Political Frailty

[gcreptile 10,964]

13 minutes ago, arghton said:

Paulias Matane is 90 today. Picture is from the 2nd of September.

Fucking stick legs???

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Guess it's an upper-body business as he's definitely skipped leg day.

[Sideik 236]

16 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Guess it's an upper-body business as he's definitely skipped leg day.

 

23 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Fucking stick legs???

 

Seriously, have you seen his left arm?

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Sherwood Boehlert, a Republican from central New York who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, has died. He was 84.

 

https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/local/2021/09/21/former-republican-us-rep-sherwood-boehlert-dies-84/5798572001/

[arghton 6,697]

Also here's a list of the first leaders of countries that gained independence when the Soviet Union collapsed (and before):

 

SOVIET UNION (1922-1991)

Leaders:

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022) Head of State as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985-1991, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union 1988-1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union 1989-1990 and President of the Soviet Union 1990-1991

Premiers:

Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929-2024) Head of Government as Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1985-1991. Suffered a serious heart attack in 1990 but still active in politics.

Ivan Silayev (1930-2023) Head of Government as Chairman of the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy and Chairman of the Inter-republican Economic Committee 1991.

 

 

Lithuania (11th of March 1990):

Lithuanian Diplomatic Service, in Exile:

Stasys Lozoraitis (1924-1994) In-exile Head 1987-1991.

After independence:

Vytautas Landsbergis (1932-) Head of State as the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania 1990-1992

Kazimira Prunskienė (1943-) Prime Minister 1990-1991

 

Georgia (9th of April 1991):

Living from before independence:

Jumber Patiashvili (1939/1940-) Leader 1985-1989

Givi Gumbaridze (1945-) Leader 1989-1990 before Gamsakhurdia.

Nodari Chitanava (1935-) Head of Government 1989-1990.

After independence:

Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993) President 1991-1992. Died in unclear circumstances.

(Murman Omanidze (1938-2020) Acting Prime Minister 1991 for five days. Died from covid in Russia.)

Besarion Gugushvili (1945-) First Prime Minister 1991-1992, now lives in exile.

 

Estonia (20th of August 1991):

Living from before independence:

Karl Vaino (1923-2022) First Secretary of the Communist Party/leader 1979-1988. 

Vaino Väljas (1931-2024) First Secretary of the Communist Party 1988-1989. 

After independence: 

Heinrich Mark (1911-2004) Last President-in-Exile 1990-1992 and Prime Minister 1971-1990 in exile.

Enno Penno (1930-2016) Last Prime Minister-in-Exile 1990-1992.

Arnold Rüütel (1928-) Presidium Chairman 1983-1990, Chairman of the Supreme Council 1990-1992 and later President 2001-2006.

Lennart Meri (1929-2006) First post-Soviet President 1992-2001. Died of a brain tumor in 2006.

Interim Prime Ministers:

Edgar Savisaar (1950-2022) 1st Interim Prime Minister 1990-1992. Was critically ill in 2015, leg amputated.

Tiit Vähi (1947-) 2nd Interim Prime Minister 1992 and later 1995-1997.

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Mart Laar (1960-) First non-interim Prime Minister 1992-1994 and later 1999-2002. Stroke in 2012.

 

Latvia (21st of August 1991):

Latvian Diplomatic Service, In Exile:

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

Living from before independence:

Jānis Vagris (1930-2023) 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.

 

Ukraine (24th of August 1991):

In Exile:

Mykola Plaviuk (1925-2012) President of the Ukraine PR in-exile 1989-1992. Handed over powers to Kravchuk, died in Ontario in 2012.

After independence:

Leonid Kravchuk (1934-2022) First acting President 1991 and first President 1991-1994. Still active. Died after long illness on the 10th of May 2022.

Vitold Fokin (1932-) First acting Prime Minister 1990-1991 and first Prime Minister 1990/1991-1992. Also still active.

 

Belarus (25th of August 1991):

Living from before independence:

Nikolay Slyunkov (1929-2022) Leader 1983-1987.

Yefrem Sokolov (1926-2022) Leader 1987-1990. Was alive in 2016.

Debatable:

Anatoly Malofeyev (1932-2022) First Secretary 1990-1991

After independence:

Stanislav Shushkevich (1934-2022) Head of State as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus 1991-1994.

Vyacheslav Kebich (1936-2020) First Prime Minister 1991-1994. Died from covid.

In-Exile Government:

Jazep Sažyč (1917-2007) In-Exile President of the Rada of the Belarus DR 1980-1997

Ivonka Survilla (1936-) In-Exile President of the Rada of the Belarus DR 1997-

 

 

Transnistria (25th of August 1991, unrecognized):

Igor Smirnov (1941-) President/Head of State 1990-1991, 1991-2011.

Andrey Manoylov (1945-1995) Chairman of the Presidium 1990

Stanislav Moroz (1938-2013) Acting Prime Minister 1990

 

Moldova (27th of August 1991):

Living from before independence:

Semion Grossu (1934-) First Secretary/leader 1981-1989, head of government 1976-1980.

Petru Lucinschi (1940-) First Secretary/leader 1989-1991, later 2nd President 1997-2001.

Grigore Eremei (1935-) First Secretary/leader 1991.

Petru Pascari (1929-) Head of govt 1970-1976, 1990.

Ion Ustian (1939-) Head of govt 1980-1985.

Mircea Druc (1941-) Prime Minister 1991.

After independence:

Mircea Snegur (1939-2023) Chairman of the Presidium 1990, President 1990-1997. Widowed in 2019.

Valeriu Muravschi (1949-2020) First Prime Minister 1991-1992, died of cancer after a coma.

 

Kyrgyzstan (31st of August 1991):

Living from before independence:

Apas Jumagulov (1934-) Head of Govt 1986-1991, later Prime Minister 1993-1998.

After independence:

Askar Akayev (1944-) First President 1990-2005 until he was deposed. Son died in 2020.

Nasirdin Isanov (1943-1991) First Prime Minister 1991, died in a car crash.

 

Uzbekistan (1st of September 1991):

Living from before independence:

Rafiq Nishonov (1926-2023) First secretary 1988-1989, leader of Uzbek SSR before Karimov.

After independence: 

Islam Karimov (1938-2016) President of the Uzbek SSR 1990-1991, President of Uzbekistan 1991-2016 until his death from a stroke.

Abdulhashim Mutalov (1947-) First Prime Minister 1992-1995.

 

Tajikistan (9th of September 1991):

Living from before independence:

Nizoramo Zaripova (1923-) Leader as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1984. 

After independence:

Qahhor Mahkamov (1932-2016) First "President" (pre-independence) 1990-1991. Died from long illness.

Qadriddin Aslonov (1947-1992) Acting President 1991 at the time of independence. Killed by militants.

Rahmon Nabiyev (1930-1993) President 1991. Died of heart attack/suicide/murder.

Izatullo Khayoyev (1936-2015) First Prime Minister 1991-1992. Died from a long illness.

 

Armenia (23rd of September 1991):

Living from before independence:

Aram G. Sargsyan (1949-) First Secretary 1991.

After independence:

Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945-) First President 1991-1998, before that the Chairman of the Supreme Council 1990-1991. Lifelong smoker but still active in politics.

Vazgen Manukyan (1946-) First Prime Minister 1990-1991. Still active.

 

Azerbaijan (18th of October 1991):

Living from before independence:

Abdurrahman Vazirov (1930-2022) First Secretary 1988-1990.

After independence:

Ayaz Mutallibov (1938-2022) First President 1991-1992, first secretary 1990-1991. Son died in 2011, widowed in 2019.

Hasan Hasanov (1940-) First Prime Minister 1990-1992.

 

Turkmenistan (27th of October 1991):

Living from before independence:

Bally Yakuvliev (1930-alive?) Head of Govt 1975-1978.

Chary Karriyevаррыев (1932-alive?) Head of Govt 1978-1985

Annamurat Hojamydarow (1935-alive?) Head of Govt 1986-1989

After independence:

Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006) President 1990-2006. Died from a heart attack and/or IHD and kidney failure.

Han Ahmedow (1936-2006) First and last Prime Minister 1989-1992. Died from a heart attack after being refused treatment, 15 days before Niyazov.

 

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1st of November 1991 to 1st of May 2000, unrecognized):

Living from before independence (Communist Chechnya):

Khazhbikar Bokov (1935-2023) Head of State 1973-1990

Doku Zavgayev (1940-) Head of State 1990-1991

Khuseyn Akhmadov (1950-) Head of State 1991

Sergey Bekov (1939-) Head of Govt 1990-1991

After independence:

Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944-1996) President and Prime Minister 1991-1996. Assasinated with laser-guided missiles.

 

Russia (12th of December 1991):

Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) President 1991-1999. Died of congestive heart failure.

Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938-2010) Prime Minister 1992-1998. Died after a long illness.

 

Kazakhstan (16th of December 1991):

Living from before independence:

Vera Sidorovа (1934-) Head of State 1988-1989.

After independence

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-) President 1990-2019, Chairman of the Security Council 2019-. Survived covid in 2020. Also the PM of the Kazakh SSR 1984-1989.

Sergey Tereshchenko (1951-) Prime Minister 1991-1994.

 

40 names, 17 of which are dead and a lot of the living ones are quite frail.

 

 

Bonus, Russia's satellite states:

 

Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh (10th of December 1991):

Living from before independence:

Valery Khintba (1940-) First Secretary 1975-1978

Vladimir Khishba (1936-2008) First Secretary 1989-1991

After independence:

Artur Mkrtchyan (1959-1993) First Head of State as Chairman of the Supreme Council 1992. Killed in his apartment under mysterious circumstances.

Oleg Yesayan (1946-) First Prime Minister 1992.

 

South Ossetia (21st of December 1991):

Torez Kulumbegov (1938-2006) Chairman of the Supreme Council 1990-1991. Died after a serious illness.

Znaur Gassiev (1925-2016) First post-independence Head of State 1991-1992. Death cause not mentioned.

Lyudvig Chibirov (1932-) First President 1993-2001

Oleg Teziev (1948-) First Prime Minister 1991-1993. Unknown if alive, no English wikipedia page.

 

Abkhazia (23rd of July 1992):

Valerian Kobakhia (1929-1992) Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1990, signed declaration of sovereignty. Died of unknown/unmentioned causes.

Vladislav Ardzinba (1945-2010) Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1990-1994 and President 1994-2005. Died in Russia in 2010 after a long period of declining health.

Gennadi Gagulia (1948-2018) First Prime Minister 1995-1997, resigned due to bad health. Later Prime Minister 2002-2003 and 2018, died in office in a car accident.

 

Other living leaders of ASSRs:

Adjar ASSR: Tengiz Khakhva (1952-) First Secretary 1990-1991

Bashkir ASSR: Igor Gorbunov (1941-) First Secretary 1990-1991

Chuvash ASSR: Aleksandr Petrov (1933-) First Secretary 1988-1990

Dagestan ASSR: Magomedali Magomedov (1930-2022) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 1987-1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1990-1991, later Head of the Republic of Dagestan 1992-2006.

Mukhu Aliyev (1940-) First Secretary 1990-1991, later Head of the Republic of Dagestan 2006-2010

Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR: Yevgeny Yeliseyev (1936-) First Secretary 1985-1990

Boris Sumakulov (1940-) First Secretary 1990-1991

Kalmyk ASSR: Vladimir Nikulin (1929-) First Secretary 1978-1985

Vladimir Zakharov (1936-) First Secretary 1985-1990

Boris Muyev (1942-2021) First Secretary 1990-1991

Karakalpah ASSR: Kalibek Kamalov (1926-) First Secretary 1963-1984

Sagyndyk Niyetullayev (1948-) First Secretary 1989-1991

Karelian ASSR: Viktor/Vladimir Stepanov (1947-) Chairman of the Presidium 1989-1990

Komi ASSR: Aleksey Batmanov (1939-) First Secretary 1990-1991

North Osserian ASSR: Alexander Dzasokhov (1934-) First Secretary 1988-1990

Tatarstan ASSR: Mintimer Shaimiev (1937-) First Secretary 1989-1990

Revo Idiatullin (1938-) First Secretary 1990-1991

Tuvan ASSR: Grigory Shirshin (1934-) First Secretary 1973-1991

Chimit-Dorzhu Ondar (1932-) Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1984-1991

Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey (1950-) Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1991

Udmurt ASSR: Nikolay Sapozhnikov (1949-) First Secretary 1990-1991

Crimean ASSR: Vitaliy Kurashik (1939-) Head of Government as the Head of the Council of Ministers 1991-1993

 

 

Russian republics:

 

Adyghe: Aslan Dzharimov (1938-) President 1992-2002

Altai: Valery Chaptynov (1945-1997) Head 1990-1997

Bashkortostan: Murtaza Rakhimov (1934-2023) President 1993-2010

Buryatia: Leonid Potapov (1935-2020) President 1994-2007

Chechnya: Akhmad Kadyrov (1951-2004) President 2003-2004, killed with explosives.

Chuvashia: Nikolay Fyodorov (1958-) President 1994-2010

Crimea: Sergey Askyonov (1972-) 2014-

Dagestan: Mentioned in the last section

Ingushetia: Ruslan Aushev (1954-) President 1993-2002

Kabardino-Balkaria: Valery Kokov (1941-2005) President 1992-2005, died from cancer

Kalmykia: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1962-) President 1993-2010

Karachay-Cherkessia: Vladimir Khubiyev (1932-2004) Head 1992-1999

Karelia: Mentioned in the last section

Khakassia: Vladislav Torosov (1937-2018) Chairman 1991-1992

Komi: Yuri Spiridonov (1938-2010) Head 1994-2002

Mari El: Vladislav Zotin (1942-) President 1991-1997

Mordovia: Vasily Guslyannikov (1949-) President 1991-1993

North Ossetia-Alania: Akhsarbek Galazov (1929-2013) Head 1994-1998

Sakha: Mikhail Nikolayev (1937-2023) President 1991-2002

Tatarstan: Mintimer Shaimaev (1937-) President 1991-2010

Tuva: Sherig-ool Oorzhak (1942-) President 1992-2007

Udmurtia: Alexander Volkov (1951-2017) President 2000-2014

 

Donetsk PR (2014-):

Alexander Zakharchenko (1976-2018) Head and Prime Minister 2014-2018, killed with a planted bomb in a cafeteria.

 

Luhansk PR (2014-):

Aleksandr Kharitonov (1970-) Acting People's Governor 2014

Valery Bolotov (1970-2017) Head 2014, died from "acute heart failure" in Moscow

Igor Plotnitsly (1964-) Prime Minister 2014, Head 2014-2017

 

Gagauzia/Gagauz Republic, now part of Moldova (1990-1994):

Stepan Topal (1938-2018) Head of State/Govt 1990-1995

.....

 

First leaders of post-Warsaw Pact countries*

In this list, pre-independence leaders are not included as they've been mentioned on other lists.

 

Poland:

Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923-2014) President 1989-1990; Previously the de-facto leader 1981-1989. Died after a period of failing health.

Lech Wałęsa (1943-) President 1990-1995

Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927-2013) First Prime Minister 1989-1991. Died from fever complications.

 

(Reunified) Germany:

Richard von Weizsäcker (1920-2015) President of Germany 1984-1994, first President of the Unified Germany.

Helmut Kohl (1930-2017) Chancellor of Germany 1982-1998, first Chancellor of the Unified Germany.

 

Czech Republic:

Václav Havel (1936-2011) President of Czechoslovakia 1989-1992, President of the Czech Republic 1993-2003.

Petr Pithart (1941-) Prime Minister of the Czech Republic in the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1990-1992

Václav Klaus (1941-) First Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1992/1993-1998.

 

Slovakia:

Michal Kováč (1930-2016) First President of Slovakia 1993-1998

Milan Čič (1932-2012) Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic 1989-1990

Ján Čarnogurský (1944-) Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic 1991-1992

Vladimír Mečiar (1942-) Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic 1990-1991, 1992, Prime Minister of Slovakia 1992-1994, 1994-1998.

 

Hungary:

Mátyás Szűrös (1933-) Provisional President of Hungary 1989-1990

Árpád Göncz (1922-2015) President of Hungary 1990-2000

Miklós Németh (1948-) Provisional Prime Minister of Hungary 1989-1990

József Antall (1932-1993) Prime Minister of Hungary 1990-1993, died in office from non-hodgkin lymphoma.

 

Romania:

Ion Iliescu (1930-) President of Romania 1989-1996*

Petre Roman (1946-) Prime Minister of Romania 1989-1991*

Before Iliescu's and Roman's tenures, the Council of the National Salvation Front lead Romania for 4 days.

 

Bulgaria:

Zhelyu Zhelev (1935-2015) President of Bulgaria 1990-1997

Andrey Lukanov (1938-1996) Head of Government as Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1990.

Dimitar Popov (1927-2015) Head of Government as Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1990-1991

Philip Dimitrov (1955-) first Prime Minister 1991-1992

 

Albania:

Ramiz Alia (1924-2011) Head of State 1985-1991, President 1991-1992

Fatos Nano (1952-) Prime Minister of Albania 1991, 1997-1998, 2002-2005.

.......

Post-Somalia DR:

Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939-2021) President 1991-1997

Umar Ghalib (1930-2020) Prime Minister 1991-1993

 

Post-Ethiopia PDR:

Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935-2004) Acting President 1991, died in a physical brawl after getting hit by a bottle.

Meles Zenawi (1955-2012) President 1991-1995, Prime Minister 1995-2012. Died from liver cancer

Tesfaye Dinka (1939-2016) Acting Prime Minister 1991

Tamrat Layne (1955-) Interim Prime Minister 1991-1995

 

Successors of Yugoslavia:

Croatia:

Franjo Tuđman (1922-1999) President 1990-1999

Petar Fleković (1932-) alive from pre-independence Prime Ministers.

Stjepan Mesić (1934-) Prime Minister 1990

Josip Manolić (1920-2024) Prime Minister 1990-1991

 

Slovenia:

Milan Kučan (1941-) President 1991-2002

Andrej Marinc (1930-), Janez Zemljarič (1928-2022) and Dušan Šinigoj (1933-) are alive from the pre-independence Prime Ministers.

Lojze Peterle (1948-) Prime Minister 1990-1992

 

(North) Macedonia:

Vladimir Mitkov (1931-) is alive from the pre-independence Heads of State.

Kiro Gligorov (1917-2012) President 1991-1995

Gligorije Gogovski (1943-) is alive from the pre-independence Heads of Government.

Nikola Kljusev (1927-2008) Prime Minister 1991-1992

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Nikola Filipović (1928-) possibly alive from pre-independence Heads of State.

Alija Izetbegović (1925-2003) Head of State 1990-1998, 2000

Seid Maglajlija (1940-), Josip Lovrenović (1929-) and Marko Ćeranić possibly alive from pre-independence Heads of Government.

Jure Pelivan (1928-2014) Prime Minister 1990-1992

Herzeg-Bosnia:

Mate Boban (1940-1997) President 1991-1994

 

Serbia and Montenegro (Until 2006):

Dobrica Ćosić (1921-2014) President 1992-1993

Milan Panić (1929-) Prime Minister 1992-1993

Serbia:

Ljubiša Igić (1941-2023) possibly alive from pre-independence Heads of State.

Slobodan Milošević (1941-2006) President 1991-1997

Boris Tadić (1958-) First President of "Independent" Serbia 2004-2012

Dragutin Zelenović (1928-2020) Prime Minister 1991

Vojislav Koštunica (1944-) First President of "Independent" Serbia 2004-2008, President of FR Yugoslavia 2000-2003.

Montenegro:

Miodrag Vlahović (1930/1924-2006) and Radivoje Brajović (1935-) alive from pre-independence Heads of State.

Momir Bulatović (1958-2019) President 1992-1998, died from a heart attack.

Filip Vujanović (1954-) First President of "Independent" Montenegro 2002-2003, 2003-2018

Radoje Kontić (1937-) alive from pre-independence Heads of Government.

Milo Đukanović (1962-) Prime Minister 1991-1998, 2003-2006, 2008-2010, President 1998-2002, 2018-

 

Other:

 

Mongolia:

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (1942-) First President 1990-1997

Dumaagiin Sodnom (1933-), Sharavyn Gungaadorj (1935-) and Dashiin Byambasüren (1942-) alive from the pre-current constitution Heads of Government.

Puntsagiin Jasrai (1933-2007) Prime Minister 1992-1996.

[Bibliogryphon 9,570]

Saw on a bookshelf in a gift shop a book by Roy Hattersley on The Cavendish Family. His book on the years between the wars was very good so I was quite interested but £16.99 for a paperback is a bit steep especially on my budget. However it did get me thinking that dear old Roy must be worthy of consideration for 2022 as noone has ever looked at him and said "I wonder how he manages to look so healthy" 

I expected Shirley Williams to out live him so howabout a politically balanced double act for 2022 of Hurd & Hattersley 

[msc 18,437]

13 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Saw on a bookshelf in a gift shop a book by Roy Hattersley on The Cavendish Family. His book on the years between the wars was very good so I was quite interested but £16.99 for a paperback is a bit steep especially on my budget. However it did get me thinking that dear old Roy must be worthy of consideration for 2022 as noone has ever looked at him and said "I wonder how he manages to look so healthy" 

I expected Shirley Williams to out live him so howabout a politically balanced double act for 2022 of Hurd & Hattersley 

 

When Roy last showed up on TV just before lockdown, he was an old frail man shaking with what seemed to be heavy Parkinsons and barely able to speak. I didn't recognise him until I heard his (now very weak) voice.

 

Would be a good DL addition in my book, given he was in good health just over 2 years ago, so this decline has been rapid.

 

[Bibliogryphon 9,570]

8 minutes ago, msc said:

 

When Roy last showed up on TV just before lockdown, he was an old frail man shaking with what seemed to be heavy Parkinsons and barely able to speak. I didn't recognise him until I heard his (now very weak) voice.

 

Would be a good DL addition in my book, given he was in good health just over 2 years ago, so this decline has been rapid.

 

It will be a sad day as I always liked Roy and he had a vast knowledge of parliamentary history

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

One week after Bouteflika now his follower and former Algerian Presiden Abdelkader Bensalah died from cancer and Covid at 79 years :

https://en.royanews.tv/news/31458/2021-09-22

[drol 11,923]

On 14/09/2021 at 15:09, drol said:

Zeman and Klaus both hospitalised.

Both discharged.

[YoungWillz 21,028]

Jesus, Sir George Howarth has been ill, returns for PMQs and looks an absolute fright. 

 

Shock!

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

40 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Jesus, Sir George Howarth has been ill, returns for PMQs and looks an absolute fright. 

 

Shock!

Trying to find out what's wrong / what was wrong with him.

The Big C?

[drol 11,923]

On 21/09/2021 at 14:27, arghton said:

Paulias Matane (Governor-General of Papua New Guinea 2004-2010) is 90 today. Picture is from the 2nd of September.

And in fact the former Governor General of Papua New Guinea is dead.... 

Silas Altopare, aged 70.

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Jesus, Sir George Howarth has been ill, returns for PMQs and looks an absolute fright. 

 

Shock!

Yeah supposedly cancer according to my "source". Couldn't tell me if he's in remission or not though.

[Sean 6,313]

Here is a picture of the aforementioned appearance.

[arghton 6,697]

I may have mentioned him before but former Prime Minister of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal seems to be quite sick...He was hospitalised in October, March, with covid in May, with blood infection, lung problems and chronic pneumonia in June and got a kidney transplant in August. He was in hospital for over two months between June and August. He resigned from all his posts at the end of August.

[arghton 6,697]

On 22/09/2021 at 13:24, drol said:

Both discharged.

https://sputniknews.com/20210923/former-czech-president-klaus-hospitalised-twice-in-two-weeks-1089346186.html

https://english.radio.cz/ex-president-klaus-readmitted-hospital-high-blood-pressure-8729321

Vaclav Klaus apparently back in hospital.

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Brian Turnbull, who served as mayor of Waterloo, Ontario for three terms, from 1988 to 1997, has died.

 

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/city-mourns-former-waterloo-mayor-brian-turnbull-1.5599693?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvkitchener%3Atwitterpost&taid=614e97ba88b4be000154f9b8&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

[arghton 6,697]

I've been going through the UN General Assembly speeches, some things that I noticed:

 

Lebanon's Michel Aoun, Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo, Djibouti's Ismail Omar Guelleh, Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa and Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas are in a better shape than I expected. Mbasogo and Abbas have both been "at death's door" years ago, Mnangagwa sounded bad at Kaunda's funeral and Guelleh is a fat septuagenarian who recently went on a mystery trip to France.

 

Nigeria's Buhari sounds frailish. Kiribati's President Maamau looks and sounds fifteen years above his age. Uganda's Museveni seems to read everything from a paper including the "Thank you for your attention". Tanzania's new president Samia Suluhu Hassan sounds okay but breathes in loudly every other or every third second.

 

All speeches here: https://www.youtube.com/c/unitednations/videos

[roaming_comrade 471]

6 hours ago, arghton said:

I've been going through the UN General Assembly speeches, some things that I noticed:

 

Lebanon's Michel Aoun, Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo, Djibouti's Ismail Omar Guelleh, Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa and Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas are in a better shape than I expected. Mbasogo and Abbas have both been "at death's door" years ago, Mnangagwa sounded bad at Kaunda's funeral and Guelleh is a fat septuagenarian who recently went on a mystery trip to France.

 

Nigeria's Buhari sounds frailish. Kiribati's President Maamau looks and sounds fifteen years above his age. Uganda's Museveni seems to read everything from a paper including the "Thank you for your attention". Tanzania's new president Samia Suluhu Hassan sounds okay but breathes in loudly every other or every third second.

 

All speeches here: https://www.youtube.com/c/unitednations/videos

not sure if it was just his mic, but Hun Sen of Cambodia also didnt sound very healthy

[arghton 6,697]

On 15/08/2021 at 19:16, arghton said:

https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=326564

Khaleda Zia won't be celebrating her 76th birthday today as "her physical condition is not well"

Article also mentions that she isn't interested in celebrating birthdays anymore.

https://www.banglanews24.com/english/politics/news/bd/91486.details

Khaleda Zia's prison sentence recently frozen for six months by Sheikh Hasina, her (former) political rival and current Prime Minister and Home Affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan due to "age and humanitarian ground"

"Zia will receive treatment staying in country and will not be allowed to travel abroad during the release period"

Sounds a bit like they don't expect her to live long

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Allen Dowhan, the sitting mayor of Dauphin, Manitoba, has died. He was 74.

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/8215472/dauphin-manitoba-mayor-death/

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

Frances Farenthold (wiki), American Democratic politician and attorney who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973, dead from complications of Parkinson's disease, just short of her 95th birthday.

Washington Post obituary.

Notable for coming second place in the delegate ballot for Vice President nomination at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. The results of that ballot were:

winner: Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007)
2nd Frances Farenthold (1926–2021)
3rd Mike Gravel (1930–2021)
4th Endicott Peabody (1920–1997)
5th Clay Smothers (1935–2004)
6th Birch Bay (1928–2019)
7th Peter W. Rodino (1909–2005)
8th Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)
9th Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005)
10th Moon Landrieu (b. 1930)
11th Ned Breathitt (1924–2003)
12th Ted Kennedy (1932–2009)
13th Fred R. Harris (b. 1930)
14th Richard G. Hatcher (1933–2019)
15th Harold Hughes (1922–1996)
16th Joseph Montoya (1915–1978)
17th/18th William L. Guy (1919–2013)
17th/18th Adlai Stevenson III (1930–2021)
19th Robert Bergland (1928–2018)
20th Hodding Carter (1907–1972) died months prior but still received 5 votes

Farenthold, Gravel and Stevenson all gone this year. Jimmy Carter determined to outlive every other notable political name of his era it would seem.

[arghton 6,697]

On 23/09/2021 at 21:14, arghton said:

https://sputniknews.com/20210923/former-czech-president-klaus-hospitalised-twice-in-two-weeks-1089346186.html

https://english.radio.cz/ex-president-klaus-readmitted-hospital-high-blood-pressure-8729321

Vaclav Klaus apparently back in hospital.

 

https://english.radio.cz/vaclav-klaus-remain-hospital-8729566

To remain in hospital for several more days due to "blood pressure and other health problems"

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,887]

One for the 2022 list if he makes it