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14Jun

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Bangladesh, High Profilers, Profiles

Sheikh Md Abdullah, politician

Sheikh Md Abdullah ‑ a Bangladesh Awami League politician and lawyer who served as the State Minister of Religious Affairs from 2019 until his death – died of Covid-19 on 13 June 2020. He was appointed as the minister in the Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet in January 2019. Abdullah was born on 8 September 1945 in Gopalganj in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at a Qawmi madrasa and at Sultan Shahi Kekania primary school and high school. He completed his undergraduate studies at Azam Khan Government Commerce College in the Khulna District. In 1972, he completed his masters in communication from University of Dhaka. Two years later, in 1974, he completed his second masters in economics from the same university. Abdullah was the founding president of the Gopalganj unit of...

14Jun

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High Profilers, Nicaragua, Profiles

Edén Pastora, politician

Edén Atanacio Pastora Gómez ‑ a Nicaraguan politician and guerrilla who ran for president as the candidate of the Alternative for Change (AC) party in the 2006 general elections – died in Managua on June 13, 2020 from COVID-19. In the years prior to the fall of the Somoza regime, Pastora was the leader of the Southern Front, the largest militia in southern Nicaragua, second only to the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) in the north. Pastora was nicknamed Comandante Cero ("Commander Zero"). His group was the first to call itself "Sandinistas", and was also the first to accept an alliance with the FSLN, the group that was to become more popularly identified by the name. At the end of 1982, a few years after the revolutionary victory, Pastora became disillusioned with the gover...

14Jun

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Bangladesh, High Profilers, Profiles

Mohammed Nasim, politician

Mohammed Nasim ‑ a Bangladesh Awami League politician – died due to Covid-19 on 13 June 2020. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Home Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh respectively during 2014-2019 and 1999-2001. He was a 6-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sirajganj-1 and Sirajganj-2 constituencies. He was a presidium member of Awami League and the spokesperson of the 14-party alliance. Nasim was born on 2 April 1948 at Kazipur Upazila in Sirajganj District to Muhammad Mansur Ali and Amena Monsur. Ali served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975 and was one of the four leaders killed in the Dhaka Central Jail as a part of the coup d'état on 7 November 1975. He studied at Edward College in Pab...

10Jun

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

J Anbazhagan, politician

J Anbazhagan, a MLA from India’s Tamil Nadu who had tested positive for coronavirus, died in a hospital in Chennai in the morning of June 10, 2020. Anbazhagan, 61, a DMK MLA, was admitted to hospital on June 2 over "severe acute respiratory distress" and had tested positive for COVID-19 at the time, reported NDTV. He was put on ventilator support on June 3 when his breathing trouble worsened. He was fighting acute pneumonia and his condition deteriorated on Monday evening, according to Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, where he was being treated, highlighted NDTV’s J Sam Daniel Stalin. His cardiac function dropped and a chronic kidney disease also contributed to his critical condition. In a statement, the private hospital said: "The COVID 19 pneumonia rapidly deteriora...

9Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir, politician

Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from May 2013 to May 2018 died on 8 June 2020 due to Covid-19. He was born on 15 September 1958 in Duki District, Pakistan. He did Matriculation. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PB-14 Loralai-I in 2013 Pakistani general election. After Nasir contracted the coronavirus, he isolated himself at his residence in Duki. He was later shifted to a hospital in Karachi when his condition deteriorated, where he died on 8 June.

4Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema, politician

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2008 to May 2020 – died of Covid-19 on 3 June 2020. Cheema was born on 15 January 1954 in Wazirabad. He graduated in 2005 from University of the Punjab and held a Bachelor of Arts degree. Cheema was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 41,217 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the...

4Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Mian Jamshed Uddin Kakakhel, politician

Mian Jamshed ud Din ‑ a Pakistani politician hailing from Nowshera District and belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf – succumbed to Covid-19 on 3 June 2020. He served as the Minister for Excise & Taxation in the 10th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. On 3 June 2020 Kakakhel died from COVID-19. According to media reports, Jamshed Ud din, 65, had been undergoing treatment for several days and was on a ventilator at the Kalsoom Hospital in Islamabad.

4Jun

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Adriano Silva, politician

Adriano Aparecido Silva, better known as simply Adriano Silva, was a Brazilian Politician and professor from the state of Mato Grosso. He passed away on June 3, 2020 after contracting coronavirus. Before pursuing a career in politics, Silva worked as a professor and also held the post of Rector of the Mato Grosso State University between 2010 and 2014. In 2014, he decided to run for a spot at the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso. Although he failed to be directly elected for the position, he was appointed suplente, a substitute Deputy that only takes office if a permanent or temporary vacancy within this coalition occurs. On January 4, 2016, Silva took office as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso due to a temporary vacancy. He remained in power for little...

3Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician

Ghulam Murtaza Baloch ‑ a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from September 2016 to June 2020 – died on 2 June 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PS-127 Karachi-XXXIX in by-polls held in September 2016. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-88 (Malir-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election. On 15 October 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for labour and human resources. On 2 June 2020, he died due to COVID-19. In May 2020, he had tested positive for ...

29May

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France, High Profilers, Profiles

Claude Goasguen, politician

Claude Goasguen ‑ a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1997 until his death in 2020 – died on 28 May 2020 from Covid-19. A member of The Republicans, he also briefly was Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship in 1995 under Prime Minister Alain Juppé. Claude Goasguen was born on 12 March 1945 in Toulon, France. He received a Doctorate in Law. From 1976 to 1986, he taught at Paris 13 University, and he served as the Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1984. From 1986 to 1988, he served as advisor to the Minister of National Education, René Monory, with regards to the links between universities and the private sector, and professional training. From December ...