Sentences with phrase «elected head of state»

An elected Head of State is incompatible with a parliamentary regime since it would set up a competing centre of democratic legitimacy — one emanating through election — to cabinet government responsible to Parliament, and ultimately to the people.

Randy Dorn, the elected head of the state's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, believes that the state Constitution requires all public schools to be under his department's jurisdiction.

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has stated that he is heading to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of the law that requires the Speaker of Parliament to be sworn in to act as President when the elected Head of State and deputy are unable to perform their functions.

Africa's first female elected head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is stepping aside after a maximum two six - year terms.

Some 36 % (24 %) said voters should be able to sack their MP between General Elections; 33 % (47 %) backed an elected House of Lords; 24 % (25 %) supported a written constitution while 11 % (21 %) supported replacing the monarch with an elected head of state.

There are few real checks and balances in the Hungarian political system, which is unicameral and has an indirectly elected head of state.

«The Right Honourable Gentleman's foreign policy is to object to and insult the democratically elected head of state of our most important ally.

It's the first time an Islamist has been elected a head of state in Egypt, and the repercussions for Egyptians are, at this stage, unclear...

Or are those quaint and irrelevant considerations in electing a head of state in 21st - century America?

Not exact matches

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Israel, Wyschogrod suggested, should rename its head of state — the president elected by its....

On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the United States of America will head to the polls to elect the next leader of the free world.

Smooth the process of becoming head of state with respect to time, in various ways such as indirect election by a rolling elected panel.

State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs confirmed the NYT report that he has tendered his resignation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, clearing the way for the governor to select his own leader of an organization of which he became the de facto head when he was elected back in 2010.

Thirdly, an elected President of the EU executive would be responsible in front of the voters and not in front of the heads of state and government, hence reducing their influence further.

Electing a non-executive head of state is easy.

The Governor - elect is keenly aware of the difficulty and challenges related to turning the ship of state around and heading it away from the rocks of disaster to which we are headed.

A former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, the 58 - year old Christian Kabore was elected in November 2015 as part of transitional arrangements put in place by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government during the...

After constitutional changes in 2010, Angola does not directly elect a president, but the leader of the winning party automatically becomes head of state.

There is difference between when he was there as military head of state and today that he is there as elected president.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is stepping down after 12 years as Africa's first elected female head of state.

A constitutional monarchy essentially designates a separation between the head of government and the head of state, the latter being a monarch, usually hereditary, but sometimes elected for life, the former being governance by some other form, not necessarily democratic, but usually by public agreement.

His strategy worked because I was at Abuja airport to receive a visiting head of state when the news reached me that the Senate had impeached Enwerem and elected Okadigbo.

The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Sunday elected new executive team headed by Mr. Soji Adagunodo to direct the affairs of the party barely six months to the governorship election in the sState on Sunday elected new executive team headed by Mr. Soji Adagunodo to direct the affairs of the party barely six months to the governorship election in the statestate.

Deputy Inspector John Travaglia, who heads the 108th Precinct, is aware of community concerns about Roosevelt Avenue and is working with elected officials and the State Liquor Authority to address them, an NYPD spokesperson said.

This means that, while The Sovereign is Head of State, the ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament.

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)

His appearance in northern Manhattan served also as an opportunity for other elected officials and community leaders to gather and welcome the head of state who represents approximately 10 million residents of the Dominican Republic, a country close to many in northern Manhattan and throughout New York.

BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams sent a letter to President - Elect Donald Trump last week requesting the incoming head of state to meet with Aml El Sokary, a Muslim cop who says she was the victim of a hate crime in Brooklyn on Dec. 3, as well as other members of the NYPD's Muslim Officers Society.

He noted, however, that his years working for elected officials such as Comrie and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) have geared him up for this moment and he is ready to take the challenge of leading the community head - on.

«When I look to the future, if this trajectory continues, we'll be heading over the cliff,» said Lewis, who also serves as president - elect of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

The Gambia has formally sworn in its new elected President, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands including African heads of state.

Some African heads of states have arrived in Accra for the inauguration of Ghana's president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, on Saturday.

In mid-July, the Parliament will first get to flex its political muscles when it votes to elect the next president of the European Commission, who is put forward by the European Union's heads of state and government.

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.).

But it still lags in terms of political representation of women in elected offices, and it is really an exception to the rule in not having elected a female head of state or a woman president.

(In French and English with subtitles) Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Unrated) Feminist documentary chronicles the extraordinary efforts of the group of visionary women who spearheaded the peace movement which led to the end of Liberia's decades - long civil war and the rise to power of Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state.

Following the announcement of the result, the Chinese and Russian governments were quick to congratulate the new Venezuelan president - elect, joining all of Nicolas Máduro's fellow Latin American heads of state, yet the United States remained publicly skeptical of the result and refused to accept it, a position which has not since changed.

Lawmakers this summer signed off on Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's plan to transfer most of the responsibilities of the state education department and of Mr. Benson — an elected official — to a new agency to be headed by Gov. Thompson's own appointee.

The Founders of the United States devised the electoral college system to elect the head of the Executive Branch.

Covington was recently appointed the head of Michigan's new Education Achievement Authority to run that state's struggling schools, with the power to cancel union contracts and override duly elected school board members.

And the pro-voucher group American Federation for Children, which she headed as chairwoman and is based in Washington D.C., has spent more than $ 5 million in Wisconsin in favor of Republican elected officials since 2010, when the GOP gained control of state government, according to data from the liberal - leaning Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which tracks campaign spending.

State public schools head Tony Evers has been elected president of the board of directors of the Council of Chief State School Officers.

With Republicans controlling the House and Senate, a politically savvy conservative ideologue leading the federal education department, a vice president who earned notoriety in his home state for expanding vouchers, charters, and battling teacher unions, not to mention a president - elect who initially asked creationist Jerry Falwell Jr. to head up his Department of Education, the stars have aligned for market - driven education advocates.

November elections Yes, Idaho is one of few states that elect the person to head education (because the politics are so great and politics drives school improvement so well?).

Currently, the State Superintendent, the head of Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, is elected every four years in Wisconsin's spring, non-partisan elections.

As these officials are elected (or appointed by an elected official), you can demand their immediate resignation or you can vote to replace them immediately to ensure that the department of Education in your state is headed by an individual willing to put the interests of your students and your family first.

«In Saints Row IV, the head honcho of the Saints has been elected to the Presidency of the United States.

The head honcho of the Saints has been elected to the Presidency of the United States but the Saints are just getting started.

The head honcho of the Saints has been elected to the Presidency of the United States.