Sentences with phrase «as a cabinet minister between»

As a cabinet minister between 1996 and 2006, he collected paycheques totalling more than $ 1.5 million.

Not exact matches

This morning Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Prime Minister, along with the first cabinet in Canadian history to be split 50:50 between men and women.

In 1990 he stepped down as Prime Minister in favor of Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yet remained in the Cabinet, first as a «Senior Minister» and then as «Minister Mentor,» vaguely defined posts that allowed him to oscillate between speaking engagements abroad while advising his ministerial colleagues on matters of state.

The first key point to understand is the difference between the Prime Minister's roles as head of the Cabinet, who wields executive power via the confidence of the House of Commons, and as Tory leader, whose authority rests on the faith colleagues have in you as a general election winner.

I sorted out a big problem between my department and another during a phonecall I took with a friend (and fellow cabinet minister) as I watched my son play rugby on a Sunday morning.

As the tensions escalate, the government may well be concerned about an impending PR battle between heroic junior doctors and an axe - wielding millionaire Tory Cabinet minister.

Parliamentary time used to be a precious asset, contested between ministers at cabinet almost as bitterly as the public spending round.

Angela Eagle, the former Labour shadow cabinet minister and leadership contender, described the offer as a «Hobson's choice», meaning MPs could face a choice in two years» time between hard Brexit and no deal at all.

Before his UN job, Osotimehin had served as the nation's health minister between December 17, 2008 and March 17, 2010 when then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.

At the outset of the lecture, Mr. Bouffier touched upon the fact that, as Japan is a strong partner of Europe in political, economic, financial and academic terms, earlier during his visit to Japan he had held a meeting with members of the cabinet including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and had discussed in particular the strengthening of ties between Hesse and Japan.

The story bounces back and forth between Entebbe and the Israeli cabinet, with Lior Ashkenazi and Eddie Marsan excellent as prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and defence minister Shimon Peres, arguing over the best course of action.