Political Frailty

[Windsor 2,235]

Lord Trimble had died.

 

David Trimble: Former Northern Ireland first minister and UUP leader dies https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62299285

[arghton 6,918]

On 28/04/2021 at 18:47, arghton said:

(Matti) Vanhanen had kidney cancer a few years ago and had an open-heart surgery in 2019.

Finnish Prime Minister 2003-2010 Matti Vanhanen hospitalised yesterday with heart problems and atrial fibrillation but now doing fine.

 

Micronesia VP since 2015 Yosiwo George hospitalised with covid but said to be improving.

[Sir Creep 7,082]

Others’ frailty thanks to a politician…

 

A mother and her 5-year-old daughter are dead following a car crash involving Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley.

The Ashland Police Department said in a release that the Friday accident occurred after Bewley, 70, entered the path of 27-year-old Alyssa Ortman's vehicle while pulling out of a Lake Superior beach entrance, at which point Ortman's car collided with Bewley's.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bewley told one of their reporters on Friday afternoon that she'd had cataract eye surgery on Thursday. Bewley's office declined to comment about the reported surgery.
SC

[Sir Creep 7,082]

Rozelle Boyd, the first African American and longest serving member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, has died.

Boyd was elected in 1965 and served until 2007. In 2004, Boyd served for a time as president, making him the first African American and Democrat to hold this position.

SC

[Summer in Transylvania 2,226]

Not dead, but one to watch: Bas de Gaay Fortman, Dutch politician and friend of Queen Beatrix. The below picture is from either 2021 or 2022.

 

 

I don't know about you, but I think he looks a bit older and frailer than his 84 years. I do not think he will see ninety.

[Paul Bearer 6,135]

Just now, Summer in Transylvania said:

Not dead, but one to watch: Bas de Gaay Fortman, Dutch politician and friend of Queen Beatrix. The below picture is from either 2021 or 2022. Apologies, I do not know how to resize.

 

 

I don't know about you, but I think he looks a bit older and frailer than his 86 years. I do not think he will see ninety.

Maybe put this in the ideas and possibilities thread? 

[Summer in Transylvania 2,226]

24 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:

Maybe put this in the ideas and possibilities thread? 

I have, but I edited it into another post, and so it may not be seen. I was bringing it to the attention of my fellow users where it is more likely to be seen. Also, he may not match famousness criteria for the main list, which is the primary target of the Ideas and Possibilities Thread, whereas he might QO for the DDP, despite not being extremely famous over here. In spite of William H. Gates, I feel that the main list has stricter requirements on fame than some other pools such as, for instance, the Derby Dead Pool. People like Boris Pahor likely would not have a hope in heaven of being selected for the main list, and yet Pahor has probably been eligibly picked in the DDP every year from his debut in 2010 until his death in May.

[Death Impends 8,066]

1 hour ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

I have, but I edited it into another post, and so it may not be seen. I was bringing it to the attention of my fellow users where it is more likely to be seen. Also, he may not match famousness criteria for the main list, which is the primary target of the Ideas and Possibilities Thread, whereas he might QO for the DDP, despite not being extremely famous over here. In spite of William H. Gates, I feel that the main list has stricter requirements on fame than some other pools such as, for instance, the Derby Dead Pool. People like Boris Pahor likely would not have a hope in heaven of being selected for the main list, and yet Pahor has probably been eligibly picked in the DDP every year from his debut in 2010 until his death in May.

 

Actually the Ideas and Possibilities thread is for deadpooling in general. For DL suggestions there is a "who should be on next year's DeathList?" thread set up each year, typically in late November or early December.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,226]

1 hour ago, Death Impends said:

 

Actually the Ideas and Possibilities thread is for deadpooling in general. For DL suggestions there is a "who should be on next year's DeathList?" thread set up each year, typically in late November or early December.

Did not know that. I recall last November's one, when I was but a mere guest, but, please correct me if I am wrong, I also recall confusion as there was the Ideas & Possibilities thread already in existence. Anyway, thank you for the enlightenment. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,892]

Sir Christopher Meyer former British Ambasador to the US

 

 

 

 

Died suddenly while on holiday in the French Alps

[YoungWillz 21,278]

8 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Sir Christopher Meyer former British Ambasador to the US

 

 

 

 

Died suddenly while on holiday in the French Alps

Oh dear, how sad, never mind...

[gcreptile 11,118]

Larry Pressler, the former Senator of South Dakota, seen here in pretty fine shape for having pancreatic cancer:

[drol 12,214]

Fidel Ramos dead at 94.

[Death Impends 8,066]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Fidel Ramos dead at 94.

 

Surprisingly not a DDP pick. Last picked last year.

[arghton 6,918]

4 hours ago, drol said:

Fidel Ramos dead at 94.

...one of his longtime aides, Norman Legaspi, told The Associated Press that Ramos had been in and out of the hospital in recent years due to a heart condition and had suffered from dementia.

 

Ramos having dementia wasn't publicly known, right? Estrada claimed Ramos had dementia in 2014, but that seems to have been a joke. 

His wife, Amelita Ramos, is still alive by the way, now 95.

[drol 12,214]

Former Governor of Gansu Song Zhaosu dead at 81.

 

Yes, we all expected another Song, former governor of Gansu...

[arghton 6,918]

Following the deaths of Zhirinovsky and Vadim Bakatin, three main candidates in the 1991 Russian presidential election remain:

 

Nikolai Ryzhkov, 92: Former Head of Government of the Soviet Union. Suffered a serious heart attack in December 1990, obese but still very active in politics and an incumbent senator.

Albert Makashov, 84: Antisemitic nationalist-communist. No idea how he's doing.

Aman Tuleyev 1944-2023, 78: Governor of Kemerovo 1996-2018. Obese and underwent a seemingly complicated surgery in 2017. 

 

 

Fuck it, here's a list of Soviet ministers alive excluding Ryzhkov, Gorby and Silayev:

Boris Kravtsov (1922) Minister of Justice 1984-1989

Gennady Voronovsky (1924) Minister of Electrical Industry 1985-1986

Lev Vasilyev (1925-2023) Minister of Mechanical Engineering for Light and Food Industry and Household Appliances 1984-1988

Nikolai Lukonin (1928-already died 2012) Minister of Atomic Energy 1986-1989

Vitaly Chudin (1929) Minister of Construction, Road and Municipal Engineering 1980-1985

Mikhail Shkabardnya (1930) Minister of Instrument Engineering, Automation Means and Control Systems 1980-1989, Executive Director of the Council of Ministers 1989-1991

Leonid Bibin (1930-already died 2020) First Deputy Chairman of the State Construction Committee 1986-1989

Arkady Schepetilnikov (1930) Minister of Construction in the Southern Regions 1986-1989, Minister of Industrial Construction 1985-1986

Boris Pankin (1931) Acting Foreign Affairs Minister 1991

Vladimir Brezhnev (1931) Minister of Transport Construction 1985-1991

Vladimir Gusev (1932-2022) Deputy Premier 1986-1990

Alexander Bessmertnykh (1933) Foreign Affairs Minister 1991

Lev Ryabev (1933) Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1989-1990, Deputy Prime Minister 1991, Minister of Medium Machine Building 1986-1989

Yuri Volmer (1933) Minister of the Navy 1986-1991

Vasily Zakharov (1934-2023) Minister of Culture 1986-1989

Oleg Shishkin (1934) Minister of General Machine Building 1989-1991

Boris Belousov (1934) Minister of Machine Building 1987-1989, Minister of Defense Industry 1989-1991

Nikolai Panichev (1934) Minister of Machine Tool and Tool Industry 1986-1991

Grigori Gabrielyants (1934) Minister of Geology 1989-1991

Gennady Kulik (1935-2023) Chairman of the Inter-Republican Food Commission 1991, former Deputy Premier

Kwadrat Terekh (1935) Minister of Trade 1986-1991

Vladimir Chirskov (1935) Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industries 1984-1991

Aleksandr Mikhalchenko (1935) Minister of Assembly and Special Construction Works 1989-1991, Minister of Special Construction and Installation Works 1991.

Aleksandr Babenko (1935) Minister of Construction of the USSR in the regions of the Far East and Transbaikalia 1983-1986, Minister of Construction in the Eastern Regions 1986-1989

Leonid Matyukhin (1937) Minister of Railways 1991

Vladimir Velichko (1937) Former Deputy Prime Minister 1991, Minister of Heavy Machine Building 1989-1991, Minister of Heavy, Power and Transport Machine Building 1987-1989, Minister of Power Machine Building 1981-1987

Vladimir Lukyanenko (1937) Minister of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 1986-1989

Valeri Paulman (1937) Minister of Labor and Social Affairs 1991

Mikhail Timoshisin (1937) Chairman of the USSR State Committee for the Procurement of Food Resources 1991

Mykola Havrylenko (1937)Deputy Minister of Geology 1988-1991

Valery Bykov (1938) Minister of Medical and Microbiological Industry 1985-1989, Minister of Medical Industry 1989-1991

Vyacheslav Chernoivanov (1938) Minister of Agriculture and Food 1991

Nikolay Olshansky (1939) Minister for the production of mineral fertilizers 1986-1989

Yuri Bespalov (1939) Minister of the Chemical Industry 1986-1989

Nikolay Pugin (1940) Minister of Automotive and Agricultural Engineering 1988-1991

Valery Serov (1940) 2nd Chairman of the State Construction Committee 1989-1991

Stanislav Anisimov (1940) Minister of Material Resources 1991

Gennady Kudryatsev (1941) Minister of Communications 1991

Oleg Soskovets (1949) Metallurgy Minister 1991

Vladimir Shcherbakov (1949) Minister of Economy and Forecasting 1991, Deputy Prime Minister 1991

Sergey Lushchikov (1951) Minister of Justice 1990-1991

Grigory Yavlinsky (1952) Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet Economy 1991

[gcreptile 11,118]

On 09/06/2022 at 11:17, gcreptile said:

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

 

John Finlay has died after less than two months:

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/people/death-of-dup-councillor-john-finlay-in-pictures-and-video-major-figure-in-partys-traditionalist-wing-spoke-out-against-militant-lgbt-agenda-and-anti-orange-intolerance-3789360

[Ulitzer95 12,927]

On 09/06/2022 at 20:23, arghton said:

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

*snip*

 

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

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

*snip*

Charles Godfrey (wiki) dead at 104 according to several tweets. Can't find an obit yet.
 

 

[arghton 6,918]

As it seems I've not covered these before...

List of European politicians born before 1930 + honorary mentions. (By population, largest first and I've numbered them to make cropping the post easier. Excluding the UK, countries partially in Asia and countries with a population of under one million as those have already been covered elsewhere. The list is not ready. I'll  slowly update this now and then.)

 

1. Germany (Including "less notable" names up to 1925)

Olga Sippl (1920) Social Democrat, founding member of the Seliger-Gemeinde.

Reinhard Sommer (1921) Trade unionist, SPD member. Retired due to poor health 1988-1989, is he alive?

Ernst Gerhardt (1921) CDU local politician.

Herbert Weiz (1924-2023) Minister of Science and Technology of East Germany 1974-1989. Alive?

Hans Reichelt (1925) Minister of Environmental Protection and Water Management of East Germany 1972-1990.

Werner Schmieder (1926) Finance Minister of East Germany 1980-1981.

Oscar Schneider (1927) Minister of Construction 1982-1989.

Ernst Mecklenburg (1927) Chairman of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany 1982-1987, retired due to health reasons in the 80s, alive?

Ludwig A. Rehlinger (1927-2023) West German official who traded political prisoners.

Gerhard Woitzik (1927-2023) Two-time leader of the Centre Party.

Hans Modrow (1928-2023) Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany 1989-1990

Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928) Mayor of Hamburg 1981-1988

Werner Krolikowski (1928-2016 off radar) East Germany politburo member. Alive?

Ursula Ragwitz (1928) East Germany Party Central Committee member in the 80s.

Dorothee Wilms (1929) Federal Minister for Education and Science 1982-1987, Federal Minister for Inner-German relations 1987-1991.

Kurt Wünsche (1929-2023) Two-time Minister of Justice of East Germany.

Frank Terpe (1929-2013 off radar) East Germany Minister for Research and Technology 1990.

 

 

2. France (Including "less notable" names up to 1926)

Jean Turco (1917) Former National Assembly member, alive?

Edgar Morin (1921) Philosopher, politician

André Chandernagor (1921) former Minister

Philippe de Gaulle (1921-2024) Senator 1986-2004, frail and not seen on his 100th.

Marcel Berthomé (1922-2023) Mayor of Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle for 49 years.

Henri Bangou (1922-2023) Mayor of Guadeloupe's Pointe-à-Pitre 1965-2008, counts half

Roland Dumas (1922-2024) Two-time Foreign Affairs Minister, President of the Constitutional Council 1995-2000.

Henri Simon (1922) Cranky old Council Communism advocate.

Christiane Papon (1924-2023) Former Constitutional Council member and MEP.

Georges Berthoin (1925-2024) Jean Monnet's chief of staff 1952-1955.

Jacques Delors (1925-2023) President of the European Commission 1985-1995, rumored to be in failing health.

Christiane Scrivener (1925-2024) former Secretary of State of Trade for Consumers' protection.

Pierre Pranchère (1927-2023) Former MEP

Robert Badinter (1928-2024) Minister of Justice who abolished the death penalty.

Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928) Far-right politician.

Édouard Balladur (1929) Prime Minister 1993-1995

Pierre Mazeaud (1929) Former President of the Constitutional Council.

André Lajoinie (1929) 1988 Presidential candidate of the Communist Party.

Jean-Pierre Fourcade (1929) One of Giscard's Economy ministers.

Yvette Roudy (1929) Former Women's Rights minister and mayor.

Jean-Marie Rausch (1929-2024) Foreign Trade Minister 1988-1991

 

3. Italy (Including "less notable" names up to 1926)

Bruno Segre (1918-2024) Lawyer/journalist/politician

Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano (1921-2023) Communist politician.

Virginio Rognoni (1924-2022) Former Justice, Defence, Interior minister.

Giorgio Napolitano (1925-2023) President 2006-2015

Nerio Nesi (1925-2024) Businessman, politician

Maria Sole Agnelli (1925) Entrepreneur/politician

Sergio Flamigni (1925) Former Senator.

Francesco Merloni (1925-2024) Former Minister of Public Works.

Arnaldo Forlani (1925-2023) Prime Minister 1980-1981, mostly bedbound.

Nicola Signorello (1926-2022) Minister multiple times.

Aldo Tortorella (1926) Communist

Giorgio Ruffolo (1926-2023) Former Environment minister.

Rino Formica (1927) Minister atleast four times.

Gaspare Russo (1927) former President of Campania

Giancarlo Tesini (1929-2023) Former Transport minister.

Giorgio Bogi (1929) Former Parliamentary Relations minister.

 

4. Spain (Including "less notable" names up to 1927)

Antonio Alvarado Largo (1912-2022) Oldest man in Spain, Mayor of Cremenes 1987-1996, Spanish Civil War vet.

Mateo Balbuena Iglesias (1913-2024) Communist politician/author, Spanish Civil War vet.

Josep Rahola i d'Espona (1918-2023) Catalonian communist, former senator, Spanish Civil War vet.

Antolín de Santiago (1918) Ex-Mayor of Valladolid and 70s Civil Governor.

Ángeles Flórez Peón (1918-2024) Writer/politician, Honorary President of the Socialist Youth of Asturias, last Spanish Civil War socialist militiawoman.

Pedro Morales Moya (1922-2023) Former Deputy.

Luis Guillermo Perinat y Elío (1923) Former Deputy, Senator, Ambassador.

Ramón Germinal Bernal (1924) Former Senator and Deputy.

Luis Suárez Fernández (1924) Francoist historian, member of the Real Academia de la Historia.

Nicolás Redondo (1927-2023) Trade unionist, former PSOE boss.

Jesús Aparicio-Bernal (1929) Franco-era politician, TV boss.

Jordi Pujol (1930) President of the Government of Catalonia 1980-2003. Ancient and doesn't look healthy.

Fernando Suárez González (1933-2024) Last Franco-era minister.

Pasqual Maragall (1941) Barcelona Mayor 1982-1997, Catalonia Govt President 2003-2006, Peter Falk's disease since 2006/2007.

 

5. Ukraine

Ihor Yukhnovskyi (1925-2024) First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine 1992-1993, Presidential candidate in the 1991 elections.

Mykhailo Herets (1925) Activist, nationalist

Dmytro Pavlychko (1929-2023) former Ambassador to Poland and Slovenia

Ivan Diyak (1929)

 

6. Poland

Marian Ryba (1919-2019 off the radar) Communist politician, alive?

Aleksander Krawczuk (1922-2023) Minister of Culture 1986-1989

Andrzej Werblan (1924) Sejm member 1971-1982, alive?

Tadeusz Makarewicz (1925) Member of Jaruzelski's Military Council of National Salvation 1981-1983, seems to have been alive around 2015.

Marian Turski (1926) Workers' Party politician who survived Auschwitz.

Andrzej Januszajtis (1928) Gdansk local politician.

Stanisław Gebhardt (1928) Longtime christian democrat politician and holocaust survivor.

Helena Kurnatowska (1929-2005 off the radar) Member of the Sejm 1976-1985.

Eugenia Kempara (1929) Member of the Council of State, collective head of state 1975-1985.

 

7. Romania

Mihai Șora (1916-2023) Dissident author and poet, former Minister of Culture.

Radu Theodoru (1924) Ancient Greater Romania Party VP

Dinu Zamfirescu (1929) Liberal politician.

Ion Iliescu (1930) President 1990-1996, 2000-2004, frail.

(There's a lot of Romanian communist politicos/early independence Members of Parliament who could be long dead now)

 

8. The Netherlands

Jan Reehorst (1923-2024) House of Representatives member 1956-1957, former Mayor of Haarlem.

Harrij Notenboom (1926-2023) Former House of Representatives member and former MEP.

Paul Joan George Kapteyn (1928-2024) Judge/politician.

Joop Glimmerveen (1928-2022) Ancient neonazi.

 

9. Belgium

Lise Thiry (1921-2024) Politician/scientist.

Cécile Goor-Eyben (1923) Minister of the region of Bruxelles-Capitale 1980.

Paula D'Hondt (1926-2022) Minister of Post, Telephony and Telegraph Services 1981-1988, Minister of Public Works 1988

Firmin Aerts (1929) Former Senator.

Lydia De Pauw (1929) Secretary of State - Brussels Affairs 1979-1980

 

10. Greece

Paraskevas Avgerinos (1927) Socialist MEP 1984-1999

Petros Molyviatis (1928) Three-time Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Vassilis Papazachos (1929-2022) Seismologist/politician.

 

11. Czech Republic

Vojtěch Mencl (1923-OTR 2013) Social Democrat

Lubomír Štrougal (1924-2023) Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1970-1988

Marie Kabrhelová (1925) Member of Czechoslovakia's Federal Assembly 1976-1989

Marie Čermáková (1925) Communist politician

Karel Floss (1926-2024) Senator 1996-1998

Lubomír Šik (1928) Major figure of the city of Litovel.

Jan Fojtík (1928) Minister of the Interior of Czechoslovakia, Member of Czechoslovakia's Federal Assembly 1969-1989

Jaroslav Šedivý (1929-2023) Former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Czech Republic.

Miroslav Grégr (1929) Deputy Prime Minister 2001-2002, longtime politician.

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly (1929-2023) Monarchist.

 

12. Sweden

Evert Svensson (1925) Ancient social democrat politico, member of parliament 1957-1991

Bertil Zachrisson (1926-2023) Decrepit former Minister of Education

Torsten Stridsman (1926-2024) Centrist

Margit Sandéhn (1926-2023) Former Social Democrat Member of Parliament

Ulla Orring (1926) Liberal

Gunnel Liljegren (1927) Moderaterna minor politician

Elisabeth Fleetwood (1927-2024) Moderaterna parliament member 1979-2002

Sigrid "Stina" Eliasson (1927) Former Member of Parliament

Vera Oredsson (1928) Ancient neonazi

Hans Blix (1928) UN guy

Gerda Antti (1929) Centre party politician

 

13. Portugal

Adriano Moreira (1922-2022) Minister of the Overseas Provinces 1961-1962, Member of the Assembly three times, member of the Council of State since 2016.

Margarida Tengarrinha (1928-2023) Communist anti-Estado Novo politician.

Ester de Lemos (1929) Author, member of the National Assembly of Portugal 1965-1969

 

14. Hungary

Imre Tatár (1920-2023) Ancient journalist and politician.

Rudolf Földvári (1921-2024) Ancient politico and writer, should be alive.

Péter Boross (1928) Prime Minister 1993-1994, former Minister.

Tibor Füzessy (1928-2023) Antall's and Boross' Civilian Intelligence Services minister

 

15. Belarus

Aleksandr Sloboda (1920-2022) Politician

Nikolay Slyunkov (1929-2022) First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia 1983-1987

 

16. Austria

Hans Tuppy (1924-2024) Minister for Science and Research 1987-1989

Heinrich Pfusterschmid-Hardtenstein (1927-2024) Ancient diplomat who looked very frail last year

Helmut Kritzinger (1928-2023) Right-wing ÖVP influencer politician who retired due to failing health in 2019.

Anton Nigl (1928) Another ÖVP ancient

Alois Partl (1929) Third ÖVP ancient, comes from Tirol.

Josef Ratzenböck (1929) Fourth ÖVP ancient, decrepit.

Beatrix Eypeltauer (1929-2023) Social Democrat

Kurt Jungwirth (1929) ÖVP, looked dead in 2019.

Bertram Jäger (1929) ÖVP, possibly has parkinson's.

Johanna Preinstorfer (1929) ÖVP, Decrepit

Willibald Pahr (1930) Former Foreign Affairs Minister

Christian Schwarz-Schilling (1930) former  High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

17. Switzerland

Julius Binder (1925) Ancient Christian Democrat Member of Parliament.

Jean Pythoud (1925-2020) Local politician more known for architecture.

Werner Martignoni (1927) Centrist politician. Not 100% sure if he's alive, never looked the picture of health.

Geneviève Aubry (1928)

Arthur Schmid junior (1928-2023)

Paul Wyss (1928) Also an olympic ice hockey player

Franco Masoni (1928)

Riccardo Jagmetti (1929) Politician and lawyer

 

18. Bulgaria

Marko Granchev (1932) Union of Democratic Forces writer and politician

 

19. Serbia

Milan Panić (1929) Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of FR Yugoslavia 1992-1993.

Smilja Tišma (1929/1932) Socialist politician who survived being a child prisoner in WWII, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia 2020-2022 and acting President of the National Assembly 2020.

 

20. Denmark

Tove Smidth (1923) Social Democrat Mayor of Gladsaxe 1974-1983, Lech Walesa's friend

Eggert Petersen (1927) Former Member of Parliament and Member of the European Parliament.

Carl-Einar Jørgensen (1928) Psychologist and politician

Addi Andersen (1928) Former Member of Parliament recently famous for being a football fan

Knud Enggaard (1929-2024) Former President of the Nordic Council and Minister

 

21. Finland

Eeri Hyrkkö (1922-2022) Centre party influencer

Sinikka Luja-Penttilä (1924-2022) Minister of Social Affairs and Health 1979-1982

Taisto Tähkämaa (1924) Minister of Defence 1977-1979, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 1979-1983

Ele Alenius (1925-2022) Socialist philosopher, SKDL leader, 2nd Minister of Finance 1966-1970

Jutta Zilliacus (1925) Former Member of Parliament.

Väinö Vilponiemi (1925-2022) Former Member of Parliament, WWII vet, socialist.

Heimo Linna (1925-2022) Minister of Agriculture 1973-1975 and 1975-1976

Heikki Hasu (1926) Former Member of Parliament.

Carl Olof Tallgren (1927-2024) Minister of Finance 1970-1971

Pirkko Ikonen (1927) Former Member of Parliament.

Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (1927-2023) Longtime former member of parliament.

Oili Suomi (1927-2023) Former Member of Parliament.

Raimo Ilaskivi (1928) Ancient Lord Mayor of Helsinki 1979-1991

Liisa Hilpelä (1928) Former Member of Parliament.

Tellervo Koivisto (1929-2024) Former Member of Parliament and First Lady.

Erkki Pystynen (1929) Former Speaker of the Parliament.

Orvokki Kauppila (1929) former member of parliament

 

22. Norway

Olav L. Hannisdal (1920-2017 OTR) Local politician

Edel Hætta Eriksen (1921-2023) Sami minority politician, member of the Sami council 1956-1963.

Reidar Tveit (1921-2023) Former County Mayor of Sogn og Fjordane.

Bernt H. Lund CBE (1924) Labor party politician and former ambassador to Namibia.

Margit Hansen-Krone (1925) Conservative party (Høyre) politician since the 60s and former Member of Parliament.

Johannes H. Fosse (1926-2023) ChrisDem politician and metalsmith.

Kenneth Skofteland (1928) Another Christian Dem local politician.

Rolf Køste (1929-2016 OTR) labour party politician

 

23. Slovakia

Karel Kaplan (1928-2023) Historian-politician.

Milan Sečánsky (1929)

Mikuláš Beňo (1930) Former Member of Parliament.

Juraj Hraško (1931) Former Health Minister.

Kamil Haťapka (1932) Decrepit old politician and diplomat.

 

24. Ireland

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (1926) 1970s Minister of State, oldest living Teachta Dála and "major" Irish politician.

Patrick Norton (1928) Former Senator

Frederick Morris (1929) High Court judge

 

25. Croatia

Josip Manolić (1920-2024) Immortal

Mate Meštrović (1930)

Antun Vrdoljak (1931) Head of the Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars.

Stjepan Mesić (1934) Former President.

 

26. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Raif Dizdarević (1926) Former President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia

Biljana Plavšić (1930) War criminal, Republica Srpska president

Rajko Kuzmanović (1931) Social democrat

Abdulah Mutapčić (1932)

 

27. Albania

Bik Ndoja (1925-2015) singer, songwriter, actor, politician

Alfred Moisiu (1929) Former President.

Ismail Kadare (1936-2024) poet

Rexhep Qosja (1936)

 

28. Lithuania

Valdas Adamkus (1926) Former President.

 

29. Moldova

Petru Pascari (1929) Soviet leader

Semion Grossu (1934) Pascari's successor

Grigore Eremei (1935) soviet leader

Mircea Druc (1941) Last pre-independence Prime Minister

Andrei Sangheli (1944) Former Prime Minister

 

30. Slovenia

 

31. North Macedonia

Vladimir Mitkov (1931) Communist "leader"

Stojan Andov (1935-2024) Founder of the Liberal Party, former President of Parliament

Vasil Tupurkovski (1951) picture of health 3rd Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Macedonia 1989-1991

 

32. Latvia

 

33. Kosovo

 

34. Estonia

Arnold Rüütel (1928) Former President and communist leader.

 

 

...

 

[drol 12,214]

Sitting Indiana House of Representatives member Jackie Walorski dead at 57 in a car accident.

[YoungWillz 21,278]

14 minutes ago, drol said:

Sitting Indiana House of Representatives member Jackie Walorski dead at 57 in a car accident.

Now she knows how it feels for a woman not to be in control of her own body...

 

Oops. Too soon?

[MortalCaso 1,645]

15 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Now she knows how it feels for a woman not to be in control of her own body...

 

Oops. Too soon?

I had something similar! Beat me to it you rascal. 

 

Let's see if her God judges her as harshly as she judged others 

[YoungWillz 21,278]

2 minutes ago, MortalCaso said:

I had something similar! Beat me to it you rascal. 

 

Let's see if her God judges her as harshly as she judged others 

Was to be the Republican candidate for the upcoming mid-terms.

 

Also voted to overturn the 2020 election of Biden.

 

Of course, she's no Marjorie Taylor Greene who really should be getting out and about on the Interstate more. Or swimming with sharks...

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1 hour ago, drol said:

Sitting Indiana House of Representatives member Jackie Walorski dead at 57 in a car accident.

 

Read this half-alertedly at first and thought this was one of "your" Indians rather than Indiana!