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unusual facts about Minister for Education



Adrian Piccoli

He is the Minister for Education in the O'Farrell Government and the Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Nationals.

Australian International School Singapore

The school was officially opened by then Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, John Anderson and Singapore's then Acting Minister for Education, Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

Cabinet of Singapore

Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing, both elected to Parliament for the first time, were respectively assigned the posts of Minister for Education, and Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Clive Evatt

Evatt served in the governments of William McKell, James McGirr and Joseph Cahill as Minister for Education (1941–1944), Minister for Tourism (1946–1947), Minister for Housing (1947–1950 and 1952–1954) and Colonial Secretary (1950–1952).

Equal Love

Equal Love has had the support of Amnesty International, the Australian Greens and other notable individuals such as Victorian Labor Party Minister for Education Bronwyn Pike, The Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellen and Australian Idol finalist Rob Mills.

Heng Swee Keat

A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has served in the Cabinet as the Minister for Education since May 2011.

Sailosi Kepa

Kepa was married for many years to Ro Teimumu Kepa, an Adi (Fijian chief) and politician in her own right, who is currently (June 2005) the Roko Tui Dreketi (Paramount Chief) of the Burebasaga Confederacy and Minister for Education in the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.

Soham Village College

The College was officially opened by the Baronet and MP Sir Edward Boyle, a former Minister for Education.

Wakehurst Public School

Owing to the large growth in the Belrose and Frenchs Forest regions during the 1950s and 60s, in 1963 the decision was taken by the Minister for Education, The Hon. Ernest Wetherell, to have a third primary school built in the Forest district.

Yuan Guiren

In October 2009, he succeeded Zhou Ji as Minister for Education, after the latter had been removed at a regular session of the National People's Congress.


see also

Batt

Batt O'Keeffe, Irish politician and current Minister for Education and Science

Carpenter Ministry

Three ministers were demoted to junior posts—former Minister for Education Ljiljanna Ravlich, former Minister for Resources John Bowler and former Minister for Indigenous Affairs Sheila McHale.

Cecilia Wikström

She was married to former Swedish Minister for Education Jan-Erik Wikström, father of Jeppe Wikström, from 1995 to 2010, and before that to the Swedish priest Björn Bolin.

David Arore

Elected as an independent, he then joined the National Alliance Party and was appointed deputy Minister for Education by Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare.

George Odlum Stadium

The stadium was handed over to the Government and people of St Lucia, represented by Prime Minister Honourable Dr. Kenny Anthony and Minister for Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports, Honourable Mario Michel, in July 2002.

George Randell

From 28 April 1898 until 27 May 1901, he served as Colonial Secretary and Minister for Education in the Forrest government.

Joseph Vandor

When the school opened, Joseph Vandor was appointed rector, a post he held until 1961, when came to power Communism and schools passed into the hands of the Minister for Education.

M. Sarngadharan

He has also served in the Curriculum Committee for VHSE under the Chairmanship of Minister For Education, and as Government Administrator of the world famous Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust, Sivagiri originally found by Sri Narayana Guru, the great saint.

N. Anbuchezhian

S. Soundram was the seating M.P from the constituency and Union Deputy Minister for Education in Nehru Government,she was daughter of famous industrialist T. V. Sundaram Iyengar of Tvs group.

Outcome-based education

The core view of this group was their disagreement with the former Western Australian Minister for Education (Ljiljanna Ravlich) in respect to her commitment to implement OBE.

Peel state by-election, 2007

Norm Marlborough was appointed to cabinet in 2006 as Minister for Small Business, Minister for the Peel and the South West, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Education and Training.

Rajendra Darda

Rajendra Jawaharlal Darda is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Aurangabad East constituency and is a Cabinet Minister for Education, Government of Maharashtra in India.

Research Quality Framework

21 July - Australian Labor Party Shadow Minister for Education Jenny Macklin releases Australia's Universities: Building our future in the World – A White Paper on Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

Richard W. Higgins

The new name was approved by the Bavarian State Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs Monika Hohlmeier.

Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam

In April 1977, V. R. Nedunchezhiyan the Minister for Education in the DMK cabinet left the party with some other leaders like K. Rajaram, S. Madhavan and P. U. Shanmugam and formed the "Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam".

Vietnamese-German University

The first agreements were arranged between the Vietnamese then-Minister for Education and Training (MOET), Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, and the Hessen State Minister for Higher Education, Research and the Arts (HMWK), Sir Udo Corts.

Waterford Institute of Technology

In 1997 the college adopted its present name by order of the Minister for Education Niamh Bhreathnach, with Dublin Institute of Technology being the only other institution with the "institute of technology" title at the time in Ireland.