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	Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In parliamentary systems like the Westminster system, the prime minister is the presiding head of the government while the position of head of state (the King, Queen or President), who may officially be the head of the executive, is largely ceremonial.
		While the modern office of Prime Minister developed in the UK the first actual usage of the word Prime Minister or Premiere Minstre was used by Cardinal Richelieu, when, in 1624 he was named to head the royal council as prime minister of France.
		The Prime Minister is formally the presiding minister of the Privy Council and the cabinet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister (2870 words)

	Prime Minister of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prime Minister, or President of the Government (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), of Spain is the Spanish head of government, but not the head of state, which is the King.
		The President of the Government is elected by the Congress of Deputies (the lower house of parliament) on being proposed by the King.
		Literally translated, this title is "President of the Government", but nevertheless the office-holder is commonly referred to in English as the "prime minister": the usual term for the head of government in a constitutional monarchy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain (359 words)

	Spain - King, Prime Minister, and Council of Ministers
		The position of his government in the event of such a motion of censure is strengthened significantly by the requirement that such a motion must contain the name of a candidate to succeed the prime minister if the motion is approved.
		The prime minister, the deputy prime minister, and the other ministers together comprise the Council of Ministers, which functions as a cabinet, and which is the highest executive institution of the state.
		Ministers are responsible to the Council of Ministers as well as to the prime minister for their actions, and they can be called to explain their policies before one or both houses of the Cortes, or before one of the parliamentary committees.
	countrystudies.us /spain/76.htm (1553 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers
		Son of William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham, this William Pitt is the youngest prime minister on record, winning the post at the tender age of 24 in 1783.
		As prime minister he is remembered for his tough policies against corruption, fiscal reform, shifting power toward the House of Commons and the union with Ireland.
		Returning as prime minister in 1804, he gained the support of the Austrian, Russian and Swedish leaders in an attempt to defeat Napoleon's armies.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime16.html (942 words)

	Spanish Participation In the Atlantic Alliance. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In October 1984, the prime minister, Felipe Gonzaacute;lez, presented to the Congress of Deputies what whould be called the Ten Points on a Peace and Security Policy, drawn up as a basis for the restorarion of a consensus of all the political forces as regards the national decurity and defence policy.
		In that same speech, the prime minister suggested that a parliamentary debate be held on the ten points for the purpose of disseminating information which would help the citizens to take a decision on whether Spain should stay in the alliance, by means of a referendum.
		The basic sharacteristics of the model for Spanish participation in the Alliance, are contained in the official communications that the Spanish Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense sent to their NATO counterparts and to the Secretary- General of the Organization after the referendum.
	www.sispain.org /english/foreign/atlantic.html (1095 words)

	The Spanish Government: Introduction. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The legislative competence of the ministers is expressed through their ultimate responsibility to the council of ministers for the draft laws or decree-laws which have been prepared within their departments.
		Though enjoying a good deal of discretion, ministers are responsible for their actions to the council of ministers, and ultimately responsible to the prime minister for the efficient running of their departments.
		The administration of central government policy at the regional level of autonomous communities and the local level of provinces and municipalities is the responsibility of the government delegate and the civil governor.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/project/theo-3/data/web_country/spain/Government.spain.htm (3969 words)

	Press Conference with the Spanish Prime Minister
		Prime Minister Tony Blair today welcomed a proposal from the Spanish Government for an 'alliance of civilisations' to combat the scourge of terrorism.
		Can I welcome Prime Minister Zapatero here and firstly say to him how grateful we were for not just the strong expressions of sympathy from Spain to Britain after the attacks in London, but also for the practical help that the Spanish police and authorities gave us.
		Prime Minister, given all the anti-terror measures that you are considering, do you agree that it is too easy to respond to the terrorism in a way which undermines commitment to our most deeply held values and convictions, and cheapens our right to call ourselves a civilised nation.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page8011.asp (2393 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Spanish government admits defeat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Initially, the government was adamant the Basque separatist organisation Eta was responsible, but now it has been forced to admit that al-Qaeda has become the top suspect.
		Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio told the BBC that Eta was still a strong suspect, and said police were not ruling out a possible collaboration between Eta and al-Qaeda.
		Outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and his wife were booed and jostled as they arrived to cast their votes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3511280.stm (652 words)

	Spanish government loses elections
		Outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who last year handed the party's reins to former deputy Mariano Rajoy in order to retire after the elections, was jostled and booed when he voted on Sunday.
		The EU was considering calling an emergency meeting of interior ministers after a warning from Germany that possible Al Qaeda involvement in the Madrid massacre raised the terrorism stakes in Europe.
		Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who is to become Spain's prime minister after winning 43 percent of the vote compared to the government's 38 percent, declared a minute's silence for the victims in Madrid before launching into his victory speech.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/mar/15spain1.htm (517 words)

	Acting PM Meets with Spanish FM and EU Commissioner for External Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Acting Prime Minister Olmert said that he was pleased that this morning's meeting was held on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Spain.
		Acting Prime Minister Olmert said that his first decision as Acting Prime Minister was to enable elections to be held in eastern Jerusalem because it is important that Israel allow these elections so that the Palestinians would have no excuse to fulfill their obligations afterwards.
		Earlier this morning, Acting Prime Minister Olmert met with EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner and emphasized that for Israel it made no difference whether Hamas was in the parliament and/or government or not, it had to be disarmed in any case.
	www.pmo.gov.il /PMOEng/Communication/EventsDiary/eventspan170106.htm (447 words)

	Spain: History
		By 1814 the Spanish resistance forces and the British under Wellington had expelled the French, and Ferdinand VII was restored under a constitution drawn up in 1812 at Cádiz by the first national Cortes of Spain.
		The short-lived first Spanish republic (1873–74) was torn by another Carlist War (1872–76) and by the cantonalist movement in the south, notably in Cartagena, which attempted to establish authorities independent of the central government.
		In 1956, Spanish Morocco became part of the independent state of Morocco; in 1968, Spanish Equatorial Guinea became independent; in 1969 Ifni was ceded to Morocco; and in 1976 Spanish Sahara was transferred to Morocco and Mauritania.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0861231.html (4312 words)

	CNN.com - Spain: Poll triumph for Socialists - Mar 15, 2004
		Turnout was high at 76 percent with voters seeming to express anger with the government, accusing it of provoking the Madrid attacks by supporting the U.S.-led war in Iraq, which most Spaniards opposed.
		Ministers had initially blamed the Basque separatist group ETA, but as evidence mounted of an Islamic link, officials were forced to revise this position.
		The Socialists, who had pledged to bring home Spanish troops from Iraq if they won Sunday, would benefit if al Qaeda or another Islamic group were found to be responsible because of their opposition to the war, analysts said.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/14/spain.blasts.election (599 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Spanish ex-ministers on trial
		The trial of two former Spanish interior ministers accused of misappropriating £80m of public funds in a corruption scandal which brought down Felipe Gonzalez's Socialist government opened yesterday.
		Prime minister for 13 years in the 1980s and 1990s, he has been subpoenaed to testify as a defence witness later in the trial.
		He was the protagonist of one of the most bizarre episodes of the dying days of the Gonzalez governments when he fled the country after shaking off his own police tail.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,554703,00.html (716 words)

	Spain
		Aragon and Castile were the most important Spanish states from the 12th to the 15th century, consolidated by the marriage of Ferdinand II and Isabella I in 1469.
		With the overwhelming election of Prime Minister Felipe González Márquez and his Spanish Socialist Workers Party in the Oct. 20, 1982, parliamentary elections, the Franco past was finally buried.
		The country's relative prosperity and the prime minister's tough stance against the ETA were thought to be responsible for the strong showing.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107987.html (1548 words)

	Israel's Wayward Prime Ministers - article by Daniel Pipes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prime ministers sometimes complain about other ones breaking their word.
		Barak's ministers, admitted during the Camp David II summit that he and others in the government had earlier concealed their willingness to divide Jerusalem.
		Being prime minister of Israel, a country surrounded by enemies, is a weighty one.
	www.danielpipes.org /article/1916 (822 words)

	CBC News: Nfld. premier says PM broke promise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Williams's move came as Prime Minister Paul Martin and the provincial premiers were to begin discussions on a revamped way to share federal equalization payments, which transfer tax revenue from the richest provinces to the poorer ones.
		Prime Minister Stephen Harper is urging the U.S. to rethink its plan to toughen border security after talks with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House Thursday.
		Spanish cyclist Oscar Freire used a strong final push to narrowly edge overall leader Tom Boonen and claim Thursday's fifth stage of the Tour de France.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2004/10/26/williams041026.html (896 words)

	Basque separatist group ETA declares “permanent ceasefire”
		Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that until now, Spain's political parties were joined in pain over ETA violence.
		Spanish Defence Minister Jose Bono noted that the wording of ETA's statement was significant.
		The regional government is currently run by the moderate Basque Nationalist Party, which sits in Madrid's parliament.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=1140 (1238 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Italian and Spanish prime ministers hold talks in Rome
		Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he is confident all diplomatic efforts will be exhausted before any military action might be taken against the Iranian nuclear program.
		Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero were holding talks Thursday in Rome, with hard-fought negotiations over the 2007-2013 EU budget among the likely topics up for discussion.
		Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he was against a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, adding they could not leave before Iraq was stable.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/12/01/68923.html (2646 words)

	AllRefer.com - Spain - Government and Politics \| Spanish Information Resource
		Spain's form of government is that of a parliamentary monarchy, with political power centered in the bicameral Cortes (Spanish Parliament).
		One difficult problem facing the government in the 1980s was the ongoing menace of Basque terrorism, as militant separatists continued to perpetrate assassinations and bombings in spite of vigorous antiterrorist measures.
		Nevertheless, Spanish leadership confronted the challenge of sustaining social stability in the face of economic and regional pressures.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/spain/spain115.html (799 words)

	Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of democracy the historic nationalities — Basque Country Catalonia and Galicia — were given far-reaching autonomy which was then soon extended to Spanish regions resulting in one of the decentralized territorial organizations in Western Europe.
		The government intends to further progress in changing labour laws and pension schemes which are key to the of both Spain's internal economic advances and competitiveness in a single currency area.
		The Spanish Constitution of 1978 recognizes historic entities ("nationalities" not "nations") as Catalonia Galicia the Basque Country or Navarre.
	www.freeglossary.com /Spain (3053 words)

	Spain: refugees killed, survivors abandoned in Moroccan desert
		Spanish authorities have refused to condemn or investigate the conduct of the Civil Guard and have instead praised their professionalism under duress.
		The Spanish government is resurrecting its 1992 accord signed with Morocco and has demanded more finance from the EU.
		Enrique Santiago, secretary general of the Spanish Commission for Assistance to Refugees (CEAR), described the repressive measures by Moroccan troops that led to a humanitarian crisis in the African encampments.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/oct2005/migr-o22.shtml (1620 words)

	Democratic Transition. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new Government proposes a bicameral Cortes and requests that workers be allowed to organize their own unions apart from the 'vertical syndicates'.
		The Government approves the provisional pre-autonomy of the Basque Country.
		The decline of the UCD and the change of the prime ministers coincided with the death throes of the authoritarian regime to defend itself against democracy.
	www.sispain.org /english/history/democrat.html (409 words)

	Prime Minister - Cabinet of Ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Prime Minister is requested to implement This Decree and to convey it to The National Assembly.
		The Prime Minister is requested to implement This Order and to convey it to The National Assembly.
		The Prime Minister shall communicate this decree to the national assembly.
	www.dpm.gov.kw /cabin.html (948 words)

	Jamaica Information Service
		There are 21 members of the Senate who are appointed by the Governor-General; thirteen are appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister; and eight on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
		It consists of the Prime Minister and at least 13 other ministers of Government, whose membership is restricted to one of the two Houses of Parliament.
		Local Government is structured on a parish basis, with two parishes, Kingston and St Andrew, amalgamated and administered by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC).
	www.jis.gov.jm /gov_ja/index.asp (967 words)

	Spain's New Leader Appoints 8 Women to Cabinet
		MADRID(WOMENSENEWS)--Spain's new prime minister is internationally best known for his decision last month to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq, which drew the ire of the Bush administration.
		Infrastructure Minister Magdalena Alvarez, a former tax inspector, fought for funding for the government in the southern region of Andalusia.
		And Health Minister Elena Salgado Mendez is a renowned economist who will be key to the government's plan to legalize abortion on demand during the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1827/context/cover (1309 words)

	Spanish and French Prime Ministers might collaborate against ETA
		A Spanish government spokeswoman said the two leaders would also likely discuss developments in the crisis over Iran's nuclear program.
		Cooperation against the armed Basque group ETA and changes in the European Union's energy sector are expected to top the agenda when the French and Spanish prime ministers meet on Monday in Madrid.
		French premier Dominique de Villepin holds talks with Spanish counterpart Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at Moncloa Palace, the Spanish prime minister's residence on Madrid's outskirts.
	www.eitb24.com /portal/eitb24/noticia/en/politics/meeting-at-moncloa-spanish-and-french-prime-ministers-might-colla?itemId=D18762&cl=/eitb24/politica&idioma=en (214 words)

	Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
		Education and Youth Minister, Maxine Henry Wilson has said that the introduction of detailed electronic GSAT results for the various stakeholders, such as teachers, schools and parents, was part of the process of deepening the home/school relationship, to get parents more involved in their children's learning.
		Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson, has blamed the delay in issuing the results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on the difficulty in placing students in region six, which comprises St. Catherine and Clarendon.
		Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill announced yesterday (July 4), that the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) has committed $2.5 billion for the construction of 2,910 housing solutions during the 2006/07 financial year.
	www.jis.gov.jm (916 words)

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