Ulitzer95 13,035 Posted December 30, 2024 On 16/09/2021 at 21:20, Ulitzer95 said: Ok, said I'd take a look at this and it's not a perfect list by any means but here are the surviving heads of state and government from the Cold War (12 March 1947 – 26 December 1991). I've stuck to the main participants of the Cold War as defined on this Wiki page (i.e. the Eastern and Western Blocs), as opposed to spreading this too thinly and covering every single country who played a role in an event(s) of the period. Western Bloc Australia Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Paul Keating (b. 1944) Belgium Mark Eyskens (b. 1933) Canada Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Joe Clark (b. 1939) Brian Mulroney (b. 1939) Denmark Margrethe II (b. 1940) France Laurent Fabius (b. 1946) Édith Cresson (b. 1934) Greece Constantine II (b. 1940) Christos Sartzetakis (b. 1929) Iceland Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (b. 1930) Porsteinn Palsson (b. 1947) Davíd Oddsson (b. 1948) Iran Ali Khamenei (b. 1939) Abolhassan Banisadr (b. 1933) Mir-Hossein Mousavi (b. 1942) Iraq NONE Italy Arnaldo Forlani (b. 1925) Ciriaco De Mita (b. 1928) Luxembourg Jacques Santer (b. 1937) The Netherlands Beatrix (b. 1938) Dries van Agt (b. 1931) New Zealand Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Geoffrey Palmer (b. 1942) Jim Bolger (b. 1935) Norway Harald V (b. 1937) Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939) Kåre Willoch (b. 1928) Pakistan Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Nawaz Sharif (b. 1949) Philippines NONE Portugal António Ramalho Eanes (b. 1935) Francisco Pinto Balsemão (b. 1937) Aníbal Cavaco Silva (b. 1939) Spain Juan Carlos I (b. 1938) Felipe González (b. 1942) Thailand Thanin Kraivichien (b. 1927) Anand Panyarachun (b. 1932) Turkey NONE United Kingdom Elizabeth II (b. 1926) John Major (b. 1943) United States NONE West Germany NONE Eastern Bloc Albania Fatos Nano (b. 1952) Ylli Bufi (b. 1948) Vilson Ahmeti (b. 1951) Bulgaria Georgi Atanasov (b. 1933) Philip Dimitrov (b. 1955) Byelorussia Nikolay Slyunkov (b. 1929) Yefrem Sokolov (b. 1926) Stanislav Shushkevich (b. 1934) Czechoslovakia Karel Urbánek (b. 1941) Lubomír Štrougal (b. 1924) Marián Čalfa (b. 1946) East Germany Egon Krenz (b. 1937) Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (b. 1946) Hans Modrow (b. 1928) Lothar de Maizière (b. 1940) Hungary Mátyás Szurös (b. 1933) Poland Lech Wałesa (b. 1943) Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (b. 1951) Romania Ion Iliescu (b. 1930) Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931) Nikolai Ryzhkov (b. 1929) Ivan Silayev (b. 1930) Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk (b. 1934) Vitold Fokin (b. 1932) ------------------- It seems like a long list, but it's really not when you consider that 95% of Cold War leaders are dead. Romania, West Germany, Turkey, the Philippines and Iraq are the only countries with no survivors. The USA to be the next? 40 names remaining. Updated Cold War list. No living leaders of the United States following the death of Carter. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,405 Posted December 31, 2024 On 13/01/2023 at 18:25, arghton said: Frene Ginwala, South African politician who took part in writing the Constitution of South Africa, also the 1st Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994-2004, dead at 90 from stroke complications. SA has a few ancient politicisnd, freedom fighter Gertrude Shope is 97, Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi is 94, ex-PAC boss Motsoko Pheko is 89, former Minister of Education Sibusiso Bengu, former Minister of Finance Chris Liebenberg and freedom fighters Moosa Moolla and Costa Gazi are 88 Sibusiso Bengu dead at 90. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,577 Posted December 31, 2024 On 26/12/2024 at 15:41, Grimgrass said: Arnold Rüütel, former president of Estonia, hospitalised in serious condition: https://www.hs.fi/maailma/art-2000010926943.html Former President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel (Wiki) dead at 96 12 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 568 Posted December 31, 2024 Just now, Gisooo said: Arnold Rüütel dead at 96 Bollocks. There goes my no. 1 on both Hartlepool and Electoral DPs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,920 Posted December 31, 2024 @drol the last 48 hours 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,405 Posted December 31, 2024 3 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: @drol the last 48 hours That but with acute gastroenteritis. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,327 Posted December 31, 2024 That's two DDP subs needed for me in the last day. Almost three, had I submitted my teams before Jimmy died. I think the cull has well and truly begun. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,577 Posted Wednesday at 18:29 On 01/05/2022 at 18:44, arghton said: TURKEY Nermin Abadan Unat (1921) Former Senator Şükrü Elekdağ (1924) Former ambassador to the US and Japan İlter Türkmen (1927-2022) Foreign Affairs Minister 1980-1983 Cahit Karakaş (1928) Former minister who was kicked out of his positions during the 1980 coup. Kaya Erdem (1928) Finance Minister 1980-1982 Recai Kutan (1930-2024) Former felicity party leader Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu (1930-2024) Defence minister 1999-2002 Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931-2022) More known as a gold-winning olympic wrestler Altan Öymen (1932) Former Republican People's Party leader Oktay Ekşi (1932) Founding member of the Social Democrat Party, has a great moustache Nahit Menteşe (1932) Minister multiple times since the 70s Turkish politician Nahit Menteşe (Wiki) dead at 92 He served as Minister of Internal Affairs, National Education, Tourism and Promotion, Transport, Energy and Natural Resources and Customs and Monopoly of Turkey. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,662 Posted 15 hours ago On 30/07/2024 at 22:05, Ulitzer95 said: AFAIK, there are only 11 living former MPs who were born in the 1920s. In order of oldest to youngest, they are: Baroness Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (b. 26 Jul 1928) Conservative Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Conservative MP for Gloucester (1970-1987), dead aged 96. She later served in the House of Lords from 1989-2019. Obituaries: The Telegraph 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,662 Posted 14 hours ago On 27/02/2024 at 17:09, drol said: Ronnie de Mel dead at 98. BTW J. R. P. Suriyapperuma was hospitalised in critical condition in January. JRP Suriyapperuma, Sri Lankan MP, reportedly dead aged 96. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 13,035 Posted 13 hours ago Thought I'd take a look at women who served as ministers under Margaret Thatcher. Baroness Blatch (wiki, 1937–2005) Virginia Bottomley (wiki, born 1948) Lynda Chalker (wiki, born 1942) Baroness Cox (wiki, born 1937) Edwina Currie (wiki, born 1946) Peggy Fenner (wiki, 1922–2014) Baroness Hooper (wiki, born 1939) Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (wiki, 1928–2025) Marion Roe (wiki, born 1936) Angela Rumbold (wiki, 1932–2010) Gillian Shephard (wiki, born 1940) Margaret Thatcher (wiki, 1925–2013) Cabinet Baroness Trumpington (wiki, 1922–2018) Baroness Young (wiki, 1926–2002) Cabinet Notoriously there weren't many. Of the 300+ appointments over 11 years, only 14 were women, and Baroness Young was the only woman Thatcher ever appointed to serve in the Cabinet alongside her. To my surprise, Jill Knight was never a minister – clearly just a very active backbencher. Following the death of Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, there are 7 dead, and 7 living. Youngest turns 77 this year (Bottomley), and oldest turns 89 (Roe). 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,920 Posted 13 hours ago Bottomley and Currie are ones who could be future DL's IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,192 Posted 13 hours ago 21 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Thought I'd take a look at women who served as ministers under Margaret Thatcher. Baroness Blatch (wiki, 1937–2005) Virginia Bottomley (wiki, born 1948) Lynda Chalker (wiki, born 1942) Baroness Cox (wiki, born 1937) Edwina Currie (wiki, born 1946) Peggy Fenner (wiki, 1922–2014) Baroness Hooper (wiki, born 1939) Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (wiki, 1928–2025) Marion Roe (wiki, born 1936) Angela Rumbold (wiki, 1932–2010) Gillian Shephard (wiki, born 1940) Margaret Thatcher (wiki, 1925–2013) Cabinet Baroness Trumpington (wiki, 1922–2018) Baroness Young (wiki, 1926–2002) Cabinet Notoriously there weren't many. Of the 300+ appointments over 11 years, only 14 were women, and Baroness Young was the only woman Thatcher ever appointed to serve in the Cabinet alongside her. To my surprise, Jill Knight was never a minister – clearly just a very active backbencher. Following the death of Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, there are 7 dead, and 7 living. Youngest turns 77 this year (Bottomley), and oldest turns 89 (Roe). Had forgotten Marion Roe was still alive. Her daughter who was a former Leader of Westminster City Council and a Member of the House of Lords predeceased her several years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,560 Posted 10 hours ago 5 hours ago, Thatcher said: Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Conservative MP for Gloucester (1970-1987), dead aged 96. She later served in the House of Lords from 1989-2019. Obituaries: The Telegraph First hit for No More Expenses.I picked her last year and she was a unique.Hopihg that's the case again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 367 Posted 6 hours ago Buddy MacKay, Lt Governor (1991-1998) and briefly Governor of Florida (1998-1999) for three weeks, dead at 91. A Democrat, he lost to Jeb Bush in 1998, but served as Governor for 23 days due to the sudden death of Governor Lawton Chiles. Some confusion on the date of his death, but seems to have settled on 31 December 2024. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
