politician – Page 7

19May

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High Profilers, Profiles, United Kingdom

William John Olner, politician

William John Olner ‑ a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton from 1992 until 2010 ‑ died from complications of COVID-19 at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton on 18 May 2020, at age 78. Previously,Olner had been Leader of Nuneaton Borough Council. Olner was educated at Nuneaton Technical College and trained as an engineer. He became a shop steward, and later area secretary for the AEEU (now Unite trade union). Olner was a councillor for the Labour group on Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council for 21 years, and was the council leader from 1982–87. In 1987 he became Mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth, serving a 1-year term. Olner was first elected to the House of Commons in 1992, as the Member of Parliament for Nuneaton....

18May

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Wilson Braga, politician

Wilson Leite Braga ‑ a Brazilian politician, lawyer and businessman from the state of Paraíba – contracted Covid-19 and died due to its complications on May 17, 2020. Before pursuing a career in politics, Braga graduated in law at Federal University of Paraíba. In 1954, Braga was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba and held the post from 1955 to 1967. In 1966, he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies representing his birth state of Paraíba. He remained in power from 1967 to 1982. In 1982, he was elected governor of Paraíba, remaining from 1983 to 1987. In 1988, he was elected mayor of João Pessoa. He kept the post from 1989 to 1990. In 1992, he was elected city councillor of João Pessoa...

14May

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

K Thangavelu, politician

K Thangavelu, a Marxist leader and former MLA who cut his teeth as a banian mill worker and went on to spearhead many successful agitations for labour rights in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died of COVID-19 in Coimbatore on September 13, 2020. The 68-year-old party veteran and trade unionist, who was treated for coronavirus at a hospital for the past 14 days passed away early on Sunday, the CPM said. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. A Marxist ideologue, he was renowned for his lectures on Marxism and leadership qualities and had been a state executive committee (known as state secretariat in the party) member for about 25 years. Thangavelu started his life as a banian mill worker and he led many successful agitations for the labour rights of the mill wor...

13May

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Morris Hood III, politician

Morris Hood III –an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate – died on May 12, 2020 due to Covid-19. He represented District 3, encompassing Dearborn, Melvindale, and a portion of Detroit from 2011 to 2018. Hood was born in Detroit. He went to Wayne State University and Henry Ford College. Hood was the son of Morris Hood Jr. and the nephew of Raymond W. Hood. Prior to his election to the Legislature, Hood was an auto technician at Ford Motor Company's Detroit Engine Fuel Tank Plant. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House in 1998. Hood was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2003, serving for three terms. He was elected to the Michigan Senate in 2010, also serving as the Michigan Senate Minority Leader until 2018. He was unable to...

11May

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Bangladesh, High Profilers, Profiles

Anwarul Kabir Talukdar, politician

Anwarul Kabir Talukdar ‑ a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Liberal Democratic Party – succumbed to Covid-19 on 10 May 2020. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jamalpur-4 constituency and State Minister of Power. Talukder served in Bangladesh Army and retired as a major general. He was elected to parliament from Jamalpur-4. He was the State Minister for Planning and Finance, and later served as the State Minister of Power in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He resigned his post to protest corruption in the power sector. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party government reported that he had not resigned but in fact had been sacked from his ministerial post by the government. Talukdar resigned from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 26 October 2006....

9May

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Greece, High Profilers, Medics, Profiles

Dimitris Kremastinos, politician

Dr Dimitris Kremastinos Dr Dimitris Kremastinos ‑ a Greek politician who served as an MP ‑ died after suffering from COVID-19 on May 8, 2020. He was 78. Greece’s former health minister, cardiologist and university professor Dimitris Kremastinos was a widely respected doctor who became a household name in Greece as the personal physician of late Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in the mid-1990s. He was admitted to Athens’ Evangelismos hospital on March 26. He died on May 8 after being in the intensive care unit for COVID-19.

4May

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Nigeria, Profiles, Turkey

Mohamed Ben Omar, politician & teacher

Mohamed Ben Omar a Nigerien politician and teacher died on 3 May 2020 at National Hospital in Niamey at the age of 55. Omar served as a government minister in several cabinets, most recently as Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection from April 2017 until his death on 2 May 2020. Omar also founded the Nigerien Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2015. Mohamed Ben Omar was born on 1 January 1965 in Tesker, Niger, located in the country's Zinder Region. From 2000 to 2004, Omar was a professor of geography at the Lycée Franco-arabe LFA de Niamey. From 2004 to 2007, he was a minister who was responsible for relations among higher-learning institutions. He served as Niger's Minister of Communication from 2007 to 2009, and was simultaneously a spokesperson for the govern...

3May

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High Profilers, Profiles

Jim Henderson, politician

Donald James "Jim" Henderson ‑ a Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995 – succumbed to coronavirus on May 2, 2020. He represented the ridings of Humber and Etobicoke—Humber. Henderson was educated at the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, Johns Hopkins University, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He worked as a physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Director of Psychiatry at the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie before entering political life, and served as an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry, and Psychiatrist in Chief for ...

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...

África Lorente Castillo, politician & activist

2May

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High Profilers, Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

África Lorente Castillo, politician & activist

África Lorente Castillo was a Moroccan-born Spanish politician and activist died of COVID-19 on 1 May 2020 in Castelldefels, aged 65 She was born in Tangier, Morocco, then Spanish protectorate. She was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She was a member of the Catalan Parliament from 1984 to 1988. From 1987 to 2003, she was Deputy Mayor of Castelldefels.