Sentences with phrase «as head of state»

The pope, as head of state of the largest Christian religion in the world, lives at the office so to speak.

No, the defining characteristic of the presidential system is having a president as head of state, whereas the defining characteristic of the parliamentary system is the sovereignty of parliament.

He alleges that the president has further appointed his daughter as the head of a state institution in the country.

Paterson, who also served as the head of the state Democratic Party, then offered his party's presidential nominee a bit of unsolicited advice on «a much better message» she could have sent.

The objective of this effort, is to create a Christian Nation, a theocracy with Jesus as Head of State.

[266] The SNP is in favour of an independent Scotland retaining the Queen as head of state.

Sen. Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat and IDC member, said he was replaced as head of the state Senate Ethics Committee shortly after attempting to convene its first public meeting in years.

Canada is both, but the latter is stricter: it means they recognize HM Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state (but they could probably still elect a President if they wanted to)

He also dismissed any suggestion of lingering bad blood between Mondello and Cox, who essentially forced the Nassau County chairman from his post as head of the state party back in 2009.

Having carefully collected and sifted through the available intelligence, President Obama, who as head of state and Commander in Chief holds both the olive branch and the arrows, came to the conclusion that the United States should augment its force in Afghanistan with 30,000 new troops, though their stay will not be long.

Any change to the laws of succession to the British throne require the agreement of all those countries which have the British monarch as their head of state (the Commonwealth Realms).

Flt Lt Rawlings also stated that he did not promote himself to a higher military rank during his tenure as Head of State because of his respect for the rank structure.

A Queens lawmaker said Monday that he was replaced as head of the state Senate Ethics Committee shortly after attempting to convene its first public meeting in years.

When he opened his private office to us, and the «huge tall frame» of a personality welcomed us to a two - hour interview session, it was not devoid of the «Papa J Character» reminiscent of his days as the Head of State of Ghana.

Together, we aim to make the people's views on energy finance known to Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), their Executive Directors, as well as the Heads of State and Finance Ministers of the members countries.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Oliver Stone Examines Banana Republics in Documentary If you've read «Confessions of an Economic Hitman» by John Perkins, then you are well aware of the lengths to which CIA and other agents operating on behalf of the U.S. government and Fortune 500 corporations have gone to install puppets as heads of state in countries all across Latin America.

Steinbrueck later told a news conference he understood Napolitano's need as head of state to remain neutral and above party political mud - slinging.

For the first time in history, at the invitation of the United Nations, we gather as Heads of State and Government to recognize the significance of social development and human well - being for all to give to these goals the highest priority both now and into the twenty - first century.

I'd love for the next president to abolish this office and concentrate on his duties as head of state of our supposedly secular government.

There is no Christ to put as head of state.

The text itself was addressed in the first place to the twenty - year - old Emperor, Charles Habsburg, but shortly it moved into a more general tone: «God has given us a young man of noble birth as head of state, and in him has awakened great hopes of good in many hearts.»

He's there to parade around as a head of state in one of the few major political events (which is surely what this beatification is) that will for whatever reason tolerate his grim and grisly presence.

In Turkey this was the result of a secularist / Westernizing policy under Ataturk in 1926 and this policy may be poised to change, as the head of state apparently flaunts his violation of this law.

In that article, I narrated his visit with other officers to you in Jos while you were GOC over the coup that ousted President Shehu Shagari which you later emerged as the Head of State.

Having someone from a council estate as our head of state would get rid of the snobbishness.

«As a young officer, a middle officer, a senior officer and as a head of state till now, nobody has been able to tarnish his image or come up with anything.

To create a Senior Minister's post amends the constitution and Mr. President would be breaching the very oath of office that is the basis of your authority as Head of State.

Governance Watch (GWG) would immediately demand of the President, Mr. Akufo - Addo, to issue a statement, or cause to be issued a statement, a position of his government on the state of appointees as heads of state institutions — whether they pack out of office with immediate effect or stay their positions until formal appointment are made and files handed over appropriately.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman called Donovan a «nice man,» but noted he had lobbied against Rockefeller Drug Law reform as the head of the state DA's association (Rice was on the board, too, which has become an issue in the primary) said he «represents the past» and the «old, failed ways of thinking about the justice system.»

It was a tremendous courtesy despite the fact that Peter has never been described as a Head of State!

But whether this former state lawmaker can seal the deal against Burr will depend largely on how voters feel about her history as head of the state's American Civil Liberties Union.

Mr. Mahama's work in Sierra Leone comes after his lead role during the ECOWAS Observer Mission's monitoring of the largely peaceful Liberia election, in which football legend, George Weah, replaced Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as Head of State.

President Museveni appointed his son Muhoozi to the rank of major general, Theodoro Obiang appointed his son to the Vice Presidency, Dos Santos appointed his daughter Isabel as head of the state energy firm Sonangol.

Father of the house Peter Tapsell, giving his own speech on the Queen for her sixtieth year as head of state.

From independence in 1960 to 1966, Nigeria practiced the Parliamentary system of Government where we had the president Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe as the Head of State and the Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa as the head of Government.

Though his signature issue was pursuing Wall Street misdeeds, as attorney general Mr. Spitzer also had prosecuted at least two prostitution rings as head of the state's organized crime task force.

The President said he would not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1980s when buildings and other ill - gotten property seized by his military administration were returned to corrupt officials following his ouster as the Head of State.

Menawhile, Long Island State Senator John Flanagan succeeded Mr. Skelos as the head of the State Senate.

«And when Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, from the North took over as Head of State following the counter coup, the Igbo through Lt. Col. Ojukwu, characteristically refused to recognize Gowon.

Governor David Paterson was just sworn in and gave his first address as head of the state.

Cuomo has come to routinely undermine de Blasio through the many levers he controls as the head of state government.

«I was removed as Head of State, detained for three years.

In 1978, under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as Head of State, the Land Use Act was made.

The former President said while he was in the military as Head of State and during the civil war, he did not gather many materials that could have been in the library.

Silver was convicted on Nov. 30, 2015 of charges that included honest services fraud, money laundering and extortion, after serving as the head of the state Assembly since 1994.

Former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon has admitted that his emergence as Head of State 31 years ago was by accident.

The United States, after all, elected Barack Obama as its head of state twice and has seen a highly - privileged section of African - Americans — no less reactionary than their white counterparts — in some of the highest offices of the state (Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Eric Holder, etc.).