Whereas, having been elected to the Senate as an independent technocrat in March 1985, I served as information minister of state in the first cabinet of Benazir Bhutto (1988-90) which was an elected government.
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- President-elect George W. Bush will name the first member of his Cabinet on Saturday, designating retired Gen.
Maehara was most impressive as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a post he assumed as held for one year, before being appointed Foreign Minister, in the first cabinet of the newly-elected Hatoyama government in September 2009.
One of the first Dutch cabinet member from born outside the country - Surinam-born Philomena Bijlhout, who becomes Secretary of State for Families and Emancipation - is also from the LPF.
Attorney General John Ashcroft could be one of the first Cabinet members to leave the administration.
By the time she fell out with Howe, provoking him to deliver a ministerial resignation speech which began her own downfall, he was the only survivor of her first Cabinet.
Republican Tom Ridge said Friday he would step down as governor of Pennsylvania on October 5 to become the first Director of Homeland Security, a new Cabinet-level position that will coordinate information from dozens of federal agencies to defend the country against domestic terrorism.
And news leaked out Friday that Tim Geithner, who is the president of the New York Federal Reserve, will be the first official member of the incoming administration's Cabinet.
One of the first things we did was establish an Export Promotion Cabinet made up of Cabinet members and senior administration officials whose work affects exports.
In Cardiff, the rumoured first shake up of Carwyn Jones' cabinet never came.
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy, the first Cabinet-level department created since 1966.
Then, in 1975, a change of government brought a change in policy and Prof Randell was invited to the Cabinet Office to discuss the first official release of information about the Allies' main codebreaking machine.
Hagel will know that Congress is watching him distrustfully, that he will lack the authority and prestige of his other Cabinet colleagues, and that his first job in office must be to prove himself deserving of the job to which he was so grudgingly confirmed.
Only 13 of the 22 members of Mr Blair's first cabinet remain.
At first, the Secretary of War, a Cabinet member who, from the start, was a civilian, was called the Secretary at War, a holdover from the Revolution but also a prepositional manifestation of an ideological commitment: the department was chiefly to be called upon only if the nation was at war.
Also on Tuesday, President Obama held a Cabinet meeting, the first since he elevated Karen Mills, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to a Cabinet-level official.
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke led the first cabinet-level trade mission to Indonesia May 25-26, promoting U.S. exports in a broad range of clean energy technologies.
Mr. Rifi would retire because of his age on April first, but because of Lebanon's precarious situation, Mr. Mikati asked the cabinet to amend the regulations and extend his term.
After Estrada's resounding victory, Ronaldo became the first cabinet appointee, landing the influential position of executive secretary.
He isn't the only potential member of Obama's first or second-term Cabinet to be grilled during the nomination process.
First Secretary Rhodri Morgan said he respected the decision of cabinet member Tom Middlehurst to quit his post in a protest over a deal with the Liberal Democrats.
But for Thiam, the first black CEO of a FTSE 100 company, being a cabinet minister in Ivory Coast was much tougher than heading a global company.
So much for the argument that said Lesley Griffiths was "the safest cabinet member of all" because the First Minister could not be seen to admit to a weakness in that brief or all.
Labour will certainly present it as the first gaffe of a not-quite-yet member of the cabinet.
Over the next few days, Mr Bush will announce his first cabinet appointments (favourites are Colin Powell as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser).
First Minister Alex Salmond confirmed the spending ahead of a meeting of the Cabinet in the Western Isles.
Two days later the Ministry of Health gave its first news conference on the crisis and the cabinet declared a national food-safety emergency.
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Members of the Scottish cabinet arrived at 1310 led by Acting First Minister Jim Wallace, who was accompanied by David Trimble, the First Minister of Northern Ireland.
The First Minister reaffirmed his opposition to an increase in the number of members and said Cabinet colleagues are always available to attend Europe Council of Minister's meetings.
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Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi (No. 70) is the first woman to hold a cabinet position in the United Arab Emirates, as Minister of Economy.
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