The Senate of Kazakhastan (, "Qazaqstan Parlamentiniń Senaty") is the upper house of two chambers in Kazakhstan's legislature, known as the Parliament ("Parlamenti"). The Senate is made of elected members two from each region, the city of republican importance (Almaty) and the capital city of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Fifteen members are appointed by the President of Kazakhstan with the view to ensure representation for all the diverse national, cultural components of society.
The term of office for the members of the Senate is 6 years.
Dariga Nazarbayeva
Dariga Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva (, born 7 May 1963) is a Kazakh politician. She was a member of the Mazhilis from 2004 to 2007, then again from 2012 to 2015.
From 2014, Nazarbayeva was the Deputy Chair of Mazhilis until she became a Deputy Prime Minister, where was from 2015 until she became the member of the Senate in 2016. She was the Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2020. She is the daughter of former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Nikolai Tanayev
Nikolay Timofeyevich Tanayev (; 5 November 1945 – 19 July 2020) was a Kyrgyz politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2002 to 2005, under President Askar Akayev.
Tanayev was an ethnic Russian. On 19 July 2020, he died in Moscow at the age of 74.
Kubatbek Boronov
Kubatbek Ayilchiyevich Boronov (, "Kubatbek Ayılçiyeviç Boronov"; born 15 December 1964) is a Kyrgyz politician. In June 2020, he became the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. He resigned on 6 October 2020.
Linda Purl
Linda Purl (born September 2, 1955) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Pfister on "Happy Days", Sheila Munroe in the 1982 horror movie "Visiting Hours", Pam Beesly's mother Helene in "The Office", and Ben Matlock's daughter Charlene Matlock for the first season of the television series "Matlock".
Icelandic Phallological Museum
The Icelandic Phallological Museum () has the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. As of early 2020 the museum moved to a new location in Hafnartorg in Reykjavík, Iceland. The collection holds well over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammal. The museum also holds 22 penises from creatures and peoples of Icelandic folklore.
In July 2011, the museum got its first human penis, however it decomposed quickly. The museum continues to search for "a younger and a bigger and better one."
It was founded in 1997 by since-then retired teacher Sigurður Hjartarson.
The museum has become a popular tourist attraction with thousands of visitors a year and has received international media attention, including a Canadian documentary movie called "The Final Member", which is about the museum's quest to obtain a human penis.
René Carmans
René Carmans (16 March 1945 – 18 July 2020) was a Belgian footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He was named ‘Black Panther’ because he was always wearing black clothes. Carmans played for K.F.C. Diest from 1962 until 1975. He was the first keeper from 1964 until the mid 1970s.
Carmans died on 18 July 2020 from heart disease, aged 75.
Myrzageldy Kemel
Myrzageldy Kemel (; ; 15 January 1949 – 18 July 2020) was a Kazakh writer, economist, politician and academic. He was a member of the Supreme Kenges from 1994 to 1995 and a member of the Mazhilis from 1995 to 2004. He published 10 books about spirituality.
Kemel died on 18 July 2020, aged 71.
Inge Huitzing
Inge Huitzing (born 19 April 1974) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
She played at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.
Chi Chi DeVayne
Zavion Davenport (September 24, 1985 – August 20, 2020), known by his stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, was an American drag queen and reality television personality. She became well known into international attention on the eighth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars".
DeVayne was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. In July 2020, he was hospitalized for kidney failure in Shreveport. DeVayne died a month later on August 20 from pneumonia at the age of 34.
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (born February 15, 1995), known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion (pronounced "Megan the Stallion"), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter.
She has released three EPs since 2017—"Make It Hot", "Tina Snow", and "Suga"—with the latter two charting on the US "Billboard" 200. She released her first full-length mixtape, "Fever" in 2019.
In 2020, her single "Savage" went viral on the social media app TikTok and reached number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart following the release of a remix with Beyoncé.
She has won two BET Awards, two BET Hip Hop Awards, a MTV Video Music Award, and a "Billboard" Women in Music Award.
On July 15, 2020, she was multiple shot and had emergency surgery to remove the bullets. She made a full recovery.
On the 7th of August 2020, she released WAP"With an American rapper Cardi B.
Wolfgard Voß
Wolfgard Voss (, Mönning, 24 June 1926 – 7 July 2020), nicknamed "Wölfi", was a German gymnast. She competed in seven events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She was born in Oldenburg, Germany.
Voß died on 7 July 2020 in Oldenburg, aged 94.
Lucie Houwen
Lucie Houwen (born 30 October 1990) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
She played at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 11 January 1943) is a Spanish novelist. He was born in Barcelona. Between 1973 and 1982, he worked as an interpreter for the United Nations. In 1975 he published his very successful first novel, "La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta" ("The Truth About the Savolta Case").
The Spanish newspaper "El País" published two of his novels in instalments, "Sin Noticias de Gurb" (No Word from Gurb, 1990) and "El Último Trayecto de Horacio Dos" ("The Last Journey of Horatio Dos", 2001), both of them science fiction comedy novels.
In 2016 he was awarded the Premio Cervantes.
Jitske Visser
Jitske Visser (born 29 October 1992) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
She played at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, and 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.
Sergio Ramírez
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Roos Oosterbaan
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She played at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, ‎2008 Summer Paralympics, and 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.
Sanne Timmerman
Sanne Timmerman (born 8 May 1992) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
She played at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.
Bo Kramer
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She played at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.
Cher Korver
Cher Korver (born 11 August 1976) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
She played at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, ‎2008 Summer Paralympics, 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, and 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.
Barbara van Bergen