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  Encyclopedia: List of Presidents of Bolivia
Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia (1818–1871) was the President of Bolivia from 28 December 1864 to 15 January 1871.
The President is a member of the Federal Council elected by the Swiss Federal Assembly (the Swiss Parliament) for a year; and the President is merely ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals).
In FranceFrench legal terminology, the president of a court consisting of multiple judges is the foremost judge; he chairs the meeting of the court and directs the debates (and this thus addressed as "Mr President", ''Monsieur le Président'', or appropriate feminine forms).
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 President of Portugal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Under the Portuguese Constitution adopted in 1976 in the wake of the Carnation Revolution of 1974, the President is elected for a five-year term, and may serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms.
The official residence of the President of Portugal is Belém Palace.
To date, all presidents since the Revolution served the two consecutive terms constitutionally allowed (a president who serves two terms can't be reelected before two presidential elections ellapse), and presidents consistently rank as the most popular political figure in the country.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/President_of_Portugal   (347 words)

  
 List of Portuguese monarchs - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This is a List of Portuguese monarchs from the independence of Portugal from León in 1128-29 to the proclamation of the Republic in October 5 1910.
The First County of Portugal would last for two centuries when the last count, Nuno Mendes, lost the Battle of Pedroso to Garcia II of Galicia and Portugal, son of Ferdinand I of Castile-León, and the first monarch to use the tile "King of Portugal".
The dynasty began with the acclamation of Philip II of Spain as Philip I of Portugal in 1580, officially recognized in 1581 in the Cortes of Tomar.
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 Francisco da Costa Gomes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1970 he occupied the post of Commander of the Military Region of Angola where he remodelled the chief-command and was the first to try and form a military agreement with UNITA against the MPLA and the FNLA.
On September 12, 1972 he was called to mainland Portugal to occupy the post of Chief of the Armed Forces, replacing General Venâncio Deslandes.
He assumed the Presidency of the Republic when named by the Junta after the resignation of Spínola on September 30, 1974 and occupied the post until June 27, 1976 when in the first Presidencial election the Portuguese chose General Ramalho Eanes to succeed him.
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 European Council - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The European Council, sometimes informally called the European Summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission (not to be confused with the Council of the European Union, or the Council of Europe).
The role of President of the assembled European Council is performed by the head of government or head of state of the member state currently holding the Presidency of Council the European Union.
The role as president is in no sense equivalent to a head of stateship, merely a primus inter pares (first among equals) role with other European heads of government.
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 User:Davidcannon/Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of British High Commissioners to New Zealand: The Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth) equivalent to an Ambassador).
List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands: Colonial governors, Magistrates, and Mayors of the world's least populated country.
List of Presidents of Portugal: A list of all who have held the office since the republic was founded in 1910.
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 Portuguese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Portugal is a country in the extreme southwest of Europe, on the Iberian peninsula, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, and Spain to the north and east.
The four main organs of Portuguese politics are the presidency, the prime minister and Council of Ministers (the cabinet), the Assembly of the Republic (the parliament), and the Judicial branch.
Portugal is a fairly homogenous country linguistically, ethnically and religiously; Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the town of Miranda de Douro's Leonese dialect recognised as a locally co-official language as Mirandese, Asturian in Spain is another Leonese dialect but not officially recognized by Spain.
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 President of Angola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The President is both head of state and head of government in Angola.
While the President does appoint a Prime Minister, executive authority usually belongs to the President.
The position of President dates from Angola's independence from Portugal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Angola   (227 words)

  
 President of India : Former Presidents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sharma was President of: (i) Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi; and (ii) Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, and Chairman of: (i) the Jury for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, and (ii) the International Jury for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
As a President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the spirit he was able to infuse in the rank and file of the Congress against heavy odds, triumphed with decisive and overwhelming majority for the Congress in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections and the 1972 Punjab Vidhan Sabha poll.
As early as 1922, C.R. Das, the President of the Gaya session of the Indian National Congress, remarked, trial "At the moment Rajendra Prasad appears to be the sole excuse for a further honest trial of Gandhism to solve a political problem".
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 WHKMLA : History of Portugal, since 1974
Portugal lived through a euphoric phase; long-forbidden political parties such as the communists and social democrats suddenly became major political forces.
Portugal rapidly reverted to parliamentary democracy, the political sentiment at first staunchly on the political left.
In the early years after the revolution, Portugal saw a frequent change of administrations; in 1986, Portugal was finally admitted to the European Community as one of its poorer members.
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 WHKMLA : History of Portugal, 1918-1939
Portugal, still largely agricultural; for the impoverished rural population, emigration (mostly to Brazil) had always been an option.
Portugal remained neutral when Spain fought it's Civil War (1936-1939); most of the Spanish lands just across the Portuguese border were held by Franco's nationalists.
The dictatorship was, by opponents, characterized as fascist : Portugal had introduced concentration camps and forced labour, thus mobilizing the unemployed in infrastructure projects.
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 Encyclopedia: Pedro Santana Lopes
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (born June 29, 1956) is a Portuguese politician, and was Prime Minister of Portugal in (2004 and 2005).
Pedro Santana Lopes announced that although he would not take the initiative of organising a referendum on the legalisation of abortion he is prepared to examine any proposal sent to him for a popular consultation on the subject if his party wins the next general elections.
Santana Lopes was born in Lisbon, and graduated in Law from the University of Lisbon, where he was leader of the students Union.
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The list argues also, among many other things, that 50% (still this magic number) of the civilain victims of gulf war 1991 were children.
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 .: US News - 2006 U.S. Visa Lottery Opens in November :. .: All American Patriots :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On your entry you must list your spouse, that is husband or wife, and all unmarried children under 21 years of age, with the exception of children who are already U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent Residents.
You must list ALL your children who are unmarried and under 21 years of age, whether they are your natural children, your spouse's children, or children you have formally adopted in accordance with the laws of your country, unless such child is already a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
List all children under 21 years of age even if they no longer reside with you or you do not intend for them to immigrate under the DV program.
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 Iranian Alert -- November 6, 2003 -- IRAN LIVE THREAD PING LIST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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President Reagan said that the day of Soviet tyranny was passing, that freedom had a momentum which would not be halted.
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 President of Angola - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
President of Angola - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about President of Angola contains research on
President of Angola, List of Presidents of Angola, 1975-present, Lists of office-holders and Presidents of Angola.
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 Read about List of Presidents of Portugal at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research List of Presidents of Portugal and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Research List of Presidents of Portugal and learn about List of Presidents of Portugal here!
The table below lists the individuals who have served as President of Portugal since the establishment of a
The President may serve for a maximum of two terms.
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While Ecuadorean President Mahuad used this cultural aspect to defend his dollarization plan with the machismo language of "Ecuador does not need timid measures" and "I have been slow to act, [b]ut I have my foot on the accelorator now," other Ecuadoreans held a different perspective.
It is no wonder, then, that when the Ecuadorian president announced that he would pursue dollarization, that is, basing the Ecuadorian monetary system on US currency, that native groups organized and executed a political coup.
In Ecuador, for example, the president mentioned it, then was overthrown by a coup of indigenous people.
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 Disarmament Diplomacy: - Nuclear Abolition Statement by International Civilian Leaders:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Among the signatories are former heads of State or Government from four of the five declared nuclear powers: Prime Minister Michel Rocard of France, President Mikhail Gorbachev and Prime Minister Egor Gaidar of the Soviet Union and Russia, Prime Minsiter Lord James Callaghan of the UK, and President Jimmy Carter of the US.
Also signatories are leaders of four nations known to have commenced and then abandoned programs to develop nuclear weapons: former president Raul Alfonsin of Argentina, former prime Ministers Malcolm Fraser and Paul Keating of Australia, former Prime Minister Jose Sarney of Brazil, and present Prime Minister Goran Persson of Sweden and his predecessor, Ingvar Carlsson.
However, prominent individuals are on the list from each of those nations.
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 GreenCine | list - What The Presidents Liked To Watch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Description: Inspired by the Bravo documentary "All The Presidents' Movies" - what the presidents liked to watch, who they watched with, and what their favorite movies were.
Jimmy Carter was the first president to watch an X-rated movie in The White House (Midnight Cowboy was later re-rated to R).
JFK snuck into the Warner Theater in Washington DC to see this (with his secret servicemen) because The White House at that time was not equipped with 70mm projection.
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 Santa Cruz Indymedia: Mark Felt Hinted at Exotic Antigravity Project?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The World Factbook is not a gazetteer (a dictionary or index of places, usually with descriptive or statistical information) and cannot provide more than the names of the administrative divisions (in the Government category) and major cities/towns (on the country maps).
Taiwan is listed after the regular entries because even though the mainland People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, elected Taiwanese authorities de facto administer the island and reject mainland sovereignty claims.
In the future, such a category may be adopted listing the extremes, but also adding a normal temperature range found throughout most of a country’s territory.
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 List of Presidents of Portugal : Presidents of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
terms defined : List of Presidents of Portugal : Presidents of Portugal
Presidents of PortugalAlignmentLeaderPositionStartEnd Manuel José de Arriaga[?]Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic19101912 Manuel José de ArriagaPresident19121915 Bernardino Machado[?]President19151917 Sidónio Pais[?]Gen.
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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President Clinton invited the two sides in the major league baseball strike to the White House in a final effort to reach an agreement.
He was elected president in 1860, issued the Emancipation proclamation in 1863 setting the slaves free, and coordinated every aspect of the war as commander-in-chief.
President Bush, on an Asian tour, told the Japanese parliament that the United States, if necessary, would come to the aid of South Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan.
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 Xanana speech on receiving CAVR report
Fortunately, the law allows sufficient tine for the President of the Republic to read the 2000-page Report indepth and to draw my own conclusions, as Head of the State, in accordance with the spirit and the letter of Article 2 of Law No. 11/2005.
I shall strive to work in consultation with the Government on all the measures to be taken, including the need to preserve and safeguard the archive in such a way that it may serve as a center for the formation of future generations.
Soon afterwards, there will be a need to create a body that will lend support to the President of the Republic in its task of disseminating the Report, which will last up to three months.
www.etan.org /et2005/october/31/31xana.htm   (1989 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Most spoken language
When it comes to ranking languages of the world, there are two main ways to compute the list.
One method is to rank by mother tongue: how many people consider the language to be their mother tongue.
After winning its independence from Spain in the 12th century, Portugal's influence expanded rapidly thanks to famous explorers like Vasco de Gama.
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 Rotary International - Administration - List of the Presidents of RI - 1921-1931   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rotary International - Administration - List of the Presidents of RI - 1921-1931
List of the Presidents of Rotary International - 1921-1931
U.S. President Warren G. Harding, a Rotarian, is the first head of state to address a Rotary convention.
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 Rogue Valley Independent Media Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the height of his investigation, Woodward met with Felt, whose hands were shaking.
President Eisenhower told Brigadier General Stephen Lovekin and others that alien-related affairs and technology were being taken from his control.
The list includes former presidents, astronauts, high-ranking Pentagon brass, and more.
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