The office of US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham announced on Sunday his death at the age of 71, following a short and sudden illness.

The office, in a statement published on Graham's official account on X, said the senator died Saturday evening, noting that his family asked for privacy during this time.

Graham had held the South Carolina seat in the Senate since 2003 and was a prominent figure in the Republican Party, known for his hardline stances on foreign policy and defense issues, and his close alliance with US President Donald Trump in recent years.

Graham had appeared publicly two days before his death during a visit to Kyiv, where he discussed sanctions on Russia and military support issues with Ukrainian officials.

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Military and Political Career

Lindsey Graham was born on July 9, 1955, in Central, South Carolina, and earned a law degree before joining the US Air Force, where he served as a military lawyer and chief prosecutor for the Air Forces in Europe from 1984 to 1988, then moved into private practice.

Graham entered politics in the 1990s, elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, then the US House of Representatives, before becoming a US Senator in 2003, later emerging as one of the most prominent and influential Republican figures on foreign policy and defense issues.