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Two notable people named Llew die on the same day...

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He had a fish bone stuck in his esophagus. He should stop eating what he finds in the trash bin.

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Sir Anerood Jugnauth, the juggernaut of Mauritius politics has died at 91:

https://www.africanews.com/2021/06/03/mauritius-former-prime-minister-sir-anerood-jugnauth-dies-aged-91/

UK Privy Council member. Probably the biggest name in the politics of that country during the last 40 years: He was the Prime Minister of the old Mauritius (1968-1992) from 1982 to 1992 and as the PM of the "new" Mauritius, another 9 years in three different times up until 2017. Navin Ramgoolam (b. 1947) and Paul Bérenger (b. 1945) were PMs between some of his tenures.

Also the President of Mauritius 2003-2012. And the father of current Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth (b. 1961), his successor.

 

A real Juggernauth. Not many people as experienced in leading a democratic country. Others include Mahathir Mohammad (b. 1925) and Selim Hoss (b. 1929).

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20 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Sir Anerood Jugnauth, the juggernaut of Mauritius politics has died at 91:

https://www.africanews.com/2021/06/03/mauritius-former-prime-minister-sir-anerood-jugnauth-dies-aged-91/

that ends a statistically almost impossibly long drought (since Feb 14th) in the top 100 oldest living state leaders list. Someone should statistically die every 15 days and yet it took  111 days

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4 minutes ago, roaming_comrade said:

that ends a statistically almost impossibly long drought (since Feb 14th) in the top 100 oldest living state leaders list. Someone should statistically die every 15 days and yet it took  111 days

Think you missed Poul Schluter's death. 

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50 minutes ago, drol said:

Think you missed Poul Schluter's death. 

hmpf, 103 days then

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And Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini joins the top 100. Interesting guy, Prime Minister four different times in 1967, 1969, 1971-1972 and 1974-1975. Earliest head of govt of Yemen (Ahmad al-Sayari (b. 1924) and Abdur Rahman bin Yahya (b. 1937) were in-exile heads of govt of the Mutawakkilite kingdom and I'm not even sure if they're alive)

I mentioned him before in a list of pre-1970 state leaders alive.

Not much pictures of him on the internet.

 

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On 30/04/2021 at 14:47, arghton said:

There's a lot of talk about the oldest state leaders alive...but what about the earliest ones alive?

 

1940s

1943 - Simeon II (b. 1937) Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-1946) and later Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001-2005). Earliest living former state leader.

 

1950s

1950 - Gyanendra (b. 1947) King of Nepal 1950-1951 and later 2001-2008

1952 - Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present) Currently longest ruling state leader and monarch.

Fuad II (b. 1952) King of Egypt and Sudan (1952-1953)

1954 - Mustafa Ben Halim (b. 1921) Prime Minister of Libya (1954-1957) Oldest living state leader, earliest non-royal head of a country.

1956 - Queen Sirikit (b. 1932) Queen Regent of Thailand (1956)

 

1960s

1960 - César Yanes Urías (b. 1920) and Rene Fortín Magaña (1931-2020) El Salvador junta members 1960-1961

1963 - Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (b. 1929) Sultan of Zanzibar (1963-1964)

1964 - Constantine II (b. 1940) King of the Hellenes (1964-1973)

Trần Thiện Khiêm (b. 1925) South Vietnam Member of the Provisional Leadership Committee (1964) and Prime Minister (1969–1975)

Kenneth Kaunda (b. 1924) President of Zambia (1964-1991)

1965 - Pié Masumbuko (b. 1931) Acting Prime Minister of Burundi (1965)

1966 - Yakubu Gowon (b. 1934) and Emmanuel E Ikwue (b. 1940) of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria (1966-1979)

1967 - Hassanal Bolkiah (b. 1946) Sultan of Brunei (1967-present)

Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini (b. 1932) Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic (1967, 1969, 1970-1971, 1971-1972 and 1974-1975)

 

 

1970 - Abdou Diouf (b. 1935) Prime Minister of Senegal 1970-1980, President 1981-2000

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

Luis Echeverría (b. 1922) President of Mexico 1970-1976

 

1971-1980:

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1971 - Ali Nasir Muhammad (b. 1939) Prime Minister of South Yemen 1971-1985

Luigi Lonfernini (b. 1938) Captain Regent of San Marino 1971

Marino Vagnetti (b. 1924) Captain Regent of San Marino 1971-1972 and 1989

1972 - Abdessalam Jalloud (b. 1944) Prime Minister of Libya 1972-1977

Ahmed Osman (b. 1930) Prime Minister of Morocco 1972-1979

Jigme Singye Wangchuck (b. 1955) King of Bhutan 1972-2006

Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai (b. 1928) Political Officer in Sikkim 1972-1974

Margrethe II (b. 1940) Queen of Denmark 1972-

Arturo Armando Molina (b. 1927) President of El Salvador 1972-1977

James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (b. 1931) Premier of Saint Vincent 1972-1974, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1984-2000

Guillermo Rodríguez (b. 1924) Acting President of Ecuador 1972-1976

1973 - Henri Lopes (b. 1937) Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville 1973-1975

Zaid Rifai (b. 1936) Prime Minister of Jordan 1973-1976, 1984-1989

Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946) King of Sweden 1973-

John Hilary Smith (b. 1928) Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1973-1978

1974 - Mengistu Haile Mariam (b. 1937) Head of State of Ethiopia as the Chairman of the Derg 1974, 1977-1987, President 1987-1991

Joaquim Chissano (b. 1939) Prime Minister of the Portuguese Mozambique 1974-1975, President of Mozambique 1986-2005

Leonel Mário d'Alva (b. 1935) Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister 1974-1975

José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro (b. 1940) Governor of Macau 1974-1979

Nuno Fisher Lopes Pires (b. 1930) and Narciso Mendes Dias (b. 1935) National Salvation Junta of Portugal members, 1974

Juan Carlos I (b. 1938) Acting Head of Spain 1974, King of Spain 1975-2014

Patrick John (b. 1938) Premier of Dominica 1974-1978, Prime Minister of Dominica 1978-1979

Isabel Peron (b. 1931) President of Argentina 1974-1976

1975 - Lopo do Nascimento (b. 1942) Prime Minister of the People's Republic Angola 1975-1978

José Ndele (b. 1940) Prime Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola 1975-1976

Paul Biya (b. 1933) Prime Minister of Cameroon 1975-1982, President 1982-

Pedro Pires (b. 1934) Prime Minister of Cape Verde 1975-1991, President 2001-2011

Louis Sylvain Goma (b. 1941) Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville 1975-1984

Manuel Pinto da Costa (b. 1937) President of São Tomé and Príncipe 1975-1991, 2011-2016

Miguel Trovoada (b. 1937) Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 1975-1979, President 1991-2001

Francisco Morales-Bermúdez (b. 1921) Prime Minister of Peru 1975, Head of State 1975-1980

 

I'll also slowly add an additional 1971-1980 section to keep track of these. It's finished up to 1975 now.

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On 10/01/2020 at 07:28, Ulitzer95 said:

Agreed that a lot of them have been dropping off recently.

Thought I'd take this opportunity to look at how many WWII veterans from the three strands of government in the U.S. are still with us.

*snip
There are 11 living Governors who served:
b. 1921: John Malcolm Patterson

*snip*

 

Former Governor of Alabama John Malcolm Patterson dead at 99. He was the oldest surviving former US governor, and the last to have served during the 1950s.

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https://nasional.tempo.co/read/1469472/mantan-menteri-luar-negeri-mochtar-kusumaatmadja-meninggal

Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Indonesia's foreign minister 1978-1988 during Suharto's tenure dead at 92.

 

Some Suharto-era names still alive:


Subroto (1923-2022) Minister of Energy and National Resources 1978-1988

Emil Salim (b. 1930) Four-time minister in the 1970s and 1980s

Azwar Anas (b. 1931) Transportation Minister 1988-1993

Try Sutrisno (b. 1935) Suharto's Vice President 1993-1998

Adrianus Mooy (b. 1936) Bank Indonesia governor 1988-1993

J. Soedradjad Djiwandono (b. 1938) Bank Indonesia governor 1993-1998

Harmoko (1939-2021) Information Minister 1983-1997, chairman of Golkar

Abdul Latief (b. 1940) Minister of Labour

Ginandjar Kartasasmita (b. 1941) Longtime politician, minister in the 70s

Siswono Yudo Husodo (b. 1943) Minister of Public Housing 1988-1993

Muhammad Quraish Shihab (b. 1944) Religious affairs minister

Akbar Tandjung (b. 1945) Youth and Sports Minister 1988-1993, chairman of Golkar

Wiranto (b. 1947) Former Defence Minister 1998-1999

Prabowo Subianto (b. 1951) Family friend of Suharto, former special forces commander

Hayono Isman (b. 1955) former minister

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On 04/06/2021 at 18:22, YoungWillz said:

Reagan's Secretary of Labor [sic] Raymond J Donovan death notice: https://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-j-donovan&pid=198897373&fhid=17074

 

DDP pick, but I don't see his death reported here yet or indeed in a QO place.

 

Raymond Donovan QO arrives -  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9657773/Raymond-Donovan-Reagans-former-labor-secretary-dies-90.html

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On 28/09/2018 at 12:22, drol said:

With the recent deaths of Bejing Mayor Lin Huja and Henan governor Liu Jie there are now only 6 living members of the original Communist Party Central Committee.

 

 

*Su Yiran (1918): Another secondary name.

 

 

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Picture of 2nd oldest living state leader Francisco Morales Bermudez going to vote in the Peruvian Presidential election today:

Francisco Morales Bermúdez acudió a votar.

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It s been over six months and yet taken one by one those 30 fuckers are perfectly fine. 2021 without hits. 

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16 hours ago, drol said:

It s been over six months and yet taken one by one those 30 fuckers are perfectly fine. 2021 without hits. 

I searched for new photos to try to disprove this but honestly most of them look like they're in very good health. Ben Halim, Morales-Bermudez, Echeverria, Carter, Kaunda, Mwinyi, Napolitano and Murayama (and a lot of others) all look great (or atleast they're not at the brink of death) in new photos posted here a while ago, but others? Here:

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Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (b. 1924) in 2020. In other photos it is shown that he is still able to stand and attend events.

 

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Lubomír Štrougal (b. 1924) Also able to stand and walk despite it was lately reported that he has problems with his memory. I'm not sure if this picture is new, but probably 2020/2021

 

Out of the oldest ones, couldn't find new or somewhat new pictures of Trần Thiện Khiêm or Khamtai Siphandon.

 

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