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Luke Joshua Letlow was an American politician from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana’s 5th congressional district in 2020, but died from COVID-19 before taking office. He worked for U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal during Jindal’s tenure in the House of Representatives as his…
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Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (Arabic: صائب محمد صالح عريقات‎ Ṣāʼib ʻUrayqāt; also ʻRēqāt, Erikat, Erakat, Areka) was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO (since 2015). He served as chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He participated in early…
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Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he became widely known through his role as Madame Flod’s son Gusten in Swedish Television’s adaption of The People of Hemsö by August…
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Kanybek Abdouvassitovitch Isakov (Kyrgyz: Каныбек Абдуваситович Исаков) was a Kyrgyz politician and academic. Isakov became a professor of philology at Osh State University in 1993. He spent a large portion of his career ascending in the ranks within the university. He became Rector of the university in 2011, serving until 2019, when he was appointed…
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Andrzej Owczarek was a Polish politician who served as a Senator from 2005-2015. Owczarek died of COVID-19 on 6 November 2020 in Łódź, Poland at the age of 70.

Fernando Ezequiel “Pino” Solanas was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; La Hora de los Hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces) (1968), Tangos: El Exilio de Gardel (1985), Sur (1988), El Viaje (1992), La Nube (1998), and Memoria del Saqueo (2004), among many others. He was a National Senator representing the…
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Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga was the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sibolga and then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medan from 2009 to 2018. Sinaga was born in Nagadolok in Simalungun Regency, Indonesia, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. He served as a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of…
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Amfilohije Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Амфилохије Радовић; pronounced amfilɔ̌xijɛ râːdɔv̞itɕ) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, theologian, university professor, author and translator. He was first the bishop of Banat between 1985 and 1990, and then the metropolitan bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral from 1990, until his death. As the metropolitan bishop, he was…
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Arturo Lona Reyes was a Mexican bishop who served as the Catholic bishop from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. He served in his position for 30 years before resigning from his diocese in 2001. Lona Reyes joined the church in Tehuantepec in 1971, where he took a radical view on the social situation in the city. His…
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Nikolay Kirillovich Maksyuta (Russian: Николай Кириллович Максюта) was the governor of Volgograd Oblast from 1997–2010. In 1996 he won the election for governor. He won his last re-election in 2004, and left office at the end of 2009. On 1 November 2020, Maksyuta died in a Moscow hospital from COVID-19. His wife had died on…
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