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 Lebanon - The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
As noted, the president is constitutionally empowered to appoint the prime minister and the cabinet.
Although a prime minister need not be a member of the Chamber of Deputies, this has usually been the case, particularly because the president must consult with the deputies before naming a prime minister.
The president and the prime minister deliberate over the composition of the cabinet and present the nominees to the Chamber of Deputies to solicit a vote of confidence.
countrystudies.us /lebanon/80.htm   (716 words)

  
 The EU's relations with Lebanon - Overview
The EU response to the crisis in Lebanon
A list of terror organisations was issued by the EU in December 2001 as part of measures taken by the Council in combating terrorism, supplementing restrictive measures against individuals and organisations set out in UN SC Resolution 1373.
Lebanon was urged to go further with its economic reforms, and to engage with the IMF, which is also a condition for EU macro-financial assistance.
ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/lebanon/intro/index.htm   (5161 words)

  
 Preamble
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic based on respect for public liberties, especially the freedom of opinion and belief, and respect for social justice and equality of rights and duties among all citizens without discrimination.
The President designates the Prime Minister in consultation with the President of the Chamber of Deputies based on parliamentary consultations which are binding and the content of which the President formally discloses to the Prime Minister.
The decisions of the President must be countersigned by the Prime Minister and the Minister or Ministers concerned except the Decree designating a new Prime Minister and the Decree accepting the resignation of the Cabinet or considering it resigned.
www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/lebanon.html   (5489 words)

  
 Current government of Yemen: list of ministers
Abdul Kader Bagammal was appointed prime minister on 31 March, 2001, and the new government was announced on 4 April.
In the most sweeping changes for years, 22 new ministers entered the government and only six from the previous government retained their positions.
The number of ministers increased from 30 (in the previous government) to 35.
www.al-bab.com /yemen/gov/gov1.htm   (91 words)

  
 lebanon
Tueni was a well-known opponent of Syrian interference in Lebanon.
Lebanon's Michel Aoun, who only returned home last month after 14 years in exile, was poised for a remarkable political comeback last night according to preliminary results in the third round of parliamentary elections, said the Daily Star.
Lebanon's debt was equivalent to 160.7% of its gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of last year, and the country also has structurally high budget deficits, placing constraints on the private sector.
www.usrom.com /Countries/lebanon.htm   (5782 words)

  
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Prior to the Ta'if Accord, the Sunni Prime Minister was appointed by and responsible to the Maronite President.
This creates a situation in which the prime minister and the council of ministers are forced to bargain with the speaker to ensure that draft laws are placed, within a reasonable amount of time, on the agenda of the relevant parliamentary commissions.
The President, the speaker of parliament, the prime minister, and ten members of parliament have the right to consult this council on matters that relate to the constitutionality of laws.
www.carnegieendowment.org /files/Lebanon_APS.doc   (6192 words)

  
 Alternative News - Chain - Lebanon
The Prime Minister, who was repeatedly heckled by opposition MPs during his address, insisted the international commitments in Friday night's UN resolution would "change fundamentally" the balance of forces on the country's northern border.
Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz have been the brunt of withering criticism in the Israeli press, and for good reason.
Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr said Lebanese forces would be ready to deploy north of the Litani River this week, but that was unlikely to satisfy Israel, which wants a force along the border to rein in Hezbollah.
signs-of-the-times.org /signs/chains/signs20060815_Lebanon.php   (8552 words)

  
 The Prime Ministers Nobody Knows
Except for Lebanon, with its unique confessional system, and Gulf monarchies, where the post is often filled by a brother, son, or cousin of the ruler, the Arab prime minister is just a glorified functionary--often quite able and effective, but a functionary nonetheless.
Arab prime ministers are usually entrusted with the messy problems (implementing economic austerity measures in Egypt, fighting Islamist vigilantes in Algeria) from which the kings and presidents-for-life prefer to stay aloof.
No Arab prime minister has the job because of his constitutional prerogative as leader of the largest party in parliament; rather, all are appointed.
www.weeklystandard.com /Check.asp?idArticle=2340&r=yjxnr   (683 words)

  
 Lebanon - Amnesty International
The amendment was passed one day after the UN Security Council issued Resolution 1559 sponsored by the USA and France calling for the respect of Lebanese sovereignty, the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the country and the disbanding of Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias.
They were arrested for the peaceful expression of their political and religious opinions, including organizing a sit-down in July in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, to protest against the visit to Lebanon of the interim Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad ‘Allawi.
A Filipina woman, Catherine Bautista, one of thousands of maids reportedly working in difficult conditions in Lebanon, died on 4 May. Her body was found almost naked in the garden of the building in Beirut where she worked.
web.amnesty.org /report2005/lbn-summary-eng   (1528 words)

  
 Lebanon
Previously Prime Minister in the mid-1990s, his efforts to rebuild the country after the war brought a burst of economic growth.
Lebanon was downgraded by rating agencies at the end of 2000 and early 2001, and it continues to suffer a negative rating outlook, which reflects the country’s significant public sector debt.
Lebanon is unusual in the Middle East in that it has tapped the international capital markets (see the section on “Securities” below) and its unusually high ratio of local to international debt means that it has flexibility to continue to borrow from abroad.
www.menabusinessguide.com /04_market/166_177.htm   (6489 words)

  
 Lebanon Begins Search for New Government
Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud has been consulting members of parliament on the formation of a new government, amid expectation he will restore the recently resigned prime minister Omar Karami.
Opposition lawmakers, who hold about a third of the seats in the 128-member parliament, are not proposing a candidate for prime minister.
Syria has begun a pullback of its 14,000 troops to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, with further talks to be held with Lebanon on when all the troops will return to Syria.
www.voanews.com /english/2005-03-09-voa37.cfm   (366 words)

  
 Mere Rhetoric: List of Things That Would Cause Us to Have More Sympathy for Lebanon's Prime Minister
Lebanon's prime minister, choking back tears, demanded a "quick and decisive ceasefire" on Monday after an Israeli air raid that he said killed more than 40 civilians sheltering from fighting in a southern village.
Lebanon's Prime Minister said today that Israeli raids had killed 40 civilians in a "horrific massacre" in a border village, before correcting himself hours later to put the toll at just one dead...
Prime Minister Fuad Saniora broke into tears at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers as he described the attack.
www.mererhetoric.com /archives/11272422.html   (382 words)

  
 Lebanon ministers walk out of cabinet meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
BEIRUT (AFP) - Ministers from Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority have walked out of a cabinet meeting in protest at the presence of pro-Damascus President Emile Lahoud, in the latest political row paralyzing the country.
The ministers headed out of Thursday's session after a verbal clash between anti-Syrian telecommunications minister Marwan Hamadeh and Lahoud, whom the parliamentary majority seeks to remove from office, an AFP correspondent said.
Lebanon however remains in a deep political crisis.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1606758/posts   (766 words)

  
 The Arabist » Lebanon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Clearly the Iranians were the real winners of the Lebanon conflict and will maintain their upper hand as long as Hizbollah is seen as a legitimate champion of the Arab cause, and not as part of the Shia crescent.
War with Lebanon will be very costly in terms of human, material and economic losses, as well as in terms of the loss of dignity and image.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday acknowledged mistakes in the war against Hezbollah as the Israeli government confronted widespread criticism and political recriminations over the conflict.
arabist.net /archives/category/lebanon   (9725 words)

  
 LEBANON UNDER SIEGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
H.E. Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's Statement on the Eve of the Deployment of the Lebanese Army in the South
H.E. Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's statement at the Islamic Summit held in Kuala Lumpur
Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's Statement on the Occasion of the Qana Massacre
www.lebanonundersiege.gov.lb   (368 words)

  
 The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has accepted an invitation to attend the sixth Conference on New and Restored Democracies to be held in Doha, Qatar on October 29 - November 1.
Foreign ministers, politicians, speakers of parliaments and representatives from 192 countries participating in the conference will discuss democracy, political reform, effective governance, combating poverty, and freedom of speech.
On the occasion of 15th anniversary of the renewal of diplomatic relations between Israel and Russia, the foreign ministers of the two states exchanged diplomatic notes, praising the scope and diversity of relations between the countries today.
www.mfa.gov.il /mfa   (503 words)

  
 Maliki Elected Prime Minister - 56 Dead in Civil War Violence : Indybay
He thus became the first full-term Shiite prime minister from an elected parliament since Muhammad Fadil al-Jamali in 1953-1954.
He asked Sunni vice-premier Salam al-Zawba'i to serve as interim minister of defense until a permanent one could be agreed upon.
Nuri al-Maliki has finally been elected prime minister, but has not presented ministers for any of the key three cabinet posts having to do with national security.
www.indybay.org /newsitems/2006/05/21/18244961.php   (1073 words)

  
 List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By contitutional edict, the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim.
However, several in the past have been Christian.
See also list of Presidents of Lebanon, lists of incumbents.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Lebanon   (661 words)

  
 National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Australian Prime Ministers - McEwen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Conference of Commonwealth prime ministers – financial arrangements – J McEwen and WH Spooner, 1952–55
Prime Minister's visit to United Kingdom – statements for the press, on navy, army, air force, munitions, financial aspects of war effort, c1941
Statements by the Minister for Territories, CE Barnes, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, J McEwen – Department of Immigration, 1965
www.naa.gov.au /The_Collection/prime_ministers/mcewen/before.html   (3130 words)

  
 National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Australian Prime Ministers - Holt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Important issues during Holt's prime ministership include the Vietnam War, dismantling of the 'White Australia' policy, referendum to change the Constitution where it discriminated against Aboriginal people, Australian relationships with Asia and the United States, and the conversion to decimal currency.
Prime Ministers' correspondence – Prime Minister's Department, 1950–66
Correspondence between HE Holt and the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Air Vice Marshal Ky, 1966–67
www.naa.gov.au /the_collection/prime_ministers/holt/subject.html   (1606 words)

  
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He heads the mostly Shia Amal List of political parties in Lebanon was born in Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents.
He went to school in Tibnin in southern Lebanon and later studied at Makassed and the Ecole de la bingolingo Sagesse in Beirut.
Unity government as Minister for Southern Reconstruction, and later, of Justice and of Electrical and Hydraulic Resources, under List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon Minister Rashid Karami.
www.l-bingo.com /bingo_halls/bingolingo.html   (314 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An official of President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan since 1998, Mr Saleh became prime minister of the PUK-led regional government in January 2001.
He joined the Iraqi transitional government in June 2004 as deputy prime minister for security affairs.
Previously appointed human rights minister, he rejected the post after being approved by parliament on 8 May, saying he had not been consulted.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/5000750.stm   (660 words)

  
 Iraqi PM draws up cabinet ministers list -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
If the list is approved by Talabani's three-member presidential council, the Prime Minister designate could submit it to the 275-member National Assembly to be voted on by late Tuesday.
However, outgoing Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party was not included, he said.
There had been intense pressure to end the political bickering after a recent increase in violence that many blamed on the continuing political turmoil nearly three months after the elections.
www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=8022   (673 words)

  
 CANOE -- CNEWS - The Prime Ministers of Canada
Canada has had 21 Prime Ministers since Confederation in 1867.
Canada's longest-serving Prime Minister was William Lyon Mackenzie King, who served a total of 21 years, five months and one day in three stints beginning in December 1921 and ending with his retirement in 1948.
The person with the shortest term as Prime Minister was Sir Charles Tupper, who was Prime Minister for just two months and seven days.
cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/Canadiana/primeministers.html   (324 words)

  
 Informed Comment
It is also worth noting that under US viceroy Paul Bremer, the US tried to establish "red lines" stipulating that no "Islamist" should fill posts like minister of education or minister of culture.
The National Unity setup meant that every list had a virtual veto, and their experience so far was that throwing tantrums worked.
Cole was off the mark in ridiculing the new government for filling the tourism minister's chair while leaving other major posts vacant.
www.juancole.com /2006/05/maliki-elected-prime-minister-56-dead.html   (2101 words)

  
 The Command Post - Global Recon - Earthquake: How to Help [Updated 1/1/05]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Network for good has a good list, broken down by what each agency is doing.
at December 28, 2004 01:42 PM Scientology Volunteer Ministers from around the world are being sent to Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka to assist with relief efforts in the aftermath of the tsunamis.
The workers are all there on a volunteer basis and do volunteer work year-round, providing houses for destitute widows, taking care of orphan children, and providing medical care (through their hospital and outreaches) and education to those in desperate need.
www.command-post.org /nk/2_archives/018256.html   (7038 words)

  
 List of Presidents of Lebanon information information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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