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Administrator General (other)
Administrator general or administrator-general is an administrative and governmental title and may refer to: *Administrateur général, position equivalent to that of " minister" in several ministries of Luxembourg: ** Fontaine Ministry (1848) ** Willmar Ministry (1848–1853) **Simons Ministry (1853–1860 * Administrator-general was the title of the colonial governors in a number of colonies: **List of colonial governors of South West Africa **List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo * Administrator general in the Ministry of Justice of Israel * Administrator general in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Malawi See also *Governor-general *General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. gove ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry (government department), ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, ‘premier’, ‘chief minister’, ‘chancellor’ or other title. In Commonwealth realm jurisdictions which use the Westminster system of government, ministers are usually required to be members of one of the houses of Parliament or legislature, and are usually from the political party that controls a majority in the lower house of the legislature. In other jurisdictions—such as Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Slovenia, and Nigeria—the holder of a cabinet-level post or other government official is not permitted to be a member of the legislature. Depending on the administrative arrangements in each jurisdiction, ministers are usually heads of a Ministry (government department), government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontaine Ministry
The Fontaine Ministry formed the government of Luxembourg from 1 August 1848 to 2 December 1848. It was headed by Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine. Background After the Constitution came into force on 1 August 1848, the first elections to the Chamber of Deputies were organised on 28 September.Thewes (2011), p. 16 This had only become possible after popular unrest had broken out under governor Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine in March 1848. On 15 March, the government and King-Grand-Duke William II sought conciliation with the people.Thewes (2011), p. 12 Censorship was abolished, and a Constituent Assembly was called in Ettelbrück, which was to draft a new constitution. The text of the new constitution, which was modeled on the liberal Belgian constitution, was adopted on 23 June. After the elections, de la Fontaine, Vendelin Jurion, Charles-Mathias Simons and Jean Ulveling were retained as members of the government; Théodore Pescatore resigned and was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
