Sentences with phrase «elect the new leader of»

Only the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru are not currently embroiled in a leadership race — although, perhaps not wishing to be left out, the Lib Dems are electing a new leader of their group in the House of Lords in September.

As voting to elect the new leader of the British Labour Party draws to a close, former leader Tony Blair is telling the party faithful that they are on the horns of a dilemma: remain true to the core values of the party or vote for a leader who will make the party electable.

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The African National Congress, which has ruled South Africa since the end of Apartheid in 1991, elected Cyril Ramaphosa as its new leader, making it likely he will succeed President Jacob Zuma in 2019.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Dublin on Tuesday as one of the first world leaders to meet with Ireland's new Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who was elected last month.

When Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM (ibm), strolled across the atrium connecting her company's New York City office building and Trump Tower for a meeting with the President - elect's incoming administration and tech industry leaders last month, she had a report in hand.

He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1998, and became leader of the New Democratic Party in 2002.

The leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and our new Premier was elected by a group of members smaller than half of the football fans at Commonwealth Stadium.

This is something of a honeymoon for the new president and the country, a time of optimism and new initiatives where the recently elected leader of the free world moves quickly to take advantage of the momentum of his campaign and high approval ratings to accomplish some of his key campaign promises.

Chicago's most visited cultural attraction and a national leader in animal care, conservation education, and marine research, proudly announced today that its Board of Trustees has elected Bridget C. Coughlin, PhD, as the organization's new President & CEO.

This afternoon, the Cardinals of the Catholic Church elected a new leader.

Over the next few weeks and months, Corbyn will have plenty of opportunities to make his arguments before a new leader is elected.

«New Yorkers are tired of telling pollsters, elected officials and community leaders that they want ridesharing in their communities — it's time for Albany to ignore NYC special interests and act,» said the company's New York general manager, Josh Mohrer.

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

With the Labour Party seemingly willing to gift the Tories half a year to do whatever they want with the country, the Liberal Democrats have a shorter path to electing a new leader and getting on with the business of rebuilding.

Only two months into Trump's administration, elected leaders in New York and New Jersey are alarmed that some of the most high - profile and crucial transit projects in the region are already on the chopping block.

Speaking at an unrelated press conference on the New York City Housing Authority, IDC Leader Jeff Klein suggested the conference would play a role in filling the seat in the Senate being vacated by Sen. George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County executive earlier this month and leaves Albany at the end of the year.

(Reuters)-- Battle lines were drawn for South Africa's ANC on Monday as voting began to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma as head of a party that has ruled since the end of apartheid but faced scandals and corruption allegations.

It is no coincidence that after electing a new generation of women leaders to Congress we finally were able to pass this commonsense and critical bill.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein in an interview on Wednesday took a shot at the political efforts of the mainline conference in the state Senate, suggesting he should be put in charge of electing new members.

Some in the Council even see the suggestion of more hearings as an attempt by state leaders to «embarrass» the Democratically elected members of the New York City Council.

KR Lohse responded to Dan Hodges» piece wondering where Ed Miliband stood on the issue of Europe and a new EU treaty by roundly condemning the means by which the Labour leader was elected: «Ed's luck ran out the day the unions propelled him into a position that the majority of the party didn't want him in.

In 1995, he was elected leader (Business Manager) of Local 6, and in 1996, President of the New York Hotel Trades Council.

2.15 pm Local Government: «Cllr Hall was elected the new Leader last night by 31 votes to 24 after a number of Independent Labour councillors abstained or voted for her.

In the same week that the state assembly was roundly criticized for employing a closed - door process to elect a new leader, it's distressing that the progressive borough of Brooklyn would follow suit.

«An overwhelming number of elected officials and community leaders throughout New York State, from both sides of the aisles and different political stripes, have spoken loud and clear that the plan to build a bridge to replace the Tappan Zee is right for the state and the entire region,» Governor Cuomo said.

Founded by veterans of the Obama campaign, NKD serves as a training ground for individuals seeking to become more engaged in local politics, and hopes to nurture a new generation of elected Brooklyn Democratic leaders.

Policy agendas for important issues like the 421a tax abatement and New York City rent laws are being set by publicly elected leaders who have become dependent on the real estate industry's onslaught of millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

The Democratic Rural Conference drew nearly all of New York State's major Democratic elected officials to its 2018 annual meeting, with Governor Andrew Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, NYS Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand leading the elected attendees.

Join the movement to recruit, train, and elect the next generation of Democratic women leaders across New York State.

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

It has been 18 months since Jeremy Corbyn was first elected as leader of the Labour party, promising «a new kind of politics».

«The new leader was also elected with an overwhelming mandate on a political programme that seeks to take the party in a direction that reflects the current views of party members,» he writes.

He said: «I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60 % of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning.»

Getting kicked out of New Visions is just the latest repercussion since he joined the IDC — a group that, according to spokeswoman Candace Giove, «conferences with fellow Democrats, but works in majority coalition with 32 senators who elected a Republican leader.»

Jewish New York Government Outreach is a project uniting diverse Jewish community leaders from across New York City seeking to engage candidates for elected office on the matters of great concern to the city's Orthodox communities.

The Environmental Advocates of New York on Friday called on the state's elected leaders to use $ 117 million in settlement money from Volkswagen to implement a decade - old law aimed at reducing diesel emissions in New York.

If a new leader is elected and a bold radical policy programme is formulated, and integrity among politicians is established the Labour Party will be in a unique and highly rewarding position of taking on and resoundingly defeating the Conservatives.

High Peak saw Caitlin Bisknell elected the leader of a new Labour administration, which will take minority control.

«Our votes on the Working Families Party line help elect leaders who have promised to pass a full Women's Equality agenda as well as a full range of progressive policies that affect every New York woman,» Steinem wrote.

Shortly after the letter was read and accepted, the lawmakers elected the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Alhaji Abdullahi Atta as the new Speaker.

I'm proposing a new way of electing leaders, based on the latest communication technologies as well as the latest insights from neuroscience.

Addressing the media, the leader of the group, Godwin Henyo, said the way out is for the party leadership to expedite measures towards re-organization of an early congress to elect a new flagbearer.

Both education and elected leaders gathered at South Park High School to dedicate a new sign identifying the high school as the home of their joint adult education effort.

«As he's always done, Mayor - elect de Blasio routinely talks with members of the City Council and other civic leaders about the critical issues facing New York City,» Smith said in a statement.

Much of it has to do with long - term changes, as blacks have migrated to outer boroughs and elected a new generation of leaders.

The spokesperson for the caretaker committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who stated these in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said Nigerians who had been complaining about the running of the country, would be able to elect new leaders.

He noted the opposition of the E.P.A., local elected leaders, environmental groups and members of the New York City Council as a reason to consider the proposal more fully.

Elected Mayors and town hall leaders will get sweeping new powers over local services in a fresh wave of devolution deals.

A reader with a lot of knowledge of the state of play in various New York House districts emailed to note that the possibility of three separate primary dates in New York — April 24 (presidential), June 26 (House and US Senate) and Sept. 11 (state Legislature)-- raises «some interesting, theoretical, maybe far - fetched but not impossible scenarios» that would give not a few elected officials and party leaders heartburn.

«We enjoin our members nationwide to come together as one family, as we march to Eagle Square, Abuja on Saturday 9 — Sunday 10, December 2017 to elect our new leaders who will manage the affairs of our Party at the National Level.