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2 unusual facts about caretaker government


Acting Prime Minister

An Acting Prime Minister should not be confused with a caretaker prime minister, which refers to an outgoing prime minister following an electoral defeat, and who by convention does not implement new policies or an Interim Prime Minister who is appointed to perform a similar role to a Caretaker Prime Minister, but who is typically not a prime minister at the time of being appointed.

Rump cabinet

Generally the rump cabinet will only take care of going government concerns (as a caretaker cabinet) as well as preparing for elections.


Syed Babar Ali

Ali served as the finance minister of the country in the caretaker government of Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi from July 23, 1993 to October 19, 1993.


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2007 in Bangladesh

12 January - Fakhruddin Ahmed takes oath as the Chief Adviser of the caretaker government.

Bangladeshi general election, 2001

The chief adviser of the caretaker government was Justice Latifur Rahman.

Danilo Lim

Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who had just arrived from Guam, stated that he would not head a caretaker government if President Arroyo was removed from power, for he wants to insulate the judiciary from politics.

Ecumenical Cabinet of Xenophon Zolotas

After an agreement between the three biggest parties, New Democracy, Panhellenic Socialist Movement and Coalition of the Left and Progress, it was formed an ecumenical government under Xenophon Zolotas, an eminent economist, which replaced the previous caretaker government of Ioannis Grivas.

Finnish parliamentary election, 1922

The caretaker government of Professor Aimo Cajander (Progressive), that President Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg had appointed in June 1922, following the resignation of Prime Minister Juho Vennola (Progressive), remained in office until Kyösti Kallio formed an Agrarian-Progressive minority government in November 1922.

Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton

In May 1945 he was included in Churchill's "Caretaker" government as Lord President of the Council, but in July the government fell when Churchill lost the 1945 general election.

Ghulam Azam

Former caretaker government adviser, human rights activist and witness for the prosecution Sultana Kamal said- "In brutality, Ghulam Azam is synonymous with German ruler Hitler who had influential role in implementation and execution of genocide and ethnic cleansing".