Sentences with phrase «nominated by the president»

Comey, 56, was nominated by President Barack Obama for the FBI post in 2013 to a 10 - year term, though that appointment does not ensure a director will serve the full term.

Delrahim was nominated by President Donald Trump to head the Justice Department's antitrust division and confirmed in September.

Yellen was nominated by President Barack Obama in October to succeed Ben Bernanke, whose second four - year term as chairman will end Jan. 31.

He was nominated by the President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

While serving as executive of a Mississippi - based trade group, Dr. Newsome was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate to be a Commissioner of the CFTC in 1998.

Yellen, who reported owning a stamp collection worth between $ 15,000 to $ 50,000, would become the first woman to ever lead one of the world's major central banks if nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate.

He was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed as chairman on August 3, 2017.

Ed Avalos, currently marketing director of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, has been nominated by President Obama as Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to use a prerogative given to home - state senators to try to block the confirmation of Geoffrey Berman if he is nominated by President Trump as the United States attorney in Manhattan, her spokesman said.

With over 30 years standing as a lawyer, Ms. Lamptey was on April 26 nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo as the Deputy Special Prosecutor.

Ms. Lamptey, who has over 30 years standing as a lawyer, was on April 26 nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo as the Deputy Special Prosecutor.

Mondello, 80, who in March was nominated by President Donald Trump as U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, said his exit will allow election of a new leader at the same time candidates are nominated — so his replacement «can see the campaign through until the election.»

Robert Zimmerman, a Democratic national committeeman and Long Island PR executive, was nominated by President Obama to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities.

MMDCEs are nominated by the President pursuant to Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 20 (1) of the Local Government Act 1993, Act 462.

However, no justice was nominated by a president with the same last name (either successfully or not).

She was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to succeed Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, who retired on Thursday, June 8.

He made the remark after he was nominated by the President at the Flagstaff House on Tuesday.

«I offer my heartfelt congratulations to Michael Greco, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York.

Atiku, who made this assertion in Kano on Thursday through the Chairman of Atiku Loyalist Group, Alhaji Muhammadu Abdullahi Sugar, stressed that those nominated by President Muhammad Buhari are the true agents of change which the country requires.

MMDCEs are currently nominated by the president pursuant to Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 20 (1) of the Local Government Act 1993, Act 462.

Currently, the chief executives are nominated by the president as per Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 20 (1) of the Local Government Act 1993, Act 462.

In March 2013, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the United States Secretary of Labor, replacing outgoing Secretary Hilda Solis.

Tracking Rep. Faso in the Age of Trump fivethirtyeight.com Register of Copyrights — Vote Passed (378 - 48, 4 Not Voting) The bill would require the U.S. Copyright Office's Register of Copyrights be recommended by a select panel, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Register of Copyrights — Vote Passed (378 - 48, 4 Not Voting) The bill would require the U.S. Copyright Office's Register of Copyrights be recommended by a select panel, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

As providence would have it, Mrs Maikudi is the only female among the RECs and one of the 27 nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari.

There were also indications after the meeting that the Senate was set to resume the confirmation hearing for ministers and the RECs nominated by the President.

(CNN)- Goodwin Liu, a California law professor nominated by President Barack Obama for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, asked Thursday for his name to be withdrawn after Senate Republicans had invoked a rarely used filibuster to block a final floor vote.

The Akyim Swedru Member of Parliament was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to replace William Agyapong Quaitoo, who resigned the post in August.

Reynoso was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2011, and served from 2012 to 2014, after being part of Hillary Clinton's campaign during the Democratic primary in 2008.

Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by President Barack Obama had already left their positions, but the nearly four dozen who stayed on in the first weeks of the Trump administration have been asked to leave «in order to ensure a uniform transition,» Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Friday.

Only three Senate Democrats voted to confirm Gorsuch, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the seat left open after Justice Antonin Scalia died.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said she intends to block the confirmation of Geoffrey S. Berman if he is nominated by President Trump as the United States attorney in Manhattan.

Ten Deputy Regional Ministers nominated by President Nana Akufo - Addo would start appearing before Parliament's Appointments Committee from March 14.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand plans to use a prerogative given to home - state senators to try to block the confirmation of Geoffrey S. Berman if he is nominated by President Trump as the United States attorney in Manhattan, her spokesman said on Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a sixth - term Republican from Washington State who is a climate change denier and an ardent opponent of regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, has been nominated by President - elect Donald Trump for Secretary of Interior.

The president of World Science Forum shall be the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences or the person nominated by the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Shell was nominated by President Obama last year to the post of chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the independent federal agency that oversees U.S. government non-military international broadcasting.

Former Sen. Dan Coats, R - Ind., has been nominated by President Trump to be the next director of national intelligence and oversee the U.S. intelligence community.

In order to immediately increase diversity on the Board of Governors, the Academy will establish three new governor seats that will be nominated by the President for three - year terms and confirmed by the Board.

His confirmation had been bottled up in the Senate since he was officially nominated by President Clinton...

The measure, S 204, would establish summer institutes for elementary - and secondary - school humanities teachers modeled after the summer seminars initiated by the National Endowment for the Humanities, whose chairman, William J. Bennett, was nominated by President Reagan this month as secretary of education.

Roderick R. Paige, 2001 - present, nominated by President George W. Bush.

30) Revolving Door News: Ted Mitchell, CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund, is nominated by President Obama to become the Under Secretary of the Department of Education.

The judges are nominated by the president to deal with the cases.

The permanent FHA commissioner must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

At the top of the Federal Reserve is a seven - member Board of Governors, nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by Congress for a 14 - year term.

Nominated by President Jacques Chirac and presented by Jean - Jacques Aillagon, President of Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Koons was named the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 2001, and was promoted by President Jacques Chirac from Chevalier to Officier of the French Legion of Honor for his ongoing strengthening of relations between France and the United States.

In 2011, she was nominated by President Barack Obama as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council on the Arts.

before he was nominated by President Trump to serve as the next EPA administrator.

The current head of NOAA is Dr. Jane Lubchenco, nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 2009 and is the first woman to serve as NOAA administrator.