High Profilers – Page 10

2May

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High Profilers, Nigeria, Profiles

Suleiman Adamu, politician

Suleiman Adamu, a Nigerian politician, died from COVID-19 at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on April 30, 2020. He was serving as a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa Central constituency, at the time of his death due to COVID-19 in April 2020. Adamu was buried on May 1 in his hometown, Nasarawa. His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19. Adamu was the first recorded fatality from coronavirus disease 2019 in Nasarawa State during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19...

PK Kareem Haji, Businessman and social worker

30Apr

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High Profilers, India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United Arab Emirates

PK Kareem Haji, Businessman and social worker

PK Kareem Haji was a resident of UAE for over 40 years PK Kareem Haji, 62 ‑ a businessman in Abu Dhabi, former president of Abu Dhabi Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) and an active community worker with the Indian Islamic Centre, the Sunni Centre, among others ‑ died of complications from Covid-19 on April 30, his family confirmed to Gulf News. A native of Thiruvathra - (Thrissur District), Kerala, Haji was being treated at Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel Hospital. Haji is said to have been at the hospital for nearly 10 days before succumbing to Covid-19, reported GN’s Anjana Kumar He leaves behind a wife, and three sons, who are looking after his business. Haji's son, Mohammad Abdul Gafoor, confirmed his father died due to complications after contracting Covid-19. “My father was a...

30Apr

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High Profilers, Indonesia, Profiles

Syahrul, politician

Syahrul – an Indonesian politician, teacher, and member of the Great Indonesia Movement Party – died on April 28, 2020, after suffering from Covid-19 He served as the Mayor of Tanjung Pinang, and capital and second largest city in the Riau Islands, from September 21, 2018, until his death from COVID-19 on April 28, 2020. Prior to that office, Syahrul had served as Deputy Mayor of Tanjung Pinang from 2013 to 2018. Syahrul, who was one of eight siblings, was born in Tarempa, on August 30, 1960. As a child, he sold ice and small cakes to earn extra money for his family. He graduated from Tanjung Pinang Teacher Training School (SPG) in 1983 and was appointed as a teacher. He later earned a bachelor of education degree from Indonesia Open University in 2008. Syahrul served as Deputy M...

28Apr

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Badruddin Shaikh, politician

Badruddin Shaikh a senior leader of the Indian National Congress died of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on 26 April 2020. He was a leader of the opposition party of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Shaikh did his school graduation from Bhakt Vallabh Dhoda Vidya Vihar Ahmedabad. Then he did his graduation from H K Arts College, and post graduation from L.A. Shah Law College. He was employed in LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd.

27Apr

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Argentina, High Profilers, Profiles

Laura Bernal, diplomat

Laura Bernal ‑ an Argentine diplomat – passed away on 26 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. She served as Argentina's ambassador to Ireland from 2016 until her sudden death in 2020. She was present in the country for her compatriot Pope Francis's visit to Ireland as part of World Meeting of Families 2018. Bernal was from Buenos Aires. She died at her Rathmines home on 26 April 2020 and was found post-mortem to have contracted COVID-19. At the request of her sister and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bernal's body was not repatriated. Her funeral took place on 15 May at St Michael's parish church in Foxford and she was buried afterwards at nearby Craggagh Cemetery. Foxford is where Admiral William Brown (who founded the Argentine Navy) was born, hence ...

27Apr

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France, High Profilers, Profiles

Henri Weber, politician

Henri Weber a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France – died on 26 April 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in France. He was 75. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS), which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. Weber was born in Leninabad (now Khujand), Tajikistan, Soviet Union, from Jewish parents. His father was a watchmaker. Henri Weber was an activist in the May 1968 uprising and was a leading member of the Trotskyist Jeunesse communiste révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist Youth) and Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) before joining the PS. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the deleg...

26Apr

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High Profilers, Japan, Profiles

Yukio Okamoto, diplomat

Yukio Okamoto a Japanese diplomat, diplomatic analyst, and proponent of strong economic and political Japan–United States relations died from pneumonia caused by novel COVID-19 at a Tokyo hospital on April 24, 2020, at the age of 75. Okamoto guided Japanese and American diplomatic relations throughout the 1980s, during an era when both countries simultaneously competed for economic influence on the global stage. He served as a diplomatic advisor and analyst for several Japanese prime ministers, including Ryutaro Hashimoto from 1996 to 1998 and Junichiro Koizumi from 2003 until 2004. Biography Okamoto was a native of Kanagawa Prefecture. He joined the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1968, where he worked for more than 20 years. He was posted to diplomatic missions in Paris, Cair...

24Apr

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Asdrubal Bentes, politician

Asdrubal Mendes Bentes a Brazilian politician and lawyer from the state of Pará was hospitalized in a Belém intensive care unit for coronavirus on April 23, 2020. He died from complications of COVID-19 at the Hospital Aberlardo Santos in the Icoaraci district of Belém on April 27, 2020, at the age of 80. He represented Pará in the national Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil, for several tenures beginning in 1987. Most recently, he served in the Chamber of Deputies for four consecutive terms from February 1, 2001, to March 26, 2014. He was also a former president of the Paysandu Sport Club, a Brazilian football team based in Belém.

23Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles

Koos van den Berg, politician

Jacobus Teunis "Koos" van den Berg –a Dutch politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) – died on 21 April 2020 in Nunspeet due to complications of COVID-19, at the age of 77. Born in The Hague, he served as a member of the House of Representatives from 3 June 1986 to 23 May 2002.

23Apr

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Gerson dos Santos Peres, politician

Gerson dos Santos Peres a Brazilian politician, lawyer and journalist from the state of Pará died in Belém from COVID-19. Gerson Peres was a lawyer by formation after finishing his law degree at Federal University of Pará, however outside of his political career he worked mostly as a journalists, employed by well known local newspapers such as O Liberal and A Província do Pará. As a politician, his first public position was as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Pará, which he held from 1955 to 1979. In 1978, Peres was indirectly elected Vice Governor of Pará, took office in 1979 and finished his tenure in 1983. In 1982, he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies representing his birth state of Pará and after 4 consecutive successful reelections he remained a deputy...