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  Prime Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A prime minister is the chief member of the cabinet in a parliamentary system of government, or alternatively an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and manage the civil service.
Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case in the United Kingdom, Norway and Japan), and in republics, where the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President of the Republic after consultation and with the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic, due regard being had to the [general] election results.
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 Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The post of prime minister is one which may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom), and in republics in which the head of state is an elected (such as France) or unelected official (such as Germany) with varying degrees of real power.
Contrary to popular and journalistic myth, most prime ministers in parliamentary systems are not appointed for a specific term of office and in effect may remain in power through a number of elections and parliaments.
In many cases, though commonly used, "prime minister" is not the official title of the office-holder; the British prime minister is (usually) "First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service", and the Spanish prime minister is the President of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno).
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 List of Prime Ministers of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For brief periods, the present crown prince was appointed Viceroy of Norway by the king, in which case the viceroy became the highest authority in Christiania.
(Otto Kierulf was Prime Minister of Norway from 1871-1873)
Norway's Prime Ministers – A pictorial with portraits of Norway's Prime Ministers (Aftenposten)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Norway   (451 words)

  
 Einar Gerhardsen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, from 1955 to 1963 and from 1963 to 1965.
Norway changed from being a rather weak, poor and underdeveloped nation into a prosperous and industrialized state in his period.
Nygaardsvold, along with his cabinet as well as the entire parliament, resided in exile in London during WWII while Norway was occupied by Nazi-Germany.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Einar_Gerhardsen   (523 words)

  
 Prime Minister - RSCI, The Science Classification Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and manage the civil service.
In some monarchies the prime minister exercises powers (known as the Royal Prerogative) that are constitutionally vested in the monarch and which can be exercised without the approval of parliament.
Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Norway and Japan), and in republics, where the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
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 Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In parliamentary systems like the British Westminster system, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of head of state is largely ceremonial.
The post of prime minister is one which may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom), and in republics in which the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
In most modern parliamentary systems, the Prime Minister is the person who decides when to request a parliamentary dissolution.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Prime_minister   (1369 words)

  
 Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On March 17, 2000, Jens Stoltenberg was sworn in as Norway's prime minister in the wake of an energy and environment controversy that prompted the preceding prime minister's resignation.
Norway's relatively high energy use per unit of output results primarily from energy-intensive oil and gas extraction activities.
While Norway's per capita energy consumption is high, per capita carbon emissions remain relatively low due in part to a large hydroelectric energy sector that emits no carbon dioxide.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/norenv.html   (1487 words)

  
 ICTE Oslo -- Prime Minister of Norway Opening Remarks
As we entered this century, Norway was among the poorest countries in Europe.
Norway's ambition is to be in the forefront of information technology.
Norway has the highest rate of investment in the field of communications and information technology pr capita or in relation to GDP.
www.icte.org /icteweb1/pmopen.htm   (1514 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
Norway remained silent when the PLO and Syria carried out a massacre of the Christians in Lebanon (1974-82), when Iraq carried out a massacre of the Kurds in northern Iraq, and when Syria massacred its own civilians in Hama in 1982.
You, and Norway, were so concerned about Israel's affairs, but at the same time, kept silent about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994; and the silence continues when, these days, Muslims are carrying out a genocide in Sudan.
Your criticism of Prime Minister Sharon stands in sharp contrast to your lack of criticism of Chairman Abbas, who denies the Holocaust and compares the Jews to the Nazis, and who for several decades has been a central figure in organising terrorism against the Jews.
www.arutzsheva.org /article.php3?id=4815   (874 words)

  
 Christopher Hornsrud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Christopher Andersen Hornsrud (November 15, 1859-December 13,1960) served as Prime Minister of Norway from January to February 1928.
Although his tenure as Prime Minister was brief, his list of political accomplishments is not.
He was the first Prime Minister to be from the Norwegian Labour Party, which later came to dominate the country's government for a long time.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Christopher_Hornsrud   (168 words)

  
 GOSL Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The President’s letter to the Prime Minister of Norway requesting the removal of Major General Tryggve Tellefsen as Head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission was tabled at the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday 29th October.
Norway’s Prime Minister has acknowledged the letter and has informed the President that he has forwarded it to the Foreign Minister of Norway who has been asked to give the contents immediate priority.
Meanwhile Norway’s Ambassador in Colombo Hans Brattskar called on the President on Wednesday 29th and informed her that Major General Tellefsen is being recalled to Oslo for consultations.
www.presidentsl.org /data/new/press/story01_Oct31,2003.htm   (648 words)

  
 Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada in the 1920s to the 1940s
Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case in the United Kingdom and Australia), and in republics, where the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
The German prime minister is known as the Chancellor while the Irish Prime Minister is called the Taoiseach.
www.fastload.org /pr/Prime_Minister.html   (1300 words)

  
 Transcript: Bonn Afghan Progress Hailed by Bush, Norway's Leader
Prime Minister, that not only making progress on the military front, we're making progress on the political front, as well.
And the Prime Minister of Norway and the President of the United States stand united in protecting freedom and civilization.
Norway is committed to peace in the Middle East.
www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/peace/archives/2001/december/120609.html   (1807 words)

  
 Norway's prime minister to step down - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norway's prime minister, who presided over four years of unprecedented prosperity fueled by high oil prices, said Tuesday he will resign after a left-wing opposition bloc won parliamentary elections.
Stoltenberg, who was prime minister in 2000-2001, said he believed Labor made strong gains from its record-low showing in the last election because "many agree with our main message: that we can make Norway even better with the fantastic resources we have."
Norway has a $192 billion fund where it invests surplus oil revenues.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/13/norway_prime_minister_to_step_down   (666 words)

  
 ABC News: Norway's Prime Minister to Step Down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Stoltenberg, expected to become the next prime minister, met his coalition partners Tuesday to start talks on a political platform.
"I am happy to become prime minister, mostly because it is a meaningful and important job and because it is important for me to bring Norway in the right direction," Stoltenberg said on the state television network NRK.
"As prime minister I have tried to work for the world's poor, and if something along those lines comes up, it could be interesting," he told NTB.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1121996&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (435 words)

  
 Banquet Speech by PM in honour of the Prime Minister of Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Banquet Speech by PM in honour of the Prime Minister of Norway
Prime Minister, we see increasing scope for diversification of economic and commercial interaction between India and Norway.
Prime Minister, I wish you and your delegation a pleasant and fruitful stay in our country.
meaindia.nic.in /speech/2001/04/20spc01.htm   (455 words)

  
 THE VISIT OF THE NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER, MR KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, 10 - 14 FEBRUARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prime Minister Bondevik will be accompanied by the Norwegian Minister for International Development and Human Rights, Ms Hilde Frafjord-Johnson, and the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Ms H Berg, as well as a other members of the Norwegian government and senior officials.
Prime Minister Bondevik and his delegation will be holding bilateral discussions with President Mbeki in Pretoria and Deputy President Zuma in Durban.
The Prime Minister, his delegation and the Secretary of Defence, Mr JB Masilela, will attend a signing ceremony for "An Arrangement concerning Norwegian Support for the Destruction of Surplus and Redundant Small Arms of the South African National Defence Force".
www.polity.org.za /html/govdocs/pr/2000/pr0209.html   (440 words)

  
 List of Prime Ministers of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway.
Viceroys of Norway in the Personal Union between Sweden and Norway
Prime ministers of Norway in the Personal Union between Sweden and Norway
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Prime_Minister_of_Norway   (160 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norway's prime minister was among those who turned out Monday evening for a memorial in Oslo to mourn those killed by the devastating earthquake centered in Pakistan over the weekend.
Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Fradkov has taken part in the ceremony of opening a bridge across the Kola Bay in the Murmansk region.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov took part in the ceremony to open a 2.5 kilometer bridge across the Kola Bay in the northern Murmansk region.
www.infothis.com /find/Prime_Minister_of_Norway   (264 words)

  
 Norway
Norway is situated in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula.
After 1442, Norway was ruled by Danish kings until 1814, when it was united with Sweden—although retaining a degree of independence and receiving a new constitution—in an uneasy partnership.
Vidkun Quisling, who served as Norway's prime minister during the war, was the most notorious of the Nazi collaborators.
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 CNN.com - World - Norway's prime minister hands in resignation - March 10, 2000
OSLO, Norway (CNN) -- Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik went to King Harald V's palace on Friday and handed in his resignation, the morning after his minority coalition government lost a vote of confidence in parliament.
Norway now produces most of its electricity from hydroelectric power, which produces no atmospheric emissions.
The opposition politicians contend the gas-fired plants would slow Norway's dependence on imported electricity from Denmark, which is generated from even more polluting coal-fired plants.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/03/10/norway.govt   (473 words)

  
 Norway names gay prime minister, briefly -- Queer Lesbian Gay News -- Gay.com
Norwegian Finance Minister Per-Kristian Foss made history on Friday, according to Reuters, by becoming the first openly gay married man to lead a nation's government, albeit temporarily.
Foss, who married his male partner earlier this month, was installed as Norway's acting prime minister because both the prime minister and foreign minister were traveling abroad.
Norway became the second country after Denmark to legalize same-sex marriages in 1993.
www.gay.com /news/article.html?2002/01/25/2   (298 words)

  
 Edited Hansard * 2035 * Number 172 (Official Version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Our Prime Minister is fond of repeating a conversation he had with the prime minister of Norway at one of these economic meetings.
He said to the prime minister of Norway, “We are going to be balancing our budget”, and the prime minister of Norway said, “Good Heavens, I am sorry for you.
It is one of the things we have been able to sell to the finance minister: invest in research because that is where the jobs will come in the future and that is how to keep our best talent.
www.parl.gc.ca /36/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/172_1999-02-02/han172_2035-e.htm   (649 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Madam Prime Minister: A Life in Power and Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She twice served as prime minister, her final tenure from 1986 to 1996, and also served as leader of the socialist Labor Party.
The first female prime minister of Norway and one of the most influential women of the late twentieth century has written a remarkably candid memoir of her life both inside and outside the political arena.
Serving as prime minister for a total of 10 years between 1981 and 1996, she became a familiar political figure on the international stage.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374167168?v=glance   (868 words)

  
 NATO Address: Prague Summit - November 2002 by by Mr, Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister Norway
Norway is fully committed to turning NATO into an even more efficient tool in defence of our free, open and democratic societies.
Norway is committed to contribute significantly in all the identified capability areas.
Norway fully supports the establishment of a NATO Response Force.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2002/s021121o.htm   (898 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Prime Minister of Norway Sends Dirty Messages to People by Cell Phone
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik dialed a wrong number and sent a message to 54-year-old Kari Stamnes.
She was told that the profanity was sent from a cell phone that belonged to the prime minister of Norway.
A spokesperson for the prime minister’s press service had to acknowledge the dirty message a bit later.
english.pravda.ru /world/2002/10/15/38202.html   (2188 words)

  
 The Norwegian Prime Minister to Australia and New Zealand 13-17 March 2005 (Norway - the official site in Australia)
The Prime Minister’s program included meetings with Prime Minister John Howard in Canberra and Prime Minister Helen Clark in Wellington, a business luncheon in Sydney and meetings with Norwegian students in the two countries.
The Prime Minster was also be present at the consecration of the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Sydney.
Among the subjects that were discussed with the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers were the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, cooperation within international organisations as the UN, regional conflicts and the international fight on terrorism.
www.norway.org.au /policy/primeminister.htm   (225 words)

  
 Romantic Places: Norway
This dramatic and gorgeous fjord contains Norway's largest mountain, the Jostedal glacier, and a charming farming village, Mundal.
It is known for its beauty and its music festivals; the 19th century composer Edvard Grieg lived here and his house is a living museum.
Built in 1905 by the first prime minister of Norway.
www.romanticplaces.com /search/europe/norway.html   (146 words)

  
 Norway's Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik & President George W. Bush
Norway's Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik had a special message for President George W. Bush when they met in Washington on Wednesday.
Norways Prime Minister Kjell Mange Bondevik and American President George W. Bush met at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
The Norwegian prime minister spoke to Yasser Arafat and Israel's Ariel Sharon on the telephone on Wednesday.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/584823/posts   (674 words)

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