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1950 East German state elections
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State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950.
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They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.
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Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject.
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The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front.
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Voting was not secret, and citizens that voted against the list or abstained were persecuted.
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Genuine or presumed opponents of the SED that participated in other member parties of the National Front were arrested or forced to flee to West Germany.
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Harsent
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Harsent is a surname.
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Midson
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Midson is a surname.
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Sakura Mori
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She was the women's singles winner at the 2017 India Open.
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She also won the women's doubles title at the 2015 Belarus Open with Miyu Maeda.
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Kuebler
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Kuebler is a surname.
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Havel (film)
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Havel is a 2020 Czech historical film based on life of dissident and former Czech president Václav Havel.
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It is directed by Slávek Horák and stars Viktor Dvořák.
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The film focuses on Havel's life from 1968 to 1989 when he was a dissident under Comunist regime and relationship with his wife Olga and friend Pavel Landovský.
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Sandy Ese Idigbe
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Sandy Ese Idigbe (born September 27, 1991) is an international campaigner, activist and media commentator based in London, United Kingdom.
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She has also been cast for an upcoming Netflix Documentary movie.
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She completed her degree in English BA in University College London, to become a broadcast presenter at the London radio station Reprezent alongside a role as a production researcher for Channel 4.
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Sandy setup FouGen!
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A hub, aimed at 18-35-year-olds, originally funded by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London back at time.
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In December 2019 Idigbe had a meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss social issues in Society and Woman in Politics having also a speech at UK House of Lords.
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At the beginning of January 2020, Sandy and other Anti-knife crime campaigners blocked the Westminster Bridge, a demonstration calling for a political action to stop further bloodsheds.
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Later that same month she spoke to London Post on topics such as hunger, overpopulation, and pollution.
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At the end of 2019 a documentary movie based on Idigbe was set in production by New Line Cinema.
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In addition she will star in Netflix feature film.
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Chandler, Ohio
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Chandler is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
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It is located south of Bloomingdale at the intersection of Bloomingdale-Smithfield-Chandler Road and County Road 24, at .
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The Chandler Post Office was established on April 16, 1921 and discontinued December 31, 1932.
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Mail service is now handled through the Bloomingdale branch.
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As of 1949, the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway was operating a freight terminal here.
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Micheál Aodh Martin
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Micheál Aodh Martin (born 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cork Championship club Nemo Rangers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.
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He usually lines out as a goalkeeper.
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Peter Skellerup
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Peter Jensen Reid Skellerup (also Skjellerup, 14 January 1918 – 15 May 2006) was a New Zealand industrialist and philanthropist.
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Skellerup was born in Christchurch in 1918.
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His father was George Skellerup (1881–1955), the founder of rubber manufacturing company Skellerup Industries.
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His mother was Elizabeth, Reid.
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His father was born in Australia but the family stemmed from Denmark, with his father's birth name including a silent "j" that he dropped from the name at some point.
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On their birth certificates, the original spelling Skjellerup was used for all five siblings born between 1907 (his brother Valdemar was the oldest) and 1918 (Peter was the youngest).
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The three middle siblings were girls.
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Frank Skjellerup, an Australian amateur astronomer, was his uncle.
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Peter received his education at Christchurch Boys' High School.
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He saw service in World War II with the 37th Battalion of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Solomon Islands fighting again Japan.
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Upon leaving school in 1934, he became an office boy in one of his father's companies, the Latex Rubber Company.
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He took over as joint managing director in 1955 upon his father's death alongside his brother Valdemar.
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In 1977, he became deputy chairman of the Skellerup parent company.
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In 1982, he was handed full control by his brother not long before his brother's death.
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Skellerup was first elected to Christchurch City Council in 1958 and served almost continuously until 1980.
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The Labour Party won the 1957 general election and upon the Second Labour Government being formed, several sitting city councillors received high-ranking positions in government and resigned from their local roles.
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This triggered the 1958 Christchurch local by-election, where four city councillor positions were contested by nine candidates.
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Skellerup, standing for the conservative Citizens' ticket, came fourth and was thus elected.
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In the 1959 Christchurch local election, the Citizens' ticket won all 19 city council seats, with Skellerup coming fifth (the mayor, George Manning, was from the Labour Party).
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Skellerup came sixth in 1962.
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In the 1965 local election, Skellerup stood for both the city council and the mayoralty.
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He was decisively defeated by the mayoral incumbent, Manning, but came second in the city council election (once again for 19 positions).
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In 1968, Skellerup stood for council only and came second.
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During this term, Skellerup lost his council seat over a technicality; he had breached the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968.
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In the lead up to the 1971 election, Skellerup was publicly critical of the Citizens' mayor, Ron Guthrey, over his proposal to build a road through North Hagley Park.
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Skellerup had never been fond of Guthrey and as a past chairman of the Parks and Reserves Committee, he was extremely annoyed by Guthrey going behind his back and announcing the road proposal without checking with him first.
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At the election, Guthrey was defeated, Labour gained a majority on the city council, but Skellerup was the highest-polling council candidate by a large margin.
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The 1974 election was a turnaround, with Labour's incumbent Pickering defeated by the Citizens' candidate Hamish Hay.
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According to Hay, Skellerup was not considered as the Citizens' mayoral candidate over the furore that he had caused for Guthrey.
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The Citizens' ticket also gained a majority on the city council and from 1974 to 1980, Skellerup was deputy-mayor to Hay.
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Skellerup was also a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board for twelve years, for three of those he was the chairman.
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Since 1964, he was Consul of Denmark, first for the South Island and later for all of New Zealand.
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In 1941, he married Rita Margaret Grogan (26 August 1919 – 1985); they were to have one son and three daughters.
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His wife died in 1985.
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His second marriage was to Evelyn Rogers, who died in 1999.
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In 1974, he was awarded Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by Denmark.
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In the 1979 New Year Honours, Skellerup was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the City of Christchurch.
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Skellerup sponsored the Antarctic wing at Canterbury Museum and to recognise his contribution, Skellerup Glacier in New Zealand's Ross Dependency in Antarctica was named for him.
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Skellerup died in Christchurch on 15 May 2006, and was buried at Ruru Lawn Cemetery.
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He was survived by the four children from his first marriage.
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His Private Life
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His Private Life may refer to:
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Semisi Fonua
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Semisi Fatafehi Fonua (1911 – 5 January 1968) was a Tongan noble and politician.
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He held the titles of Kalaniuvalu and Fotofili, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1936 and his death in 1968, serving as Speaker from 1951 until 1958.
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Born in 1911, Fonua was educated at primary school in Niuafoʻou and Tupou College.
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In June 1932 he married Sisilia Tupou; the couple had three daughers and four sons.
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He became Kalaniuvalu in 1935 and Fotofili in 1955.
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He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1936 as one of the Noble representatives for the Tongatapu constituency.
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He was re-elected in every election until his death in January 1968, also serving as Speaker and Vice-President of the Privy Council between 1951 and 1958.
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One of his sons, Sosi'ua Ngalumoetutulu, later also served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
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Juan Hernández (tennis)
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Juan Hernández Salas is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
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Hernández comes from a large family of tennis players, which includes his sister Claudia, who played in the Federation Cup for Mexico.
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In 1981 he represented Mexico in a home Davis Cup tie against Switzerland, held in Tijuana.
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The tie was a World Group relegation playoff and was won by Mexico, with Hernández losing his dead rubber singles match to Ivan Dupasquier.