Sentences with phrase «as chancellor in»

As a chancellor in the Thatcher government he was, and remains, a strong advocate of the «free market», dedicated to unrestricted economic growth.

In New York City, Mayor Bill De Blasio appointed an insider — Carmen Farina — as chancellor in 2014 after then Mayor Michael Bloomberg had appointed three outsiders since 2000.

Neither Wilson — who succeeded Kaya Henderson as chancellor in February — nor Bowser could refute the revelations about Ballou, outlined in an investigation by WAMU and NPR, but promised to investigate.

Rhee, 40, has worked with Teach For America and founded the New Teacher Project, in addition to her three controversial years as chancellor in Washington D.C.

The famed Michelle Rhee came in as chancellor in 2007 after the district's school board was stripped of powers due to gross mismanagement over the previous four decades, including financial corruption, nepotism, and union heads going to jail for embezzlement.

Tisch, one of 16 members of the Board of Regents since 1996, was chosen to head the Regents as chancellor in 2009.

He intends to focus the campaign on the 10p starting rate for income tax, which was scrapped by Mr Brown's last Budget as chancellor in 2007.

The announcement culminates what will likely be the shortest tenure as chancellor in history.

Moving to the north, while Angela Merkel appears the firm favourite to secure a second term as chancellor in September, her party will do well to replicate the strong showing it secured in 2004 where the party captured 49 of Germany's 99 seats.

Shaw acknowledged the efforts of former Chancellor Nancy Cantor in the veterans sphere, and those of current Chancellor Kent Syverud in establishing the improvement of veterans affairs at SU as one of his primary goals as chancellor in his inauguration address.

She stepped down as chancellor in 2015.

De Blasio successfully convinced Fariña to come out of retirement and serve as chancellor in late 2013.

Not exact matches

Italy's president cancelled a dinner with the German opposition's chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck in Berlin on Wednesday after he described the former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi and comic - turned - politician Beppe Grillo as «clowns».

But the really chilly reception is found on the European stage, where German chancellor Angela Merkel has just outright rejected Sarkozy's desire to deal with budgetary woes in Greece as an internal EU matter.

Then there are the informal connections: Gerhard Schröder, who was Chancellor before Merkel, and Sigmar Gabriel, who is currently her vice chancellor, have both served as VW directors in their function as governors of Lower Saxony.

The Autumn Statement is a mini-budget in which the chancellor updates the country on the government's taxation and spending plans, and it will be the new cabinet's first major economic announcement since May took over as prime minister.

In October, Hammond was forced to deny that he would resign as chancellor, after tensions within the cabinet arose from his repeated warnings about the «economic realities» of Brexit, which many pro-Leave ministers saw as overly pessimistic.

David Sobey served as the Halifax university's first lay chancellor from 2008 to 2010, and son Paul is following in his footsteps.

Having retired from Empire last year, Paul Sobey was announced as the next chancellor of Saint Mary's in October 2014.

«As chancellor, I will do everything to ensure that this country is well managed in the difficult weeks to come.»

Should Hammond be removed as chancellor it is unclear whether he would remain in the cabinet in a lesser role, or be removed entirely from May's inner circle.

Germany took in more than 1 million refugees in 2015, according to Reuters, testing Angela Merkel's popularity as chancellor.

Carney earned the reputation of being the best central banker in the world, at least in the estimation of the U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, who finally managed to persuade Carney to accept the appointment as governor of the Bank of England this week.

The then chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, praised the 2001 deal as «groundbreaking», urging other industries «to follow the example of VW and IG Metall to create new jobs in Germany».

The move comes just days after the chancellor admitted in his Mansion House speech that more UK housing needed to be built, as well a shake - up in planning rules, plus other measures to help prevent a housing bubble developing.

Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, is displayed on a screen as she speaks from a podium as Merck KGaA marks its 350th anniversary at the company's headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, on Thursday, May 3, 2018.

Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, center, reacts during a tour of the Innovation Center at the Merck KGaA headquarters as the drugmaker marks its 350th anniversary at the company's headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, on Thursday,... Meer

Merkel diminished as establishment parties suffer at polls German chancellor Angela Merkel will be forced to cobble together a three - party coalition after her Christian Democratic Union fared worse than expected in Sunday's election.

Merkel is in the home stretch of her campaign for a fourth term as chancellor.

It makes me shudder that every time we talk about money in our Bible study group, one person says «ah but are we not told to favor kith and kin, it does not surprise me that saying comes from our Germanic blood, as can be seen from the German chancellor Angela Mercoles attitude to Europe, lets not go there.

Had history turned out somewhat differently, one could imagine the presence of Wilhelm Himmler, chancellor of Germany and grandson of the other Himmler who, as Time might put it, was the mastermind of Germany's «controversial population policy in the 1940s.»

He succeeded his father as president and chancellor of Liberty University after Falwell Sr.'s death in 2007.

App State, as it's known in conference, play in picturesque, inhospitable, 16,500 - seat Kid Brewer Stadium, a.k.a. the Rock, where students tore down the goalposts last Saturday night, then deposited one of them on the front lawn of chancellor Kenneth Peacock.

Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp is quoted as saying this in response to Texas selling beer at games now:

In a statement, TCU chancellor Victor Boschini said, «TCU has never before experienced a magnitude of student arrests such as this.»

Her advocacy for youth includes providing an educational alternative in the form of Edge Hill University, where she is a Professor of Public Understanding of Science, as well as serving as the school's first chancellor.

When Alex Salmond repeatedly portrayed Alistair Darling as being in bed with the Tories in their second TV debate, the former Labour chancellor could not even argue back.

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Who would be in your cabinet?Sky Sports» Jeff Stelling as chancellor, for his quick mind and statistical acumen.

Speaking in London, the shadow chancellor George Osborn pointed to the leftist ethos of the deputy candidates - with Hilary Benn stepping off message to describe himself as a socialist.

He served as the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office before being promoted to become chief secretary of the Treasury in Gordon Brown's government.

The chancellor, in a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) last night, defended the free - market against what he sees as an anti-business culture created by the debate on banker bonuses

Hinting at reports that suggest chancellor Gordon Brown has already decided against plans to raise the basic state pension in line with earnings, rather than prices as at the moment, the former CBI director general said his recommendations were only suggestions.

Labour's Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the Bank of England may have to intervene to shore up the pound, which lost 3 % within moments of the first result showing a strong result for Leave in Sunderland and fell as much as 6.5 % against the euro.

As many people take a grim look at the state of their own finances the chancellor did the same with the economy, announcing in a new year speech in Birmingham there must be a further # 25 billion of spending cuts in the next parliament.

The recent raise in SPD poll results correlates very obviously with their nomination of Martin Schulz as their chancellor candidate for the election this summer.

Chris Grayling was facing questions over his record as lord chancellor today, after sources told Politics.co.uk he appeared to personally intervene in a prison sex inquiry.

As shadow chancellor Ed Balls has warned, the government's failed plan risks leaving a permanent dent in our nation's prosperity.

Alan Johnson is clearly not as qualified for the shadow chancellor role as Ed Balls is, but clearly for whatever internecine reasons it was impossible to put Balls in that position.

Anyone who spends any time with Corbyn's shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, would discern a hunger to wield power in government as he once did on the much smaller stage of the Greater London Council.