Luis Echevarria dead at 100

[JM1295]

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-crime-caribbean-homicide-statutes-d51f29e64aadd254935cb63b317f89bd

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, who tried to cast himself as a progressive world leader but was blamed for some of Mexico’s worst political killings of the 20th century, has died at the age of 100.

Current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the death Saturday on his Twitter account and sent condolences to Echeverria’s family and friends “in the name of the government of Mexico,” but did not express any personal sadness about the death.

López Obrador did not provide a cause of death for Echeverria, who governed Mexico from 1970 to 1976. He had been hospitalized for pulmonary problems in 2018 and also had neurological difficulties in recent years.

Echeverria positioned himself as a left-leaning maverick allied with Third World causes during his presidency, but his role in the notorious massacres of leftist students in 1968 and 1971 made him hated by Mexican leftists, who for for decades tried unsuccessfully to have him put on trial.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Rest in piss.

[Mr. Smith]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

Morales-Bermudez in Peru, who I believe is the oldest living former world leader.

[CumbrianLefty]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

A surprising number.

[Sir John Johns]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

Morales-Bermudez in Peru, who I believe is the oldest living former world leader.

Guillermo Rodríguez Lara, military dictator of Ecuador between 1972 and 1976, is also still alive at 97 years old.

[Edu]

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

Isabel Peron, president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976 is also alive at the "young" age of 91

[jojoju1998]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Benedict ( having been around in the Vatican for 40 years ),

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

If you want to go further back, I think the 4 earliest serving state leaders alive are
Dalai Lama 1940 (Tibet wasn't recognized though)
Simeon II of Bulgaria 1943
Queen Elizabeth II 1952
Faud II of Egypt 1952


Possible 5th place is Sirikit of Thailand, Regent for her husband in 1956.


But I might be missing someone.

Lubomír Štrougal, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia starting in 1970 might be the earliest serving non-monarch, but not sure.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Simeon II also noted for becoming Prime Minister of Bulgaria in the 2000s.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Benedict ( having been around in the Vatican for 40 years ),

Benedict was Vice President of the University of Regensburg at this point. He's definitely been around for a very long time, but I wouldn't call that being a world leader.

Dries van Agt is still alive; he's two days older than Isabel Peron. A surprising number of ex-Thai PMs too. And Paul Biya, of course.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Here in Aus the oldest leader still around is Steele Hall, SA Premier ‘68-‘70 (who’d go on to have a long winding career well into the 90s)

Edit: Apparently Bill Grayden is still alive, first elected to state parliament in 1947 (!!!).

[Edu]

Morales-Bermudez in Peru, who I believe is the oldest living former world leader.

ayy lmao

[CumbrianLefty]

Guau, pense que solo Jimmy Carter.

Who else of the world leaders is still around from that era?

Morales-Bermudez in Peru, who I believe is the oldest living former world leader.

As tends to be the case in these things, not any more.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Oh dang let’s see if it works again. Henry Kissinger is still alive wow that’s crazy

[vitoNova]

The lead singer of Sepultura?

Rest in Power, brother. 

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Oh dang let’s see if it works again. Henry Kissinger is still alive wow that’s crazy