Sentences with phrase «head of government»

And to be invited to be the first serving Head of Government to address this important conference is an honour indeed.

«The president has called on us who were once head of government to come together toward working out modalities for lasting peace in the country,» he said.

Ms Bishop is scheduled to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting meeting in Sri Lanka next week but this is the week before ministers from other nations were due to attend the UNFCCC conference.

This decision, according to the statement issued on Tuesday, was communicated to the Board Chair by the Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, 17th April, 2018, following the absence from the jurisdiction of the President, who is attending the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, United Kingdom.

This issue was taken up recently by the Prime Minister, and at a meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government in Perth in October 2011, Mr Cameron announced that unanimous agreement had been reached on changes to the rules of succession.

As head of the Government of Canada, the Prime Minister should confirm — as the CBA has — that he maintains full confidence in the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of Canada so that this controversy can be put behind us... before public confidence in the courts and the rule of law erodes.

Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean as head of its government relations practice in London and hired a Dechert partner to lead its trade team.

Clint Robinson, former head of government relations with BlackBerry, is helping the company showcase its technology with police and military forces.

However, James Cooper, Head of Government Affairs at the Woodland Trust, is positive about Paterson's promotion: «He lists trees among his interests and, naturally, we welcome that.»

Clegg follows a long line of former heads of government to use their experience to earn extra money through speeches.

«At its root,» Lederer said, «the question the case asks is whether the release of information to a private lawyer, for use in a civil action, can be justified as consistent with the purpose for which the information was obtained, particularly in the absence of a request to, and consideration by, the «head of a government institution.»

Heads of government from around the world will be in southern Poland today to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

He spent eight years in the physics department of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and later became head of government relations at the American Physical Society before joining the ASA as director of science policy.

Dick Dadey, head of the government watchdog Citizens Union, said de Blasio «needs to account» for the number of his special assistants and their payroll.

«We'll have an opportunity to offer our perspectives to the prime minister and other heads of government going into their deliberations.»

In contrast with European Heads of Government, POTUS can basically fire anyone in their administration rather than only people at the highest levels.

Ed DeMarco, acting head of the the government entity that overseas Fannie and Freddie, has refused to sign on to such a program, arguing that it would encourage so many folks to intentionally default on their mortgages that it would end up costing taxpayers more than it saves.

Speaking at the start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in London this week, UK prime minister Theresa May said the government is prepared to ban the sale of plastic straws in England, subject to a consultation.

The theme «Towards a Common Future» will afford Heads of Government in the Commonwealth the opportunity to address the shared global challenges we face and agree on actions on how to create a better future for all.

They include Heads of Government, representatives of the European Union, EU, World Bank, World Health Organisation, WHO, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Academia, Media and Civil Defence and Natural Disaster Organisations.

Except that Hansen, by writing a personal letter to Obama, and getting worldwide publicity for it, seems rather closer to asserting his will over the world than most elected heads of government.

Former ALP national secretary Karl Bitar has been appointed head of the government affairs branch of casino operator Crown Limited.

Tibbits, who worked as executive secretary of the National Security Council under President Obama, has been at Qualcomm since 2014 and has been acting head of government affairs for Qualcomm since March.

The press have reported and supported various attacks upon the Pope, including from numerous heads of governments and even...

Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has said Prime Minister David Cameron must «urgently consider reversing his decision» to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in Sri Lanka this week.

Having been promoted from deputy head of government relations last year, she now leads a team of eight at Save the Children and volunteers as a mentor with the Prince's Trust.

Nevertheless, the coming post-electoral wrangling for key EU positions will reflect the strengths and weaknesses of national heads of governments and their respective countries.

Vicky Pryce is a city economist and former Joint head of the Government Economic Service.

Sir Paul Jenkins KCB QC (Hon), former head of the Government Legal Service, predicts that «unusual levels of uncertainty and unpredictability» lie ahead.

«It is a surprising finding, and it suggests that they're still fairly intimidated by the mortgage transaction,» Richard Cordray, head of the government bureau, told NPR.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hired Kirkland & Ellis» Asia head of government enforcement and investigations, Samuel Williamson, to launch its office in Shanghai.

Economist Carlos Leitao, along with Bank of Canada economist Martin Coiteux and former head of government investment bureau Investissement Quebec Jacques Daoust, all expressed concern with how the Quebec economy has been handled over the past couple of years at a recent press event.

The idea is to make a formal offer that the other 27 EU heads of government can — so she hopes — accept at a summit on Dec. 15.

Her rivals in the center - left Social Democratic Party (SPD) overcame their recent pattern of bumbling by nominating a candidate, Martin Schulz, widely considered a plausible head of government.

He also said, «I only wish by the way that all components within the European system of central banks displayed the same degree of respect for the independence of the ECB as heads of governments do.»

In addition, all employees must receive approval in advance from the Global Head of Government Affairs before making any political contributions from corporate funds.

In July 2009, at the last meeting of the G8 in Italy, the G8 heads of government agreed that maternal and child health was one of the world's most pressing global health problems.

Indeed, as John Laughland demonstrates in his entertaining — if flawed — book the number of heads of government exonerated in trials organised by their successors is precisely zero.

Zenawi and Afewerki are relatives, former comrades - in - arms and intellectual rivals; the confrontation between Asmara and Addis was not solely caused by the bitter competition between two of Africa's most intelligent and ruthless heads of government, but it was certainly intensified and prolonged due to this animosity.

This would protect the monarchy and its political impartiality by separating the political choice of the Prime Minister (made by parliament) from the formal act of appointing the new head of government, made by the Monarch.

President Donald Trump this morning receives his daily intelligence briefing and then meets with the Baltic States heads of government.

Shinzo Abe became the first - ever Japanese head of government to make an official trip to Bucharest when he arrived on Tuesday (January 16).

The president, who is pictured, with other senior government officials and aides, was in that country alongside other African heads of government for the 2014 US - Africa Leaders» Summit (August 4 - 6) on the invitation of President Barack Obama.