On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of China Chiang Kai-shek issued the document. It talked about the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan. These terms were first talked about during the Potsdam Conference.
The declaration said if Japan did not surrender, it would face "prompt and utter destruction."
M. C. Gainey
Michael Connor Gainey (born January 18, 1948) is an American actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2" height, and intimidating appearance have landed him supporting roles as Southern or Southwestern thugs and criminals. He is known for playing a major role in the 1997 "Con Air" action movie.
Rob McElhenney
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List of prime ministers of Togo
This is a list of prime ministers of Togo since the creation of the job of Prime Minister in 1960, to the present day.
A total of twelve people have been Prime Minister of Togo.
Eugene Koffi Adoboli
Eugene Koffi Adoboli (born 3 October 1934) is a Togolese politician. He was Prime Minister of Togo from 21 May 1999 to 31 August 2000.
In 2011 he was sentenced to five years in jail in absentia for corruption.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission
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Central Africa
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These countries are members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
Moussa Faki
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On 30 January 2017, he was elected as Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
Jean Ping
Jean Ping (; born 24 November 1942) is a Gabonese diplomat and politician.
He was the Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie of the Gabonese Republic from 1999 to 2008, and was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 2004 to 2005 and Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union from 2008 to 2012.
Ping was a candidate in the 2016 Gabonese presidential election against the outgoing president Ali Bongo.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (born 27 January 1949), sometimes known by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. She has been the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since May 2019 during the Cyril Ramaphosa presidency. She also had cabinet jobs during the presidencies of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma (her ex-husband).
From 1982 to 1998, she was married to Jacob Zuma.
Edem Kodjo
Édouard Kodjovi Kodjo, better known as Edem Kodjo (May 23, 1938 – April 11, 2020), was a Togolese politician and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity from 1978 to 1983; later. He was Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2006.
Kodjo was President of the Patriotic Pan-African Convergence (CPP).
Kodjo died on April 11, 2020, in Paris at the age of 81.
List of presidents of Togo
This is a list of presidents of Togo since the creation of the job of president in 1960, to the present day.
Emmanuel Bodjollé
Emmanuel Bodjollé (born 1928) is a Togolese politician. He was Chairman of the nine-member Insurrection Committee that overthrew the government of Togolese President Sylvanus Olympio on 13 January 1963. For two days in January 1963, he was the interim President of Togo.
Christian Poncelet
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Poncelet died on 11 September 2020 in Remiremont, France at the age of 92.
Senate (France)
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French Parliament
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The National Assembly has more power than the Senate.
Silversmith
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Johannes van Knobelsdorff
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Knobelsdorff died on 2 April 2020 at the age of 102.
Miguel Ángel Tábet
Miguel Ángel Tabet Balady (December 24, 1941 – April 7, 2020) was a Venezuelan theologian, Catholic priest, author, and exegete. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Tábet lived and worked in Rome, Italy. He was a professor of biblical hermeneutics, the study of the principles of the Bible, at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
Tabet died from COVID-19 during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Rome, Italy, on April 7, 2020, at the age of 78.
Paul Gilissen
Paulus Petrus Maria “Paul” Gilissen (28 August 1934 – 9 April 2020) was a Dutch KVP and later CDA politician. Gilissen was born in Amsterdam. He was mayor of Valkenburg-Houthem from 1976 to 1982 and Valkenburg aan de Geul from 1982 to 1990 and again in 1991.
Gilissen died in Maastricht on 9 April 2020, aged 85.
Bert van de Kamp
Bert van de Kamp (8 March 1947 – 9 April 2020) was a Dutch music journalist. He was known for his interviews with pop stars in the Dutch Muziekkrant OOR. He was born in Rotterdam. In 1972 van de Kamp won the prize: "Wordt Popjournalist en Vlieg naar Londen!".
From 1973 to 1977 he was writer of Muziekkrant OOR. He wrote about many music styles; of hardrock to singer-songwriters. From 1977 to 1980 he was correspondent in London for Muziekkrant OOR and the KRO radio and television magazine Studio. In 1995 he won the first .
Kamp died in Utrecht on 9 April 2020, aged 73.
Iris M. Zavala
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She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In Spain she was a UNESCO fellow at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and a Ramón LLul fellow at the University of Mallorca. She also taught at the University of Minnesota.
Zavala died from COVID-19 in Madrid during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, at the age of 83.
Gus Rodríguez
Gustavo Rodríguez (May 27, 1960 – April 11, 2020) was an actor, screenwriter, producer, director, gamer, and video game journalist. He was born in Mexico City. He was a known person in video game journalism in Latin America.