Berlusconi has been in office since 2001, leading Italy's longest-serving government since World War II, but the economy has been distinctly unimpressive for most of his tenure.
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So it was decided that candidates would not be eligible if they had belonged to a political party within the previous five years or if they were serving government officials.
He started by delivering a brief statement in which he highlighted the fact that on Saturday his government becomes the longest serving Labour government of all time.
More generally, the novelty of serving on government task-forces may begin to wear thin.
The Delta II's production costs and other expenses were too high to justify serving limited government and commercial markets.
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Under Mr Major, this functioned as a central secretariat, serving the government collectively.
Under the present system, Indonesia's police and military serve a dual role, called dwifungsi: besides serving the government, they are also a part of it.
Some are already serving in government but spoke about a need for more women to serve and to lead in forming new democracies in the Middle East.
In May, the Trinamul Congress party led by Mamata Banerjee trounced West Bengal's long-serving communist government on the promise that she would restore the land to the farmers.
Yet this situation seemed a pipe dream not so long ago: Iraq's security forces, serving an elected government, assume primary responsibility for the good order of their own country.
Within days, whole parts of the country declared their independence from a brutal regime, and members of the government serving in Libya and abroad chose to align themselves with the forces of change.
This figure, probably an ex-prime minister or similar bigwig, will be elected by serving heads of government for a two-and-a-half-year stint, renewable once, and will prepare and host four or more summits a year.
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For nearly two weeks, Libya has been gripped by fear of new armed conflict after militias stormed and surrounded government buildings in Tripoli, blocking access to ministries in an attempt to push parliament to pass a contentious law that would prevent members of Moammar Gadhafi's regime from serving in senior government posts.
After 13 years serving in the UK government cabinet, he described leading the campaign to keep Scotland in the Union as, "the most important thing I've ever done in politics".
Mr Prescott's working life took him from a job as a steward on cruise ships to the top table of government - serving as deputy prime minister throughout the Blair administration.
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Prior to serving in the federal government, Ambassador Morningstar worked for Costar Corporation where he was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1993) and President and Chief Executive Officer (1981-1990).
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This reduces immediate debt-serving pressures on the Government.
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Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
The leftist Syriza Party of Greece, which had characterized austerity policies of the current government as serving the interest of bankers, oligarchs and plutocrats at the expense of ordinary Greeks ended up leap-frogging Pasok for second place.
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At that time, the tycoon had presided over the longest-serving post-war Italian government.
Also on Thursday, the French Government announced restaurants serving beef would have to display on their menus the origin of the beef that they use.
Leading an adjournment debate on 26 July 2010, Mr Norman described the charges as "a case study of the foolishness and self-serving incompetence of the last government".
It is understood it is the first time a serving minister of a foreign government has given an address to the staff and students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the British Embassy to the Holy See said.
Bulls can rebut the gloomy view of the BLS report with easy aplomb thanks to the government employment data serving not as a canary in a coal mine for discerning economic trends, but more like a turkey in a wind tunnel.
He is an astute political tactician: he is the longest-serving prime minister of a minority government in Canadian history.
The reality is this government is ill-serving our economy, ill-serving Britain.
Serving editors, current MPs or government ministers would be excluded.
Sir George has some experience of the government whips office, serving there in 1990 and also acting as an opposition whip under Margaret Thatcher before she became prime minister in 1979.
Worse, the Center noticed signs of increasing bias among journalists who often promote value-neutral and politically-correct news that is undermining the American system of government while ill-serving both American and foreign publics.
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Their case has received renewed attention since the 2009 arrest of Alan Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor who is serving a 15-year sentence after he was caught bringing communications equipment onto the island illegally while on a USAID-funded democracy building program.
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