Nigerian senator Muktar Ahmed Mohammed Aruwa died on December 9, 2018. Mohammed Aruwa was initially elected to the Senate in 1999 as a representative of Kaduna State for the All People’s Party (APP). He served on many Senate committees and opposed the privatization of public enterprises. Mohammed Aruwa was re-elected in 2003 as a member ..
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Taiwanese politician Chiang Pin-kung was born in Nantō District, Taichū Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan and died on December 10, 2018. Chiang Pin-kung served as the Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 2008 to 2012. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1971. Pin-kung served as the Assistant Commercial Attaché at the ROC ..
Spanish politician, lawyer and businessman Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo wass born on August 17, 1934 December 3, 2018. Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo called Spanish Dictator of the same name (Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo) uncle. Miguel succeeded his uncle as 3rd Duke of Primo de Rivera and passed down the ..
Hong Kong politician Florence Hui Hiu-fai died on December 3, 2018. Florence Hui was one of the undersecretaries appointed by the Government of Hong Kong. Hui served as the Undersecretary for Home Affairs from 2008 to 2017. She held a Bachelor degree in business administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and an MBA ..
American farmer and a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas Jim W. House was born on September 14, 1948 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and died on December 5, 2018. He relocated in 1957 to Washington County, Arkansas, where he resided in the county seat of Fayetteville. During 1971, Jim House received his Bachelor of ..
Kyrgyz businessman and politician of the Uzbek origins Kadyrzhan Batyrov was born on March 9, 1956, and died on December 4, 2018. Batyrov was also head of the University of People’s Friendship and a parliamentary deputy. Batyrov lived in Sweden in 2017. In 2010, Batyrov fled from Kyrgyzstan to Ukraine. He was given a life ..
South African politician Alex Boraine was born in 1931, in Cape Town and died on December 5, 2018. In 1956, Alex Boraine was ordained as a Methodist minister, he studied at Rhodes University in South Africa, Oxford University in England, and Drew University in the United States. During 1986, Boraine resigned. Along with Frederik van ..
British Conservative Party politician Toby Henry Francis Jessel was born on July 11, 1934, and died on December 3, 2018. Politician Toby Jessel was born at Bearsted in Kent. He was the son of Richard Frederick Jessel (born 1902), a Royal Navy officer whose final command had been HMS Zealous. Toby Jessel’s great-great uncle was ..
Georgian politician Nikoloz Rurua was born on March 17, 1968, and died on December 4, 2018. Rurua was a member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, from December 10, 2008 until 25 October 2012. Previously, he had served as the Deputy Chairman of the ..
Latvian playwright, journalist and politician Pauls Putniņš was born on November 12, 1937, and died on December 1, 2018. He graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in 1963, after which Putniņš worked as an assistant director and director at the Dailies and Liepāja Theatres. A dramatist from 1965, Putniņš was one of the most popular ..