Obituary Events in June 2000

Jun. 10:

The Syrian President, Mr. Hafez al-Assad, after protracted illness.

Jun. 11:

The Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, Mr. Rajesh Pilot, in a road accident, in his home constituency, Dausa.

Jun. 17:

Well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, Mr. Danial Latifi (83), of cancer in New Delhi.

Jun. 19:

The former Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Noburu Takeshita (76), at the Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo.

Jun. 21:

Archbishop Alan De Lastic (71), head of India's catholic church in a car accident on his way from Krakow to Warsaw, the Polish capital.