Sentences with phrase «as a minister for»

In my first week as minister for finance I was visited by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup (the eurozone finance ministers), who put a stark choice to me: accept the bailout's «logic» and drop any demands for debt restructuring or your loan agreement will «crash» — the unsaid repercussion being that Greece's banks would be boarded up.

In July 2016, he was appointed the Minister for the Environment and Energy, having previously served as Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia, Assistant Treasurer and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister since the 2013 election.

Sir Gerald Howarth, who was sacked by David Cameron as minister for international security strategy in 2012, has ruled out any British involvement in torture, speaking to Premier, he said: «these are not the practices that we would resort to in the United Kingdom.»

Although it is the case that in one famous clash between the two Browne was forced to resign as Minister for Health, in the long run it was Browne's view of the proper place of the Church in a secular republic that prevailed.

I've been ordained as a minister for over 25 years.

Keynote speakers include Anthony Pratt, executive chairman of Visy, one of Australia's largest privately owned companies, as well as the Minister for Agriculture, The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP.

During this time she served as the Minister for International Development and the Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health, Homelessness and Social Housing.

And this summer I expect renewed focus on food waste, both among environment ministers and among food ministers within the EU, as the ministers for the environment plan to address resource issues.

In a statement copied to Ghanapoliticsonline.com Mrs Mogtari said the academic credentials of the learned Professor, her contributions to society and her work as Minister for Education can obviously be fact - checked and therefore, «why Hon. Opoku Prempeh will think and even want to describe as her as an embarrassment and one who does not understand education is simply mind boggling!

Again, under her stewardship as Minister for Education, Ghana for three (3) continuous years, topped the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and in one of those years, all the three best WASSCE students came from Ghana.

The dangers of allowing this to remain unchecked had been highlighted by Frank Field early on in the Blair administration, shortly after he was unceremoniously sacked as minister for welfare reform.

Nana Ato Dadzie, who served as a former Chief of Staff under the Rawlings regime and Kwamena Ahwoi, who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, denied any knowledge about the money given to Rawlings by Abacha They also denied that Professor Ahwoi had commented on the matter in his book, «Local Government and Decentralization in Ghana».

As minister for munitions he galvanised British industry but then was marooned as secretary of sta te for war in 1916.

The PM needs to appoint a political heavyweight as Minister for London.

Today, the Government, in which I serve as Minister for Decentralisation, is publishing what could be seen as a sequel — but not just another a pamphlet, because this is a guide to a groundbreaking piece of legislation, the Localism Bill.

I have never been in a government position; I have never worked as a Minister for you to say I have stolen government money.

He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 whiles a lawmaker representing Abuakwa South Constituency in the Eastern region.

STRANEK finds it necessary to petition your high office to ensure that Hon. Boakye Agyarko steps aside as Minister for Energy pending resolution of the controversy on his alleged bribery attempt.

I have sent this letter to Harriet Harman, as Minister for Equality, to urge that the government support the amendment.

Following the 1997 election, with Labour now in power, Field joined the government led by Tony Blair as its Minister for Welfare Reform, working in the Department of Social Security.

This appointment has become necessary following the resignation of the party's national women organizer, Hon. Otiko Afisa to take up appointment in government as Minister for Gender and Social Protection.

He said, as the Minister for Environment at the time, he contacted Subah Info Solutions, one of the leading IT and Telecommunications solutions providers in the country to create a digital addressing system.

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.

«I speak as the Minister for Youth and Sports we should have uniformity in these discussions and I represent the President of Ghana.

Shortly after his appointment as Minister for Merseyside, Heseltine gave his annual party conference speech, in which he condemned talk of repatriation and called for more public spending on inner cities.

The Wirral West MP remains in the Department for Work and Pensions as Minister for Employment, and will now attend cabinet meetings.

He resigned from his post as immigration minister in February 2014 after he discovered that his cleaner was no longer entitled to work in the UK, but rejoined the government five months later as minister for disabled people.

Can you tell us about the economic blueprint used during your tenure as the Minister for National Planning?

Tony Blair's instincts - as has often been the case - were good and he appointed Frank Field as Minister for Welfare Reform.

A two - paragraph statement from the Flagstaff House Wednesday evening said, «President John Mahama has accepted the resignation of Mrs. Dzifa Aku Attivor as Minister for Transport.»

Mr Watson, who resigned as minister for digital engagement at the reshuffle, backs a call by the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, for a ban on anonymous briefings to lobby journalists, and calls for internet bloggers to be given the same access to Westminster as the lobby.

«As the minister for the International Criminal Court, I've spent the last two and a half years helping to promote, support and fund the ICC.

New Labour should have done more to pursue a thoroughgoing empowerment of local government and local communities - what I called in my time as minister for communities and local government «double devolution».

She also takes over Theresa May's duties as minister for women and equalities.

Meanwhile, fresh details were emerging of the tabloid sting operation which triggered the resignation of Brooks Newmark as minister for civil society.

She served as minister for health and community care from 1999 to 2001, when she was just 35, and survived opposition criticism for her handling of the flu crisis in 2000.

Ed Davey proudly proclaims his past as minister for competition.

You can be extremely proud of your work in Government - as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, as Minister for Women and as Minister for Disabled People.

The Prime Minister has announced that John Whittingdale is to serve as Secretary of State and Tracey Crouch as Minister for Tourism at the Department.

He added that he is always ready to serve as a minister for any political party if he is called upon.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has sworn in 12 of the 36 persons he named as ministers for various portfolios after their approval by Parliament's Appointments Committee.

But of the changes, the most notable are Michael Gove as justice secretary (as previously announced), Sajid Javid — who many have billed to be Cameron's successor - as business secretary, John Whittingdale as culture secretary, Tina Stowell as leader of the House of Lords, Anna Soubry as minister for small business, Amber Rudd as energy secretary, and Priti Patel as minister for employment.

He is replacing David Willetts as minister for higher education and science.

Duncan Smith, who worked closely with Miller in her previous ministerial post as minister for the disabled, offered strong personal support for the culture secretary.

The new ministers are Stefan Attefall, the Minister for Public Administration and Housing at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs; Ulf Kristersson, replacing Cristina Husmark Pehrsson as Minister for Social Security; Erik Ullenhag, the Minister for Integration at the Ministry of Employment; Hillevi Engström, the Minister for Employment; Anna - Karin Hatt, the Minister for Information Technology and Regional Affairs at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications; Peter Norman, replacing Mats Odell as Minister for Financial Markets; and Catharina Elmsäter - Svärd, replacing Åsa Torstensson as Minister for Communications.

In government Scott served as Minister for Veterans» Affairs 1996 - 2001 and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence 1998 - 2001.

In government Macklin has had an enormous workload as Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

He quit the Scottish Parliament, where he had been an MSP since 1999 - including two years as minister for tourism, culture and sport.

His tenure as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration witnessed one of the most appalling instances of corruption in recent memory when he sat aloof as prime land belonging to his ministry was carved out and shared among NPP supporters and a host of government and public officials.

He served as a minister for four times, between 1999 - 2011.