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20Apr

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Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes, politician

Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes a Chilean politician who served as a member of the cabinet during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet died on 19 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Coming from a rural background, he studied agriculture at the University of Chile. He first became involved in politics in the 1950s, initially with the youth movement of the Agrarian Labor Party before becoming involved in the National Action with Jorge Prat. He was instrumental in the formation of the National Party in 1966 and served as leader of the opposition to the left-wing government and, from 1971, editor of the anti-socialist journal Tribuna. Elected to the Senate of Chile in the 1973 election, Jarpa became a diplomat following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, serving as a delegate to the United ...

19Apr

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Sékou Kourouma, politician

Sékou Kourouma a Guinean politician, political aide and advisor to Guinean President Alpha Condé – died on April 18 2020. Kourouma held the position of Chief of Staff to President Condé, a high-ranking post officially known as the Secretary General of the Government, until his death from COVID-19 in April 2020. Kourouma, who was also a former Minister of Public Works, was a relative of Condé. Sékou Kourouma died from complications of COVID-19 on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Donka Hospital in Conakry. Guinea's Minister of Health, Colonel Remy Lamah, confirmed Kourouma's death that evening, while the Office of the President issued statements and tweets the next day. Kourouma's death was the latest in a string of high-profile deaths of officials during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea...

17Apr

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Santiago Lanzuela Marina, politician

Santiago Lanzuela Marina ‑ a Spanish economist and politician for the People's Party (PP), who served as President of the Government of Aragon, one of the Spanish regional administrations ‑ died of COVID-19-related causes on 16 April 2020 in Madrid. He was 71. Lanzuela was born in Teruel, Spain. An economist by profession, he was married with two children. In 1974 he became head of the office for Spanish co-operation with Nicaragua and then served as a director in the Spanish Employment Ministry from 1976 to 1981. In 1987 he was elected to the Aragonese Regional Assembly and in 1989 the PP entered a coalition government with the Aragonese Party (PAR) with Lanzuela serving as Economics Minister until 1993. On 28 May 1995 the PP received the most votes in the Ara...

15Apr

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Haydar Baş, politician

Haydar Baş a Turkish politician and businessman died due to complications from COVID-19 on 14 April 2020. He was one of the founders of the Independent Turkey Party and served as the party's leader until his death. He was also the leader of the subordinate branch of the Qadiriyya tariqa in Turkey. He was also the owner of various media organizations such as Meltem TV, Mesaj TV and Öğüt, Mesaj, İcmal magazines together with Yeni Mesaj newspaper. He died on 14 April 2020 at a hospital in Trabzon due to complications from COVID-19. Baş completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Trabzon. He graduated from Kayseri Supreme Islamic Institute in 1970. Later he received his postgraduate education, doctorate and the title of "professor" from Baku State Universit...

14Apr

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Bernard Stalter, politician

Bernard Stalter was a French entrepreneur and politician died on 13 April in Strasbourg at the age of 63 due to COVID 19. Stalter was born on 12 March 1957 in Brumath. At age 14, he began a hairdressing apprenticeship. After he became a certified hairdresser, he worked for the French Army at the Entzheim Air Base. He opened his first salon in Brumath in 1993. Stalter was elected Chair of the Conseil Economique et Social d'Alsace in November 2007, succeeding Jean-Marie Sander. He resigned in 2013. In 2014, he became President of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure. He was a part of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure from 2015 to 2018. He was President of Beaute Diffusion Events, which earned €1,468,397 in 2015. He was also an agent for Sarl la Coiffu...

14Apr

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Juan Cotino, entrepreneur & politician

Juan Gabriel Cotino Ferrer ‑ a Spanish entrepreneur and politician – passed away on 13 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was born in Xirivella, Valencia. Coming from a family of agricultural entrepreneurs, he was one of the founders of the Valencian Association of Farmers. In 1976, he joined the UCD, becoming part of the Popular Democratic Party and later the Popular Party. In 1991, he was elected councilman in the City of Valencia, to the position of deputy mayor, being reelected in 1995. In 1996, he was named general director of the Police, a position he held until 2002 when he was appointed Government Delegate in the Valencian Community. After the defeat of the Popular Party in the general elections of 2004, he was removed from his position ...

13Apr

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Khalif Mumin Tohow, politician

Khalif Mumin Tohow ‑ a Somali politician – died on April 12, 2020 due to Covid-19. Tohow served as the state Justice Minister for Hirshabelle State, an autonomous region within Somalia, until his death in April 2020. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Hirshabelle State. In November 2019, Tohow, a Somali who also held a British passport, traveled to the United Kingdom before returning to Somalia. On March 2020, he was felling sick in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle State, he was sent to Mogadishu for treatment on April 7, he was later tested positive for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on April 9, 2020. Khalif Mumin Tohow died from COVID-19 at Martini Hospital in Mogadishu on A...

10Apr

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Reggie Bagala, politician

Reggie Paul Bagala –an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party for four months – died on April 9, 2020 due to Covid-19 complications. Reggie Paul Bagala was born on July 8, 1965 and graduated from Louisiana State University in 1989. From 2014 to 2017, he served as the Lafourche Parish administrator and as director of the Office of Community Services before being fired by Lafourche Parish President Jimmy Cantrelle after Bagala refused to call council members about an insurance policy. However, he was hired by the by the council to serve as its auditor. He later filed a lawsuit against Cantrelle for violating his First Amendment rights, but his lawsuit was dismissed in 2019. In 2019, Bagala was elec...

10Apr

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Vitor Sapienza, politician & economist

Vitor Sapienza ‑ a Brazilian politician and economist from the state of São Paulo – died at Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo, at the age of 86 due to complications brought on by COVID-19 on April 9, 2020. Sapienza had a degree in economics and countable sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. In 1962, he started working as an accountant for the State of São Paulo. During this period of time, he had an active role at the State of Sao Paulo accountant union, and held various posts such as President, Secretary and Council member. In 1986, Sapienza successfully ran for a spot at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. His first term started in 1987 and finished in 1991. After his first tenure...

8Apr

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Bernie Juskiewicz, politician

Bernard Charles Juskiewicz Jr. –an American politician in the state of Vermont – died of Covid-19 on April 8, 2020. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, who sat as a Republican from the Lamoille-3 district, after having being elected for the first time in 2012. Juskiewicz did not seek reelection in 2018. He also served on the Lamoille Union High School Board, the Cambridge Elementary School Board and the Cambridge Select Board. Juskiewicz was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Hopkins Academy in Hadley, Massachusetts. He completed his bachelor of arts degree in business administration from the College of Emporia in Kansas. In 1967, he married his wife, Suzan, with whom he had three children. ...