Sentences with phrase «as a defence minister»

Keeping his roles as defence minister and president of the Council of Economic and Development affairs, and with no new deputy crown prince appointed, not only is he next in line to the throne, he is now perhaps the most influential man in Saudi Arabia.

Also, as Defence minister, a key player, during Obasanjo's first term as elected president (1999 - 2003), though the two would later fall out, in a bitter public spat.

He also played a minor role in the toppling of Tony Blair after resigning as a defence minister and calling for the - then PM to quit in the interest of party and country.

He served as defence minister from 2000 - 03.

That means a lot of backstage discussion among the hijackers and the Israeli parliament — headed by a rather good Lior Ashkenazi as a careworn prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Eddie Marsan as the defence minister, Shimon Peres, so distractingly slathered with special effects makeup that he looks more like Eddie Marzipan.

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Defence Issues Minister Paul Papalia says Western Australia has been dudded in the federal government's $ 89 billion naval shipbuilding plan, of which WA will receive just over $ 3 billion of work, while the prime minister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalisticMinister Paul Papalia says Western Australia has been dudded in the federal government's $ 89 billion naval shipbuilding plan, of which WA will receive just over $ 3 billion of work, while the prime minister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalisticminister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalistic».

Defence minister Tobias Ellwood said he had died from his injuries but did not offer any further detail as to the nature of the incident.

In rejecting U.S. defence giant Alliant Techsystems» takeover of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates» aerospace unit, Industry Minister Jim Prentice is using the Investment Canada Act as a pretense to claim the $ 1.3 - billion all - cash deal isn't in this country's best interests.

Among the many well - known Canadians scheduled as «participants» were Stephen Harper's Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day (who at first denied attending) and the then - defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj.defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Majminister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj.Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, MajMinister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Majminister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Majminister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj.defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Majminister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj. - Gen.

Line ministers on key bilateral files — finance, immigration, public safety, trade, defence — must be ready with public statements as soon as a Trump presidency stops being hypothetical.

As for the somewhat chaotic condition in the Vatican in the latter years of the pontificate — not to mention the poor preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba, which seems to have had an impact far beyond the Caribbean — why did Pope Benedict not ind himself a more competent «prime minister» than Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whose record as Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwisAs for the somewhat chaotic condition in the Vatican in the latter years of the pontificate — not to mention the poor preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba, which seems to have had an impact far beyond the Caribbean — why did Pope Benedict not ind himself a more competent «prime minister» than Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whose record as Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwisas Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwisas personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwise?

Defence equipment and support minister Baroness Taylor dismissed the claim the MoD had effectively lost # 90 million as «pure speculation».

Peter Luff, the former defence minister, was revealed as letting a house from Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard.

I have concluded that it would be distracting both to my trial defence and to my official duties if I were to continue in office as a minister.

«Just as many RAF personnel will be thinking about returning home having performed heroics in Libya, ministers are drawing up their P45s,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

Defence minister Quentin Davies showed how nothing quite beats bluster as he bristled his way through an absurd Commons committee grilling.

Defence minister Philip Dunne stated: «As part of the licensing process, the researchers have to convince the Home Office that the work is required, that the results can not be obtained without the use of animals and that every step has been taken to minimise pain and suffering to the animals involved.»

Former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth told BBC Radio 4's World At One: «If Nigel Farage is well - connected with Donald Trump - as it would appear that he is - then we should certainly be talking to him.

The Vice President on what the current administration has down with little resources available to it said, «Today, with less revenue, we have increased capital funding by 400 percent as the minister has said, in power, works and housing, in defence, transportation, agriculture.

In her defence she assumed David Cameron would win the referendum in 2016 and had given little deep thought to Brexit issues before taking over as prime minister.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning Ellwood, now a junior defence minister, was visibly moved as he recalled returning home after the incident to find his young son in tears.

Nick Clegg's defence of human rights came after weeks of attack from the prime minister and assorted Conservative backbenchers, as right - wingers sought to use the riots as a trigger to renegotiate European human rights law.

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, Agric Minister, Dr Afriyie Akoto, Environment Minister, Kwabena Frimpong Manso came up as part of the list of worse performing Ministers.

Apart from the outgoing US Ambassador that is expected at the open public hearing, the Committee also extended invitation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the three accused lawmakers, the National Human Rights Commission, as well as the other seven members that attended the leadership programme.

The defence secretary said he expected an «adult conversation» would take place after it emerged the Treasury is reforming its committee of Cabinet ministers as a «deterrent» to those still holding out.

After Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson made clear he would not support gay marriage - adding his dissent to indications of opposition from defence secretary Philip Hammond and children's minister Tim Loughton - Downing Street accepted the free vote would apply to members of the government as well as backbench MPs.

We take note of claims by Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, that an amount of US$ 20 million would be given to the Ghana Armed Forces as part of regular support.

When we came into office the amount outstanding for completion of the project was Ghs45 million and thanks to the pressure put on the Minister of Finance by the Minister for Defence as well as the Minister for Works and Housing, government made payment of about Ghs38 million in December and I think the rest will be done soon.

After a spell as a trade union officer, Watson became an MP in 2001 and rose fast, becoming a junior whip in 2004 and junior defence minister two years later, when his nightly ministerial papers included details of British soldiers killed in Iraq, a conflict he voted in favour of.

Minister of Defence, Munsur Muhammad Dan — Ali has reiterated the federal government's determination to continue to provide critical infrastructure in the military as well as the much needed operational...

The only two top ministers confirmed to have remained in place are Jeremy Hunt and Michael Fallon, who keep their jobs as Health Secretary and Defence Secretary respectively.

Wilson appointed him as parliamentary private secretary to Denis Healey, as defence secretary, in 1966 and installed him as army minister in the government in 1969.

However, the persistence of male and female portfolios (boys» and girls» jobs as the Prime Minister might have it) is demonstrated by the fact that there has still been no female candidate for either the Defence, Northern Ireland or Foreign Affairs committees and only one for the Treasury post.

He had said, «Today, with less revenue, we have increased capital funding by 400 percent as the minister has said, in power, works and housing, in defence, transportation, agriculture.

On the charge that the defendant used his office as minister to allocate 15 houses to his associates, the defence told the court that there was a committee set up by the government.

On 29 January, during the National Assembly of the Democratic Party, Renzi officially announced that he would endorse Sergio Mattarella, a judge on the Constitutional Court and a former Minister of Defence, as his candidate for the Italian presidential election to replace Napolitano.

Hague and Miller spoke out after Gerald Howarth, the defence minister, called on the government to abandon liberal ideas such as legalising gay marriage and reform of the House of Lords.

In a letter to Tony Blair yesterday, Mr Sheridan - whose position as parliamentary private secretary to the defence team is one below a junior minister - also raised concerns about the prime minister's close relationship with the US.

Lord West of Spithead, an advisor to Gordon Brown, member of the defence council and former First Sea Lord, will chair the inaugural meeting but will not do so in his capacity as security minister.

The prime minister launched a major defence of big business as he accused Labour of giving up on free enterprise and wealth creation.

William Hague, the foreign secretary, Theresa May, home secretary, and defence secretary Liam Fox will also have permanent seats, as will international development secretary Andrew Mitchell and Baroness Neville - Jones, the security minister.

Jones has held the defence brief for seven years, and served as a minister under Gordon Brown.

As politicians across the spectrum battle against their robotic tendencies, Defence Minister Anna Soubry has once again shown herself to be refreshingly devoid of CCHQ programming.

Britain's power and influence has not shrunk as a result of defence spending cuts, four senior government ministers have insisted.

As politicians across the spectrum battle against their robotic tendencies, Defence Minister Anna...

So it was with Coulson; the defence he offered in the face of Ed Miliband's attacks in prime minister's questions left the press scorning the leader of the opposition as much as his rival.

I have experience as a pensions lawyer, in social security, foreign affairs, defence, I've served as a health minister, and have sat on a number of committees as well as negotiating in Brussels which meant I was working across government.

Kevan Jones, who quit as a shadow defence minister this week, told the BBC: «Our defence policy is being controlled by a north London party of the party.»

I have been privileged to work as PPS to four senior Labour ministers in four government departments and now feel that I can make my best contribution to the Labour effort in parliament by concentrating on helping, as a regular back - bencher, to show that Labour remains sound on matters of Defence.

It has the Chief of Defence Staff, the Minister for Defence, the Attorney General, and Yao Addo Developments Limited as defendants.