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19 unusual facts about Chief Minister


Albert Gomes

Albert Maria Gomes (25 March 1911 - 13 January 1978), a Trinidad and Tobago unionist, politician, and writer of Portuguese descent, was the first Chief Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

Alexander Bustamante

He became the unofficial government leader, representing his party as Minister for Communications, until the position of Chief Minister was created in 1953.

Chief Minister

In Malaysia, it is used to refer to the heads of government, called in their Malay language term Ketua Menteri (literally Chief Minister), of the Malaysian states without a sultan, i.e., Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak, while the Malay language term Menteri Besar (literally Great Minister) is used in other states with a monarch.

Darwin Diengdoh Pugh

Darwin Diengdoh Pugh (12 January 1927 – 17 November 2008) was the first Khasi Chief Minister of Meghalaya state of Northeastern India.

Dayanand Bandodkar

Dayanand Bandodkar (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) was the first Chief Minister of Goa after the territory was returned to India by Portugal.

Dewan

Diwan Deo was the hereditary title borne by the Chief Minister of Cooch, held by a junior branch of the ruling Narayan dynasty.

George Charles

Sir George Frederick Lawrence Charles (7 June 1916 – 26 June 2004) is a former trade unionist, politician, founder of the Saint Lucia Labour Party and Chief Minister of Saint Lucia (1 January 1960 – April 1964).

Irupatham Noottandu

She is drawn to the life of Sagar alias Jacky who runs a clandestine gold smuggling business for Sekharankutty, son of the State Chief Minister.

Jason Croker

In Jason Croker's last game in Canberra he was given the keys to the city by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope in front of over 21,000 fans.

Kolkata Metro Line 1

Bidhan Chandra Roy, at that time the Chief Minister of West Bengal, conceived the idea in 1949 of building an underground railway for Kolkata to solve the problems to some extent.

Mir Lawang Khan

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (the Prime Minister of Pakistan at that time) already had grievances with the NAP Leadership and after Nawab Akbar Bugti "revealed" in an address at Mochi Gate, Lahore that Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo (Governor of Balochistan at the time) and Sardar Ataullah Mengal (Chief Minister at the time) planned to separate Balochistan from Pakistan, Bhutto got his chance to persecute the leaders and workers of NAP.

Mira Datta Gupta

She was offered the post of Deputy Minister in the Cabinet of 1952 of the then Chief Minister, Bidhan Chandra Roy, which she declined.

Politics of Gibraltar

The head of Government is the Chief Minister, currently the Hon. Fabian Picardo, of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP), who have been in office since 9 December 2011 in alliance with the Gibraltar Liberal Party (Liberals) following a general election.

After an election, the Governor appoints the leader of the largest party in the unicameral parliament, as Chief Minister.

Qila Sobha Singh

This hospital was visited by the then Chief Minister, Mr. Shehbaz Sharif, in 1997 and it presented wonky and desolate look to the C.M.

R. Sankar

Though Congress gained majority of seats in the Elections of 1960 to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, Pattom Thanupillai of the Praja Socialist Party was given the Chief Ministership (CM) and Sankar became the Deputy Chief Minister in the Pattom Thanupillai ministry.

Rizwanur Rahman

He won this post without contest due to an active support from the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, and also alleged financial support from Ashok Todi.

Sardar Saeed-ul haq dogar

He defeated Rai Ejaz ahmad khan who was MPA from this constituency and Minister of Forests from 1993 to 1996 and brother of Rai Saeed ahmad khan who was Advisor to the Chief Minister.

Timeline of Goan history

The Chief Minister, Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa, had served in the post since he replaced interim Chief Minister Churchill Alamao on April 14.


1st Eastern Provincial Council

S. Chandrakanthan, leader of the paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, was appointed Chief Minister by Governor Mohan Wijewickrama.

2000 Dharmapuri bus burning

Soon after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK) came into power in Tamil Nadu in 1996, it filed a series of corruption cases against the former Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, other ministers, and bureaucrats of her government.

Alan Bell

Allan Bell (born 1947), Chief Minister of the Isle of Man and Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey

Beyondblue

The chairman of beyondblue is Jeff Kennett, former Premier of Victoria, and its CEO is Kate Carnell, former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

British Virgin Islands general election, 1987

The result was a victory for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt.

Bryan Ian Le Marquand

On 25 November 2011, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister by the Chief Minister Ian Gorst.

C. H. Mohammed Koya

C.H. Mohammed Koya (born at Atholi, Calicut July 15, 1927 - 28 September 1983) was an Indian politician and the tenth Chief Minister of Kerala.

Dheeran Chinnamalai

In April 2012 the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, announced that a memorial for Dheeran Chinnamalai would be built at the place where he was hanged.

Govindrao Adik

However, in 2009 Adik was expected to be inducted into the state cabinet by the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, a change was made during the final hour which brought in another Congressman Shri Radhekrishna Vikhe Patil the son of former Union Minister Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil into the Cabinet.

Guru Gobind Singh Marg

Guru Gobind Singh Marg was inaugurated on April 10, 1973, amidst great rejoicing and fanfare with efforts of then Chief Minister of Punjab, Giani Zail Singh.

Guwahati Metro

On 11 January, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi held discussions with officials of Guwahati Development Department (GDD) and Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), in which after detailed deliberations it was agreed by the Chief Minister that there is a need of urgently taking up the study of introducing metro rail and a bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in the city to arrest the chaotic traffic condition on the streets.

Jonathan Le Tocq

In March 2007, after the resignation of the island's first Chief Minister, Deputy Laurie Morgan, Le Tocq stood as the youngest of four candidates for the post, but was unsuccessful as Deputy Mike Torode was elected.

Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences

On 30 November 1980 the Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri. R Gundu Rao laid the foundation stone of the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital in the premises of the Sangha and announced the grant of vacant land in Banashankari to be used for the construction of college building and hostels.

Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat

Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat of Kolian Shah Hussain, Gujrat District is an ex MPA & ex Chief Minister of Punjab from 1996 to 1997.He has also been the president of Acoba in Aitchison College.

Michael Gunner

He is a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held his seat of Fannie Bay since the retirement of Chief Minister Clare Martin at the 2008 election.

Moin-ul-Haq

For his immense contribution to the field of sports and as a mark of honour, the then Bihar Chief Minister Abdul Ghafoor in the 1970s renamed Patna's Rajendra Nagar Stadium as 'Moin-ul-Haq Stadium', after the icon's death.

Northern Territory History Awards

The Chief Minister of Northern Territory History Book Award began in 2004.

Peter Isola

In 1963 and 1964 he went to the United Nations together with Chief Minister Sir Joshua Hassan to oppose Spain's attempt to obtain sovereignty over Gibraltar using decolonisation as an instrument to achieve its ends.

PNS Mehran attack

Chief Minister of Punjab Province Shahbaz Sharif also condemned the attack, though he criticised the navy for not acting more quickly to protect its billion dollar assets.

Railway electrification in Malaysia

On January 26, 2010, Chief Minister of the state of Malacca, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the work on the dual-track railway was 32.81% completed and it was expected to be operational by Aug 2012.

Robert Peliza

He founded and led the Integration with Britain Party and was the second Chief Minister of Gibraltar serving in office from 6 August 1969 to 25 June 1972.

Son River

The Son bridge built in deolond was inaugurated by Motilal Vora and Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla then Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 1986/02/13, the Koilwar Bridge, near Arrah, was amongst the earlier long bridges in the country.

Sumedh Singh Saini

Although supported by the present Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, the BJP claim that the decision to appoint was a unilateral one and that they were not consulted.

Tourism in Gibraltar

The newly elected Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, pledged to revive Gibraltar's faltering economy by expanding the tourist trade.

Ugyen Dorji

Ugyen Dorji served as Kazi from 1902 to 1907 to the Ugyen Wangchuck the Penlop of Trongsa, and then simultaneously as Penlop (Governor) of Haa, Gongzim (Chief Minister), and Deb Zimpon (Chief Secretary) (1907–1916) under the Royal Government as during its period of consolidation.

W. H. Bramble Airport

Named after Montserrat Chief Minister William Henry Bramble, the airport was located near the now-abandoned capital of Plymouth.

Zhang Hongjie

The Federal Government of Australia wants the Australian Capital Territory (ACT includes Canberra) to cooperate with the Chinese investigation into the murder, as written by a letter from John Howard to Chief Minister Stanhope in May 2005, and another request from Justice Minister Chris Ellison in June.