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List of deputy heads of state and government who died in office

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Name Date of death Country Title Cause of death
George Clinton 20 April 1812  United States Vice President Heart attack
Elbridge Gerry 23 November 1814  United States Vice President Heart attack
William R. King 18 April 1853  United States Vice President Tuberculosis
Henry Wilson 22 November 1875  United States Vice President Stroke
Thomas A. Hendricks 25 November 1885  United States Vice President Heart attack
Garret Hobart 21 November 1899  United States Vice President Heart ailments
Joseph D. Summerville 27 July 1905  Liberia Vice President
James S. Sherman 30 October 1912  United States Vice President Bright's disease
Sabá Sueyro 15 October 1943  Argentina Vice President
Vallabhbhai Patel 15 December 1950  India Deputy Prime Minister Heart attack
Hortensio Quijano 3 April 1952  Argentina Vice President
Chen Cheng 5 March 1965  Taiwan Vice President
Abeid Karume 7 April 1972  Tanzania First Vice President Assassination
James Edward Greene 22 July 1977  Liberia Vice President Illness
Nguyễn Lương Bằng 20 July 1979  Vietnam Vice President
Lenyeletse Seretse 3 January 1983  Botswana Vice-President
Huỳnh Tấn Phát 30 September 1989  Vietnam Deputy Chairman of the Council of State
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan 11 October 1989  United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister
Wang Zhen 12 March 1993  China Vice President
Zubair Mohamed Salih 12 February 1988  Sudan Vice President Airplane crash
Joshua Nkomo 1 July 1999  Zimbabwe Second Vice-President Prostrate cancer
Oudom Khattigna 9 December 1999  Laos Vice President
Enoch Dogolea 24 June 2000  Liberia President
Tewareka Tentoa 3 November 2000  Kiribati Vice-President
Omar Ali Juma 4 January 2001  Tanzania Vice President
Haji Abdul Qadeer 6 July 2002  Afghanistan Vice President Assassination
Krishan Kant 27 July 2002  India Vice President Heart attack
Michael Kijana Wamalwa 23 August 2003  Kenya Deputy President
Simon Muzenda 20 September 2003  Zimbabwe First Vice-President Hypertension and diabetes
John Garang 30 July 2005  Sudan First Vice President Helicopter crash
Huang Ju 2 June 2007  China First-ranked Vice Premier Illness
Joseph Msika 4 August 2009  Zimbabwe Second Vice-President Hypertension
Angidi Chettiar 15 September 2010  Mauritius Vice President Illness
Asadullo Gulomov 2 August 2011  Tajikistan Deputy Prime Minister Stroke
John Nkomo 17 January 2013  Zimbabwe Second Vice-President Cancer
Chumpol Silpa-archa 21 January 2013  Thailand Deputy Prime Minister Heart failure
Mohammad Fahim 9 March 2014  Afghanistan First Vice President Heart attack
Sok An 15 March 2017  Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Diabetes
Temir Dzhumakadyrov 7 October 2017  Kyrgyzstan Deputy Prime Minister Car accident
Kirunda Kivejinja 19 December 2020  Uganda Second Deputy Prime Minister COVID-19 complications
Uktam Barnoev 20 September 2020  Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister COVID-19 complications
Walid Muallem 16 November 2020  Syria Deputy Prime Minister
Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi 12 December 2021  Tonga Deputy Prime Minister
Sam Basil 11 May 2022  Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister Car accident
Yosiwo George 13 August 2022  Micronesia Vice President COVID-19 complications
Badara Joof 17 January 2023  Gambia Vice-President Short illness
Lê Văn Thành 23 August 2023  Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Illness
Saulos Chilima 10 June 2024  Malawi Vice President Airplane crash
Kong Sam Ol 2 September 2024  Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Illness

Indian parliamentarians who died in office

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Lok Sabha

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This is a list of all elected members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India who died while in office. The information mentioned about their successor is of those who were elected to succeed the deceased member of parliament in a by-election. Seats of MPs who died months prior to a general election were not filled in any by-election.

Until 1999

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Name Party Constituency (State) Date of death Age Cause of death
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai INC Bahraich District (East) (Uttar Pradesh) 24 October 1954 60 Heart failure
Nama Arjun Borkar INC Bhandara (Madhya Pradesh) 2 February 1955
G. V. Mavalankar INC Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 27 February 1956 67 Cardiac arrest
Maulana Azad INC Gurgaon (Punjab) 22 February 1958 69 Stroke
Anasuyabai Kale INC Nagpur (Maharashtra) 12 August 1958 61
Feroze Gandhi INC Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) 8 September 1960 47 Heart attack
Jawaharlal Nehru[a] INC Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh) 27 May 1964 74 Heart attack
Lal Bahadur Shastri[b] INC Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) 11 January 1966 61 Heart attack, disputed
Diwan Chand Sharma INC Gurdaspur (Punjab) 23 December 1969 73 Brief illness
Durgadas Bhatia INC(R) Amritsar (Punjab) 1972 65
Mohan Kumaramangalam INC(R) Pondicherry (Pondicherry) 31 May 1973 56 Plane crash
K. Baladhandayutham CPI Coimbatore (Kerala) 31 May 1973 55 Plane crash
Minimata Agam Dass Guru INC(R) Jangjir (Madhya Pradesh) 11 August 1973 57 Plane crash
Lalit Narayan Mishra INC(R) Darbhanga (Bihar) 3 January 1975 51 Assassination
Moinul Hoque Choudhury INC(I) Dhubri (Assam) 13 February 1976 52
Sanjay Gandhi INC(I) Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) 23 June 1980 33 Plane crash
Indira Gandhi[c] INC(I) Medak (Andhra Pradesh) 31 October 1984 66 Assassination
Lalit Maken INC(I) South Delhi (NCT of Delhi) 31 July 1985 33 Assassination
Jagjivan Ram INC(J) Sasaram (Bihar) 6 July 1986 78
Chandrashekhar Singh INC(I) Banka (Bihar) 9 July 1986 58
Sunder Lal INC(I) Haridwar (Uttar Pradesh) 3 January 1987 64
Chaudhary Rahim Khan INC(I) Faridabad (Haryana) 18 December 1987 64
A. G. Subburaman INC(I) Madurai (Tamil Nadu) 7 February 1988 57
Chandubhai Deshmukh BJP Bharuch (Gujarat) 28 June 1998 58
Ghasi Ram Yadav INC Alwar (Rajasthan) 30 November 1998 74

1999–present

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Name Party Constituency (State) Date of death Age Cause of death
Geeta Mukherjee CPI Panskura 4 March 2000[1] 76 Heart attack
Rajesh Pilot INC Dausa (Rajasthan) 11 June 2000[2] 55 Traffic collision
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam BJP Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) 23 August 2000[3] 48 Acute myeloid leukemia
Indrajit Gupta CPI Midnapore (West Bengal) 20 February 2001[4] 81 Cancer
Phoolan Devi SP Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) 25 July 2021[5] 37 Assassination
Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) Tripura West (Tripura) 10 September 2001[6] 72 Cancer
Madhavrao Scindia INC Guna (Madhya Pradesh) 30 September 2001[7] 56 Plane crash
G. M. C. Balayogi TDP Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) 3 March 2002[8] 50 Helicopter crash
Ananda Mohan Biswas AITC Nabadwip (West Bengal) 3 February 2003[9] 63 Heart attack
Murasoli Maran DMK Chennai Central (Tamil Nadu) 23 November 2003[10] 69 Complications from heart condition
Sunil Dutt INC Mumbai North West (Maharashtra) 25 May 2005[11] 75 Heart attack
P. K. Vasudevan Nair CPI Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) 12 July 2005[12] 79 Multi organ failure
Bikash Chowdhury CPI(M) Asansol (West Bengal) 1 August 2005[13] 72 Heart attack
Mahboob Zahedi CPI(M) Katwa (West Bengal) 8 April 2006[14] 77 Brief illness
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury INC Malda (West Bengal) 14 April 2006[15] 78 Multi organ failure
Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu TDP Bobbili (Andhra Pradesh) 18 August 2006 75
Manabendra Shah BJP Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) 5 January 2007[16] 85 Prolonged illness
Sunil Kumar Mahato JMM Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) 4 March 2007 41 Assassination
Chandra Shekhar[d] SJP(R) Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) 8 July 2007[17] 80 Multiple myeloma
Ajit Kumar Singh JD(U) Bikramganj (Bihar) 1 August 2007[18] 45 Traffic collision
Prakash Vishvanath Paranjape SS Thane (Maharashtra) 20 February 2008 60 Cancer
Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan SP Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) 10 December 2008 44 Traffic collision
A. F. Golam Osmani INC Barpeta (Assam) 31 March 2009 75 Lung cancer
Digvijay Singh IND Banka (Bihar) 24 June 2010 54 Brain hemorrhage
Baliram Kashyap BJP Bastar (Chhattisgarh) 10 March 2011 74 Prolonged illness
Bhajan Lal HJC(BL) Hisar (Haryana) 3 June 2011 80 Heart attack
Umashanker Singh RJD Maharajganj (Bihar) 24 January 2013 73 Lung infection
Mukesh Gadhvi INC Banaskantha (Gujarat) 1 March 2013 50 Brain stroke
Ambica Banerjee AITC Howrah (West Bengal) 25 April 2013 84 Age-related complications
Dilip Singh Judeo BJP Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) 14 August 2013 64 Kidney infection
Murarilal Singh BJP Sarguja (Chhattisgarh) 4 December 2013 61 Brain stroke
Sis Ram Ola INC Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) 15 December 2013 86 Heart attack
Gopinath Munde BJP Beed (Maharashtra) 3 June 2014 64 Traffic collision
Hemendra Chandra Singh BJD Kandhamal (Odisha) 5 September 2014 46 Heart attack
Kapil Krishna Thakur AITC Bangaon (West Bengal) 13 October 2014 74 Lung failure
Dileep Singh Bhuria BJP Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) 24 June 2015 71 Heart attack
P. A. Sangma NPP Tura (Meghalaya) 4 March 2016 68 Cardiac arrest
Dalpat Singh Paraste BJP Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh) 1 June 2016 66 Brain haemorrhage
Renuka Sinha AITC Cooch Behar (West Bengal) 17 August 2016 67 Heart attack
E. Ahamed IUML Malappuram (Kerala) 1 February 2017 78 Cardiac arrest
Vinod Khanna BJP Gurdaspur (Punjab) 27 April 2017 70 Bladder cancer
Sanwar Lal Jat BJP Ajmer (Rajasthan) 9 August 2017 62 Cardiac arrest
Sultan Ahmed AITC Uluberia (West Bengal) 4 September 2017 64 Cardiac arrest
Mahant Chandnath BJP Alwar (Rajasthan) 17 September 2017 61 Cancer
Mohammed Taslimuddin RJD Araria (Bihar) 17 September 2017 74 Respiratory disease
Chintaman Vanaga BJP Palghar (Maharashtra) 30 January 2018 67 Stroke
Hukum Singh BJP Kairana (Bihar) 3 February 2018 79 Respiratory disease
Bhola Singh BJP Begusarai (Bihar) 19 October 2018 79 Prolonged illness
Ananth Kumar BJP Bangalore South (Karnataka) 12 November 2018 59 Lung cancer
M. I. Shanavas INC Wayanad (Kerala) 21 November 2018 67 Prolonged illness
Asrarul Haq Qasmi INC Kishanganj (Bihar) 7 December 2018 76 Heart attack
Ladu Kishore Swain BJD Aska (Odisha) 5 February 2019 71 Kidney ailments
S. Rajendran AIADMK Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu) 23 February 2019 62 Traffic collision
S. P. Y. Reddy YSRCP Nandyal (Andhra Pradesh) 30 April 2019 68 Multi organ failure
Ram Chandra Paswan LJP Samastipur (Bihar) 21 July 2019 57 Cardiac arrest
Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JD(U) Valmiki Nagar (Bihar) 28 February 2020 72 Prolonged illness
H. Vasanthakumar INC Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) 28 August 2020 70 COVID-19 complications
Balli Durga Prasad Rao YSRCP Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) 16 September 2020 64 COVID-19 complications
Suresh Angadi BJP Belagavi (Karnataka) 23 September 2020 65 COVID-19 complications
Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar IND Dadra and Nagar Haveli 22 February 2021 58 Suicide by hanging
Nandkumar Singh Chauhan BJP Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) 2 March 2021 68 COVID-19 complications
Ram Swaroop Sharma BJP Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) 17 March 2021 62 Suicide by hanging
Mulayam Singh Yadav SP Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) 10 October 2022 82 Age-related complications
Santokh Singh Chaudhary INC Jalandhar (Punjab) 14 January 2023 76 Heart attack
Girish Bapat BJP Pune (Maharashtra) 29 March 2023 72 Prolonged illness
Rattan Lal Kataria BJP Ambala (Haryana) 18 May 2023[19] 71 Pneumonia
Suresh Dhanorkar INC Chandrapur (Maharashtra) 30 May 2023[20] 47 Kidney stone complications
Shafiqur Rahman Barq SP Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) 27 February 2024[21] 93 Age-related complications
A. Ganeshamurthi DMK Erode (Tamil Nadu) 28 March 2024[22] 76 Cardiac arrest
Rajvir Singh Diler BJP Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) 24 April 2024 65 Heart attack
M. Selvarasu CPI Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu) 13 May 2024 67 Renal ailments

References

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  1. ^ "Geeta Mukherjee dead". The Telegraph. 4 March 2000.
  2. ^ "Rajesh Pilot dies in car crash". The Telegraph. 11 June 2000.
  3. ^ "Union minister P. Rangarajan Kumaramangalam passes away". India Today. 4 September 2000.
  4. ^ "Veteran Communist leader Indrajit Gupta dead". The Times of India. 20 February 2001.
  5. ^ "India's 'Bandit Queen' Is Dead, Gunned Down at 37". The New York Times. 26 July 2001.
  6. ^ "Samar Choudhury dies". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 10 September 2001.
  7. ^ "Madhavrao Scindia, Princely Indian Politician, Dies at 56". The New York Times. 1 October 2001.
  8. ^ "Balayogi dies in copter crash". The Times of India. 4 March 2001.
  9. ^ "Trinamul MP dies of heart attack". The Telegraph. 3 February 2003.
  10. ^ "Maran dies after 15-month battle". The Telegraph. 23 November 2003.
  11. ^ "Sunil Dutt, Bollywood legend, dies at 74". The Guardian. 25 May 2005.
  12. ^ "Former chief minister Vasudevan Nair dead". Gulf News. 13 July 2005.
  13. ^ "Sitting CPI(M) MP dead". Zee News. 1 August 2005.
  14. ^ "CPI(M) MP Mahboob Zahedi passes away". Hindustan Times. 8 August 2006.
  15. ^ "Senior Cong leader Ghani Khan Chowdhury dead". The Times of India. 14 April 2006.
  16. ^ "BJP MP Manabendra Shah dead". Oneindia. 5 January 2007.
  17. ^ "Chandra Shekhar Dies at 80; Led India". The New York Times. 16 July 2007.
  18. ^ "JD (U) MP dies in road accident". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2007.
  19. ^ "BJP Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria passes away after illness". The Hindu. 18 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Suresh 'Balu' Dhanorkar, Congress' sole Lok Sabha MP from Maharashtra, passes away". The Hindu. 30 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Shafiqur Rahman Barq, senior Samajwadi Party leader, dies at 94". India Today. 27 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Tamil Nadu MP Ganeshamurthi dies of cardiac arrest after suspected suicide bid". Hindustan Times. 28 March 2024.

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Rajya Sabha

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Name Party State Date of death Age Cause of death
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar INC Madras 10 February 1953 70 Heart attack
Violet Alva INC Karnataka 20 November 1969 61 Cerebral haemorrhage
Vir Bahadur Singh INC(I) Uttar Pradesh 30 May 1989 54 Heart attack
Dinesh Goswami AGP Assam 3 June 1991 56 Traffic collision
Dinesh Singh INC(I) Haryana 30 November 1995 70 Heart attack
Parag Chaliha AGP Assam 10 November 1999 76
Jadambi Mandal RJD Bihar 23 February 2020 91
Devi Lal INLD Haryana 6 April 2001 86 Brief illness
G. K. Moopanar TMC(M) Tamil Nadu 30 August 2001 70 Prolonged illness
Dayanand Sahay IND Jharkhand 20 March 2002 69 Traffic collision
Manhar Bhagatram INC Chhattisgarh 20 June 2003 64
Gurcharan Singh Tohra SAD Punjab 1 April 2004 79 Heart attack
Abrar Ahmed INC Rajasthan 5 May 2004 47 Traffic collision
V. V. Raghavan CPI Kerala 27 October 2004 81 Kidney cancer
P. M. Sayeed INC Delhi 18 December 2005 64 Cardiac arrest
Pramod Mahajan BJP Maharashtra 3 May 2006 56 Assassination
Vasant Chavan NCP Maharashtra 11 July 2006 63 Heart attack
Lalit Suri IND Uttar Pradesh 10 October 2006 59 Heart attack
Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder INC Punjab 14 September 1943 63 Prolonged illness
Chittabrata Majumdar CPI(M) West Bengal 20 February 2007 71 Respiratory problems
Motiur Rahman RJD Bihar 18 December 2007 58 Heart attack
Laxminarayan Sharma BJP Madhya Pradesh 17 October 2008 75 Heart attack
Pyarelal Khandelwal BJP Madhya Pradesh 6 October 2009 84 Cardiac arrest
Mahendra Sahni JD(U) Bihar 6 November 2009 69
Suryakant Acharya BJP Gujarat 21 December 2009 80 Age-related complications
Krishan Lal Balmiki BJP Rajasthan 21 April 2010 67
Virendra Bhatia SP Uttar Pradesh 24 May 2010 63 Brief illness
M. Rajasekara Murthy JD(S) Karnataka 5 December 2010 88 Cardiac arrest
Arjun Singh INC Madhya Pradesh 4 March 2011 80 Heart attack
Silvius Condpan INC Assam 10 October 2011 73 Complications from diabetes
Brij Bhushan Tiwari SP Uttar Pradesh 25 April 2012 70 Heart attack
Vilasrao Deshmukh INC Maharashtra 14 August 2012 67 Multiorgan failure
Mohan Singh SP Uttar Pradesh 22 September 2013 68 Cancer
N. Janardhana Reddy INC Andhra Pradesh 9 May 2014 79 Prolonged illness
Murli Deora INC Maharashtra 24 November 2014 77 Cancer
Manorama Dobriyal Sharma INC Uttarakhand 18 February 2015 59 Liver cancer
H. Khekiho Zhimomi NPF Nagaland 26 November 2015 69 Stroke
Praveen Rashtrapal INC Gujarat 12 May 2016 76 Cardiac arrest
Haji Abdul Salam INC Manipur 28 February 2017 68 Brief illness
Anil Madhav Dave BJP Madhya Pradesh 18 May 2017 60 Cardiac arrest
Madan Lal Saini BJP Rajasthan 24 June 2019 75 Multi-organ failure
Arun Jaitley BJP Uttar Pradesh 24 August 2019 66 Cancer
Ram Jethmalani RJD Bihar 8 September 2019 95 Age-related complications
Beni Prasad Verma SP Uttar Pradesh 27 March 2020 79 Age-related complications
M. P. Veerendra Kumar IND Kerala 28 May 2020 83 Cardiac arrest
Amar Singh IND Uttar Pradesh 1 August 2020 64 Kidney failure
Ashok Gasti BJP Karnataka 17 September 2020 55 COVID-19 complications
Ram Vilas Paswan LJP Bihar 8 October 2020 74 Complications from heart surgery
Ahmed Patel INC Gujarat 25 November 2020 71 COVID-19 complications
Abhay Bharadwaj BJP Gujarat 1 December 2020 66 COVID-19 complications
A. Mohammedjan AIADMK Tamil Nadu 23 March 2021 72 Heart attack
Raghunath Mohapatra BJP Nominated (Arts) 9 May 2021 78 COVID-19 complications
Rajeev Satav INC Maharashtra 16 May 2021 46 COVID-19 complications
Oscar Fernandes INC Karnataka 13 September 2021 80 Age-related ailments
Mahendra Prasad JD(U) Bihar 27 December 2021 81 Prolonged illness
Hardwar Dubey BJP Uttar Pradesh 26 June 2023 73 Heart attack

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  • Tridib Chowdhury
  • K G Bhutia
  • Chaudhary Chuni Lal
  • Mukeshbhai R Patel
  • K. M. Khan
  • Sumitra Mahajan
  • Chittabrata Majumdar

Presiding officers of national parliaments who died in office

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1700–1799

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Charles Wolfran Cornwall 1789 2 January  Great Britain Speaker of the House of Commons 53

1800–1899

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
George Clinton 1812 20 April  United States President of the Senate[e] Heart attack 72
Elbridge Gerry 1814 23 November  United States President of the Senate[e] Heart attack 70
William R. King 1853 18 April  United States President of the Senate[e] Tuberculosis 67
Henry Wilson 1875 22 November  United States President of the Senate[e] Stroke 63
Michael C. Kerr 1876 19 August  United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Dehydration 49
Thomas A. Hendricks 1885 25 November  United States President of the Senate[e] Heart attack 66
Josiah Burr Plumb 1888 12 March  Canada Speaker of the Senate 71
Garret Hobart 1899 21 November  United States President of the Senate[e] Cardiovascular disease 55

1900–1999

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Sir Frederick Holder 1909 23 July  Australia Speaker of the House of Representatives Cerebral hemorrhage 59
James S. Sherman 1912 30 October  United States President of the Senate[e] Bright's disease 57
Hewitt Bostock 1930 28 April  Canada Speaker of the Senate Uraemia 65
Henry T. Rainey 1934 19 August  United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Heart attack 73
Jo Byrns 1936 4 June  United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Heart attack 66
William B. Bankhead 1940 15 September  United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Abdominal hemorrhage 66
Georges Parent 1942 14 December  Canada Speaker of the Senate 62
Edward FitzRoy 1943 3 March  United Kingdom Speaker of the House of Commons 73
Idhomen Kosturi 1943 5 November  Albania Speaker of the Constituent Assembly Assassinated 70
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 1948 11 September  Pakistan Speaker of the Constituent Assembly[f] Tuberculosis 71
Kijūrō Shidehara 1951 10 March  Japan Speaker of the House of Representatives 78
Bùi Bằng Đoàn 1955 13 April  North Vietnam Chairman of the National Assembly 65
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar 1956 25 February  India Speaker of the Lok Sabha Cardiac arrest 67
Archie Cameron 1956 9 August  Australia Speaker of the House of Representatives Heart attack 61
Sam Rayburn 1961 16 November  United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Pancreatic cancer 79
Medar Shtylla 1963 20 December  Albania Speaker of the Parliament 56
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster 1965 2 September  United Kingdom Speaker of the House of Commons 60
Ibrahim Mohammad Jahfar 1971 19 February  Brunei Speaker of the Legislative Council 70
Shah Abdul Hamid 1972 1 May  Bangladesh Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad 72
Iliaz Reka 1975 27 December  Albania Speaker of the Parliament 51
Zhu De 1976 6 July  China Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 89
Nik Ahmad Kamil 1977 20 December  Malaysia Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Heart attack 68
Syed Nasir Ismail 1982 16 March  Malaysia Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Heart attack 61
Rifaat el-Mahgoub 1990 12 October  Egypt Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt Assassination 64

2000–present

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Humayun Rashid Choudhury 2001 10 July  Bangladesh Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Heart attack 72
G. M. C. Balayogi 2002 31 March  India Speaker of the Lok Sabha Helicopter crash 50
Krishan Kant 2002 27 July  India Chairman of the Rajya Sabha[g] Heart attack 75
Mohamed Zahir Ismail 2004 14 October  Malaysia Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Acute renal failure 80
Barbara Prammer 2014 2 August  Austria President of the National Council Pancreatic cancer 60
Pierre Claude Nolin 2015 23 April  Canada Speaker of the Senate Pancreatic cancer 64
Chea Sim 2015 8 June  Cambodia President of the Senate 82
Jaroslav Kubera 2020 20 January  Czech Republic President of the Senate Heart attack 72
Jacob Oulanyah 2022 20 March  Uganda Speaker of the Parliament Multi-organ failure 56
Mutang Tagal 2024 10 May  Malaysia President of the Dewan Negara Heart attack 69

Central ministers who died in office

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Prior to 1899

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Charles Yorke 1770 20 January  Great Britain Lord High Chancellor Suicide 47
William Bradford 1795 23 August  United States Attorney General Illness 39
Diego Portales 1837 6 June  Chile Minister of War Assassination 43
Abel P. Upshur 1844 28 February  United States Secretary of State Explosion 53
Thomas Walker Gilmer Secretary of the Navy 41
Lord Frederick Cavendish 1882 6 May  Great Britain Chief Secretary for Ireland Assassination 45
Ágoston Trefort 1888 22 August  Hungary Minister of Religion and Education 71
Walter Q. Gresham 1895 28 May  United States Secretary of State Pneumonia 63
Bernhard Ernst von Bülow 1897 20 October  Germany State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 64

1900–1949

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Milovan Pavlović 1903 11 June  Serbia Minister of the Army Assassination 60
Oswald von Richthofen 1906 17 January  Germany State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 58
James Hutchison 1909 6 December  Australia Minister without portfolio Kidney-related ailments 50
Lee Batchelor 1911 8 October  Australia Minister of External Affairs Heart attack 46
José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco 1912 10 February  Brazil Minister of Foreign Affairs Kidney-related ailments 66
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter 1912 30 December  Germany State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Heart failure 60
John Arthur 1914 9 December  Australia Minister of External Affairs Kidney disease 39
Robert McNab 1917 3 February  New Zealand Minister of Justice Illness 52
Milan Rastislav Štefánik 1919 4 May  Czechoslovakia Minister of War Aircraft crash 38
Heikki Ritavuori 1922 14 February  Finland Minister of the Interior Assassination 41
Walther Rathenau 1922 24 June  Germany Minister of Foreign Affairs Assassination −45
Alois Rašín 1923 18 February  Czechoslovakia Minister of Finance Assassination 55
Henry Cantwell Wallace 1924 25 October  United States Secretary of Agriculture Complications from surgery 58
Karl Kark 1924 1 December  Estonia Minister of Transportation Assassination 39
Mikhail Frunze 1925 31 October  Soviet Union People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs Surgery from chloroform poisoning 40
Richard Bollard 1927 25 August  New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs 64
Herbert Pratten 1928 7 May  Australia Minister of Trade and Customs Cerebral hemorrhage 63
Gustav Stresemann 1929 3 October  Germany Minister of Foreign Affairs Stroke 51
Bronisław Pieracki 1934 15 June  Poland Minister of the Interior Assassination 39
Louis Barthou 1934 9 October  France Minister of Foreign Affairs Assassination 72
Norman McLeod Rogers 1940 10 June  Canada Minister of National Defence Aircraft crash 45
Geoffrey Street 1940 13 August  Australia Minister of the Army and Repatriation Aircraft crash 46
James Fairbairn Minister of Air and Civil Aviation 43
Henry Gullett Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research 62
István Csáky 1941 27 January  Hungary Minister of Foreign Affairs 46
Ernest Lapointe 1941 26 November  Canada Minister of Justice and Attorney General Illness 65
Tim Armstrong 1942 8 November  New Zealand Minister of Housing Heart disease 67
Jenő Tombor 1946 25 July  Hungary Minister of Defence 66
Dan Sullivan 1947 8 April  New Zealand Minister of Industries and Commerce, and Scientific and Industrial Research Coronary disease 64
James O'Brien 1947 28 September  New Zealand Minister of Transport 73
Jan Masaryk 1948 10 March  Czechoslovakia Minister of Foreign Affairs Accident 61
Abdolhossein Hazhir 1949 5 November  Iran Minister of the Imperial Court Assassination 47

1950–1999

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Hartvig Frisch 1950 11 February  Denmark Minister of Education Cancer 57
Humphrey Mitchell 1950 1 August  Canada Minister of Labour 55
Vallabhbhai Patel 1950 15 December  India Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Heart attack 75
Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1951 2 May  Saudi Arabia Minister of Defense and Aviation Heart attack 30
Eliezer Kaplan 1952 13 July  Israel Deputy Prime Minister Illness 61
David-Zvi Pinkas 1952 14 August  Israel Minister of Transportation Heart attack 56
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 1953 10 February  India Minister of Defence Heart attack 71
Kou Voravong 1954 18 September  Laos Minister of Defense Assassination 40
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 1954 24 October  India Minister of Food and Agriculture Heart failure 60
Mincho Neychev 1956 11 August  Bulgaria Minister of Foreign Affairs 69
Gregorio Hernandez, Jr. 1957 28 March  Philippines Secretary of Education Aircraft crash
Grigore Preoteasa 1957 4 November  Romania Minister of Foreign Affairs Aircraft crash 42
Maulana Azad 1958 22 February  India Minister of Education and Scientific Research Stroke 69
István Antos 1960 5 January  Hungary Minister of Finance 51
Govind Ballabh Pant 1961 7 March  India Minister of Home Affairs Cerebral hemorrhage 73
William Gillespie 1961 23 April  New Zealand Minister of Agriculture Heart attack 67
Binyamin Mintz 1961 30 May  Israel Minister of Postal Services Illness 58
Giora Yoseftal 1962 23 August  Israel Minister of Housing and Development Illness 50
Sahardjo 1963 13 November  Indonesia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice 54
Jack Garland 1964 14 March  Canada Minister of National Revenue Heart attack 46
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda 1965 15 May  Israel Minister of Transportation Illness 69
Harry Lake 1967 21 February  New Zealand Minister of Finance Heart attack 55
Rodion Malinovsky 1967 31 March  Soviet Union Minister of Defence Pancreatic cancer 68
Basuki Rahmat 1969 8 January  Indonesia Minister of Home Affairs 47
Tom Mboya 1969 5 July  Kenya Minister of Economic Planning and Development Assassination 38
Ralph Hanan 1969 24 July  New Zealand Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, and Māori Affairs War injuries 60
Tom Shand 1969 11 December  New Zealand Minister of Labour, Immigration and Mines Lung cancer 58
Lin Biao 1971 13 September  China First Vice Premier and Minister of National Defense Aircraft crash 63
Ivan Hristov Bashev 1971 13 December  Bulgaria Minister of Foreign Affairs Hypothermia 55
Chen Yi 1972 6 January  China Vice Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Cancer 70
Xie Fuzhi 1972 26 March  China Minister of Public Security 62
Mohan Kumaramangalam 1973 31 May  India Minister of Steel and Mines Aircraft crash 56
Ismail Abdul Rahman 1973 2 August  Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Heart attack 57
Li Zhen 1973 20 October  China Minister of Public Security Suicide 58
Paulus Arek 1973 22 November  Papua New Guinea Minister of Information Cancer 43
Ahmad Ismail Ali 1974 25 December  Egypt Minister of War Cancer 57
Lalit Narayan Mishra 1975 3 January  India Minister of Railways Assassination 51
Li Fuchun 1975 9 January  China Vice Premier and Minister in-charge of the State Planning Commission 74
Josiah Mwangi Kariuki 1975 2 March  Kenya Assistant Minister of Tourism and Wildlife Assassination 45
Michel Aikpé 1975 20 June  Benin Minister of the Interior Assassination 32
Michael Hasani 1975 2 July  Israel Minister of Welfare Illness 62
Zhou Rongxin 1976 13 April  China Minister of Education Suicide 59
Andrei Grechko 1976 26 April  Soviet Union Minister of Defence Atherosclerosis 72
Avraham Ofer 1977 3 January  Israel Minister of Housing Suicide 55
Mohammed al‐Beshir 1977 9 February  Jordan Minister of Health Helicopter crash
Anthony Crosland 1977 19 February  United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Cerebral hemorrhage 58
Ali Ahmad 1977 4 December  Malaysia Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Aircraft crash 47
Daniel J. MacDonald 1980 30 September  Canada Minister of Veteran Affairs Heart attack 62
Adelino Amaro da Costa 1980 4 December  Portugal Minister of National Defence Aircraft crash 37
Ahmed Badawi 1981 2 March  Egypt Minister of Defense and Military Production Helicopter crash 54
Marco Subía Martinez 1981 24 May  Ecuador Minister of Defense Aircraft crash
Mousa Namjoo 1981 29 September  Iran Minister of National Defence Aircraft crash 42
Simha Erlich 1983 19 June  Israel Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Illness 67
Hon Sui Sen 1983 14 October  Singapore Minister of Finance Heart attack 67
Rodrigo Lara 1984 30 April  Colombia Minister of Justice Assassination 37
Dmitry Ustinov 1984 20 December  Soviet Union Minister of Defence Cardiac arrest 76
Heinz Hoffmann 1985 2 December  East Germany Minister of National Defence Heart failure 75
István Oláh 1985 15 December  Hungary Minister of Defence Heart failure 58
Chandrashekhar Singh 1986 9 July  India Minister of State (Independent Charge) without portfolio Illness 58
Alcantara Santos 1986 19 October  Mozambique Minister of Transport Aircraft crash
Iambakey Okuk 1986 14 November  Papua New Guinea Minister of Primary Industries Liver cancer 41
Teh Cheang Wan 1986 14 December  Singapore Minister of National Development Suicide 58
Adnan Khayr Allah 1989 4 May  Iraq Minister of Defence Helicopter crash 49
Vir Bahadur Singh 1989 30 May  India Minister of Communications Sudden illness 54
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan 1989 11 October  United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works 46
Robert Ouko 1990 13 February  Kenya Minister of Foreign Affairs Assassination 58
Ranjan Wijeratne 1991 2 March  Sri Lanka Minister of Plantation Industries and State Minister of Defence Assassination 59
Hakija Turajlić 1993 8 January  Bosnia and Herzegovina Deputy Prime Minister Assassination 57
Tay Eng Soon 1993 5 August  Singapore Senior Minister of State for Education Heart failure 53
Mpinga Kasenda 1994 7 May  Zaire Minister of Foreign Affairs Aircraft crash 56
Joe Slovo 1995 6 January  South Africa Minister of Housing Cancer 68
Ernest Kabushemeye 1995 11 March  Burundi Minister of Mines and Energy Assassination
Irfan Ljubijankić 1995 28 May  Bosnia and Herzegovina Minister of Foreign Affairs Killed in action 42
Dinesh Singh 1995 30 November  India Minister without portfolio Prolonged illness 70
Gert Myburgh 1996 11 March  South Africa Deputy Minister of Justice Heart attack 56
Ron Brown 1996 3 April  United States Secretary of Commerce Aircraft crash 54
Janko Jeknić 1997 17 January  Montenegro Minister of Foreign Affairs Traffic collision 47
N. V. N. Somu 1997 14 November  India Minister of State for Defence Helicopter crash 60
Susilo Sudarman 1997 18 December  Indonesia Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Illness 69
Bernard Soysa 1997 30 December  Sri Lanka Minister of Science and Technology, and Human Resources Development Illness 83
Zevulun Hammer 1998 20 January  Israel Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, and Religious Affairs Cancer 61
Luagalau Levaula Kamu 1999 16 July  Samoa Minister of Public Works Assassination
Leonard Petrosyan 1999 27 October  Armenia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Urgent Affairs Assassination 47

2000–present

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2000–2009

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
C. V. Gunaratne 2000 7 June  Sri Lanka Minister of Industrial Development Assassination
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 2000 23 August  India Minister of Power Blood cancer 48
Lun Maung 2001 19 February  Burma Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Helicopter crash
Rahman Dadman 2001 17 May  Iran Minister of Roads and Transportation Aircraft crash 44
Ahmad Shah Massoud 2001 9 September  Afghanistan Minister of Defense Assassination 48
Rehavam Ze'evi 2001 17 October  Israel Minister of Tourism Assassination 75
Abdul Rahman 2002 14 February  Afghanistan Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism Assassination
Steve Tshwete 2002 26 April  South Africa Minister of Safety and Security Pneumonia and liver failure 63
Ishaya Mark Aku 2002 4 May  Nigeria Minister of Sports Aircraft crash
Augustine Geve 2002 20 August  Solomon Islands Minister of Youth, Women and Sports Assassination
Émile Boga Doudou 2002 19 September  Ivory Coast Minister of State for the Interior and Decentralization Assassination 49
Anna Lindh 2003 11 September  Sweden Minister of Foreign Affairs Assassination 46
Murasoli Maran 2003 23 November  India Minister without portfolio Heart and kidney ailments 69
Dullah Omar 2004 13 March  South Africa Minister of Transport Cancer 69
James Wapakhabulo 2004 27 March  Uganda Minister of Foreign Affairs Heart attack 59
Sunil Dutt 2005 25 May  India Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Heart attack 75
Lakshman Kadirgamar 2005 12 August  Sri Lanka Minister of Foreign Affairs Assassination 73
Ramón Martín Huerta 2005 21 September  Mexico Secretary of Public Security Helicopter crash 48
P. M. Sayeed 2005 18 December  India Minister of Power Cardiac arrest 64
Stella Sigcau 2006 7 May  South Africa Minister of Public Works Heart failure 69
Guadalupe Larriva 2007 24 January  Ecuador Minister of Defense Helicopter crash 50
Toshikatsu Matsuoka 2007 28 May  Japan Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Suicide 62
Huang Ju 2007 2 June  China First Vice Premier Pancreatic cancer 68
Richard Attipoé 2007 3 June  Togo Minister of Youth and Sports Helicopter crash 50
D. M. Dassanayake 2008 8 January  Sri Lanka Deputy Minister of Nation Building and Development Assassination 54
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle 2008 6 April  Sri Lanka Minister of Highways and Road Development Assassination 55
Kipkalya Kones 2008 10 June  Kenya Minister of Roads Aircraft crash 56
Lorna Laboso Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Vice President's Office 46
Vinicio Gómez 2008 27 June  Guatemala Minister of the Interior Helicopter crash 46
Édgar Hernández Umaña Deputy Minister of the Interior
Juan Camilo Mouriño 2008 4 November  Mexico Secretary of the Interior Aircraft crash 37
Amarasiri Dodangoda 2009 30 May  Sri Lanka Minister of Justice and Law Reforms Prolonged illness 67
Omar Hashi Aden 2009 18 June  Somalia Minister of Security Assassination
Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel 3 December Minister of Education Assasination
Qamar Aden Ali Minister of Health 52
Ibrahim Hassan Adow Minister of Higher Education

2010–2019

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
P. Chandrasekaran 2010 1 January  Sri Lanka Minister of Community Development and Social Inequity Eradication Heart attack 52
Saleban Olad Roble 2010 12 February  Somalia Minister of Youth and Sports Wounds 46
Molefi Sefularo 2010 5 April  South Africa Deputy Minister of Health Traffic collision 52
Balaji Sadasivan 2010 27 September  Singapore Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Colorectal cancer 55
Shahbaz Bhatti 2011 2 March  Pakistan Federal Minister of Minorities Affairs Assassination 42
Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan 2011 10 June  Somalia Minister of Interior Affairs and National Security Assassination
Asadullo Gulomov 2011 2 August  Tajikistan First Deputy Prime Minister Stroke 57
Julio Casas Regueiro 2011 3 September  Cuba Minister of Defense Cardiorespiratory arrest 75
Sultan bin Abdulaziz 2011 22 October  Saudi Arabia First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Aviation Cancer 83
Francisco Blake Mora 2011 11 November  Mexico Secretary of the Interior Helicopter crash 45
Widjajono Partowidagdo 2012 21 April  Indonesia Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Cardiac arrest 60
Sicelo Shiceka 2012 30 April  South Africa Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Prolonged illness 45
Roy Padayachie 2012 5 May  South Africa Minister of Public Service and Administration Natural causes 62
George Saitoti 2012 10 June  Kenya Minister of State for Internal Security and Provincial Administration Helicopter crash
Joshua Orwa Ojode Assistant Minister of Internal Security and Provincial Administration 53
Nayef bin Abdulaziz 2012 16 June  Saudi Arabia First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Cardiac ailments 78
Vilasrao Deshmukh 2012 14 August  India Minister without portfolio Multi-organ failure 67
Ghazi al-Sadiq 2012 19 August  Sudan Minister of Guidance and Endowments (Religious Affairs) Aircraft crash
Mahjoub Abdel Raheem Toutou State Minister of Youth and Sports
Eissa Daifallah State Minister of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife
Tadahiro Matsushita 2012 10 September  Japan Minister of State for Financial Services Suicide 73
Aloisea Inyumba 2012 6 December  Rwanda Minister of Gender and Family Promotion Cancer 47
Shane McEntee 2012 21 December  Ireland Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Suicide 56
Chumpol Silpa-archa 2013 21 January  Thailand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Sports Heart failure 72
Abraham Iyambo 2013 2 February  Namibia Minister of Education Stroke 52
Eriya Kategaya 2013 2 March  Uganda First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs Prolonged illness 67
Abdul Samad Abdulla 2013 25 August  Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs Kidney failure 67
Shish Ram Ola 2013 15 December  India Minister of Labour and Employment Cardiac arrest 86
William Mgimwa 2014 1 January  Tanzania Minister of Finance Prolonged illness 63
Tasos Mitsopoulos 2014 22 March  Cyprus Minister of Defence Cerebral hemorrhage 48
Douangchay Phichit 2014 17 May  Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Aircraft crash 70
Thongbanh Sengaphone Minister of Public Security 61
Godfrey Kamanya 2014 22 May  Malawi Deputy Minister of Local Government Suicide
Gopinath Munde 2014 3 June  India Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, and Drinking Water and Sanitation Traffic collision 64
Roger Clarke 2014 28 August  Jamaica Minister of Agriculture Heart attack 74
Willem Isaacks 2014 8 October  Namibia Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Traffic collision 45
Abdellah Baha 2014 7 December  Morocco Minister of State Train crash
Ziad Abu Ein 2014 10 December  Palestine Minister of Wall and Settlement Affairs without portfolio Killed 55
Uri Orbach 2015 16 February  Israel Minister of Persioner Affairs Hematologic disease 54
Collins Chabane 2015 15 March  South Africa Minister of Public Service and Administration Traffic collision 54
Aronda Nyakairima 2015 12 September  Uganda Minister of Internal Affairs Heart attack 56
James Mutende 2015 2 October  Uganda State Minister of Industry Natural causes 53
Abdallah Kigoda 2015 12 October  Tanzania Minister of Industry and Trade Illness 61
M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana 2016 19 January  Sri Lanka Minister of Lands Cancer 68
Steven Pirika Kama 2016 20 February  Papua New Guinea Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Constitution Matters Prolonged illness 54
James Ocholi 2016 6 March  Nigeria Minister of State for Labour and Productivity Traffic collision 55
Noriah Kasnon 2016 5 May  Malaysia Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities Helicopter crash 52
Promode Mankin 2016 11 May  Bangladesh State Minister of Social Welfare Cancer 76
Banza Mukalay 2016 14 May  Congo-Kinshasa Minister of Culture and the Arts Sudden illness 63
Burʽi Mohamed Hamza 2016 28 June  Somalia State Minister of the Premier's Office for Environment Assassination 70–71
Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro 2016 5 August  Uruguay Minister of National Defense Respiratory problems 74
Rodolfo Illanes 2016 25 August  Bolivia Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Assassination 58
Juras Požela 2016 16 October  Lithuania Minister of Health Pancreatitis 34
Valdon Dowiyogo 2016 8 December  Nauru Minister of Health, Transport, Sports, and Fisheries Kidney failure 48
Armen Yertsyan 2016 13 December  Armenia Minister of Emergency Situations Prolonged illness
Emmanuel Niyonkuru 2017 1 January  Burundi Minister of Water, Environment, Spatial Planning and Urban Development Assassination 54
Carlos Fernández Gondín 2017 7 January  Cuba Minister of the Interior Chronic heart ailments 78
Bakhti Belaïb 2017 26 January  Algeria Minister of Trade Prolonged illness 63
Sabine Oberhauser 2017 23 February  Austria Minister of Health and Women Abdominal cancer 53
Sok An 2017 15 March  Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Complications from diabetes 66
Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji 2017 3 May  Somalia Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction Assassination 31
Anil Madhav Dave 2017 18 May  India Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Cardiac arrest 60
Natig Aliyev 2017 9 June  Azerbaijan Minister of Industry and Energy Heart attack 69
Joseph Ole Nkaissery 2017 8 July  Kenya Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government Heart attack 67
Mattlan Zackhras 2017 8 August  Marshall Islands Minister in Assistance to the President Heart failure 47
Mohammad Sayedul Haque 2017 16 December  Bangladesh Minister of Fisheries and Livestock Age-related complications
Slim Chaker 2017 8 October  Tunisia Minister of Public Health Cardiac arrest 56
Hilda Hernández 2017 16 December  Honduras Minister of Communications and Strategy Helicopter crash 51
Victoria Kalima 2018 11 June  Zambia Minister of Gender Illness 45
Yavar Jamalov 2018 23 June  Azerbaijan Minister of Defence Industry Illness 68
Luis Gneiting 2018 25 July  Paraguay Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Aircraft crash 50
Hans Kristian Amundsen 2018 29 July  Norway State Secretary for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs 58
Edna Molewa 2018 22 September  South Africa Minister of Environmental Affairs Viral disease 61
David Azulai 2018 30 October  Israel Minister of Religious Services Cancer 64
Ananth Kumar 2018 12 November  India Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Chemicals and Fertilizers Pancreatic cancer 59
Sayed Ashraful Islam 2019 3 January  Bangladesh Minister of Public Administration Cancer 67
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari 2019 27 February    Nepal Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Helicopter crash 49
Ali Mohammad Mahar 2019 21 May  Pakistan Federal Minister of Narcotis Control Heart attack 49
José Huerta 2019 24 June  Peru Minister of Defense Heart attack 71
Bavelile Hlongwa 2019 13 September  South Africa Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Traffic collision 38
Mohamed Farid Md Rafik 2019 21 September  Malaysia Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for National Unity and Social Wellbeing Heart attack 42

2020–present

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Name Year Date Country Title Cause of death Age
Jamal Aldin Omar 2020 25 March  Sudan Minister of Defence Heart attack 60
Augustine Mahiga 2020 1 May  Tanzania Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs COVID-19 74
Mohamed Ben Omar 2020 3 May  Niger Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection COVID-19 55
Arumugam Thondaman 2020 26 May  Sri Lanka Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development Heart attack 55
Shahine Robinson 2020 29 May  Jamaica Minister of Labour and Social Security Lung cancer 66
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah 2020 13 June  Bangladesh State Minister of Religious Affairs COVID-19 74
Perrance Shiri 2020 29 July  Zimbabwe Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement COVID-19 65
Uktam Barnoev 2020 20 September  Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister COVID-19 56
Suresh Angadi 2020 23 September  India Minister of State for Railways COVID-19 65
Ram Vilas Paswan 2020 8 October  India Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Complications from heart surgery 74
Walid Muallem 2020 16 November  Syria Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Heart ailments 79
Kirunda Kivejinja 2020 19 December  Uganda Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio COVID-19 85
Sidik Mia 2021 12 January  Malawi Minister of Transport and Public Works COVID-19 55
Lingson Belekanyama Minister of Local Government and Rural Development
Christian Myekeni Ntshangase 2021 16 January  Eswatini Minister of Public Service COVID-19
Sibusiso Moyo 2021 20 January  Zimbabwe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade COVID-19 61
Jackson Mthembu 2021 21 January  South Africa Minister in the Presidency COVID-19 62
Joel Biggie Matiza 2021 22 January  Zimbabwe Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development COVID-19 60
Makhosi Vilakati 2021 23 January  Eswatini Minister of Labour and Social Security COVID-19
Carlos Holmes Trujillo 2021 26 January  Colombia Minister of National Defense COVID-19 69
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum 2021 24 March  United Arab Emirates Minister of Finance and Industry Illness 75
Franklin Khan 2021 17 April  Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Heart-related ailments
Mario Meoni 2021 23 April  Argentina Minister of Transport Traffic collision 56
Jorge Larrañaga 2021 22 May  Uruguay Minister of the Interior Heart attack 64
Veno Kauaria 2021 30 July  Namibia Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation COVID-19 61
Elias John Kwandikwa 2021 2 August  Tanzania Minister of Defence and National Service Brief illness 55
Edward Registe 2021 1 September  Dominica Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Sudden illness 50
Yevgeny Zinichev 2021 8 September  Russia Minister of Emergency Situations Fall from cliff 55
Hlengiwe Mkhize 2021 16 September  South Africa Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Lung cancer 69
Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi 2021 12 December  Tonga Deputy Prime Minister Illness 66
Mamadú Iaia Djaló 2021 20 December  Guinea-Bissau Minister of Commerce and Industry Sudden illness 59
William Samb 2022 3 March  Papua New Guinea Minister of Commerce and Industry High blood pressure
Vaʻele Paʻiaʻaua Iona Sekuini 2022 25 March  Samoa Associate Minister of Agriculture Heart attack 58
Sam Basil 2022 11 May  Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Planning Traffic collision 52
Zeta Emilianidou 2022 6 June  Cyprus Minister of Labour and Social Security Brain aneurysm 67
Orlando Jorge Mera 2022 6 June  Dominican Republic Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Assassination 55
Viliami Hingano 2022 10 June  Tonga Minister of Agriculture, Food, Forests Illness 47
Manawa Peter Gatkuoth 2022 19 June  South Sudan Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources High blood pressure
Tjahjo Kumolo 2022 1 July  Indonesia Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Multi-organ failure 64
Vladimir Makei 2022 26 November  Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs Heart attack 64
Denys Monastyrsky 2023 18 January  Ukraine Minister of Internal Affairs Helicopter crash 42
Yevhen Yenin Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs 42
Michael Moussa Adamo 2023 20 January  Gabon Minister of Foreign Affairs Heart attack 62
Gabriel Dodo Ndoke 2023 21 January  Cameroon Minister of Mines, Industries and Technological Development Illness 51
Abdul Shakoor 2023 15 April  Pakistan Federal Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Traffic collision 55
Charles Engola 2023 2 May  Uganda State Minister of Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations Assassination 64
Qadri Abu Bakr 2023 1 July  Palestine Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Traffic collision 70
Aleksey Avramenko 2023 4 July  Belarus Minister of Transport and Communications Sudden illness 46
Salahuddin Ayub 2023 23 July  Malaysia Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living Brain hemorrhage 61
Lê Văn Thành 2023 22 August  Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Illness 60
Susan Ople 2023 22 August  Philippines Secretary of Migrant Workers Breast cancer 61
Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe 2023 25 September  The Bahamas Minister of Social Services and Urban Renewal Illness 65
Khadijo Mohamed Diriye 2023 20 December  Somalia Minister of Women and Human Rights Brief illness 59
Amândio de Sá Benevides 2024 20 January  East Timor Minister of Justice Heart attack 59
Sanath Nishantha 2024 25 January  Sri Lanka Minister of State for Water Supply Traffic collision 48
Jimmy Uguro 2024 6 February  Papua New Guinea Minister of Education Sudden illness
John Kumah 2024 7 March  Ghana Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Short illness 45
Michael Espat 2024 23 April  Belize Minister of State for Finance, Economic Development and Investment Illness 76
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian 2024 19 May  Iran Minister of Foreign Affairs Helicopter crash 60
Khalil Haqqani 2024 11 December  Afghanistan Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Assassination


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