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  Chancellor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Formerly, the Lord Chancellor was the sole judge in the Court of Chancery.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the minister with overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury.
In reality, the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, effectively like a chairman of trustees, carries minimal work and responsibilities, so it is used in effect as a Minister without Portfolio position, often given to the chairman of the party in power to give him or her a seat in cabinet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellor   (1353 words)

  
 PIERRE SEGUIER - LoveToKnow Article on PIERRE SEGUIER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(1588-1672), chancellor of France, was born in Paris on the 28th of May 1588, of a famous legal family originating in Quercy.
His grandfather, Pierre Seguier (1504-1580), was president d mortier in the parlement of Paris from 1554 to 1576, and the chancellor's father, Jean Seguier, a seigneur d'Autry, was civil lieutenant of Paris at the time of his death in 1596.
The chancellor's great-grandson, Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin, bishop of Metz, commissioned Bernard de Montfaucon, a learnedBenedictine of St Maur, to prepare a catalogue of the Greek MSS.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SE/SEGUIER_PIERRE.htm   (3457 words)

  
 List of Justice Ministers of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under the ancien régime, the French minister responsible for the judiciary was the Chancellor of France.
The Chancellor was responsible for seeing that royal decrees were registered by the various Parlements of the realm.
However, as the Chancellor was appointed for life, and might fall from favour, or be too ill to carry out his duties, at times the duties were carried out by a deputy, the Keeper of the Seals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Justice_Ministers_of_France   (169 words)

  
 Daily Press Briefing (December 3, 2002)
France is one of the countries responsible for introducing the text which was adopted by consensus.
France proposed to its partners that an extraordinary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which is due to meet in Vienna on December 13, study ways of preventing North Korea’s acquisition of nuclear technologies and equipment which could be necessary to it for a military program.
France strongly condemns the odious crime of the assassination of a Colombian journalist in Bogota on Sunday, the ninth journalist to be killed since the beginning of this year.
www.info-france-usa.org /news/briefing/us031202.asp   (1830 words)

  
 France Cordova named chancellor at UC Riverside
She is the first female Hispanic chancellor in UC history.
Córdova serves as professor of physics and vice chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara.
As vice chancellor, in addition to her regular duties, she initiated a program to encourage and fund research across disciplines.
www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/april12-02/cordova.htm   (745 words)

  
 Timeline France 1650-1795
1667-1668 The War of Devolution was fought between France and Spain as a result of the claim by Louis XIV of France that the ownership of the Spanish Netherlands devolved to his wife, Marie Therese, upon the death of her father, Philip IV of Spain.
She was the daughter of Maria Theresa and Francis I; and wife of Louis XVI in 1770 and thus Queen of France.
France was in the midst of economic disaster—a factor that aided royalist counterrevolutionaries in their attempts to incite rebellion against the young republican government.
www.timelines.ws /countries/FRANCE1650_1795.HTML   (13539 words)

  
 Facts in Review (7/22/1940)
From France, Italy demands only demilitarisation of a zone extending 50 kilometers beyond the Italians' most advanced line on the French-Italian front; the demilitarisation of naval bases in the Mediterranean; harbor and railway facilities near Italian colonial possessions; and in localities situated elsewhere, the demilitarisation of a limited zone of French possessions.
France has a chance to show her good will in 1940; such a chance was denied to Germany in 1918-19.
France, if she had been victorious, would have imposed armistice and peace terms on Germany which would have left precious little of the Reich intact.
www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/facts01.htm   (9276 words)

  
 France
France is the tenth-largest consumer of oil in the world, importing oil from Norway, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Britain; but the nuclear push has lowered the dependency on oil from 71% in 1973 to 37% in 2002.
France opposed the liberation of Iraq from Saddam Hussein's tyranny, but somehow it was ok for the USA to liberate France from Hitler's tyranny (a liberation that cost thousands of French lives).
France lost the second world war twice: first it was defeated by Hitler in a matter of weeks, and then, after it switched sides and allied itself with Hitler, was invaded/ liberated by the Anglosaxon armies.
www.scaruffi.com /politics/france.html   (15678 words)

  
 France A. Córdova Named UC Riverside Chancellor
France A. Córdova, a nationally recognized astrophysicist who currently serves as vice chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara, today (April 9) was named chancellor of the University of California's Riverside campus.
She is a highly accomplished, national-caliber scientist and leader who clearly possesses the experience and skills to be a very effective chancellor.
Orbach, who had served as chancellor of UC Riverside since 1992, resigned earlier this year to become director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy.
www.ucop.edu /news/archives/2002/april09art1.htm   (886 words)

  
 Juvenals_in_Europe
Further he was made lord of Mormant in Brie in 1404, and Chancellor of France in 1413.
He married a daughter of one of the nobelest houses of France, Michelle de Vitry, in 1386.
1472 in Paris; noted warrior, lieutenant of the Dauphine and member of the army of Joan of Arc; Chancellor of France in 1445; Chancellor of Tours, 1465; a portrait by Fouquet exists.
department.monm.edu /history/urban/juvenal/Juvenals_in_Europe.htm   (2340 words)

  
 Duprat, Antoine on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(äNtwän´ düprä´), 1463-1535, chancellor of France and cardinal.
First president of the Paris Parlement (1508), he was a trusted adviser of Louise of Savoy, who appointed him tutor to her son, the future King Francis I.
Chateaux of ill fortune: Robert Knecht visits two of France's most remarkable chateaux, which stand as monuments to the ambitions of their upwardly mobile creators Thomas Bohier and Nicolas Fouquet.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Duprat-A1.asp   (307 words)

  
 On Board: Destination Information: France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
France is located in the southwestern part of Europe, bordered by Spain in the south, and by Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, and Belgium going from south to north.
In France, putting a baguette on a restaurant table with the flat side up is a sign of doom (something like a fl cat crossing your path!).
In 1870, Prussian chancellor Bismarck invaded France, and the region of Alsace-Lorraine wasn’t regained by France until Germany was defeated in World War I. Hitler’s Nazi armies invaded early in World War II, bringing much of France under direct German control.
studentambassadors.org /onboard/DAC/Frames/mainframe/venture/france.asp   (2916 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US- Franco-Germany Relations
France and Germany have been in the forefront of each new stage of European integration.
Their joint efforts brought about a rapprochement between France and Germany that led to the signing of the Elysée Treaty on 22 January 1963.
France, Germany and the new Europe: Remarks by French Ambassador, François Bujon de l'Estang at the International Meridian Center
www.ambafrance-us.org /news/statmnts/1997/germany/fglink.asp   (469 words)

  
 Morgan Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As I feared at the time, the economy slipped back into recession in the first half of this year and is unlikely to do anything but stagnate for the year as a whole.
Chancellor Schroeder therefore stands a good chance of pushing a large part of his reform agenda through parliament, I think.
Despite the fact that the economy still seems to be mired in stagnation in the present quarter, after slipping in and out of a mini-recession for the last two-and-a-half years, the prospects of stronger growth next year seemingly have started to lift sentiment in Euroland's largest economy.
www.morganstanley.com /GEFdata/digests/20030723-wed.html   (1274 words)

  
 On Board: Destination Information: France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Under the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715), France became the leading European power and acquired its current boundaries either by means of forceful occupation or legal purchase.
Distances from Paris throughout France are measured from the bronze star set in the square in front of Notre Dame, known as point zéro des routes de France.
The climate in France is similar to that of the mid-Atlantic states in the U.S. During the winter (December through February) it is cold with some snow in the north, and warmer but still cool in the south.
www.studentambassadors.org /onboard/DAC/Frames/mainframe/venture/france.asp   (2916 words)

  
 Chancellor Documents
The first "Principles of Community" is a document developed by a group of faculty, staff, students, and administrators to promote a welcome and inclusive climate for our campus community -- one that is grounded in respect for others, is nurtured by dialogue between those with differing perspectives, and promotes civil interaction among all community members.
Chancellor France A. Córdova established the Task Force on Respect, Civility, and Tolerance in Fall 2002.
Soon after her arrival on campus, Chancellor France Córdova called for a campus-wide planning retreat to examine in detail the key issues facing UC Riverside in its quest to provide high-quality education to its undergraduate and graduate students and its desire to achieve world-class status as a major research university.
www.chancellor.ucr.edu /documents   (558 words)

  
 Córdova Accepts UC Riverside Chancellorship, Will Start July 1
France A. Córdova, a nationally recognized astrophysicist who has been UCSB's vice chancellor for research since 1996, was named chancellor of UC Riverside last week.
"France Córdova brings outstanding academic credentials, solid leadership experience, a commitment to educational opportunity, and a talent for working cooperatively with both the campus community and the broader community," Atkinson said.
Chancellor Henry Yang expressed Santa Barbara's mixed feelings when he said: "I feel happy and excited, and pleased and proud, that UC Riverside is gaining an outstanding leader as its next chancellor.
www.instadv.ucsb.edu /93106/2002/April15/cordova.html   (502 words)

  
 The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
France Córdova is the speaker for this session on “Diversity in Leadership.” France is the Chancellor at the University of California, Riverside.
She served as chief scientist of NASA from 1993-1996, serving as the primary scientific advisor to the NASA administrator and as the principal liaison between NASA headquarters and the broader scientific community.
At my inauguration as Chancellor of UCR last spring, we gathered women in leadership positions for a breakfast that was sponsored by Anne Petersen of the Kellogg Foundation and M.R.C. Greenwood, Chancellor at UC Santa Cruz.
www.unc.edu /gform-links/grad/events/october2003/cordova.html   (4537 words)

  
 ROBERT LE MACON (or LE MASSON) - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT LE MACON (or LE MASSON)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1365-1443), chancellor of France, was born at Chteau du Loir, Sarthe.
He was ennobled in March 1401, and became six years later a councillor of Louis II., duke of Anjou and king of Sicily.
A partisan of the house of Orleans, he was appointed chancellor to Isabella of Bavaria on the 29th of January 1414, on the 20th of Ju]y commissary of the mint, and in June 1416 chancellor to the count of Ponthieu, afterwards Charles VII.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LE_MACON_or_LE_MASSON_ROBERT.htm   (396 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antoine and Guillaume Duprat
In 1517, after his wife's death, he took Sacred orders and gradually rose in the hierarchy: first as bishop of several dioceses held by him in plurality; then as Archbishop of Sens, 1525; cardinal, 1527, and legate a latere, 1530.
Hanotaux, in the introduction to his "Recueil des instructions", calls Duprat "one of the most notable men of ancient France, second only to Richelieu in the decisive influence he exercised on the destinies of his country".
Duprat's influence was also manifested together with his perfect orthodoxy, in those measures which affected the relations of France with the Church, namely, the signing of the Concordat of 1516, and the checking of nascent Protestantism.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05205c.htm   (496 words)

  
 Travels Through France and Italy - Letter II
All wrought silver imported into France, pays at the rate of so much per mark: therefore those who have any quantity of plate, will do well to leave it behind them, unless they can confide in the dexterity of the shipmasters; some of whom will undertake to land it without the ceremony of examination.
This is a species of oppression which one would not expect to meet with in France, which piques itself on its politeness and hospitality: but the truth is, I know no country in which strangers are worse treated with respect to their essential concerns.
B-- advised me to send a requete or petition to the chancellor of France, that I might obtain an order to have my books examined on the spot, by the president of Boulogne, or the procureur du roy, or the sub-delegate of the intendance.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/geo/travel/TravelsThroughFranceandItaly/chap8.html   (1019 words)

  
 France During the French Revolution and Under Napoleon Bonaparte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
France enacts the Ordinance of 1791, establishing new infantry tactics for use by French armies.
France adopts a new "de-Christianized" calendar, retroactive to 1792.
whereby France and Russia make peace, and Russia recognizes the grand duchy of Warsaw, and secretly agrees to mediate the disputes between France and England, failing resolution of which Russia is to ally itself with France.
www.txdirect.net /users/rrichard/napoleo1.htm   (4645 words)

  
 Office of the Chancellor
Both graduate and undergraduate students are represented on our Chancellor's Leadership Council, and serve on a variety of campus committees.
Our diversity is celebrated as students, faculty, and staff share in our Principles of Community, aimed at promoting a welcome and inclusive climate on our campus.
As Chancellor, I take great pride both in the diversity of UCR and in the atmosphere of community and mutual respect that we enjoy.
www.chancellor.ucr.edu   (368 words)

  
 UCR News: UC Riverside Chancellor France Córdova Speaks at Caltech March 9 in Presidential Lecture Series on Achieving ...
Chancellor Córdova assumed her current duties as the seventh chancellor of
Prior to that, she was professor of physics and vice chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara.
Chief scientist at NASA from 1993 to 1996, she served as the primary scientific advisor to the NASA administrator and the principal interface between NASA headquarters and the broader scientific community.
www.newsroom.ucr.edu /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1010   (497 words)

  
 Ceremonies honor ties between France, America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USNA Superintendent Vice Adm. Richard J. Naughton, left, and France's Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, retired Air Force Gen. Jean-Philippe Douin, pay tribute to the close ties that exist between France and the United States.
Douin is France's Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and former executive chairman of France's equivalent of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A five-star French general, Douin is celebrating the bicentennial of the Legion of Honor by traveling throughout the world and presenting the commemorative medallion to those who have already received the Legion of Honor medal.
www.dcmilitary.com /navy/trident/7_39/features/20075-1.html   (882 words)

  
 Macintosh HD:france.html
In 1328, agents of the King of France counted households and parishes across the land and found between 15 and 18 million people living within the geographical extent of what was, three centuries later, the sovereign nation known as France.
One estimate places the population loss for France as a whole at no less than 42 percent, much of the mortality among people who had suffered from malnutrition during the great famine a generation earlier.
Between 1460 and 1465, a chancellor of France built a large pond with a forty-meter dam near Lassay.
www.mc.maricopa.edu /~reffland/anthropology/anthro2003/legacy/black_death/france.html   (1623 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of France, Domestic Policy 1715-1774
LOUIS XV., born 1710, inherited the crown of France in 1715, while still in infancy.
RENE NICOLAS DE MAUPEOU was chancellor of France 1768-1774.
Frances regional and local representative bodies, the parlements and city councils, opposed the costly administration of the kingdom; chancellor de Maupeau (1768-1774) pursued a policy of dismissing the obstinate parlaments and city councils (1771), reforming the judicial system by introducing superior courts and enforcing higher taxation.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/france/france17151774dom.html   (540 words)

  
 The Courtship of Germany By Alexander Chancellor
As Gerhard Schröder arrived in London Monday for his first foreign trip as German chancellor, Britain and France were vying for the affection of the new leader of Europe's largest and most powerful nation.
While France was cutting back on its cultural exports, Germany under Kohl had created "five chairs of European studies in the most prestigious universities in the United States.
Alexander Chancellor is a columnist for the Guardian.
www.slate.com /id/6688   (730 words)

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