Merton Dick Van Orden (February 24, 1921 – December 9, 2018) was an American rear admiral in the United States Navy. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy. He was born in Austin, Texas. He was Chief of Naval Research from 1973 to his retirement in 1975.
Van Orden died of prostate cancer in Arlington, Virginia on December 9, 2018, aged 97.
Airbus CC-150 Polaris
Airbus CC-150 Polaris is a Strategic transport, VIP transport, tanker developed from Airbus A310 MRTT.
Leo J. Dulacki
Leo John Dulacki (December 29, 1918 – January 4, 2019) was an American lieutenant general in the Marine Corps. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He served in the Corps during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
During his 32 years of active service Dulacki held several important intelligence assignments in Moscow and Helsinki. He finished his career as Director of Personnel/Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower at Headquarters Marine Corps.
Dulacki died on January 4, 2019, at his retirement home in Sun City West, Arizona, at the age of 100, 6 days after his birthday.
Sun City West, Arizona
Sun City West is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 24,535 at the 2010 census.
Georgy Beriev
Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev (Beriashvili) ( "Georgij Michajlovič Beriev"; "Giorgi Mikheilis Dze Beriashvili"; 13 February 1903 – 12 July 1979), was a Soviet aircraft designer and founder of Beriev.
Bernice Sandler
Bernice Resnick Sandler (March 3, 1928 – January 5, 2019) was an American women's rights activist. Sandler was best known for being the cause of the creation of Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972.
She has been called "the Godmother of Title IX" by The New York Times.
Sandler died on January 5, 2019 Washington, D.C. at the age of 90.
Khosro Harandi
Khosro (Hosrov) Sheikh Harandi (11 September 1950 – 8 January 2019) was an Iranian chess International Master. He was a repeated Champion of Iran, he was a member of the national team in five Chess Olympiads. He also represented Iran at first board in 19th World Student Team Chess Championship at Graz 1972 (+6 –3 =3).
Harandi died on 8 January 2019 in Tehran at the age of 68.
Óscar González-Quevedo
Father Óscar González-Quevedo Bruzón (December 15, 1930 – January 9, 2019) was a Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest. He was an investigator in the field of parapsychology. He was born in Madrid.
González-Quevedo died on January 9, 2019 from heart disease in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, aged 88.
Anatoly Lukyanov
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov () (7 May 1930 – 9 January 2019) was a Russian Communist politician. He was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR between 15 March 1990 and 22 August 1991.
Lukyanov died in Moscow on 9 January 2019, at the age of 88, after suffering from a serious illness.
Vice (2018 movie)
Vice is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama movie written and directed by Adam McKay. The movie stars Christian Bale as Dick Cheney, with Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, and Jesse Plemons in supporting roles.
The movie is about Cheney in his desire to become the most powerful Vice President in America's history. "Vice" was released in the United States on December 25, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures.
Beriev Be-200
Beriev Be-200 (Russian: Бериев Бе-200) is a Soviet multirole amphibian designed by Beriev.
Mikhail Gurevich
Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich () ( – 12 November 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer. He was in a partnership with Artem Mikoyan and co-founded the famous MiG military aviation bureau.
Artem Mikoyan
Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan (; ; – 9 December 1970) was a Soviet aircraft designer. In partnership with Mikhail Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft.
Han Zheng
Han Zheng (Chinese: 韩正; born April 1954) is a Chinese politician who is serving as the 11th First Ranking Vice Premier since 2018.
He first came to prominence as Mayor of Shanghai.
Wang Yi
Wang Yi (Chinese: 王毅; 8 October 1953) is a Chinese politician who serves as a State Councillor of People's Republic of China since 2018.
Vital Kamerhe
Vital Kamerhe (born 4 March 1959) is a Congolese politician. He is the leader of the Union for the Congolese Nation ("Union pour la Nation Congolaise", UNC), an opposition political party. He was President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2006 to 2009.
After resigning as President of the National Assembly, he went into opposition and founded the UNC. He was a candidate in the 2011 presidential election.
On April 8, 2020, Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff and main political ally of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi, was placed in pre-trial detention in the Kinshasa central prison. He was heard during the investigation into the 100-day work.
On June 20, 2020, Vital Kamerhe, was sentenced to "20 years of forced labor" and 10 years of ineligibility and inability to access public office for embezzlement, aggravated corruption and money laundering, the court announced. of high instance of Kinshasa-Gombe. His co-defendant, businessman Samih Jammal, faces the same penalties and an expulsion order after their executions. The court also orders the confiscation of the accounts and properties of family members of Vital Kamerhe.
On July 24, 2020, the appeal trial of Vital Kamerhe, the chief of staff of Félix Tshisekedi, sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2020, for embezzlement begins. But just opened, the appeal trial was postponed to August 7, 2020 for procedural reasons.
Bruno Tshibala
Bruno Tshibala Nzenze (born 20 February 1956) is a Congolese politician. He was the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 2017 to April 2019.
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (, , ), is Congo's head of government. The current prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is no one since 7 April 2019
The position of prime minister was already present in the first government after independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the first prime minister Patrice Emery Lumumba.
The position was restored in 1977, as the title of "First State Commissioner" which, in reality, was weak in comparison to the pre-war office of Prime Minister. The office became vacant in 1997.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (, , ), is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The constitutional mandate of the current president, Joseph Kabila, was due to expire on 20 December 2016 but was extended by him until the end of 2017. He was replaced by Félix Tshisekedi in 2019.
Article 72 of the Congolese constitution states that the President must be a natural-born citizen – or more accurately: – of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and at least 30 years of age. Additionally, the President must be free of any legal constraints on their civil and political rights.
Félix Tshisekedi
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, the oldest and largest opposition party of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On January 9, 2019, he was elected the President of the DRC.
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Laurent-Désiré Kabila (November 27, 1939 – January 16, 2001), or simply Laurent Kabila ( ), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician. He was the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 17, 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko. He was assassinated by one of his bodyguards on January 16, 2001, aged 61. He was replaced as President eight days later by his son Joseph.
Pascal Lissouba