swe (1932-2015) Minor name who held positions in the 1980s and 1990s.
Than Shwe (1933/1935) Dictator of Burma 1992-2011
David Tharckabaw (1935) Karen National Union VP.
Tint Swe (1936-dead?) Minor name.
U Thaung (1937-dead?)
Maung Aye (1937) Than Shwe's VP 1993-2011. Alcoholism, cancer, severe stroke..
Tun Kyi (1938)
Soe Win (1938) Former Minister put under house arrest in 2021, suffers from colon cancer.
Khin Nyunt (1939) Former chief of intelligence and Prime Minister, now demented.
Tin Hla (1939) Former Deputy Prime Minister.
Kyaw Myint (1940) Former Health Minister.
Khin Maung Thein (1940)
Mya Oo (1940)
Lun Thi (1940) 1990s energy minister
Thet Lwin (1940-2023)

U Win Htein (1941) Wheelchairbound NLD patron who suffers from diabetes and heart diseases.

Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) Imprisoned former Chancellor of State.

U Han Tha Myint (1948) Former parliament member, stroke survivor who suffers from cancer and heart problems.

Zaw Myint Maung (1951-2024) Former Mandalay CM who suffers from leukemia.

 

LAOS
Khamtai Siphandone (1924) Leader of Laos 1992/1998-2006, richest man in the country who still holds a lot of political power. Seems to be very ill, probably going to be the first one to fall from the Laotians.
Khamphoui Keoboualapha (1930-dead?) Minister multiple times in Siphandone's govt
Kham Ouane Boupha (1932) Held multiple positions in the govt since the 1970s until around 2012
Salath Rasasack (1934) Former Senator who was a political prisoner for 16 years.
Choummaly Sayasone (1936) Siphandone's successor, Head of State 2006-2016, survived a yacht accident in 2021 in which his wife died.
Bounnhang Vorachit (1937) Sayasone's successor, Heaf of State 2016-2021
Thongvin Phomvihane (1938) Minor politician, former wife of Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992)

 

CAMBODIA
Thiounn Mumm (1925-2022) Khmer rouge minister described as a "racist political dynast", CNE said in 2020 he is thought to be alive.
Thiounn Prasith (1930-2023) Khmer rouge politician, brother of Thiounn Mumm. Pot's "spin doctor", now lives in Paris.
Kheiu Samphan (1931) Head of State of Cambodia 1976-1979 during Pol Pot's tenure. Last time I checked, serving a life sentence and desperately trying to get out of jail.
Heng Samrin (1934) Head of State of Cambodia 1979-1992. Seems like he's in perfect health.
Keat Chhon (1934) Minister of Economy and Finance 1994-2013, Deputy Prime Minister 2008-2016
Mam Nai (1934) Khmer Rouge politician described as the "most frightening Khmer Rouge individual", an absolutely horrible human being.
Hor Namhong (1935) Deputy Prime Minister since 2004.
Kong Sam Ol (1936-2024) Minister of the Royal Palance since 1998.
Keuky Lim (1937) Khmer Rouge foreign affairs minister 1973-1975, now leads Cambodia's diabetes association.
Lu Laysreng (1938) Former Deputy Prime Minister who called the King of Cambodia a "castrated chicken" once.
Mom Chim Huy (1939) Minor name.
Chhim Siek Leng (1940) Former Governor of Phnom Penh.

 

THAILAND

Bhisadej Rajani (1922-2022) Royal family member, underground resistance activist/politician in the 1940s. Incredibly frail.

Thanin Kraivichien (1927) Prime Minister 1976-1977

Prasong Soonsiri (1927) Foreign Affairs Minister 1992-1994

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1932) Prime Minister 1996-1997, "Big Jiew". Frail.

Anand Panyarachun (1932) Prime Minister 1991-1992, 1992

Sirikit (1932) Former Queen Consort 1950-2016, Regent 1956. Had a stroke years ago, very frail.

Suchinda Kraprayoon (1933) Prime Minister 1992, violently supressed protests.

Wijit Srisa-arn (1934-2023) Former Minister of Education.

Sanoh Thienthong (1934) Interior Minister in Big Jiew's govt.

Krasae Chanawongse (1934) Foreign Affairs Minister in 1995.

Chamlong Srimuang (1935) Activist and former Governor of Bangkok who lead the protests against Kraprayoon.

Manoonkrit Roopkachorn (1935) Military officer, politician who has been involved in atleast four coups.

Sukavich Rangsitpol (1935) Former Deputy Prime Minister.

Pallop Pinmanee (1936) Another military officers/politician who has been involved in multiple coups.

Chavarat Charnvirakul (1936) Acting Prime Minister in 2008.

Thepkamol Devakula (1936) Minor name?

Yuthasak Sasiprapha (1937) Former Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister.

Arsa Sarasin (1937) Foreign Affairs Minister during Anand Panyarachun's tenures.

Chuan Leekpai (1938) Prime Minister 1992-1995, 1997-2001

Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya (1938) Former Defence Minister

Meechai Ruchuphan (1938) Acting Prime Minister for a few weeks in 1992.

Kalaya Sophonpanich (1940) Minor name.

Teeradej Meepien (1940) Minor name, crook.

 

NEPAL

Bishwa Bandhu Thapa (1927) Member of Parliament 1959-1960, elected in Nepal's first elections. Still active.

Ratna (1928) Former Queen Consort 1955-1972, Queen Mother and briefly Queen Grandmother, see 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, who held political power before the monarchy was abolished. In failing health for around two decades.

Chittaranjan Nepali (1931-2023) Author, was an anti-government activist/politician in the 1940s who later worked for the Foreign Ministry.

Chitra Bahadur K. C. (1934) Member of the Parliament 2014-2018

Mohan Bikram Singh (1935) Communist politician/activist from the 1950s, founder of the defunct Masal Nepal Communist Party. Hospitalised with lung problems in January 2017, frail.

Kul Bahadur Gurung (1935) Former leader of the Nepali Congress Party 2006-2010

Amod Prasad Upadhyay (1936) Minister of Education and Sports 2000-2002, former Member of both of the houses of parliament.

Bhekh Bahadur Thapa (1937) Minister of Finance 1976-1978, former ambassador to the US and India, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004-2005. Lost his daughter three years ago.

Narayan Man Bijukchhe (1939) Chairman of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party since 1975.

Nava Raj Subedi (1939) Former Speaker of Parliament.

Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940) Prime Minister 1983-1986, 1990, 1997, 2002-2003. Hernia operation 6 years ago, very quiet. Last living Prime Minister from the partyless Panchayat era.

Jhala Nath Kanal (1950) Prime Minister 2011. Very ill.

KP Sharma Oli (1952) Prime Minister 2015-2016, 2018-2021. Very ill.

 

SRI LANKA

Ronnie de Mel (1925-2024) Minister of Finance 1977-1988. Frail and obese

C. Rajadurai (1927) Longtime politician, former minister now retired.

J. R. P. Suriyapperuma (1928) Member of Parliament 2010-2015. Most known for calling multiple world leaders brainless.

P. P. Devaraj (1929) Member of Parliament 1989-2000. Decrepit

Harischandra Wijayatunga (1931) Founder of Motherland People's Party.

V. Anandasangaree (1933) Leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front since 2002. Hospitalised with covid in January.

R. Sampanthan (1933) Leader of the Tamil National Alliance since 2001, Leader of Opposition 2015-2018.

Tissa Vitharana (1934) Leader of the trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, two-time Minister.

D. E. W. Gunasekera (1935) Former minister.

P. Dayaratna (1936) Former health minister.

A. H. M. Fowzie (1937) Four-time minister, injured in a bombing in 2009.

Sarath Amunugama (1939) Minister multiple times, Member of Parliament since 1994.

Vasudeva Nanayakkara (1939) Leader of the Democratic Left Front since 1999, 1982 presidential candidate and the last living candidate from those elections.

C. V. Vigneswaran (1939) Former CM of the Northern Province.

Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945) Former President 2005-2015, Prime Minister 2004-2005, 2018 and 2019-2022. Frequently hospitalised.

 

MALDIVES

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1937) President/dictator of the Maldives 1978-2008. Hospitalised multiple time in recent years.

Abbas Ibrahim (1940) Longtime Member of Parliament.

 

BHUTAN

Ashi Tashi Dorji (1923) Royal family member, activist, participated in the 14th meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Colombo Plan.

Kesang Choden (1930) Royal family member, acting Regent in 1972.

Dawa Tsering (1935) Foreign Affairs Minister 1972-1998

 

 

 

ARAB WORLD IN ASIA (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman*, Palestine, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Syria)

*Oman not listed, country's oldest political personality is Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (1940-)

 

BAHRAIN

Taqi Baharna (1930) Former Member of the Consultative Council.

Hussain Al Baharna (1932) Minister of State for Legal Affairs 1971-1995

Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa (1935) Deputy Prime Minister since 2005, Foreign Affairs Minister 1969-2005

Isa Qassim (1937/1940/1941) Opposition leader.

 

IRAQ

Mukarram Talabani (1925) Irrigation Minister 1972-1977, later Minister of Transport. Lost his political power during Saddam's dictatorship.

Sami Azara al-Majun (1932-2023) Minister of Social and Labor Affairs 2003-2004

Muthaffar al-Nawab (1934-2022) Dissident since the 1950s and has had to pay a great price for it.

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1937) "Comical Ali"/"Baghdad Bob", Foreign Affairs Minister 1992-2001 and Media Minister 2001-2003. Suffering from cancer for ages.

Mahmoud Othman (1938)

Fuad Masum (1938) President of Iraq 2014-2018

Amer Mohammad Rashid (1939) Saddam's oil minister.

Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (1939) Minister of Culture in the interim govt.

Jalal Dabagh (1939) Iraqi Kurdish politician.

Osama Tawfiq al-Tikriti (1939)

 

JORDAN

Abdelsalam Majali (1925/1926-2023) Prime Minister 1993-1995, 1997-1998. Frail.

Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani (1933) Former Minister of Agriculture.

Mudar Badran (1934-2023) Prime Minister 1976-1979, 1980-1984, 1989-1991.

Adnan Badran (1935) Prime Minister in 2005, brother of Mudar.

Zaid Rifai (1936-2024) Prime Minister 1984-1989

Barjas al-Hadid (1936) Parliament member. Seriously injured in an accident in 1957.

Ali Suheimat (1936-2024) Deputy Prime Minister 1991-1993, also held multiple other positions in the govt before 1993.

Ahmad Obeidat (1938) Prime Minister 1984-1985.

Sherif Fawaz Sharaf (1938) Former ambassador to the US and France.

Abdullah Ensour (1939) Prime Minister 2012-2016

Abdelraouf Rawabdeh (1939) Prime Minister 1999-2000

 

KUWAIT

Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah (1926-2024) Minister of Public Works 1962-1964, now Commander of the National Guard.

Ahmed Al-Sadoun (1934) Three-time Speaker of the National Assembly.

Abdullah Bishara (1936) Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council 1981-1983.

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1937-2023) Emir of Kuwait since 2020.

Ali Mohammed Thunayan Al-Ghanim (1937) Former KCCI chairman.

Mohammed Al-Sanousi (1938-2022) Information Minister 2006-2007

 

LEBANON

Michel El Khoury (1926) Former Constitutional Bloc leader.

Selim Hoss (1929-2024) President 1988-1989, 1989, Prime Minister 1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000. Frail.

Adnan Kassar (1930)

Asmar Asmar (1930) Former parliament member

Dory Chamoun (1931) President of the National Liberal Party 1991-2021

Fawzi Salloukh (1931) Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005-2009

Elias Saba (1929/1932-2023) Former Finance Minister.

Michel Aoun (1933) Disputed Prime Minister/President 1988-1990, President since 2016.

Henri Chedid (1934) Former Parliament member

Edmond Rizk (1934) Former minister.

Charles Rizk (1935) Minister of Justice 2005-2008

Emile Lahoud (1936) President 1998-2007

Etienne Saqr (1937) Politician/militant

Issam Fares (1937) Former Deputy Prime Minister.

Assem Qanso (1937) Former Labour minister.

Hussein el-Husseini (1937-2023) Former speaker of the parliament.

Issam Abu Jamra (1937) Former two-time Deputy Prime Minister.

Myrna Bustani (1937) First woman to serve in the Lebanese parliament 1963-1964.

Nahib Berri (1938) Speaker of Parliament since 1992, President of the Amal Movement.

Anwar M. El-Khalil (1938) Druze politician, parliament member.

Marwan Hamadeh (1939) Former telecom, education, economy minister

Samir Mouqbel (1939) Former Deputy Prime Minister.

Albert Mansour (1939) Former Defence Minister.

 

PALESTINE

Salwa Abu Khadra (1929-2024)

Farouk Kaddoumi (1931-2024) Former Fatah leader.

Salim Zanoun (1933-2022) Fatah founding member.

Mahmoud Abbas (1935) President of Palestine since 2005.

Ahmed Qurei (1937-2023) Prime Minister of Palestine 2003-2005, 2005-2006

Abu Maher Ghneim (1937) Fatah official

Nabil Shaath (1938) Prime Minister of Palestine 2005

Nayef Hawatmeh (1938) PLO politician.

Ziyad Abdel Fattah (1939) One of the fatah movement leaders.

 

QATAR

Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (1929-2023) Former Minister of Education and Culture.

Khalid bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (1935) Minister of the Interior 1972-1989

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla (1926-2023) Former Unification, Transport and Communication Minister.

Juma al Majid (1930) Political advisor who has opened schools for girls and the poor.

Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III (1931) Ruler of Ajman, one of the UAE's seven emirates, since 1981.

Mahdi Al Tajir (1931) Bahrain-born Emirati, Ambassador to UK 1971-1985

Ahmed Bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi (1937) Former Foreign Affairs Minister, read the statement of the founding of the UAE in 1971.

Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939) Ruler of Sharjah, one of the UAE's seven emirates, since 1972.

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948-2022) President 2004-2022, stroke in 2014

 

SAUDI ARABIA

Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani (1934) Former Deputy minister for education.

Salman (1935) King of Saudi Arabia since 2015.

Ali Al-Naimi (1935) Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources 1995-2016.

Mohammed bin Ali Aba Al Khail (1935) Minister of Finance and Economy 1975-1995.

Motleb bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah (1937) Minister of State since 1995.

Muhammed Taib (1939) One of the most prominent liberals in Saudi Arabia.

Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1939) Governor of Al Qassim 1982-1992, Governor of Al Jawf 1998-2001.

Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud (1940) Governor of Makkah 2007-2013, since 2015.

Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud (1940) Governor of Najran 1997-2008.

Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940) Governor of Tabuk 1986-1987.

Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja (1940) Minister of Culture and Information 2009-2014.

 

YEMEN

Mohammed Basindawa (1935) Prime Minister of Yemen 2011-2014

Ali Salem al Beidh (1939) VP of Yemen 1990-1994

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939) Prime Minister of South Yemen 1985-1986, Prime Minister of Yemen 1990-1994, Head of State of South Yemen 1986-1990

Ali Nasir Muhammad (1939) Prime Minister of South Yemen 1971-1985, Head of State of South Yemen 1980-1986

 

SYRIA

Issam al-Attar (1927-2024) Opposition politician in exile in Germany. His wife was assasinated by a death squad sent by Hafez al-Assad.

Riad al-Turk (1930-2024) "Old Man of the Syrian Opposition", notable opposition politician during Hafez's tenure

Muhammad al-Imadi (1930-2022) Former Economy and Foreign Minister.

Haitham al-Maleh (1931) Human rights activist.

Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (1932) Prime Minister 1980-1987.

Najah al-Attar (1933) Former culture minister, now one of the two VPs.

Mohammad al-Atrash (1934) Minister of Finance 2001-2003

Adnan Omran (1934) Minister of Information 2000-2003

Abdullah al-Ahmar (1936) Assistant Secretary General of Assad's party 1971-2018

Rifaat al-Assad (1937) Hafez's brother, VP 1984-1998. Attempted a coup in 1984.

Farouk al-Sharaa (1938) Former foreign minister, now one of the two VPs.

Marwan Habash (1938) Minister of Industry in the 1960s.

Ibrahim Haddad (1938) Oil Minister 2001-2006

 

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GEORGIA

Lana Gogoberidze (1928) former parliament member

Levan Sharashenidze (1931-2012 otr) Defence Minister 1992

Vazha Zarandia (1932) Former Chairman of the Soviet of Ministers of "Abkhazia"

Lyudvig Chibirov (1932) 1st President of "South Ossetia" 1993-2001

Eldar Shengelaia (1933) Former parliament member

Iulon Gagoshidze (1935) former diaspora issue minister

Sokrat Jinjolia (1937) "Abkhazian" politician

Elene Tevdoradze (1938) Former parliament member

Aslan Abashidze (1938) Adjara governor 1991-2004

Tengiz Kitovani (1938-2023) Attempted a coup in the 1990s

Giorgi Khoshtaria (1938) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1990-1991

Aleksandr Shavlokhov (1939) Prime Minister of "South Ossetia" 1996-1998

Roin Metreveli (1939) Communist politician in the 1960s.

 

KYRGYZSTAN

Apas Jumagulov (1934) Prime Minister 1993-1998

 

AZERBAIJAN

Enver Mamedov (1923-2023) Diplomat, former boss of the Soviet TV.

Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh (1930-2023) State Oil Company VP.

Dadash Rzayev (1935-2024) Minister of Defence 1993

Artur Rasizade (1935) Prime Minister 1996-2003, 2003-2018

Rahim Huseynov (1936-2023) Prime Minister 1992-1993

Shargiyya Veliyeva (1936) Former Supreme Soviet member.

Ramiz Mehdiyev (1938) Head of the Presidential Administration 1994-2019

 

ARMENIA

Ohannes Tchekidjian (1929)

Karen Mikaelyan (1932) State planning committee member of the Armenian SSR.

Norat Ter-Grigoryants (1936) Former defence minister

Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1946) First President 1991-1998. Chainsmoker, cancer survivor.

 

TAJIKISTAN

Nizoramo Zaripova (1923) Head of State of the Tajik SSR 1984

Guljahon Bobosodiqova (1937) Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR member.

Akbar Mirzoyev (1939) Prime Minister 1992

 

UZBEKISTAN

Rafiq Nishonov (1926-2023) Head of the Uzbek SSR 1988-1989

 

TURKMENISTAN

Georgy Khizha (1938) Deputy Prime Minister 1992-1993

 

MONGOLIA

Sonomyn Luvsangombo (1924) former Mayor of Ulaanbaatar and Minister of Public Security in the 80s.

Gombojavyn Ochirbat (1929) Head of State 1990

Dumagiin Sodnom (1933) Prime Minister 1984-1990

Sharavyn Gungaadorj (1935) Prime Minister 1990

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Vera Sidorova (1934) Former leader of the Kazakh SSR 1988-1989

Olzhas Suleimenov (1936) Former Chairman of the People's Congress.

Vladislav Kosarev (1937) Communist politician, former parliament member.

Omirbek Baigeldi (1939-2024) Chair of the Senate 1996-1999

Siyazbek Mukashev (1939)

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940) President/dictator 1991-2019/2022

 

AFGHANISTAN

Mohammed Hasan Sharq (1925) Head of Government 1988-1989

Abdul Wahed Sarābi (1926) Former Vice President and last living minister to serve when Afghanistan was a kingdom

Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (1929) Ambassador to the UN 1993-2006

Princess India of Afghanistan (1929-2023) former Cultural Ambassador to Europe

Princess Bilqis Begum (1932) Had multiple duties during the monarchy.

Ahmad Shah Kham, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (1934) Crown Prince 1942-1973

Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935) Head of Government 1981-1988, 1989-1990

Abdul Satar Sirat (1937) Former Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (1937) Former ambassador to Pakistan

Mohammad Amin Wakman (1939) Social democrat politician

 

SOUTH KOREA

Kim Yong-hyu (1926-2022) Vice-Minister of National Defence in Park Chung-hee's govt

Park Jong-sun (1928) Presidential candidate 2012

Lee Hyun-jae (1929) Prime Minister 1988

Kim Chong-kon (1930-2022) Former ambassador to Taiwan

Chung Ho-yong (1932) Minister of Defence and the Interior during Doo-hwan's and Tae-woo's tenures.

Kim Suk-soo (1932) Prime Minister 2002-2003

Hong Sook-ja (1933) South Korea's first female presidential candidate.

Lim Dong-wan (1934) Former unification minister.

Lee Hong-koo (1934) Prime Minister 1994-1995

Park Ji-weon (1934-2024)

Lee Hoi-chang (1935) Prime Minister 1993-1994

Lee Sang-deuk (1935-2024) Myung-bak's older brother, crook

Han Seung-soo (1936) Prime Minister 2008-2009

Park Seung (1936) Former construction minister

Song Ja (1936-2019 otr) Former education minister

Ro Jai-bong (1936-2024) Prime Minister 1990-1991

Choi See-joong (1937) Former Communications Commission chief, crook

Goh Kun (1938) Prime Minister 1997-1998, 2003-2004, acting 2004

Kang Hyun-wook (1938) Former North Jeolla governor

Lee Soo-sung (1939) Prime Minister 1995-1997

Chang Sang (1939) Acting Prime Minister 2002

Yang Sung-chul (1939) Activist, former ambassador to the US.

Lee Myung-bak (1941) President 2008-2013

 

CYPRUS

George Vassiliou (1931) President 1988-1993

Yiannakis Matsis (1933) MEP 2004-2009

Ayla Halit Kazım (1934) First female House of Representatives member in 1963. Frail.

Hakkı Atun (1935) Prime Minister of "Northern Cyprus" 1994-1996

Derviş Eroğlu (1938) President of "Northern Cyprus" 2010-2015, Prime Minister 1985-1994, 1996-2004, 2009-2010

Georgios Iacovou (1938) Diplomat, former foreign affairs minister

Ibrahim Aziz (1938) Communist politician.

Panayiotis Demetriou (1939) Former MEP

Christodoulos Christodoulou (1939) Minister of Finance 1994-1999

 

TURKEY

Nermin Abadan Unat (1921) Former Senator

Şükrü Elekdağ (1924) Former ambassador to the US and Japan

İlter Türkmen (1927-2022) Foreign Affairs Minister 1980-1983

Cahit Karakaş (1928) Former minister who was kicked out of his positions during the 1980 coup.

Kaya Erdem (1928) Finance Minister 1980-1982

Recai Kutan (1930-2024) Former felicity party leader

Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu (1930-2024) Defence minister 1999-2002

Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931-2022) More known as a gold-winning olympic wrestler

Altan Öymen (1932) Former Republican People's Party leader

Oktay Ekşi (1932) Founding member of the Social Democrat Party, has a great moustache

Nahit Menteşe (1932) Minister multiple times since the 70s

Hüsamettin Cindoruk (1933) Acting President in 1993, former parliament speaker. Obese but doing well.

Tarhan Erdem (1933-2022) Former minister

Aysel Çelikel (1933) Former Justice minister 2002

Semra Özal (1934) More known as the First Lady 1989-1993

Hikmet Sami Türk (1935) Former defence minister

Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu (1933/1936) Another former defence minister

Yılmaz Büyükerşen (1937) longtime mayor of Eskişehir

Hikmet Çetin (1937) Former parliament speaker, NATO guy

Nurettin Sözen (1937) Former Mayor of Istanbul

Emre Gönensay (1937) Former foreign minister who seems to be frail now

Kemal Burkay (1937) Dissident

Deniz Baykal (1938-2023) Former deputy prime minister

Yaşar Yakış (1938-2024) Former foreign affairs minister

Aytaç Durak (1938) Former Adana mayor, "Doyen of Turkey's local politics"

Vecdi Gönül (1939) Former defence minister

 

PAKISTAN

Roedad Khan (1923-2024) Ancient politician, worked for five Presidents

Rahimuddin Khan (1926-2022) Former governor of Balochistan and Sindh more known as the former head of the army.

Syed Babar Ali (1926) Former finance minister more known as the President of the WWF 1996-1999 succeeding Prince Philip.

Elahi Bux Soomro (1926-2024) Former Speaker

Balakh Sher Mazari (1928-2022) Caretaker Prime Minister 1993, frailish.

Sartaj Aziz (1929-2024) Two-time foreign affairs minister

S. M. Zafar (1930-2023) Politician, human rights activist

Abid Hassan Minto (1932) Political leader with a very long career.

Syed Qaim Ali Shah (1929/1933) Former Sindh CM

Tariq Kamal Khan (1933) Former ambassador to Tunisia and Australia

Ghous Ali Shah (1934) Defence, education Minister, former Sindh CM

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq (1935) Former opposition leader

Gohar Ayub Khan (1937-2023) Former foreign affairs minister and business oligarch

Ghulam Mustafa Khar (1937) Former Punjab governor and CM

Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir (1937) Former law minister

Wajihuddin Ahmed (1938) Human rights activist and politician

Sajid Mir (1938) Politician/religious leader

Muhammad Khan Sherani (1938) JUIP leader

Manzoor Wattoo (1939) Former industry minister

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (1939) ANP stalwart who was already frail when he recovered from covid two years ago.

Usman Ibrahim (1939)

Iftikhar Cheema (1939) Former National Assembly member who has a nice hat.

 

BANGLADESH

Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury (1929) former member of the parliaments of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

A. K. Khandker (1930) Former Planning Minister and High Commissioner to India, also the first Chief of Air Staff.

Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (1931) Acting President 2002, stroke in 2019.

Badruddin Umar (1931) Former leader of the Marxist-Leninist Party. Covid in 2021.

A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1932-2024) President 2001-2002

K. M. Shafiullah (1934) General and former Member of Parliament.

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (1935-2022) Deputy Leader of Satiya Sangsad

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (1935) Two-time parliament member

M Amir-ul Islam (1936) Former food minister, drafted proclamation of independence.

Kamal Hossain (1937) First Law Minister of Bangladesh.

Shafique Ahmed (1937) Former law minister.

Fazlul Haque (1938-2023) Acting Prime Minister in 2007.

Oli Ahmed (1939) Former leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, minister multiple times.

Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky (1939) BNP co-founder

Shah Moazzem Hossain (1939-2022) Former Deputy Prime Minister

Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan (1939-2023) Minister multiple times, BNP advisor

 

...

Smaller European countries and territories (population under 1mil)

MONTENEGRO

Novak Kilibarda (1934-2023) Deputy Prime Minister 1998-2000

Jovan Kavarić (1934) Former mayor of Titograd, now Podgorica, Montenegro's capital.

Radivoje Brajović (1935) Head of State 1982-1988

Radoje Kontić (1937) Former Prime Minister of Montenegro SR and Yugoslavia.

 

LUXEMBOURG

Guy de Muyser (1926-2024) Former representative to NATO, Hon.Marshal of the Court of the Grand Duke.

Jean Hamilius (1927) Minister for Public Works 1974-1979

Marcel Schlechter (1928-2023) Minister of Energy, Public Works and Transport 1984-1989

Astrid Lulling (1929) MEP 1965-1974, 1989-2014

Jean Spautz (1930) Former Christian Social People's Party leader

Colette Flesch (1937) Mayor of Luxembourg City 1970-1984, Minister multiple times since.

Marcel Glesener (1937) Former member of parliament

Jacques Santer (1937) Prime Minister 1984-1995, President of the European Commission 1995-1999, Finance Minister 1979-1989

Ben Fayot (1937) President of LSAP 1985-1997

Camille Dimmer (1939-2023) Gen-Sec of CSV 1990-1995

Marcel Sauber (1939) President of the Council of State 2001-2003

 

MALTA

Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (1932) President of Malta 1994-1999

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933-2022) Prime Minister of Malta 1984-1987, cousin of Ugo.

Eddie Fenech Adami (1934) President of Malta 2004-2009, Prime Minister 1987-1996 and 1998-2004

Anton Tabone (1937) Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta 1998-2008, Minister of Gozo Affairs 1987-1996

Joe Debono Grecho (1939) Member of Parliament 1966-2017

 

ICELAND

Ingvar Gíslason (1926-2022) Minister of Education, Science and Culture 1980-1983

Salome Þorkelsdóttir (1927) First woman speaker of the Althing (parliament of Iceland)

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930) President of Iceland 1980-1996, the world's first woman who was democratically elected as president

Ólafur Garðar Einarsson (1932-2023) Former Minister of Education.

Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson (1935) Former Justice minister

Hjörleifur Guttormsson (1935) Former Industry minister

Edvard Júlíus Sólnes (1937) Three-time minister

Ragnar Arnalds (1938-2022) Two-time minister

Halldór Blöndal (1938) Former parliament member, minister

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1939) Former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs. Interesting surname. Also a sex offender, apparently.

Ellert Schram (1939) Former parliament member, footballer

 

JERSEY (UK)

Ted Vilbert (1938) Former Senator

Edward Trevor (1938)

Terry Le Main (1939) Minister of Housing 2005-2010

 

ISLE OF MAN (UK)

John Raymond Kniveton (1933-2011) Former Legislative Council member

Edgar Quine (1934) Former House of Keys member

Walter Gilbey (1935-2023) Former House of Keys member

Edmund Lowey (1938-2024) Former Legislative Council member

Donald Gelling (1938) Chief Minister of the Isle of Man 1996-2001, 2004-2006

 

ANDORRA

Nemesi Marqués Oste (1935) Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra 1993-2012

 

GUERNSEY (UK)

de Vic Carey (1940) Bailiff 1999-2005

 

FAROE ISLANDS (Denmark)

Álvur Zachariasen (1931-2022) Former Parliament member

Jógvan Sundstein (1933-2024) Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1989-1991

Eilif Samuelsen (1934) Six-time minister

Jóngerð Purkhús (1937) Former minister

Lisbeth L. Petersen (1939-2024) Former Union Party leader.

 

MONACO

Michel Lévêque (1933) Minister of State of Monaco (Head of Government) 1997-2000

Paul Dijoud (1938) Minister of State of Monaco (Head of Government) 1994-1997

Patrick Leclerq (1938) Minister of State of Monaco (Head of Government) 2000-2005

Jean-Louis Campora (1938) Former Member of the National Council 1973-1993, President of the National Council 1993-2003

 

LIECHTENSTEIN

Emma Eigenmann (1930) Member of the Landtag of Liechteinstein 1986-1993

Adolf Heeb (1940) Former Landtag member

 

GIBRALTAR (UK)

Joe Bossano (1939) Chief Minister of Gibraltar 1988-1996

Olga Zammitt (1940) Mayor of Gibraltar 2009-2010

Adolfo Canepa (1940) Chief Minister of Gibraltar 1987-1988, Mayor of Gibraltar 1976-1978 and 2014-2017, Speaker of the Parliament 2011-2019

 

SAN MARINO

Anna Maria Casali (1929) Member of the Parliament 1974-1978

Luigi Lonfernini (1938) Captain Regent 1971, 2001

 

ISRAEL (Knesset members and minor politicians up to 1930, Ministers up to 1935)

Tamar Eshel (1920-2022) Knesset (parliament) member 1977-1984

Shmuel Toledano (1921-2022) Knesset member 1977-1981

Mordechai Bibi (1922-2023) Knesset member 1959-1974

Moshe Meron (1926-2023) Knesset member 1977-1981

Aharon Yadlin (1926-2022) Minister of Education 1974-1977, Knesset member 1959-1981

Elyakim Haetzni (1926-2022) Knesset member 1988-1992

Stef Wertheimer (1926) Knesset member 1977-1981, ISCAR founder

Amal Nasser el-Din (1928) Knesset member 1977-1988, Druze politician

Miriam Glazer-Ta'asa (1929) Knesset member 1981-1984

Edna Solodar (1930-2024) Knesset member 1982-1992

Ada Feinberg-Sireni (1930) Knesset member 1969-1974

Zalman Shoval (1930) Two-time ambassador to the US, Knesset member 1970-1981, 1988-1990

Yair Tzaban (1930) Minister of Immigrant Absorption 1992-1996, Knesset member 1981-1996

Yoel Alroy (1930-2023) Mayor of Netanya 1983-1993

Moshe Dwek (1931) Politician, most known for throwing a hand grenade into the Knesset in 1957

Meir Nitzan (1931) Mayor of Rishon Letzion 1983-2008

Amnon Rubinstein (1931-2024) Four-time minister, Knesset member 1977-2002

Haim Drukman (1932-2022) Rabbi and politician, hospitalised twice with heart failure in 2022.

Yoram Aridor (1933) Former Communications and Finance minister.

David Libai (1934) Former Justice and Interior Minister

Moshe Shalal (1934) Three-time minister

Avraham Katz-Oz (1934) 1980s agriculture minister

Shevah Weiss (1935-2023) Knesset speaker 1992-1996

Moshe Nissim (1935) Six-time minister, former Deputy Prime Minister

Victor Brailovsky (1935) Science and Tech Minister in 2004

 

RUSSIA (Up to 1927)

Boris Kravtsov (1922) Soviet Minister of Justice 1984-1989

Yuliya Borisova (1925-2023) Actress, former Supreme Soviet member from 1963 to 1967

Roy Medvedev (1925) Dissident

Vladimir Stepanov (1927-2022) Ambassador to Finland 1973-1979, Head of the Karelian ASSR 1984-1989

 

IRAN (Up to 1935, excluding Ayatollahs with political power)

Ebrahim Golestan (1922-2023) Tudeh Party politician until 1948, more known as a filmmaker. Lived in Sussex.

Mohammad-Ali Amoui (1923/1925/1928) Tudeh Party politician, Tudeh Military Network member. Imprisoned for a total of 37 years during the Shah's rule, Khomeini's rule and Khamenei's rule.

Ali Mohammad Afghani (1925) Tudeh Party politician

Ali Tehrani (1926-2022) Islamic theologian and writer, also imprisoned during the Shah's rule, Khomeini's rule and Khamenei's rule.

Hushang Ansary (1927) Ambassador to the US 1967-1969, Tourism and Info minister 1971-1974, Finance Minister 1974-1977

Hushang Ebtehaj (1928-2022) Tudeh Party member, more known as a poet

Houchang Nahavandi (1930) Minister of Science 1978

Manouchehr Ganji (1931) Minister of Education 1976-1978

Abbas Sheibani (1931-2022) Minister of Agriculture 1979-1980, Member of Parliament 1981-2000

Reza Sadr (1932) Minister of Commerce 1979-1980

Hooshang Talé (1933) Member of Parliament 1967-1971

Davoud Hermidas-Bavand (1934-2023) Spokesman of the National Front

Habibollah Peyman (1935-2024) Socialist dissident

Hamid Behbahani (1935/1941-2024) Minister of Roads and Transportation 2008-2011

Mahmoud Ahmadzadeh (1933/1935-2022) Minister of Industries and Mines 1979-1980

 

JAPAN (Up to 1935 also including "less notable" ones up to 1925. Note: Japan is notoriously bad at keeping track at who is alive and who is not)

Sachio Taniue 谷上幸男 (1920) Mayor of Bonotsu 1991-2005. Not completely sure he's alive, but was in 2020.

Keigi Furuya 降矢敬義 (1920-dead?) Minister in the 1980s. Not completely sure he's alive.

Tetsuya Tomaru 都丸哲也 (1921-2023) Mayor of Hoya, now Nishitōkyō 1977-1993. Loved politician, still active.

Kazuo Tsugura 敦賀一夫 (1922) Mayor of Wakkanai 1991-1995. Healthy and could still stand on his 100th in January.

Iga Sadayuki 伊賀貞雪 (1922) Governor of Ehime prefecture 1987-1999.

Tadashi Taki 滝正 (1923-2003) Mayor of Bibai 1980-1996. Not completely sure if still alive. Died off-radar 2003.

Shigeo Hatada 畑田茂雄 (1923-2022) Activist who ran for Governor of Tokyo in the 80s and the 90s.

Tomiichi Murayama (1924) Prime Minister 1994-1996. Has had some minor health problems in the past but seems fine now.

Taro Nakayama (1924-2023) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989-1991.

Yoshihisa Uchida 内田喜久 (1925) Former Okazaki mayor, fraudster.

Masahide Shibusawa (1925) Peace activist.

Masaru Urata 浦田勝 (1925) Ancient Liberal Party guy.

Kosuke Takizawa 滝沢幸助 (1925) Former House of Representatives member.

Yoshikatsu Takeiri (1926-2023) Former House of Representatives member, Chair of the Komeito party 1967-1986.

Tamisuke Watanuki (1927) Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Minister of Construction.

Takashi Hiraoka (1927) Activist and Mayor of Hiroshima 1991-1999

Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928) More known as an inventor.

Hikaru Matsunaga (1928-2022) Former Finance Minister

Reiji Suzuki (1928-2022) Governor of Aichi prefecture 1983-1999

Ryōko Akamatsu (1929-2024) Two-time Minister of Education.

Tetsuo Kutsukake (1929-2024) Minister of State in the Koizumi cabinet

Yūji Tsushima (1930-2023) Minister of Health and Welfare 1990 and 2000.

Tetsuzo Fuwa / Kenjiro Ueda (1930) Ancient communist politician, House of Representatives member 1969-2003. Still quite active.

Yasushi Akashi (1931) Former Tokyo Governor candidate more known for his work for the UN.

Junya Yano (1932) Komeito party Chairman 1986-1989 succeeding Takeiri.

Higuchi Keiko (1932) Activist and politician who once ran for Governor of Tokyo.

Hirohisa Fujii (1932-2022) Finance Minister 1993-1994 and 2009-2010

Akiko Dōmoto (1932) Governor of Chiba prefecture 2001-2009

Daizō Nozawa (1933) Minister of Justice 2003-2004

Chikage Oogi (1933-2023) President of the House of Councillors 2004-2007, former minister.

Takao Jinnouchi (1933) Former Minister of Justice.

Keiichi Inamine (1933) Okinawa Governor 1998-2006

Akihito (1933) Emperor 1989-2019

Mikio Aoki (1934-2023) Acting Prime Minister 2000

Yoshinobu Shimamura (1934) Three-time minister.

Seiken Sugiura (1934) Former Justice minister, anti-death penalty activist.

Chikara Sakaguchi (1934) Four-time minister.

Masatoshi Wakabayashi (1934-2023) Former Opposition Leader who resigned from the Diet of Japan after pressing the voting button for Aoki.

Kosuke Hori (1934-2023) Former Internal Affairs minister.

Shozaburo Nakamura (1934-2023) Former Minister of Justice.

Chieko Nōno (1935) Former Minister of Justice.

Yoshinori Ohno (1935-2023) Former Defence minister.

Hakuo Yanagisawa (1935) Former Minister who caused controversy in 2007 after calling women "birth-giving machines" in a speech on the falling birthrate.

Takashi Fukaya (1935) Longtime liberal democratic party politician.

Takashi Kosugi (1935) Former Minister of Education.

Tatsuya Hori (1935) Hokkaido governor 1995-2003

Toranosuke Katayama (1935) Right-wing populist, still active.

Marutei Tsurunen (1940) First foreign-born European member of the Diet. I think he had cancer a few years ago.

Junichiro Koizumi (1942) Prime Minister 2001-2006. Looked very frail recently.

 

INDONESIA

Subroto (1923-2022) Secretary General of OPEC 1984-1985, 1988-1994, former Energy Minister.

Solihin GP (1926-2024) Governor of West Java 1970-1975. Looong health history.

Mooryati Soedibyo (1928-2024) Businesswoman, politician, Javanese royal. Looked half her age in 2019.

Emil Salim (1930) Longtime politician, minister multiple times.

Sunaryati Hartono (1931-2023) Politician, diplomat.

Azwar Anas (1931-2023) Suharto-era welfare minister.

Try Sutrisno (1935) Suharto's VP 1993-1998

Kwi Kian Gie (1935) Former Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning. Widowed in 2020.

Sidarto Danusubroto (1936) Former Parliament speaker and president's advisor.

Ridwan Suwidi (1936-2022) Former Regent of Paser.

Adrianus Mooy (1936) Suharto era Governor of the Bank of Indonesia.

Jusuf Wanandi (1937) Golkar billionaire politician.

Subur Budhisantoso (1937) Former Democratic Party boss.

Justika Baharsjah (1937) Old social affairs minister.

J. Soedradjad Djiwandono (1938) Suharto era Governor of the Bank of Indonesia.

Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti (1939) Former Coordination minister.

Rohani Darus Danil (1939) Mayor of Tebing Tinggi 1990-2000.

 

Other non-included countries mentioned elsewhere

[CastAway 488]

Former Dem Senator and Representative Bob Kreuger dead at 86. He was the last Dem to serve as a Senator from Texas. 

 

https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/article_49910b6c-c8a1-11ec-a8ff-372af5f5376b.html

[adrian0719 220]

Norman Mineta, Transportation Secretary under George W. Bush, dead at 90. 

[MortalCaso 1,625]

7 hours ago, adrian0719 said:

Norman Mineta, Transportation Secretary under George W. Bush, dead at 90. 

I feel as though this doesn't do the man justice.

 

Norman Mineta was the Commerce Sec. briefly during the end of President Clinton's second term. That made him the first Asian American to hold a cabinet post. Later George Bush appointed him as Transportation Secretary to show a sign of bipartisanship after the 2000 election fiasco. Mineta was very important during 9/11 as he gave the order for all air craft in the continental U.S to be grounded once the second plane hit the World Trade Center. He was also responsible for creating the TSA. Mineta was previously the Mayor of San Jose, a very impactful person in the U.S House for 20 years, and lived through the internment camps of WW2. This doesn't cover all of his life, as it was a large and diverse one.

 

I would strongly recommend that those with free time read up on him. A very unique and impactful American, if not a unheralded one. Deserved more than one sentence...

[CastAway 488]

While unverified on Twitter, the source is a highly reputable Belarussian journalist in exile. Stanislau Shushkevich dead. 

 

[gcreptile 10,970]

24 minutes ago, CastAway said:

While unverified on Twitter, the source is a highly reputable Belarussian journalist in exile. Stanislau Shushkevich dead. 

 

IIRC, a DDP pick for Not Gone Yet, but still forgotten. Also picked in the Cup 

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

Spoiler

Western Bloc

Australia
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Paul Keating (b. 1944)

Belgium
Mark Eyskens (b. 1933)

Canada
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Joe Clark (b. 1939)
Brian Mulroney (b. 1939)

Denmark
Margrethe II (b. 1940)

France
Laurent Fabius (b. 1946)
Édith Cresson (b. 1934)

Greece
Constantine II (b. 1940)
Christos Sartzetakis (b. 1929)

Iceland
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (b. 1930)
Porsteinn Palsson (b. 1947)
Davíd Oddsson (b. 1948)

Iran
Ali Khamenei (b. 1939)
Abolhassan Banisadr (b. 1933)
Mir-Hossein Mousavi (b. 1942)

Iraq
NONE

Italy
Arnaldo Forlani (b. 1925)
Ciriaco De Mita (b. 1928)

Luxembourg
Jacques Santer (b. 1937)

The Netherlands
Beatrix (b. 1938)
Dries van Agt (b. 1931)

New Zealand
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Geoffrey Palmer (b. 1942)
Jim Bolger (b. 1935)

Norway
Harald V (b. 1937)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939)
Kåre Willoch (b. 1928)

Pakistan
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Nawaz Sharif (b. 1949)

Philippines
NONE

Portugal
António Ramalho Eanes (b. 1935)
Francisco Pinto Balsemão (b. 1937)
Aníbal Cavaco Silva (b. 1939)

Spain
Juan Carlos I (b. 1938)
Felipe González (b. 1942)

Thailand
Thanin Kraivichien (b. 1927)
Anand Panyarachun (b. 1932)

Turkey
NONE

United Kingdom
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
John Major (b. 1943)

United States
Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)

West Germany
NONE

Eastern Bloc

Albania
Fatos Nano (b. 1952)
Ylli Bufi (b. 1948)
Vilson Ahmeti (b. 1951)

Bulgaria
Georgi Atanasov (b. 1933)
Philip Dimitrov (b. 1955)

Byelorussia
Nikolay Slyunkov (b. 1929)
Yefrem Sokolov (b. 1926)
Stanislav Shushkevich (b. 1934)

Czechoslovakia
Karel Urbánek (b. 1941)
Lubomír Štrougal (b. 1924)
Marián Čalfa (b. 1946)

East Germany
Egon Krenz (b. 1937)
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (b. 1946)
Hans Modrow (b. 1928)
Lothar de Maizière (b. 1940)

Hungary
Mátyás Szurös (b. 1933)

Poland
Lech Wałesa (b. 1943)
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (b. 1951)

Romania
NONE

Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931)
Nikolai Ryzhkov (b. 1929)
Ivan Silayev (b. 1930)

Ukraine
Leonid Kravchuk (b. 1934)
Vitold Fokin (b. 1932)

Updated list of surviving Cold War leaders following the death of Shushkevich.

Seems he died from COVID-19.

[arghton 6,720]

Three pre-Lukashenko Heads of State living. Slyunkov mentioned above, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov who was the acting head of state for two days in January 1994 and Myechyslaw Hryb.

Slyunkov was still in decent condition in 2019, I know nothing about Kuznetsov who is young compared to the others (74).

Hryb seems to be active in politics and according to his Russian wikipedia page took part in the protests in 2020.

[Death Impends 7,964]

5 hours ago, gcreptile said:

IIRC, a DDP pick for Not Gone Yet, but still forgotten. Also picked in the Cup 

 

Indeed, and here's his QO: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ap-belarus-alexander-lukashenko-mikhail-gorbachev-ukraine-b2071355.html

[CastAway 488]

2 hours ago, Death Impends said:

 

Indeed, and here's his QO: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ap-belarus-alexander-lukashenko-mikhail-gorbachev-ukraine-b2071355.html

Honestly given the current situation, no way a Russian/Belarusian/Ukrainian leader of prominence from the Cold War era doesn't QO, and I expect that'll be the case for some time now

[roaming_comrade 471]

8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

  Hide contents

Western Bloc

Australia
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Paul Keating (b. 1944)

Belgium
Mark Eyskens (b. 1933)

Canada
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Joe Clark (b. 1939)
Brian Mulroney (b. 1939)

Denmark
Margrethe II (b. 1940)

France
Laurent Fabius (b. 1946)
Édith Cresson (b. 1934)

Greece
Constantine II (b. 1940)
Christos Sartzetakis (b. 1929)

Iceland
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (b. 1930)
Porsteinn Palsson (b. 1947)
Davíd Oddsson (b. 1948)

Iran
Ali Khamenei (b. 1939)
Abolhassan Banisadr (b. 1933)
Mir-Hossein Mousavi (b. 1942)

Iraq
NONE

Italy
Arnaldo Forlani (b. 1925)
Ciriaco De Mita (b. 1928)

Luxembourg
Jacques Santer (b. 1937)

The Netherlands
Beatrix (b. 1938)
Dries van Agt (b. 1931)

New Zealand
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Geoffrey Palmer (b. 1942)
Jim Bolger (b. 1935)

Norway
Harald V (b. 1937)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939)
Kåre Willoch (b. 1928)

Pakistan
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Nawaz Sharif (b. 1949)

Philippines
NONE

Portugal
António Ramalho Eanes (b. 1935)
Francisco Pinto Balsemão (b. 1937)
Aníbal Cavaco Silva (b. 1939)

Spain
Juan Carlos I (b. 1938)
Felipe González (b. 1942)

Thailand
Thanin Kraivichien (b. 1927)
Anand Panyarachun (b. 1932)

Turkey
NONE

United Kingdom
Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
John Major (b. 1943)

United States
Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)

West Germany
NONE

Eastern Bloc

Albania
Fatos Nano (b. 1952)
Ylli Bufi (b. 1948)
Vilson Ahmeti (b. 1951)

Bulgaria
Georgi Atanasov (b. 1933)
Philip Dimitrov (b. 1955)

Byelorussia
Nikolay Slyunkov (b. 1929)
Yefrem Sokolov (b. 1926)
Stanislav Shushkevich (b. 1934)

Czechoslovakia
Karel Urbánek (b. 1941)
Lubomír Štrougal (b. 1924)
Marián Čalfa (b. 1946)

East Germany
Egon Krenz (b. 1937)
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (b. 1946)
Hans Modrow (b. 1928)
Lothar de Maizière (b. 1940)

Hungary
Mátyás Szurös (b. 1933)

Poland
Lech Wałesa (b. 1943)
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (b. 1951)

Romania
NONE

Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931)
Nikolai Ryzhkov (b. 1929)
Ivan Silayev (b. 1930)

Ukraine
Leonid Kravchuk (b. 1934)
Vitold Fokin (b. 1932)

Updated list of surviving Cold War leaders following the death of Shushkevich.

Seems he died from COVID-19.

Not sure if this was asked before but why is Ion Iliescu not on that list?

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

2 hours ago, CastAway said:

Honestly given the current situation, no way a Russian/Belarusian/Ukrainian leader of prominence from the Cold War era doesn't QO, and I expect that'll be the case for some time now

 

 

Aye, well worth a war for the sake of the increased dead pooling options, eh?

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

24 minutes ago, roaming_comrade said:

Not sure if this was asked before but why is Ion Iliescu not on that list?

You're right, he should be on there. He's on the original list on my computer. I missed him it seems when I was copying it over. Same with the Icelandic name that arghton pointed out. I've checked both lists now and each has 53 so there shouldn't be any more names missing! 

[arghton 6,720]

Finnbogadóttir (see above) is still in good health, attends events and can walk without aid at 92. Here's a picture of her a few weeks ago:

She was the first woman to be democratically elected as President, will probably obit. 

[drol 11,945]

Wow, Belarusian old guard wiped away in five months. Malofeyev, Sokolov and now Sushkevich.

 

Slyunkov may really go for a check-up.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Former Democratic state lawmaker Herschella Horton of Tucson has died at age 83. Her children say Horton, who was also a registered nurse, died Wednesday. A cause was not announced.

Horton was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1989 and served five two-year terms. She served on the chamber’s health, environment and appropriations committees.

Sc

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Any Somerset residents out there? Asking because this dead pool tease was - apparently - not expecting to see 7 May and stood down from the county council in preparation for his final days. I'm just wondering if he's broken cover to comment on the Lib Dem onslaught in local government there. 

 

Summat of a presssing issue since he's my DL Cup joker and I'm 6-0 down!

 

Link: https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/i-dont-think-ill-april-6706954

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

7 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

Any Somerset residents out there? Asking because this dead pool tease was - apparently - not expecting to see 7 May and stood down from the county council in preparation for his final days. I'm just wondering if he's broken cover to comment on the Lib Dem onslaught in local government there. 

 

Summat of a presssing issue since he's my DL Cup joker and I'm 6-0 down!

 

Link: https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/i-dont-think-ill-april-6706954

 

 

Seven hour silence, in which time I've gone 9-0 down because DDP had Perez too. 

 

Taylor's a tory, right? They promise you what you want immediately and deliver nowt - well, so a few papers have been saying since Thursday anyway!

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Bob Blizzard, former Labour MP for Waveney between 1997 and 2010, dead aged 71: https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/obituaries/former-waveney-mp-bob-blizzard-dies-8954330

[drol 11,945]

Xi Jinping has a cerebral aneurysm which required him to be hospitalised in 2021. He is now treating it with "Chinese traditional medicine".

 

Times of India is a reliable source, this should be at least partially true.

[MortalCaso 1,625]

38 minutes ago, drol said:

Xi Jinping has a cerebral aneurysm which required him to be hospitalised in 2021. He is now treating it with "Chinese traditional medicine".

 

Times of India is a reliable source, this should be at least partially true.

May just be me, but that link sends me a 404 error page. This has now been widely reported in other outlets though.

[Clorox Bleachman 2,413]

Tim Johnson, representative for Illinois' 15th congressional district, dead at 75.

 

But to us, he was most notably #12 on DeathList 2007! (or not)

[chel 376]

 

double

Edited May 11, 2022 by chel
double news

[Joey Russ 7,220]

4 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said:

Tim Johnson, representative for Illinois' 15th congressional district, dead at 75.

 

But to us, he was most notably #12 on DeathList 2007!

I can understand your confusion but the US politician that was on the Deathlist was some no name senator from South Dakota

[Clorox Bleachman 2,413]

Just now, Joey Russ said:

I can understand your confusion but the US politician that was on the Deathlist was some no name senator from South Dakota

Oh really? That's an interesting coincidence, the ages matched up. I doubt either of them would be on the list nowadays.