Political Frailty

[gcreptile 10,970]

Another UK councillor with terminal cancer and very limited life-span, John Finlay, DUP councillor of Ballymoney:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-ballymoney-councillor-given-three-months-to-live-with-cancer-diagnosis-41734700.html

 

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 Aamir Hussain, who also served as the Minister of Religious Affairs, died at 50 years:

https://emeatribune.com/member-national-assembly-dr-aamir-liaquat-hussain-passed-away/

He went on to have a career as a television host for the Geo and ARY networks.

[arghton 6,720]

Romeo Morri, Captain Regent (co-head of state) of San Marino 1992-1993 dead at 70. 

[arghton 6,720]

On 09/06/2022 at 14:50, arghton said:

Hein Eersel Surinamese politician, linguist, cultural researcher and Minister of Education and Population Development 1969 is 100 etc etc

Well here's a list of nonagenarian/centenarian South American politicians. Born 1932 or before. Do not quote the whole post.

 

BRAZIL (only ones with an English wiki page post-1925)

Hermógenes Príncipe de Oliveira (1917-2013) Member of Parliament 1955-1967. I'm not 100 percent sure if he's alive, but government sites have no death date and pt wikipedia has marked him alive, if it turns out he's dead I'll remove him.

Lígia Maria Lessa Bastos (1919-2020) Member of Parliament 1975-1983. Ancient and most recent picture I could find is from 2015, when she was already wheelchairbound. Alive? Edit: Died in 2020 at 101.

Milton Bezerra Cabral (1921-2022) Governor of the State of Paraiba in the 80s. Died a week after his 101st.

José Ornellas de Sousa Filho (1921) Governor of Brazil's Federal District in the 80s.

Celso Barros Coelho (1922-2023) Parliament Member twice, 1975-1979 and 1983-1987. Quite a "legend" in Piauí apparently.

Francisco Ferreira de Castro (1923) former Member of Parliament

José Burnett (1924-2000) Three-time Member of Parliament. Alive?

José Frejat (1924) Member of Parliament 1979-1987. Has been a member of seven parties during his 75-year political career and most recently participated in Rio de Janeiro's 2018 elections!

Alfredo Karam (1925) Minister of the Navy in the 1980s. Ghoul.

Elias Ximenes do Prado (1925-2024) Local politician who seems to be quite famous

Haroldo Sanford (1925) Former Member of Parliament.

Israel Klabin (1926) Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 1979-1980.

Ibrahim Abi-Ackel (1927) Minister of Justice 1980-1985

Alceu Collares (1927) Governor of Rio Grande do Sul 1991-1995. Seems to be doing great and regularly appears in photos with Inah Canabarro Lucas, Brazil's oldest.

Antônio Salim Curiati (1928) Former Mayor of Sao Paulo. Old pal of Maluf.

Antônio Delfim Netto (1928-2024) Former Minister of Finance 1967-1974, Agriculture 1979, Minister of the Department of Planning of the Presidency 1979-1984. Looks like an obese Jiang Zemin but seems to be doing well.

José Goldemberg (1928) Former Minister of Education.

Eunice Michiles (1929) Member of Parliament 1987-1991, Senator 1979-1987. First (democratically elected) woman Senator in Brazil. Looks around 20 years younger.

Pedro Simon (1930) Minister of Agriculture 1985-1986, Governor of Rio Grande do Sul 1987-1990

José Sarney (1930) President 1985-1990. Heart surgery in 2012 and hospitalised with pleural effusion in July 2021.

Maria da Conceição Tavares (1930-2024) Former Member of Parliament known for training generations of politicians. Frail chainsmoker.

Chico Whitaker (1931) Sao Paulo politician and WikiLeaks advisory board member

Ozires Silva (1931) Former infrastructure minister

Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931) President 1995-2002. Hospitalised after breaking his femur a few months ago.

Paulo Maluf (1931) Crook two-time Mayor of São Paulo known here for his frequent hospitalisations. Wheelchairbound for years and (allegedly) suffering from a form of dementia.

Marcílio Marques Moreira (1931) Former Finance minister.

José Maria Marin (1932) Former São Paulo governor and Maluf's pal, jailed after the 2015 FIFA corruption case.

 

COLOMBIA 

Samuel Moreno Díaz (1921-2023) Former Senator.

Alfonso Araújo Cotes (1924-2023) Former Governor of the Department of Cesar.

Gustavo Balcázar Monzón (1927) Three-time senator, former agriculture minister and ambassador to the UK. 

Jaime Arroyave (1928) Minor name, more known as a soccer coach

Enrique Parejo González (1930) Former Minister of Justice who fought against drug cartels and once survived an assasination attempt.

José Antonio Murgas (1930-2024) Former Labor and Social Security Minister, Cotes' successor as the Governor of the Department of Cesar.

Néstor Hernando Parra (1931) Former member of the Chamber of Representatives

Diego Uribe Vargas (1931-2022) Former Foreign Affairs Minister.

Nydia Quintero (1931/1932) Liberal party politician and First Lady 1978-1982.

María Eugenia Rojas (1932) Former senator

 

 

ARGENTINA (Including less notable names up to 1927)

Magdalena Álvarez de Seminario (1920) Deputy 1952-1955, one of the first female deputies.

Héctor Sandler (1921/1929?-2023) Former Deputy.

Santiago Riveros (1923-2024) Politician during Videla's tenure, military commander currently serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity.

Adolfo Navajas Artaza (1925-2022) Former Minister of Social Development.

Julio Bardi (1925) Videla's Minister of Social Development.

José María Klix (1925-2019) Minister of Defence in Videla's govt 1976-1978.

Juan Alemann (1927-2024) Former Finance Minister, survived bomb attack in 1978.

Antonio Salonia (1927) Former Minister of Education, frail

Julio Rajneri (1927) Former Minister of Education

Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez (1926/1927/1929-2023) Former Santiago del Estero governor. Frail.

Isabel Perón (1931) President 1974-1976. In failing health for around a decade after a fall in 2007, osteoarthritis etc. First woman President in the world.

Graciela Fernández Meijide (1931) Minister of Social Development 1999-2001

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931) Nobel-winning dissident.

Elva Roulet (1932) Former Buenos Aires Vice-Governor, first woman elected in a gubernatorial ticket of any Argentine province.

 

PERU

Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921-2022) President/Military dictator 1975-1980, Prime Minister 1975, Minister three times between 1968 and 1975. Wheelchairbound but not very frail.

Uriel Garcia Caceres (1922) Health Minister 1980-1982. Has looked ancient for ages but seems like he's doing well.

Patricio Ricketts (1924-2024) Former Minister of Education. Not 100 percent sure he's alive.

Martha Hildebrandt (1925-2022) Fujimorist President of the Congress 1999-2000. Frail.

José Burgos Ramos (1926-2019) Former Mayor of Sullana.

Celso Sotomarino Chávez (1926-2023) Former Member of Parliament.

Luis Alvarado Contreras (1928) President of the Congress in 1990, former Member of Parliament and Ambassador to Germany.

Jorge Flores Torres (1929) War Minister 1985-1987, former member of the Congress

Manuel Duarte Velarde (1929-2023) Former Member of Parliament.

Roger Cáceres Velásquez (1929) Member of the Parliament and Congress for multiple times between 1956 and 2000. Frail.

Efraín Goldenberg (1929) Prime Minister 1994-1995

Gastón Acurio Velarde (1930) Former Minister of Works

Gerardo Ayzanoa (1930) Former Minister of Education

Eduardo Pretell Zárate (1931) Former Health Minister

Pablo Romero Henostroza (1931) Fujimorist local politician

Arturo Woodman (1931-2023) Frail old VP candidate.

Javier Valle Riestra (1932-2024) Prime Minister 1998. Looks very frail now, possibly parkinson's or a stroke.

Andrés Cardó Franco (1932) Former Education Minister

Javier Velarde Aspíllaga (1932) Terry's old construction minister

 

VENEZUELA

Álvaro Silva Calderón (1929) Energy Minister 2000-2002

Rafael Guerra Ramos (1930) Deputy 1973-1993, dissident

Ovidio González (1931) Former Deputy, alive?

Gerardo Yépez Tamayo (1932-2024) Former Mayor of Iragorry, alive?

 

CHILE (Including less notable people up to 1930)

Armando Barrientos Miranda (1921-before 2024) Former Deputy, alive? No death date anywhere and marked alive on wikipedia es.

Blanca Retamal Contreras (1921-2020) Former Deputy, alive? Same as above. EDIT: Died off-radar in 2020 at 98.

Arturo Alessandri Besa (1923-2022) Former Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Senator and Presidential candidate in 1993, got 24.4% of the votes.

Elena Díaz Hevia (1924-2022) Communist local politician from Arica who retired in 2021. Obese and wheelchairbound for ages.

Rodolfo Stange (1925-2023) One of the last surviving members of Pinochet's Junta that ruled the country from 1973 to 1990. He was a member of the Junta from 1985 to 1990. Never convicted of any crime, but accused of several human rights abuses.

Mario Arnello Romo (1925) Former Deputy.

Jacques Chonchol (1926-2023) Allende's Minister of Agriculture.

Eugenio Celedón (1926-2018 OTR) Minister of Public Works in the 60s.

Luis Escobar Cerda (1927-2024) Pinochet's Finance Minister, also served as the Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism 1961-1963.

Alberto Jerez Horta (1927-2023) Former Senator.

Santiago Sinclair (1927) Along with Stange and possibly Jorge Lucar, one of the last surviving members of Pinochet's Junta.

Sergio Molina Silva (1928) Former Minister of Education.

Raúl Blanco (1928) Former Mayor of Puento Montt

Enrique Montero Marx (1928-2022) Pinochet's interior minister

María Elena Carrera (1929) Former Senator

Alberto Zaldívar (1929-2022) Former Deputy

Alberto Hotus (1929) Isla de Pascua politician.

Homero Gutiérrez (1929-2009) Former Deputy.

María Silvia Correa Marín (1929-2024) Ambassador, former deputy.

Carlos Figueroa Serrano (1930) Minister Economy, Development and Tourism 1969-1970, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994, Minister of the Interior 1998-2000

Sergio de Castro (1930-2024) Finance Minister 1976-1982, one of the Chicago Boys.

Francisco Cumplido (1930-2022) Minister of Justice 1990-1994

Paulino Varas Alfonso (1930) Former Minister.

Ricardo García Rodríguez (1930-2022) Former Interior and Foreign Affairs Minister.

Laura Soto (1931) Former longtime Deputy

Carlos Massad (1932) Minister of Health 1994-1996, two-time President of the Central Bank

Enrique Krauss (1932) Interior Minister 1990-1994

Jorge Molina Valdivieso (1932) Former President of the Chamber of Deputies.

 

ECUADOR

Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (1924) President/military dictator 1972-1976. Frail.

Aída Judith León (1928) Politician, wife and first lady of Lara.

Rodrigo Fierro (1930) Health Minister 1979-1981

Jaime Galarza Zavala (1930-2023) former Environment Minister.

José Ayala Lasso (1932) Three-time Foreign Minister

 

BOLIVIA

Luis Jorge Mayser Ardaya (1928) Socialist politician

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930) President 1993-1997 and 2002-2003.

Rolando Costa (1932) La Paz local politician who looks a bit like Saddam Hussein.

 

PARAGUAY

Dido Florentín Bogado (1930) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1998-1999

Darío Zárate Arellano (1932) Minister of Education and Culture 2001

 

URUGUAY

Belela Herrera (1927) Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005-2010

Carlos Varela Rodríguez (1929) Minor name.

Azucena Berrutti (1929) Minister of Defence 2005-2008

Uruguay Tourné (1929-2022) Former Deputy and Senator

Josefina Herrán (1930-2024) Colorado Party politician, First Lady 1972-1976

Estanislao Valdés Otero (1931) Former Agriculture minister.

José Enrique Díaz Chávez (1932) Minister of the Interior 2005-2007

 

GUYANA

Eusi Kwayana (1925) Cabinet Minister in 1953, widowed in 2017. Panafricanist. Now lives in the States.

Shridath Ramphal (1928-2024) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1972-1975, more known as the 2nd Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 1975 to 1990.

 

SURINAME

Hein Eersel (1922-2022) Minister of Education and Population Development 1969

Radjnarain "Kris" Nannan Panday (1928) Two-time Minister. Alive?

Walter Lim A Po (1929) Minister Plenipotentiary 1968-1970. Alive?

Toyabali Ahmadali (1931) Social Affairs Minister 1969-1973. Alive? Apparently mentioned in the Paradise Papers.

 

"Sometimes included" countries:

PANAMA

Susana Richa de Torrijos (1924) Member of the National Assembly since 1999, sister-in-law of Maximum Leader Omar Torrijos who ruled the country from 1968 to his death in 1981. Ancient and still very active.

Samuel Lewis Galindo (1927-2024) Businessman, politician and author who was a candidate in the 1994 presidential elections. Got under two percentages of the votes.

 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Michael J. Williams (1929) President of the Senate 1986-1990

Ken Gordon (1930) Media mogul and politician, husband of Bond actor Marguerite LeWars.

Ackbar Khan (1931) Social worker, judge and politician.

 

 

Middle/South America...Why not? Excluding the US, Cuba (names mentioned elsewhere)

 

MIDDLE AMERICA

 

MEXICO (Up to 1930)

Luis Echeverría (1922-2022) President 1970-1976, hospitalised atleast twice with pneumonia at around 95. Wheelchairbound immortal with a long, long health history and in January no birthday celebration was held. Can't go on forever, can he?

Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez (1923-2023) Ancient former Governor of Durango.

Ignacio López Tarso (1925-2023) Former politician much more known as an actor. Spine injury in his 20s, survived colon cancer in 2016 and pneumonia in 2022.

Julián Gascón Mercado (1925) Former Governor of Nayarit.

Francisco Luna Kan (1925-2023) Governor of Yucatán 1976-1982, first person of pure Maya ancestry to govern Yucatán since the Spanish conquest.

José de la Herrán (1925-2022) Minor name.

Augusto Gómez Villanueva (1929) President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1965.

Ifigenia Martínez (1930) Ancient but still active in politics. Senator.

David Ibarra Muñoz (1930) Former Secretary of Finance.

Silvia Pinal (1930) Actress, politician. Hospitalised with everything around six months ago.

María Elena Álvarez Bernal (1930) President of the Chamber of Deputies in 2007. Looks skeletal.

 

GUATEMALA

Ángel Aníbal Guevara (1924/1925) Former Defence Minister. Current whereabouts unknown, wanted for forced disappearances. Could be dead.

 

HAITI

Odette Roy Fombrun (1917-2022) Involved in drafting the new constitution after the Duvaliers.

Jean-Jacques Honorat (1931-2023) Prime Minister 1991-1992

Adeline Magloire Chancy (1931) Former Minister.

Raymond Joseph (1931) Ambassador to the US 2005-2010

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Josefina Padilla (1924-2022) First woman VP candidate (1962).

Franklin Domínguez (1931) Politician/actor

 

HONDURAS

Jorge Bueso Arias (1919-2023) Minister of Finance 1959-1963

Hipólita Graciela Rodríguez (1925) Former Deputy.

 

NICARAGUA

Violeta Chamorro (1929) President 1990-1997. Suffering from osteoarthritis for aroud 25 years, brain tumors, serious stroke ca 2018 and now suffering from dementia, bedridden.

Fabio Gadea Mantilla (1931) Radio journalist and politician, Presidential candidate 2011.

Uriel Molina Oliú (1932) Sandinista politician and priest. Wheelchairbound.

 

EL SALVADOR

César Yanes Urías (1920) Junta of Government member 1960-1961.

María Isabel Rodríguez (1922) Member of the Legislative Assembly 1956-1957 and one of the first four women to enter the Legislative Assembly. Health and Social Welfare Minister 2009-2014.

 

COSTA RICA

Julieta Pinto (1921-2022) Educator, writer, public servant.

 

JAMAICA

Mavis Gilmour (1926) Two-time Minister.

Violet Neilson (1931-2024) First female speaker of the House of Representatives

 

PUERTO RICO (US)

Angel Martín Taboas (1918-2023) Secretary of Treasury 1970-1971.

José Manuel Ramos Barroso (1928-1996) Former Senator.

Ramón Luis Rivera (1929) Longtime mayor of Bayamon.

Enrique Méndez Jr. (1931-2024) Puerto Rico and US politician, general.

 

BELIZE

James Hennessy (1923-2024) Former Colonial Governor 1980-1981

Colville Young (1932) Governor-General of Belize 1993-2021.

 

THE BAHAMAS

Arthur Foulkes (1928) Governor-General 2010-2014.

Orville Turnquest (1929) Governor-General 1995-2001. Looked very frail a few years ago.

Cyril Fountain (1929-2024) Minor name, former Chief Justice.

Ivy Dumont (1930) Governor-General 2001-2005.

Marguerite Pindling (1932) Governor-General 2014-2019.

 

NORTH AMERICA + other, unmentioned island countries and dependencies

 

CANADA (Only ministers/ longtime politicians past 1925, up to 1930)

Charles Godfrey (1917-2022) Durham local politician known for his opposition towards the proposed Pickering International Airport in the 1970s. Also a physician who worked until 2020.

Hazel McCallion (1921-2023) Mayor of Mississauga 1978-2014, ancient but still active.

Neville Roper (1922-2023) Alberta local politician.

Doris Margaret Anderson (1922-2022) Former Senator.

Paul Shooner (1923) Local politician, still active as of 2020.

William Frank (1923-2023) Former Member of Parliament.

Clare Westcott (1924) Ontario politician. Lost son-in-law in 2014, wife in 2019, daughter in 2020.

Roland Armitage (1925-2024) Former local politician.

Robert Nixon (1928) Longtime Ontario politician.

Pearl McGonigal (1929) Former Manitoba lt.gen

Marc Lalonde (1929-2023) Former Finance Minister

Marion Reid (1929-2023) Former lt.gov of the Prince Edward Islands

Yves Michaud (1930-2024) Hardline Quebec independence supporter.

 

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

Edmund Lawrence (1932) Governor-General 2013-2015

[drol 11,945]

Jorge Arbage died in 2020.

[arghton 6,720]

On 11/04/2022 at 17:47, arghton said:

Khaleda Zia was recently hospitalised (again, this time only for checkups) but has already been discharged. 

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/khaleda-zia-taken-evercare-hospital-health-check-ups-398518

Khaleda Zia rushed to hospital and in CCU (again). Come on!

[arghton 6,720]

14 hours ago, arghton said:

Khaleda Zia rushed to hospital and in CCU (again). Come on!

Mild heart attack, multiple blockages in heart, stent put in due to "99 percent blockage", stable

https://www.newagebd.net/article/172984/khaleda-gets-stent-as-99pc-coronary-artery-block-detected

[drol 11,945]

2 minutes ago, arghton said:

Mild heart attack, multiple blockages in heart, stent put in due to "99 percent blockage", stable

https://www.newagebd.net/article/172984/khaleda-gets-stent-as-99pc-coronary-artery-block-detected

Still all bullshit IMHO.

[arghton 6,720]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Still all bullshit IMHO.

At this point I completely agree.

She looked bloated when she was hospitalised in April, but a new picture of her was posted on twitter (late April I recall) where she looked fine. As if they applied a ton of makeup to make her look ill...

She is ill, arthritis and maybe heart/lung issues but no way she is as ill as they say she is. (From tbsnews' article: Khaleda, a 76-year-old former prime minister, has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung and eye problems.)

I'll believe she was very ill when she dies. Her party/cult has already made this a political issue again

[drol 11,945]

On 07/06/2022 at 08:24, drol said:

Parkash Singh Badal hospitalised again. Yaawwwwn.

Parkash Singh Badal hospitalised again. Yaawwwwn.

[arghton 6,720]

12 hours ago, drol said:

Parkash Singh Badal hospitalised again. Yaawwwwn.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parkash-singh-badal-admitted-to-hospital-101655061900237.html

Gastritis, bronchial asthma but improving, all parameters normal and I assume he'll be discharged soon. However this is the fourth time this year he's in hospital.

[Grimgrass 514]

On 20/10/2020 at 13:02, arghton said:

Ele Alenius (b. 1925) was the Second Minister of Finance in the Paasio I and Koivisto I cabinets 1966-1970 and is the last living person who was a Minister in the 1960s.

 

Alenius turned 97 earlier this month. The annual Ele Alenius seminar was held the day after his birthday, but Alenius was too poorly to attend.

[arghton 6,720]

Sad news, I respect Alenius a lot. Hoping he's doing fine, one of the few Finnish politicians to disagree with the Soviet Union, condemned the invasion of Czechoslovakia the same day it happened. 

 

18 hours ago, arghton said:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parkash-singh-badal-admitted-to-hospital-101655061900237.html

Gastritis, bronchial asthma but improving, all parameters normal and I assume he'll be discharged soon. However this is the fourth time this year he's in hospital.

Video released of Parkash Singh Badal:

Looks fine. Won't be his last hospitalisation. 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jeffrey Gifford, a sitting member of the Maine House of Representatives, has died. He was 75. Gifford was on his fifth term, having originally been elected four times, from 2006 to 2014. Gifford was re-elected in 2020.

 

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rep-gifford-becomes-4th-sitting-legislator-to-die-in-2022-maine-politics-obituary/97-ca3e5098-cce4-4b24-8b53-a1a717b451db

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

On 01/05/2022 at 17:44, arghton said:

*snip*

 

RUSSIA (Up to 1927)

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

Yuliya Borisova (1925) Actress, former Supreme Soviet member from 1961 to ?

Roy Medvedev (1925) Dissident

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

Vladimir Stepanov (wiki) dead at 95.

[arghton 6,720]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Vladimir Stepanov (wiki) dead at 95.

Interesting guy. He affected Finland's political decisions a lot in the 70s. Vuorineuvos Aarne J. Aarnio (1917-2013) claimed Stepanov wanted to make Finland a Soviet puppet state that would possibly have been called "Greater Aunus" or "Greater Olonets", Stepanov himself as the Head of State of this country. Finland's former Foreign Affairs Minister Keijo Korhonen (who coincidentally died around a week ago) called him the "worst enemy to Finland's neutrality"

[chel 376]

On 01.05.2022 at 21:44, arghton said:

RUSSIA (Up to 1927)

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

Yuliya Borisova (1925) Actress, former Supreme Soviet member from 1961 to ?

Roy Medvedev (1925) Dissident

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

clarification

Deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of the VIth convocation (1963 - 1967)

number 98

http://www.knowbysight.info/1_rsfsr/10371.asp

 

6 months ago

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?set=a.208463679326256&fbid=1926315264207747

[arghton 6,720]

Sikota Wina, Zambian politician and Kenneth Kaunda's (first) health minister 1964 and local govt minister 1964-1968 dead at 90.

A pretty interesting life . Expelled from the university he studied in due to political activity, worked for the government of Northern Rhodesia, arrested in 1954 due to entering a whites-only restaurant, worked as a journalist, arrested again in 1959, became Kaunda's parliamentary secretary when Kaunda was the minister of local govt of Nothern Rhodesia 1962, held multiple positions until he left politics in the 1970s, arrested in India for drug smuggling in 1984, jumped bail and used a fake Sudanese passport to fly back to Lusaka under the name Hussein and was later jailed for a year in Zambia in 1985 for  drug trafficking, got back into politics in the 1990s and became deputy speaker of the national assembly but resigned due to another drug scandal. His royal wife Princess Nakatindi Wina (1945-2012) was charged with treason in 1998, linked to "Captain Solo" Steven Lungu's (1962-2012) coup attempt, later released. Was going to marry a 40-year-old in 2017, after "negotiations" chose not to.

[drol 11,945]

On 19/03/2022 at 19:02, drol said:

Living vice chairmen/women of CPPCC:

 

8)Zhang Siqing (1932)

 

 

Damn, these people are longeve.

Zhang Siqing dead at 89.

[arghton 6,720]

On 25/05/2022 at 18:34, arghton said:

Here's a list of Filipino politicians born in 1935 and before:

Juan Ponce Enrile (1924-) Ancient politician who has held multiple positions since 1966, most notably he was Marcos' Minister of Defence. Pneumonia in 2012, health conditions reported in 2014: uncontrolled/chronic hypertension dating back to 1990, arrhythmia, atherosclerosis, history of gastrointernal bleeding, history of benign prostate hypertrophy, bronchial asthma and coronary artery calcification, hospital arrest in 2014, pneumonia and dengue in 2015, has undergone stem cell therapy, severe pneumonia in 2022.

...

Juan Ponce Enrile de...nope, named Chief Presidential Legal Counsel in the BongBong Marcos Administration at 98:

https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/17/news/marcos-taps-enrile-as-presidential-legal-counsel/1847728

[Perhaps 1,423]

The 11th President of Nigeria, Abdulsalami Abubakar (wiki) hospitalised in London with an undisclosed illness.

 

http://www.osundefender.com/former-head-of-state-general-abdulsalami-hospitalised-in-london/

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

Ray Hill (wiki), leader of the far right and one of the founding members of the British National Party (BNP), dead at 82.

Later became an anti-racism activist and foiled a plot to bomb the Notting Hill Carnival.

Telegraph obit.
Guardian obit.

[drol 11,945]

On 16/04/2022 at 15:39, drol said:

Here's your unrequested list of provincial Chinese politicians born before 1940. Three centenarians, a 98 year old, and a lot born in the early 30s.

 

 

Hunan

 

Xiong Qingquan (1927)

 

 

 

Xiong Qingquan dead at 94.

[msc 18,439]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Xiong Qingquan dead at 94.

 

He was so young for a tennis player Chinese politician!

[Perhaps 1,423]

The current president of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo (wiki) diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer:

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/panamas-president-says-diagnosed-with-rare-blood-disorder-2022-06-20/