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unusual facts about Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries



Abdi Ahmed Hussein

He is the Minister of Agriculture of Somalia, having been appointed to the position on 17 January 2014 by Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed.

Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn

He was a member of Arthur Balfour's cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture between March and December 1905.

Andrew Cahn

William Waldegrave MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and subsequently Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Dryden, Washington

Only the name Dryden was assigned to the area by the railroad in honor of Canadian horticulturist and Minister of Agriculture John Dryden who toured with Great Northern Railway president James J. Hill.

Gurdial Singh Dhillon

Dhillon served two terms as Speaker of Lok Sabha (1969–71 and 1971–75) and was Minister of Agriculture in the Indian Government (1986–1988).

Liri Belishova

She attended, along with Ramiz Alia, the marxist leninist institute of the Moscow State University in 1952–1954, and married, during this period her second husband, Maqo Çomo, then Minister of Agriculture.

Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs

In the 2009 cabinet reorganization after the election of President Jacob Zuma, the portfolio's responsibilities were divided and transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform.

Odeta Nishani

Her father originates from a Kosovo merchants' family that settled in Durrës in 1905, while her mother comes from the Karaosmani family, whose grandfather Qemal bej Karaosmani was one of the signers of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and who served as Minister of Agriculture in Ismail Qemali's government.

Peretz Naftali

In June 1952 he became Minister of Agriculture, a role he held until the 1955 elections, after which he reverted to being a Minister without Portfolio.

Reginald Dorman-Smith

In the late 1930s, the British Government's agricultural policy came in for heavy criticism from the NFU, Parliament and the Press and in January 1939 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain took the bold step of appointing Dorman-Smith as Minister of Agriculture.

Dorman-Smith started his career with a strong interest in agriculture, becoming President of the National Farmers Union (the NFU) at the age of 32, and then later Minister of Agriculture.

Second cabinet of Davíð Oddsson

Halldór Ásgrímsson replaced Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason as Minister for the Environment and Minister of Agriculture.

Su Chia-chyuan

Currently the Secretary-General of the DPP, Su was formerly a legislator and later Pingtung County Commissioner, and held national posts as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture.

Yoshimasa Hayashi

After the LDP returned to power in the December 2012 general election Hayashi was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.


see also

Liku

Following the 2008 general election, its representative is Pokotoa Sipeli, who serves as Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Minister of Administrative Services.

Pokotoa Sipeli

Following the 2008 general election, he is a Member of the Niue Assembly, representing the constituency of Liku, and a member of Premier Toke Talagi's Cabinet, as Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Minister of Administrative Services.