Zenon Plech (1 January 1953 – 25 November 2020) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He finished third in the Speedway World Championship in 1973 and as the runner-up in 1979. Plech was born in Zwierzyn, Poland.
Plech died on 25 November 2020 in Gdansk, Poland at the age of 67.
Jacques Secrétin
Jacques Secrétin (18 March 1949 – 25 November 2020) was a French international table tennis player. He was selected for the French national team at the age of 13. He was born in Carvin, France.
In a 26-year career, Secrétin was singles champion of France seventeen times and European single champion in 1976. He won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in Birmingham, England.
Secrétin died on 25 November 2020 at the age of 71.
Tancredo Neves
Tancredo de Almeida Neves () (March 4, 1910 – April 21, 1985) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and businessman.
He was Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs from 1953 to 1954, Prime Minister from 1961 to 1962, Minister of Finance in 1962, and as Governor of Minas Gerais from 1983 to 1984.
He was elected President of Brazil in 1985, but died before he took office.
Neves was supposed to be inaugurated as the Brazilian president on 15 March 1985, however the day before he died of diverticulitis at a São Paulo hospital, aged 75. It was also reported Neves had stomach cancer, but his diagnosis was kept secret.
João Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; January 15, 1928 –) was a Brazilian military leader and politician. He was the 30th President of Brazil from 1979 to 1985.
He was the last of the military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 coup d'état.
Ernesto Geisel
Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (, ; August 3, 1907 – September 12, 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician. He was President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military government.
Ingrida Šimonytė
Ingrida Šimonytė (born 15 November 1974) is a Lithuanian politician and economist. She has been the Prime Minister of Lithuania since 25 November 2020. She is the second woman to hold the office. She has been a member of the Seimas for the Antakalnis constituency since 2016.
She was minister of finance in the second Kubilius cabinet from 2009 until 2012. She was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election.
Prime Minister of Lithuania
The prime minister of Lithuania (, literally translated as Minister-Chairman) is the head of the Government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the President.
Rolandas Paksas
Rolandas Paksas (born 10 June 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who was President of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment and removal from office in 2004. He was Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and he was Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001.
He is thought to be worst President of Lithuania in modern history.
Artūras Paulauskas
Artūras Paulauskas (born 23 August 1953) is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006, and he was Acting President of Lithuania from 6 April 2004 to 12 July 2004.
Seimas
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania.
The Seimas approves or rejects the candidate for the Prime Minister nominated by the President.
Its 141 members are elected for a four-year term.
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (née Čmilytė; born 6 August 1983) is a Lithuanian politician and chess player. She is the current Speaker of the Seimas since 13 November 2020. She is the third woman to hold this position.
She was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. She was European women's champion in 2011, and is a two-time Lithuanian champion.
Čmilytė-Nielsen began her career in politics in 2015, when she was selected to replace Remigijus Šimašius in the Seimas for the Liberal Movement. She became Seimas opposition leader in 2019.
List of Speakers of the Seimas
The Speaker of the Seimas (, literally translated as Chairman of the Seimas) is the presiding officer of the Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania.
Česlovas Juršėnas
Česlovas Juršėnas (born 18 May 1938) is a Lithuanian politician. He was Speaker of the Seimas in from 1993 to 1996 and in 2008.
Irena Degutienė
Irena Degutienė (born 1 June 1949) is a Lithuanian politician. She is member of the conservative Homeland Union.
She was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from 4 May 1999 to 18 May 1999 and then from 27 October 1999 to 3 November 1999.
She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour from 1996 to 2000. In 1996, she was elected to Seimas and re-elected in 2000.
On 15 September 2009, Degutienė became Speaker of the Seimas, a position she held until 14 September 2012. She is the first woman to hold such position in Lithuania's history.
F. C. Kohli
Faqir Chand Kohli (19 March 1924 – 26 November 2020), popularly known as F. C. Kohli, was an Indian engineer and software businessman. He was known as the "Father of the Indian Software Industry".
He was the founder and first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest software company. He was the deputy general manager of the Tata Power Company. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of College of Engineering, Pune.
Kohli died of a heart attack on 26 November 2020 at the age of 96.
Dadang Wigiarto
Dadang Wigiarto (20 December 1966 – 26 November 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was a member of the National Awakening Party. Wigiarto was born in Pasuruan, Indonesia. From 2010 until his death, he was Regent of the Situbondo Regency.
Wigiarto died of COVID-19 on 26 November 2020 in the Situbondo Regency at the age of 53.
Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo
Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo (1943 – 24 November 2020) was a Cuban military official and politician. He was born in Matanzas, Cuba. He was a rear admiral for the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. From 2017 until his death, he was the Minister of the Interior.
Gandarilla Bermejo died of a long-illness in Havana on 24 November 2020 at the age of 77.
Matanzas
Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. It is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish "Bahia de Matanzas"). It is east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero.
Matanzas is called the "City of Bridges", for the seventeen bridges that cross the three rivers.
Jamir Garcia
Vladimir A. "Jamir" Garcia (5 September 1978 – 26 November 2020) was a Filipino alternative metal singer-songwriter. He was the main vocalist of the metal band Slapshock. Garcia was born in Pampanga, Philippines. His career began in 1997.
On 26 November 2020, Garcia was found dead at his home in Quezon City at the age of 42. The cause of death is believed to be suicide by hanging.
Carthaginian tree frog
The Carthaginian tree frog ("Hyla carthaginiensis") is a tree frog from Algeria and Tunisia. It lives in the northern parts of both countries, in places where there is plenty of water in the air.
Scientists say this frog is related to "Hyla meridionalis".
Carlo Ausino
Carlo Ausino (20 July 1938 – 22 November 2020) was an Italian movie director and screenwriter. He was born in Messina, Kingdom of Italy. His career began in the 1960s. His best known works were "Double Game" (1977) and "" (1980).
Ausino died in Turin, Italy on 22 November 2020 at the age of 82.
Errol Morris
Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American movie director. He is known for documentaries. His 1988 documentary "The Thin Blue Line" is said to be the best and most documentaries ever made.
In 2003, his documentary movie "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Morris is partially blind on one eye due to strabismus.
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