Sentences with phrase «elected as agriculture»

Ryan Quarles (R) was elected as agriculture commissioner in Kentucky.

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement by Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the announcement that President - elect Trump will nominate Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement by Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the announcement that President - elect Trump will nominate Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Last night President - elect Trump selected former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as the next Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture.

Absent breaking news (such as president - elect Trump naming his new Agriculture Secretary), I'll be taking a hiatus from blogging and most social media through the winter holidays.

The congress held by Sylva's faction, which was attended by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and other party members, elected the Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Jonathan Amos, as the chairman.

The congressional candidate also told the crowd that if elected, she would seek a seat on the Agriculture Committee so that she could serve as «a voice for family farmers.»

In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).

Hata was first elected as a House of Representatives member from Nagano prefecture in 1969 and served as agriculture minister, finance minister and foreign minister between 1988 and 1994.

CHICAGO (CNN)- President - elect Barack Obama will name former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his secretary of Agriculture at a news conference scheduled for Wednesday, according to an Obama transition aide and a separate Democratic source.

Hear him: «Let me assure you that if I am elected President, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service; we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunition to work with; we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram's financial and equipment channels; we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas.

He said that if he gets elected to Congress, his primary goal will be to change that — to focus on local economic development issues, as well as the sprawling agriculture industry of New York's 23rd Congressional District.

A recent letter from the AAAS and 28 other prominent scientific and higher education organizations urged President - elect Donald Trump to quickly appoint a «nationally respected leader» as science advisor, given that scientific questions are deeply involved in almost every issue the president will deal with, from national security to agriculture.

Porter was elected as both a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy for Agriculture and Forestry and the European Academy of Sciences in 2014 and was knighted by the French government via the Order of Agriculture Merit in March 2016.

The American Feed Industry Association is pleased with President - elect Donald Trump's latest, and final, cabinet selection — former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture.

But as soon as the purchase was publicized, the criticism started — first of then vice president - elect Biden, for purchasing from a breeder, and for the Secret Service contingent that arrived at Brown's Wolf Den Kennel with him; then of Brown, whose kennel was cited for record - keeping problems and warned about maintenance and sanitation shortfalls by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

First elected to Parliament in 2004, Finley has served as critic for agriculture and agri - food.