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Encyclopedia - Lee Hsien Loong: Encyclopedia Ii - Lee Hsien Loong - Prime Minister
On August 12, 2004, Lee Hsien Loong succeeded Goh Chok Tong as Prime Minister, relinquishing his Chairmanship of the Monetary Authority o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoshiro Mori: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoshiro Mori - Prime Minister
Mori's predecessor, Keizo Obuchi, suffered a stroke on April 2, 2000 and was unable to continue this office. Therefore, Mori, who was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brian Faulkner: Encyclopedia Ii - Brian Faulkner - Prime Minister
Brian Faulkner - Promising beginnings. Faulkner finally achieved what history has deemed was his political goal in March 1971 when he w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golda Meir: Encyclopedia Ii - Golda Meir - Prime Minister
After Levi Eshkol died suddenly on February 26, 1969, the party chose her to succeed him as Prime Minister. Meir came out of retirement t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedro Santana Lopes: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedro Santana Lopes - Prime Minister
Santana Lopes' leadership was made difficult by a number of inherited economic and political problems. When the PSD had first taken power...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arvid Horn: Encyclopedia Ii - Arvid Horn - Prime Minister
He was elected lantmarskalk, for the Caps at the Riksdag of 1720, and contributed, on the resignation of Ulrika Eleonora, to the election...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khaleda Zia: Encyclopedia Ii - Khaleda Zia - Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia - First term. The BNP restored the parliamentary system through the 12th amendment to the Constitution in 1991. A neutral c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett - Prime Minister
He was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1930, defeating William Lyon Mackenzie King. His election occurred just as the worst depressio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morihiro Hosokawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Morihiro Hosokawa - Prime Minister
In the summer of 1993, in a change very few had foreseen even a year earlier, the LDP lost its majority in the Diet for the first time in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George William Forbes: Encyclopedia Ii - George William Forbes - Prime Minister
As Prime Minister, Forbes, described as "apathetic and fatalistic", reacted to events but showed little vision or purpose. Opponents also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - José María Aznar: Encyclopedia Ii - José María Aznar - Prime Minister
After a hard fought campaign, focusing on the corruption scandals that plagued Felipe González\'s Socialist government, Aznar won the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - José María Aznar: Encyclopedia Ii - José María Aznar - Prime Minister
After a hard fought campaign, focusing on the corruption scandals that plagued Felipe González's Socialist government, Aznar won the Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Muldoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Muldoon - Prime Minister
Upon becoming prime minister, Muldoon became Minister of Finance as well, concentrating enormous power in himself--the last prime ministe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harold Wilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Harold Wilson - Prime Minister
In 1964, Wilson narrowly won the general election with a majority of four and became Prime Minister. This was not sufficient to last for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett - Prime Minister
He was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1930, defeating William Lyon Mackenzie King. His election occurred just as the worst depressio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Bolger: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Bolger - Prime Minister
Bolger's National government continued the economic and social reforms of the previous Labour government, with Finance Minister Ruth Rich...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Muldoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Muldoon - Prime Minister
Muldoon had remained National's Finance spokesman when he became leader, and took the Minister of Finance post when he became prime minis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brian Mulroney: Encyclopedia Ii - Brian Mulroney - Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney - First Term. Mulroney's having the first PC majority in 22 years was considered by many to be a breath of fresh air at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Fraser: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Fraser - Prime Minister
After Savage's death in 1940, Fraser successfully contested the leadership against Gervan McMillan and Clyde Carr. He was, however, requi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gough Whitlam: Encyclopedia Ii - Gough Whitlam - Prime Minister
Custom dictated that Whitlam should have waited until the process of vote counting was complete, and then called a Caucus meeting to elec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajiv Gandhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajiv Gandhi - Prime Minister
Elected for Sanjay's Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh state in February 1981, Rajiv was chosen as prime ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoshiro Mori: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoshiro Mori - Prime Minister
Mori's predecessor, Keizo Obuchi, suffered a stroke on April 2, 2000 and was unable to continue this office. Therefore, Mori, who was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Nash: Encyclopedia Ii - Walter Nash - Prime Minister
When Nash took office, the country's financial situation was found to be worse than the previous government had admitted, with balance of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zurab Noghaideli: Encyclopedia Ii - Zurab Noghaideli - Prime Minister
President Mikhail Saakashvili nominated Noghaideli for the post of Prime Minister on February 11, 2005 following the untimely death of Zh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clement Attlee: Encyclopedia Ii - Clement Attlee - Prime Minister
The landslide 1945 Election returned Labour to power and Attlee became prime minister. The party had clear aims. Several controversal pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen Clark - Prime Minister
When the New Zealand Labour Party became the government following the 1999 election, Clark became the second female Prime Minister of New...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomiichi Murayama: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomiichi Murayama - Prime Minister
He became Prime Minister on June 30, 1994. The cabinet was based on a coalition of the Japan Socialists Party, the Liberal Democratic Par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilfrid Laurier: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilfrid Laurier - Prime Minister
Laurier led Canada during a period of rapid growth, industrialization, and immigration. His long career straddles a period of major polit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - Prime Minister
He progressed to replace Asquith as prime minister of a new wartime coalition government between the Liberals and the Conservatives. This...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lee Kuan Yew: Encyclopedia Ii - Lee Kuan Yew - Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew - Self-government administration. In the national elections held on June 1, 1959, the PAP won forty-three of the fifty-one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuriy Yekhanurov: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuriy Yekhanurov - Prime Minister
On September 8 2005 Yekhanurov was appointed Acting Prime Minister by President Viktor Yushchenko, after the President had sacked the mem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yulia Tymoshenko: Encyclopedia Ii - Yulia Tymoshenko - Prime Minister
On 24 January 2005 she was appointed as acting Prime Minister of Ukraine under Yushchenko's presidency. After prolonged negotiations on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário Soares: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário Soares - Prime Minister
Democratic government was finally established when national elections were held in April 1976. The Socialists won a plurality of seats an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyacheslav Molotov: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyacheslav Molotov - Prime Minister
When Bukharin's ally Alexei Rykov was removed as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Prime Minister) in 1930, Molotov succeed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Hawke: Encyclopedia Ii - Bob Hawke - Prime Minister
The inagural days of the Hawke government were distinctly different from those of the Whitlam era. Rather than immediately initiating ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - Prime Minister
He progressed to replace Asquith as prime minister of a new wartime coalition government between the Liberals and the Conservatives. This...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viktor Yushchenko: Encyclopedia Ii - Viktor Yushchenko - Prime Minister
In December 1999, Yushchenko was unexpectedly nominated as prime minister by President Leonid Kuchma after the previous candidate, Valeri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Canning: Encyclopedia Ii - George Canning - Prime Minister
Liverpool retired as Prime Minister in 1827 and Canning was chosen to succeed him, in preference to both the Duke of Wellington and Sir R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harold Holt: Encyclopedia Ii - Harold Holt - Prime Minister
Holt's major challenge in office was the Vietnam War, to which Menzies had committed Australian troops in support of the United States. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Trudeau: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierre Trudeau - Prime Minister
As prime minister, Trudeau espoused participatory democracy as a means of making Canada a "Just Society". His desire for greater citizen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm Fraser: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm Fraser - Prime Minister
The Liberals won a landslide victory, greatly assisted by the strong support of the media, notably the Murdoch press, which had previousl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lionel Jospin: Encyclopedia Ii - Lionel Jospin - Prime Minister
Despite his previous image as a rigid socialist, Jospin went on selling state participations, lowered the VAT rate, income tax and compan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Keating: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Keating - Prime Minister
Hawke's undoing had been the policy package unveiled by the new Liberal leader, Dr John Hewson. Known as "Fightback!", it was centred aro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yasuhiro Nakasone: Encyclopedia Ii - Yasuhiro Nakasone - Prime Minister
In 1982, Nakasone became Prime Minister. Along with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shintaro Abe, Nakasone improved Japan's relations with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Eden: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Eden - Prime Minister
In April 1955 Churchill finally retired, and Sir Anthony succeeded him as Prime Minister. Eden was a very popular figure, as a result of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tunku Abdul Rahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Tunku Abdul Rahman - Prime Minister
Abdul Rahman dominated the politics of independent Malaya (which became Malaysia in 1963), and led the Alliance to landslide wins in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John A. Macdonald: Encyclopedia Ii - John A. Macdonald - Prime Minister
As Prime Minister, Macdonald's vision was to enlarge the country and unify it. Accordingly, under his rule Canada bought Rupert's Land an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viktor Yushchenko: Encyclopedia Ii - Viktor Yushchenko - Prime Minister
In December 1999, Yushchenko was unexpectedly nominated as prime minister by President Leonid Kuchma after the previous candidate, Valeri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prime Minister: Encyclopedia Ii - Prime Minister - History
The term Prime Minister originated in the 18th century in the United Kingdom. Since mediaeval times Kings of England and the United Kingd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1873: Encyclopedia Ii - Births
1873 - January-March. January 2 - Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, Roman Catholic nun (d. 1897) January 7 - Adolph Zukor, Austrian-born f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1830: Encyclopedia Ii - Births
1830 - Month/day unknown. Mary Hunt, American temperance movement leader (d. 1906) Harriet (Galápagos tortoise), the world's oldest k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1873: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1873 - January - April. January 71 - Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War. February 11 - Spanish Cortes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1861: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1861 - January. January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1974: Encyclopedia - 1974
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). 1974 - Events. January 5 - Dungeons & Dragons o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1972: Encyclopedia - 1972
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Pacific Railway: Encyclopedia - Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I rail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armand Jean Du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu: Encyclopedia - Armand Jean Du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal et Duc de Richelieu (9 September 1585–4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1952: Encyclopedia - 1952
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1952 - Events. January 8 - West Germany has 8 mill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1951: Encyclopedia - 1951
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. 1951 - Events. January 9 - United Nations headquarters officially...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949: Encyclopedia - 1949
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. 1949 - Events. January 2 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1944: Encyclopedia - 1944
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1944 - Events. January 4 - The Battle of Monte ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1990: Encyclopedia - 1990
1990 (MCMXC) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. 1990 - Events. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1861: Encyclopedia - 1861
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1861 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1989: Encyclopedia - 1989
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988: Encyclopedia - 1988
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1830: Encyclopedia - 1830
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1993: Encyclopedia - 1993
1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1994: Encyclopedia - 1994
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1890: Encyclopedia - 1890
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia - 1980
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1934: Encyclopedia - 1934
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1934 - Events. January 1 - Alcatraz becomes a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1910: Encyclopedia - 1910
1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1983: Encyclopedia - 1983
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. 1983 - Events. January 2 - The musical Annie is pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1873: Encyclopedia - 1873
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1877: Encyclopedia - 1877
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prime Minister Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prime Minister Of Australia - Appointment
The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General under section 64 of the Australian Constitution. Section 64 of the Constitution e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President: Encyclopedia Ii - President - Presidents In Democratic Countries And International Organizations
President - Presidential systems. In states with what is called a Presidential system of government, the President is also the head of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President: Encyclopedia Ii - President - Presidents In Democratic Countries And International Organizations
President - Presidential systems. In states with what is called a Presidential system of government, the President is also the head of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Constitution Of Canada - History Of The Constitution
The first semblance of a Constitution for Canada was the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The Act renamed Canada "The Province of Quebec" and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Uk Leadership Election 1990: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Party Uk Leadership Election 1990 - Background To The Contest
Discontent with Mrs. Thatcher's leadership of the party had been growing over the latter years of her tenure. In 1989, she had been chall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Constitution Of Turkey - Rights
Besides the provisions establishing Turkey as a secular state, Article Ten goes further with regard to rights by guaranteeing equality re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coast Guard: Encyclopedia Ii - Coast Guard - National Coast Guards
In the United States, the United States Coast Guard is a military service under the United States Department of Homeland Security in peac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Of William And Mary: Encyclopedia Ii - College Of William And Mary - History
College of William and Mary - Early History. The history of the College's founding predates the founding of the United States. It begi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coast Guard: Encyclopedia - Coast Guard
A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. In some countries it is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfort Women: Encyclopedia - Comfort Women
Comfort women is a euphemism for women who were forced to work as sex slaves in military brothels in Japanese-occupied countries during W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Pitt The Younger: Encyclopedia - William Pitt The Younger
The Right Honourable William Pitt, the Younger (28 May 1759–23 January 1806) was a British politician during the late eighteenth and ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Pitt 1st Earl Of Chatham: Encyclopedia - William Pitt 1st Earl Of Chatham
The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708–11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vice-president Of India: Encyclopedia - Vice-president Of India
India This article is part of the series: Politics of India President (Abdul Kalam) Vice-President (Bhairon Singh Shekhawat) Prime Mini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1984: Encyclopedia - 1984
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1984 - Events. 1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei beco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1987: Encyclopedia - 1987
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1987 - Events. 1987 - January. January 1 - Frobish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Lyon Mackenzie King: Encyclopedia - William Lyon Mackenzie King
The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, LLB, PhD, MA, BA (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was the tenth Prime Minister...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1975: Encyclopedia - 1975
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). 1975 - Events. 1975 - January. January ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ewart Gladstone: Encyclopedia - William Ewart Gladstone
The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1870: Encyclopedia - 1870
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1929: Encyclopedia - 1929
1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1929 - Events. 1929 - January. January 2 - Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1935: Encyclopedia - 1935
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1935 - Events. 1935 - January. January 1 - It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1889: Encyclopedia - 1889
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Of William And Mary: Encyclopedia - College Of William And Mary
The College of William and Mary The College of William and Mary in Virginia is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viktor Yushchenko: Encyclopedia - Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the President of Ukr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1901: Encyclopedia - 1901
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1943: Encyclopedia - 1943
1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. 1943 - Events. 1943 - January. January 4 - End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th G...   » Read the article