On 7 August 2014, Singh suffered a fall in the bathroom of his home in New Delhi and suffered a serious head injury. He was hospitalized and was in a coma until his death on 27 September 2020. Singh died of cardiac arrest and multiple organ failure caused by injuries from the fall, aged 82.
Mary Ma
Mary Ma or Ma Xuezheng (; 1952/53 – 31 August 2019) was a Chinese business executive and investor. She was Chief Financial Officer of the computer maker Lenovo. She played a key role in the company's acquisition of IBM's personal computer division in 2005. She was named by Forbes as the world's 57th most powerful woman in that year.
After retiring from Lenovo in 2007, she worked in private equity and co-founded Boyu Capital, which invested in companies such as Alibaba Group and Megvii.
Ma died on 31 August 2019 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66.
Margaret Beazley
Margaret Joan Beazley, (born 23 July 1951) is an Australian jurist. She is the 39th and current Governor of New South Wales since 2 May 2019. She was the president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the first woman to hold the office, from 2013 until February 2019.
Linda Dessau
Linda Marion Dessau (born 8 May 1953) has been the Governor of Victoria since 1 July 2015. She is the first female and the first Jewish holder of the office.
She was a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013.
David de Kretser
David Morritz de Kretser AC (born 27 April 1939) is an Australian medical researcher. He was the 27th Governor of Victoria from 2006 to 2011.
Paul de Jersey
Paul de Jersey, (born 21 September 1948) is an Australian jurist. He is the current Governor of Queensland since 2014. In November 2018 it was announced that de Jersey's original term had been extended by two years. From 1998 to 2014, he was Chief Justice of Queensland.
Governor of Queensland
The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the Queen of Australia. The governor has the power to appoint and dismiss the Premier of Queensland and all other ministers in the cabinet, and issue writs for the election of the state parliament.
The current Governor of Queensland, Paul de Jersey, was sworn in on 29 July 2014.
Governor of Western Australia
The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II.
As with the other governors of the Australian states, the Governor of Western Australia performs constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:
The current governor is Kim Beazley. He succeeded Kerry Sanderson, who was the first woman to hold the position, in May 2018.
Kim Beazley
Kim Christian Beazley, AC (born 14 December 1948), is an Australian politician. He is the Governor of Western Australia since May 2018.
He was the deputy prime minister of Australia and leader of the Opposition. He worked for the Hawke and Keating Governments before later serving as Ambassador to the United States.
He is seen by political commentators as the "best Prime Minister Australia never had".
Malcolm McCusker
Malcolm James McCusker (born 6 August 1938) is an Australian barrister and philanthropist. He was the 31st Governor of Western Australia from July 2011 to June 2014.
Ken Michael
Kenneth Comninos Michael (born 12 April 1938) an Australian civil engineer and politician. He was the 30th Governor of Western Australia from 2006 to 2011.
Governor of South Australia
The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.
The current governor is Hieu Van Le. The Governor's official residence is Government House, in Adelaide, the state's capital.
Governor of Tasmania
The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the Governor-General of Australia does at the national level.
The official residence of the Governor is Government House located at the Queens Domain.
The first Australian-born Governor of Tasmania was Sir Stanley Burbury (appointed 1973). The first Tasmanian-born governor was Sir Guy Green (appointed 1995).
In May 2021, Premier Peter Gutwein announced that Barbara Baker would replace Kate Warner as governor of Tasmania on 16 June 2021.
Vicki O'Halloran
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Eric Hutchinson (politician)
Eric Russell Hutchinson (born 19 June 1965) is a former Australian politician. He represented the Division of Lyons in the Australian House of Representatives from September 2013 to July 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is the Administrator of Norfolk Island since April 2017.
Administrator of Norfolk Island
The Administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of The Crown and of the Government of Australia, as well as carrying out other duties according to the "Norfolk Island Amendment Act 2015".
Since its construction in 1829, Government House located in KAVHA, Kingston has been the residence of the governors, commandants, and administrators of Norfolk Island.
Australian Indian Ocean Territories
Australian Indian Ocean Territories is the name since 1995 of an administrative unit under the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, consisting of two islands groups in the Indian Ocean under Australian sovereignty:
This does not include Heard and McDonald Islands, or islands close to Antarctica in the Indian Ocean and administered by Australia.
Natasha Griggs
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Ronald Harvey (administrator)
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Bill Taylor (naval officer)
Commodore William Leonard Taylor (born 14 September 1938) was an Australian naval officer and politician. He was born in Toowoomba, Queensland. He was the Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories from 1999 through 2003. He was a member of the Australian Parliament for Groom between April 1988 through August 1998.
Adrianus Johannes Simonis
Adrianus Johannes Simonis (26 November 1931 – 2 September 2020) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983 to 2007, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. He was born in Lisse, Netherlands.
In 2010, Simonis was accused of protecting priests who were accused of molesting and sexually abusing minors.
Simonis died on 2 September 2020 in Voorhout, Netherlands at the age of 88.
José Freire Falcão
José Freire Falcão (; born 23 October 1925) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal. He was the Archbishop of Brasília. He is also the Cardinal-Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina since he was made a cardinal in 1988. He was born in Ererê, Brazil.
Henryk Gulbinowicz
Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (17 October 1923 – 16 November 2020) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Wrocław from 1976 to 2004. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 1985. Gulbinowicz was born in Wilno, Second Polish Republic.