Political Frailty

[arghton 6,886]

On 21/09/2021 at 23:24, arghton said:

Latvia (21st of August 1991):

Latvian Diplomatic Service, In Exile:

Anatols Dinbergs (1911-1993) Head 1971-1991.

Living from before independence:

Jānis Vagris (1930-) First Secretary/leader 1988-1990.

Alfrēds Rubiks (1935-) First secretary 1990-1991.

After independence:

Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942-) Acting President 1991-1993.

Guntis Ulmanis (1939-) "First" post-Independence President 1993-1999.

Ivars Godmanis (1949-) First post-Independence Prime Minister 1990-1993, also 2007-2009. Suffered head injuries in 2008, aged a lot during the last years.

Soviet leader of Latvia Jānis Vagris died in January at 92. From what I understand he was a good guy, tried to make Latvia a better place to live during his two years and never got into politics again after the fall of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile Rubiks is an alleged crook who's had some connections to Putin.

[arghton 6,886]

On 01/05/2022 at 19:44, arghton said:

PALESTINE

 

Farouk Kaddoumi (1931) 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

...

Major Palestinian politician and former Fatah central committee chairman Farouk Kaddoumi not dead yet, but Mahmoud Abbas called him last week to check on his health and judging on recent facebook talk he's seriously ill. He's been in failing health for a while.

 

On 01/05/2022 at 19:44, arghton said:

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.

Chung Ho-yong was in the US for treatment in 2021. He's now the last of those military leaders who violently suppressed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. (Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo died 2021 and minor names Lee Hee-seong and Hwang Yeong-si both died last year)

[drol 12,151]

2 hours ago, arghton said:

Major Palestinian politician and former Fatah central committee chairman Farouk Kaddoumi not dead yet, but Mahmoud Abbas called him last week to check on his health and judging on recent facebook talk he's seriously ill. He's been in failing health for a while.

 

Chung Ho-yong was in the US for treatment in 2021. He's now the last of those military leaders who violently suppressed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. (Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo died 2021 and minor names Lee Hee-seong and Hwang Yeong-si both died last year)

I think Chung's frail health was already mentioned here in 2021. Now I tend to see it as a mean to avoid justice rather than a legit illness.

[Ulitzer95 12,894]

On 27/10/2022 at 13:09, arghton said:

Tony Street, Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs 1980-1983 (also held other positions in Malcolm Fraser's govt) dead at 96.

 

Australia has a lot of elderly politicians. Bill Grayden is 102, Elisabeth Kirkby is 101, Wylie Gibbs is 100, Tom Hughes and Bill Nankivell are 99, former Governor of South Australia Eric Neal is 98, Ron Elstob is 97, Hugh Hiscutt and former President of the Senate Doug McClelland are 96 (not sure if Neville Harper is alive, if he is, he's also 96), Bruce Eastick, Bob Ellicott and others are 95.

Hugh Hiscutt (wiki) died on 21 March, aged 96.

[arghton 6,886]

On 03/11/2022 at 13:53, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Imran Khan wounded in an  apparent assassination attempt

Imran Khan hospitalised with infection and swollen foot, likely as a complication of his November assasination attempt injury (he was shot three times in the leg)

[Sir Creep 7,071]

I’m setting this here. Talk about a poorly-written headline!  
 

[drol 12,151]

Former Croatian PM dead!

 

 

 

 

 

Nikica Valentić.

[Tower1 93]

You know what that means?

Another 5 years for Manolić.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,370]

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/politics/sunderland-council-election-candidate-dies-suddenly-voting-due-to-be-delayed-in-hendon-after-sad-news-4111791

 

A local council election in the Hendon ward in  Sunderland  is delayed after conservative candidate  Syed Ali died suddenly. 

 

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,637]

They've gone a step better in Southampton -  Conservative candidate Graham Galton dies after voting starts, ballot halted.

[Comped 534]

20 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

They've gone a step better in Southampton -  Conservative candidate Graham Galton dies after voting starts, ballot halted.

Well that's awkward.

[drol 12,151]

On 29/04/2023 at 09:44, drol said:

Khaleda the fraud hospitalised yet again .

Khaleda discharged.

[arghton 6,886]

Kerala's #2 coffintease former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy hospitalised again with pneumonia. Suffers from throat cancer. Maybe this is his time to finally die?

 

Rifat Rastoder, former Acting President of Montenegro (2003) dead at 72.

 

Colombian politician Rodolfo Hernández Suárez "hospitalised urgently" but "in good health and strong as Tarzan" according to relatives. 

[drol 12,151]

20 hours ago, arghton said:

Kerala's #2 coffintease former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy hospitalised again with pneumonia. Suffers from throat cancer. Maybe this is his time to finally die?

 

Rifat Rastoder, former Acting President of Montenegro (2003) dead at 72.

 

Colombian politician Rodolfo Hernández Suárez "hospitalised urgently" but "in good health and strong as Tarzan" according to relatives. 

Tarzan Hernandez suffers from colon cancer.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

4 hours ago, drol said:

Tarzan Hernandez suffers from colon cancer.

This must be what he sounds like when he’s on the loo:

 

 

[drol 12,151]

On 05/05/2023 at 10:55, arghton said:

Kerala's #2 coffintease former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy hospitalised again with pneumonia. Suffers from throat cancer. Maybe this is his time to finally die? 

Not yet apparently.

 

Oommen Chandy out of ICU.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Gary D. Finch, a longtime New York Assemblyman who represented parts of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland and Onondaga counties, died Friday at 79.

SC

[YoungWillz 21,240]

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

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) 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) Former local politician.

Robert Nixon (1928) Longtime Ontario politician.

Pearl McGonigal (1929) Former Manitoba lt.gen

Marc Lalonde (1929) Former Finance Minister

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

Yves Michaud (1930) Hardline Quebec independence supporter.

Marc Lalonde, Minister for various portfolios under Pierre Trudeau, reportedly dead: https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/actualites/2023-05-07/l-ancien-ministre-federal-marc-lalonde-s-est-eteint.php?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,891]

Imran Khan Arrested in Islamabad

 

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,240]

On 22/08/2022 at 04:19, gcreptile said:

Just seen on twitter, David Miranda, Brazilian politician has been in critical condition because of an infection for some days now:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miranda_(politician)

 

He's also the husband of Glenn Greenwald, the Edward Snowden-covering journalist and former George Bush critic.

David Miranda reported dead by Greenwald: 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,894]

On 12/05/2014 at 12:26, Bibliogryphon said:

Trumpets sound, heavens open and the list of 53 surviving MEPs from the first parliament descends to the Deathlist

*snip*
 

Tom Spencer (1948-

*snip*

Times death notice for Tom Spencer (wiki), aged 75, Tory MEP 1979–1984 and 1989–1999.

Quit as an MEP after being found with "gay pornography and drugs at customs". The subsequent press stints he did with his wife where she was seen standing firmly with him arguably somewhat inspired a very famous Little Britain sketch...


 

Spoiler

SPENCER Thomas (Tom) on 4th May 2023, aged 75. Beloved father of Venetia and Sophie and father-in-Law to Ken and Jemi. Grandfather to Luke, George, Jola, Kiki and Mobi. Member of the European Parliament for Derbyshire from 1979-84 and Surrey from 1989-1999. Leader of the Conservative group in the European Parliament 1994-1997. Chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Human Rights and Defence Committee 1997-1999. Funeral at noon on Friday 26th May at St Botolph’s, Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL.

Edit: Below I've also updated Biblio's list for survivors from the original set of British MEPs.

There were 53/81 living when he posted it on 12th May 2014. There are now 34 living.
 

Spoiler

1. Gordon Adam (1934–
2. Richard Balfe (1944–
3. Neil Balfour (1944–
4. Beata Brookes (1930–2015)
5. Richard Caborn (1943–
6. Frederick Catherwood (1925–2014)
7. Ann Clwyd (1937–
8. Ken Collins (1939–
9. Richard Cottrell (1943–
10. David Curry (1944–
11. Ian Dalziel (1947–
12. Marquess of Douro (Charles Wellesley) (1945–
13. Winifred Ewing (1929–
14. Adam Fergusson (1932–
15. Michael Gallagher (1934–2015)
16. Win Griffiths (1943–
17. David Harris (1937–
18. Gloria Hooper (1939–
19. William Hopper (1929–
20. Brian Hord (1934–2015)
21. John Hume (1937–2020)
22. Alasdair Hutton (1940–
23. Christopher Jackson (1935–2019)
24. Robert V. Jackson (1946–
25. Stanley Johnson (1940–
26. Edward Kellett-Bowman (1931–2022)
27. Brian Key (1947–2016)
28. Alfred Lomas (1928–2021)
29. John Marshall (1940–
30. Robert Moreland (1941–
31. Bill Newton Dunn (1941–
32. Lord O'Hagan (Charles Strachey) (1945–
33. Ian Paisley (1926–2014)
34. Ben Patterson (1939–
35. Andrew Pearce (1937–
36. Henry Plumb (1925–2022)
37. Peter Price (1942–
38. James Provan (1936–
39. John Purvis (1938–2022)
40. Joyce Quin (1944–
41. Allan Rogers (1932–
42. Barry Seal (1937–
43. Richard Simmonds (1944–
44. Anthony Simpson (1935–2022)
45. Tom Spencer (1948–2023)
46. James Spicer (1925–2015)
47. Jack Stewart-Clark (1929–
48. John Taylor (1937–
49. John Taylor (1941–2017)
50. Frederick Tuckman (1922–2017)
51. Amedee Turner (1929–2021)
52. Alan Tyrrell (1933–2014)
53. Michael Welsh (1942–

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,637]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

David Miranda reported dead by Greenwald: 

 

 

Excited for Glenn to explain why this was Obama's fault.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Former Pan Trinbago President Patrick Arnold has died.

Arnold has had a long and illustrious career having served as a former chairman of the National Carnival Commission and even as a Government Senator during the 2nd Republican Parliament. 

SC

 

[diego 2,007]

On 09/05/2023 at 09:16, YoungWillz said:

David Miranda dado como morto por Greenwald: 

 

Miranda would be 38 today

[Ulitzer95 12,894]

42 minutes ago, diego said:

Miranda would be 38 today

And?...