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| | MSN Encarta - Cabinet (government) |
 | | Normally, a Cabinet is formed as the result of a general election, but if a Cabinet resigns, the governor-general may ask the opposition leader in the House of Commons to form a government from the opposition.The prime minister chooses Cabinet ministers from members of the Canadian Parliament, largely from the House of Commons. | | | The principal characteristics of European cabinets are the responsibility of the cabinet to the legislature, and the identification of the cabinet with the government. | | | Members of the Cabinet of the British government constitute the supreme executive authority of the government, and are the sole advisers to the crown. |
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| | CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: It's risky to politicize the solicitor general - May 28, 2001 |
| | The solicitor general decides which cases the government will appeal to the Supreme Court. | | | In short, while appointed by the president, the solicitor general is not the president's lawyer, but rather the government's. | | | The solicitor general strictly limits the appeals he files, and should the justices suspect that appeals are being filed for political reasons, the breach of trust will hurt both the government and the court. |
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| | Prime Minister of Canada article - Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Canada government political party Canadian House - What-Means.com |
| | A Prime Minister does not a have a fixed term: he is required to resign only if his government does not have the confidence of the House of Commons soon after a general election. | | | However, if the leader of the governing party is changed shortly before an election is due and the new leader is not a Member of Parliament, he or she will normally await the general election before running for a seat. | | | For example, John Turner was briefly Prime Minister in 1984 without being a member of the House of Commons; he would ironically win his seat in the general election that swept him from power. |
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http://www.what-means.com/encyclopedia/Prime_Minister_of_Canada
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| | Politics of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | If the Commons passes a motion of no confidence in the government, the prime minister and his cabinet are expected either to resign their offices or to ask for Parliament to be dissolved so that a general election can be held. | | | The prime minister is appointed by the Governor General, but to ensure the continuity of a stable government this person will always be the one who has the confidence of the House of Commons to lead the government. | | | By the convention of responsible government, the prime minister and most of his cabinet are members of Parliament so they can answer to Parliament for their actions. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Canada
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| | Irish Government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Government is advised by the Attorney-General who is not formally a member of the Government but participates in its meetings. | | | The Government was preceded by the Executive Council of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. | | | The Government must act in accordance with the constitution. |
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| | salokar.htm |
| | Salokar considers the solicitor general as a "strategic political actor", examining "the conditions and cases in which solicitors general make decisions on behalf of their client, the government of the United States" (p. | | | One is based on the ANNUAL REPORTS of the attorneys general from 1960-1985 and the other includes all cases in which the government participated (as a party or amicus) decided by the Supreme Court on the merits or with a written decision from 1959-1986. | | | Her study considers the role of the solicitor general as "respected adviser" to the president and "gatekeeper" (p. |
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| | Responsible government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Once the lower house has passed a motion of no confidence in the government, the government must immediately resign or submit itself to the electorate in a new general election. | | | In his report, one of his recommendations was that colonies which were sufficiently developed should be granted "responsible government", a term which specifically meant the policy of British-appointed governors bowing to the will of elected colonial assemblies. | | | The first instance of responsible government in the British Empire was achieved by the colony of Nova Scotia in January-February 1848 through the efforts of Joseph Howe. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_government
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| | Work on Rights Might Illuminate Roberts's Views |
| | The solicitor general is often known as "the 10th justice" because the office so frequently argues before the Supreme Court, representing government agencies and intervening in cases in which the federal government has an interest. | | | Roberts's position as principal deputy solicitor general was the highest appointment he held before he was nominated to his current post as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. | | | Because the solicitor general files are not subject to the same laws, Roberts's reasoning on this and many other cases remains unknown, and it is impossible to know how vigorously he pressed his own views. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702394.html
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| | Attorney General - encyclopedia article about Attorney General. |
| | In the Federal Government of the United States, the Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet and as head of the Department of Justice is the top law enforcement officer and lawyer for the government. | | | The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Crown The Crown is a term which is used to separate the government authority and property of the state in a kingdom from any personal influence and private assets held by the current Monarch. | | | The attorney general may need to be distinguished from the Solicitor General, a high Justice Department official with the responsibility of representing the government in the Supreme Court. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Attorney+General
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| | AllRefer.com - Spain - Franco's Political System Spanish Information Resource |
| | In addition to being generalissimo of the armed forces, he was both chief of state and head of government, the ultimate source of legitimate authority. | | | Franco's political system was virtually the antithesis of the final government of the republican era--the Popular Front government. | | | The law also provided for a Council of the Realm to assist Franco in the exercise of executive power and for a three-member Regency Council to be in charge of the government during the period of transition to the Caudillo's successor. |
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| | Iran's New Strong Man |
| | General Zahedi, long an intimate of the tribal chieftains, acted as intermediary to persuade the very willing Qavam government to "capitulate" to this pressure. | | | Out of the government, General Zahedi became leader of the influential Retired Officers' Association, whose numbers mounted as Mossadegh purged the army of 200 right-wing senior officers considered sympathetic to the Shah and likely to be used by him to oust the Premier. | | | In 1949 General Zahedi resumed the post of chief of the national police which he had held in 1931, a post rich in possibilities for furthering his ambition to become Prime Minister of an ultra-rightist government. |
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| | Attorney General - encyclopedia article about Attorney General. |
| | In the Federal Government of the United States, the Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet and as head of the Department of Justice is the top law enforcement officer and lawyer for the government. | | | The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Crown The Crown is a term which is used to separate the government authority and property of the state in a kingdom from any personal influence and private assets held by the current Monarch. | | | The attorney general may need to be distinguished from the Solicitor General, a high Justice Department official with the responsibility of representing the government in the Supreme Court. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Attorney+General
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| | Attorney General of the United States - encyclopedia article about Attorney General of the United States. |
| | The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. | | | The United States Solicitor General is the individual appointed to argue for the Government of the United States in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, when the government is party to a case. | | | United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Attorney+General+of+the+United+States
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| | Report of the Secretary-General on the Withdrawal of the Emergency Force |
| | The Secretary General was, and is, firmly of the opinion that the decision for withdrawal of the force, on the request of the host Government, rested with the Secretary General after consultation with the Advisory Committee on U.N.E.F., which is the organ established by the General Assembly for consultation regarding such matters. | | | The Secretary General's report to the Security Council of 19 May 1967 (S-7896) described the various elements of the increasingly dangerous situation in the Near East prior to the decision of the Government of the United Arab Republic to terminate its consent for the presence of U.N.E.F. on its territory. | | | The Secretary General, in his reports relating to this decision, made it clear that the further consent of Egypt was essential with respect to these new functions. |
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| | Government Officials |
| | With the exception of the attorney general up to 1870 and the postmaster general from 1829 to 1872, cabinet members have been heads of executive departments. | | | Although the Constitution made no provision for a president's advisory group, the heads of the three executive departments (State, Treasury, and War) and the attorney general were organized by Washington into such a group; and by about 1793, the name “cabinet” was applied to it. | | | Ex-officials are charged in case of missing Iraq funds 28 suspects were in U.S.-backed government of Iyad Allawi. |
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| | United Nations Documents |
| | The Government of India does not believe that it could be the intention of the United Nations to continue to acquiesce in the refusal of the Union of South Africa to act on the General Assembly resolution of 8 December 1946. | | | It will be recalled that, in June 1946, the Government of India brought to your attention the racial discrimination to which the South African nationals of Indian origin are subjected by the Government of the Union of South Africa, and requested consideration of this question by the General Assembly of the United Nations. | | | Pursuant to paragraph 3 of this resolution, reports were submitted by the Governments of the Union of South Africa and of India for consideration by the second session of the General Assembly. |
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| | Responsible Government - Quebec History |
| | The Lieutenant-Governor (or the Governor General in the government of Canada) when forming the government (the cabinet or the executive council as it is sometimes called) appoints only such people that have the support of the majority (the confidence) of the House. | | | In the absence of Responsible Government, such as in the period of 1791 to 1848, the Governor General called on anyone he wished to be appointed to their council, as the government was then called. | | | If the government is defeated on a confidence vote in the National Assembly, then either it must resign so that the Lieutenant-Governor will call on the leader of the new majority to form the government, or else elections will be called. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1939: Spain |
| | As General Franco is anxious for the removal of several bishops whom he considers hostile to the Falangist Government the controversy threatens to become a heated one. | | | The highest leader of the Falange next to the Caudillo himself had by this time, despite much opposition, come to be Ramón Serrano Suñer, General Franco's brother-in-law, who held office as President and the Council and Minister of Government. | | | By the terms of the decree General Franco remained as "Supreme Chief responsible only before God and history" and will secretly appoint his successor whose name will not be revealed until after the death of the present Caudillo. |
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| | Multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General- TREATY I-IV--4.asp |
| | Identical communications, mutatis mutandis, were received by the Secretary-General from the Government of Israel on 9 July 1969 in respect of the declaration made upon accession by the Government of Syria, and on 29 June 1970 in respect of the declaration made upon accession by the Government of Libya. | | | Such a reservation is also, in the view of the Government of Finland, subject to the general principle of treaty interpretation according to which a party may not invoke the provisions of its domestic law as justification for a failure to perform its treaty obligations. | | | The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany further notes that the declarations with regard to articles 2 and 3, 7 and 8, and 10 and 13 constitute reservations of a general nature in respect of provisions of the Covenant which may be contrary to the Constitution, legislation, economic conditions and development plans of Bangladesh. |
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| | Maryland Government, State, local & federal |
| | Under the county commissioners form of government, the General Assembly is authorized to legislate for the county. | | | While a board of county commissioners exercises both executive and legislative functions defined by State law, and may enact ordinances, its legislative power is limited to those areas authorized by the General Assembly, enabling legislation, or public local laws (Code 1957, Art. | | | Local government is found in Maryland's 23 counties. |
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| | Governor-General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Governor-General (in Canada and India, Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. | | | The Governor-General (or Governor General) could be instructed by the Colonial Secretary on the exercise of some of his functions and duties, such as the use or withholding of the Royal Assent from legislation. | | | Today the title Governor-General or Governor General is used in countries which recognise Queen Elizabeth II as the titular head of state, or sovereign, excluding the United Kingdom. |
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| | The death of responsible government |
| | When the current government lost the first motion that specifically stated that the House had no confidence in the government and Paul Martin refused to go to the Governor General to seek a dissolution of Parliament, he effectively killed the principle of responsible government that has served Canada well for over 150 years. | | | During the last days of the Chrétien-led Liberal government, when Chrétien appeared to be faltering, there was speculation that the Governor General might have asked leadership contender Paul Martin to form the government. | | | The principle of responsible government was introduced in the United Province of Canada in 1848, one year after it was recognized in Nova Scotia. |
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| | New Hampshire (NH) Government @USA |
| | New Hampshire : Government : Ecology New Hampshire : Government : Elections New Hampshire : Government : Health New Hampshire : Government : Law New Hampshire : Government : Law Enforcement New Hampshire : Government : Military New Hampshire : Society and Culture : Politics New Hampshire : Government : Public Records | | | Links to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the state government, plus facts about the state, directory of cities and towns, business, education, and visitor information links, and an agency telephone directory. | | | Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the state on New Hampshire. |
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| | Journal of American Indian Education-Arizona State University |
| | Former Attorney General Bell decried the use of Federal monies to support Indian land claims against the United States (see Note 14) as has Senator Jackson (D-WA), former Chairman of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and a presumed "friend" of Indians (see Note 15). | | | Indian nations and peoples are a "special case" (see Note 8) for they have political status as conquered nations, and their rights are framed by international treaties and agreements concluded with the U.S. government. | | | Indian cultures, institutions, and humanity are suppressed, manipulated, and crushed by the policies and actions of the government of the United States and its people. |
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| | Government House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Government House is the name usually given to the residence of British Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Governors General and other colonial administrators in the former British Empire and now the Commonwealth. | | | As the office of the Governor, Government House is also used as a metaphor for to refer to the Government or the Governor. | | | Government House is a residence for a governor; so now many Commonwealth nations without the British monarch as Head of State name their presidential palaces State House or President's House. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Irish general election, 1932 |
| | The results of the general election allowed Fianna Fáil to form a government for the first time with the help of the Labour Party. | | | The 1932 General Election was one of the most important general elections held in Ireland in the 20th Century. | | | They hid their republicanism to a certain extent but they did promise to remove the Oath to the British Crown, the office of Governor-General and the Senate. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Attorney general |
| | In the Federal Government of the United States, the Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet and as head of the Department of Justice is the top law enforcement officer and lawyer for the government. | | | The Attorney General of Hong Kong, renamed Secretary for Justice after transfer of sovereignty in 1997, is the legal adviser of the Hong Kong Government and heads the Department of Justice, assisted by the Solicitor General. | | | The Attorney General for England and Wales is similarly the chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales, and advises and represents the Crown and government departments in court. |
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| | Guardian Century 1930-1939 General Franco recognised unconditionally |
| | Chamberlain declared that the British Government have noted with satisfaction the public statements of General Franco concerning the determination of himself and his Government to secure the traditional independence of Spain and to take proceedings only in the case of those against whom criminal charges are laid. | | | The British and French Governments have not yet appointed their Ambassadors to Franco's Government, but there will be no delay in choosing them. | | | Last night Sir Robert Hodgson, the British Agent at Burgos, informed General Jordana, Franco's Foreign Minister, of this decision. |
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