2002 in Politics - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 6- Former prime minister of Thailand, Sanya Thammasak.
  • January 19- Former prime minister of Finland, Martti Miettunen.
  • February 4- Former president of Malta, Agatha Barbara.
  • February 8- Former president of Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong.
  • March 8- Former prime minister and chairman of the Presidential Council of Benin, Justin Ahomadegbé.
  • March 12- Former president of Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou.
  • March 22- Former governor-general of Papua New Guinea, Sir Kingsford Dibela.
  • April 16- Former president of Guatemala, Ramiro de León Carpio.
  • May 5- Former president of Bolivia, Hugo Banzer Suárez.
  • May 5- Former president of Dominica, Sir Clarence Augustus Seignoret.
  • May 19- Former prime minister of Australia, Sir John Grey Gorton.
  • June 4- Former president of Peru, Fernando Belaúnde Terry.
  • June 24- Former prime minister of Luxembourg, Pierre Werner.
  • July 13- Former prime minister and foreign minister of Peru, Guillermo Larco Cox.
  • July 14- Former president of the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer.
  • July 22- Former prime minister and foreign minister of Peru, Fernando Schwalb López Aldana.
  • August 30- Former prime minister of Jordan, Sharif Zaid Ibn Shaker.
  • September 8- Former President of Switzerland, Georges-André Chevallaz.
  • September 30- Former President of Switzerland, Hans Peter Tschudi.
  • October 31- Former President of Greece, Michail Stasinopoulos.
  • December 5- Former Prime Minister of Myanmar, Ne Win.
  • December 22- Former President of Guyana, Desmond Hoyte.

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