Political Frailty

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On 31/10/2022 at 16:25, arghton said:

Pawar suffers from pneumonia:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-ncp-chief-sharad-pawar-admitted-to-hospital-after-feeling-uneasy/articleshow/95202283.cms

Planned that he's going to be in hospital for three days and then going to a two-day party camp on the 4th of November. However often these things don't go as planned.

Sharad Pawar discharged.

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On 10/10/2022 at 14:10, drol said:

Valdas Adamkus hospitalised with COVID.

Valdas Adamkus celebrated his 96th, looks amazing. Congratulated by other ancient Lithuanian politician Vytautas Landsbergis who wishes Adamkus would still live a long time with Alma Adamkiene.

 

Alma and I will have a normal dinner, maybe there will be a glass or two of champagne.

According to the president, Ms. Alma is feeling better now.

"Healing. It was worse. Now, I have to admit that I am happy to watch her improvement, and I hope that we will see her out for a walk in the summer", said V.Adamkus.

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Former Azerbaijani Tax Minister Fazil Mammadov has died in Turkey.
He died in hospital, where he was undergoing treatment.
Fazil Mammadov served as minister of taxes from 2000 to 2017. He was also president of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation in 2007-2018.

Wikipedia.ru

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On 01/11/2022 at 12:05, arghton said:

Chief Mbazulike Amaechi aka. "The Boy is Good", Nigerian independence activist, Minister of Aviation 1963-1966, dead at 93 following illness and surgery that didn't work.

 

 

Meanwhile, family fighting for Gaositwe Chiepe's assets.

 

African politicians born in the 1920s:

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, 101: the former UNESCO boss was doing great on his birthday but at 101 you can decline quite quickly..

Gaositwe Chiepe, 100: Seems very ill and declined a lot during the last year.

Grace Onyango, 98 (or 95): Kenyan ancient politician and first woman to be a Mayor in Kenya. Described as "ailing" four years ago, looked like an ALS patient in October 2022 at the launch of the "Mama Grace Onyango Foundation for Digital Health in Africa".

Driss Guiga, 98: Obese Tunisian politician, looked frail years ago and rumored dead but bounced back and looked quite great in February 2022. Not seen since as far as I know.

Duncan Ndegwa, 97: Another Kenyan ancient politician, looked fine when he launched his new book early this year.

Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 97: Ex-President of Tanzania, rumored to suffer from dementia but seems to be doing fine.

Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder, 97: Moroccan Berber politician. Said to be suffering from a serious chronic disease but was well enough to make an appearance a few months ago and didn't look very frail.

Gertrude Shope, 97: South African activist and politician. Wheelchairbound in 2019.

Abdoulaye Wade, 96: Ex-President of Senegal, frequently abroad for treatment but still looks fine.

Fanny Friedman, 96?: Former Eswatini health minister. Not 100% sure if still alive.

Ali Haroun, 95: Algerian politician.

Lazhar Karoui Chebbi, 95: Former Justice Minister of Tunisia.

Mengesha Seyoum, 94: Ethiopian royal who served in politican positions when Haile Selassie was still alive.

Michael Dingake, 94: Botswana anti-apartheid activist, writer and politician.

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, 94: Zulu leader discussed here.

Sadek Hadjeres, 94: Algerian communist.

Martin Aliker, 94: Obese Ugandan politician, community leader, advisor to the President etc. Once feared by Idi Amin, crème de la crème cunt who mistreats his bodyguards and drivers.

Jacques Masangu, 93: Congolese diplomat.

Moody Awori, 93: Ancient ex-VP of Kenya.

Ebenezer Moses Debrah, 94 and Samuel Odoi-Sykes, 93: Ghana's own ancients.

Rhoda Kalema, 93: Uganda's mother of parliament.

Anna 'Matlelima Hlalele, 93: Lesotho ancient.

Ahmed Boulaleh Barreh, 93: Djibouti's old Minister of Defence.

Mohammed Bedjaoui, 93: Algerian politician, lawyer.

Sam Nujoma, 93: Ex-Pres of Namibia.

Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, 93: As far as I know the last Sultan to rule a country, dying years ago.

 

A ton of them still living. I wonder how many will be in a year or two.

Sadek Hadjeres dead at 94.

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On 30/10/2022 at 07:27, drol said:

Balakh Sher Mazari has been in hospital for 15 days.

 

How do we know it? Well, his grandson was arrested while visiting him in hospital.

Balakh Sher Mazari dead aged 94.

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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.

*snip*

Bob Ellicott (wiki) dead at 95.

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On 27/10/2022 at 15:09, arghton said:

*Counting those born 1930-1932, there's also 92-year-old Hawaii Republican Pat Saiki, ex-President of French Polynesia Gaston Flosse, 91, Falima Teao of Tokelau who like Visesio Moeliku I doubt is alive and Harish Sharma of Fiji. Average life expectancy of an Oceanian politician seems to be around half of that of a tennis player/Chinese politician.

Gaston Flosse, by the way, seems like the Mahathir Mohamad/Juan Ponce Enrile of Oceania, 91 but still very politically active. He's been the President of French Polynesia, overseas French country and collectivity a total of five times, 1984-1987, 1991-2004, 2004-2005, 2008 and 2013-2014. Quite corrupt and controversial.

Recently he's been given a nine-month jail sentence, an US$8,000 fine, and has been declared ineligible for public office for five years meaning he can't run in the French Polynesia 2023 elections. I wonder if he'd qualify a  French Sweepstake pick

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Bill Sheffield, Governor of Alaska 1982-1986, dead at 94 from "extended illness".

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On 01/09/2022 at 13:25, drol said:

Karmenu discharged.

 

Big bad Maltese immortal.

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici dead at 89.

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

*snip*

Doris Margaret Anderson (1922) Former Senator.

*snip*

Doris Margaret Anderson (wiki) dead at 100.

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On 03/11/2022 at 17:40, drol said:

Sharad Pawar discharged.

Pawar back in hospital after taking part to a political meeting.

 

It just seems precautionary anyway. Well, of course.

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Frank Field not dead, writes briefly for the Times about Rishi Sunak. He says absolutely nothing about his health before anyone asks.

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On 30/04/2022 at 18:31, drol said:

List of ancient M'sian politicians:

*Lim Kean Chye (1919), wheelchair bound, smoker, frail

*Abdullah CD (1923), communist insurgent leader

*Abdul Taib Mahmud (1936), CM and governor of Sarawak

*Mahathir Mohamad (1925), immortal PM of Malaysia

*Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Mahathir's rival who held a lot of posts

*Musa Hitam (1934), deputy PM

*Michael Chen (1932), of Chinese origin, held a lot of posts

*Mohd Khalil Yaakob (1937), thinks he is a Midwest sheriff

*Harris Salleh (1930), decrepit

*Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (1937); minister of finance

*Daim Zanuddin (1938), other minister of finance

*Lee San Choon (1935)

*Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir (1939)

*Samy Vellu (1936), corrupted minister of works

*Paul Leong Khee Seong (1939)

Musa Hitam's daughter Mariana Musa has died. Already the second child he survives.

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On 05/11/2022 at 19:30, drol said:

Pawar back in hospital after taking part to a political meeting.

 

It just seems precautionary anyway. Well, of course.

Sharad Pawar to be discharged today. Former Deputy CM of Maharashtra Chhagan Bhujbal has also been hospitalised according to the article but to be discharged soon.

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Sam Gardiner, former MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the UUP and sometime Father Of The House there, reportedly dead aged 82: https://armaghi.com/news/craigavon-news/former-craigavon-mayor-and-upper-bann-mla-sammy-gardiner-passes-away/189384

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Bao Tong, Zhao Zhiyang's secretary and a dissident who never lost faith in changing China, has died at 90.

 

Huge name, huge loss.

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Guardian Obit for Bao Tong.

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 15/10/2021 at 14:59, The Old Crem said:

Plus in 2000 Nigel Jones Mp was injured and his assistant Andrew Pennington was fatally wounded in an attack on his constituency surgery. 

Nigel Jones, Baron Jones (wiki) dead at 74.

Lib Dem MP for Cheltenham (1992–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2005). Annoying for the Libs as they've been told that they're not getting any new peers appointed for quite some time!

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44 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Nigel Jones, Baron Jones (wiki) dead at 74.

Lib Dem MP for Cheltenham (1992–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2005). Annoying for the Libs as they've been told that they're not getting any new peers appointed for quite some time!

 

I was living in Cheltenham in 1992 and voted  for him at my first general election. Briefly met him during the campaign and shook his hand when Paddy Ashdown came to Cheltenham for a rally. 

 

That was the election where there was a huge argument surrounding the Conservative candidate but they tried to indicate that this diminished the LD victory but it ignored the fact that they had only held the seat previously because of loyalty to the sitting MP. Most of the council seats in the town were LD

 

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On 05/11/2022 at 19:30, drol said:

Pawar back in hospital after taking part to a political meeting.

 

It just seems precautionary anyway. Well, of course.

Sharad Pawar apparently back in hospital for the third time in two weeks and can't attend events as he needs to "rest a few weeks"

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8 hours ago, arghton said:

Sharad Pawar apparently back in hospital for the third time in two weeks and can't attend events as he needs to "rest a few weeks"

What the hell is up with his face? Looks like he had either a severe stroke or some kind of jaw surgery maybe?

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5 minutes ago, TheSpinosaurus said:

What the hell is up with his face? Looks like he had either a severe stroke or some kind of jaw surgery maybe?

Two or three time oral cancer survivor who has had a ton of surgeries due to it. Originally apparently diagnosed around 1999 after decades of using chewing tobacco. His teeth from that area were removed around 2004.

 

ABPlive made a great article on him a while ago on his ailments and 2004 cancer survival:

 

Taking a break from hospitalization to attend a political event is just a minor example for those who have seen Pawar doing greater feats. In 2004, when Pawar was diagnosed with cancer, doubts were raised about whether he would survive till the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The political pundits predicted the end of his public career as well. However, Pawar was not ready to give up easily. When a young doctor, after assessing Pawar’s reports, said that he would not survive over six months, Pawar, in a lighter vein, remarked, “I will outlive you.”

 

Surgery was conducted on his cheek. A patch of skin from Pawar’s thigh was grafted on the cheek and his teeth were removed. After the election results, the UPA government came to the power in the centre and Sharad Pawar was made the agriculture minister. While getting treated for Cancer, he kept on discharging his duties as well. After attending his office and meeting visitors, he straightaway went to painful chemotherapy sessions at the Apollo hospital. Skin from the surface of his tongue and lips got peeled off and due to pain, it became difficult for him to intake a drop of water if not anaesthetized.

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38 minutes ago, arghton said:

Two or three time oral cancer survivor who has had a ton of surgeries due to it. Originally apparently diagnosed around 1999 after decades of using chewing tobacco. His teeth from that area were removed around 2004.

 

ABPlive made a great article on him a while ago on his ailments and 2004 cancer survival:

 

Taking a break from hospitalization to attend a political event is just a minor example for those who have seen Pawar doing greater feats. In 2004, when Pawar was diagnosed with cancer, doubts were raised about whether he would survive till the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The political pundits predicted the end of his public career as well. However, Pawar was not ready to give up easily. When a young doctor, after assessing Pawar’s reports, said that he would not survive over six months, Pawar, in a lighter vein, remarked, “I will outlive you.”

 

Surgery was conducted on his cheek. A patch of skin from Pawar’s thigh was grafted on the cheek and his teeth were removed. After the election results, the UPA government came to the power in the centre and Sharad Pawar was made the agriculture minister. While getting treated for Cancer, he kept on discharging his duties as well. After attending his office and meeting visitors, he straightaway went to painful chemotherapy sessions at the Apollo hospital. Skin from the surface of his tongue and lips got peeled off and due to pain, it became difficult for him to intake a drop of water if not anaesthetized.

Knowing he's had oral cancer and major jaw surgery as well, I must say this doesn't bode well for John Farnham.

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20 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Nigel Jones, Baron Jones (wiki) dead at 74.

Lib Dem MP for Cheltenham (1992–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2005). Annoying for the Libs as they've been told that they're not getting any new peers appointed for quite some time!

The Times has revealed Jones’ cause of death. 
 

Went in for heart surgery. Died on the operating table.

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Canadian MP Yvonne Jones (wiki) breast cancer has returned 12 years after she was first diagnosed. Steps away from politics.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/yvonne-jones-steps-away-22-1.6647202