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3Aug

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Satya Narain Singh, politician

Satya Narain Singh -- Bihar State secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and two-time former MLA -- died of COVID-19 late on August 2, 2020. Suffering from the pandemic, he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, on July 30 where he died. “He breathed his last at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday here. Before being admitted to AIIMS, Patna, he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection at a private hospital of the State capital,” said an AIIMS doctor. Mr. Singh, 77, won from the erstwhile Chautham Assembly constituency in Khagaria district in 1990 and 1995. The Hindu

31Jul

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Herman Cain, politician

Herman Cain – a US politician and former presidential candidate ‑ died of coronavirus on July 30, 2020. He was 74. "Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away," editor of the website Dan Calabrese wrote. "He's entering the presence of the Saviour he's served as an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church in Atlanta, and preparing for his reward." Mr Calabrese noted that because of his history with cancer and his age, Mr Cain was in a high-risk group. "We knew when he was first hospitalised with COVID-19 that this was going to be a rough fight," Calabrese wrote. "He had trouble breathing and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. "We all prayed that the in...

31Jul

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Sergio Muñoz Sr, politician

Sergio Muñoz Sr., a US politician, died on July 30, 2020, after recently becoming ill with COVID-19,. The father of current state Rep. Sergio Muñoz Jr. and the party’s vice chair, Muñoz Sr. served as representative for Texas’ 36th district between 1993 and 1997. The Palmview native was 68 at the time of his death. He died at DHR Health (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance) in Edinburg. “I know he fought a hard long battle to the end, and that was just who he was,” Muñoz Jr. said of his father. “He never gave up.” In 1995, during the 74th Legislature, Muñoz Sr. served on the House Committee on Elections, which among several tasks reviewed early voting by mail problems and provided oversight of that year&rsq...

31Jul

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M Gunaprasad, politician

M Gunaprasad -- an Indian politician, Bodhan municipal councillor and TRS floor leader -- died of Covid-19 on July 30, 2020. Gunaprasad was a senior councillor in Bodhan Municipality and elected as councillor four times from 1995. He had been the floor leader of TRS party in the municipality. He and his wife were infected with Covid-19 a few days ago and were taking treatment at Deccan Hospital, Hyderabad. Telangana Today

30Jul

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Bosnia, High Profilers, Profiles

Salko Bukvarevic, politician

Salko Bukvarevic ‑ the minister for veteran affairs in the government of one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's two highly independent regions ‑ died on July 29, 2020, at the age of 53, a week after testing positive for COVID-19. Bukvarevic died in a COVID-19 hospital in Sarajevo, where he was admitted last week with pneumonia and breathing problems. He had served in the government of the Bosniak-Croat federation since 2015. The region’s prime minister, Fadil Novalic, was also hospitalized with COVID-19 but was released Tuesday following two weeks of treatment. Daily Sabah

30Jul

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High Profilers, Profiles, Zimbabwe

Perrance Shiri, politician

Perrance Shiri -- Zimbabwe's Agriculture Minister -- died of Covid-19 on July 29, 2020, at the age of 65. President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the death of retired air force marshal Perrance Shiri. "I am deeply saddened to inform the nation of the death of the Minister of Agriculture Retired Air Marshall Perrance Shiri, a long time friend and colleague," President Mnangagwa said. "Comrade Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country." Shiri was the commander of Zimbabwe's Air Force until the 2017 military coup that toppled long time ruler Robert Mugabe. He then joined President Mnangagwa’s first Cabinet. The East African

30Jul

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Koppana Mohana Rao, politician

Koppana Mohana Rao, former Minister and senior YSR Congress Party leader died of COVID-19 late on the night of July 29, 2020. He was 75 years old. A native of Mallam village in Pithapuram mandal, he is survived by a daughter and a son. Mohana Rao, who was elected from the Pithapuram Assembly constituency in East Godavari district twice, had served as the Forest Minister. Mohana Rao was declared brought dead when he was taken to the Government General Hospital in Kakinada from another hospital. He tested positive for COVID-19, said East Godavari District Medical and Health Officer M. Mallik. The Hindu

28Jul

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V. Balan, politician

V. Balan -- former Puducherry nominated legislator and general secretary of All India N R Congress -- died on July 27, 2020, days after he tested for COVID-19, at a private hospital. Director of Health and Family Welfare S. Mohan Kumar, said the 68-year-old leader was admitted to the hospital last week with symptoms of novel coronavirus. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital after he tested positive. Mr. Balan, who had co-morbid conditions, was put on a ventilator two day ago, after his condition worsened, but died on Monday. Mr. Balan was nominated to the Legislative Assembly during the fag-end of the previous N. R Congress government. After serving Congress from his student days, he quit his parent party when former Chief Minister N. Rangasamy floated the AINRC in 2011....

22Jul

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Karunakar Paika, additional magistrate

Karunakar Paika, an Additional District Magistrate (ADM) in Odisha’s Gajapati district died of COVID-19 on July 21, 2020 — first administrative rank officer of the Indian State to fall victim to the virus. Paika, 55 died at the MKCG Hospital in Berhampur in the morning. He was in charge of a covid hospital at Paralakhemundi, district headquarter town of Gajapati. After the Odisha Administrative Service officer’s death, swab was collected and tested using Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. It was found that he was infected with virus. “Paika had not been keeping well for the past few days. When his condition deteriorated, he was taken to MKCG Hospital, Berhampur. We could not save him,” Anupam Saha, district Collecto...

20Jul

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Mahesh Sharma, politician

Mahesh Sharma, a politician from the Indian state of Gujarat, died of Covid-19 on July 19, 2020. Sharma, who was vice-president of BJP’s Vadodara unit, passed away at a private hospital. He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Sharma, in his mid 50s, was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before he joined the BJP over two decades ago. Senior party leaders remembered Sharma for his dedication to the party’s internal affairs. “He was an extremely committed leader. He never contested elections but was always in the forefront of all activities undertaken by the party. When I was the general secretary of the Yuva Morcha, he was the vice-president of the organisation. We have worked very closely,” sa...