High Profilers – Page 16

14Mar

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High Profilers, Italy, Profiles

Giovanni Battista Rabino, politician

Giovanni Battista Rabino –an Italian politician from the Christian Democracy party who served as member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1992, then a single term, between 1992 and 1994, as Senator – died of Covid-19 on 12 March 2020. He was born in Montaldo Scarampi, and served as mayor of the city between 2004 and 2009. Before his political career, Rabino was a trade unionist, active in Alessandria's Coldiretti branch. Rabino died from COVID-19 at the Cardinal Massaja Hospital in Asti on 12 March 2020. His funeral was held two days later.

12Mar

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High Profilers, Iran, Profiles

Mohammad Kiavash, politician

Iranian politician Mohammad Alavi Tabar‎, also known as Kiyavash– died on 10 March 2020. The Iranian politician was born in 1930 in Zanjan. He was a follower of jurisprudential Islam. Mohammad Alavi Tabar served as a member of the Iranian Parliament representing Ahvaz between 1980 and 1984, representing Abadan between 1984 and 1988. Mohammad Alavi Tabar died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 10 March 2020. His funeral was held on 12 March.

10Mar

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High Profilers, Profiles

Lee Cha-su, politician

Lee Cha-su –a South Korean politician and social activist – passed away on 9 March 2020 after contracting coronavirus. He urged the relocation of the K-2 Air Force Base used with Daegu International Airport. He served as the chairman of the Buk District Council. Lee died in Chilgok, Buk District, Daegu at the age of 62 as a result of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 9 March 2020.

9Mar

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High Profilers, Iran, Profiles

Fatemeh Rahbar, politician

Fatemeh Rahbar –an Iranian conservative politician who served three terms as a member of the Iranian Parliament representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr – succumbed to Covid-19 on 7 March 2020. Rahbar was elected to serve in the Parliament for the fourth time but died before the start of her fourth term. Rahbar earned a master's degree in visual communication and a Ph.D. degree in strategic management. She worked as a production manager for the Internet Network and Secretary of the Supreme Council on Internet Policy. Rahbar was a conservative politician and a member of the Islamic Coalition Party. She served three terms between 2004 and 2016 as a member of the Iranian Parliament representing, Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. As a member of parliament, Rahbar served ...

Hossein Sheikholeslam, politician & diplomat

6Mar

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High Profilers, Iran, Profiles

Hossein Sheikholeslam, politician & diplomat

Hossein Sheikholeslam –an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif – died on 5 March 2020 from coronavirus. He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran and previously the Iranian ambassador to Syria. Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs. Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis. Sheikholeslam died from coronavirus disease 2019 on 5 March 2020.

3Mar

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High Profilers, Iran, Profiles

Mohammad Mirmohammadi, politician

Seyyed Mohammad Mirmohammadi –an Iranian politician who served as the senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and a member of Expediency Discernment Council – died due to coronavirus on 2 March 2020. He was the member of the 6th and 7th Iranian parliaments for Qom. Mohammad was a member of the central council of the Islamic Republic Party, presidential chief of staff during the presidencies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and secretary general of the Islamic Civilization Party. Mirmohammadi was born in Qom, Iran, in 1948. Mousa Shubairi Zanjani, a senior cleric, was his uncle. Mirmohammadi was appointed a member of the Expediency Discernment Council in August 2017. Mirmohammadi died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 2 March 2020...

Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak, politician

1Mar

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High Profilers, Iran, Profiles

Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak, politician

Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak ‑ an Iranian politician who was elected to the Iranian Parliament in the 2020 election – reportedly died from Covid-19 complications on 29 February 2020. He also fought in the Iran–Iraq War. The cause of his death is disputed. The Iranian health ministry say it was due to influenza while other sources, including the BBC, had reported that he died from novel coronavirus.

1Feb

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China, High Profilers, Profiles

Wen Zengxian, politician

Wen Zengxian –a Chinese politician who served as Deputy director-general of the Civil Affairs Department of Hubei Province from 1997 to 2010 – passed away on 31 January 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Wen was born in Xinye County, Henan. In April 1972, he started to work at Xiangfan Municipal Propaganda Team. In January 1975, he worked as a clerk at Xiangfan Municipal Bureau of Culture. He joined the Communist Party of China in September 1976. Wen entered Wuhan University in February 1977, majoring in Chinese Language and Literature. After earning his bachelor's degree in January 1980, he started to work at Politics Division of the Civil Affairs Department of Hubei Province. Later, he served as the President of Hubei Civil Administration School (Decem...

28Jan

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Yang Xiaobo, politician

Yang Xiaobo –a Chinese structural engineer, politician, and insurance executive – died on 27 January 2020 from coronavirus. He served as President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute (2003–2007), Mayor of Huangshi, Hubei (2009–2014), and President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company (2014–2020), and was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018). He died of severe pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yang was born in January 1963 in Tianmen, Hubei. He entered Beijing Jiaotong University in 1981, majoring in structural engineering. After earning his bachelor's degree in September 1985, he pursued graduate studies at Tianjin University, earning his master's degree in str...

27Jan

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Wang Xianliang, politician

Wang Xianliang –a Chinese politician and government official who served as the head of the bureau level of Wuhan Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee – died from Covid-19 on 26 January 2020. Wang Xianliang born in Jianli, Hubei, China. He studied in Hubei Shayang Normal School and Wuhan Teachers College in 1976. After graduation, he worked in Shayang Normal School and Jingzhou District Education Bureau. He was transferred to Hubei Education College in 1988 and successively served as the deputy director, director, and director of the Dean's Office. In 1999, he served as the deputy director of Wuhan Civil Affairs Bureau. On 29 February 2012, a meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th peoples Congress of Wuhan city voted to approve a new ...