Shafaqna Pakistan: US Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday evening following a brief and sudden illness, according to a statement posted on X by his office’s communications director. He was 71.
A Republican senator from South Carolina, Graham was a prominent figure in US politics. Although he was an outspoken critic of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, he later became one of the former president’s closest allies in the Senate.
In its statement, Graham’s office said his family appreciated the prayers and support they had received and requested privacy as they mourned his passing.
Graham was elected to the US Senate in 2002. Before serving in the upper house, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1994 for South Carolina’s third congressional district, according to his website.
A defense hawk, his website said he had “consistently pushed for outcomes in the War on Terror that protect our long-term national security interests.”
Graham recently served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Graham also served as a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Graham was not married and lived in Seneca, South Carolina.
Source: Express Tribune
