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Sajid Javid (born 5 December 1969) is a British Conservative politician. He was the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2021 to 2022. He was the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government after being appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May on 14 July 2016. In 2018 Javid became the Home Secretary after Amber Rudd resigned. In July 2019, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Boris Johnson cabinet. He resigned in February 2020. He was appointed the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on 11 May 2015. Javid previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2014 to 2015. He was Minister for Equalities in 2014. Javid was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Economic Secretary.  Javid was considered a possible candidate for becoming Leader of the Conservative Party. On 27 May 2019, Javid announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election. On 20 June, Javid was eliminated on the fourth ballot. In July 2022, Javid resigned from Johnson's government causing the government crisis as many other ministers also resigned. He later announced his second candidacy for Conservative Party leader in the leadership race to replace Boris Johnson. A few days later, he withdrew from the race. Before entering politics Javid worked in finance. He became a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank at age 25. He later joined Deutsche Bank in London. When he left Deutsche Bank in 2009, he was a senior Managing Director. Javid is of Pakistani descent.
use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --&gt; Gopikrishnan Kottoor is a award winning Indian English poet. He is the member of advisory board of Indian Writers Association. He is best known for his poem "Father, Wake Us In Passing". He founded Poetry Chain journal and website with Tapan Kumar Pradhan.
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States highway. It goes northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (2,115 km) from Griggsville, Illinois to El Paso, Texas. It enters and leaves Texas twice. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific and Rock Island Lines "Golden State Route") go parallel to US-54 from El Paso to Pratt, Kansas. That part makes up about two-thirds of the route. The highway's eastern endpoint is at Interstate 72 in Griggsville, Illinois. Its western endpoint is El Paso, near the United States-Mexico border.
The Kar98 (Kar98k) is a German bolt-action rifle and it was the German military's main gun during World War II. It is a carbine version of the G98. The Kar98k was made because the G98 was too long to be used well in small spaces. Other Differences were that the Kar98k had its bolt turned down, so the troops can keep aiming while they cycle the bolt. This was helpful, yet they did not put more ammunition into it, only having 5 rounds still. At the end of World War II, many German soldiers had to give up their weapons, including the Kar98k. Despite it being the main gun used by Nazi Germany, it was often used by Israeli soldiers in the 1947-1949 Palestine War.
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics () was the legislative body of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the only one with the power to approve constitutional amendments.  The Supreme Soviet elected the USSR's head of state, the Presidium; and appointed the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court, and the Procurator General of the USSR.  The body was created in 1936 and was abolished in 1991.
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, or the 1947 UN Partition Plan, was a plan to split British Mandatory Palestine into two different countries, adopted on 29 November 1947. It would have been split into six different regions, three belonging to the Palestinians and three to the Israelis, and Jerusalem would have been an international city shared by both countries. The Israelis accepted the plan, but the Palestinians rejected it. The plan was never put into place and this led to the 1947-1949 Palestine War.
The consumer price index (CPI) is a way of measuring the overall price level of the consumer goods and services in the economy. It is found by tracking the price of a market bundle, which is a list of certain goods in certain amounts. By seeing how the prices of all the goods together change between years, economists can measure inflation.
Nature Cat is an animated children's television series that premiered in November 2015 on PBS Kids and is aimed at children between the ages of 3 and 8, following the adventures of four main characters: Nature Cat, Hal the Dog, Squeeks the Mouse, and Daisy the Bunny. The show has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program". The series debut in November achieved nearly 3.7 million viewers, and by March it has achieved 69 million video streams across online platforms. As of October 2016, Nature Cat has been renewed for a second and third season. The second season premiered on January 1, 2018. Then the third season premiered on April 18, 2019. In 2021, the show was renewed for a fourth and fifth season. The fourth season premiered on May 9, 2022. The fifth and final season premiered on April 17, 2023. Despite the show's episodes ending in 2024, there remains one previously announced TV movie special that have yet to air. The show's soundtrack, "The Green Album", was released on February 16, 2018 through BMG Rights Management (which also owns the song publishing rights to "Nature Cat"). On June 5, 2018, the first DVD "Onward and Pondward" was released. Tomy owns the toy license to "Nature Cat", and has released several stuffed animals of the main characters. A preschool spin-off series of Nature Cat focusing on Sadie Dog is yet to be announced.
Splash and Bubbles is an American computer-animated television show created by John Tartaglia. "Splash and Bubbles" premiered in the USA on November 23, 2016. It is distributed and produced by Herschend Studios.
Gordon Brand Jnr (19 August 1958 – 1 August 2019) was a Scottish professional golfer. He played on the European Tour, winning eight times, and later the European Senior Tour, winning twice. He was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He played in the 1979 Walker Cup and played twice in the Ryder Cup, in 1987 and 1989. Brand died suddenly on 1 August 2019, aged 60.
Puşi Dinulescu (; born Dumitru Dinulescu (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Romanian playwright, movie, theatre and television director, novelist, poet and polemicist. He received The Bucharest Writers' Association Award (1979) for "Linda Belinda" (a collection of short stories) and The Writers' Union of Romania Award (1985), for his novel "Îngerul contabil". Dinulescu died on 1 August 2019 in Bucharest of a heart attack at the age of 76.
Ian Gibbons (18 July 1952 – 1 August 2019) was an English keyboardist. He was known for playing with The Kinks. Gibbons died on 1 August 2019 at the age of 67 from bladder cancer.
Sadou Hayatou (15 February 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Cameroonian politician. Hayatou was the 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon from 26 April 1991 to 9 April 1992. He was born in Garoua, Cameroon. Hayatou died on 1 August 2019 at the age of 77.
"Pa" Simon Achidi Achu (5 November 1934 – 4 May 2021) was a Cameroonian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1992 to 1997. He was Minister of Justice from 1972 to 1975.  Achu was a leading member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). He was appointed as Chairman of the National Investment Corporation in 2003, and he was "elected" to the Senate of Cameroon in 2013. Achu died on 4 May 2021 at a hospital in the United States from an illness, aged 86.
Under the current Constitution of Cameroon, the President of Cameroon is the head of state and has the most executive power. The authority of the State is done both by the President and by the Parliament. The office of President of Cameroon was created in 1960, following the country's independence from France.
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 1924 – 30 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician. He was the first President of Cameroon, holding the office from 1960 until 1982.  Ahidjo played a major role Cameroon's independence from France as well as reuniting the French and English-speaking parts of the country. He was also the country's first Prime Minister from January 1960 to May 1960. Ahidjo resigned from the presidency in 1981, and Paul Biya replaced him. He was accused of being behind a coup plot against Biya in 1984. He was sentenced to death, but he died of a heart attack on 30 November 1989 at the age of 65.
The Federal Chancellor (; ; ; ) is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland. It acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council. The Swiss Chancellor is not a member of the government. The Federal Chancellor is elected for a four-year term by the Federal Assembly. The current Chancellor, Viktor Rossi who began his term on 1 January 2024.
François Couchepin (19 January 1935 – 23 February 2023) is a Swiss lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP). He was the 13th Chancellor of Switzerland from 1991 to 1999. Couchepin died on 23 February 2023, at the age of 88.
Annemarie Huber-Hotz (16 August 1948 – 1 August 2019) was a Swiss politician. She was the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland between 2000 and 2007. She was nominated by the FDP for the office, and elected to it on 15 December 1999.  In 2011, she became President of the Swiss Red Cross and ex officio vice-president of the IFRC. Huber-Hotz died on 1 August 2019 at the age of 70 from a heart attack.
Milovan Minja Prelević (28 February 1970 – 1 August 2019) was a Montenegrin football coach and player.  Milovan´s football career started in the FK Kom from Podgorica. Later on he played in FK Crvena Stijena, FK Budućnost, OFK Belgrade and FK Obilić. Milovan played for youth national team of Montenegro. He stops with the active playing football quite early and becomes devoted to the coaching instead. His coaching job starts at FK Budućnost. He even worked in OFK Petrovac, FK Kom, FK Mladost, Montenegro U-19 national team and Hajer FC.  He was coach with UEFA PRO license and lecturer at the UEFA school of coaches of Montenegro. On August 1, 2019, Prelević was found dead at his apartment at the age of 49.
Deepak Obhrai (July 5, 1950 – August 2, 2019) was a Tanzania-born Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Calgary East (until 2015) and Forest Lawn (from 2015) for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until his death in 2019. Obhrai was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the first and only Hindu to become an MP in Canada, and at the time of his death was the longest continuously-serving Conservative MP. He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, but was defeated in the first round of voting. Obhrai died in Calgary on August 2, 2019 from liver cancer, aged 69.
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau (1956 – August 2, 2019) was a Canadian politician. She was the 31st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. She was sworn in on October 23, 2014. She was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of New Brunswick. Roy-Vinneau died at the age of 63 from cancer on August 2, 2019 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, after first being diagnosed in May 2018.
Alexandra Ilinichna Strelchenko (; 2 February 1937 – 2 August 2019) was a Ukrainian actress and singer. She was a performer of Russian folk songs, Russian romances and pop songs. She was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1984. From 1976 to 1980 she studied at the Gnessin State Musical College. From 2002, she had been a professor at Moscow State Art and Cultural University.
Miklós Ambrus (31 May 1933 – 3 August 2019) was a Hungarian water polo player. He was born in Eger. He competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the Olympics. Ambrus died in Budapest on 3 August 2019 at the age of 86.
Jean-Claude Bouttier (13 October 1944 – 3 August 2019) was a French actor and professional boxer.  During his boxing career, which spanned from 1965 to 1974, he won 64 out of 72 bouts, 43 of them by knockout.  In June 1971 he won the European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title, and in 1972 and 1973 unsuccessfully was part of the WBC and WBA titles against Carlos Monzon. He lost the EBU title to Kevin Finnegan in May 1974.
Clifford Branch Jr. (August 1, 1948 – August 3, 2019) was an American professional football player. He was a wide receiver with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders during his entire 14-year National Football League (NFL) career.  He won three NFL championships with the Raiders in Super Bowl XI, XV and XVIII. He was selected by the Raiders in the fourth round of the 1972 NFL Draft after playing college football for the Colorado Buffaloes.  Branch was born in Houston, Texas. He died in Bullhead City, Arizona on August 3, 2019 at the age of 71.
Sir Brian James Lochore (3 September 1940 – 3 August 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. He captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the side 46 times (18 of those tests). In 1999, Lochore was added into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. Lochore died of bowel cancer in Masterton, New Zealand on 3 August 2019 at the age of 78.
The President of the Republic of Palau is the head of government and head of state of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once. List. All officeholders are political independents.
Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. is a Palauan politician. He became Palau's president in 2013 and was re-elected in 2016. He also served as president from 2001 to 2009 and was a Senator in the Palau National Congress in between. Remengesau aimed to reduce Palau's reliance on U.S. aid by boosting tourism with the slogan "Preserve the Best and Improve the Rest." This means preserving the rich marine resources around Palau, known for its top-tier underwater attractions. In international affairs, he elevated Palau's status in the United Nations and led environmental initiatives like the Micronesian Challenge. He's a strong advocate for addressing global warming in the South Pacific. Early Life. Remengesau was born in Koror, Palau. His father, Thomas Remengesau Sr., held various important roles in Palau, including District Administrator and Vice President. His mother, Ferista Esang Remengesau, also served as First Lady of Palau. Remengesau studied at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, USA, and graduated from there. Political Career. Early Political Roles and Presidential Terms. Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. embarked on his political career at a young age. At just 28, he targeted the youth voting bloc in Palau and emerged as a prominent advocate for the nation's youth. In 1984, he clinched a historic victory, becoming Palau's youngest senator. His election was a testament to his grassroots campaign and widespread support from the youth. He later ascended to the role of Vice-President of Palau in 1992 and successfully served two terms in this position. Additionally, he held the important portfolio of Minister of Administration. In the year 2000, with the endorsement of outgoing President Kuniwo Nakamura, he secured the presidential election, defeating his opponent by a margin of 52% to 46%. Remengesau's triumph in the 2004 re-election was even more decisive, with a victory margin of 66.5% to 33.5%. This race was
Kuniwo Nakamura (; November 24, 1943 – October 14, 2020) was a Palauan politician. He was the President of Palau from 1993 to 2001. He earlier was Vice President of Palau from 1989 to 1993. Nakamura died on October 14, 2020 at the age of 76.
John Philip Saklil (20 March 1960 – 3 August 2019) was an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Timika from 2004 until his death in 2019. Saklil died on 3 August 2019 in Timika at the age of 59.
Michael Francis Troy (October 3, 1940 – August 3, 2019) was an American swimmer. He was a two-time Olympic champion, and world record-holder in three events. Troy broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly six consecutive times before it was taken over by fellow American swimmer Carl Robie in 1961. In 1971 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Troy died on August 3, 2019 in Arizona at the age of 78.
Ernest Ferrell Bowman (July 28, 1935 – August 4, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. He was an infielder who appeared in 165 games in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants from 1961 to 1963. He retired in 1969. Bowman died at his home in Johnson City, Tennessee on August 4, 2019 at the age of 84.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia (, ) is the head of government of Cambodia. The prime minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet and leads the executive branch of the Royal Cambodian Government. The prime minister is required to be a member of parliament, and is appointed by the monarch for a term of five years. Since 1945, 36 individuals have served as prime minister; 32 as official prime ministers, and 4 in acting capacities. The incumbent prime minister, since 2023, is Hun Manet of the Cambodian People's Party. History. King Norodom Sihanouk held the position in March 1945 during the time when Cambodia was a French protectorate. Sihanouk worked with Imperial Japan and declared independence from France on March 12, 1945. On 18 March, he said that he was the Prime Minister of Cambodia and formed the first government. It lasted until August 1945, when Sun Ngoc Thanh took the position. The CPP-FUNCINPEC coalition of 1993 made it so that Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Ranariddh were both Prime Minister.
André Goosse (16 April 1926 – 4 August 2019) was a Belgian grammarian. He was known for his works on "Le Bon Usage". In 1988, he married the Belgian writer France Bastia. He was a professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He was also the president of the Conseil international de la langue française. Groosse died on 4 August 2019, at the age of 93.
Vilen Tokarev (11 November 1934 – 4 August 2019), known professionally as Willi Tokarev, was a Russian-American singer-songwriter. He was known for his 80s music about life as a Russian immigrant in New York. In 1973, Tokarev's song "Murmanchanochka" ("Murmansk Girl") became a huge local hit. Tokarev died on August 4, 2019 from cancer in Moscow, aged 84.
Robert Sage Wilber (March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader. He was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, including Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon.  In the late 1960s, he was an original member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and in the early 70s of Soprano Summit, a band which gained wide attention. In the late 1970s, he formed the Bechet Legacy Band. Wilber died at the age of 91 in Chipping Campden, England on August 4, 2019.
Bjorg Lambrecht (2 April 1997 – 5 August 2019) was a Belgian cyclist. He rode for UCI WorldTeam . In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España.  Lambrecht died on 5 August 2019 after crashing into a concrete tunnel during the third stage of the 2019 Tour de Pologne, at age 22.
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Asif Mohseni () (Sheik Mohseni) (26 April 1935 – 5 August 2019) was an Afghan politician and religious leader. He was seen as the most powerful Twelver shia Marja' in Afghanistan. He was the founder of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan ("Harakat-I Islami-yi Afghanistan"). He was a Shia Pashtun. He was born in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan.  Mohseni died on 2 August 2019 in Kabul at the age of 84.
Nicanor Alejandro Serrano Aguilar (13 January 1933 – 6 August 2019) was an Ecuadorian politician and sports leader. He was born in Cuenca, Ecuador. Serrano was Vice President of Ecuador from 5 May 2005 to 15 January 2007. National Congress of Ecuador elected him to fill vacancy of Vicepresidency when Alfredo Palacio became President of Ecuador. Serrano has been a mayor, councilman, sports leader and civil engineer. Serrano died on 6 August 2019 at a hospital in Cuenca from surgery-related problems, aged 86.
The Vice President of Ecuador is the second highest political position in Ecuador. In many instances, the vice president succeeded the president in turbulent political situations. The last time was in 2005 after the resignation of president Lucio Gutiérrez. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected on the same ticket as the president. History. In November 2024, Vice President Verónica Abad Rojas was temporarily suspended by the Ecuadorian government after failing to leave Israel and travel to Turkey while also serving as ambassador. On 23 December 2024, Abad Rojas was ordered reinstated as Vice President after a judge ruled her suspension unconstitutional. List of vice presidents. Below is the history of the office holders. The list is complete.
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican attorney, lobbyist, and politician. He was the Governor of Puerto Rico from January 2, 2021 until January 2, 2025. He lost his re-elected in 2024 to Jenniffer González-Colón. Biography. Pierluisi was the "de facto" Governor of Puerto Rico. He was sworn-in on August 2, 2019. Five days later, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court ruled that Pierluisi was sworn in on unconstitutional grounds and removed him from office, effective 5 p.m. AST on August 7. He was the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in 2009–2017, as well as the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico in the 1990's. Pierluisi, a member of New Progressive. On January 2, 2021, Pierluisi was sworn in. there was a private ceremony in which he was sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Maite Oronoz Rodríguez. This was followed by a controversial public ceremony on the north side of the Puerto Rican Capitol, where Pierluisi took the oath of office publicly in front of 400 guests during the COVID-19 pandemic and delivered his inagural speech. In February 2021, Pedro Pierluisi, said Congress was "morally obligated" to respond to last year's referendum. On March 15, 2021, Pedro Pierluisi indicated that the state of emergency related to maritime transport from the main island to Vieques and Culebra would remain in effect until 2022 when the ferry transport system would be privatized. After group protests against the inadequate ferry service, which led to clashes between police and protesters, Pedro Pierluisi said he supported the actions of the "Fuerzas Unidas de Rapida Acción", the local branch of the forces of security involved in the demonstration. On March 20, 2022, the assembly general assembly of the Nouveau Parti Progressist, the governor Pedro Pierluisi announcing that
Sushma Swaraj () (14 February 1952 – 6 August 2019) was an Indian politician and lawyer. She was a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. Swaraj was the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government (2014 – 2019). She was the second woman to hold the office, after Indira Gandhi. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998. On 6 August 2019, Swaraj died of a heart attack at a hospital in New Delhi, aged 67. She said in Februrary 2016, that the Romani people are children from India.