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PERSONS IN NEWS - May 2019

May 2019

May 26, 2019

Jagan Elected YSRCLP Leader

After his spectacular victory, YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was unanimously elected leader of the YSR Congress Legislature Party (YSRCLP).
At the first YSRCLP meeting held at Tadepalli, a one-line resolution was adopted to elect him the leader.
Later, YSRCP legislators Botcha Satyanarayana and others called on Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan in Hyderabad and informed him of the election of Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
According to a release, the swearing-in will be held on May 30 at IGMC Stadium in Vijayawada.

Naresh Goyal Stopped from Travelling Abroad

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita were stopped from leaving the country due to a lookout circular issued by the Union Home Ministry.
Goyal was offloaded from a Dubai-bound Emirates flight after the aircraft was called back to the terminal.
Airport officials said that immigration officials called the flight back and offloaded the couple along with their checked-in luggage.
Goyal and his wife had resigned from the board of Jet Airways in March 2019 and the airline had announced temporary suspension of its operations in April.

Thailand's ex-PM Tinsulanonda Passes Away

Former Prime Minister and close adviser to Thailand's revered royals Prem Tinsulanonda died aged 98. Mr. Tinsulanonda was a top aide to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and helped cement the unshakeable bond between the monarchy and the military.
Prem Tinsulanonda was a Thai military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Thailand from 3 March 1980 to 4 August 1988, during which time he was credited with ending a communist insurgency and presiding over accelerating economic growth.
He was also the statesman of Thailand. As president of the Privy Council, he served as Regent of Thailand from the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadejon 13 October 2016, until the 1 December 2016 proclamation of Vajiralongkorn as King.
At the age of 98, Prem was the longest-living Thai Prime Minister.

May 25, 2019

Chandrani Murmu is the Youngest-ever MP

Until a few months ago, Meet Chandrani Murmu was unknown and was hunting for a job.
Her aim was to become a probationary officer in a bank or an assistant section officer in the Odisha government or a mechanical engineer in a private company. But she has become an MP.
Chandrani Murmu won the Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat (reserved for Scheduled Tribes) on Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket by a margin of 66,203 votes.
She will enter the Lok Sabha as the youngest member in the Lower House's history.
Until now, the record was been held by Dushyant Chautala, who, at 26, represented the Hisar seat in Haryana in the 16th Lok Sabha.

List of winning heavyweights: Elections 2019

Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad , Smriti Irani won from Amethi, Manish Tewari from Anandpur Sahib, Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal West, Babul Supriyo from Asansol, Akhilesh Yadav from Azamgarh, Giriraj Singh from Begusarai, Supriya Sule from Baramati, Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal, Kirron Kher from Chandigarh, Gautam Gambhir from East Delhi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, VK Singh from Ghaziabad, Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur, Farooq Abdullah from Srinagar.

May 23, 2019

First Woman Pilot of IAF to be Qualified

Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth became the first woman pilot of the IAF to be qualified to undertake combat missions on a fighter jet. Flight Lieutenant Kanth completed the operational syllabus for carrying out combat missions on Mig-21 Bison aircraft during day time.

May 22, 2019

Joko Widodo Re-elected as President of Indonesia

The surprise early announcement of official election results handed Joko Widodo another term as leader of the world's third-biggest democracy, Indonesia.
Presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, vowed to take his claims of widespread cheating to court as several thousand supporters protested in the capital.

Prasanth Kumar Named CEO

WPP-owned media agency GroupM promoted its South Asia chief operating officer (COO) Prasanth Kumar as chief executive officer (CEO) for the region, in place of Sam Singh, who is set to quit.
Kumar, who joined GroupM in 2004, has played several leadership roles across India and the region, before becoming the South Asia COO in January.
Singh will leave GroupM in June 2019 to takes up a senior role at ByteDance India, a technology firm specialising in content platforms.

Trump Names Woman as Head of US Air Force

US President Donald Trump nominated a former ambassador and Arizona businesswoman to lead the Air Force.
Barbara Barrett served as the US ambassador to Finland from 2008 to 2009 under the George W. Bush administration.
She also chaired an aeronautics research and development center, The Aerospace Corporation, until 2017.
A former lawyer and test pilot, Barrett is also a board member at the Rand Corporation, a think tank that provides research and analysis to the US armed forces.

May 21, 2019

Yogi Adityanath sacks Om Prakash Rajbhar

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath sacked Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar from his Cabinet, two days after a case was filed against him for allegedly threatening and abusing Bharatiya Janata Party workers and a day after he predicted the state's ruling party would fare poorly in the Lok Sabha elections.
Adityanath also removed all members appointed to various boards in Uttar Pradesh on Rajbhar's recommendation.
Rajbhar has considerable clout in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
He has been upset over the denial of seats of his choice, and fielded 39 candidates in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
The departments that Rajbhar headed have been given to BJP MLA and minister of state Anil Rajbhar.

Mueen Pakistan's New Envoy to India

Pakistan's ambassador to France, Mueen-ul-Haq, has been named the country's new High Commissioner to India.
Mueen is a career diplomat and previously served as the chief of protocol at the foreign office.
The post of High Commissioner to India fell vacant after Sohail Mehmood was appointed the foreign secretary in March 2019.
Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries.

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