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Statsminister

Although it literally means 'state minister', it should not be confused with the English title Minister of State in Britain, which usually indicates a subordinate minister, or the French Ministre d'État, which is used as an honorific.


1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1955–1956; and to Board of Trade, 1956–1958; Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1958–1959; Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1959–1961; President of the Board of Trade, 1961–1963; Minister of Power, 1963–1964.

Alma Birk

From 1974 to 1979 she was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of the Environment, and then became Minister of State in the Privy Council Office in 1979.

Austin Currie

In the Rainbow Coalition between 1994 and 1997 he became Minister of State at the Departments of Education, Justice and Health.

British national day

In October 2008, in response to a question in the House of Commons from Andrew Rosindell, Minister of State Michael Wills of the Ministry of Justice revealed that "there are no plans to introduce a national day at the present time", leading to suggestions that the proposal had been 'scrapped'.

Conor Lenihan

PZ Myers, on his Pharyngula blog, expressed shock that a Minister of State with special responsibility for Science would lend support to such a book.

Conrad Sangma

Born in 1977, Conrad Kongkal Sangma is the son of former Chief Minister of Meghalaya and also Speaker of the Lok Sabha, P. A. Sangma, his sister, Agatha Sangma is member of the 15th Lok Sabha and a former Union Cabinet minister Minister of State , while his brother James Sangma is a fellow member of the State Legislative Assembly.

Eckart von Klaeden

Eckart Peter Hans von Klaeden (born 18 November 1965 in Hanover, Lower Saxony) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union, serving as Minister of State at the German Chancellery since 28 October 2009 (after the German federal election, September 2009, Angela Merkel formed a black-yellow coalition and her Cabinet Merkel II).

Eirene White, Baroness White

When Labour came to power under Harold Wilson in 1964, White became parliamentary under-secretary at the Colonial Office, in 1966 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and in 1967 Minister of State at the Welsh Office for three years.

Falfield

Politically, Falfield comes under the constituency of Yate & Thornbury which is currently a Liberal Democrat seat held by Steve Webb MP, who is also Minister of State for Pensions.

Families Against Corporate Killers

The organisation has submitted evidence to both the English and Scottish parliaments, and in July 2011 met with Professor Ragnar Löfstedt as part of a government review of health and safety legislation ordered by Chris Grayling MP, Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions.

Gilbert Parent

Under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Parent served, at different times between 1977 and 1981, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, to the Minister of Labour and to the Minister of State (Sports).

INTO University Partnerships

Bill Rammell, Minister of State in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in response to a question from Colchester MP Bob Russell, welcomed such innovation in higher education.

Jack Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge

Before his appointment as Arts Minister, Lord Donaldson had served for several years as a Minister of State at Britain's N.I.O. at Stormont.

La Porta

La Porta was the birthplace of Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1771–1851), a Corsican soldier and diplomat for Napoleon, and a politician who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy.

Lawrence Wong

He is also formerly a Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Information, Communications & the Arts, and Member of Parliament (MP) representing the West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

Linda Gilroy

In parliament she was a member of the European legislation select committee from 1997 until after the 2001 General Election when she was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Raynsford.

Ormside bowl

This was the first time a regional museum has shown its collection at the British Museum and Margaret Hodge the Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport encouraged everybody to view the exhibit.

Shakeel Ahmad

He was Minister of State in the Ministry of Communication & IT and Ministry of Home Affairs in the first Government of India headed by Dr Manmohan Singh as Prim Minister formed in 2004.


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1967 in Afghanistan

Prime Minister Maiwandwal resigns for health reasons, the king asking Abdullah Yaqta, Minister of State, to assume the premiership ad interim pending the formation of a new government.

2008 Ahmedabad blasts

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Prakash Jaiswal told reporters in Kanpur that the similarities between this and the Bangalore blasts was that both "blasts were of low intensity" and were planted in crowded areas.

Al-Shamsi

H.E. Maitha Salem Al-Shamsi, PhD - President of Zayed University, Former Minister of State and Head of the UAE Marriage Fund, Former Professor, Sociology, United Arab Emirates University, Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Scientific Research, UAE University.

Alice Miles

Miles was appointed in September 2012 to a paid post (alongside Dr Tim Leunig), advising the Education Secretary Michael Gove and Liberal Democrat Minister of State for Schools David Laws.

Amin Hassan Omar Abdullah

in the era of National Rescue work and Minister of State, Ministry of Culture and Information, Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Editorial Board Casablanca national flags, Chairman, National Authority for Television, Chairman of the Board of Directors of communication technology, Chairman of the Board of Directors of telephones to call automation, Director General of the Sudanese Radio and Television.

Assaad Hardan

He was elected since 1992 member of the Lebanese Parliament represented the Greek Orthodox seat from Marjeyoun-Hasbaya district and has been named repeatedly to the government: Minister of State without portfolio between 1990 and 1992 (government of Omar Karami and Rachid Solh), Minister of Labour between 1995 and 1998 and between 2003 and 2004, he was succeeded by Assem Qanso in 2004.

Australian Young Labor

Former Presidents of AYL have included former NSW Premier Bob Carr, Federal Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke, Special Minister of State Senator John Faulkner, former Australian Workers Union National Secretary and current Member for Maribyrnong and Federal Labor Leader Bill Shorten as well as dozens of State Ministers and MPs.

Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg

In 1870 King Ludwig II. appointed Bray again Minister of State of the Exterior and President of the Council of Ministers.

Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda

Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval-Rojas y de la Cerda, known as the duque de Uceda (Duke of Uceda), but also titled second marquis of Cea, fifth marquis of Denia, and knight of the order of Santiago (1581 – Alcalá de Henares, 31 May 1624) was the official minister of state, also known as the valido or valued one, for King Philip III of Spain.

Dinah Derycke

In 1991 she became a technical advisor to Michel Delebarre, then Minister of State for Planning and Municipalities, and the following year she was appointed external counsel to the Court of Audit (Cour des comptes).

Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

It was introduced by C. R. Pattabhi Raman, then Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, and sought to amend article 3 just like the Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 1966.

Experimental Lakes Area

Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, argued that "our government has been working hard to ensure that the Experimental Lakes Area facility is transferred to a non-governmental operator better suited to conducting the type of world-class research that can be undertaken at this facility” and that “the federal government has been leading negotiations in order to secure an operator with an international track record."

Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India

It was introduced by Om Mehta, then Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms and Department of Parliamentary Affairs, and sought to amend article 316 of the Constitution.

Fuk'anggan

Fuk'anggan's father, Fuheng, served as a grand minister of state during the middle years of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

Gordon Oakes

Oakes served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary from 1966, and in the government of Harold Wilson as a junior minister and as a Minister of State under James Callaghan.

Gurushetram – 24 Hours of Anger

Other guests at the event included Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry and Education Mr S. Iswaran and Nominated Member of Parliament Viswa Sadasivan.

History of Benin

The four top-ranking contenders following the first round presidential elections were Mathieu Kérékou (incumbent) 45.4%, Nicephore Soglo (former president) 27.1%, Adrien Houngbédji (National Assembly Speaker) 12.6%, and Bruno Amoussou (Minister of State) 8.6%.

Igor Giorgadze

During the 1992-1993 civil war between the adherents of the first Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his opponents, Igor Giorgadze sided with Eduard Shevardnadze and in 1993, was appointed the country's Minister of State Security.

Ijumu

Shola Ameobi, an Ayetoro Gbede-born English footballer, playing for Newcastle United as a striker, Late Chief S.A Ajayi, former minister of state Northern Region.

Indian Union Muslim League

Mr. E. Ahamed who became the president of IUML following the demise of G. M. Banatwala, is the Minister of State for Railways since 2009.

Jeanne Mujawamariya

Several MPs on the commission criticized Mujawamariya and Joseph Murekeraho, Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education, for taking insufficient punitive action against teachers and curriculum developers who were disseminating anti-Tutsi sentiments in schools.

Julian Ridsdale

From 1958-60 he was PPS to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Kawkab Sabah al-Daya

She was appointed the first Minister of State for Environment Affairs on 23 April 2009, the day after Earth Day.

Kenneth Younger

Philip Noel-Baker, who was Minister of State for Air, appointed Younger as his Parliamentary Private Secretary immediately after the election.

Majaliwa K. Majaliwa

He is the current Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government.

Mikhail Ryumin

In late 1952, Ryumin reported to Minister of State Security Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov that Professor Yakov Gilyarievich Etinger had committed malpractice in treating Andrei Zhdanov and Shcherbakov, allegedly with the intention of killing them.

National Abortion Federation

NAF launched a Canadian Public Policy and Outreach Program on May 16, 2006 with the support of Senator Lucie Pépin, Federal MP and former Minister of State for Health Carolyn Bennett and NDP Status of Women Critic Irene Mathyssen.

National Union for Independence and Revolution

The congress was closed on June 27 by Habré, who in his closing speech announced the merge in the new movement of three political parties already allied with the government, representing the Minister of Health Abba Siddick's Frolinat Originel, Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye's National Rally for Development and Progress and Minister of State Djidingar Dono Ngardoum's Assembly for Unity and Chadian Democracy.

Northern Ontario Ring of Fire

Greg Rickford is the MP for the riding of Kenora, where the Ring of Fire is located, and the Minister of State for FedNor.

Ousmane Ngom

In the government of Prime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, named on June 19, 2007, Ousmane remained Minister of the Interior and was promoted to the rank of Minister of State.

Philip Woodfield

Woodfield and Steele also represented the British Government at that meeting, along with William Whitelaw, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Paul Channon, a millionaire Guinness heir and minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office; the IRA was again represented by Adams and Ó Conaill, along with Seán MacStiofáin, the leader of the delegation, Séamus Twomey, Martin McGuinness, Ivor Bell, and Myles Shevlin, a solicitor.

Poomala

Poomala Dam was officially designated as a tourist centre by the Home Minister of State, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, on 21 March 2010.

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam

He served as the Minister of State for Law, Justice and Company Affairs in the Narasimha Rao Government from July 1991 to December 1993 and as the Union Minister for Power in the Vajpayee Government from 1998 to 2000.

Remaking Singapore Committee

It was led by the Minister of State for National Development Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

Reverse brain drain

It is explained by Salman Khurshid, the Minister of State for Corporate and Minority Affairs in India.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Following Des Brown's retirement to the backbenches she served as PPS to David Lammy MP as Minister of State for Higher Education.

School of the Arts, Singapore

From 1 November 2012, oversight of SOTA was taken over by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), which is helmed by Lawrence Wong, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information.

Seán Connick

On 23 March 2010, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with special responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry.

Sharavyn Gungaadorj

In 1980 he was appointed first deputy minister of state farms and in 1981 he became first secretary of the Selenge Province MPRP Committee.

Shyamal Mondal

Shyamal Mondal is an Indian politician and the present Minister of State for Sunderban Affairs (Independent Charge) and the Minister of State for Irrigation and Waterways in the Government of West Bengal.

Singapore–United Kingdom relations

In 2011, 6 dignitaries from the United Kingdom visited Singapore including Peter Ricketts, the National Security Advisor in January, Martin Donnelly, BIS Permanent Secretary in February, John Aston, FCO Special Representative for Climate Change in March, Jeremy Browne, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in April, Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence in June and HRH The Duke of York in September.

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Stephen Kinnock

He is the son of Neil Kinnock, former leader of the Labour Party and ex-chair of the British Council, and Glenys Kinnock, a former Labour Member of the European Parliament and Minister of State at (2009–10) at the UK Foreign Office.

The Invincible Armour

The Emperor's Minister of State Cheng, an authoritarian ruler, arranges for Hu Lung, one of his old students to distract General Chow while he assassinates the leader of the Ming rebels.

William Lukuvi

He is the current Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Policy, Co-ordination and Parliamentary Affairs.

Yu-Foo Yee Shoon

In August 2004, Yu-Foo was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).

Yusuf Musa Nagogo

However in a letter to the INEC signed by National Chairman Tony Momoh and National Secretary Buba Galadima the CPC stated that its candidate was a former FCT minister of state, Barrister Solomon Ewuga.