Sentences with phrase «former speaker of parliament»

He said the deceased was the grandnephew of the former speaker of parliament, Joyce Bamford - Addo, and so parliament was affected and that it would play its part in the burial and funeral of the late soldier.

Former speaker of parliament, Halimah Yacob on Wednesday emerged as Singapore's eighth president after a «walkover» election that saw no other contenders run for the position.

Their top candidates are Tunne Kelam, former party leader and MEP since 2004, and Ene Ergma, a veteran former speaker of the parliament.

Not exact matches

Carme Forcadell, the former speaker of Catalonia's parliament, was released on bail Thursday after promising not to violate the constitution again.

But a former first deputy speaker of parliament, Freddie Blay held a different view from the Minority Leader.

«As the only Chinese speaker in the House of Commons, a former diplomat, British trade commissioner [for] China and the former founder chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, I see part of my role in parliament to offer an informed perspective on that very important country,» he said.

Other speakers at the event included, former party Vice Chairman, Alhaji Hudu Yahaya, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, Rashid Pelpuo, MP for Wa Central and Madam Ebi Bright, NDC Parliamentary candidate for Tema Central in 2016.

In an interview with TV3's Kwakye Afreh - Nuamah, the former second deputy speaker of parliament explains that, «I am not an Nkrumahist at heart.

[5] Within the liberal VVD former chair of the parliamentary party Jozias van Aartsen announced he would retire, as did his vice-chair Bibi de Vries, Frans Weisglas the current speaker of parliament, and ministers Hans Hoogervorst, Sybilla Dekker, state secretary Melanie Schultz van Haegen and Henk van Hoof.

Speakers at the conference included Minister for Housing Simon Coveney, former European Parliament president Pat Cox, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland CEO Jim Gannon, Construction Industry Federation director general Tom Parlon, Wexford County Council chief executive Tom Enright, Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown county architect Andrée Dargan, Department of Housing advisor Seán Armstrong, Michael Bennett Construction QS Seamus Mullins, University of Ulster academic Dr Shane Colclough, EnEffect director Dragomir Tzanev, ILTP Consulting MD Christy O'Sullivan, and all three nZEBRA directors, along with the owners of two separate nZEBs which share the rare distinction of being A1 rated passive houses — Monica Hackett and Francis Clauson.

The invited speakers were Anne Ramberg, Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association, Carl Schlyter, former member of the European Parliament and member of the Green Party in Sweden, Christofer Fjellner, member of the European Parliament and member of the Moderate Party, and Annette Magnusson, SCC Secretary General.