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v. t. e. The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom. [ 2] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and senior Ministers of State. Members of the Cabinet are appointed by the Prime Minister and are by ...
The Cabinet of Canada ( French: Cabinet du Canada) is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the prime minister, the Cabinet is a committee of the King's Privy Council for Canada and the senior echelon of the Ministry ...
Minister for the Cabinet Office. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Minister without Portfolio. Paymaster General (joint with HM Treasury) Minister of State without Portfolio. Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs. Minister of State at the Cabinet Office. Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.
England. Northern Ireland. Scotland. Wales. Other countries. v. t. e. This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with ...
Attlee ministry. Clement Attlee was invited by King George VI to form the Attlee ministry in the United Kingdom in July 1945, [ 1] succeeding Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The Labour Party had won a landslide victory at the 1945 general election, and went on to enact policies of what became known as the post-war ...
The first Blair ministry lasted from May 1997 to June 2001. After eighteen years in opposition, Labour ousted the Conservatives at the May 1997 election with a 179-seat majority. The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who turned 44 years old days after leading Labour to victory, was the youngest prime minister of the twentieth century.
Politics of Canada. The politics of Canada functions within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. [ 1] Canada is a constitutional monarchy where the monarch is head of state.
Liberal Party (1873–1874)[ nb 4] Alexander Mackenzie — 2nd Ministry. 95 of 200 House seats ( minority ) Conservative Party. Sir John A. Macdonald. 3rd Canadian Parliament. Elected 1874. 5 sessions. Feb 21, 1874.