Death in office

A death in office is the death of a person who was incumbent of an office-position until the time of death.

The death of most popes and monarchs have been deaths in office, since they have usually held their papacy/reign for the rest of their lives.

Most office positions require that the person is constantly competent in performing the associated duties, and as such, deaths in office are usually premature deaths.

Examples

Heads of state and government

Russian governors

Aleksandr Lebed, governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, died in a helicopter crash in 2002
Igor Farkhutdinov, governor of Sakhalin, died in a helicopter crash in 2003
Mikhail Yevdokimov, governor of Altai, died in a car accident in 2005
Valentin Tsvetkov, governor of Magadan region, killed in 2002

Northern Rhodesia governor(s)

Sir John Maybin colonial governors of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) (1941)^[1]

U.S. Congress

References

↑ Martin Sylvester (January 2013). "Governor of Northern Rhodesia 5 May 1938 – 9 April 1941". martinsylvester.com/. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

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