List of Famous people who died in 2018
Nana Chudasama
Nana Mansinh Chudasama was an eminent jurist and mayor and Sheriff of Mumbai.
Co Westerik
Jacobus "Co" Westerik was a Dutch visual artist.
Cecylia Roszak
Maria Roszak was a Polish nun, Dominican sister, Righteous Among the Nations, and supercentenarian.
Fariha Razak
Fariha Razzaq Haroon was a Pakistani politician and journalist who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. Born in 1956, she became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Journalists for this coveted feat. Her written article also earned her and Pakistan for the first time the prized European Commissions "Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism" in 2000. She became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Journalists.
Maya Jribi
Maya Jribi was a Tunisian politician. From 2006 to 2012, she was the leader of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP). From PDP's merger into the Republican Party in April 2012, until her resignation in 2017, she was the Secretary-General of the centrist party.
Gérson Camata
Gerson Camata was a Brazilian journalist and politician. Camata served in Federal Senate for three terms from 1987 until 2011. He was also the first person directly elected Governor of Espírito Santo, an office he held from 1983 to 1986, following the restoration of democracy in the 1980s.
Quentin Kenihan
Quentin Kenihan was an Australian disability advocate, writer and actor. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare bone disease.
José Rafael Abinader Wassaf
José Rafael Abinader Wasaf was a politician, lawyer and writer from the Dominican Republic and Vice-President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party. He founded the Universidad Dominicana O&M, in which he was rector. Abinader as a businessman was president of Grupo Abicor, and at the time of his death he was worth US$450 million.
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as Minister of Higher Education, Andhra Pradesh. He was elected for a record six terms to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, five times from the former Puttur constituency and once from the Nagari constituency.
Luciano Benjamín Menéndez
Luciano Benjamín Menéndez was an Argentine general and convicted human rights violator and murderer. Commander of the Third Army Corps (1975–79), he played a prominent role in the murders of social activists.