Tag: Prime Minister
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Sweden’s first female Prime Minister resigns hours after securing appointment
Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday handed in her resignation hours after being appointed by parliament after her budget failed to pass and the junior Green Party quit the coalition government. While her stint was unexpectedly brief, Andersson made history by becoming the first woman elected to the post of prime minister in Sweden…
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BREAKING: Sudan’s ousted prime minister restored to office
Sudan’s ousted prime minister restored to office
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BREAKING: Coup fears in Sudan as Military places Prime Minister under house arrest, ministers detained
Military forces in Sudan have put Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest, according to Al Hadath TV, and detained several members of the country’s civilian leadership. Citing unidentified sources, the Saudi-owned broadcaster said a military force besieged the prime minister’s home early on Monday before placing him under house arrest. Other civilian officials taken…
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Norwegian Prime Minister Solberg resigns
Following Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg defeat in the parliamentary election a month ago, she has submitted her resignation to the government as expected. The conservative politician submitted the relevant request to King Harald V on Tuesday, clearing the way for the new head of government, Jonas Gahr Store and his Cabinet. The king had…
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Itsekiri Kingdom has no Prime Minister or second in Command – Newly promoted Iyatsere
The newly promoted Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Johnson Amatserunleghe has said that neither the Prime Minister nor Deputy Olu titles are known to the Itsekiri customary laws.
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Delta community election turns awry as gunmen abduct traditional prime minister, 25 others
Emman Ovuakporie Fear on Monday gripped Tuomo community in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, following the reported kidnap of the Traditional Prime Minister of the community and 25 others by suspected gunmen. Trouble started after a Magistrate Court sacked the Community Chairman, Mr Binebai Tomke from office, lamenting that the Traditional Prime Minister,…
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President suspends Parliament, sacks Prime Minister
Tunisia’s president has sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament, after violent protests broke out across the country. Thousands of protesters, angry at the government’s mishandling of Covid-19, had flooded onto the streets and clashed with police on Sunday. President Kais Saied announced he would take charge with help from a new prime minister, saying…
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Netanyahu’s 12-year reign ends, Naftali Bennett sworn in as new Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change” led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined. But the razor-thin 60-59 vote of confidence in a coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing and Arab parties with little in common…
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Mali’s interim President, Prime Minister resign
Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane tendered resignation. Agence France-Presse reported this on Wednesday, citing military and diplomatic sources. Late on Monday, a source told Sputnik that Malian military arrested the interim president and the prime minister and transported them to an army base near the capital of Bamako. Mali’s interim…