Sentences with phrase «cabinet post while»

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In 1990 he stepped down as Prime Minister in favor of Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yet remained in the Cabinet, first as a «Senior Minister» and then as «Minister Mentor,» vaguely defined posts that allowed him to oscillate between speaking engagements abroad while advising his ministerial colleagues on matters of state.

Only five of the 23 Cabinet posts are held by Lib Dem secretaries of state, while they hold just 12 of the 71 junior ministerial posts.

Having chosen Lord Hill as his representative to Europe, David Cameron has replaced him with Baroness Stowell, while immediately demoting the post so she is no longer a full member of cabinet — this is unprecedented.

While Jeremy Corbyn has stated his preference for a third of the Shadow Cabinet to be elected by members, a third by the PLP, and a third appointed by the leader, the right on the NEC have demanded all Shadow Cabinet posts are elected by the PLP.

She recounts one almost farcical encounter with Brown, in which he asked her to defend him publicly against charges of using women as window dressing, while refusing to give her, his elected deputy leader, the cabinet post that would make her title meaningful.

Reid held seven Cabinet posts in seven years while Tony Blair was Prime Minister: [14]

In today's post, I'm sharing a few holiday cocktails I came up with while exploring our liquor cabinet and pantry at the cabin.

At least one legal blogger was in the audience last night when Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while delivering a speech at the annual dinner of the Federal Society in Washington, D.C. Laurie Lin, a contributor to the blog Above the Law and author of her own blog, The Kitchen Cabinet, provided an eyewitness account of the incident to ATL editor David Lat, who posted it last night at 10:30 p.m. Mukasey «literally collapsed mid-sentence at the podium,» she reported.

While Wilson - Raybould was on every observer's short list for a cabinet post, it took many by surprise when Trudeau named the rookie MP justice minister.

And, I'm not sure if you noticed in the video I posted a while back, that I attached mirrors to the backs of the open cabinets.

Been following Layla for a while but hadn't seen this post yet (cabinet topped with moulding).

A while back, I posted about the vintage cabinet that got a makeover.